 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 21 | ||
| SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | 30th 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 2707-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hurst, Conway, and Kirby)
Establishing the airline practices and consumer rights work group to evaluate consumer participation in frequent flier miles secondary markets.
Establishes the airline practices and consumer rights work group to evaluate legal and policy issues related to allowing consumers to participate in the secondary market.Requires staff support for the work group to be provided by the office of the attorney general.Requires the airline practices and consumer rights work group to report its findings and recommendations to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives and to the attorney general by November 15, 2008.
| Feb 4 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2727-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Lantz, Pedersen, Rodne, Goodman, Williams, and Green)
Extending personality rights to deceased persons.
Provides property right in the use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness exists in the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of individuals or personalities deceased before, on, or after June 11, 1998.
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2760-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Kagi, Lantz, Appleton, Kenney, Darneille, and Goodman)
Establishing children's rights in dependency matters.
Provides a child who is age twelve years or older and who is the subject of a dependency under chapter 13.34 RCW has the following rights with respect to all hearings conducted on his or her behalf under this act: (1) The right to receive notice of the proceedings and hearings;(2) The right to be present at hearings; and(3) The right to be heard personally.Provides at the request of the child, the child's guardian ad litem or attorney, or upon the court's own motion, the court may conduct an interview with the child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes as to the issues pending before the court. The court may permit counsel to be present at the interview. The court shall cause a record of the interview to be made and to be made part of the record in the case.
| Feb 4 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2767-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Grant, VanDeWege, Orcutt, McCoy, Hailey, Pettigrew, Kenney, Loomis, Pearson, and Newhouse)
Limiting allowable permit charges for specialty agricultural buildings.
Provides the charge under chapter 19.27 RCW for permits for specialty agricultural buildings constructed on a commercial agricultural operation may not exceed the costs incurred by the city, town, or county for processing the permit and performing associated inspections. Specialty agricultural structures are those that are designed and constructed to house farm equipment, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other horticultural products. Human habitation, public use, and employment where agricultural products are processed, treated, or packaged are not permitted uses of a specialty agricultural building.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2777-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Clibborn, Ericksen, Ericks, Hinkle, O'Brien, Morrell, Sells, Sullivan, McIntire, Loomis, Haigh, Simpson, and Kelley)
Creating a grant program to assist small communities in planning for new growth and development.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to create and monitor a small communities infrastructure planning grant program, in which the department shall select grant recipients and make grant awards based on the eligibility criteria set forth in this act.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
| Feb 7 | APPG - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | ||
HB 2852-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Miloscia and Haler)
Prohibiting false and defamatory statements about candidates for public office.
Provides it is a violation of chapter 42.17 RCW for a person to sponsor with actual malice a statement constituting libel or defamation per se under RCW 9.58.010(1) or (3).
| Feb 5 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2864-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Ormsby, Wood, Barlow, Hasegawa, and Simpson)
Requiring the filing of certified payroll records on public works projects.
Provides every contract for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of any public work, to which the state or any county, municipality, or political subdivision created by its laws is a party, shall contain a provision that contractors and subcontractors for any off-site prefabrication of nonstandard, project-specific items shall submit certified payroll records as required by RCW 39.12.040(1)(c).Provides that for a public works project involving the off-site prefabrication of a nonstandard, project-specific item, before final acceptance of the project the awarding agency shall require the contractor and any subcontractor of the item to submit to the awarding agency and to the department of labor and industries a certified copy of the payroll records for all hours worked on the item by each laborer, worker, and mechanic. The records shall be on a form approved by the department of labor and industries.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2869-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored 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.
Provides certificated instructional staff who have attained certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall receive a bonus each year in which they maintain the certification, including if they later become certificated principals and maintain the certification from the national board.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2871-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz and McCune)
Regarding penalties for small scale prospecting and mining violations.
Provides that for actions involving small scale prospecting and mining, as defined in RCW 77.55.011, that are in violation of the requirements of an individual hydraulic permit or the gold and fish pamphlet, and violations of chapter 77.55 RCW involving small scale prospecting using motorized equipment, published by the department under RCW 77.55.091, and violations of chapter 77.55 RCW involving small scale prospecting using motorized equipment, unlawfully undertaking hydraulic project activities is a natural resources infraction punishable under chapter 7.84 RCW.
| Feb 4 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2884-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored 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.
Provides, except as provided in this act, the use of mechanical or chemical restraint on students in the public schools is prohibited.Provides, except as provided in this act, the use of physical restraint on students in the public schools is limited to the use of reasonable force.Provides, except as provided in this act, the use of physical restraint in the public schools is prohibited.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2885-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Williams, Conway, Newhouse, Sells, Chandler, Condotta, and Moeller)
Modifying industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
Modifies industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
| Feb 4 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2893-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored 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.
Adds to the board one member representing a timber products union, appointed by the governor from a list of three names submitted by a timber labor coalition affiliated with a statewide labor organization that represents a majority of the timber product unions in the state.
| Feb 5 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2904-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Haler and Hailey)
Prohibiting county and city incumbent candidates from appearing on publicly funded television during the election.
Requires local government access channels to develop policies to avoid preferential treatment of incumbent candidates for the county or city legislature or for city or county executive that apply beginning June 1st of an election year and continue through the general election in November.
| Feb 5 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2938-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Schindler, Wood, Hankins, and VanDeWege)
Clarifying annexation procedures between cities and fire districts.
Provides that a city or town incorporating or annexing property shall, prior to the effective date of the incorporation or annexation, enter into a service agreement with each fire protection district whose boundaries will be changed by the incorporation or annexation.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2952-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives O'Brien, Kirby, Sullivan, Schual-Berke, Ericks, Kelley, and Conway)
Allowing civil forfeiture of conveyances used in prostitution-related offenses.
Provides the following are subject to seizure and forfeiture and no property right exists in them: All conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles, or vessels, which are used, or intended for use, in any manner to facilitate a violation of RCW 9.68A.100, 9.68A.101, 9.68A.102, 9A.88.030, 9A.88.070, 9A.88.080, 9A.88.085, or 9A.88.110, within an area designated under this act.
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2954-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Priest, Jarrett, and Anderson)
Authorizing certain school districts and educational service districts to designate a district treasurer.
Allows the board of directors of a school district to designate by resolution the district, an educational service district agreeing to serve this function, or some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters to act as the district treasurer, including another school district through an agreement under chapter 39.34 RCW.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2959-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Wood, Ormsby, Springer, Conway, Linville, Barlow, Walsh, and Quall)
Concerning craft distilleries.
Includes craft distilleries as manufacturers authorized to manufacture, import, sell, and export liquor from the state.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2966-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Wood, McIntire, Campbell, Simpson, Appleton, Hasegawa, and Ormsby)
Providing for the certification of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and mechanics.
Provides the registration and certification requirements for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and mechanics, enforced by the department of labor and industries.Establishes an HVAC/R board.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2980-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Williams, Conway, Moeller, and Hasegawa)
Prohibiting ex parte contacts with medical providers during industrial insurance appeals.
Provides that after the filing of a notice of an industrial insurance appeal the department of labor and industries, the employer, and the representatives of each shall not have ex parte contact with any medical provider who has examined or treated the claimant.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2981-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Williams, Blake, and Simpson)
Creating a joint select committee on surface mine regulations.
Establishes a joint select committee on surface mine regulations to review the current surface mining statutes to pursue options for moving towards a more uniform system of surface mining regulations that bases regulatory decisions on actual environmental harm and not on the status of the operation's ownership or the size of the operation.
| Feb 5 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2996-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Loomis, Dunshee, Simpson, and Morrell)
Requiring aversive agents in antifreeze products.
Requires all antifreeze products to contain an aversive agent in a concentration sufficient to render that antifreeze product unpalatable.Limits the liability for those subject to the aversive agent requirement for damage from the inclusion of the aversive agent.
| Feb 4 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3012-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Ross, Lantz, Rodne, and Williams)
Regarding estate distribution documents.
Modifies definitions related to estate distribution documents.Provides that this act does not apply to any financial institution or securities broker-dealer in compliance with certain statutes and court rules.
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3031-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Schindler, Upthegrove, and Schual-Berke)
Addressing the provision of sewer and water utilities to district property and other property owners by port districts.
Prohibits ports in large counties from acquiring, constructing, installing, improving, and operating sewer and/or water utilities or pollution control facilities under certain circumstances unless another specified source consents thereto.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3034-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville, Bailey, Ericksen, Flannigan, Darneille, Seaquist, Pettigrew, and Kelley)
Encouraging private investment in port terminal facilities by providing tax incentives to local governments.
Creates the port terminal private investment pilot program in the department of community, trade, and economic development to authorize and evaluate the use of tax incentives to local governments as a means of encouraging private investment in port terminal construction.
| Feb 5 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Finance. | |
HB 3052-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Sells, Flannigan, Roberts, Haigh, Dickerson, and Williams)
Concerning the management of the wildstock geoduck resource.
Modifies the role of the department of fish and wildlife in the management of the state wildstock geoduck resource.
| Feb 5 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3082-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Priest, Quall, Seaquist, Dunshee, Sullivan, and Ormsby)
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.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3103-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representative Darneille)
Expanding the list of crimes that require dismissal or certificate revocation for school employees.
Expands the list of crimes that require dismissal or certificate revocation for school employees.Allows superintendents and administrators to file a complaint concerning any certificated employee, and this filing authority is not limited to employees of the complaining superintendent or administrator.Provides for mandatory certificate revocation if a certificate holder obtained the certificate through fraudulent means.Requires a superintendent to immediately notify the office of the superintendent of public instruction when the district terminates the employment contract of a certificated employee on the basis of probable cause for termination.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 11 | Placed on second reading. | |
HB 3166-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Priest, Haler, Santos, and Ormsby)
Concerning the design of the state assessment system and the WASL.
Directs the superintendent of public instruction to redesign the Washington assessment of student learning in the content areas of reading, mathematics, and science in all grades except high school by shortening test administration and reducing the number of questions.Directs the superintendent of public instruction to develop statewide end-of-course assessments for high school mathematics.
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3175-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Pettigrew, Chase, Linville, Hasegawa, Fromhold, Sullivan, Skinner, Roach, McIntire, Condotta, Orcutt, Morrell, Ericks, Kelley, Dunn, Kenney, Santos, and Ormsby)
Providing business and occupation tax incentives to encourage investment in qualified community development entities.
Creates the Washington state new markets development program, which allows a tax credit against the business and occupation tax for qualified investments benefitting low income community businesses, up to fifteen million dollars of the credits in any fiscal year.Expires December 31, 2013.
| Feb 5 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Finance. | |
HB 3179-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representative Ross)
Limiting provocation as a defense for dog bites.
Provides that proof of provocation of the attack by an injured person shall be a complete defense to an action for damages as a result of a dog bite, except when the injured person is a child under the age of six.
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3186-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representative Nelson)
Authorizing the creation of beach management districts.
Authorizes the creation of beach management districts.Directs the department of ecology to provide technical assistance to community groups and county and city legislative authorities requesting assistance with the development of beach management programs.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
| Feb 7 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 3187-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Haler, Hunter, Kagi, Schual-Berke, Appleton, Loomis, Sullivan, Dickerson, Green, Lantz, Hudgins, Simpson, Darneille, McIntire, Roberts, Kenney, Wood, Santos, and Ormsby)
Establishing systems to support families who have adopted children from foster care.
Requires, subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this purpose, the department of social and health services to contract for an information and referral services provider to support families with children adopted out of foster care and to contract for education advocacy services for children adopted out of foster care.Requires the department to provide outreach to parents of children adopted out of foster care and encourage adoptive parents to seek an annual assessment of the functioning of the adoptive child with the family to determine if there are services needed to help maintain or strengthen the adoptive placement.
| Feb 4 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3201-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson and Sullivan)
Providing for the election of a board of commissioners for regional fire protection service authorities.
Provides that upon the formation of an authority, the governing body will be a temporary, appointed board.Provides the initial five members of the elected board of commissioners shall be elected at the first general election occurring after the passage of three years following the formation of the authority.Provides that following the election of the five-member board, one appointed board member from each of the participating entities shall remain on the board for a period of one year as an ex officio, nonvoting member.
| Feb 4 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3202-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Sells, and Nelson)
Changing Washington's vesting laws.
Provides that the intent of this act is to better protect the public interest by setting the vesting date for many new land use projects as the date when permits are issued.Establishes that applications for a proposed division of land, building permit, or other project approval are subject to zoning, permitting, and other land use control ordinances at the time the local government takes final action on the applications.Establishes when development rights vest in cases in which a petition is pending before a growth management hearings board or a local government undertakes review of a comprehensive land use plan.Establishes when land use or development rights vest for certain classes of large development projects.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3203-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Campbell, Green, Liias, McIntire, VanDeWege, and Wood)
Granting residents who are transferred or discharged from nursing facilities an opportunity for a hearing.
Provides any resident who is transferred or discharged by the nursing facility and requests a fair hearing challenging the transfer or discharge shall be allowed immediate readmittance into the first gender-appropriate available bed in the nursing facility and may remain, pending the issuance of a final order at the fair hearing. However, if the resident was transferred or discharged to a hospital, the resident will be allowed immediate readmittance into the nursing facility after the attending physician determines that the resident has stabilized and that the resident's needs can be met in a nursing facility.Provides that the resident may be readmitted pending the issuance of a final order following an appeal requested by the resident if the nursing facility determines, following an assessment, that it can meet the needs of the resident and that the health and safety of the resident or other individuals in the facility would not be jeopardized.
| Feb 5 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3204-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Campbell, and Green)
Establishing requirements for boarding homes that withdraw from medicaid participation.
Provides in the case of a boarding home that voluntarily withdraws from participation in the state medicaid program for residential care and services but continues to provide services of the type provided by boarding homes, the facility's voluntary withdrawal from participation is not an acceptable basis for the transfer or discharge of residents of the facility who were residing in the facility on the day before the effective date of the withdrawal, including those residents who were not entitled to medicaid assistance as of such day.
| Feb 5 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3205-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Jarrett, Walsh, Kagi, Roberts, Hunter, Sullivan, Green, Kelley, Morrell, Chase, McIntire, Seaquist, and Kenney)
Promoting the long-term well-being of children.
Finds that when assessing whether a child's right to conditions of basic nurture are being adequately protected under chapter 13.34 RCW, the developmental needs of the child should be considered.Provides when a child has been in out-of-home care for fifteen of the most recent twenty-two months, the court shall require the filing of a petition seeking termination of parental rights. The court may make a good cause written finding as to why filing a petition for termination of parental rights is not appropriate at this time. Any such good cause finding shall be reviewed at all subsequent motion and review hearings pertaining to the child.Includes the long-term well-being of a child as a paramount concern when making reasonable efforts in dependency and termination matters.
| Feb 5 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3206-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Haler, Rolfes, and Santos)
Concerning the information required to be reported in the annual economic impact report on lodging tax revenues.
Requires local jurisdictions that use the lodging tax revenues under RCW 67.28.1816 to submit an annual economic impact report for these expenditures to the department of community, trade, and economic development beginning January 1, 2008. These expenditures must include what is used by the local jurisdiction for tourism promotion purposes and what is used by a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6).
| Feb 4 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3212-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos and Hudgins)
Monitoring and addressing achievement of groups of students.
Provides best practices research and strategies for improving the academic success rate of students with disabilities.Provides for the disaggregation of WASL results by at least the following subgroups of students: White, Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native, low income, transitional bilingual, migrant, special education, and students covered by section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794).
| Feb 5 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3218-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Clibborn, VanDeWege, Appleton, Liias, Rolfes, Kessler, Smith, Bailey, Kenney, McIntire, Seaquist, and Hankins; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Requiring the procurement of new ferry vessels that carry no more than one hundred motor vehicles.
Requires that the department of transportation shall construct one or more new ferry vessels for service on the Port Townsend-Keystone route or other routes that require a vessel that carries no more than one hundred motor vehicles.
| Feb 4 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3224-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Loomis, Hunter, Sells, and Liias)
Reviewing and conducting studies on providing commuter rail services.
Requires the regional transit authority serving the Puget Sound and Puget Sound regional council to survey existing studies and, to the extent necessary, conduct a feasibility study to provide information on whether commuter rail service between eastern Snohomish county and eastern King county, based on commuter needs, can be a meaningful component of the region's future transportation system.Requires the council and authority to submit a report on the results of the feasibility study to the transportation committees of the house of representatives and senate by February 1, 2009.
| Feb 6 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3269-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Roach, Haler, Williams, Campbell, Rodne, and Ross)
Creating a roving early intervention specialist pilot program.
Requires, subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of early learning to administer the roving early intervention specialist pilot program conducted in Pierce county, beginning July 1, 2008, to provide assistance to licensed child care providers and families with children ages birth to five with special needs. The pilot shall be conducted in Pierce county.Provides for one roving early intervention specialist to be housed at a local child care resource and referral organization in Pierce county.Requires, by August 1, 2009, the department of early learning to report on certain findings to the governor and appropriate education and fiscal committees of the legislature and provide recommendations for increasing the number of roving early intervention specialists to serve the statewide child care resource and referral network.
| Feb 5 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. | |
| Feb 7 | APPE - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | ||
HB 3274-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Hudgins, Upthegrove, Hunter, Santos, and Kenney)
Addressing public contracting by public port districts.
Requires all contracts for public work required by a port district to be awarded using a competitive bid process.Requires, by January 1, 2010, each port to maintain a database on a public web site of all contracts, including public works and personal services.Establishes a policy of open competition for all personal service contracts entered into by port districts.Requires all port personal service contracts to be entered into pursuant to competitive solicitation with exceptions.Requires port emergency contracts and sole source contracts to be filed with the elected port commission and made available for public inspection.Requires the municipal research services center to develop uniform guidelines for the effective and efficient management of personal service contracts by all ports.Requires the Washington public ports association to provide a training course for port personnel responsible for executing and managing personal service contracts.
| Feb 5 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Audit Review. | |
| Feb 7 | APPG - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | ||
HB 3297-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representative Green)
Concerning professional athletics regulated by the department of licensing.
Requires the director of the department of licensing to direct, supervise, and control all boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and wrestling events conducted within this state and an event may not be held in this state except in accordance with the provisions of chapter 67.08 RCW.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3309-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Ormsby, Kretz, Blake, Linville, and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Regarding the Columbia river water delivery account.
Provides that nothing in this act expands, impairs, or otherwise affects the existing status and sovereignty of the tribal governments involved in Lake Roosevelt water releases.Directs the department of ecology to conduct an assessment of the potential impacts of water releases, establish a process for identifying and reporting on future impacts and for making recommendations for mitigation, and pursue the development of new water supplies.Creates the Columbia river water delivery account in the state treasury.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 5 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3319-S
by House Committee on Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Representative Kirby)
Addressing residential mortgage loans.
Provides a mortgage broker, designated broker, loan originator, and other persons working with or for mortgage brokers must act in the borrower's best interest and in the utmost good faith toward the borrower, and shall not compromise a borrower's right or interest. A mortgage broker, designated broker, loan originator, and other persons working with or for mortgage brokers shall not accept, provide, or charge any undisclosed compensation.Requires financial institutions subject to this act to use sound underwriting principles.Provides a financial institution may not make or facilitate the origination of a residential mortgage loan that includes a prepayment penalty or fee that extends beyond sixty days prior to the initial reset period of an adjustable rate mortgage or three years after the date of the closing of the loan.
| Feb 5 | IFCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3326-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Hudgins, Pedersen, Kenney, and Ormsby)
Requiring publishers or distributors of commercial telephone directories to provide persons a means to avoid receiving commercial telephone directories.
Requires any person or business that publishes or distributes commercial directories to offer to each recipient of the commercial directory an opportunity to opt out of receiving future commercial directories.Requires any person or business that distributes commercial directories to develop opt out procedures and provide clear instructions to recipients regarding how they may opt out.Provides it is a class 2 civil infraction as provided under RCW 7.80.120: (1) For a distributor to distribute a commercial directory to a recipient after receiving an opt out notification for the commercial directory from that recipient as described under this act; and(2) For a publisher to knowingly omit an address from the list of addresses of recipients who have requested to opt out and a commercial directory is delivered to that address by the distributor.
| Feb 5 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 6 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 3332-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Green, Grant, Pettigrew, Sullivan, Fromhold, Priest, Simpson, and Kenney)
Regarding financial negotiations between civil service unions and institutions of higher education following October 1st.
Provides in the case of a bargaining unit of employees in which the exclusive bargaining representative is certified during or after the conclusion of a legislative session, the legislature may act upon the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of the unit's initial collective bargaining agreement if those provisions are agreed upon and submitted to the office of financial management and legislative budget committees prior to final legislative action on the budget or supplementary budget by the sitting legislature or the succeeding legislature as the case may be.
| Feb 5 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 3362
by Representative Kelley
Providing tax incentives to encourage businesses to purchase highly energy efficient equipment.
Enacts tax incentives to encourage Washington businesses to purchase certain high efficiency appliances and equipment and to maximize the energy savings opportunity available through increased and sustained market share of those appliances and equipment.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 3363
by Representative Dunn
Regarding residency certification for out-of-state teachers.
Requires the professional educator standards board to establish policies for granting residency certification without additional requirements for testing under RCW 28A.410.220 or additional course completion, except for the course on issues of abuse required under RCW 28A.410.035, for any candidate who holds an active teaching certificate issued by another state and who documents at least ten years of teaching experience in public schools. The policies shall also permit such candidates who hold out-of-state endorsements in subject areas not offered for endorsement in Washington to teach the subjects of the out-of-state endorsement.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 3364
by Representatives Sullivan, Priest, Haler, Barlow, Schindler, Kelley, and Warnick
Regarding paraeducator professional development and compensation.
Provides paraeducators who have met the eligibility requirements and have applied to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for certification shall receive additional compensation as a nonnegotiable state bonus of five hundred dollars or one percent of the annual contracted salary amount, whichever is greater.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
SB 5295-S2
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama, Swecker, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Marr, Regala, Rasmussen, and McAuliffe)
Creating an office of corrections ombudsman.
Declares that the creation of the office of corrections ombudsman is intended to assist in strengthening procedures and practices which lessen the possibility of actions occurring within the department of corrections which may adversely impact the health, safety, and welfare of offenders, and which will effectively reduce the exposure of the department to litigation.Creates an office of corrections ombudsman within the office of the governor for the purpose of providing information to offenders and their families; promoting public awareness and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of offenders; identifying system issues and responses for the governor and the legislature to act upon; and ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to corrections facilities, services, and treatment of offenders under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.Directs the ombudsman to report directly to the governor and shall exercise his or her powers and duties independently of the secretary of the department of corrections.
| Feb 9 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Feb 20 | Executive session in committee. | |
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5831-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Keiser, and Murray)
Providing for the certification of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and mechanics.
Provides for the certification of mechanics and contractors performing heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration work.
| Feb 12 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5892-S
by Senate Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, McCaslin, Tom, Delvin, and Stevens)
Regarding the state building code.
Allows a cause of action for damages based on the grossly negligent failure of a county or city to enforce the provisions of the state building code.Provides for standards and specifications for making buildings and facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.Declares that a county or city may be liable for damages caused by a building inspector's gross negligence.
| Feb 20 | Public hearing in committee. | |
| Feb 8 | CPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6060-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senator Kline)
Addressing unlawful detainer actions based on nonpayment of rent.
Clarifies and modifies the process involving certain legal actions that result from the nonpayment of rent by tenants.
| Feb 28 | Public hearing and executive action taken in committee. | |
| Feb 7 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6202-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon and Rasmussen)
Prohibiting false and defamatory statements about candidates for public office.
Provides that a violation of state law occurs if a person sponsors false statements about candidates in political advertising and electioneering communications when the statements are made with actual malice and are defamatory.
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6227-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senator Jacobsen)
Providing support and resources to outer coast marine resources committees.
Provides in lieu of creating a new entity, participating county legislative authorities may designate a lead entity created under RCW 77.85.050 to also serve as a marine resources committee. County legislative authorities may only make this designation where the lead entity consents in writing to also serve as a marine resources committee.Creates the outer coast marine resources committee program.
| Feb 7 | NROR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6229-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen, Kline, and Franklin)
Requiring a comprehensive lakes management strategic plan.
Requires the department of ecology to prepare a comprehensive lakes management strategic plan to guide state programs that provide technical and financial assistance to other state agencies, local governments, special purpose districts, and nongovernmental entities for the protection and restoration of the state's freshwater lakes.Requires by December 31, 2009, the department of ecology with the assistance of the lakes management advisory committee to prepare recommendations for creating dedicated state funding assistance for lakes restoration and protection.
| Feb 7 | NROR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6241-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Fairley, Pflug, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and Franklin)
Prohibiting the sale or use of prescriber-identifiable prescription data for commercial or marketing purposes.
Provides that no person shall knowingly sell, disclose, or use regulated records that include prescriber-identifiable data to market or promote a prescription drug.Provides that any person who knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this act or rules adopted pursuant to this act by selling, using, or disclosing regulated data shall be subject to an administrative penalty.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6246-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senator Honeyford)
Authorizing travel expenses for closed industrial insurance claims.
Requires injured workers to be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses when travel is required in order to repair, replace, or otherwise alter prosthetics, orthotics, or similar permanent mechanical appliances after closure of the claim. This does not include travel for the repair or replacement of hearing aid devices.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6255-S
by Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Rockefeller, Regala, Murray, Kline, and Oemig)
Providing incentives for solar electric power.
Increases or extends incentives payments for solar power installation.Makes an appropriation for solar electric demonstration projects.
| Feb 7 | WET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6256-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen and Rasmussen)
Creating the Washington heritage livestock and poultry breed recognition program.
Creates the Washington heritage livestock and poultry breed recognition program.Expires July 1, 2010.
| Feb 8 | ARED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6258-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen, Murray, Rasmussen, and McDermott)
Concerning adulterated pet food.
Makes the knowing manufacture of adulterated pet food a violation of the state's consumer protection act.
| Feb 8 | ARED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6280-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, and Kline)
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, adopts government efficiencies to improve program administration and reduce program costs, tracks and mitigates any impacts on the unemployment compensation system, addresses the manner in which leave is coordinated, and implements other task force recommendations.Declares that the commissioner of the department of labor and industries shall appoint a state advisory committee. The committee shall aid the commissioner in formulating policies related to the administration of family leave insurance and of assuring consistency with program intent and impartiality and freedom from political influence in the solution of issues that may arise.Requires that the employment security department shall conduct a study of the impacts, if any, of the family leave insurance program on the unemployment compensation system, and options for mitigating impacts.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6333-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Marr, and McAuliffe)
Establishing a citizens' work group on health care.
Establishes a citizens' work group on health care reform. The work group shall engage the public in a process to examine options for improving access to quality, affordable health care.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6359-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Keiser, Fairley, and Kohl-Welles)
Establishing a plan for dental care delivery.
Orders the health care authority and the department of social and health services to develop a five-year plan to change the way dental care is delivered and reimbursed within their health care programs.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6360-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Keiser, Swecker, Fairley, Hewitt, Schoesler, and Kohl-Welles)
Establishing a task force on primary care medical practice.
Establishes a task force on primary care medical practice.Directs the task force to examine ways to recruit and retain primary care physicians in the state, including providing greater reimbursement rates for primary care physicians who meet specified criteria.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6380-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Eide, Brown, McAuliffe, Marr, Shin, Kohl-Welles, and Weinstein)
Enhancing school library programs.
Provides that, for the 2008-09 school year, every school district shall receive an allocation of twelve dollars per full-time equivalent student to maintain and improve library materials, collections, and services.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6404-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Pridemore; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Modifying the process for designating regional support networks.
Provides in the event that an existing regional support network will no longer be contracting to provide services, the intent of this act is to provide flexibility to the department of social and health services to facilitate a stable transition which avoids disruption of services to consumers and families, maximizes efficiency and public safety, and maintains the integrity of the public mental health system.Declares the intent that the department of social and health services partner with political subdivisions and other entities to provide quality, coordinated, and integrated services to address the needs of individuals with behavioral health needs.
| Feb 8 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6418-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Delvin, Marr, Fairley, Pflug, Eide, Pridemore, Fraser, Kline, Rockefeller, Regala, and Franklin)
Requiring policies on and limiting the use of physical force, including mechanical or chemical restraint of students.
Prohibits the use of mechanical or chemical restraint of students in public schools.Provides exceptions to this prohibition.Requires the Washington state school directors' association to mediate and facilitate a school disciplinary action task force to review and make recommendations on the development of a model policy regarding the use of physical force in schools.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6426-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Shin, Swecker, Rasmussen, Fairley, Berkey, Rockefeller, Eide, Schoesler, Fraser, Kauffman, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe)
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.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6429-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, McAuliffe, and Carrell)
Requiring the Washington institute for public policy to analyze school attendance and truancy.
Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to conduct an analysis of local practices regarding compulsory school attendance and truancy for children required to attend school.Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature with the results of the study by December 31, 2008.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6433-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Franklin, and King)
Making technical changes to laws relating to labor regulations.
Makes technical changes to laws relating to labor regulations.Repeals several statutes related to labor regulations.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6439-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel and Berkey)
Concerning radiologist assistants.
Expands the definition of "radiologic technologist" to include a radiologist assistant.Requests the secretary of health to issue a certificate to any applicant who demonstrates to the secretary's satisfaction, that certain requirements have been met to practice as a radiologist assistant.Declares that it is unprofessional conduct under chapter 18.130 RCW for any person registered or certified under this act to interpret images, make diagnoses, prescribe medications or therapies, or perform other procedures prohibited by rule.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6443-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Weinstein, Kauffman, Brandland, McDermott, Shin, Rasmussen, and Carrell)
Regarding disciplinary actions for education employees committing sexual offenses.
Requires school districts to terminate the employment of or not hire employees who have pled guilty to or been convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree under RCW 9A.44.096 or custodial sexual misconduct in the second degree under RCW 9A.44.170.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6444-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6456-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Modifying credentialing standards for counselors.
Modifies credentialing standards for certain counselors.Requires the registration of hypnotherapists with the department of health.Requires agency affiliated counselors to notify the department of health if they are either no longer employed by the agency identified on their application or are now employed with another agency, or both.Requires the secretary of health to issue an associate license to any applicant who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the secretary that the applicant meets certain requirements for the applicant's practice area and submits a declaration that the applicant is working toward full licensure in that category.Establishes the Washington state certified counselors and hypnotherapist advisory committee.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6466-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored 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 world language programs, curricula, supplementary materials, and professional development initiatives currently used in Washington.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6470-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored 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 and the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, 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.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6479-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 8 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6488-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6489-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Carrell, Shin, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton, and Kilmer; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Including on the statewide notification web site information about level I sex offenders who are out of compliance with registration requirements.
Includes level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 in the statewide notification web site.
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6498-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senator Tom)
Modifying provisions concerning real estate licensure law.
Modifies provisions concerning real estate licensure.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6506-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Marr, Kastama, and Parlette)
Establishing a medical quality assurance commission pilot project.
Requires the Washington state medical quality assurance commission to conduct a medical quality assurance commission pilot project to evaluate the effect of granting the commission additional authority over budget development, spending, and staffing.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6556-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Pflug, Morton, Stevens, and Swecker)
Requiring the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop anaphylactic policy guidelines.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of health, to develop anaphylactic policy guidelines for schools to prevent anaphylaxis and deal with medical emergencies resulting from it. The policy guidelines shall be developed with input from pediatricians, school nurses, other health care providers, parents of children with life-threatening allergies, school administrators, teachers, and food service directors.Requires, by March 31, 2009, the superintendent of public instruction to report policy guidelines to school districts for the districts to use to develop and adopt their policies.Requires, by September 1, 2009, each school district to use the guidelines developed under this act to develop and adopt a school district policy for each school in the district to follow to assist schools to prevent anaphylaxis.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6572-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, and McDermott)
Allowing microbreweries to maintain off-premises warehouses for distribution.
Allows microbreweries to maintain off-premises warehouses for distribution.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6584-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland and Hargrove)
Facilitating continuity of medical assistance for persons confined in correctional institutions and institutions for mental diseases.
Facilitates continuity of medical assistance for persons confined in correctional institutions and institutions for mental diseases.
| Feb 8 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6596-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Carrell, Regala, Stevens, Marr, Shin, McAuliffe, Brandland, and Kilmer)
Providing for the creation of a sex offender policy board.
Creates a sex offender policy board.Specifies the duties of the board.
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6604-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Holmquist, Kohl-Welles, Prentice, King, and Marr)
Enhancing the mobility of certified public accountants.
Finds the multiple state licensing and registering requirements for certified public accountants to be cumbersome and an unnecessary constraint on the consumers of professional certified public accountant services. In order to serve their various client needs, certified public accountants must often delay service while they first spend countless hours and dollars to register with regulators in the jurisdiction of the client.Declares an intent to eliminate the requirement for out-of-state certified public accountants to notify the Washington state board of accountancy of intent to practice and pay a fee, unless these individuals or firms are providing audit or opinion-type services.Modifies the requirements for entities that must hold a license to practice as a CPA firm.Provides that an individual whose principal place of business is not in this state shall be presumed to have qualifications substantially equivalent to this state's requirements and shall have all the privileges of licensees of this state without the need to obtain a license under RCW 18.04.105 if the individual: (1) Holds a valid license as a certified public accountant from any state that requires, as a condition of licensure, that an individual: (a) have at least one hundred fifty semester hours of college education; (b) achieve a passing grade on the uniform certified public accountant examination; and (c) possess at least one year of experience including service or advice involving the use of accounting, attest, compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax, or consulting skills, all of which was verified by a licensee; or(2) Holds a valid license as a certified public accountant from any state that does not meet the requirements of (1) of this subsection, but such individual's CPA qualifications are substantially equivalent to those requirements.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6606-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Kohl-Welles, Honeyford, Prentice, Murray, and Rasmussen)
Requiring the licensing of home inspectors.
Requires licensing of home inspectors beginning July 1, 2010. Home inspectors with more than two years of experience may be exempted from instruction and training requirements.Defines "home inspector" to mean a person who carries out a noninvasive examination of the condition of a home, often in connection with the sale of that home, using special training and education to carry out the inspection.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6607-S
by Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Haugen, and Rasmussen)
Regarding shellfish protection district wastewater discharge fees, rates, and charges.
Limits the fees, rates, or charges imposed by a shellfish protection district on a dairy animal feeding operation with a certified dairy nutrient management plan to no more than five hundred dollars in a calendar year.
| Feb 7 | WET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6609-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Fairley, Rasmussen, Haugen, Jacobsen, Marr, Shin, and Roach)
Limiting the charge for permits for specialty agricultural buildings.
Limits the charge under the building code for permits for specialty agricultural buildings constructed on a commercial agricultural operation to seventy-five dollars or less.Defines specialty agricultural structures as those that are designed and constructed to house farm equipment, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other horticultural products. Human habitation, public use, and employment where agricultural products are processed, treated, or packaged are not permitted uses of a specialty agricultural building. For the purposes of this act, "commercial agricultural operation" means an operation that generates an average of at least ten thousand dollars gross income per year from the sale of agricultural products.
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6613-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Pridemore, Marr, and Shin)
Developing a ten-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.
Creates a legislative committee on a statewide infrastructure investment strategy.Orders the committee to develop a ten-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.Expires December 1, 2009.
| Feb 7 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6616-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland, Kastama, Zarelli, Prentice, Shin, Hobbs, Carrell, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Roach, Regala, Haugen, Hewitt, and Rasmussen)
Encouraging private investment in port terminal facilities by providing tax incentives to local governments.
Provides that, subject to the requirements of this act, an amount equal to the estimated taxes collected under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW on the sale or use of tangible personal property incorporated into, and labor and services rendered in respect to, the construction of a qualified port terminal, less estimated amounts of any local taxes that are credited against the state sales and use taxes, shall be distributed to a county or city within which a qualified port terminal is located.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to approve applications under this act only if it determines that the qualified port terminal would be adding new jobs to the state of Washington, and that a collective bargaining agreement is in place.Provides that only one project may be selected by the department of community, trade, and economic development under the terms of this act.
| Feb 8 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6618-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Marr, Kauffman, McAuliffe, and Kohl-Welles)
Applying arbitration to bargaining by the state and the Washington state patrol.
Imposes minimum obligations for appointment of an interest arbitration panel and for selection of negotiation dates.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6620-S
by Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, Oemig, Hatfield, Fraser, Rasmussen, and Shin; by request of Lieutenant Governor)
Regarding biological remediation technologies for on-site sewage disposal systems.
Declares an intent to assist homeowners to voluntarily upgrade or repair their failing on-site sewage disposal systems by removing regulatory barriers to access of new technologies for on-site sewage systems.Authorizes use of biological remediation technologies.
| Feb 7 | WET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6674-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe and Tom)
Authorizing certain school districts and educational service districts to designate a district treasurer.
Authorizes certain school districts and educational service districts to designate a district treasurer.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6679-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Jacobsen, Hatfield, and Kohl-Welles)
Creating a forestry carbon offset program.
Requires the director of the department of community, trade, and economic development to design and implement a forestry carbon offset program.Requires the director of the department of ecology, in conjunction with the department of transportation, and the department of licensing, to establish a method to require every vehicle registered in the state to annually purchase carbon credits based on a greenhouse gas index or rating system for motor vehicle emissions when renewing their vehicle licenses from the forestry carbon offset program.Instructs the director of the department of ecology to design a market-based cap and trade system consistent with the emission goals established in RCW 80.80.020.
| Feb 7 | NROR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6682-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Keiser, Franklin, Hargrove, McAuliffe, and Shin)
Regarding the department of social and health services providing background checks for home care agencies.
Requires the department of social and health services, at the request of a home care agency licensed under chapter 70.127 RCW, to provide certain background check information in its possession on home care services providers or applicants.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6693-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Weinstein, Hargrove, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Making changes to the factory assembled structures laws administered and enforced by the department of labor and industries.
Modifies provisions related to mobile, manufactured, and recreational units or vehicles.
| Feb 8 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6698-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Delvin, Murray, and Kohl-Welles)
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 student programs and the student government association, or its equivalent, to conduct nonpartisan voter information activities, which may include voter registration, candidate debates, and issue forums.
| Feb 8 | HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6710-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser and Marr; by request of Washington State Patrol)
Modifying the fire protection standards for hospitals.
Modifies provisions related to fire protection standards and inspections for hospitals.Requires orientation of deputy fire marshals on the unique environment of hospitals before conducting fire inspections in hospitals.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6724-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Kauffman, Roach, and Delvin)
Creating a condominium construction liability insurance task force.
Convenes a task force to review condominium construction liability insurance products to help determine how these products can be more competitively priced, allowing more affordable housing units to be developed throughout the state.
| Feb 7 | FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6726-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, and Rasmussen)
Granting the professional educator standards board ongoing authority to establish professional-level certification assessments and performance standards.
Declares that, by January 2010, the Washington professional educator standards board shall set performance standards and develop, pilot, and implement a uniform and externally administered professional-level certification assessment based on demonstrated teaching skill.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6727-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Tom, Delvin, Kline, and Kilmer)
Planning to ensure sufficient land and densities available to accommodate growth.
Clarifies provisions related to the land use and housing elements of a comprehensive plan.Provides that certain municipalities may adopt countywide planning policies or multicounty planning policies establishing subregions in order to address housing and employment markets that cross jurisdictional boundaries.Provides requirements for certain counties related to designation of urban growth areas.
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6731-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hobbs, Murray, Keiser, Marr, Fairley, Regala, Tom, and Kline)
Consolidating, aligning, and clarifying exception tests for determination of independent contractor status under unemployment compensation and workers' compensation laws.
Consolidates, aligns, and clarifies exception tests for the determination of independent contractor status under unemployment compensation and workers' compensation laws.Declares an independent contractor is not consider an "employee" when: (1) The individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or direction over the performance of the service, both under the contract of service and in fact;(2) The service is either outside the usual course of business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside all of the places of business of the enterprise for which the service is performed, or the individual is responsible, both under the contract and in fact, for the costs of the principal place of business from which the service is performed;(3) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business, of the same nature as that involved in the contract of service, or the individual has a principal place of business for the business the individual is conducting that is eligible for a business deduction for federal income tax purposes other than that furnished by the employer for which the business has contracted to furnish services;(4) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is responsible for filing at the next applicable filing period, both under the contract of service and in fact, a schedule of expenses with the internal revenue service for the type of business the individual is conducting;(5) On the effective date of the contract of service, or within a reasonable period after the effective date of the contract, the individual has established an active and valid account with the department of revenue, and other state agencies as required by the particular case, for the business the individual is conducting for the payment of all state taxes normally paid by employers and businesses and has registered for and received a unified business identifier number from the state of Washington;(6) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is maintaining a separate set of books or records that reflect all items of income and expenses of the business which the individual is conducting; and(7) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual must have a valid contractor registration or electrical contractor license.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6736-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, Fairley, Oemig, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, Marr, Roach, Parlette, Keiser, Kilmer, and Kline)
Establishing a lifelong services program for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires the department of social and health services to adopt and implement rules that enable working age adults with developmental disabilities to pursue and maintain gainful employment in integrated settings.
| Feb 8 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6742-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Tom, and Kline)
Requiring development of programs and guidelines for students with autism.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the autism task force and representatives from state and nonprofit agencies that provide programs and services for people with autism, to develop guidelines for an autism-specific supplement to be used in conjunction with an individualized education plan (IEP). The supplement should address the unique needs of students with autism.Requires, by April 1, 2009, each school district to use the guidelines developed under this act to develop guidelines for an autism-specific supplement to be used in conjunction with an IEP that address the unique needs of students with autism.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6743-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Tom, and Shin)
Regarding training and guidelines for teachers of students with autism.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the autism task force, and representatives from state and nonprofit agencies that promote autism awareness and provide programs and services for people with autism, to develop autism awareness and training policy guidelines for schools to ensure that teachers responsible for autistic children are well-prepared and up-to-date on the most effective methods of teaching children with autism.Requires, by April 1, 2009, each school district to use the guidelines developed under this act to develop and adopt a school district policy for each school in the district to ensure that teachers are well-prepared and up-to-date on the most effective methods of teaching children with autism.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6744-S
by Senate Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser and Fairley)
Concerning homeowners' associations.
Orders the department of community, trade, and economic development to conduct a study to determine the efficacy of creating a state agency run homeowners' association ombudsman office, which would provide dispute resolution services and information to homeowners about their rights and duties under chapter 64.38 RCW.Creates the homeowners' association declarations task force with ten members as provided in this provision.Declares the task force shall conduct a review of declarations that have been used to form homeowners' associations in Washington state and other states and draft model declarations, which declarants may appropriate to form homeowners' associations.
| Feb 7 | CPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6750-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, Kline, Keiser, Pridemore, McDermott, and Franklin)
Providing for stays of industrial insurance orders on appeal.
Provides that an order by the department of labor and industries awarding benefits shall become effective with benefits due on the date issued. Subject to this act, if the department order is appealed the order shall not be stayed pending a final decision on the merits unless ordered by the board.Provides that, if upon reconsideration requested by a worker or medical provider, the department has ordered an increase in a permanent partial disability award from the amount reflected in an earlier order, the award reflected in the earlier order shall not be stayed pending a final decision on the merits.Provides that, if a self-insured employer appeals an order setting the claimant's time loss rate, the claimant shall receive any time loss or pension benefits based upon the rate calculation that the employer most recently submitted to the department and payment of benefits at this rate shall not be stayed pending a final decision on the merits.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6751-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, Pridemore, McDermott, Keiser, Franklin, and Kline)
Allowing individuals who left work to enter certain apprenticeship programs to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
Allows individuals who left work to enter certain apprenticeship programs to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
| Feb 8 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6752-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama, Shin, and Hatfield)
Providing new market development tax credits.
Provides that a person making a qualified equity investment is allowed a credit against the business and occupation tax due during the taxable year including the credit allowance date.Expires July 1, 2012.
| Feb 8 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6757-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles)
Concerning the practice of architecture.
Provides that an architect or architectural firm registered in any other jurisdiction recognized by the state board of registration for architects may offer to practice architecture in this state if it is clearly and prominently stated in such an offer that the architect or firm is not registered to practice architecture in the state of Washington and prior to practicing architecture or signing a contract to provide architectural services, the architect or firm must be registered to practice architecture in this state.Modifies the qualifications for applicants who wish to register as architects.Modifies procedures for the architect's certificate of registration examination.Requires any business entity, including a sole proprietorship, offering architecture services in Washington state to register with the state board of registration for architects, regardless of its business structure.Requires, for renewals of certificates, a registered architect to demonstrate professional development since the architect's last renewal or initial registration.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6762-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Marr, and Franklin)
Requiring independent community impact study if nonprofit hospital to be acquired.
Requires an independent comprehensive health impact study before the approval of an application for acquisition of a nonprofit hospital.
| Feb 7 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6768-S
by Senate Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing (originally sponsored by Senator Weinstein)
Creating a task force on consumer protections for used vehicle sales.
Creates a legislative task force on consumer protections for used vehicle sales.Requires the task force to: (1) Thoroughly study consumer protections applicable to used vehicle buyers and the prevalence of consumer protection violations by used vehicle dealers;(2) Determine and document perceived and actual shortcomings of the current consumer protections afforded to used vehicle buyers; and(3) Draft proposed legislation if the task force determines that additional consumer protections for used vehicle dealers are advisable.
| Feb 8 | CPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6770-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist, McAuliffe, Hewitt, and Delvin)
Regarding alcoholic beverage regulation.
Modifies provisions related to alcohol server permits.Modifies licensing provisions related to bonded wine warehouses, domestic wineries and breweries, microbreweries, retailers, and hotels.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6781-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Tom and Weinstein)
Regarding mathematics and science teachers.
Requires the professional educator standards board to issue a report with recommendations, for strengthening the state's corps of primary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6784-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kline and Fairley)
Changing Washington's vesting laws.
Establishes that applications for a proposed division of land, building permit, or other project approval are subject to zoning, permitting, and other land use control ordinances at the time the local government takes final action on the applications.Establishes when development rights vest in cases in which a petition is pending before a growth management hearings board or a local government undertakes review of a comprehensive land use plan.Establishes when land use or development rights vest for certain classes of large development projects.Exceptions are provided for nonprofit housing organizations.
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6789-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Fairley, Rockefeller, and Roach)
Requiring public notification of industrial development levies by port districts.
Provides that if a port district intends to levy a tax for industrial development district purposes, the port commission must hold a public hearing within twenty days of publication of notice of the intention.
| Feb 8 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6792-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Stevens)
Concerning dependency matters.
Modifies provisions related to petitions reinstating terminated parental rights, shelter care hearings, permanency plans, and restraining orders in cases involving a child allegedly subjected to physical or sexual abuse.
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6796-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Zarelli, and Kastama)
Concerning the information required to be reported in the annual economic impact report on lodging tax revenues.
Requires local jurisdictions that use the lodging tax revenues under RCW 67.28.1816 to submit an annual economic impact report to the department of community, trade, and economic development for expenditures made beginning January 1, 2008. These reports must include the expenditures used by the local jurisdiction for tourism promotion purposes and what is used by a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6).
| Feb 8 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6797-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama and Kilmer)
Concerning sales and use tax for public facilities in urban counties.
Provides that the legislative authority of an eligible county may impose a local retail sales and use tax to be used to finance public facilities that support traded services and serve economic development purposes.Takes effect July 1, 2009.
| Feb 7 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6820-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama, Rasmussen, Shin, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Murray, Franklin, Brown, Eide, Regala, Hobbs, Berkey, Swecker, McCaslin, McAuliffe, and McDermott)
Requiring a study of funding sources for opportunity grants, apprenticeship programs, and scholarships.
Directs the economic development commission, in consultation with the higher education coordinating board and the workforce training and education coordinating board, to study and identify stable funding sources for opportunity grants, apprenticeship programs, and scholarships based on both need and merit.Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the economic development commission for the purposes of this act.
| Feb 8 | EDTM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6832-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Schoesler, Delvin, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, and McAuliffe)
Regarding career colleges' participation in the opportunity grant program.
Modifies the meaning of private career schools, under the definition of "qualified institutions of higher education".Provides that private career colleges may not use certain enhancement funds for administration or overhead related to opportunity grants.
| Feb 8 | HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6835-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles and Keiser)
Prescribing rights of employees, employers, and labor organizations, not subject to the federal labor relations act.
Extends the public employment relations commission's jurisdiction to labor relations involving symphony orchestras, operas, and performing arts theaters that do not meet the jurisdictional standards of the national labor relations board.
| Feb 7 | LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6847-S
by Senate Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Haugen, and Shin; by request of Insurance Commissioner)
Regulating real estate settlement services.
Regulates real estate settlement services.Requires title insurance agents and title insurers to report certain information to the insurance commissioner.Restricts payments and other inducements to refer or place business with title insurers or title insurance agents.Addresses premium rates for insuring or guaranteeing titles.
| Feb 8 | CPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6874-S
by Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Rockefeller, Kauffman, and Rasmussen; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Regarding Columbia river water delivery.
Creates the Columbia river water delivery account in the state treasury.Provides, on July 1, 2008, and each July 1st thereafter for the duration of the agreements described in this act, the state treasurer shall transfer funds from the general fund into the Columbia river water delivery account in the amounts described in this act.Appropriations are made for distribution to affected counties to mitigate for negative impacts caused by releases of Lake Roosevelt water; and to retain a contractor to perform an independent analysis of legislative options to protect rural communities in northeast Washington from disproportionate economic, agricultural, and environmental impacts when upstrem water rights are purchased and transferred for use, or idled and used as mitigation, in a downstream watershed or county.
| Feb 7 | WET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6879-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Tom, McDermott, and Rasmussen)
Regarding the joint task force on basic education finance.
Provides a deadline for the joint task force on basic education finance.
| Feb 8 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6910-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Brandland, Berkey, Delvin, Hobbs, Schoesler, Kilmer, Spanel, and Sheldon)
Authorizing the regional universities to confer honorary doctorate degrees.
Authorizes Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, and Western Washington University to confer honorary doctoral degrees upon persons other than graduates of the institution, in recognition of their learning, devotion to education, literature, art, or science.
| Feb 8 | HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6942
by Senators McAuliffe, Brandland, Eide, Schoesler, Marr, and King
Regarding paraeducator professional development and compensation.
Provides paraeducators who have met the eligibility requirements and have applied to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for certification shall receive additional compensation as a nonnegotiable state bonus of five hundred dollars or one percent of the annual contracted salary amount, whichever is greater.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |