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

   
FRANK CHOPP JEFF 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

 
February 19, 2008 - Tuesday 37TH DAY Regular Session
 
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
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HB 3373 By Representative Moeller
 
  Providing a criteria for endorsement of persons who provide nada protocol therapy.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
ESB 5208 By Senators Swecker, Marr and Haugen
 
  Regarding bond amounts for certain department of transportation highway construction contracts.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SB 5319 By Senators Berkey, Morton and Fairley
 
  Regarding the issuance of checks by joint operating agencies and public utility districts.
 
  Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 
ESSB 5363 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Jacobsen)
 
  Adding speed violations on certain arterial streets to the traffic safety camera law.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
ESSB 5456 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senator Morton)
 
  Revising rules concerning nonresidents' participation in hunting and organized shooting events.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 5465 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler, Kline, Carrell and Hatfield)
 
  Clarifying the process for restoration of the right to possess firearms.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
ESSB 5831 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. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating the joint legislative task force on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration. )
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
SSB 5869 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Fairley, Franklin and Keiser)
 
  Monitoring personal information collected by state agencies.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
2ESSB 5905 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Franklin, Pflug, Keiser, Tom, Zarelli, Marr and Carrell)
 
  Concerning certificate of capital authorization.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
SSB 6184 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Eide, Weinstein, McCaslin, Hargrove, Regala, Hatfield, Carrell, Tom, Franklin, Zarelli, Kline, Haugen, Keiser, Fairley, Hobbs, Marr, Kastama, Berkey, Delvin, Brandland, Spanel, Murray, Prentice, Holmquist, Hewitt, Rasmussen, Jacobsen, Sheldon, Oemig, Morton, Pflug, Roach, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Parlette, Kauffman, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Stevens, Kilmer, Swecker, Honeyford, Schoesler, King and McDermott)
 
  Addressing most serious offenses.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
SB 6187 By Senators Shin, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Morton, Murray and Kohl-Welles
 
  Creating the food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship program.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
2SSB 6222 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles and Franklin)
 
  Expanding programs for persons needing long-term care.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6244 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator Carrell)
 
  Addressing the housing of offenders who violate community custody.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
SB 6251 By Senators Regala, Carrell and Kastama
 
  Concerning the conservation of forest lands.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
SB 6275 By Senators Haugen and Rasmussen
 
  Granting authority for drainage district commissioners to implement drainage maintenance plans.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
SSB 6297 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Brandland and Sheldon)
 
  Changing elected prosecuting attorney salaries.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
SSB 6317 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Berkey and Kline)
 
  Requiring the payment of interest upon failure to pay death benefits that are payable under the terms of a group life insurance policy.
 
  Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SERVICES & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
 
SB 6321 By Senators Marr, Swecker and Haugen; by request of Transportation Improvement Board
 
  Transferring jurisdictional route transfer responsibilities from the transportation improvement board to the transportation commission.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SSB 6322 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Fairley and Kline; by request of Board For Judicial Administration)
 
  Revising the definition of a weapon.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 6324 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Haugen and Shin)
 
  Providing liability immunity for aerial search and rescue activities managed by the department of transportation.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SB 6369 By Senators Eide, McAuliffe, Keiser, Franklin and Rasmussen
 
  Regarding the Washington community learning center program.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6395 By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel, Swecker, Jacobsen, Morton, Hargrove, Brandland, Fraser, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Sheldon and Rockefeller)
 
  Protecting orca whales from the impacts from vessels.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
SB 6398 By Senators Stevens and Hargrove
 
  Regarding fines collected in truancy court actions.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 6404 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6421 By Senators Pridemore, Keiser, McDermott, Hatfield, Kohl-Welles and Pflug
 
  Providing medical coverage for smoking cessation programs.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6439 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Spanel and Berkey)
 
  Concerning radiologist assistants.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6445 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore)
 
  Allowing cost recovery for fire protection and public safety services rendered on navigable waters of the state to commercial vessels by fire protection agencies.
 
  Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 
SSB 6453 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Oemig, Kline and Shin)
 
  Clarifying the timeline for release of education records to the department of social and health services.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6458 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Shin and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire)
 
  Concerning regulation of health professionals.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6464 By Senator Fairley; by request of Office of Financial Management
 
  Addressing judicial district population estimates.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 6470 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
2SSB 6479 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Zarelli, Prentice, Rasmussen and Roach)
 
  Establishing a program to screen and treat children with attachment disorders.
 
  Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
 
2SSB 6483 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Haugen, Swecker, Tom, Morton, Rockefeller, Fraser, Hargrove, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Kilmer, Shin, McDermott, Kauffman, Murray, Hobbs, Kastama, Fairley, Pridemore, Regala, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kline, Brown, Franklin, Hewitt, Spanel, Parlette, Oemig and Roach)
 
  Enacting the local farms-healthy kids act.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
SB 6486 By Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs and Rasmussen
 
  Regarding the career and technical education curricula advisory committee.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
ESSB 6488 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
SB 6531 By Senator Haugen
 
  Addressing environmental mitigation in highway construction.
 
  Referred to Committee on ECOLOGY & PARKS.
 
ESSB 6532 By Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Keiser)
 
  Allowing certain cities to enter into no-fee lease agreements to use state-owned aquatic lands to operate a public marina. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Authorizing certain cities to enter into lease agreements to use state-owned aquatic lands to operate a publicly owned marina. )
 
  Referred to Committee on ECOLOGY & PARKS.
 
SSB 6544 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Stevens, Honeyford, Pflug, Delvin, Holmquist, McCaslin, Swecker and Roach)
 
  Increasing the sentencing range for first degree criminal mistreatment.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
E2SSB 6546 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland, Tom and Rasmussen)
 
  Changing licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 6548 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator Carrell)
 
  Controlling computer access by residents at the special commitment center and persons released to less restrictive alternatives.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
SSB 6569 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Hatfield and Holmquist)
 
  Permitting public transit vehicle stops at unmarked stop zones under certain circumstances.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SSB 6572 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
SB 6576 By Senators Swecker, Jacobsen, Pflug, Haugen and Marr
 
  Creating a pilot project to evaluate the use of electronic traffic flagging devices.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SSB 6583 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland and Hargrove)
 
  Changing provisions relating to eligibility for medical assistance.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6596 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
SSB 6600 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Carrell, Brandland and Tom)
 
  Revising provisions concerning juvenile truancy proceedings.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 6602 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Swecker; by request of Board of Pilotage Commissioners)
 
  Modifying pilotage act and related provisions.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
ESSB 6606 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
 
SSB 6609 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 
SSB 6620 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
 
ESSB 6644 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Kastama, Fairley, Marr, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Schoesler and Rasmussen)
 
  Establishing requirements for primary medical eye care.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
ESSB 6665 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens and Marr)
 
  Regarding the intensive case management and integrated crisis response pilot programs.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
SSB 6675 By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Pflug, Berkey, Fairley and Tom)
 
  Allowing public technical colleges to offer associate transfer degrees.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6678 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Prentice, Hobbs, Swecker, McCaslin, Brandland, Spanel, Jacobsen, Oemig, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, King, Eide, Marr, Brown, Carrell, Berkey, Hatfield, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Regala, Pridemore, Tom, Sheldon, Hargrove, Weinstein, Shin, Parlette, Murray, McAuliffe, Stevens, Kohl-Welles, Roach and Holmquist)
 
  Authorizing the issuance of special license plates to parents of United States armed forces members who have died while in service to his or her country or as a result of such service.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SB 6717 By Senators Hatfield, Pridemore, Sheldon, Hobbs, Berkey, Fairley, McDermott and Delvin
 
  Increasing public utility district commissioner salaries.
 
  Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
 
SSB 6734 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Franklin, Keiser and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Establishing evidence-based nurse staffing in hospitals.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6742 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6743 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.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6761 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Spanel and Rasmussen)
 
  Regarding service areas for wetlands mitigation banks.
 
  Referred to Committee on ECOLOGY & PARKS.
 
SSB 6765 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Parlette and Keiser)
 
  Concerning the Washington state health insurance pool.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
ESSB 6771 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Murray)
 
  Eliminating regional transportation investment districts. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Temporarily eliminating regional transportation investment districts. )
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SSB 6790 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, Shin, Kline and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Creating a pilot program for the postsecondary education of inmates.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
SSB 6791 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens and Marr)
 
  Clarifying permitted uses of moneys currently collected under the county legislative authority sales and use tax for chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services or therapeutic courts.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
ESSB 6792 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Stevens)
 
  Concerning dependency matters.
 
  Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
 
SSB 6804 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Carrell, Hobbs, Shin, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Benton)
 
  Providing grants to community colleges for long-term care worker training.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6807 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama, Keiser, Fairley and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Restricting long-term care facilities.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6818 By Senators Oemig, Brandland, Tom, Zarelli, Kastama, Weinstein, Kilmer, Keiser and Kohl-Welles
 
  Promoting transparency in state expenditures.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
SB 6837 By Senators Brown, Swecker, Marr and McAuliffe
 
  Increasing the membership of the prescription drug assistance foundation.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6849 By Senators Oemig, Weinstein, Tom, Delvin, Shin, Kilmer, Schoesler and Kohl-Welles
 
  Regarding resident student classification.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6857 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Morton, Swecker, Haugen, King, Spanel, Parlette and Delvin)
 
  Designating a select portion of state route number 97 as a heavy haul industrial corridor.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SB 6885 By Senators King and Swecker
 
  Expanding the list of persons and entities that may acquire driving record abstracts for certain purposes.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
SSB 6932 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Spanel, Jacobsen, Marr, Kilmer, Rockefeller and Shin)
 
  Addressing ferry vessel and terminal planning.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.