Washington State Senate | |||
Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions |
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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 | ||
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 | 4TH DAY | ||
SB 6399 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Franklin, Keiser and Kline; by request of Employment Security Department Improving unemployment insurance collection and penalty tools. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6400 | By Senators Prentice, McCaslin and Benton Regulating manufactured home parks or manufactured housing communities. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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SB 6401 | By Senators Doumit, Jacobsen, Schoesler, Regala, Morton and Honeyford Modifying definitions of charter licenses. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6402 | By Senators Doumit, Oke, Jacobsen, Regala, Spanel and Shin Creating the Columbia river safety and coastal crab mitigation work group. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6403 | By Senators Doumit, Jacobsen, Regala and Rockefeller Concerning forest fire protection assessments. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6404 | By Senators Johnson, Esser, Keiser, Delvin, Kline and Rasmussen; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission Regarding the certification of tribal police officers. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6405 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Shin, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General Imposing additional registration requirements on risk level III offenders. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6406 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General Including assault of a child in the second degree in the list of two-strike offenses. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6407 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General Increasing the seriousness level for possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6408 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Oke; by request of Attorney General Tolling the statute of limitations for felony sex offenses. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6409 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Oke; by request of Attorney General Revising provisions relating to sex offender sentencing and disposition alternatives. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6410 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Benton; by request of Attorney General Revising provisions relating to community protection zones. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6411 | By Senators Doumit, Parlette, Pridemore, Delvin, Fraser, McAuliffe, Shin and Kohl-Welles Allowing six-year long collective bargaining agreements. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6412 | By Senators Doumit, Zarelli and Hargrove Increasing the number of superior court judges in Clallam and Cowlitz counties. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6413 | By Senator Oke Regarding sales of used law enforcement motor vehicles. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6414 | By Senators Pridemore and Kline Requiring fiscal information in local tax ballot measure titles. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6415 | By Senators Pridemore, McAuliffe and Mulliken Allowing interpreters to assist hearing impaired persons during driver's license examinations. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6416 | By Senators Keiser, Hewitt, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Finkbeiner, Parlette, Sheldon, Deccio, Shin, Esser and Rasmussen Prohibiting pyramid promotional schemes. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6417 | By Senators Roach, Kline, Jacobsen, Esser, Weinstein, Thibaudeau, Benson, Rasmussen, Schmidt, Carrell, Morton, Deccio, Stevens, Mulliken, McCaslin, Hargrove and Delvin Prohibiting sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6418 | By Senators Keiser and Deccio Adding requirements to renew initial limited licenses for dental hygienists. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6419 | By Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio, Kastama, Benson, Keiser and McAuliffe Creating pilot projects for dental hygienists. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6420 | By Senators Pridemore, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, McAuliffe and Shin Regarding community and technical college part-time academic employee health benefits. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6421 | By Senator Kastama Eliminating Saturday counting of ballots. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6422 | By Senator Kastama Modifying election recount provisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6423 | By Senators Haugen and Kastama Modifying absentee or provisional ballot notice requirements. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6424 | By Senators Schoesler, Rasmussen, Morton, Mulliken and Benton Providing a property tax exemption for land used for growing crops used in the production of biodiesel feedstock. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6425 | By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler and Morton Encouraging enrollment in conservation programs. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6426 | By Senators Schoesler, Morton and Delvin Revising requirements for reciprocity of concealed pistol licenses. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6427 | By Senators Kastama, Mulliken, Morton and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development Concerning schedules for the review of comprehensive plans and development regulations. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6428 | By Senators Pridemore, Esser, Poulsen, Morton, Schmidt, Fairley, Benson, Berkey, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Prentice, Kastama, Johnson, Thibaudeau, Kline, Eide, Shin, Rockefeller, Jacobsen, Haugen, Doumit, Oke, Franklin, Swecker, Carrell, Rasmussen, Spanel, Fraser, McAuliffe, Keiser, Brown, Finkbeiner, Brandland and Benton Providing electronic product recycling through manufacturer financed opportunities. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB 6429 | By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Haugen, Honeyford and Rasmussen; by request of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Exempting certain Native American cultural resources information from public disclosure. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6430 | By Senators Keiser, Benton, Deccio, Roach, Thibaudeau, Zarelli, Pridemore, Franklin and Kohl-Welles Modifying provisions relating to nursing facility medicaid payment systems. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6431 | By Senators Kastama, Roach, Kline and Benton Regarding the state interoperability executive committee. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6432 | By Senators Rockefeller, Schoesler, Fraser, Pridemore, Regala, Keiser, Mulliken, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Benton Funding solar energy demonstration projects. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB 6433 | By Senators Kastama, Jacobsen, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Shin, Haugen, Rasmussen, Keiser, Regala, Thibaudeau, Franklin, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles Establishing the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6434 | By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Franklin and Kline Compensating on-call workers for active duty hours under the state minimum wage act. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6435 | By Senators McAuliffe, Rockefeller and Shin Creating a certificate of academic progress. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6436 | By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Rockefeller, Eide, Weinstein and Pridemore Transferring duties of the reconstituted state board of education. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6437 | By Senators McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Eide, Keiser, Schoesler, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Pridemore, Rasmussen and Shin Providing for adoption of course equivalencies for career and technical courses. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6438 | By Senators Weinstein, McAuliffe, Eide, Poulsen, Schmidt, Esser, Finkbeiner, Keiser and Kohl-Welles Modifying school district levy provisions. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6439 | By Senators Doumit, Oke, Jacobsen, Schoesler and Delvin Concerning coastal crab fisheries licenses. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6440 | By Senators Kline and Johnson Providing procedures for judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6441 | By Senators Johnson and Kline Changing the law related to judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6442 | By Senators Shin and Schmidt Authorizing the transfer of certain real property and facilities. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6443 | By Senators Fraser and Regala; by request of Office of Financial Management Creating the economic stability account. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6444 | By Senators Prentice, Doumit, Fraser, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Shin and Roach; by request of Office of Financial Management Creating the pension funding stabilization account. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6445 | By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Providing unreduced retirement benefits in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6446 | By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Setting contribution rates in the Washington state patrol retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6447 | By Senators Pridemore, Fraser, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Addressing the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system plan 1. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6448 | By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Franklin and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Addressing the public employment of retirees from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 and the public employees' retirement system plan 1. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6449 | By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Shin and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Making changes to general provisions in the public safety employees' retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6450 | By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Allowing vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6451 | By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Funding the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in plan 1 of the public employees' retirement system and plan 1 of the teachers' retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6452 | By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Establishing minimum contribution rates for the public employees' retirement system, the public safety employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6453 | By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin and Spanel; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Establishing a one thousand dollar minimum monthly benefit for certain plan 1 members of the public employees' retirement system and certain plan 1 members of the teachers' retirement system. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6454 | By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin, Spanel, Shin and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Providing annual increases in certain retirement allowances. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6455 | By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Spanel and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Creating optional public retirement benefits for justices and judges. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6456 | By Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Spanel and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Authorizing optional membership and distributions of retirement allowances for certain members of the teachers', school employees', and public employees' retirement systems. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6457 | By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, Rockefeller, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Permitting members of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, the public safety employees' retirement system, plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, and the Washington state patrol retirement system to make a one-time purchase of additional service credit. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6458 | By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Purchasing service credit in plan 2 and plan 3 of the teachers' retirement system for public education experience performed as a teacher in a public school in another state or with the federal government. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6459 | By Senators Keiser, Brandland, Thibaudeau, Spanel, Rasmussen, Kline, Parlette and Kohl-Welles Supporting community-based health care solutions. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6460 | By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, McCaslin, McAuliffe, Keiser, Rasmussen, Benton, Roach and Oke; by request of Attorney General Increasing penalties for crimes committed with sexual motivation. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6461 | By Senators McAuliffe and Schmidt Adopting a weighted multiple measures approach to graduation requirements. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6462 | By Senators Shin, Berkey, Rasmussen, Jacobsen, Schmidt, Swecker, Honeyford, Pflug and Sheldon Providing biotechnology product and medical device manufacturing tax incentives. Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6463 | By Senators Fairley and Benton Allowing banks and savings banks to organize as limited liability companies. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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SB 6464 | By Senators Delvin, McAuliffe, Hewitt, Pridemore and Rasmussen Expanding the baccalaureate degree program at WSU, Tri-Cities. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6465 | By Senators McAuliffe, Berkey, Haugen, Fairley, Shin, Rockefeller, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Franklin, Thibaudeau and Regala Changing provisions relating to sex offenders. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6466 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, McAuliffe, Delvin, Finkbeiner, Brown, Rasmussen and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire Creating the department of early learning. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6467 | By Senators Schmidt, Haugen, Shin, Benson, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke Modifying the laws concerning armed forces license plates. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6468 | By Senators Johnson, Schmidt, Roach, Zarelli, Stevens, Mulliken, Carrell, Benton, Deccio, Parlette, Honeyford, Benson, Keiser, Kline and Kohl-Welles Requiring classroom-based civics assessments. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6469 | By Senators Thibaudeau, Keiser, Haugen, Franklin, Brown, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Spanel, Kline and Kohl-Welles Creating a blue ribbon commission on health care cost and access. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6470 | By Senators Shin, Deccio, Schmidt, Sheldon, Jacobsen, Rasmussen and Mulliken Creating Washington manufacturing services in statute. Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6471 | By Senators Zarelli, Hewitt, Sheldon, Parlette, Brandland, Stevens, Morton, Finkbeiner, Schmidt, Pflug, Esser, Carrell, Mulliken, Schoesler, Benton, Deccio, Oke, Honeyford, Johnson and Roach Implementing a proposed constitutional amendment creating a rainy day reserve fund. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6472 | By Senators Rasmussen and Carrell Requiring school districts to adopt policies for the retention and promotion of students. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6473 | By Senators Poulsen, Morton and Rockefeller Eliminating the requirement that telecommunications companies file price lists. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB 6474 | By Senators Regala, Poulsen, Morton, Kline and Kohl-Welles Modifying provisions related to the model toxics control act. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB 6475 | By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Eide, Weinstein, Haugen, Berkey, Kastama, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Rasmussen; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Authorizing alternative methods of assessment and appeal processes for the certificate of academic achievement. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6476 | By Senators Roach, Pflug, Johnson, Carrell, Stevens, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Schmidt, Mulliken and Benton Providing for active monitoring of nonpersistent offenders. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6477 | By Senators Roach, Benson, Stevens, Benton, Johnson, Esser and Honeyford Creating a work group to study volunteer amateur radio emergency communications. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6478 | By Senators Regala, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Keiser and Rasmussen Creating sexual assault protection orders. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6479 | By Senators Regala, McAuliffe and Kline Revising the privilege for sexual assault advocates. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6480 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Brown and Keiser; by request of Department of Transportation Eliminating the department of transportation's exemption from the public works apprenticeship utilization requirements. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6481 | By Senators Jacobsen, Weinstein and Fairley Penalizing persons who violate rules concerning the use of toxic shot to hunt waterfowl. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6482 | By Senators Honeyford, Mulliken, Schoesler, Finkbeiner, Esser and Delvin Providing funds for energy assistance. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB 6483 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Franklin, Haugen, Berkey, Keiser, Kline, Regala, Eide, Brown, Thibaudeau, Schmidt, Spanel and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire Expanding apprenticeship opportunities for high school graduates. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6484 | By Senators Doumit, Swecker, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Morton, Keiser, Eide, Hewitt, Mulliken, Parlette and Benton Providing local assistance for state narcotics task forces. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SJM 8029 | By Senators Schoesler, Morton, Delvin and Mulliken Requesting Congress to repeal the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SJR 8222 | By Senators Zarelli, Doumit, Hewitt, Sheldon, Parlette, Rasmussen, Stevens, Johnson, Finkbeiner, Schmidt, Pflug, Schoesler, Carrell, Esser, Mulliken, Benton, Deccio, Brandland, Honeyford, Oke, Benson and Roach Establishing a rainy day reserve fund. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS |
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HB 2424 | By Representatives Grant, Kessler, Williams, Morrell, Condotta, Clibborn, Linville, Cox, Hunt, Buck, Conway, Haigh, Sump, P. Sullivan, Walsh, Springer, Buri, Haler, Newhouse, Ericksen, Morris, Ericks, Kretz, Strow, B. Sullivan, Dunn, Upthegrove, Ormsby, McDermott, Holmquist and Takko Providing sales and use tax exemptions for users of farm fuel. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |