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
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2006 5TH DAY
 
  SB 6485 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Sheldon, Morton, Doumit and Delvin

Exempting the custom blending of dry fertilizer from business and occupation tax.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6486 By Senators Schoesler, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Morton, Sheldon and Delvin

Permitting commercial driver's license reciprocity agreements.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6487 By Senators Schoesler, Rasmussen, Roach, Morton, Schmidt, Mulliken, Carrell, Stevens, Doumit, Delvin, Benson, Esser, Johnson, Deccio, Shin, Jacobsen, Regala, Hargrove, Zarelli, Honeyford, McAuliffe and Berkey

Prohibiting false academic credentials.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
  SB 6488 By Senators Franklin, Kline, Hargrove, Fairley, Weinstein and Kohl-Welles

Creating a program for offender education.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
  SB 6489 By Senators Stevens, Benton, Benson and Carrell

Requiring school districts to provide remedial postsecondary education or to pay for the cost.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
  SB 6490 By Senators Rasmussen and Kline

Specifying additional mitigating circumstances allowing departures from sentencing guidelines.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6491 By Senators Kline, Johnson, Hargrove, Esser and Oke

Revising penalty provisions relating to taking a motor vehicle without permission.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6492 By Senators Kline, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Oke

Authorizing conversion of legal financial obligations to community restitution.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6493 By Senators Kline, Weinstein, Brandland, Hargrove, Oke and Rasmussen

Revising the jurisdiction of drug courts.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6494 By Senators Kline, Rasmussen, Esser, Keiser, Poulsen and Oke

Eliminating the requirement for a seller's real estate disclosure of proximity to farming.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
  SB 6495 By Senators Kline, Johnson, Brandland and Oke

Assigning a seriousness level to selected unranked felonies.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6496 By Senators Kline, Johnson, Hargrove and Thibaudeau

Requiring that defendants be given notice of the possibility that an exceptional sentence may be imposed.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6497 By Senators Kline, Franklin and Hargrove

Revising felony sentence ranges.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6498 By Senators Roach, Stevens, Mulliken, Schoesler, Honeyford, Benton and Delvin

Modifying election provisions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6499 By Senators Roach, Stevens, Schoesler, Benton, Honeyford and Mulliken

Putting all voters on inactive status until proof of citizenship and photo identification are provided.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6500 By Senators Haugen, McCaslin, Doumit, Benson, Shin, Esser and Jacobsen

Extending the moorage period for sales tax exemptions for nonresident vessel purchasers.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
  SB 6501 By Senators Rockefeller, Poulsen, Morton, Honeyford, Fraser, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Kline and Keiser; by request of Governor Gregoire

Creating the Washington bioenergy loan program.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6502 By Senators Roach, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Kline, McCaslin, Benton and Rasmussen

Creating a statewide automated victim information and notification system.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
  SB 6503 By Senators Finkbeiner, Poulsen, Morton, Esser, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Parlette, Rasmussen, Kline and Keiser

Providing tax incentives for the generation of electricity using renewable resources.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6504 By Senators Berkey and Mulliken

Prohibiting public hospital district employees from serving as commissioners.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6505 By Senators Oke and McAuliffe

Providing drug paraphernalia provisions.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6506 By Senators Honeyford and Morton

Limiting building permit moratoriums.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6507 By Senators Honeyford, Poulsen, Morton and Fraser

Concerning watershed management partnerships.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6508 By Senators Rasmussen, Poulsen, Kline, McCaslin, Brown, Oke, Schmidt, Swecker, Finkbeiner and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire

Developing minimum renewable fuel content requirements and fuel quality standards in an alternative fuels market.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6509 By Senator Kastama

Modifying the cancellation process for public contracts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6510 By Senators Pridemore, Kastama, Doumit, Zarelli, Kline and Benton

Modifying county lien authority.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6511 By Senators Pridemore, Kastama, Benton, Zarelli and Roach

Modifying disbursement of the metropolitan park district fund.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6512 By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Honeyford, Poulsen, Mulliken, Regala, Rockefeller, Delvin and Kline

Enhancing air quality at truck stops.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6513 By Senators Fraser, Poulsen, Pridemore, Regala, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Requiring biomonitoring as an element of the environmental health tracking program.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6514 By Senators Fraser, Poulsen, Pridemore, Regala, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Kline and Keiser

Regarding biodiesel mandates for state agencies and contractors.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6515 By Senators Fraser, Oke, Morton, Poulsen, Mulliken, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Regala, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Kline and Keiser

Providing information on biofuels and renewable energy.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6516 By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, Morton, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Regala, Benton, Rasmussen, Kline and Keiser

Providing sales and use tax exemptions to encourage the use of alternative fuels.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6517 By Senators Fraser, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Regala and Kline

Creating the uniform environmental covenants act.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6518 By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Poulsen, Honeyford, Pridemore, Regala, Kline and Keiser

Modifying state energy policy.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6519 By Senators Benton, Benson, Schoesler, Carrell, Esser, Jacobsen, Pflug, Mulliken, Johnson, Honeyford, Sheldon, Roach, Kline, Oke, Rasmussen and Keiser

Requiring sex offenders to verify twice a year that registration information is accurate.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
  SB 6520 By Senators Benton, Fairley, Oke, Stevens, Prentice and Spanel

Regulating the cashing of checks by the payor institution.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
  SB 6521 By Senators Benton, Berkey, Mulliken and Stevens

Creating the direct property owner petition method of annexation for city and town annexations.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6522 By Senators Benton, Kastama, Roach, Berkey, Benson, Zarelli, Stevens, Delvin, Honeyford and Schmidt

Concerning campaign contributions made by out-of-state entities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6523 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Benson, Roach, Fairley, Rasmussen and Kline

Increasing the minimum age for gambling.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6524 By Senators Rasmussen, Morton, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Honeyford and Benton

Providing incentives for conversion of landfill methane gas to liquid fuel.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6525 By Senators Benton, Oke, Berkey, Mulliken, Benson, Esser, Haugen and Sheldon; by request of Department of Transportation

Modifying transportation project design-build provisions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6526 By Senators Jacobsen, Mulliken, Berkey, Oke, Weinstein, Poulsen and Eide; by request of Department of Transportation

Authorizing the use of automated traffic safety cameras in state highway work zones.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6527 By Senators Jacobsen, Mulliken, Haugen and Sheldon; by request of Department of Transportation

Extending the negotiation period for the Milwaukee Road trail.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6528 By Senators Mulliken, Kastama, Benson, Oke, Esser, Berkey and Sheldon; by request of Department of Transportation

Permitting roadside tire chain businesses.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6529 By Senators Swecker, Poulsen and Rasmussen

Concerning water right application fees.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
  SB 6530 By Senators Finkbeiner, Fairley, Berkey, Benton and Kline; by request of Secretary of State

Allowing electronic voter registration.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6531 By Senators Weinstein, Fraser and Kline

Preserving remedies when limited liability companies dissolve.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6532 By Senators Delvin, Schoesler, Morton and Jacobsen

Regarding Washington's academic assessment system.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
  SB 6533 By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Schoesler and Benton

Providing a tax credit for syrup sales.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
  SB 6534 By Senator Jacobsen

Regulating unclaimed property locators.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
  SB 6535 By Senator Jacobsen

Concerning aquatic land leases.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
  SB 6536 By Senators Jacobsen and Benton

Regarding the legislative youth advisory council.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SB 6537 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Hewitt, Honeyford, Keiser and McAuliffe; by request of Liquor Control Board

Modifying requirements for the direct sale of wine to Washington state consumers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6538 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Keiser; by request of Liquor Control Board

Regulating flavored malt beverage.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6539 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Keiser; by request of Liquor Control Board

Changing the formula cap on spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licenses.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6540 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Keiser; by request of Liquor Control Board

Concerning the processing of liquor licenses.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6541 By Senators Prentice and Zarelli

Regarding appeal bond requirements against signatories of the tobacco master settlement agreement.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
  SB 6542 By Senators Mulliken, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Sheldon, Morton, Shin, Delvin and Honeyford

Exempting farming services from business and occupation tax.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6543 By Senators Haugen and Benton

Modifying provisions for the cosmetology apprenticeship program.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6544 By Senator Eide

Authorizing increased public facility construction funding by the community economic revitalization board.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6545 By Senators Sheldon, Esser, Benson and Haugen; by request of Washington State Patrol

Removing the minimum height requirement for the attachment of vehicle license plates.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6546 By Senators Weinstein, Sheldon and Haugen; by request of Washington State Patrol

Providing state conformity with federal safety standards for mopeds.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6547 By Senators Weinstein and Haugen; by request of Washington State Patrol

Clarifying procedures for sound and video recordings by law enforcement officers.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6548 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke and Weinstein; by request of Washington State Patrol

Modifying procedures for applications for title reissuance when a vehicle has been declared a total loss.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6549 By Senators Benson, Jacobsen, Mulliken and Berkey; by request of Washington State Patrol

Modifying commercial vehicle provisions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6550 By Senators Kastama, Esser, Berkey and Eide; by request of Department of Licensing

Modifying provisions concerning the regulation of driver training schools.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6551 By Senators Esser, Sheldon and Berkey; by request of Department of Licensing

Modifying the definition of limousine.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6552 By Senators Benson, Haugen, Mulliken, Berkey and Sheldon; by request of Department of Licensing

Modifying commercial driver's license provisions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6553 By Senators Haugen, Benson, Jacobsen and Benton

Changing the department of transportation's regions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
  SB 6554 By Senators Rasmussen, Johnson and Kline

Including organized retail theft in crime guidelines.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
  SB 6555 By Senators Prentice, Haugen, Mulliken, Berkey, Kastama and Rasmussen

Providing research and services for special purpose districts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
  SB 6556 By Senators Oke, Rasmussen, Kastama and Schmidt

Concerning funding for state parks.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
  SB 6557 By Senators Kohl-Welles and Keiser

Modifying the taxation of motion picture and video production services.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6558 By Senators Brown, Hewitt, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Benson, McAuliffe, Benton, Kline and Keiser

Improving the state of Washington's economic, cultural, and educational standing in the motion picture industry.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
  SB 6559 By Senators Delvin, Fairley, Benton, Keiser, Brandland, Benson, Schmidt, Berkey, McAuliffe and Kline

Providing tax credits for contributions to low-income housing efforts.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
  SJM 8030 By Senators Kline, Regala, Mulliken, Esser, Pflug, Swecker, Franklin, Rockefeller, Poulsen and Kohl-Welles

Calling on the President to provide a solution to the crisis in Sudan.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
  SJM 8031 By Senator Jacobsen

Requesting federal action on inventoried roadless areas.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
  SCR 8415 By Senator Pridemore

Calling for a second Major League Baseball Team.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.