 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 18, 2008 | 5th Day - 2008 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2008.
HB 2717
by Representatives Chandler, Grant, Blake, Condotta, Newhouse, and Armstrong
Aligning state law with federal law relating to overtime compensation for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries employees.
Aligns state law with federal law relating to overtime compensation for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries employees.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2816
by Representatives Campbell, Morrell, and Green
Regulating certain health care devices and procedures.
Requires the adoption of rules to identify those instruments or categories of instruments that are prohibited for use by a podiatric physician or surgeon, chiropractor, dentist, naturopath, osteopathic physician or surgeon, osteopathic physician's assistant, physician or surgeon, physician's assistant, physical therapist, or nurse practitioner.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2817
by Representatives Campbell, Green, Morrell, Hudgins, and McCune
Concerning motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.
Requires the disposal of motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.Makes it unlawful to sell motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2818
by Representatives Campbell and Hudgins
Concerning the duties of the department of ecology's office of waste reduction and sustainable production.
Addresses the duties of the office of waste reduction and sustainable production within the department of ecology.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2819
by Representatives Condotta, Hinkle, McDonald, and Kristiansen
Increasing distributions of off-road vehicle moneys.
Increases distributions of off-road vehicle moneys.Takes effect July 1, 2008.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2820
by Representatives Condotta, Armstrong, Haler, and Williams
Concerning speed limits on state highways adjacent to certain cities and towns.
Addresses requests to lower speed limits on state highways adjacent to certain cities and towns.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2821
by Representatives Kagi, Dickerson, and Kenney
Changing hearing procedures for reinstatement of parental rights.
Changes hearing procedures for reinstatement of parental rights.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2822
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Lantz, Dickerson, Haler, Sullivan, Seaquist, and Kenney
Concerning the family and juvenile court improvement program.
Creates the family and juvenile court improvement grant program.Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to evaluate the implementation of the family and juvenile court improvement grant program.Makes an appropriation.Takes effect July 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2823
by Representatives Blake and Kretz
Regarding the Willapa harbor oyster reserve.
Addresses the needs of the Willapa harbor oyster reserve.Requires local governments, in consultation with the department of health, to use funds as grants or loans to individuals for repairing or improving their on-site sewage systems.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2824
by Representatives Green, Appleton, Sells, Hunt, Nelson, Conway, Morrell, Darneille, McIntire, Sullivan, Wood, Simpson, Hasegawa, and O'Brien
Regarding hours of labor for nurses.
Requires that employees of health care facilities shall be allowed scheduled meal and rest periods as specified in rules adopted by the department of labor and industries.Redefines "health care facility".
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2825
by Representatives Conway, Condotta, and Armstrong
Allowing certain alcohol permit holders to obtain alcohol in nonbeverage form directly from suppliers.
Allows medical, hospital, mechanical, manufacturing, or scientific entities or persons to obtain nonbeverage alcohol directly from suppliers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2826
by Representatives Priest, Ormsby, Sullivan, Haigh, Fromhold, Quall, Wallace, Kenney, Anderson, Conway, Haler, Wood, Roach, and Simpson; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Regarding secondary career and technical education.
Seeks to increase the quality and rigor of secondary career and technical education, improve links to postsecondary education, encourage and facilitate academic instruction through career and technical courses, and expand access to and awareness of the opportunities offered by high quality career and technical education.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2827
by Representatives Roberts, Kagi, Dickerson, Appleton, Darneille, Pedersen, Walsh, O'Brien, Sullivan, and Goodman
Expanding the department of community, trade, and economic development's housing pilot program.
Expands the department of community, trade, and economic development's housing pilot program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2828
by Representatives O'Brien, McCoy, Dickerson, and Simpson
Providing enhanced funding for crime victim services and prosecutorial costs.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to establish a grant program to enhance the funding, treatment, and services for victims of felony crimes and for enhanced local prosecutorial costs.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2829
by Representatives Kelley, Williams, Eddy, Rolfes, Lantz, Liias, Linville, Upthegrove, Green, Anderson, Nelson, Morrell, Fromhold, Kenney, Darneille, McIntire, Kirby, Haigh, Simpson, Hasegawa, O'Brien, and Ormsby; by request of Governor Gregoire
Expanding financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security.
Expands financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security.Requires the director to convene an interagency work group to identify current state funded efforts to support financial literacy, assess whether there are opportunities to create a centralized location of information regarding these existing state efforts, and to identify whether there are opportunities for expanding partnerships with other community entities also providing financial literacy services.Makes appropriations.Declares an emergency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection. | |
HB 2830
by Representatives Simpson, Green, Miloscia, Williams, Wood, and Ormsby
Promoting housing affordability through financial assistance programs.
Promotes the achievement of statewide growth management act housing affordability goals through grants and loans, transportation-oriented development, infrastructure projects, zoning ordinances, local improvement district or tax increment financing, and economic development.Expires June 30, 2011.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2831
by Representatives Anderson, Wallace, Priest, Quall, Sullivan, and Haigh
Creating a study regarding teacher preparation in Washington state.
Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to review and analyze teacher preparation in Washington state and identify possible strategies for improving the effectiveness of future teachers.Requires an interim report to the education committees of the legislature by December 1, 2008.Requires a final report including the results of the program evaluation and possible strategies for improvement by December 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2832
by Representatives Anderson, Fromhold, Priest, Haigh, Quall, Sullivan, Conway, and Haler
Recodifying the basic education act.
Recodifies the state's educational obligations under Article IX, sections 1 and 2 of the state Constitution.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2833
by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, Miloscia, and Williams
Adopting all mail voting.
Establishes all mail elections, but allows for designated in person voting centers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2834
by Representatives Roberts, Kagi, and Wood; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Modifying a foster parent license due to a change of residence.
Requires the department of social and health services, within thirty days following a foster-family home licensee's move to a new location, to amend the license to reflect the new location, provided the new location and the licensee meet minimum licensing standards.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2835
by Representatives Kagi, Roberts, Loomis, Morrell, Kenney, and Haigh; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Requiring federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.
Requires federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.Authorizes a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2836
by Representatives Williams, Dickerson, Upthegrove, Rodne, Simpson, Dunshee, Morrell, Haigh, and Ormsby
Protecting animals from perpetrators of domestic violence.
Protects animals from perpetrators of domestic violence through court order.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2837
by Representatives Williams, Campbell, Hunt, Darneille, Ericks, Kirby, Roberts, Pedersen, Nelson, Hasegawa, Simpson, Dunshee, Flannigan, Dickerson, and Sells
Concerning real property.
Requires that any person or entity involved in the construction of improvements upon real property intended for residential use has a duty, which may not be waived, to exercise reasonable care in the construction of the improvement.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2838
by Representatives Williams, Roach, Kirby, Simpson, Ericks, and Haler
Regulating retention of personal information associated with access devices.
Requires any person or business that conducts business in this state or that owns or licenses computerized data that includes consumer personal information to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to Washington state residents whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.Creates a direct cause of action for financial institutions against data custodians that unnecessarily retain consumer personal information or fail to meet rudimentary precautions designed to protect consumer personal information.Takes effect January 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection. | |
HB 2839
by Representatives Williams, Rodne, Hunt, Wood, and Sells
Removing the ability of agencies to enjoin the examination of a specific public record.
Restricts an agency's access to superior court for the purposes of the public disclosure act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2840
by Representatives Upthegrove, Cody, Williams, Lantz, Nelson, Pedersen, Schual-Berke, Simpson, and Goodman
Creating the Maury Island aquatic reserve.
Protects Puget Sound water quality by creating an aquatic reserve near Maury Island.Requires the department of natural resources to develop a management plan for the aquatic reserve. The department may incorporate an existing management plan and policies previously adopted for the lands.Declares an emergency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2841
by Representatives Campbell and Morrell
Establishing a voluntary adult family home certification program.
Establishes a certification program for adult family homes.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2842
by Representatives Williams, Kretz, Loomis, and Ericks
Establishing responsibility for compensation paid to officers while enrolled in basic law enforcement training.
Establishes a formula for reimbursement of salary and benefits received by a law enforcement officer while he or she was enrolled in basic law enforcement training.Establishes in the criminal justice training commission a grant program to reimburse law enforcement training agencies for salary and benefits received by an officer in training.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2843
by Representatives Upthegrove, Sells, Wallace, Hasegawa, Hunt, Armstrong, and McIntire
Requiring ballot drop-off sites at institutions of higher education.
Regulates ballot deposit sites.Requires at least one unstaffed ballot drop-off site to be located at each institution of higher education.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2844
by Representatives Kagi, Priest, Upthegrove, Campbell, Simpson, Hunt, Blake, Jarrett, Nelson, Rolfes, Dickerson, Appleton, Takko, Loomis, Lantz, Pettigrew, Hunter, Moeller, Hudgins, Quall, O'Brien, Anderson, Kenney, Pedersen, and McIntire
Regarding urban forestry.
Supports city efforts to conserve, protect, improve, and expand Washington's urban forest in order to reduce storm water pollution in Puget Sound, flooding, energy consumption and greenhouse gases emission, air pollution, and storm impacts to utility infrastructure.Provides for development of uniform criteria for a statewide community and urban forest inventory and assessment.Limits grants or other forms of financial aid to cities and towns that are in compliance with this act.Requires the department to develop an evergreen cities recognition program whereby the department, the governor, and a statewide council representing urban and community forestry programs authorized under RCW 76.15.020 establish criteria for official state recognition and designation of evergreen cities.Creates a grant program and a competitive award program to provide financial assistance to cities, towns, and counties for the development, adoption, and implementation of evergreen cities management plans or ordinances.Requires certain cities, towns, and counties, to adopt an evergreen cities forest management plan and related ordinances.Authorizes the attorney general or any resident of a city, town, or county to appeal to the appropriate growth management hearings board issues of local government compliance or noncompliance with evergreen cities management plan or ordinance adoptions.Authorizes local governments to accept voluntary donations.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2845
by Representatives Schindler, Kristiansen, Crouse, Bailey, Pearson, Alexander, and McCune
Using existing revenue sources for highway purposes.
Creates the one Washington road account in the motor vehicle fund. Expenditures from the account shall be used only for highway purposes identified in the omnibus transportation budget and to pay the principal and interest on the bonds authorized for one Washington road account projects or improvements.Requires specified revenues to be deposited in the account.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2846
by Representatives Kagi, Kenney, and Dickerson
Establishing a process for entering voluntary out-of-home placement agreements for adoptive children in crisis.
Establishes a process for entering voluntary out-of-home placement agreements for adoptive children in crisis.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2847
by Representatives Ormsby, Schindler, Barlow, Simpson, Springer, Wood, and Santos
Creating a sales and use tax exemption of materials and services used in the weatherization assistance program.
Creates a sales and use tax exemption for materials and services used in the weatherization assistance program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2848
by Representatives Ormsby, Barlow, Springer, and Simpson
Concerning a voluntary contribution program for property owners taking the multifamily property tax exemption.
Requires cities with property owners taking the multifamily property tax exemption to establish a voluntary contribution program.Allows moneys received to be used for activities that provide housing opportunities for very low-income households with incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median income.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Housing. | |
HB 2849
by Representatives Ormsby, Miloscia, Morrell, Wood, and Santos
Concerning affordable housing financing.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to make grants to local governments to assist with financing affordable housing, based on specified criteria.Requires the department of revenue to report on implementation of the program designed to finance affordable housing.Allows local governments to impose sales and use tax.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Housing. | |
HB 2850
by Representatives Rolfes, Upthegrove, Williams, Pedersen, and Hunt
Regarding Puget Sound scientific research.
Specifies how expenditures from the Puget Sound scientific research account may be used.Orders the Puget Sound science panel to develop and implement an appropriate process for peer review of monitoring, research, and modeling conducted as part of the strategic science program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2851
by Representative Miloscia
Modifying campaign contribution limit provisions.
Modifies campaign contribution limits.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2852
by Representatives Miloscia and Haler
Prohibiting false and defamatory statements about candidates for public office.
Prohibits any political advertising or electioneering communication that contains a false statement of material fact about a candidate for public office, and is defamatory with regard to that candidate.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2853
by Representatives Miloscia, Green, and Ormsby
Providing living wages on public contracts.
Requires contractors with state agencies to pay employees a particular hourly wage, called a minimum living wage, established by the bill.Protects employees seeking to enforce their rights under the bill.Prescribes penalties for employers who fail to comply with minimum living wage provisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2854
by Representative Miloscia
Requiring the reporting of compliance with countywide planning policy requirements.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to report annually on counties' compliance with countywide planning policy requirements under the growth management act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2855
by Representatives Miloscia and Santos
Requiring reports on county and city compliance with housing element requirements of the growth management act.
Requires reports on county and city compliance with housing element requirements of the growth management act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2856
by Representatives Miloscia and Simpson
Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs.
Requires yearly adjustment of the minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2857
by Representatives Miloscia, Priest, Haler, Hankins, and Pettigrew
Extending the date to finance public facilities district regional centers in cities with a population between eighty thousand and one hundred fifteen thousand.
Extends by one year the date to finance public facilities district regional centers in cities with a population between eighty thousand and one hundred fifteen thousand.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2858
by Representatives Morrell, Warnick, Campbell, Hurst, Newhouse, O'Brien, Green, Kelley, and Conway
Expanding metal property provisions.
Expands metal property provisions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2859
by Representatives Williams, Hinkle, Moeller, and Green
Establishing new requirements for licensing massage therapists.
Establishes new requirements for licensing massage therapists.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2860
by Representatives Alexander and McCune
Defining the near general fund and requiring revenue forecasts thereof.
Defines the near general fund.Requires revenue forecasts of the near general fund.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2861
by Representatives Hailey, Haler, Kretz, Schmick, and Blake
Regarding dangerous dogs.
Adds wolf-dog hybrids to the definition of dangerous dogs.Requires owners of dangerous dogs to identify their dogs as dangerous with microchips, tattoos, or clearly visible tags.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2862
by Representatives Simpson and Conway; by request of Gambling Commission
Regarding Washington state gambling commission revenue actions.
Provides increased and new fees for gambling activities regulated by the Washington state gambling commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2863
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Dickerson, Pettigrew, Haler, Roberts, Priest, Anderson, Jarrett, Darneille, Liias, Clibborn, Morrell, Simpson, Lantz, Goodman, Hurst, Conway, Kenney, Ormsby, and Wood
Providing for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.
Provides for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2864
by Representatives Ormsby, Wood, Barlow, Hasegawa, and Simpson
Requiring the filing of certified payroll records on public works projects.
Requires the filing of certified payroll records on public works projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2865
by Representatives Haler, Jarrett, and Hailey
Concerning motor carrier hours of service.
Requires Washington state patrol to adopt and enforce rules regarding motor carrier hours of service.Establishes penalties and fines for motor carriers and motor carrier drivers who violate the rules concerning hours of service.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2866
by Representatives Haler, Hailey, Dunn, and McCune
Permitting motor vehicles to be unattended when defrosting equipment is operating for certain conditions.
Permits motor vehicles to be unattended with the engine running and brakes set when defrosting equipment is operating to remove ice or snow from the vehicle.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2867
by Representatives Hailey, Haler, and Schmick
Modifying provisions related to the distribution of tax proceeds from thermal electric generating facilities.
Modifies provisions related to the distribution of tax proceeds from thermal electric generating facilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2868
by Representative McDonald
Modifies the definition of "relative" for the purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
Modifies the definition of "relative" for the purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2869
by Representatives Liias, Sullivan, Ericks, Williams, Loomis, Simpson, Ormsby, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Roberts, and Lantz
Extending the national board for professional teaching standards bonus to certificated principals.
Extends the national board for professional teaching standards bonus to certificated principals.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2870
by Representatives Liias, Sullivan, Ericks, Williams, Loomis, Simpson, Ormsby, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Roberts, Santos, Quall, and Nelson
Providing opportunities for professional development for instructional assistants.
Provides training opportunities classified for instructional assistants.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2871
by Representatives Kretz and McCune
Regarding penalties for small scale prospecting and mining violations.
Makes unlawfully undertaking hydraulic project activities involving small scale prospecting and mining a natural resources infraction.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2872
by Representatives Kenney, McIntire, Darneille, Lantz, and Ormsby
Strengthening the tax credit and modifying the governing board of a Washington motion picture competitiveness program.
Changes the tax credit for, and modifies the governing board of, the Washington motion picture competitiveness program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2873
by Representatives Ormsby, Liias, McIntire, and Wood; by request of Governor Gregoire
Increasing the debt limit of the housing finance commission.
Increases the debt limit of the housing finance commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2874
by Representatives Ormsby and Wood; by request of Governor Gregoire
Addressing funding for certain transportation benefit district highway projects.
Authorizes a transportation benefit district to impose a sales and use tax for a period exceeding ten years if the transportation benefit district is located in a county that borders another state and has a population of more than four hundred thousand, and a portion of the sales tax is used to fund initial construction on a highway of statewide significance within the county.Declares the tax imposed and collected under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW, less any credits allowed under chapter 82.14 RCW, on initial construction for a highway of statewide significance to be constructed by a transportation benefit district in a county that borders another state and has a population of more than four hundred thousand, must be transferred to the highway project to defray the costs or pay debt service on that project. In the case of a toll project, this transfer or credit must be used to lower the overall cost of the project and thereby the corresponding tolls.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2875
by Representatives Loomis, Smith, Kagi, Kenney, Kirby, Williams, Sells, Wallace, Ericks, Clibborn, Fromhold, Conway, Liias, Hudgins, Springer, Miloscia, McCune, Upthegrove, Green, Morrell, Simpson, Lantz, and McIntire
Developing a twenty-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.
Requires development of a twenty-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2876
by Representatives Kelley, Orcutt, Kirby, Roach, Eddy, Green, McCune, Hurst, McCoy, Upthegrove, Liias, Morrell, Dunn, and Ormsby
Concerning sales tax incentives for highly energy efficient appliances and equipment.
Provides sales and use tax exemptions for highly energy efficient appliances and equipment and associated labor and services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2877
by Representatives Kretz and McCune
Concerning urban creeks.
Requires large cities to adopt creek restoration plans.Requires developers to assist in creek restoration when building major creekside development.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2878
by Representative Clibborn; by request of Office of Financial Management
Making 2008 transportation supplemental appropriations.
Makes supplemental transportation appropriations for 2008.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2879
by Representatives Morris, Ericksen, Hasegawa, Morrell, and Kelley; by request of Attorney General
Modifying provisions regulating spyware.
Modifies provisions regulating spyware.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2880
by Representatives Kenney, McIntire, Dickerson, Quall, Pettigrew, Cody, Roberts, Pedersen, Morrell, and Simpson
Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
Excludes car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2881
by Representatives Hinkle, Kenney, and Cody
Concerning the practice of dentistry.
Allows dentists who have practiced in another state for at least three years to obtain a license without examination.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2882
by Representatives Wood, Hudgins, Hasegawa, and Ormsby
Concerning the labeling of lead-containing products.
Requires the labeling of lead-containing products offered for sale in Washington.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2883
by Representatives Green, Roberts, and Morrell; by request of Governor Gregoire
Improving patient safety through increased regulation of health professionals.
Increases regulation of health professionals.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2884
by Representatives Pettigrew, Kagi, Dickerson, Appleton, Roberts, Haler, Darneille, Hasegawa, Santos, Goodman, McIntire, and Kenney
Requiring policies on and limiting the use of mechanical, chemical, and physical restraint of students.
Requires policies on and limiting the use of mechanical, chemical, and physical restraint of students.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2885
by Representatives Williams, Conway, Newhouse, Sells, Chandler, Condotta, and Moeller
Modifying industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
Modifies industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2886
by Representatives Seaquist, Priest, Sullivan, Haigh, Green, Quall, Haler, Jarrett, Santos, Kenney, Appleton, Moeller, Morrell, Barlow, Roberts, Liias, Simpson, Goodman, Lantz, McIntire, VanDeWege, Conway, and Nelson; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Increasing the number of school nurses.
Provides, by the 2013-14 school year, a ratio of one certificated nurse per seven hundred fifty full-time equivalent students.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, if funded, to establish the school nurse corps.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2887
by Representatives Fromhold, Crouse, Conway, Wood, and Kessler
Authorizing the purchase of an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.
Authorizes the purchase of an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2888
by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, Miloscia, Morris, Dunshee, Appleton, McCoy, and Upthegrove
Modifying the tax treatment of energy savings performance contracts.
Provides the tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.Provides the tax levied by chapter 82.12 RCW does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2889
by Representatives Wallace, Rodne, Jarrett, Ericksen, Linville, Schindler, Armstrong, Santos, Appleton, Upthegrove, Pedersen, and Kagi
Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
Excludes car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2890
by Representatives Seaquist, Hinkle, Schual-Berke, Roberts, and Morrell
Regarding coordinated school health.
Creates a grant program to assist school districts to establish coordinated school health councils, develop coordinated school health programs, implement the school health advisory committee, nutrition, and physical activity goals and standards under RCW 28A.210.365, and meet physical activity requirements in rules of the state board of education and the health and fitness essential academic learning requirements established according to this act.Creates the Washington state school health advisory council.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2891
by Representative Hunter
Providing state budget appropriations in lieu of state sales and use tax credits for certain public facilities districts.
Provides state budget appropriations in lieu of state sales and use tax credits for certain public facilities districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2892
by Representatives Hunter and McIntire
Concerning the administration of the property tax deferral program for households with income of fifty-seven thousand or less.
Provides for declarations to defer property taxes for years following the first year, the county assessor is not required to verify the information in the declaration on an annual basis; however, the assessor shall verify such information at least once every fourth year in which a declaration to defer property taxes is filed under this act.Allows the department to conduct audits of the administration by county assessors of the property tax deferral program under this chapter as it deems necessary.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2893
by Representatives VanDeWege, Kessler, Moeller, Sells, Hunt, Takko, McCoy, Liias, Conway, Haigh, Blake, Ormsby, Loomis, O'Brien, Eickmeyer, Hasegawa, Green, Pearson, and Nelson
Modifying the composition of the forest practices board.
Modifies the composition of the forest practices board.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2894
by Representatives Campbell, Williams, and Kagi
Adding questions about wood burning appliances to the seller's disclosure statement for residential real property transfers.
Amends the real estate seller disclosure statement to include wood burning appliances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2895
by Representatives Williams, Campbell, Jarrett, Dickerson, Liias, Hunt, and Ormsby
Addressing the practice of interior design.
Regulates the practice of interior design.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2896
by Representatives Darneille, Dickerson, Roberts, Williams, Kagi, Simpson, and Kenney
Increasing public assistance grants to account for cost-of-living increases.
Increases public assistance grants to account for cost-of-living increases.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2897
by Representatives Darneille, Williams, Haler, Pettigrew, Walsh, Sullivan, Miloscia, Ormsby, Roberts, Kagi, Simpson, Nelson, and Kenney
Changing resource limitations for public assistance eligibility.
Revises resource limitations for public assistance for the purpose of removing barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2898
by Representatives Darneille, Haler, Appleton, Miloscia, Pettigrew, O'Brien, Santos, Roberts, Hasegawa, Upthegrove, Kagi, Morrell, Simpson, Conway, and Kenney
Expanding asset building strategies.
Creates the Washington asset building coalition to provide statewide leadership on initiatives that foster financial self-sufficiency and economic security for low-income working families and foster youth.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2899
by Representatives Darneille, Santos, Roberts, Williams, Green, Kagi, Simpson, and Kenney
Promoting and providing resources for adult literacy education.
Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to study and, no later than December 1, 2008, report on the status of adult literacy education to the governor, the appropriate policy committees of the legislature, and the state board for community and technical colleges.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to conduct a media campaign to increase public awareness about the availability of adult, family, and workforce literacy services and resources, as well as the benefits from literacy which result, to the individual, the family, the community, and the workforce in the state.Requires, beginning December 1, 2010, and every two years thereafter, the state board for community and technical colleges to prepare and submit a status report to the governor and the appropriate legislative policy committees regarding state and national progress in increasing adult, family, and workforce literacy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2900
by Representatives Dickerson, Walsh, Kagi, Roberts, Haler, Pettigrew, Quall, Santos, Priest, Hinkle, McCoy, Darneille, Cody, Linville, Morrell, Simpson, Goodman, Conway, Kenney, and Wood
Requiring the department of social and health services to contract with counties to provide early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities.
Requires, in coordination with other funding sources for early intervention services, the department to contract with each county through the employment and day program to provide funding for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age who have been identified as needing services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2901
by Representatives Springer, Orcutt, Ormsby, Wallace, Sells, Roberts, Kelley, Santos, and Goodman
Providing a limited property tax exemption for the use of facilities by artistic, scientific, and historical organizations.
Provides a limited property tax exemption for the use of facilities by artistic, scientific, and historical organizations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2902
by Representative Wood
Conditioning the collection of the lemon law arbitration fee upon initial registration of new motor vehicles in Washington state.
Provides if the new motor vehicle will be initially registered in the state of Washington, a three-dollar arbitration fee shall be collected by either the new motor vehicle dealer or vehicle lessor from the consumer upon execution of a retail sale or lease agreement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2903
by Representatives Lantz, Rodne, McCoy, Wallace, Moeller, Williams, O'Brien, and Goodman
Creating an access coordinator for the administrative office of the courts.
Requires the administrative office of the courts to create the position of court access and accommodations coordinator.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2904
by Representatives Haler and Hailey
Prohibiting county and city incumbent candidates from appearing on publicly funded television during the election.
Provides beginning June 1st of the year of an election for a county or city legislative or executive position and continuing through November 30th immediately after the general election, the incumbent county or city legislative member or executive who is a candidate may not appear on a publicly funded television station, except as provided in the act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2905
by Representatives Kelley, Schindler, Simpson, Eddy, Takko, Crouse, McCune, Sump, Pearson, Ericks, O'Brien, Warnick, VanDeWege, and Hurst
Requiring restitution to public safety agencies for costs incurred responding to criminal activity.
Requires restitution to public safety agencies for costs incurred responding to criminal activity.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2906
by Representatives Seaquist, Hinkle, and Moeller
Creating a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
Creates a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2907
by Representatives Campbell, Schual-Berke, Hinkle, Green, Morrell, Simpson, and Haler
Concerning operating agreements between the secretary of health and health care licensing and disciplinary boards and commissions.
Modifies operating agreements between the secretary of health and health care licensing and disciplinary boards and commissions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2908
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Regarding forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners.
Declares that this act is intended to allow the small forest landowner office to begin the process of calculating the compensation that may be offered to a small forest landowner who is participating in the forest riparian easement program shortly after receipt of the landowner's application.Provides that the small forest landowner office shall, by the end of the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium, use any funding specifically made available to it for these purposes from the state's capital construction budget to complete the compensation estimates and execute the resulting easement contracts for forest riparian easement contracts received by the small forest landowner office prior to the effective date of this act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2909
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Extending the study of the state's specialized forest product resources.
Extends the study of the state's specialized forest product resources.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2910
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Establishing a task force on specialized forest products.
Establishes a task force on specialized forest products.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2911
by Representatives Chandler and Condotta
Removing the public records exemption for certain records addressing public sector collective bargaining.
Removes the public records exemption for certain records that address public sector collective bargaining.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2912
by Representatives Chandler and Condotta
Requiring public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
Requires public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2913
by Representatives Chandler and Rodne
Requiring agreement by the affected agency before an obsolete rule may be removed from the Washington Administrative Code.
Requires agreement by the affected agency before an obsolete rule may be removed from the Washington Administrative Code.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2914
by Representatives Linville, Bailey, Sullivan, Skinner, Pettigrew, Haler, Chase, Kristiansen, Upthegrove, Morrell, Santos, Nelson, and Kenney
Providing a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
Provides a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2915
by Representatives Rodne, Ross, and Hurst; by request of Attorney General
Removing limit on ethics board penalties and costs.
Removes the limit on ethics board penalties and costs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2916
by Representatives Campbell, Eickmeyer, Lantz, and Pearson; by request of Department of Ecology
Creating the cleanup settlement account.
Creates the cleanup settlement account.Provides that expenditures from the account may only be used to conduct remedial actions at specific facilities or to assess or address the injury to natural resources caused by the release of hazardous substances from those facilities for which moneys were deposited in the account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2917
by Representatives Upthegrove, Warnick, Wallace, Hasegawa, Roberts, and Liias
Regarding voter registration and informational activities at institutions of higher education.
Requires institutions of higher education to: (1) Put in place a prompt and link to the secretary of state's voter registration web site;(2) Make voter registration forms available in places of prominence within the premises of each campus;(3) In consultation with the secretary of state and the student government association, or its equivalent, develop and implement policies regarding distribution of voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each term and in campus housing facilities; and(4) Collaborate with the student government association, or its equivalent, to conduct nonpartisan voter information activities, which may include voter registration, candidate debates, and issue forums.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2918
by Representatives Wallace, Chase, Fromhold, Sells, Appleton, Darneille, Rolfes, Kelley, Green, VanDeWege, and Conway
Enacting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Creates the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.Seeks to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2919
by Representatives Grant, Ericksen, O'Brien, Kristiansen, Upthegrove, Williams, Schindler, Roach, Darneille, Kirby, Jarrett, Kagi, Hunt, Orcutt, Dunn, Quall, Condotta, Hurst, McCune, and Armstrong
Allowing motorcycles to stop and proceed through traffic signal controlled intersections under certain conditions.
Allows motorcycles to stop and proceed through traffic signal controlled intersections under certain conditions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2920
by Representatives Kessler, Rodne, Springer, Upthegrove, Morrell, and VanDeWege; by request of Attorney General
Requiring the creation and distribution of an eminent domain information pamphlet.
Requires the attorney general's office, by December 1, 2009, to publish, and update when appropriate, a pamphlet explaining eminent domain and its purposes and scope, the authority of agencies and entities exercising eminent domain, the rights of persons subject to eminent domain proceedings, and any other issues pertaining to eminent domain as determined by the attorney general. A copy of the pamphlet must be mailed with each notice of planned final action.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2921
by Representatives Kessler, Rodne, and Springer; by request of Attorney General
Modifying the community renewal law.
Modifies community renewal law provisions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2922
by Representatives Ericksen and Linville
Reducing the authority of the department of health and state board of health with regard to small on-site sewage disposal systems.
Reduces the regulatory authority of the department of health and state board of health to permit small on-site sewage disposal systems.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HJM 4026
by Representatives Sullivan, Anderson, Morrell, Williams, Hankins, Santos, and Ormsby
Requesting reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to include health and fitness.
Requests that reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act include health and fitness as a core academic subject.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HJM 4027
by Representatives Chase, Hasegawa, Moeller, and Dickerson
Requesting a full investigation and trial of actions by President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Requests a full investigation and trial of actions by President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
SB 6434
by Senator Berkey; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Distributing the insurance commissioner's examination reports.
Provides another method of distributing the insurance commissioner's examination reports.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 6435
by Senators Franklin, Hargrove, Stevens, and Shin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Modifying a foster parent license due to a change of residence.
Requires the department of social and health services, within thirty days following a foster-family home licensee's move to a new location, to amend the license to reflect the new location, provided the new location and the licensee meet minimum licensing standards.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6436
by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Shin, Kohl-Welles, and Rockefeller; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Requiring federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.
Requires federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.Authorizes a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6437
by Senators Carrell, Hargrove, and Kline; by request of Department of Licensing
Modifying provisions relating to bail bond and bail bond recovery agents.
Modifies provisions relating to bail bond and bail bond recovery agents.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6438
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Oemig, Honeyford, Murray, Delvin, and Pridemore
Creating a statewide high-speed internet deployment and adoption effort.
Provides that the department of information services, as the state agency responsible for coordinating with the education sectors on the K-20 educational network, shall work in similar partnership with the department of community, trade, and economic development and the utilities and transportation commission to lead a comprehensive, statewide high-speed internet deployment and adoption initiative.Provides that the partnership shall include input and cooperation among public, private, and nonprofit agencies and organizations representing economic development, local community development, technology planning, education, health care, and other relevant entities.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6439
by Senators Spanel and Berkey
Concerning radiologist assistants.
Creates radiologist assistant provisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6440
by Senators Oemig, Kohl-Welles, and Fairley
Providing tax information to the legislature.
Specifies the type of legislative staff that may receive tax return or tax information disclosures from the department of revenue.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6441
by Senator Prentice; by request of Gambling Commission
Regarding Washington state gambling commission revenue actions.
Provides increased and new fees for gambling activities regulated by the Washington state gambling commission.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6442
by Senators Regala, Stevens, Kline, Zarelli, Tom, Parlette, Hargrove, Swecker, Fraser, Pridemore, McDermott, and Kohl-Welles
Modifying provisions relating to the office of public defense.
Removes the sunset termination of the office of public defense.Revises the duties of the director of the office of public defense.Revises the makeup and duties of the advisory committee.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6443
by Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Weinstein, Kauffman, Brandland, McDermott, Shin, Rasmussen, and Carrell
Regarding disciplinary actions for education employees committing sexual offenses.
Modifies disciplinary actions for education employees committing sexual offenses.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6444
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Oemig, Franklin, Delvin, Fairley, Weinstein, and Rasmussen
Creating the children's product safety act.
Creates the children's product safety act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6445
by Senator Pridemore
Allowing cost recovery for fire protection and public safety services rendered on navigable waters of the state to commercial vessels by fire protection agencies.
Provides cost recovery for fire protection and public safety services rendered on navigable waters of the state to commercial vessels by fire protection agencies.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6446
by Senators Eide, Kilmer, and Rockefeller
Allowing medicare only health insurance benefits for certain employees of political subdivisions under a divided referendum process.
Allows medicare only health insurance benefits for certain employees of political subdivisions under a divided referendum process.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6447
by Senators Hobbs, Jacobsen, Shin, and Rasmussen
Allowing unpaid leaves of absence for military personnel needs.
Requires the spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States, national guard, or reserves who has been deployed during a period of military conflict to be allowed up to fifteen days unpaid leave by their employer when their military spouse is on leave from deployment during a period of military conflict.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6448
by Senators Marr, Zarelli, Keiser, Delvin, Kline, Brown, Brandland, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Shin, Pflug, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, and Kilmer
Providing for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.
Provides intensive in-home services may be provided by the department of social and health services, or an entity with which the department has contracted, to children and their families only when the department has determined factors outlined in the act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6449
by Senators McDermott, Weinstein, Kline, Murray, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, and Keiser
Protecting freedom of student press and speech.
Ensures free speech and free press protections for both high school and college students in the state.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6450
by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Kilmer, McDermott, and Rasmussen
Regarding reimbursement for school district and educational service district costs for performance audits.
Provides revenues from the performance audits of government account, created in RCW 43.09.475, shall be used for the cost of the performance audits, including reimbursing school districts and educational service districts for the costs incurred by school districts and educational service districts to gather or assemble the information requested by the performance audit team.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6451
by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Kilmer, McDermott, and Rasmussen
Regarding reimbursement for school district costs for performance audits.
Provides revenues from the performance audits of government account, created in RCW 43.09.475, shall be used for the cost of the performance audits, including reimbursing school districts for the costs incurred by school districts to gather or assemble the information requested by the performance audit team.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6452
by Senators Tom, Weinstein, Oemig, and Keiser
Requiring certain borrower disclosures of yield spread premiums.
Requires the department of financial institutions to provide by rule the calculation that must be disclosed on the good faith estimate that results in the present value of the interest on the loan as arranged by the mortgage broker, reduced by the par value of that loan. The resulting amount will be the estimated yield spread premium and shall appear on the good faith estimate and any closing documents, expressed as an exact dollar figure or percentage, not as a range of percentages.Requires any yield spread premium or equivalent compensation or gain paid between a mortgage broker and a lender prior to or after closing of a residential mortgage loan to be refunded directly to the borrower, if the amount of compensation is greater than the original good faith estimate provided under RCW 19.146.030.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Housing. | |
SB 6453
by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Oemig, Kline, and Shin
Clarifying the timeline for release of education records to the department of social and health services.
Provides that education records of juveniles shall be transmitted to the department of social and health services within two school days after receiving the request.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6454
by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Kline, Shin, Kohl-Welles, and Rockefeller
Creating programs to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care.
Creates programs to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6455
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Murray, Schoesler, Kauffman, Marr, Shin, McAuliffe, and Rasmussen
Controlling the Washington state patrol retirement system.
Establishes a board of trustees responsible for the adoption of actuarial standards to be applied to the Washington state patrol retirement system plan.Directs the board to zealously manage the trust funds for the benefit of the members and beneficiaries of the plan.Provides an annual report to the legislature, to the members and beneficiaries of the plan, and to the public.Establishes contribution rates for employees and the state of Washington.Requires the department of retirement systems to provide staff and resources for the board.Enables the board to retain professional and technical advisors as necessary for the fulfillment of their statutory responsibilities.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6456
by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe; by request of Governor Gregoire
Modifying credentialing standards for counselors.
Modifies credentialing standards for counselors.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6457
by Senators Keiser and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire
Modifying disclosure provisions under the adverse health events and incident reporting system.
Provides when a medical facility confirms that an adverse event has occurred, it shall submit to the department of health notification of the event within forty-eight hours; and a report regarding the event with forty-five days.Provides to the Washington state quality forum established in RCW 41.05.029 such information from the adverse events notifications under RCW 70.56.020(2)(a), the adverse events reports under RCW 70.56.020(2)(b), and the incidents notifications under RCW 70.56.040(5) as the department and the Washington state quality forum determine will assist in the Washington state quality forum's research regarding health care quality, evidence-based medicine, and patient safety.Makes available to the public the notifications of adverse events under RCW 70.56.020(2)(a) and notifications of incidents as defined in RCW 70.56.010(8)(a) under RCW 70.56.040(5).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6458
by Senators Keiser, Shin, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire
Improving patient safety through increased regulation of health professionals.
Increases regulation of health professionals.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6459
by Senator Tom
Directing the state lottery commission to implement a raffle that awards scholarships as prizes.
Directs the state lottery commission to implement a raffle that awards scholarships as prizes.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6460
by Senators Fraser, Swecker, Rasmussen, and Sheldon; by request of Governor Gregoire
Authorizing state general obligation bonds for the state's share of the Centralia-Chehalis flood control project.
Provides that for the purpose of providing funds to finance the state's share of the Centralia-Chehalis flood control project, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of fifty million dollars to finance this project.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6461
by Senators Fraser, Brandland, Shin, and Sheldon; by request of Office of Financial Management
Making 2008 supplemental capital appropriations.
Makes 2008 supplemental capital appropriations.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6462
by Senators Fraser and Kline; by request of Office of Financial Management
Regarding the use of bond proceeds for affordable housing programs.
Lowers state general obligation bonds for affordable housing programs.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6463
by Senators Roach and Prentice
Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers employed by a city or county jail.
Limits mandatory overtime for corrections officers employed by a city or county jail.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6464
by Senator Fairley; by request of Office of Financial Management
Addressing judicial district population estimates.
Deletes the definition of population with regard to district courts.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6465
by Senators Roach, Benton, Rasmussen, Hargrove, King, Hobbs, Hatfield, Delvin, McCaslin, Kilmer, Rockefeller, and Carrell
Allowing active duty military personnel to purchase a temporary fishing license at the resident rate.
Provides the temporary combination fishing license fee for active duty military personnel serving in any branch of the United States armed forces is the resident rate as set forth in RCW 77.32.470(3)(a).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6466
by Senators Roach, Tom, Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Stevens, Delvin, Shin, and Carrell
Creating a task force to study teaching Spanish and Chinese in public schools.
Creates a task force to conduct an inventory of Spanish and Chinese language programs, curricula, supplementary materials, and professional development initiatives currently used in Washington.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6467
by Senators Roach, Kline, Rasmussen, Hobbs, Benton, Delvin, McCaslin, and Carrell
Establishing crimes related to mail.
Establishes crimes related to mail.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6468
by Senators King, Rasmussen, Roach, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hewitt, and Sheldon
Concerning the taxation of honey beekeepers.
Provides that the business and occupation tax shall not apply to amounts derived from the wholesale sale of honey bee products by a person who owns or keeps bee colonies.Provides that the retail sales tax and use tax do not apply to sales of certain fuels to a farm fuel user for agricultural purposes.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6469
by Senators Murray, Swecker, Jacobsen, Pridemore, McDermott, Fraser, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, and Rockefeller
Regarding urban forestry.
Supports city efforts to conserve, protect, improve, and expand Washington's urban forest in order to reduce storm water pollution in Puget Sound, flooding, energy consumption and greenhouse gases emission, air pollution, and storm impacts to utility infrastructure.Provides for development of uniform criteria for a statewide community and urban forest inventory and assessment.Limits grants or other forms of financial aid to cities and towns that are in compliance with this act.Requires the department to develop an evergreen cities recognition program whereby the department, the governor, and a statewide council representing urban and community forestry programs authorized under RCW 76.15.020 establish criteria for official state recognition and designation of evergreen cities.Creates a grant program and a competitive award program to provide financial assistance to cities, towns, and counties for the development, adoption, and implementation of evergreen cities management plans or ordinances.Requires certain cities, towns, and counties, to adopt an evergreen cities forest management plan and related ordinances.Authorizes the attorney general or any resident of a city, town, or county to appeal to the appropriate growth management hearings board issues of local government compliance or noncompliance with evergreen cities management plan or ordinance adoptions.Authorizes local governments to accept voluntary donations.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6470
by Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Marr, Prentice, Tom, Rasmussen, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Kilmer, and Roach
Training medical students, nurses, and medical technicians and assistants to work with patients with developmental disabilities.
Provides that medical students and faculty at the University of Washington, nursing students and faculty at schools of nursing within the state of Washington, and special and technical care students and faculty at technical schools within the state of Washington may apply for incentive grants to support research and training projects focused upon improvement of services to persons with developmental disabilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6471
by Senators Weinstein, Kauffman, Tom, Fairley, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Kline
Protecting consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act.
Protects consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act.Repeals RCW 31.04.005.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Housing. | |
SB 6472
by Senators Oemig, Weinstein, and Kline
Regulating commercial parking businesses.
Provides that a commercial parking business may not charge a parking charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted on the parking lot.Provides that a parking customer who engages in unauthorized parking is liable to the commercial parking business for a reasonable parking charge if notice of the amount of the parking charge is provided to such customer.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6473
by Senators Carrell, McDermott, McCaslin, Benton, Stevens, Marr, Schoesler, Shin, Rasmussen, Hewitt, Haugen, and Kilmer
Concerning the property tax exemption income eligibility requirements for senior citizens and veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Revises the property tax exemption income eligibility requirements for senior citizens and veterans with service-connected disabilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6474
by Senators Carrell, Stevens, Schoesler, and Holmquist
Modifying voter registration provisions.
Modifies certain voter registration provisions.Provides the documents a person may use to prove that he or she is a United States citizen.Requires that in order to vote, a person must have registered to vote at least thirty days before the election or primary.Requires that the secretary of state and appropriate county auditor shall refer all suspected cases of certain voting-related crimes to the local prosecuting attorney.Creates a new crime related to the receipt and return of voting ballots.Repeals RCW 29A.08.145 and 29A.84.670.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6475
by Senators Oemig, Delvin, Rockefeller, Honeyford, Regala, Tom, Rasmussen, and Roach
Allowing joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board.
Permits joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6476
by Senators Hatfield, Morton, Haugen, McCaslin, Hargrove, Kastama, Zarelli, Delvin, and Rasmussen
Concerning the sales and use tax rate for public facilities in rural counties.
Provides the maximum sales and use tax rates for public facilities in rural counties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6477
by Senators Hobbs, Pridemore, Roach, Rasmussen, Hatfield, Stevens, Berkey, Eide, Sheldon, Honeyford, Shin, Keiser, Hewitt, Kline, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Benton, and Kilmer
Providing state property tax assistance to low-income homeowners.
Provides that the intent of this act is to provide assistance to low-income homeowners with the burden of property taxes.Provides that a person may receive state assistance in the form of a payment that is based on the amount of excess and regular real property taxes levied for collection in 2008, in accordance with certain criteria.Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the department of revenue.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6478
by Senators Oemig, Swecker, Pridemore, Kline, Spanel, and Kohl-Welles
Prohibiting bar codes or other unique identifying marks on ballots.
Provides that no paper ballot or ballot card may contain any encrypted or unencrypted bar code or other unique identifying mark.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6479
by Senators Zarelli, Prentice, Rasmussen, and Roach
Establishing a program to screen and treat children with attachment disorders.
Recognizes that many children in state care have suffered physical, mental, and emotional abuse and neglect, resulting in an inability to trust or develop healthy relationships with others, a condition referred to as reactive attachment disorder.Intends to create a single county pilot project that will deliver a comprehensive and integrated approach to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of reactive attachment disorder.Makes appropriations from the general fund to the department of social and health services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6480
by Senators Benton, Stevens, Delvin, and Roach
Requiring assessors to provide information on the basis of valuation when providing taxpayers notice of change in valuation of real property.
Requires that when assessors provide taxpayers with notice of change in valuation of real property the notice must contain the information on which the valuation is based.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6481
by Senators Benton, Schoesler, Hewitt, McCaslin, Delvin, Morton, Stevens, Swecker, Pflug, and Roach
Excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation.
Extends the value of rebates from sales and use taxation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 6482
by Senators Prentice, Schoesler, Rasmussen, and Holmquist
Providing a state public utility tax exemption for the transportation of grain by motor vehicle.
Provides that the public utility tax does not apply to amounts received from the transportation of grain by a motor-propelled vehicle.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6483
by Senators Hatfield, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Haugen, Swecker, Tom, Morton, Rockefeller, Fraser, Hargrove, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Kilmer, Shin, McDermott, Kauffman, Murray, Hobbs, Kastama, Fairley, Pridemore, Regala, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kline, Brown, Franklin, Hewitt, Spanel, Parlette, Oemig, and Roach
Enacting the local farms-healthy kids and communities act.
Creates a farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown foods by the common schools.Creates the Washington grown fresh fruit and vegetable grant program in the office of the superintendent of public instruction to facilitate consumption of locally produced nutritious snacks in order to improve student health and expand the market for locally grown fresh produce.Requires development of food procurement procedures and materials that facilitate the purchase of Washington grown food products by state agencies and institutions, institutions of higher education, and the common schools to the maximum extent practicable.Creates the Washington state farmers market technology improvement pilot program to lend technological hardware to farmers markets in the department of agriculture to assist farmers markets and Washington farmers develop the capability to accept electronic payment cards, including electronic benefits transfers.Creates the farmers to food banks pilot program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6484
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Murray, Brandland, Spanel, Tom, and Kline
Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
Excludes car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6485
by Senators Hobbs and Roach
Requiring fifty percent of the mathematics portion of the WASL to be short answer or multiple choice questions.
Provides that fifty percent of the test items on the mathematics portion of the Washington assessment of student learning shall be short answer or multiple choice questions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6486
by Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, and Rasmussen
Regarding the career and technical education curricula advisory committee.
Provides for an advisory committee to identify career and technical education curricula that will assist in preparing students for the state assessment system and provide the opportunity to obtain a certificate of academic achievement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6487
by Senators Pridemore, Hargrove, Schoesler, and Carrell
Establishing standards for emergency preparedness kits.
Requires the department of general administration, in consultation with a representative of the emergency management division of the military department and at least two vendors of emergency preparedness kits from the private sector, to establish purchasing and procurement policies and safety standards that establish a preference for emergency preparedness kits that are purchased or acquired by a state or local agency.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6488
by Senators Regala, Hargrove, Brandland, Stevens, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton, and Kilmer; by request of Governor Gregoire
Providing for broader collection of biological samples for the DNA identification of convicted sex offenders and other persons.
Provides for broader collection of biological samples for the DNA identification of convicted sex offenders and other persons.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6489
by Senators Hargrove, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Carrell, Shin, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton, and Kilmer; by request of Governor Gregoire
Including level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 to the statewide notification web site.
Includes level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 in the statewide notification web site.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6490
by Senator Hobbs
Authorizing a branch campus of the University of Washington at Lake Stevens.
Finds that the benefits of higher education should be more widely available to the citizens of the state of Washington.Provides for a third branch campus of the University of Washington, located in Lake Stevens.Provides that for the third branch campus, a top priority is expansion of upper division capacity for transfer students and graduate capacity and programs in high demand programs with a particular focus on science, technology, and engineering.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 6491
by Senators Brandland, McAuliffe, Regala, Delvin, Carrell, and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Providing for vulnerable adult fatality review.
Provides that the department of social and health services may conduct a vulnerable adult fatality review when the department has reason to believe that the death of the vulnerable adult may be related to the abuse, abandonment, exploitation, or neglect of the vulnerable adult.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6492
by Senators McAuliffe, Stevens, Brandland, Carrell, Regala, and Delvin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Regarding public disclosure of civil confinement facility information.
Provides that those portions of records containing specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique emergency and escape response plans at a secure facility for persons civilly confined are exempt from public disclosure.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6493
by Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Shin, Hatfield, Rasmussen, and Kline
Providing loans to small cities for certain appeals under the growth management act.
Provides for a program for the loan of city costs associated with the appeal of a critical areas ordinance. The one-time per appeal loan is for cities with a population under thirty thousand and is limited to an appeal from a decision of a growth management hearings board to a superior court.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6494
by Senators Hobbs, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Swecker, Pridemore, Rasmussen, and Marr
Creating multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements.
Provides that beginning with the class of 2009, every student shall have the opportunity to graduate with a high school diploma by obtaining a set weighted graduation score in relation to his or her performance in the entire multiple measures high school assessment system. To qualify for graduation, a student must complete each of the five components in the high school assessment system. A student who graduates using this multiple measures approach does not receive a certificate of academic achievement or certificate of individual achievement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6495
by Senators McDermott, Marr, Fairley, Pridemore, and Kline
Requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing bodies.
Provides that there shall be one nonvoting member of the metropolitan transit commission, each county transportation authority, and the public transportation benefit area authority, recommended by the labor organization representing the majority of the public transportation employees within the appropriate transportation system.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6496
by Senators Marr, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt, and Haugen
Concerning craft distilleries.
Includes craft distilleries as manufacturers authorized to manufacture, import, sell, and export liquor from the state.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6497
by Senators Delvin and Hewitt
Financing regional centers in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons that are acquired, constructed, financed, or owned by an existing city public facilities district with a population of at least forty-five thousand persons.
Provides for the financing of regional centers in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons that are acquired, constructed, financed, or owned by an existing city public facilities district with a population of at least forty-five thousand persons.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6498
by Senator Tom
Modifying provisions concerning real estate licensure law.
Modifies provisions concerning real estate licensure.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6499
by Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Honeyford, Benton, and Kline; by request of Attorney General
Modifying provisions regulating spyware.
Modifies provisions regulating spyware.Repeals RCW 19.270.030.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6500
by Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles, Stevens, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline, Spanel, Holmquist, and Haugen; by request of Attorney General
Authorizing leave sharing for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Authorizes leave sharing for state employees who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6501
by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Morton, Hatfield, and Rasmussen
Regarding forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners.
Modifies forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6502
by Senators Oemig, Rasmussen, and Kline
Reducing the release of mercury into the environment.
Requires manufacturers of thermostats and general purpose lights to establish recycling programs.Creates incentives for utilities to reduce the release of mercury.Authorizes the department of ecology to participate in activities aimed at reducing the release of mercury.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6503
by Senators McDermott, Brandland, McAuliffe, and Rasmussen; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Approving the segmented mathematics assessment as an alternative assessment.
Approves the segmented mathematics assessment as an alternative assessment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6504
by Senators Hatfield, Swecker, Delvin, Regala, Schoesler, Morton, Pridemore, and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Ecology
Exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from SEPA.
Exempts certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from the state environmental policy act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6505
by Senator Tom
Concerning nutrition labeling of food.
Requires chain food establishments to label food with nutrition information.Allows the department of health to implement rules to enforce nutrition labeling by chain food establishments.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6506
by Senators Marr, Carrell, Kastama, and Parlette
Creating a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
Creates a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6507
by Senator McCaslin
Allowing gifts under twenty dollars to municipal officers.
Allows gifts valued less than twenty dollars to municipal officers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6508
by Senators Eide, Fraser, Murray, McDermott, and Morton
Authorizing the creation of beach management districts.
Authorizes the creation of beach management districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6509
by Senators Carrell and Morton
Regarding leases of state-owned land for geoduck aquaculture.
Concerns leases of state-owned land for geoduck aquaculture.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6510
by Senators Kastama, King, Shin, and Rasmussen
Providing a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
Provides a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Management. | |
SB 6511
by Senators Kastama, McAuliffe, Franklin, Rasmussen, and Oemig
Implementing the Washington state quality award program and/or the Baldridge national quality program as the public school accountability system.
Implements the Washington state quality award program and/or the Baldridge national quality program as the public school accountability system.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Management. | |
SB 6512
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Spanel, Shin, and Tom
Renaming Camano island's Livingston bay the "Floyd Jones flyway."
Renames Camano Island's Livingston Bay the "Floyd Jones Flyway."
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6513
by Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries, Department of Social and Health Services, Employment Security Department, Department of Licensing, Attorney General, and Criminal Justice Training Commission
Ensuring access to criminal justice information.
Authorizes the employment security department to investigate fraud and to receive criminal history information in that pursuit.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6514
by Senators Tom, McCaslin, and Kline
Regarding identifying real property.
Changing requirements for identifying real property in executory contracts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6515
by Senators Pridemore, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Kastama, Kilmer, Rasmussen, Kline, and Tom
Modifying the tax treatment of energy savings performance contracts.
Provides the tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.Provides the tax levied by chapter 82.12 RCW does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6516
by Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Swecker, Oemig, Murray, Hobbs, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Weinstein, Regala, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Prentice, McAuliffe, Kastama, Rasmussen, Franklin, Keiser, Kauffman, Fraser, Shin, Kline, and Brandland; by request of Governor Gregoire
Regarding greenhouse gases emissions and providing for green collar jobs.
Commences a process to ensure the emission reductions established in this act are achieved.Directs the state to continue its participation in the development of a regional process to design a multisector, market-based system for regulating greenhouse gas emissions as one measure to achieve our greenhouse gas reduction limits.Authorizes a reporting system to monitor greenhouse gas emissions.Establishes a process for maintaining a comprehensive inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to track the state's progress in achieving its greenhouse gas emission reductions.Creates a green collar job training account to train and transition workers to clean energy jobs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6517
by Senators Schoesler, McCaslin, Sheldon, Carrell, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton, and Roach
Concerning the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials.
Changes the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6518
by Senators Schoesler, Carrell, Sheldon, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton, and Roach
Reducing business and occupation tax categories and rates.
Reduces business and occupation tax categories and rates.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6519
by Senators Parlette, Delvin, Hewitt, and Stevens
Establishing the duty of pharmacies to facilitate the delivery of lawfully prescribed drugs and devices to patients.
Establishes the duty of pharmacies to facilitate the delivery of lawfully prescribed drugs and devices to patients.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6520
by Senators Tom, Oemig, McDermott, and Kline
Requiring additional information on property tax statements and notices of assessed value.
Requires additional information on property tax statements and notices of assessed value.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6521
by Senators McDermott, Fairley, Swecker, Kline, and Oemig
Concerning human remains.
Concerns the discovery of human remains.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6522
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Hargrove, Benton, Kauffman, Murray, Kline, Kilmer, Keiser, Tom, Shin, Delvin, Marr, Prentice, McAuliffe, Roach, Pridemore, Franklin, Rockefeller, Weinstein, Rasmussen, and Eide
Providing collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers.
Provides collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development. | |
SB 6523
by Senators Kline, McCaslin, Benton, Tom, Swecker, Pridemore, Kauffman, Carrell, Rasmussen, and McAuliffe
Establishing a Washington identity theft analysis center.
Orders the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to establish the Washington identity theft analysis center, to be colocated with the Washington joint analytical center.Directs the center to create and maintain a web sit accessible to law enforcement and prosecutors.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6524
by Senators Kline, Sheldon, Hobbs, Kauffman, Rasmussen, and McAuliffe
Authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers.
Defines "general authority Washington peace officer" to mean an officer authorized to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state of Washington generally and "tribal police officer" to mean any person in the employ of one of the federally recognized sovereign tribal governments, whose traditional lands and territories lie within the borders of the state of Washington, to enforce the criminal laws of that government.Provides that tribal police officers under this act are authorized to act as general authority Washington peace officers and have the same powers as any other general authority Washington peace officer to enforce state laws in Washington, including the power to make arrests for violations of state laws. This authority is subject to the appropriate sovereign tribal nation submitting to the office of financial management proof of public liability and property damage insurance for vehicles operated by the peace officers, police professional liability insurance, and training requirements for each tribal police officer.Requires that a copy of any citation or notice of infraction issued, or any incident report taken, by a tribal police officer must be submitted within three days to the police chief or sheriff within whose jurisdiction the action was taken. The citation shall be to a Washington court, except that any citation issued to Indians within the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation may be cited to a tribal court.Provides that for purposes of civil liability, a tribal police officer shall not be considered an employee of the state of Washington.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6525
by Senators Kline, McCaslin, Tom, Weinstein, and Swecker; by request of Department of Corrections
Concerning the drug offender sentencing alternative.
Requires the prison-based alternative to include one-half of the midpoint of the standard range as a term of community custody which must include appropriate substance abuse treatment in a program that has been approved by the division of alcohol and substance abuse of the department of social and health services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6526
by Senators Kline, Tom, Pridemore, Swecker, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning firearms possession by persons who are involuntarily committed.
Concerns firearms possession by persons who are involuntarily committed.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6527
by Senators Kastama and Kline
Addressing the failure to transfer motor vehicle title and registration.
Makes the failure to transfer a motor vehicle title and registration by a purchaser or transferee after forty-five days a continuing offense.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6528
by Senators Kastama and Kauffman
Concerning the staffing and operational costs of the economic development commission.
Addresses the staffing and operational costs of the economic development commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Management. | |
SB 6529
by Senators Kastama, Pridemore, Shin, and Rasmussen
Providing incentives for economic development infrastructure projects.
Provides incentives for economic development infrastructure projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Management. | |
SB 6530
by Senators Regala, Oemig, Tom, Eide, Rockefeller, Kauffman, Keiser, Fraser, McDermott, Jacobsen, Shin, Fairley, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Kline, McAuliffe, Franklin, Kastama, Kohl-Welles, and Kilmer
Regarding the children's safe products act.
Provides, beginning January 1, 2009, no person may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this state a children's product or product component containing the following: (1) Lead or cadmium at more than .004 percent by weight (forty parts per million);(2) Phthalates, individually or in combination, at more than .01 percent by weight (one hundred parts per million).Requires, by January 1, 2009, the department to identify high priority chemicals that are of high concern for children after considering a child's or developing fetus's potential for exposure to each chemical.Requires a manufacturer of a children's product, or a trade organization on behalf of its member manufacturers, to provide notice to the department that the manufacturer's product contains a high priority chemical.Requires a manufacturer of products that are restricted under this act to notify persons that sell the manufacturer's products in this state about the provisions of this chapter no less than ninety days prior to the effective date of the restrictions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6531
by Senator Haugen
Addressing environmental mitigation in highway construction.
Requires the department of transportation to apply certain priorities when selecting sites to meet highway construction environmental mitigation requirements.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6532
by Senators Haugen and Keiser
Authorizing city aquatic lands management agreements allowing cities to operate publicly owned marinas.
Authorizes management of state-owned aquatic lands by cities for the purposes of operating a publicly owned marina, pursuant to agreement with the department of natural resources.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 6533
by Senators Kline, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Kauffman, and McDermott
Prohibiting discrimination based on lawful source of income.
Prohibits discrimination based on lawful source of income.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6534
by Senators McAuliffe and Tom
Regarding the revision of mathematics standards.
Expresses the legislature's intention that the revised mathematics standards by the office of the superintendent of public instruction will: Set higher expectations for Washington's students by fortifying content and increasing rigor; provide greater clarity, specificity, and measurability about what is expected of students in each grade; supply more explicit guidance to educators about what to teach and when; enhance the relevance of mathematics to students' lives; and ultimately result in more Washington students having the opportunity to be successful in mathematics.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6535
by Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen, and Kohl-Welles
Requiring an assessment of the need for teacher preparation programs for teachers of visually impaired and blind public school students.
Requires an assessment of the need for teacher preparation programs for teachers of visually impaired and blind public school students.Requires that by August 31, 2008, the professional educator standards board shall report to the legislature on the needs assessment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6536
by Senators McAuliffe, King, Kauffman, Parlette, Franklin, Brandland, Murray, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Shin, and Kohl-Welles
Establishing best practices for students at risk.
Requires every educational service district board to implement best practices for students at risk to identify, intervene, and seek support for students showing emotional, social, or academic risk.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6537
by Senator McAuliffe
Imposing an admissions surcharge to fund extracurricular activities for middle and high schools.
Imposes an admission surcharge on every admission charge to a live sporting or live entertainment event in this state to fund extracurricular activities for middle and high schools.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6538
by Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Kauffman, Kastama, Murray, and Shin; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Creating programs to improve reading instruction.
Creates the Washigton state adolescent reading program.Requires that, statewide, a reading specialist shall be hired at each educational service district, with two specialists hired in the Puget Sound educational service district. These reading specialists are responsible for providing training and information to school district curriculum directors, middle, junior high, and high school principals, classroom teachers, English language learner teachers, paraprofessionals who assist students in learning to read, and other individuals who are assisting students to read.Orders the office of the superintendent of public instruction to create a school-based assistance program that has three different levels of support depending on the number of students who have not met the reading standard on the Washington assessment of student learning.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6539
by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Tom, Murray, Hobbs, Pridemore, Regala, Kastama, Fraser, Fairley, Hatfield, and Eide
Authorizing the higher education coordinating board to study the feasibility of a polytechnic college.
Requires the higher education coordinating board to study the feasibility of a polytechnic college.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 6540
by Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Hargrove, and Fairley
Delaying requiring the reading and writing content areas of the WASL for high school graduation.
Delays requiring the reading and writing content areas of the WASL for high school graduation until 2012.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6541
by Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Franklin, Hobbs, Kastama, Swecker, Regala, McAuliffe, and Jacobsen
Allowing unpaid leaves of absence for military personnel needs.
Requires employers to allow the family member of a veteran to take unpaid leave to care for a veteran in their family.Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee for requesting or taking the leave provided for in this act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6542
by Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Roach, Franklin, Marr, Shin, Kastama, Hatfield, Pflug, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, and Hargrove
Providing a heating oil sales and use tax exemption.
Provides a heating oil sales and use tax exemption.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6543
by Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles
Creating a central Puget Sound regional tolling authority.
Creates the central Puget Sound regional transit authority.Directs the authority to: (1) Set toll rates, establish appropriate exemptions, if any, and make adjustments as conditions warrant on eligible toll facilities; and(2) Review toll collection policies, toll operations policies, and toll revenue expenditures on the eligible toll facilities and report annually on this review to the legislature.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6544
by Senators Stevens, Honeyford, Pflug, Delvin, Holmquist, McCaslin, Swecker, and Roach
Increasing the sentencing range for first degree criminal mistreatment.
Increases the sentencing range for first degree criminal mistreatment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6545
by Senators Pflug, Carrell, and Hewitt
Requiring the reporting of traffic conditions during session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees.
Requires the reporting of traffic conditions during legislative session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6546
by Senators Brandland, Tom, and Rasmussen
Changing licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Modifies licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.Creates the ignition interlock device revolving fund to assist in covering the monetary costs of installing, removing, and leasing an ignition interlock device for indigent people who are required to install an ignition interlock device in all vehicles owned or operated by the person.Provides that, beginning January 1, 2009, any person licensed under this act who is convicted of any offense involving the use, consumption, or possession of alcohol while operating a motor vehicle in violation of RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504, other than vehicular homicide or vehicular assault, or who has had or will have his or her license suspended, revoked, or denied under RCW 46.20.3101, may submit to the department an application for an ignition interlock driver's license.Creates a pilot program to monitor compliance by persons required to use ignition interlock devices and by ignition interlock companies and vendors.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6547
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton, Fairley, Delvin, Murray, Kastama, McDermott, Swecker, Keiser, Jacobsen, Regala, Franklin, McAuliffe, Fraser, Prentice, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline, and Spanel
Prohibiting discrimination in community athletics programs.
Provides that a city, town, county, or district may not discriminate against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults or in the allocation of park and recreation facilities and resources that support these programs.Provides that a city, town, county, district, or public school district that permits or leases its facilities and resources to third parties for usage for community athletics programs shall not authorize such permit or lease unless the third-party contractor is in compliance with this act and agrees to demonstrate compliance by filing an annual report.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6548
by Senator Carrell
Prohibiting patients at the special commitment center or less restrictive alternatives from having computer access.
Prohibits patients at the special commitment center or with less restrictive alternatives from having computer access unless certain conditions are met.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6549
by Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, Tom, Weinstein, Franklin, Zarelli, Parlette, Jacobsen, and Kohl-Welles
Creating the sustainable environment culminating project grant program.
Creates the sustainable environment culminating project grant program to establish an organized regional approach to providing environmentally related culminating projects for students that connect school academics with natural resource career possibilities.Declares that, subject to the availability of funds, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall work with the nonprofit grant recipients under this act to implement a statewide online project database in which students can find project opportunities through connections with community-based and agency resources and where students can post their own projects and continue or build on the work of other student projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SJM 8026
by Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Kilmer, Hobbs, McCaslin, Morton, Rockefeller, Delvin, Kastama, King, Hatfield, Zarelli, Prentice, Fairley, Weinstein, Schoesler, Spanel, Eide, Tom, Brandland, Kauffman, Parlette, Regala, Hewitt, Oemig, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Haugen, McAuliffe, Shin, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Marr, Keiser, Pridemore, Sheldon, Kline, and Franklin
Requesting that the new Tacoma Narrows bridge be named the Bob Oke bridge.
Requests that the new Tacoma Narrows bridge be named the Bob Oke bridge.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SJM 8027
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Kauffman, Keiser, Shin, Murray, Pridemore, Spanel, Prentice, McAuliffe, Fairley, Fraser, Brown, Eide, Oemig, McDermott, Regala, Jacobsen, Kline, and Haugen
Acknowledging and reaffirming the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
Acknowledges and reaffirms the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SJR 8224
by Senators Benton, Stevens, Carrell, and Holmquist
Providing a constitutional amendment to limit growth of assessed valuation of real property.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to limit growth of assessed valuation of real property.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SJR 8225
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Honeyford, Morton, Delvin, Swecker, Holmquist, McCaslin, Roach, and Carrell
Requiring a sixty percent vote for emergency clauses.
Requires a sixty percent vote for emergency clauses.Exempts appropriations bills authorizing expenditures for operating, capital, or transportation purposes and imposing any requirements, conditions, or limitations on such expenditures contained in the bill from the sixty percent voting requirement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |