STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
60th Legislature - 2008 - Regular Session

   
FRANK CHOPP JEFFREY MORRIS
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
 
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk     

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS   FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
 
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions

 
January 15, 2008 - Tuesday 2ND DAY Regular Session
 
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
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HB 2643 By Representatives Fromhold, Wallace, Chase, Moeller, Sells and Dunn
 
  Providing exemptions from state business and occupation tax and state and local property tax for certain nonprofit student loan organizations.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
HB 2644 By Representatives Simpson, Williams, Pearson and Lantz
 
  Prohibiting certain sex offenders on community custody from accessing the internet.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
HB 2645 By Representatives Ericks, Rodne and O'Brien
 
  Changing prosecuting attorney salaries.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
HB 2646 By Representatives Wallace, Priest, Sullivan, Hasegawa, Chase and Simpson
 
  Requiring bereavement leave for employees of four-year institutions of higher education.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
HB 2647 By Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Hunt, Morrell, Pedersen, Williams, Cody, Green, Campbell, VanDeWege, Hasegawa, Roberts, Loomis, Upthegrove, Liias, Hunter, Chase, Smith, McIntire, Barlow, Conway, Priest, Schual-Berke, Simpson, Kenney, Goodman, Sells, Rolfes, Darneille and Lantz
 
  Regarding the children's safe products act.
 
  Referred to Committee on SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
 
HB 2648 By Representatives Wallace, Morrell, Kelley, Nelson, Loomis, Green, Barlow, Conway, Simpson, Hurst, Darneille and Lantz; by request of Governor Gregoire
 
  Enhancing campus safety and security.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
HB 2649 By Representatives Alexander, Chase, Moeller, Green, McIntire and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire
 
  Authorizing state general obligation bonds for the state's share of the Centralia-Chehalis flood control project.
 
  Referred to Committee on CAPITAL BUDGET.
 
HB 2650 By Representatives Santos, Ericks, Hunter and Wood; by request of Department of Revenue
 
  Authorizing a cigarette tax agreement between the state of Washington and the Yakama Nation.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
HB 2651 By Representatives Fromhold, Morrell, Chase, McIntire and Kenney; by request of Health Care Authority
 
  Modifying requirements for participation in public employees' benefits board programs by K-12 school districts and educational service districts.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
HB 2652 By Representatives Morrell, Fromhold, Moeller, McIntire, Simpson and Kenney; by request of Health Care Authority and Department of Retirement Systems
 
  Transferring the dependent care assistance program to the health care authority by coordinating benefit plans that allow state and public employees to pay on a pretax basis.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
HB 2653 By Representatives Hinkle, Cody, Green, Schual-Berke and Kenney
 
  Studying the impact of vendor rates or cost shifting between public and private purchasers of medical services.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2654 By Representatives Hinkle, Cody, Moeller, Green and Kenney
 
  Creating a process for certifying community-based mental health services.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2655 By Representatives Conway, Condotta, Green and Wood; by request of Employment Security Department
 
  Concerning the imposition of delinquency tax rates for qualified employers.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2656 By Representatives Conway, Green and Wood; by request of Employment Security Department
 
  Correcting statutory references in the calculation of predecessor and successor employer contribution rates.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2657 By Representatives Loomis, Liias, Williams, Chase and McIntire
 
  Planning to ensure sufficient land and densities available to accommodate growth.
 
  Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 
HB 2658 By Representatives Loomis, Liias, Hunt and Linville
 
  Preventing the invalidation of ballots that are marked so as to identify the voter.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
HB 2659 By Representatives Green, Morrell, Cody, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Liias, Moeller, Nelson, Loomis, Barlow, Conway, VanDeWege and Lantz
 
  Establishing requirements for prescription drug marketing and disclosure.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2660 By Representatives Green and Morrell
 
  Establishing requirements for primary medical eye care.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2661 By Representatives Green and Morrell
 
  Providing for self-service storage facility late fees to be reasonable and stated in the rental contract.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2662 By Representatives Green, Upthegrove and Liias
 
  Lowering the voting age to sixteen.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
HB 2663 By Representatives Green, Upthegrove, Liias and Hunt
 
  Allowing seventeen year olds to vote provided they will be eighteen years old at the next general election.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
HB 2664 By Representatives Pedersen, Cody, Green, Morrell, Seaquist, Conway, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Upthegrove, Chase, Liias, Nelson, Loomis, McIntire, Barlow, Schual-Berke and VanDeWege
 
  Prohibiting the sale and use of prescriber-identifiable prescription data for marketing or promotional purposes.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2665 By Representatives Dickerson, Conway, Hasegawa, Williams, Chase, Moeller, Simpson and Darneille
 
  Implementing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on family leave insurance.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2666 By Representatives Morrell, Cody, McCoy, Green, Hunt, Wallace, Pedersen, Moeller, McIntire, Barlow, Conway, Simpson and Darneille
 
  Establishing standards for long-term care insurance.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2667 By Representatives Morrell, McCoy, Green, Hunt, Wallace, Cody, Pedersen and Kenney
 
  Allowing the delegation of nursing tasks to care for persons with diabetes.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2668 By Representatives Morrell, Green, Cody, Hunt, McCoy, Wallace, Pedersen, Campbell, McIntire, Conway, Simpson, Kenney and Darneille
 
  Expanding programs for persons needing long-term care.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2669 By Representatives Morrell, McCoy, Green, Hunt, Cody, Pedersen and Conway
 
  Creating the prescription drug professional education program.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2670 By Representatives Campbell, Hunt and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire
 
  Modifying disclosure provisions under the adverse health events and incident reporting system.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2671 By Representatives Sells, Chase, Morrell, Dunn, Simpson and Liias
 
  Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for materials and services related to the construction of affordable housing.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
HB 2672 By Representatives Conway, Green, Barlow, Hasegawa, Loomis, Simpson, VanDeWege, Kenney and Seaquist
 
  Addressing adult family home caregivers.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2673 By Representatives Sells, Upthegrove, McIntire, Simpson and McDonald
 
  Creating a business and occupation tax credit for qualified employer payments on student loans.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TRADE.
 
HB 2674 By Representatives Barlow, Morrell, Moeller, Conway, Simpson and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire
 
  Modifying credentialing standards for counselors.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2675 By Representatives Hasegawa and Chase
 
  Providing for a property tax exemption for the administrative offices of certain nonprofit organizations.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
HB 2676 By Representatives Morris, Quall, Linville and Pearson
 
  Exempting dairy farms subject to the national pollutant discharge elimination system from shellfish protection district charges.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
HB 2677 By Representatives Ericksen and Pearson
 
  Concerning the removal of gravel from waterways to reduce the impact of flooding.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
HB 2678 By Representatives Kessler, VanDeWege, Blake, Williams and McIntire
 
  Restoring the preferential timber industry business and occupation tax rate to the manufacture of environmentally responsible surface material products from recycled paper.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
HB 2679 By Representatives Roberts, Pettigrew, Hunt, Hasegawa, Sullivan, Chase, Morrell, McIntire, Santos, Barlow, Simpson, Kenney, Goodman, Wood, Darneille, Lantz and McDonald
 
  Creating programs to improve educational outcomes for students in foster care.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
HB 2680 By Representatives Green, Hasegawa, Morrell, Conway and Simpson
 
  Reporting gifts from pharmaceutical marketers.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2681 By Representatives Green and Conway
 
  Concerning professional athletics regulated by the department of licensing.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2682 By Representatives Bailey, Anderson, Haler, Walsh, Schindler, Dunn, Warnick and Ahern
 
  Addressing fiscal notes.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
HB 2683 By Representatives Miloscia and Chase
 
  Creating an affordable housing for all program.
 
  Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
 
HB 2684 By Representatives Barlow, Hasegawa and Santos
 
  Establishing a homeless families services program.
 
  Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
 
HB 2685 By Representatives Green, Morrell, Conway, Simpson and Wood
 
  Regarding hours of labor for nurses.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
HB 2686 By Representatives Green, Campbell, Appleton, Hasegawa, Liias, Loomis, Barlow, VanDeWege and Seaquist
 
  Regulating contracting standards of home care agencies.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2687 By Representative Sommers; by request of Office of Financial Management
 
  Making 2008 operating supplemental appropriations.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
HB 2688 By Representatives Roberts, Goodman, Hasegawa, Appleton, Pedersen and Darneille
 
  Constraining the department of corrections' authority to transfer offenders out of state.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
HB 2689 By Representatives Cody, Hasegawa and Morrell
 
  Evaluating association health plans.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2690 By Representatives Cody, Hasegawa, Morrell, Green, McIntire and Simpson
 
  Creating a mental health first aid course.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2691 By Representative Cody
 
  Regarding the referral of patients by health care practitioners.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2692 By Representatives Cody, Morrell and Green
 
  Creating a new nursing facility payment system.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
HB 2693 By Representatives Morrell, Darneille, Moeller, Hudgins, Eddy, Upthegrove, Campbell, McIntire, Conway, O'Brien, Simpson, Kenney, Wood and Sells
 
  Regarding training and certification of long-term care workers.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HB 2694 By Representatives Morrell and Conway
 
  Establishing a prescription drug professional education program.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
HJM 4025 By Representatives Appleton, Hunt, Armstrong, Green, Miloscia, Liias and McIntire; by request of Secretary of State
 
  Proposing a regional presidential primary.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
HJR 4225 By Representatives Green, Loomis, Upthegrove, Liias and Hunt
 
  Amending the Constitution to allow seventeen year olds to vote in a primary if they will be eighteen years old by the next general election.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
HJR 4226 By Representatives Green, Upthegrove and Liias
 
  Amending the Constitution to lower the voting age to sixteen.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.