Washington State Senate 5th Order

Introduction and First Reading
Short Titles and Referrals
2005 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 28, 2005 19TH DAY
 
  SB 5558 By Senators Brown, Swecker, Fraser, Keiser, Benson and Brandland

Establishing a prescription drug assistance foundation.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5559 By Senators Pflug, Kline and Schmidt

Revising procedures for amendment of governing documents for homeowners' associations.

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

  SB 5560 By Senators Pflug, Kline, Benson and Schmidt

Protecting email addresses of members of homeowners' associations.

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

  SB 5561 By Senators Pflug, Kline, Schmidt, Stevens and Benson

Encouraging use of dispute resolution services for homeowners' associations.

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

  SB 5562 By Senators Benson, Delvin, Oke, Hewitt, Schmidt, Carrell, Morton, McCaslin, Deccio, Brandland, Mulliken, Esser, Parlette, Finkbeiner and Honeyford

Increasing penalties for driving or physical control while under the influence.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5563 By Senators Franklin, Schmidt, Oke, Rasmussen, Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles, Pflug, Regala, Parlette, Pridemore, Hargrove, Fraser, Hewitt, Doumit, Spanel, Prentice, Stevens, McAuliffe, Mulliken, Haugen, Berkey, Swecker, Carrell, Fairley, Kline, Keiser, Kastama, Shin, Delvin and Roach

Including women's contributions in the World War II oral history project.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5564 By Senators Schmidt and Kastama

Requiring the secretary of state to prepare a manual of election laws and rules.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5565 By Senators Schmidt and Kastama

Informing out-of-state, overseas, and service voters of rights and procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5566 By Senators Hargrove, Esser and Regala

Authorizing the use of enrollment cards issued by federally recognized Indian tribes.

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

  SB 5567 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Esser, Prentice, Stevens and Thibaudeau

Creating an "investing in youth program."

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5568 By Senator Benton

Requiring the state to pay costs associated with record checks for certificated employees under certain circumstances.

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

  SB 5569 By Senators Keiser and Benson

Revising the nursing facility payment system.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5570 By Senators Haugen, Pflug, Keiser, Kastama, McAuliffe, Kline, Carrell, Fairley and Benson

Discontinuing the nursing facility bed tax.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5571 By Senators Benson, Schoesler, Carrell, Keiser and Kastama

Regarding the boarding home business and occupation tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5572 By Senators Rasmussen, Hewitt, Berkey, Oke, Benson, Deccio, Delvin and Jacobsen

Authorizing additional funding for minor league baseball facilities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5573 By Senators Fairley, Swecker, Eide, Regala, Fraser and Hewitt

Authorizing local governments to seek voter approval for a fixed multiyear regular property tax dollar rate.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5574 By Senators Kline, Roach, Regala, Stevens, Rasmussen, Delvin, McCaslin, Prentice, Weinstein and Kastama

Regulating stun guns.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5575 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Shin, Brown, Rockefeller, McAuliffe, Berkey, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Kline, Regala and Jacobsen

Permitting a college or university to maintain a diverse student population by considering race, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the admission and transfer process without using quotas, predetermined points, or set asides.

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

  SB 5576 By Senators Poulsen, Swecker, Weinstein and Haugen

Exempting fare cards from the unclaimed property act.

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

  SB 5577 By Senators Fairley, Keiser, Kline, Fraser and Poulsen

Making available relocation assistance payments to tenants.

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

  SB 5578 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Rasmussen, Shin and McAuliffe

Increasing the amount of vocational education that qualifies as a work activity under WorkFirst.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5579 By Senators Keiser, Benton, Fairley, Berkey, Thibaudeau, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Kastama, Hewitt and Delvin

Regulating insurance overpayment recovery practices.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5580 By Senators Regala, Swecker, Haugen, Esser, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Fraser and Poulsen

Revising marking requirement for disabled persons' parking places.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5581 By Senators Brown, Finkbeiner, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Rasmussen, Zarelli, Prentice, Hewitt, Fairley, Esser and Doumit; by request of Governor Gregoire

Establishing the life sciences discovery fund.

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

  SB 5582 By Senators Regala, Hargrove, Stevens and Carrell

Clarifying how demographic factors are used with regard to sexually violent predators.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5583 By Senators Regala, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Stevens and Carrell

Requiring training of children's administration employees concerning older children who are victims of abuse or neglect.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5584 By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker and Haugen

Authorizing a customer facility charge on rental car customers to finance consolidated rental car facilities.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5585 By Senators Poulsen, Esser and Prentice

Allowing port districts to lease land acquired from a commercial waterway district.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5586 By Senators Haugen, Swecker and Kastama; by request of County Road Administration Board

Adjusting population thresholds for membership on the county road administration board.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5587 By Senators Haugen, Swecker and Kastama; by request of County Road Administration Board

Revising the definition of "county engineer."

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5588 By Senators Haugen, Swecker and Kastama; by request of County Road Administration Board

Revising county road project reporting.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5589 By Senators Haugen and Spanel

Providing for proceedings for excluding agricultural land from the boundaries of a charter or noncharter code city.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5590 By Senators Fairley and Delvin

Dissolving joint housing authorities.

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

  SB 5591 By Senator Honeyford

Modifying the zoning authority of local jurisdictions over gambling activities.

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

  SB 5592 By Senators McAuliffe, Oke, Fairley, Shin, Keiser, Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles and Weinstein

Prohibiting smoking in public places.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5593 By Senator Fairley

Banning .50 caliber BMG rifles.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5594 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Franklin and Thibaudeau

Regulating stem cell research and human cloning.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5595 By Senators Schoesler, Hewitt, Morton and Delvin

Exempting public work performed by fire district employees from competitive bidding requirements.

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

  SB 5596 By Senator Finkbeiner

Apportioning the votes of presidential electors proportionate to the popular vote.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5597 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Brown, Prentice, Roach, Jacobsen, Kastama, Shin and Fraser

Funding farmers market nutrition programs.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5598 By Senators Franklin, Benton, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Benson, Kline and McAuliffe

Modifying the composition of the nursing care quality assurance commission.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5599 By Senators Franklin, Kastama, Thibaudeau, Benson, Kline and McAuliffe

Providing for a central resource center for the nursing work force.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SCR 8405 By Senators Honeyford, Spanel, Hewitt, Parlette, Pridemore, Delvin, Morton, Mulliken and Benton

Naming the Columbia Room.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.