Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2007 Regular Session of the 60th Legislature

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate		ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate		PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007		11TH DAY

	SB 5373	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Keiser, Franklin and Kline; by request of Employment Security Department Regarding reporting, penalty, and corporate officer provisions of the unemployment insurance system. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5374	By Senators Murray, Clements, Prentice and Kohl-Welles; by request of Gambling Commission Allowing the exclusion of certain people from licensed gambling premises. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5375	By Senators Murray, Clements, Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Shin and Roach; by request of Gambling Commission Prohibiting minors from participating in gambling activities. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5376	By Senators Murray, Clements, Prentice and Kohl-Welles; by request of Gambling Commission Modifying gambling commission powers and duties to temporarily issue, suspend, and renew licenses. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5377	By Senators Weinstein and Kline Disposing of certain assets. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5378	By Senators Weinstein, Kline and Rockefeller Modifying deeds of trust provisions. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5379	By Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Kline, Tom, Haugen and Shin Protecting consumers from the keeping of dangerous wild animals. Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING.
	SB 5380	By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Marr, Morton and Shin; by request of Department of Revenue Authorizing the governor to enter into a cigarette tax contract with the Spokane Tribe. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5381	By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, McAuliffe and Shin Concerning dependent children. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 5382	By Senators Kauffman, Prentice, McAuliffe, Marr, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Regala, Franklin, Keiser, Shin and Kohl-Welles Authorizing record checks for employees and applicants for employment at bureau of Indian affairs-funded schools. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5383	By Senators Hargrove, Poulsen, Hatfield, Rockefeller, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles Modifying provisions of the energy freedom program. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 5384	By Senators Fraser, Shin, Brandland, Delvin, Murray, Tom and Kohl-Welles; by request of University of Washington Expanding the University of Washington's and Washington State University's local borrowing authority. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5385	By Senators Shin, Jacobsen, Schoesler, Rockefeller, Delvin, Tom and Kohl-Welles; by request of Washington State Higher Education Facilities Authority Providing the Washington higher education facilities authority the ability to originate and purchase educational loans and to issue student loan revenue bonds. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5386	By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Pridemore, Pflug, Tom, Holmquist, Regala, Parlette, Shin, Morton, Swecker, Murray, Brandland, Kohl-Welles, Honeyford, Hatfield, Delvin, Jacobsen, Fraser, Sheldon and Kilmer Modifying the business and occupation taxation of environmental remediation services and requiring a report to the legislature. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5387	By Senators Kastama, Kilmer, Kauffman and Shin Promoting economic development through commercialization of technologies. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 5388	By Senators Sheldon, Kilmer, Clements, Morton, Schoesler and Shin Authorizing the use of local retail taxes to finance economic development officers. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 5389	By Senator Hewitt Approving the importing of one simulcast race of regional or national interest on horse race days. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5390	By Senators Swecker, Jacobsen, Schoesler, Hatfield, Rasmussen, Delvin and Shin Extending the sales and use tax credit for certain public facilities districts. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5391	By Senators Kilmer, Swecker, Haugen and Rockefeller; by request of Board For Judicial Administration Modifying photo enforcement of traffic infraction provisions. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5392	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Fairley and Murray Increasing the initiative filing fee. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5393	By Senators Kline, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rockefeller and Kohl-Welles Ensuring the cleanup of certain hazardous waste sites. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 5394	By Senator Rockefeller Revising the crime victims' compensation program. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 5395	By Senators Clements, Holmquist, Hobbs, Kauffman, Rasmussen, Zarelli, Brandland and McAuliffe Regarding cancelled school days due to unforeseen natural events or mechanical failures. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5396	By Senators Clements, McAuliffe, Oemig, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Kauffman, Eide, Hewitt, Zarelli, Brandland, Rockefeller and Roach Providing grants to recruit mathematics and special education teachers. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5397	By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Parlette, Hewitt, Hatfield and Shin Extending an asparagus exception to the standards for fruits and vegetables. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5398	By Senators Marr, Brandland and Keiser Licensing specialty hospitals. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5399	By Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Kauffman, Shin, Schoesler, Berkey, Delvin, Rockefeller and Rasmussen Developing a work group to support industry clusters as an economic development tool. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 5400	By Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Kauffman, Shin, Berkey and Delvin Aligning the economic development commission and the workforce training and education coordinating board. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 5401	By Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Shin, Schoesler and Hatfield Licensing Christmas tree growers. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5402	By Senators Kilmer, Delvin, Shin and Rockefeller; by request of Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Establishing additional requirements for private vocational schools. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5403	By Senators Rasmussen, Brandland and Jacobsen Certifying animal massage practitioners. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5404	By Senators Jacobsen, Haugen, McCaslin, Kline, Weinstein and Kohl-Welles Modifying property tax exemption provisions relating to new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers to provide affordable housing requirements. Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING.
	SB 5405	By Senators Carrell, Kline and McCaslin Providing procedures for judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5406	By Senators Kline, Fairley and Fraser Revising state employee whistleblower protection definitions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5407	By Senators Regala, Carrell, Hargrove and Brandland; by request of Secretary of State Changing certificate of discharge requirements. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 5408	By Senators Fairley, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Oemig, Hobbs, Swecker, Kline and Hatfield; by request of Secretary of State Modifying provisions on primary election ballots. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5409	By Senators Fairley, Roach, Swecker, Kohl-Welles, Kline and Rasmussen; by request of Secretary of State Modifying address confidentiality program provisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5410	By Senators Berkey, Shin, Delvin and Kohl-Welles Creating postsecondary opportunity programs. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5411	By Senators Delvin, Shin, Kilmer and Kohl-Welles Regarding state need grant award calculations. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5412	By Senators Murray, Swecker, Marr, Clements and Haugen Realigning goals and objectives of certain transportation agencies. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5413	By Senators Roach, Clements, Pflug, Stevens, Carrell, Hewitt, Swecker, Schoesler, Morton and McCaslin Addressing auto theft. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5414	By Senators Kastama, Regala, Franklin, Eide and Keiser Authorizing local option motor vehicle fuel taxes to provide additional funding sufficient to complete certain highway construction projects. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5415	By Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Keiser, Franklin, Murray, Rasmussen, Hobbs and Tom Creating health advisory councils. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5416	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Honeyford, Shin, Pridemore, Delvin, Tom and Kline Encouraging carbon dioxide mitigation. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 5417	By Senators Keiser, Brandland, Franklin and Pflug Providing for temporary management in boarding homes. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5418	By Senators Roach, Oemig, Fairley, Eide, Clements, Schoesler, Carrell, Kauffman, Pflug and Kline Requiring ballot titles to indicate tax consequences of the ballot measure. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5419	By Senators Roach, Fairley, Eide, Carrell, Kauffman and Pflug Requiring a public hospital district's proposed annexation to be published in a voters' pamphlet. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5420	By Senators Roach, Fairley, Kauffman, Clements, Schoesler and Pflug Requiring public agencies to post certain information to their web sites. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5421	By Senators Fraser, Morton, Poulsen, Swecker, Marr, Regala, Rockefeller, Pridemore, Oemig, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Kline Concerning environmental covenants. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SJM 8002	By Senators Oemig, Roach, Fairley, Weinstein, Hobbs, Marr, Brown, Pridemore and Fraser Requesting that Election Day be changed to coincide with the Veterans Day holiday. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SCR 8404	By Senators Shin, Delvin and Kilmer; by request of Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Approving the 2006 update to the state comprehensive plan for workforce training. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.