Washington State Senate | 5th Order | ||
Introduction & First Reading Short Titles and Referrals |
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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 | ||
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 | 4TH DAY | ||
SB 6470 | By Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Marr and Prentice Training medical students, nurses, and medical technicians and assistants to work with patients with developmental disabilities. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6471 | By Senators Weinstein, Kauffman, Tom, Fairley, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles Protecting consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act. Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING. |
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SB 6472 | By Senators Oemig and Weinstein Regulating commercial parking businesses. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6473 | By Senators Carrell, McDermott, McCaslin, Benton, Stevens, Marr and Schoesler Concerning the property tax exemption income eligibility requirements for senior citizens and veterans with service-connected disabilities. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6474 | By Senators Carrell, Stevens and Schoesler Modifying voter registration provisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6475 | By Senators Oemig, Delvin, Rockefeller, Honeyford and Regala Allowing joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6476 | By Senators Hatfield, Morton, Haugen, McCaslin, Hargrove, Kastama, Zarelli and Delvin Concerning the sales and use tax rate for public facilities in rural counties. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6477 | By Senators Hobbs, Pridemore, Roach, Rasmussen, Hatfield, Stevens, Berkey, Eide, Sheldon and Honeyford Providing state assistance to low-income homeowners. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6478 | By Senators Oemig, Swecker, Pridemore and Kline Prohibiting bar codes or other unique identifying marks on ballots. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6479 | By Senators Zarelli and Prentice Establishing a program to screen and treat children with attachment disorders. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6480 | By Senators Benton, Stevens and Delvin Requiring assessors to provide information on the basis of valuation when providing taxpayers notice of change in valuation of real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6481 | By Senators Benton, Schoesler, Hewitt, McCaslin, Delvin, Morton, Stevens, Swecker and Pflug Excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE. |
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SB 6482 | By Senators Prentice and Schoesler Providing a state public utility tax exemption for the transportation of grain by motor vehicle. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6483 | 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 and Brown Enacting the local farms-healthy kids and communities act. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6484 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Murray, Brandland, Spanel and Tom Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6485 | By Senator Hobbs Requiring fifty percent of the mathematics portion of the WASL to be short answer or multiple choice questions. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6486 | By Senators McAuliffe and Hobbs Regarding the career and technical education curricula advisory committee. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6487 | By Senators Pridemore, Hargrove, Schoesler and Carrell Establishing standards for emergency preparedness kits. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6488 | By Senators Regala, Hargrove, Brandland and Stevens; 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 HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6489 | By Senators Hargrove, Regala, Brandland and Stevens; by request of Governor Gregoire Including level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 to the statewide notification web site. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6490 | By Senator Hobbs Authorizing a branch campus of the University of Washington at Lake Stevens. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6491 | By Senators Brandland, McAuliffe, Regala, Delvin and Carrell; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Providing for vulnerable adult fatality review. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6492 | By Senators McAuliffe, Stevens, Brandland, Carrell, Regala and Delvin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Regarding public disclosure of civil confinement facility information. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6493 | By Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Shin and Hatfield Providing loans to small cities for certain appeals under the growth management act. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6494 | By Senators Hobbs, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Swecker, Pridemore, Rasmussen and Marr Creating multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6495 | By Senators McDermott, Marr, Fairley and Pridemore Requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing bodies. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6496 | By Senators Marr, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt and Haugen Concerning craft distilleries. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6497 | By Senators Delvin and Hewitt Financing regional centers in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons that are acquired, constructed, financed, or owned by an existing city public facilities district with a population of at least forty-five thousand persons. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6498 | By Senator Tom Modifying provisions concerning real estate licensure law. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6499 | By Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Honeyford and Benton; by request of Attorney General Modifying provisions regulating spyware. Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING. |
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SB 6500 | By Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles and Stevens; by request of Attorney General Authorizing leave sharing for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6501 | By Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Morton and Hatfield Regarding forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6502 | By Senator Oemig Reducing the release of mercury into the environment. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6503 | By Senators McDermott, Brandland and McAuliffe; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Approving the segmented mathematics assessment as an alternative assessment. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6504 | By Senators Hatfield, Swecker, Delvin, Regala, Schoesler, Morton and Pridemore; by request of Department of Ecology Exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from SEPA. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6505 | By Senator Tom Concerning nutrition labeling of food. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6506 | By Senators Marr, Carrell, Kastama and Parlette Creating a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6507 | By Senator McCaslin Allowing gifts under twenty dollars to municipal officers. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6508 | By Senators Eide, Fraser, Murray, McDermott and Morton Authorizing the creation of beach management districts. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6509 | By Senators Carrell and Morton Regarding leases of state-owned land for geoduck aquaculture. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6510 | By Senators Kastama, King, Shin and Rasmussen Providing a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT. |
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SB 6511 | By Senators Kastama, McAuliffe and Franklin Implementing the Washington state quality award program and/or the Baldridge national quality program as the public school accountability system. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT. |
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SB 6512 | By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield and Spanel Renaming Camano island's Livingston bay the "Floyd Jones flyway." Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6513 | By Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries, Department of Social and Health Services, Employment Security Department, Department of Licensing, Attorney General and Criminal Justice Training Commission Ensuring access to criminal justice information. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6514 | By Senators Tom, McCaslin and Kline Regarding identifying real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6515 | By Senators Pridemore, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Kastama and Kilmer Modifying the tax treatment of energy savings performance contracts. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6516 | By Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Swecker, Oemig, Murray, Hobbs, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Weinstein, Regala, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Prentice, McAuliffe, Kastama, Rasmussen, Franklin, Keiser, Kauffman and Fraser; by request of Governor Gregoire Regarding greenhouse gases emissions and providing for green collar jobs. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6517 | By Senators Schoesler, McCaslin, Sheldon and Carrell Concerning the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6518 | By Senators Schoesler, Carrell and Sheldon Reducing business and occupation tax categories and rates. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6519 | By Senator Parlette Establishing the duty of pharmacies to facilitate the delivery of lawfully prescribed drugs and devices to patients. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE. |
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SB 6520 | By Senators Tom, Oemig, McDermott and Kline Requiring additional information on property tax statements and notices of assessed value. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6521 | By Senators McDermott, Fairley, Swecker, Kline and Oemig Concerning human remains. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6522 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Hargrove, Benton, Kauffman, Murray, Kline, Kilmer, Keiser, Tom, Shin, Delvin, Marr, Prentice, McAuliffe, Roach, Pridemore, Franklin and Rockefeller Providing collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. |
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SB 6523 | By Senators Kline, McCaslin, Benton, Tom, Swecker, Pridemore and Kauffman Establishing a Washington identity theft analysis center. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6524 | By Senators Kline, Sheldon, Hobbs and Kauffman Authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6525 | By Senators Kline, McCaslin, Tom, Weinstein and Swecker; by request of Department of Corrections Concerning the drug offender sentencing alternative. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6526 | By Senators Kline, Tom, Pridemore and Swecker Concerning firearms possession by persons who are involuntarily committed. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6527 | By Senators Kastama and Kline Addressing the failure to transfer motor vehicle title and registration. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6528 | By Senators Kastama and Kauffman Concerning the staffing and operational costs of the economic development commission. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT. |
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SB 6529 | By Senators Kastama, Pridemore, Shin and Rasmussen Providing incentives for economic development infrastructure projects. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT. |
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SB 6530 | By Senators Regala, Oemig, Tom, Eide, Rockefeller, Kauffman, Keiser, Fraser, McDermott and Jacobsen Regarding the children's safe products act. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
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SB 6531 | By Senator Haugen Addressing environmental mitigation in highway construction. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6532 | By Senators Haugen and Keiser Authorizing city aquatic lands management agreements allowing cities to operate publicly owned marinas. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION. |
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SB 6533 | By Senators Kline, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Kauffman and McDermott Prohibiting discrimination based on lawful source of income. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6534 | By Senators McAuliffe and Tom Regarding the revision of mathematics standards. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6535 | By Senators McAuliffe, Tom and Hobbs Requiring an assessment of the need for teacher preparation programs for teachers of visually impaired and blind public school students. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6536 | By Senators McAuliffe, King, Kauffman, Parlette, Franklin, Brandland, Murray, Rasmussen and Rockefeller Establishing best practices for students at risk. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6537 | By Senator McAuliffe Imposing an admissions surcharge to fund extracurricular activities for middle and high schools. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6538 | By Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Kauffman, Kastama and Murray; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Creating programs to improve reading instruction. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6539 | By Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Tom, Murray, Hobbs, Pridemore, Regala, Kastama, Fraser, Fairley, Hatfield and Eide Authorizing the higher education coordinating board to study the feasibility of a polytechnic college. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SB 6540 | By Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Jacobsen and Hargrove Delaying requiring the reading and writing content areas of the WASL for high school graduation. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SB 6541 | By Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Franklin, Hobbs, Kastama, Swecker, Regala, McAuliffe and Jacobsen Allowing unpaid leaves of absence for military personnel needs. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6542 | By Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Roach, Franklin, Marr, Shin, Kastama, Hatfield, Pflug, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Hargrove Providing a heating oil sales and use tax exemption. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS. |
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SB 6543 | By Senator Murray Creating a central Puget Sound regional tolling authority. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6544 | By Senators Stevens, Honeyford, Pflug, Delvin, Holmquist, McCaslin, Swecker and Roach Increasing the sentencing range for first degree criminal mistreatment. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6545 | By Senators Pflug, Carrell and Hewitt Requiring the reporting of traffic conditions during session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SB 6546 | By Senators Brandland and Tom Changing licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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SB 6547 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton, Fairley, Delvin, Murray, Kastama, McDermott, Swecker, Keiser, Jacobsen, Regala, Franklin, McAuliffe, Fraser and Prentice Prohibiting discrimination in community athletics programs. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SB 6548 | By Senator Carrell Prohibiting patients at the special commitment center or less restrictive alternatives from having computer access. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS. |
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SB 6549 | By Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, Tom, Weinstein, Franklin, Zarelli, Parlette and Jacobsen Creating the sustainable environment culminating project grant program. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION. |
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SJM 8026 | By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Kilmer, Hobbs, McCaslin, Morton, Rockefeller, Delvin, Kastama, King, Hatfield, Zarelli, Prentice, Fairley, Weinstein, Schoesler, Spanel, Eide, Tom, Brandland, Kauffman, Parlette, Regala, Hewitt, Oemig, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Haugen, McAuliffe, Shin, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Marr, Keiser, Pridemore, Sheldon and Kline Requesting that the new Tacoma Narrows bridge be named the Bob Oke bridge. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. |
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SJM 8027 | By Senators Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Kauffman, Keiser, Shin, Murray, Pridemore, Spanel, Prentice, McAuliffe, Fairley, Fraser, Brown, Eide, Oemig, McDermott, Regala, Jacobsen and Kline Acknowledging and reaffirming the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SJR 8224 | By Senators Benton and Stevens Providing a constitutional amendment to limit growth of assessed valuation of real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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SJR 8225 | By Senators Stevens, Benton, Honeyford, Morton, Delvin, Swecker, Holmquist, McCaslin and Roach Requiring a sixty percent vote for emergency clauses. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS |
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SHB 1102 | By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Green, McCune, Conway, Kirby, Appleton, McCoy, Ormsby, B. Sullivan, Hurst, Linville, O'Brien, Sullivan, Sells, Springer, Rolfes, Moeller, Wallace and Morrell) Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |
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HB 1127 | By Representatives Morrell, Campbell, Green, VanDeWege, Sells, Takko, McDonald, Blake, Moeller, Kenney, Appleton, Flannigan, Hunt, Conway, Lantz, Kagi, Linville, Chase, Wallace, Ormsby, Haigh, Simpson, Hurst, Sullivan, Kelley, Rolfes, McCune, Haler and Santos Extending military leaves for public employees. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS. |