Washington State Senate 5th Order

Introduction & First Reading
Short Titles and Referrals
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 16, 2006 8TH DAY
 
  SB 6560 By Senators Eide, Shin and Sheldon

Continuing funding for the public facilities construction loan revolving account.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6561 By Senators Rockefeller and Kohl-Welles

Revising requirements for elevator mechanic licenses.

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

  SB 6562 By Senator Swecker

Authorizing critical areas safe harbor agreements.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6563 By Senators Haugen, Brandland and Oke

Revising admissibility in a civil action of failing to wear safety belt assemblies and failing to use child restraint systems.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6564 By Senators Zarelli, Regala, Rockefeller, Doumit, Hewitt, Rasmussen, Johnson and Shin; by request of Lieutenant Governor

Modifying the property tax exemption for nonprofit schools and colleges.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6565 By Senators Kastama, Kohl-Welles and Kline; by request of Secretary of State

Concerning valid voter registrations.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6566 By Senators Eide, Esser, Swecker, Haugen, Prentice and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Transportation

Revising commute trip reduction provisions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6567 By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Pridemore, Schoesler, Shin and Kohl-Welles

Revising terms of appointment of student regents and trustees.

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

  SB 6568 By Senators Regala, Carrell and Oke

Modifying animal fighting provisions.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6569 By Senators Kastama and Swecker; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development

Clarifying the best available science requirements to protect critical areas.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6570 By Senators Fairley, Benton, Berkey and Honeyford

Requiring lenders to consider retail installment contracts for the purchase of motor vehicles.

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

  SB 6571 By Senators Berkey, Benton, Fairley, Honeyford, Franklin and Parlette

Refining the definition of "bushing."

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

  SB 6572 By Senator Hargrove

Revising the unlawful detainer process under the residential landlord-tenant act.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6573 By Senators Zarelli, Honeyford, Sheldon, Hargrove, Morton, Swecker and Mulliken

Maintaining and enhancing the viability of agriculture.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6574 By Senators Mulliken, Sheldon, Schoesler, Morton and Honeyford

Concerning property.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6575 By Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Kastama, Brandland, Berkey, Doumit, Rockefeller, Shin and Franklin; by request of Department of Agriculture

Identifying accessory uses on agricultural lands.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6576 By Senators Hargrove, Brandland, Rasmussen and McAuliffe; by request of Washington State Patrol

Clarifying procedures for forwarding sex offender information.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6577 By Senator Prentice; by request of Department of Revenue

Modifying the electronic administration of the real estate excise tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6578 By Senator Pridemore; by request of Department of Revenue

Regarding insurance premiums tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6579 By Senators McAuliffe, Eide, Weinstein, Schmidt, Berkey, Rasmussen, Franklin, Keiser and Shin

Requiring parents be notified when a juvenile is taken into custody.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6580 By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Weinstein, Carrell, Berkey, Rasmussen, Oke and Shin

Creating work groups to evaluate issues relating to juvenile sex offenders and kidnapping offenders in schools.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6581 By Senators Poulsen and Delvin

Regarding water resource management in the Columbia river basin.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6582 By Senators Berkey, Jacobsen, Franklin and Rasmussen

Authorizing the state parks golden age pass.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6583 By Senator Berkey

Exempting indigent persons from the local transit agency motor vehicle excise tax.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6584 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton, Fairley, Keiser and Kline

Regulating mortgage lenders and credit card issuers.

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

  SB 6585 By Senators Doumit, Zarelli, Schmidt and Rasmussen; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6586 By Senators Haugen and McCaslin

Allowing second class cities and towns to pay claims by check or warrant.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6587 By Senators Kastama, Regala, Keiser, Deccio, Thibaudeau, Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Creating an office of mental health ombudsman.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6588 By Senator Eide

Providing tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers.

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

  SB 6589 By Senators Eide and McAuliffe

Encouraging the development of affordable housing.

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

  SB 6590 By Senators Kline, Esser, Johnson and Weinstein; by request of Washington Uniform Legislation Commission

Changing the effective date of the uniform interstate family support act.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6591 By Senators Keiser and Deccio

Expanding provisions relating to wholesale distribution of dangerous drugs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6592 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Requiring minimum paid sick leave from employment.

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

  SB 6593 By Senators Spanel and Berkey; by request of Washington Uniform Legislation Commission

Adopting the uniform securities act of Washington.

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

  SB 6594 By Senators Regala, Prentice, Doumit, Eide, Keiser, Fairley, Franklin and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire

Conforming Washington's tax structure to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6595 By Senators Franklin, Esser, Keiser, Fairley, Kastama, Weinstein, Thibaudeau, Benton, Kline, Pridemore, Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen and McAuliffe

Requiring hospitals to establish a safe patient handling committee.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6596 By Senators Kline, Johnson, Weinstein and Esser

Revising the dissolution of Washington corporations.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6597 By Senators Johnson, Kline, Weinstein and Esser

Modifying trusts and estates, generally.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6598 By Senators Haugen and Jacobsen

Concerning hunting on certain county-owned lands.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6599 By Senators Haugen, Berkey, Weinstein, Poulsen and Deccio

Modifying central Puget Sound regional transportation governance and funding.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6600 By Senators Haugen, Jacobsen and Berkey

Restricting the requirement for residential density on islands consisting of rural lands.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6601 By Senators Eide and Haugen; by request of Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board

Creating the freight mobility multimodal account.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6602 By Senators Benson, McCaslin, Stevens, Carrell, Morton, Benton, Schoesler, Delvin, Esser and Roach

Providing an exemption from the passenger vehicle weight fee.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6603 By Senators Doumit, Morton and Parlette

Establishing the wildfire prevention and protection work group.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6604 By Senators Prentice, Rasmussen and McAuliffe; by request of Governor Gregoire

Providing excise tax relief for aerospace businesses.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6605 By Senators Fraser, Oke, Fairley, Deccio, Franklin, Rasmussen and Kline

Regarding educational interpreters for hearing-impaired students.

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

  SB 6606 By Senators Fraser, Oke, Fairley, Deccio, Berkey, McAuliffe, Keiser, Kline, Regala, Honeyford, Thibaudeau, Mulliken, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Delvin, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles

Requiring standards for educational interpreters for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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

  SB 6607 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, McAuliffe, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Fairley, Keiser, Fraser, Franklin and Kline

Requiring notification of pesticide application.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SCR 8416 By Senators Kastama and Kline

Moving the September 2006 legislative assembly to a location east of the Cascade Mountains.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

  HB 1131 By Representatives Nixon, Haigh and Shabro

Regulating mail to constituents.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  EHB 1276 By Representatives Grant, Holmquist, Kessler, Upthegrove, Walsh, Linville, Nixon, Hinkle, Buri, Newhouse, Orcutt, Kristiansen, Campbell, Hankins, McDonald, Talcott, Bailey, Shabro, Skinner, Roach, Haigh, McCune, Kretz, Hunter, Moeller, Miloscia, Williams, O'Brien, Schindler, P. Sullivan, Blake, Anderson, Buck, Wallace, Chase, Condotta and Santos

Requiring the governor's signature on significant legislative rules.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  HB 1439 By Representatives Green, Nixon, Haigh, Upthegrove, Chase and Dunn; by request of Department of General Administration

Allowing the state purchasing and material control director to receive electronic and web-based bids.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  ESHB 1865 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Kilmer, Woods, Lantz, Appleton, Talcott, Green and Williams)

Modifying sales and use taxation related to the state route 16 corridor improvements project.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  HB 1966 By Representatives Ericks, O'Brien, Lovick, Strow, Haler, Takko, Morrell, Nixon, Campbell, McIntire, Conway, Santos, Chase and Moeller

Classifying identity theft as a crime against persons.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.