Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2006 Regular Session of the 59th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006 1ST DAY
 
  SB 6131 By Senators McCaslin, Mulliken and Sheldon

Requiring costs associated with partisan primaries to be borne by the political parties.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6132 By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Schoesler, Eide, Rasmussen and Benton

Creating a use tax exemption when converting or merging a federal, foreign, or out-of-state credit union into a state charter.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6133 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Swecker and Pridemore

Licensing Christmas tree growers.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6134 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Kline, Weinstein and Poulsen

Allowing canvassing boards to issue notices of civil infractions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6135 By Senators Jacobsen and Thibaudeau

Regulating off-campus student housing.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6136 By Senators Pflug, Schoesler, Johnson, Schmidt and Esser

Requiring a work group to assess school nursing services in class I school districts.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6137 By Senators Stevens, Benton, Benson and Mulliken

Providing for discharge of specified personnel who abandon their duties during a state of emergency.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6138 By Senator Stevens

Limiting the power of cities and towns to license businesses.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6139 By Senator Stevens

Providing additional conditions for justifiable homicide.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6140 By Senator Honeyford

Requiring issuance of special permits for certain overlength combination units.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6141 By Senator Honeyford

Including the value of wind turbine facilities in the property tax levy limit calculation.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6142 By Senator Honeyford

Regulating the use of bicycles with occupied baby carriers.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6143 By Senator Honeyford

Funding vehicle inspections conducted by the Washington state patrol.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6144 By Senators Stevens, Benton, Carrell, Regala, Benson and Pflug

Clarifying the effect of retroactive registration requirements on sex offenders convicted in Washington who leave and then return to the state.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6145 By Senators Keiser, Zarelli, Franklin, Esser, Doumit, Benson, Pridemore, Roach, Poulsen, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Kline, Weinstein, Berkey, Rasmussen and Benton

Providing parity for home care agency workers.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6146 By Senators Mulliken and Sheldon

Providing excise tax exemptions for districts providing water service that have three hundred connections or less.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6147 By Senators Mulliken and Morton

Exempting small school districts from certain laws and rules.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6148 By Senators Mulliken, Haugen, Hewitt, Morton, Parlette, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Delvin, Shin, Honeyford and Schmidt

Providing sales and use tax exemptions for fuel used by farmers in farming businesses.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6149 By Senators Schoesler, Rasmussen, Morton and Schmidt

Authorizing substitute teacher or educational aide contracts for school district officers under certain conditions.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6150 By Senators Fraser, Hewitt, Doumit, Pflug, Brandland, Roach, Rasmussen, Pridemore, Deccio, Fairley, Thibaudeau, Schmidt, Regala and Rockefeller; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development and Public Works Board

Authorizing projects recommended by the public works board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6151 By Senators Schoesler, Poulsen, Mulliken, Rasmussen, Jacobsen, Morton and Delvin

Protecting aquifer levels.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6152 By Senators Kastama and Kline; by request of Public Disclosure Commission

Regarding penalties for violations of the public disclosure act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6153 By Senators Roach, Pflug, Carrell, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Schmidt, McCaslin, Oke, Mulliken, Sheldon, Parlette, Benton and Esser

Increasing the penalty for sex offenses committed against children.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6154 By Senators Roach, Pflug, Carrell, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Oke, Mulliken and Benton

Including sexually violent predator under the definition of aggravated first degree murder.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6155 By Senators Fairley and Kline

Modifying requirements for licensing of facilities serving children and persons with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6156 By Senator Fairley

Requiring inspections of remodels to single-family residences.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6157 By Senators Jacobsen and Oke

Modifying provisions concerning the administration of a crab pot buoy tag program.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6158 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Spanel, Doumit and Shin

Concerning public disclosure requirements for sensitive fish and wildlife data.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6159 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke and Spanel

Concerning recreational fishing for albacore tuna.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6160 By Senators Jacobsen, Morton, Fraser and Oke

Abolishing the Washington wildlife rescue coalition.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6161 By Senator Oke

Concerning group fishing permits.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6162 By Senator Haugen; by request of Transportation Improvement Board

Harmonizing and updating various aspects of the urban arterial program.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6163 By Senators Kastama, Oke, Kohl-Welles and Rockefeller

Addressing regional fire protection service authorities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6164 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Oke and Rockefeller

Regulating fire-safe cigarettes.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6165 By Senators Hargrove, Zarelli, McAuliffe, Esser, Doumit, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Benson, Keiser, Roach, Fairley, Weinstein, Rockefeller, Rasmussen, Franklin, Brown and Kline

Providing collective bargaining for family child care providers.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6166 By Senators Fairley, Benton, Prentice, Keiser, Franklin, Berkey, Brandland and Benson; by request of Department of Financial Institutions

Regulating mortgage brokers and loan originators.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6167 By Senators Fairley, Benton, Keiser, Franklin, Prentice, Benson, Brandland, Berkey, Schmidt and Kline; by request of Department of Financial Institutions

Extending the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6168 By Senators Fairley, Benton, Keiser, Benson, Prentice, Franklin, Brandland, Berkey and Schmidt; by request of Department of Financial Institutions

Regulating business development companies and the participation of financial institutions and nondepository lenders in economic development within the state.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6169 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Prentice, Schmidt, Keiser, Benson, Kline, Franklin, Pridemore, Poulsen and Esser

Authorizing removal of discriminatory provisions in the governing documents of homeowners' associations.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6170 By Senators Rasmussen, Deccio, Mulliken, Jacobsen, Morton, Shin, Hewitt, Zarelli and Honeyford

Extending the date when counties which have authorized facilities for agriculture promotion must allow a credit for city lodging taxes.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6171 By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles

Creating a demonstration project to help prepare bilingual and special education teachers.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6172 By Senators McAuliffe, Hargrove, Thibaudeau, Shin, Weinstein, Rockefeller, Keiser, Regala, Eide, Rasmussen and Benton

Strengthening sex offender provisions.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6173 By Senators Franklin, Rasmussen and Benton

Providing excise tax relief for small businesses.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6174 By Senators Poulsen, Morton and Rockefeller; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission

Modifying utilities and transportation commission provisions.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6175 By Senator Jacobsen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Concerning the regulation of surface mining.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6176 By Senators Fraser, Jacobsen and Doumit; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Concerning the state geological survey.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6177 By Senators Fraser, Morton and Jacobsen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Authorizing oil and gas regulatory cost-reimbursements.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6178 By Senator Jacobsen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Making technical corrections to certain public lands statutes.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6179 By Senator Jacobsen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Modifying provisions related to the commercial harvest of geoduck clams.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6180 By Senators Jacobsen, Doumit and Rockefeller; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Allowing the department of natural resources to exchange certain state lands.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6181 By Senator Fairley; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Regulating the compensation paid by an insurer to an insurance broker.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6182 By Senators Berkey, Fairley and Shin; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Compensating the victims of uninsured and underinsured motorists.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6183 By Senator Kastama

Creating provisions relating to the hepatitis C virus.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6184 By Senators Kastama, Oke, Rasmussen, Kohl-Welles and Esser

Providing a bonus for teachers who attain certification from the national board for professional teaching standards certification.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6185 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Thibaudeau, Kline and Poulsen

Modifying the family and medical leave act.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6186 By Senators Keiser, Thibaudeau, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Providing insurance coverage to dependent children.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6187 By Senator Keiser

Removing tricare supplemental insurance policies from the definition of health plan or health benefit plan.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6188 By Senators Johnson, Keiser, Oke, Rockefeller, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles

Providing health benefit plans offering coverage for prostate cancer screening.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6189 By Senator Keiser

Regulating hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6190 By Senators Keiser and Kline

Establishing a COPES pilot project.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6191 By Senators Poulsen, Morton and Sheldon

Providing a definition of wood biomass fuel.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6192 By Senators Poulsen, Rockefeller, Rasmussen and Fraser

Requiring a feasibility study of the viability of a solar electric generating facility.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6193 By Senators Franklin, Regala, Keiser, Eide, Prentice, Rasmussen, Jacobsen, Fairley, McAuliffe, Fraser, Brown, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Shin

Requiring surveys of health professions work force supply and demographics.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6194 By Senators Franklin, Regala, Keiser, Eide, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Jacobsen, Fairley, McAuliffe, Fraser, Spanel, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Shin

Requiring multicultural education for health professionals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6195 By Senators Franklin, Regala, Keiser, Eide, Prentice, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Fraser, Kline and Shin

Requiring health impact assessments.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6196 By Senators Franklin, Regala, Keiser, Eide, Rockefeller, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Jacobsen, Fairley, McAuliffe, Fraser, Sheldon, Brown, Spanel, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Shin and Esser

Including a member of the American Indian health commission for Washington state on the state board of health.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6197 By Senators Franklin, Regala, Eide, Prentice, Fraser, Brown, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Shin

Creating the governor's interagency council on health disparities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6198 By Senators Rockefeller, Mulliken, Berkey, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Spanel and Pflug

Changing the state formula for funding allocations for pupil transportation.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6199 By Senators Rockefeller and Kohl-Welles

Regulating sports entertainment facility liquor license fees.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6200 By Senator Rockefeller

Creating a child support performance award.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6201 By Senator Fairley

Creating a homeowners' association act committee.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6202 By Senators Fairley and Schmidt

Requiring arbitration to resolve homeowners' association disputes.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6203 By Senators Jacobsen, Keiser and Kohl-Welles

Requiring businesses to issue rain checks for out of stock advertised items.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6204 By Senator Jacobsen

Modifying the imposition of the regional transportation investment district vehicle surcharge.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6205 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke and Shin; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission

Modifying provisions governing the sale of unneeded park land.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6206 By Senators Jacobsen and Oke; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission

Allowing the parks and recreation commission to deny or revoke the issuance of a park pass in certain circumstances.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6207 By Senators Rockefeller, Morton, Poulsen and Kline

Reauthorizing the pollution liability insurance agency.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6208 By Senators Rockefeller and Johnson; by request of Statute Law Committee

Simplifying session law publication.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6209 By Senator Jacobsen

Modifying utility charge provisions.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6210 By Senators Fraser, Hewitt and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development

Authorizing project loans recommended by the public works board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6211 By Senators Jacobsen and Rasmussen

Creating the timber land revitalization board.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6212 By Senators Keiser, Thibaudeau and Kline; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Regulating retainer health care practices.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6213 By Senators Regala, Franklin, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Providing a religious exemption to the clean indoor air act.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6214 By Senators Keiser, Schmidt, Kastama, Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen, Pridemore, Roach, Shin, Benson and Franklin

Modifying requirements for security guard training.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6215 By Senators Kline and Johnson; by request of Attorney General

Defining the liability of public entities for tortious conduct.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6216 By Senators Kline, Johnson, Keiser, Schmidt, Rasmussen, Fairley, Kohl-Welles and Esser; by request of Attorney General

Protecting the news media from being compelled to testify in legal proceedings.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6217 By Senators Kastama, Roach, Rasmussen, Oke and Schmidt; by request of Military Department

Making permanent the enhanced 911 advisory committee.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6218 By Senators Prentice, Fairley, Rockefeller, Weinstein, Shin, Berkey, Kline, Keiser, Franklin, Regala, Thibaudeau, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles

Extending retirement benefits to domestic partners.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6219 By Senators Keiser, Weinstein, Eide, Pridemore, Prentice, Berkey, Fraser and Kohl-Welles

Providing for financial literacy education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6220 By Senators Keiser, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Preventing cities or towns from laying off employees to then hire inmate labor.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6221 By Senators Franklin, Kline, Kastama, Keiser, Regala and Jacobsen

Revising limitations on use of public funds for political purposes.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6222 By Senators Rockefeller, Rasmussen and McAuliffe

Making assault of a teacher on school premises a class C felony.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6223 By Senators Rockefeller, Regala, Oke, Berkey and Spanel

Modifying provisions regarding abandoned or derelict vessels.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6224 By Senators Regala and Kohl-Welles

Expanding parenting provisions in the WorkFirst program.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6225 By Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Haugen, Morton, Hewitt, Rockefeller, Pflug, Parlette, Shin and Oke

Regulating the installation, repair, and maintenance of domestic well water systems.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6226 By Senators Fairley, Rockefeller, Brown and Spanel

Providing campaign contribution limits for candidates for judicial office.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6227 By Senators Franklin, Fairley and Kline

Setting limits on imposing fees for late payment of a tenant's rent.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6228 By Senator Fairley

Clarifying which law governs when homeowners' association provisions conflict.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6229 By Senators Spanel and Kohl-Welles

Creating a registration program for home inspectors.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6230 By Senators Parlette, Doumit, Zarelli, Prentice, Rasmussen and Mulliken

Extending the state sales and use tax credit for certain public facilities districts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6231 By Senator Spanel; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Exempting certain private air ambulance services from licensing under the insurance code.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6232 By Senators Keiser and Thibaudeau; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Requiring health carriers to report certain information.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6233 By Senators Thibaudeau, Keiser and Franklin; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Granting the insurance commissioner the authority to review and approve individual health benefit plan rates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6234 By Senators Fairley, Keiser, Spanel and Esser; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Creating the insurance fraud program.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6235 By Senators Kastama and Roach; by request of Secretary of State

Making technical changes to election laws.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6236 By Senators Schmidt, Kastama, Swecker, Oke, Berkey and Benson; by request of Secretary of State

Changing election dates and deadlines.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6237 By Senators Schoesler, Prentice and Hewitt

Simplifying tax application and administration.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6238 By Senator Jacobsen

Adding speed violations on arterial highways to the traffic safety camera law.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6239 By Senators Hargrove, Johnson, Doumit, Oke, Stevens and Esser; by request of Attorney General

Changing provisions relating to crimes.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6240 By Senators Jacobsen and Weinstein

Regulating interchange and associated fees.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6241 By Senators Haugen, Benson and Jacobsen; by request of Governor Gregoire

Making 2006 supplemental transportation appropriations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6242 By Senator Kastama; by request of Secretary of State

Ensuring equipment accessibility for voters with visual impairments.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6243 By Senators Kastama and Fairley; by request of Secretary of State

Clarifying laws on ballot measures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SJM 8026 By Senators Stevens and Mulliken

Requesting the enactment of federal immigration legislation.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SJM 8027 By Senator Morton

Requesting Congress to allow management of anadromous fish predators.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SJR 8217 By Senator Franklin

Amending the state Constitution to provide for a revenue stabilization fund.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SCR 8414 By Senators Brown and Hewitt

Establishing cutoff dates for the 2006 regular session.

READ FIRST TIME 01/09/2006. UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES, READ SECOND AND THIRD TIMES AND ADOPTED.