 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 17 | ||
| SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, February 6, 2008 | 24th Day - 2008 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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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 1103-S3
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Green, Kenney, Hudgins, Appleton, Schual-Berke, and Cody)
Increasing the authority of regulators to remove health care practitioners who pose a risk to the public.
Increases the authority of those engaged in the regulation of health care providers to identify and remove health care providers who pose a risk to the public.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Feb 14 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Feb 21 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Mar 15 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Mar 29 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1421-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Miloscia, Kretz, Armstrong, Appleton, Kessler, Ormsby, Warnick, and Moeller; by request of Secretary of State)
Modifying address confidentiality program provisions.
Revises address confidentiality program provisions.Provides a court order for address confidentiality program participant information may only be issued upon a probable cause finding by a judicial officer that release of address confidentiality program participant information is legally necessary in the course of a criminal investigation or prosecution or to prevent immediate risk to a minor and meet the statutory requirements of the Washington child welfare system. Any court order so issued will prohibit the release of the information to any other agency or person not a party to the order.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Mar 15 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Mar 22 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Jan 30 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1773-S2
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Clibborn and Jarrett)
Concerning the imposition of tolls.
Provides, unless otherwise delegated, only the legislature may authorize the imposition of tolls on eligible toll facilities.Provides all revenue from an eligible toll facility must be used only to construct, improve, preserve, maintain, manage, or operate the eligible toll facility on or in which the revenue is collected. Expenditures of toll revenues are subject to appropriation and must be made only for the purposes listed in the act.Provides any proposal for the establishment of eligible toll facilities shall consider the policy guidelines listed in the act.Allows a tolling advisory committee to be created at the direction of the tolling authority for any eligible toll facilities. The tolling authority shall appoint nine members to the committee, all of whom must be permanent residents of the affected project area as defined for each project. Members of the committee shall serve without receiving compensation.Provides, unless the powers are otherwise delegated by the legislature, the transportation commission is the tolling authority for the state.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Feb 27 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Jan 28 | TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2431-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Hudgins, Santos, and Chase)
Regarding cord blood banking.
Promotes public awareness and education of the general public and potential cord blood donors on the benefits of public or private cord blood banking.Establishes safeguards related to effective private banking of cord blood.
| Jan 30 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2468-S
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives VanDeWege, Warnick, Blake, Dickerson, Linville, Upthegrove, McCoy, Hinkle, Appleton, Lantz, Ormsby, McIntire, Roberts, Kenney, Hudgins, Loomis, Kretz, Kagi, and Chase; by request of Department of Natural Resources)
Authorizing the department of natural resources to establish an inventory, conduct an assessment, and develop recommendations to improve community and urban forest conditions in Washington state.
Requires the commissioner of public lands to appoint a technical advisory committee to advise the department in the development of uniform criteria for a statewide community and urban forest inventory and assessment.Requires the department to, in collaboration with municipalities and a statewide organization representing urban and community forestry programs, develop the implementation plan for the inventory and assessment of the community and urban forests in Washington state.Requires the department to, in collaboration with educational institutions, municipalities, corporations, state and national service organizations, and environmental organizations, conduct a statewide inventory of community and urban forests.Requires the department to, in collaboration with a statewide organization representing urban and community forestry programs, conduct an urban forest assessment and develop recommendations to the legislature to improve community and urban forestry in Washington state. The commissioner of public lands must report progress annually to the legislature, beginning January 1, 2009.
| Jan 30 | APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2477-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Williams, Dickerson, Dunshee, Lantz, Hasegawa, Ormsby, McIntire, Kagi, Upthegrove, Chase, Linville, and Hunt)
Providing for groundwater monitoring and assessments.
Requires the department to enhance the ambient groundwater monitoring and assessment program in order to accurately characterize long-term trends in the state's groundwater levels and water quality. The program may be improved in phases and must include: (1) Standardizing methods, quality assurance, and data management practices for measuring groundwater levels and quality; and(2) Creating a central database and migrating existing department of ecology and water resource inventory areas data to the central database by June 2009.Provides, by June 30, 2011, the department of ecology shall conduct two voluntary pilot groundwater assessments in water resource inventory areas experiencing serious or critical withdrawals. One pilot groundwater assessment must be initiated in western Washington and one pilot groundwater assessment in eastern Washington.Provides, by June 30, 2009, the department of ecology shall prepare a data gap analysis that evaluates existing groundwater information on water levels and water quality within each water resource inventory area of the state.
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2479-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Bailey, Cody, Pedersen, Appleton, Sells, Lantz, Hasegawa, Ormsby, Conway, Condotta, Hurst, McIntire, Roberts, Kenney, Haigh, Schual-Berke, Campbell, VanDeWege, Rolfes, Kagi, Chase, Liias, Simpson, Barlow, Ericks, Green, Kelley, and McDonald)
Requiring subscribers' consent to disclosure of wireless phone numbers.
Provides a radio communications service company or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a radio communications service company, or any person in the business of marketing, selling, and sharing the phone number of any subscriber for commercial purposes, shall not include the phone number of any subscriber for inclusion in any directory of any form, nor shall it sell the contents of any directory database, without first obtaining the express, opt-in consent of that subscriber.Provides a radio communications service company, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a radio communications service company, or any person in the business of marketing, selling, and sharing the phone number of any subscriber for commercial purposes, who has maintained a directory before the effective date of this act, must within thirty days either secure the express, opt-in consent of each subscriber listed in the directory as specified in RCW 19.250.010 or remove the phone numbers of any subscribers who have not provided their express, opt-in consent.
| Jan 31 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 1 | Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2512-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Quall, Hudgins, and Chase)
Regarding renewable fuel content compliance.
Provides, by January 15, 2009, each special fuel licensee under RCW 19.112.110(1) and each motor vehicle fuel licensee under RCW 19.112.120(1) shall submit a quarterly renewable fuel content report providing evidence of compliance to the energy policy division of the department of community, trade, and economic development.Provides, by December 1, 2009, the energy policy division of the department of community, trade, and economic development shall report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature: (1) Its recommendations on the lowest cost method for ensuring compliance with the minimum renewable fuel content and reporting requirements under RCW 19.112.110 and 19.112.120; and(2) Which state agency should adopt rules to enforce the minimum renewable fuel content and reporting requirements under RCW 19.112.110 and 19.112.120.Provides, by December 30, 2009, the governor shall determine the appropriate agency to adopt rules to enforce the minimum renewable fuel content and reporting requirements under RCW 19.112.110 and 19.112.120 and shall designate the state agency to develop rules to enforce the minimum renewable fuel content and reporting requirements under RCW 19.112.110 and 19.112.120.
| Feb 1 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
HB 2530-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Nelson, Cody, and Upthegrove)
Studying the effectiveness of the existing hydraulic project approval process under chapter 77.55 RCW in protecting fish life.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to conduct a study as to the effectiveness of the existing hydraulic project approval process under chapter 77.55 RCW in protecting fish life.
| Jan 30 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2553-S
by House Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Lantz, and Schual-Berke)
Reviewing the department of ecology's dredged material management program as it relates to polychlorinated biphenyls.
Requires the department of ecology to, as part of its participation in the previously scheduled annual review of the dredged material management program, initiate a stakeholder discussion to review and consider changes to the existing dredge management program as it relates to polychlorinated biphenyls.Requires the department of ecology to present a summary of the discussion, the anticipated next steps forward, and the identified time frame to the appropriate committees of the legislature by September 1, 2008.
| Feb 1 | EPAR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2567-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representative Haler)
Increasing the civil penalty for violating the open public meetings act.
Provides each member of the governing body who attends a meeting of such governing body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this act applicable to him or her, with knowledge of the fact that the meeting is in violation thereof, shall be subject to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty in an amount ranging from two hundred fifty to one thousand dollars.
| Jan 30 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2576-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Appleton, Hasegawa, Ormsby, Santos, and Chase)
Promoting the availability of affordable housing through the comprehensive plan requirements of the growth management act.
Establishes new housing element requirements that promote the planning for and development of additional low and moderate-income housing units.
| Feb 1 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2595-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Rolfes, Linville, Moeller, Appleton, Ormsby, VanDeWege, Seaquist, Hurst, Sells, Haigh, Morrell, Campbell, Upthegrove, Liias, Chase, Barlow, Green, and Kelley)
Including national guard members in county veterans' assistance programs.
Includes national guard members in county veterans' assistance programs.
| Feb 1 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2598-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Ormsby, Haigh, Schual-Berke, Green, and Simpson)
Regarding an online mathematics curriculum.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop and issue a request for proposals for private vendors or nonprofit organizations to develop a mathematics curriculum that is aligned with Washington's essential academic learning requirements and grade level expectations and would be made available online at no cost to school districts. At a minimum, the proposed curriculum shall cover course content in grades kindergarten through ten.Provides that by July 31, 2008, or within four months after certain revised standards are adopted, whichever is later, the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with school district curriculum directors, teachers, and other curriculum specialists, shall complete an analysis of the mathematics textbooks, curricula, and other instructional materials commonly used in elementary, middle, and high schools in the state to determine where and to what extent the revised standards are included therein.Provides that by September 31, 2008, or within six months after the revised standards are adopted, whichever is later, the superintendent shall develop a concise online guide for mathematics curriculum to assist school districts and boards of directors in making decisions regarding the future purchase of mathematics textbooks, curriculum, and instructional materials.
| Feb 1 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. | |
HB 2628-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Orcutt, Pearson, Blake, Kristiansen, and Ross)
Identifying acceptable bank stabilization projects for landowners.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to identify acceptable stabilization projects for landowners.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to identify appropriate bank protection technologies from the integrated streambank protection guidelines among which riparian landowners may choose from in order to protect their property from flood damage.Provides that each bank protection technique identified must include general engineering and design criteria as to its proper use.Provides that integrated streambank protection guidelines are intended to be an evolving document based on best available science and must be updated on a regular basis.
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2638-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Pearson, O'Brien, Ericks, Ross, VanDeWege, Sells, Campbell, Roach, and McDonald; by request of Attorney General)
Changing identity theft provisions.
Provides that a person is guilty of identity theft in the second degree when he or she violates RCW 9.35.020(1) under circumstances not amounting to identity theft in the first degree.Provides that each crime prosecuted under this act shall be punished separately under chapter 9.94A RCW, unless it is the same criminal conduct as any other crime, under RCW 9.94A.589.Provides that whenever any series of transactions involving a single person's means of identification or financial information which constitute identity theft would, when considered separately, constitute identity theft in the second degree because of value, and the series of transactions are a part of a common scheme or plan, then the transactions may be aggregated in one count and the sum of the value of all of the transactions shall be the value considered in determining the degree of identity theft involved.Provides that every person who, in the commission of identity theft, shall commit any other crime may be punished therefor as well as for the identity theft, and may be prosecuted for each crime separately.
| Jan 30 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2647-S
by House Committee on Select Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Hunt, Morrell, Pedersen, Williams, Cody, Green, Campbell, VanDeWege, Hasegawa, Roberts, Loomis, Upthegrove, Liias, Hunter, Chase, Smith, McIntire, Barlow, Conway, Priest, Schual-Berke, Simpson, Kenney, Goodman, Sells, Rolfes, Darneille, and Lantz)
Regarding the children's safe products act.
Provides that, beginning January 1, 2009, no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer 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 of ecology 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.Requires, before certain prohibitions under this act take effect, the department of ecology to prepare and distribute information to in-state and out-of-state manufacturers, to the maximum extent practicable, to assist them in identifying products prohibited for manufacture, sale, or distribution under this act.
| Jan 31 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2666-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Cody, McCoy, Green, Hunt, Wallace, Pedersen, Moeller, McIntire, Barlow, Conway, Simpson, and Darneille)
Establishing standards for long-term care insurance.
Promotes the public interest, supports the availability of long-term care coverage, establishes standards for long-term care coverage, facilitates public understanding and comparison of long-term care contract benefits, protects persons insured under long-term care insurance policies and certificates, protects applicants for long-term care policies from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices, and provides for flexibility and innovation in the development of long-term care insurance coverage.Takes effect January 1, 2009.
| Jan 30 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2667-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, McCoy, Green, Hunt, Wallace, Cody, Pedersen, and Kenney)
Allowing the delegation of nursing tasks to care for persons with diabetes.
Provides that in community-based or in-home care settings, the tasks of diabetic insulin device set up and verbal verification of insulin dosage for sight-impaired individuals is not required to be delegated from a registered nurse to a registered or certified nursing assistant.Declares that the administration of insulin by injection to certified nursing assistants for the purpose of caring for individuals with diabetes may be delegated. When delegating insulin injections, the registered nurse delegator must instruct the individual regarding proper injection procedures and the use of insulin, demonstrate proper injection procedures, and supervise and evaluate the individual performing the delegated task weekly during the first four weeks of delegation of insulin injections. If the registered nurse delegator determines that the individual is competent to perform the injection properly and safely, supervision and evaluation shall occur at least every ninety days thereafter.Provides that before commencing the care of individuals with diabetes that involves administration of insulin by injection, the certified nursing assistant must provide to the delegating nurse a certificate of completion issued by the department of social and health services indicating completion of specialized diabetes nurse delegation training.Requires the Washington state nursing care quality assurance commission, in cooperation with the department of social and health services to develop a monitoring system for insulin administered by injection by nursing assistants pursuant to a delegation from a registered nurse made in accordance with RCW 18.79.260(3)(e).
| Jan 30 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2668-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Green, Cody, Hunt, McCoy, Wallace, Pedersen, Campbell, McIntire, Conway, Simpson, Kenney, and Darneille)
Expanding programs for persons needing long-term care.
Requires boarding homes that provide respite care services to comply with the assessment and plan of care provisions of RCW 18.20.350.Provides that when a boarding home facility provides respite care, before or at the time of admission, the facility must obtain sufficient information to meet the individual's anticipated needs.Requires that agencies conducting family caregiver long-term care information and support services develop an evidence-based tailored caregiver assessment and referral tool and provide the option of a one-time voucher benefit per caregiver screened to meet the needs critical to health or safety of either the adult care recipient or the caregiver.Provides that the community based services for low-income eligible persons shall include long-term care planning and options counseling, information and crisis intervention, and streamlined assistance to access a wide array of public and private community-based services.Requires the department of health to develop a statewide fall prevention program to include networking community services, identifying service gaps, making affordable senior-based, evaluated exercise programs more available, providing consumer education to older adults, their adult children, and the community at large, and conducting professional education on fall risk identification and reduction.Requires additional support for residents in community settings who exhibit challenging behaviors that put them at risk for institutional placement.Establishes two seniors dental access projects.
| Jan 30 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2670-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Hunt, and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Modifying disclosure provisions under the adverse health events and incident reporting system.
Provides that 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 within forty-five days.Requires independent entities who report annually to the governor and the legislature on the activities under chapter 70.56 RCW to include information, presented in the aggregate, to inform and educate consumers and providers, on best practices and prevention tools that medical facilities are implementing to prevent adverse events as well as other patient safety initiatives medical facilities are undertaking to promote patient safety.Provides that the notification of an adverse event under RCW 70.56.020(2)(a), is subject to public disclosure and not exempt from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW. Any public disclosure of an adverse event notification must include any contextual information the medical facility chose to provide under RCW 70.56.020(2)(a).
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2680-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Hasegawa, Morrell, Conway, and Simpson)
Reporting gifts from pharmaceutical marketers.
Declares that the purpose of this act is to provide for the adoption of minimum standards related to pharmaceutical manufacturer marketing activities within the state of Washington.Provides that, beginning January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, every pharmaceutical manufacturer shall submit an attestation with a written report documenting that the manufacturer, for purposes of its operations in the state of Washington, has: (1) Adopted a comprehensive compliance program that is at least as stringent as the April 2003 publication "compliance program guidance for pharmaceutical manufacturers";(2) Included in its comprehensive compliance program policies that are at least as stringent as the pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of America "code on interactions with health care professionals," dated July 1, 2002; and(3) Included in its comprehensive compliance program limits on gifts or incentives provided to medical or health professionals, in accordance with this act.
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2758-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Morrell, and Hudgins)
Adding products to the energy efficiency code.
Adds products to the energy efficiency code.
| Feb 1 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2773-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Barlow, Haigh, Seaquist, O'Brien, McCoy, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Schual-Berke, Moeller, Warnick, Roberts, Morrell, and Kenney)
Regarding instructional support services in schools.
Requires, subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate funds to school districts on the basis of each one thousand average annual full-time equivalent enrollments for an additional forty-eight one-hundredths certificated instructional staff units in grades six through twelve.
| Feb 1 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2784-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Cody, and Schual-Berke)
Regarding the intensive case management and integrated crisis response pilot programs.
Extends the expiration date for a pilot program for certain counties to provide intensive case management for chemically dependent persons with histories of extensive use of crisis services.Extends the deadline for the Washington institute for public policy to evaluate the pilot program.
| Jan 31 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2788-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives VanDeWege, Blake, Orcutt, Kretz, Nelson, Grant, Williams, Eickmeyer, Linville, and McCoy)
Organizing definitions in Title 77 RCW.
Organizes the definitions in Title 77 RCW. Places most definitions in one section and directs that the section be alphabetized.
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2794-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Wallace, Chase, Sells, Williams, Green, Haigh, Santos, and Simpson)
Promoting accessible communities for persons with disabilities.
Promotes accessible communities for persons with disabilities.Creates an accessible communities account in the custody of the state treasurer.Directs the governor's committee on disability issues and employment to take certain action.Encourages counties to participate in activities related to their accessible community advisory committees.Requires specified amounts of penalties to be deposited in the accessible communities account.Requires comprehensive plans to contemplate accessible communities issues.
| Jan 31 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2798-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Hinkle, Kenney, Springer, Blake, Priest, Hunt, Linville, Newhouse, Kretz, Dunshee, Green, Hudgins, Campbell, Ericks, Walsh, McCune, Quall, Goodman, Hurst, Seaquist, Hunter, Anderson, Hasegawa, Cody, Williams, Dickerson, Kagi, Roberts, Takko, Morrell, McIntire, Schual-Berke, Nelson, Rolfes, Loomis, Liias, Simpson, VanDeWege, McCoy, Warnick, Pedersen, Lantz, Appleton, Upthegrove, Sells, Conway, Sullivan, Santos, Moeller, and Ormsby)
Enacting the local farms-healthy kids 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 grown 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 encourage and facilitate the purchase of Washington grown food by state agencies and institutions to the maximum extent practicable.Creates the Washington state farmers market technology improvement pilot program to lend technological hardware to farmers markets 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 30 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2805-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Schual-Berke, Cody, Barlow, Hudgins, Hunt, Green, Hasegawa, Pedersen, Loomis, Santos, and Kagi)
Regarding the collection of umbilical cord blood.
Requires the department of health to identify and provide funding to a work group charged with the expansion of umbilical cord blood collection practices.Requires the department of health to identify an institution actively conducting research in Washington that requires the collection of blood and specimens from women during pregnancy and at delivery, including the collection of umbilical cord blood, to participate in a pilot project.
| Jan 30 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2808-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Upthegrove, Quall, Liias, Priest, Green, Conway, Pedersen, Kenney, Hudgins, Santos, Kelley, and Ormsby)
Providing additional opportunities to assist students who have not completed all graduation requirements.
Provides additional opportunities to assist students who have not completed all graduation requirements.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop information and training for counselors and mentor teachers on providing guidance to students who have completed required course credits but will not be ready to graduate with their class because they need additional skills in key academic areas, including meeting state standards on the Washington assessment of student learning.Authorizes the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate grants to school districts, skill centers, and educational service districts to create high school plus programs targeted to students who have completed required course credits but are not ready to graduate with their class because they need additional skills in key academic areas, including meeting state standards on the Washington assessment of student learning.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to submit a report on the program design and outcomes of high school plus programs created by the act to the education committees of the legislature by September 15, 2009.
| Feb 1 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2816-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Morrell, and Green)
Regulating certain health care devices and procedures.
Authorizes the adoption of rules to identify those instruments or procedures 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 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2827-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored 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 to include sites in other counties in addition to the original two pilot programs.
| Jan 31 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2829-S
by House Committee on Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored 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.
Creates the homeownership security account in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the account may be used solely for the purposes of preventing predatory lending and providing homeownership education, information, and counseling.Authorizes expenditure of funds from the account for the establishment, administration, and implementation of financial literacy and education programs that assist Washington citizens of all ages in understanding saving, investing, budgeting, and other skills necessary to obtain individual financial independence, fiscal responsibility, and financial management skills.Declares more than fifty percent of the funds from this account must be used to assist low and moderate-income persons defined to be at or below eighty percent of county median income.
| Jan 30 | IFCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
HB 2833-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, Miloscia, and Williams)
Adopting all mail voting.
Establishes all mail elections, but allows for designated in person voting centers.
| Jan 30 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2858-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Warnick, Campbell, Hurst, Newhouse, O'Brien, Green, Kelley, and Conway)
Expanding metal property provisions.
Expands metal property provisions.
| Jan 30 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2882-S
by House Committee on Select Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored 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 30 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
HB 2898-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored 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.Appropriates funds to the department of community, trade, and economic development.
| Jan 30 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2918-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Wallace, Chase, Fromhold, Sells, Appleton, Darneille, Rolfes, Kelley, Green, VanDeWege, and Conway)
Creating a task force to study the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
Orders the governor to appoint a task force to study the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children and make recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 2008, on whether it is in the state's interest to adopt the compact.
| Feb 1 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. | |
HB 2925-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Pettigrew, Bailey, McDonald, Darneille, Upthegrove, Hasegawa, Loomis, Kelley, Hankins, Rolfes, Morrell, Schual-Berke, and Santos)
Establishing a plan for improving the effectiveness of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.
Provides that the office of minority and women's business enterprises shall establish a plan, with timelines, to complete certain goals, with the overall goal of improving the effectiveness of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.
| Jan 30 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2937-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Morrell, Schual-Berke, and Chase; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Providing for vulnerable adult fatality review.
Authorizes the department of social and health services to 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, or to self-neglect by the vulnerable adult.
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2946-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Priest, Kagi, Walsh, Liias, Sullivan, Roberts, Linville, Campbell, Simpson, Upthegrove, Schual-Berke, Hurst, Darneille, Hasegawa, Kessler, Hudgins, and Ormsby; 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.
| Feb 1 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2958-S
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, McIntire, and Jarrett)
Consolidating state lottery revenue distributional directives into a single provision of law.
Clarifies distribution of state lottery revenue, including redistribution of revenues after retirement of specified stadium and exhibition center bonds.
| Jan 30 | APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2968-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Pearson, O'Brien, Kelley, Simpson, and Kretz)
Addressing crimes against persons.
Distinguishes what constitutes crimes against persons with what constitutes crimes affecting persons.
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3029-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Eddy, Takko, Armstrong, Sells, Simpson, and Springer)
Providing access to a secure system to generate temporary permits to operate vehicles.
Provides that the department shall provide access to a secure system that allows temporary permits issued by properly licensed vehicle dealers to be generated and printed on demand.
| Jan 29 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3053-S
by House Committee on Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Rodne, Simpson, Roach, Kelley, Sullivan, Conway, and Ormsby)
Regulating auto glass repair.
Regulates the conduct of insurers or their third-party administrator regarding auto glass repair.
| Jan 31 | IFCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 1 | Placed on second reading. | |
| Feb 4 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 3064-S
by House Committee on Select Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Green, Appleton, Seaquist, VanDeWege, Upthegrove, Lantz, Kenney, Roberts, Simpson, Hunt, O'Brien, Linville, Ormsby, Wood, Campbell, Jarrett, and Hudgins)
Creating a producer managed and funded product stewardship program to collect and dispose of unwanted residential drugs.
Declares that every producer of covered products sold in or into the state must participate in a product stewardship program for unwanted products from residential sources by January 1, 2010.
| Jan 30 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3115-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Skinner, Green, Wallace, Haler, Chase, Rodne, Conway, Morrell, Linville, VanDeWege, Loomis, Kelley, Rolfes, Liias, Ormsby, and Darneille)
Concerning small business incubators.
Declares that the purpose of small business incubators is to provide comprehensive business assistance to start-up and early-stage firms in order to improve their chances of growing into healthy, sustainable companies.Redefines "business incubator" as a facility or program that provides, on an on-going basis, business-related training, services, and technical assistance to businesses that are less than five years old and have fewer than five employees at the time of admission to the facility or program.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to develop a certification program for small business incubators.Requires that all qualified small business incubators are required annually to collect data for each client business.
| Jan 30 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
HB 3121-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Green, Hunt, Kenney, Roberts, Haler, Morrell, Hankins, Ericks, Appleton, Eddy, Wood, Sells, Chase, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Williams, Moeller, Campbell, Simpson, Rolfes, McIntire, and Darneille)
Implementing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry.
Requires the department of labor and industries to deny an application for registration for contractors and suspend an active registration if the department determines that the applicant has falsified information on the application, unless the error was inadvertent, or the applicant does not have an active and valid certificate of registration with the department of revenue.Provides that a contractor shall not be allowed to bid on any public works contract for one year from the date of a final determination that the contractor has committed certain violations or infractions within a five-year period.Requires three staff members, one being a working supervisor, to be added to the department of labor and industries' fraud audit infraction and revenue contractor fraud team.Requires the department of labor and industries to create an expanded social marketing campaign to warn consumers of the risks and potential consequences of hiring unregistered contractors.Declares that a pilot project must be established between the department of labor and industries and certain local jurisdictions to explore ways to improve the collection and sharing of building permit information.
| Jan 31 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3123-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Cody, Roberts, Green, and Ormsby)
Establishing evidence-based nurse staffing in hospitals.
Establishes a mechanism whereby direct care nurses and hospital management shall participate in a joint process regarding decisions about nurse staffing.
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3125-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Haler, Sullivan, Simpson, Barlow, Quall, Kagi, Flannigan, Cody, Nelson, Ormsby, Darneille, and Hasegawa)
Creating the building communities fund program.
Creates the building communities fund account and program.Authorizes capital and technical assistance grants to nonprofit organizations, local governments, or federally recognized Indian tribes in distressed communities for acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating facilities used for the delivery of nonresidential community services, including social service centers, multipurpose community centers, and cultural centers.
| Jan 31 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 3168-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Kagi, Walsh, Haler, Roberts, Pettigrew, Hinkle, Sullivan, Kessler, Green, Hudgins, Darneille, McIntire, Liias, Kelley, Kenney, Hankins, Nelson, Santos, and Ormsby)
Regarding the creation of the Washington head start program.
Requires the department of early learning to develop a plan to implement a statewide Washington head start program which must align the state early childhood education and assistance program with federal head start program eligibility criteria, guidelines, and performance standards.Requires the department of early learning to deliver a report with plan recommendations to the governor and legislature by December 1, 2008.
| Jan 31 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 4 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3180-S
by House Committee on Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Ormsby, Green, Morrell, Liias, Dunn, and Wood)
Addressing housing reform policies to achieve greater efficiencies in housing investments.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to work in consultation with the affordable housing advisory board and representatives from nonprofit housing development organizations and affordable housing advocacy groups in the state to identify development costs and fees associated with affordable housing development projects financed through the Washington housing trust fund and to make recommendations for strategies to reduce these costs and fees.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development and the office of the insurance commissioner to work in collaboration to provide recommendations for strategies to reduce insurance costs for affordable housing projects funded by the Washington housing trust fund.Creates the housing trust fund floating loan program to provide short-term, zero-interest or low-interest loans to eligible organizations making application to the Washington housing trust fund for affordable housing developments projects that are ready to proceed, but for which there is inadequate housing trust funds available during the current funding round.Adds the use of funds to promote increased housing density as a consideration for the housing finance commission general plan of housing finance objectives.Requires the housing finance commission to report to the legislature annually regarding implementation of the plan with updates to the plan every two years.Requires the housing finance commission to adopt rules to assure that tax exempt bonds issued under chapter 43.180 RCW for multifamily affordable housing developments be awarded first to qualified applications submitted by qualified nonprofit organizations.Provides that affordable housing developments funded by the Washington housing trust fund under chapters 43.185 and 43.185A RCW are exempt from department of transportation rules regarding commercial relocation.Creates the housing communities program within the department of community, trade, and economic development to provide technical assistance and organizational capacity building programs to private, community-based nonprofit organizations that primarily serve communities of color or multilingual communities.
| Jan 31 | HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 3227-S
by House Committee on Select Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Eickmeyer, Sump, Chase, Quall, Hasegawa, Appleton, Simpson, Haigh, Wallace, Dickerson, Takko, Conway, Pedersen, Kagi, Armstrong, Priest, Walsh, Hinkle, Condotta, McCoy, Roberts, Morris, Hudgins, Rolfes, Lantz, Schual-Berke, Morrell, Campbell, Sells, Sullivan, Kenney, and Linville)
Protecting the water quality in Hood Canal.
Provides that in aquatic rehabilitation zone one, any new or retrofitted on-site sewage disposal systems installed after July 1, 2009, may not discharge to ground or surface waters more than twenty milligrams per liter of total nitrogen.Provides that in aquatic rehabilitation zone one, any new or retrofitted wastewater treatment system installed after July 1, 2009, must use all known, available, and reasonable methods of nitrogen removal.
| Jan 31 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
HB 3305-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Conway, Green, Appleton, and Sells)
Implementing the family leave insurance program, but only with respect to designating agencies to administer and enforce the program, adopting government efficiencies to improve program administration and reduce program costs, tracking and mitigating any impacts on the unemployment compensation system, addressing the manner in which leave is coordinated, and implementing other task force recommendations.
Implements the family leave insurance program, but only with respect to designating agencies to administer and enforce the program, adopting government efficiencies to improve program administration and reduce program costs, tracking and mitigating any impacts on the unemployment compensation system, addressing the manner in which leave is coordinated, and implementing other task force recommendations.
| Jan 31 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3345
by Representative Linville
Regarding inspection intervals for properly functioning on-site sewage disposal systems.
Provides an on-site sewage disposal system owner is responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining the owner's on-site sewage disposal system to minimize the risk of failure. To help accomplish this purpose, the owner is responsible for inspecting their on-site sewage disposal system and ensuring a complete evaluation of the on-site sewage disposal system components and property as necessary to determine functionality, maintenance needs, and compliance with regulations and any permits.Requires the department of health to revise WAC 246-272A-0270 in accordance with the criteria established in this act.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 3346
by Representatives Pearson, Kristiansen, and McCune
Creating an alternative driver's license and identicard for people who have two or more convictions involving driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Requires the department to develop an alternative driver's license and an alternative identicard that shall be issued to applicants for drivers' licenses and identicards who have, in the ten years preceding their application, two or more convictions of any offense involving driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.Requires any person issued an alternative driver's license or identicard under this act to show that license or identicard when purchasing or attempting to purchase any liquor.Provides it is unlawful for any person issued an alternative driver's license or identicard under this act to purchase or attempt to purchase liquor.Provides it is unlawful for any person to sell, give, or otherwise provide liquor to any person issued an alternative driver's license or identicard under this act.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 3347
by Representative Williams
Creating excise tax parity for voice over internet protocol services.
Provides that both a legislative authority of a county and the state may impose an enhanced 911 excise tax for each voice over internet protocol telephone subscriber.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 3348
by Representative Hudgins
Regarding the naming of state buildings, facilities, or infrastructure.
Recognizes that, except for buildings on the capitol campus, there is no policy or process for how state buildings, facilities, or infrastructure are named. It is the intent of the legislature that policy be developed that would prohibit naming buildings, facilities, or infrastructure after persons until ten years after their death.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 3349
by Representatives Ericks, Eddy, Kelley, Conway, Springer, and Rolfes
Providing a review of the need for residential contractor licensing.
Requires the department of licensing to conduct a review of the need for regulation of general and specialty contractors involved in the repair, alteration, or construction of single-family homes using the public interest criteria set forth in RCW 18.118.010.Provides the department of labor and industries and the office of the attorney general shall make available to the department of licensing any home construction defect and related consumer complaints.Requires, by October 1, 2008, the department of licensing to submit recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the need for regulation of general and specialty contractors involved in the construction and remodel of residential single-family homes and if some form of regulation is recommended, the minimum qualifications to meet the regulatory standard.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 3350
by Representatives Dunshee, Loomis, Morris, Hudgins, Wood, and Kenney
Preventing the implantation of identification or tracking devices on persons without their consent.
Provides an entity may not require an individual to have an identification or tracking device or mark implanted or permanently or semipermanently incorporated into or on the body, skin, teeth, hair, or nails of that individual.Provides an identification or tracking device or mark may not be implanted or incorporated into or on the person of an individual without that individual's informed written consent. Consent of a guardian, guardian ad litem, attorney-in-fact, parent, or other agent shall not be considered adequate consent. The individual undergoing implantation or incorporation of an identification or tracking device or mark must be at least eighteen years of age and of sound mind to grant consent.Provides an identification or tracking device or mark may not be implanted or incorporated into or on a human corpse.Provides an entity may not use an identification or tracking device or mark in or on the person of an individual to identify that individual or as a means of, or aid to, tracking that individual, without the consent of the individual being identified or tracked.Provides an entity shall not use the absence of an identification or tracking device or mark as a basis for discriminating against an individual for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, employment, housing, insurance, medical care, voting, education, travel, or commerce.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HCR 4408-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Wallace, Haigh, and Sells)
Requesting approval of the statewide strategic master plan for higher education.
Resolves that the statewide strategic master plan update submitted by the higher education coordinating board on December 15, 2007, be approved.Resolves that the higher education coordinating board shall report to the higher education committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on progress implementing the 2008 update of the master plan by February 1, 2009.
| Jan 30 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. | |
SB 6913
by Senators Shin and Berkey
Increasing the authority membership of single county public transportation benefit areas.
Provides in no case shall the governing body of a single county public transportation benefit area be greater than eleven members and in the case of a multicounty area, fifteen members.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6914
by Senator Roach
Regarding the development of renewable fuels.
Establishes a grant that is available to certain municipalities that develop renewable fuels.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6915
by Senator Carrell
Concerning health insurance in the hospitality industry.
Provides that this act shall be known as the hospitality industry health insurance act of 2008.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6916
by Senators Holmquist and Schoesler
Eliminating certificate of need reviews when the number of dialysis stations increases in certain rural counties.
Eliminates certificate of need reviews for increases in the number of dialysis stations in economically distressed rural counties.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6917
by Senators Stevens, Kilmer, Regala, and Honeyford
Clarifying the interaction of the streamlined sales and use tax legislation and the power of local governments to license and tax.
Clarifies the interaction of the streamlined sales and use tax legislation and the power of local governments to license and tax.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6918
by Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Jacobsen, Morton, Shin, McCaslin, and Franklin
Designating the cougar as the official state mammal.
Designates the cougar as the official mammal of the state of Washington.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6919
by Senator Rasmussen
Regarding limited outdoor burning.
Prohibits outdoor burning on pieces of land up to twenty acres when an alternate technology or method of disposing of organic refuse is available, reasonably economical, and less harmful to the environment.
| Feb 5 | First reading, referred to Water, Energy & Telecommunications. | |