Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2008 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
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008		22ND DAY

	SB 6908	By Senators Rasmussen, Holmquist, King, Hobbs, Roach, Shin, Benton, Weinstein, Kastama, Zarelli, Delvin, Pflug, Carrell and Stevens Encouraging the meaning and history of the pledge of allegiance to be taught annually. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6909	By Senators Marr, Keiser and Parlette Changing the nursing facility medicaid payment system. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 6910	By Senators Shin, Brandland, Berkey, Delvin, Hobbs, Schoesler, Kilmer, Spanel and Sheldon Authorizing Western Washington University to confer honorary doctoral degrees. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 6911	By Senators Franklin, Kline and Kohl-Welles Studying Washington's fiscal resources, structure, and needs. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6912	By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Berkey, McAuliffe, Marr, Kilmer, Rasmussen, Hargrove and Fraser Providing property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired by reason of physical disability by increasing the income thresholds. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	ESHB 1211	By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Chase, Morris, Upthegrove, Wallace, Kagi, McCune, Moeller, Dunn, Linville and Morrell) Providing sales and use tax exemptions for solar hot water components. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SHB 1246	By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Darneille, Dickerson, Ahern, Kenney and Moeller; by request of Department of Social and Health Services) Concerning residential services and support enforcement standards. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	2SHB 1734	By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Chandler, McDermott, Hunt, Armstrong, Kretz and Ormsby) Recodifying campaign funding and disclosure laws. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 1930	By Representative Williams Increasing the term of nonvoter approved rural library district general obligation bonds. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 2448	By Representatives Hunt, Chandler, Appleton, Armstrong and Haigh; by request of Public Disclosure Commission Changing the time frame covered by the twenty-one day preelection campaign finance report. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 2467	By Representatives Warnick, Blake, Grant, Kretz, Newhouse and VanDeWege; by request of Department of Agriculture Regulating fertilizers. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	HB 2473	By Representatives Hunt, Armstrong, Appleton and Blake Eliminating the requirement that auditors send a ballot or an application to receive a ballot to inactive voters. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 2478	By Representatives McCoy, Bailey, Wallace, Chase, Appleton, Morrell, Kenney, Moeller, Sells, Dickerson, Lantz, Conway, Hurst, Smith, Kagi and Barlow Addressing the custody of children of parents deployed in the military. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	HB 2495	By Representatives Simpson, Pedersen, Nelson, Santos and Hasegawa Repealing provisions addressing the sale, lease, or conveyance of municipal property in commercial areas to private parties for free public parking facilities in cities with populations over three hundred thousand. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 2499	By Representatives Pedersen and Rodne Addressing the materials required to accompany notice under the Washington business corporation act. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	HB 2540	By Representatives Warnick, Walsh and Kristiansen Regarding the advisory committee that represents the interest of hunters and fishers with disabilities. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.