 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 3 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 4th Day - 2009 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
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HB 1113
by Representatives Driscoll, Warnick, Dunshee, Probst, Carlyle, Wallace, White, Chase, Ormsby, Seaquist, Simpson, Goodman, Wood, Sullivan, Maxwell, Orwall, Hinkle, and Santos
Financing the school construction assistance grant program.
Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one hundred thirty-three million dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance the school construction assistance grant program described and authorized by the legislature in the capital appropriations acts for the 2007-2009 and 2009-2011 fiscal biennia, and all costs incidental thereto.Makes appropriations.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1114
by Representatives Blake, Orcutt, Green, Springer, VanDeWege, Rolfes, McCune, Simpson, Goodman, Herrera, Warnick, and Conway
Regarding youth hunting privileges.
Requires hunters under the age of fourteen to be accompanied by a Washington-licensed hunter age eighteen or older when hunting for wild animals or wild birds.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1115
by Representatives Blake, Orcutt, Takko, Goodman, Warnick, VanDeWege, Green, Ericks, McCune, Herrera, and Hinkle
Concerning animal trapping.
Authorizes the fish and wildlife commission to manage the trapping of wild animals in Washington.Requires a person to possess a department-issued Washington trapping license in order to lawfully trap wild animals in the state.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Establish a program for training persons in trapping techniques and responsibilities, including the use of trapping devices designed to painlessly capture or instantly kill; and(2) Cooperate with Washington-based animal shelters, humane organizations, wildlife rehabilitation centers and similar entities providing animal care and rehabilitation services, hunter education groups, and Washington-based trapping organizations in the development and instruction of a curriculum for the training program.Requires the fish and wildlife commission to: (1) Adopt and maintain a list of body-gripping traps that may be lawfully used;(2) Adopt specific trap types for specific animal problems that are the most humane effective traps for the targeted animal problem; and (3) Convene and maintain a trap type advisory panel to provide recommendations and guidance for identifying humane traps to be used for managing animal problems.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1116
by Representatives Blake, Pearson, and Warnick
Requiring visible clothing while recreating in a mixed-use area during hunting season.
Requires an individual recreating on public land where hunting is allowed to wear hiker orange clothing during any department of fish and wildlife authorized big game hunting season applicable to the land in question.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1117
by Representatives Blake, Green, and Ormsby
Regarding enforcement of the requirements of chapter 77.55 RCW.
Allows the department of fish and wildlife to issue an order to a person or government agency requiring the person or government agency to: (1) Stop work on any or all of the activities subject to the hydraulic project approval;(2) Correct or restore the nonconforming site; or(3) Both stop work and correct or restore the nonconforming site, if the person or government agency fails to follow the requirement of obtaining a hydraulic project approval under chapter 77.55 RCW for a specific project.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1118
by Representatives Blake, Orcutt, Green, Ormsby, VanDeWege, and Herrera
Requiring signage on certain lands that are closed to the public.
Requires signage on certain lands that are closed to the public.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1119
by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, Goodman, and Kelley; by request of Uniform Legislation Commission
Concerning the management of funds held by nonprofit institutions.
Requires a person responsible for managing and investing an institutional fund to manage and invest the fund in good faith and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances.Declares that the act: (1) Applies to institutional funds existing on or established after the effective date of the act; and(2) Modifies, limits, and supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1120
by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, and Goodman; by request of Uniform Legislation Commission
Concerning uniform laws.
Requires the governor to appoint three qualified members to serve on the uniform law commission.Directs the uniform law commission to: (1) Identify areas of the law in which (a) uniformity in the laws among the states and other jurisdictions is desirable and practicable and (b) the congress of the United States lacks jurisdiction to act or it is preferable that the several states enact the laws; and(2) Propose to the governor and to the legislature for approval and adoption the uniform acts developed with the other commissioners and generally devise and recommend such other and further courses of action as shall accomplish such uniformity.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1121
by Representatives Rodne, Bailey, Kelley, Moeller, Ross, Simpson, McCoy, Hope, Green, Ormsby, Johnson, Morrell, Smith, Campbell, Armstrong, and Conway; by request of Secretary of State and Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs
Creating the Washington state flag account.
Creates the Washington state flag account.Declares that certain moneys received by the secretary of state may be used for the donation of Washington state flags and that the money received for that purpose will be deposited into the Washington state flag account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1122
by Representatives Campbell, Flannigan, and McCune
Providing procedures for resolving boundary disputes.
Provides a process for resolving boundary disputes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1123
by Representatives Campbell, Morrell, Hunter, Pedersen, Chase, Ormsby, Simpson, Wood, and Conway
Reducing the spread of multidrug resistant organisms.
Requires a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW to: (1) By January 1, 2010, adopt a policy regarding methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus;(2) After identifying a patient who tests positive for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, report the infection to the department of health using the department's comprehensive hospital abstract reporting system; and(3) Annually issue a statewide report on the data it has collected using the comprehensive hospital abstract reporting system.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1124
by Representative Hurst
Regarding the acceptance of gifts by state officials.
Modifies provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by state officers and state employees.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1125
by Representatives Hurst and Conway
Offering health insurance premiums to members of the national guard.
Offers health insurance premiums to enlisted members of the Washington national guard.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1126
by Representatives Hurst and Wallace
Concerning the business and occupation tax credits for employers of certain military personnel.
Allows a business and occupation tax credit for employers of certain military personnel.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1127
by Representative Hurst
Securing credit and debit card information.
Protects credit card and debit card information.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 1128
by Representatives Kenney, Bailey, Pettigrew, Chase, Hudgins, Haler, Hasegawa, Darneille, Kelley, and Sullivan
Changing innovation partnership zone provisions.
Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to design and implement an innovation partnership zone program through which the state will encourage and support research institutions, workforce training organizations, and globally competitive companies to work cooperatively in close geographic proximity to create commercially viable products and jobs.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 1129
by Representatives Kenney, Pettigrew, Ericks, Liias, Hudgins, Rolfes, Sells, Hasegawa, O'Brien, Chase, Dunshee, Wallace, Ormsby, Sullivan, and Nelson
Establishing a lifelong learning account steering committee.
Finds that: (1) Lifelong learning accounts allow employers and workers to coinvest in their futures; and(2) Combined with free career advising, lifelong learning accounts can make a significant difference in the lives of workers and their families, as well as for employers in need of well-trained workers.Declares an intent to facilitate the creating of lifelong learning accounts for workers in the state of Washington.Directs the workforce training and education coordinating board to establish a state lifelong learning account steering committee.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to enter into an interagency agreement with the higher education coordinating board to provide technical expertise in the development of infrastructure and software plans necessary for the lifelong learning account program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 1130
by Representatives Kenney, Haigh, Sells, Hudgins, Dunshee, Chase, Hasegawa, Darneille, Ormsby, Morrell, and Nelson
Convening a work group to develop a single, coordinated student access portal for college information.
Directs the higher education coordinating board to convene a work group to develop a plan to create a single, coordinated, collaboratively supported, one-stop college information web-based portal for students and families planning, preparing, and applying for, as well as those attending, postsecondary education.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1131
by Representatives Kenney, Pettigrew, Haler, Ericks, Bailey, Liias, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Darneille, Chase, Dunshee, Kelley, Sullivan, and Nelson
Concerning the Washington state economic development commission.
Requires the Washington state economic development commission to: (1) Provide the governor and legislature with policy analysis, strategic planning, program evaluation, and monitoring of the state's economic development system;(2) Consult, collaborate, and coordinate with other state agencies and local organizations when developing plans, inventories, and assessments to avoid duplication of effort; and(3) Accept gifts, grants, donations, sponsorships, or contributions from any federal, state, or local governmental agency or program or any private source and expend the same for any purpose consistent with the provisions of chapter 43.162 RCW.Creates the Washington state economic development commission program fund.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 1132
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Warnick, Maxwell, Ross, Eddy, Springer, Johnson, Kelley, and Hinkle; by request of Attorney General, Department of Licensing, and Department of Financial Institutions
Regulating distressed property conveyances.
Regulates distressed property conveyances.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1133
by Representatives McCoy and Eddy
Modifying provisions of chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Modifies renewable energy and energy conservation requirements of the energy independence act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1134
by Representatives McCoy, Chase, Armstrong, Hinkle, Condotta, and Warnick
Creating customer rebates and public utility tax credits for light and power businesses and gas companies.
Finds that: (1) Washington's growing population and economy will put a strain on energy supplies and threaten the ability of the state to meet its climate policy goals unless specific steps are taken to reduce demand and utilize energy more efficiently; and(2) Solar water heaters can provide at least one-half of the hot water needs in the average home and reduce electric or natural gas consumption with free renewable energy from the sun.Declares an intent to facilitate the installation of solar water heating systems in homes and businesses by providing: (1) A rebate to customers who install solar water heating systems; and(2) A tax credit to the light and power business based on the amount of solar water heating systems installed by their customers.Finds that the rebate and tax credit has broad application for the installation of solar water heating systems in urban, rural, business, and residential locations, as well as in any climate throughout the state.Expires December 31, 2012.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1135
by Representatives McCoy, Chase, Kenney, Hinkle, and Nelson
Exempting agricultural anaerobic digesters from solid waste handling permitting.
Exempts agricultural anaerobic digesters from solid waste handling permitting.Requires the department of ecology and the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, to make available to livestock producers clearly written guidelines for the anaerobic codigestion of livestock manure and certain organic waste-derived materials.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 1136
by Representatives McCoy and Chase
Incorporating considerations of impacts to plant species identified by the natural heritage program in local government permitting processes.
Incorporates considerations of impacts to plant species identified by the natural heritage program in local government permitting processes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1137
by Representatives Finn, Blake, Orcutt, Ormsby, McCune, Morrell, VanDeWege, Sullivan, and Herrera
Protecting landowners' investments in Christmas trees.
Protects landowners' investments in Christmas trees.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1138
by Representatives Liias, Clibborn, Moeller, Green, Cody, Driscoll, Morrell, and Pedersen
Concerning access to employee restrooms in retail stores.
Requires a retail establishment that has a restroom facility for its employees to allow a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if the restroom facility is reasonably safe and if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1139
by Representative Liias
Increasing the authority membership of single county public transportation benefit areas.
Increases the number of members allowed relevant to public transportation benefit area authorities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1140
by Representatives Liias, Morrell, Ericks, Miloscia, Ormsby, Rolfes, Simpson, and Nelson
Addressing the manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program.
Requires the attorney general, after receiving a complaint under chapter 59.30 RCW, to initiate the manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program by obtaining information in an informal manner and facilitating communication between the parties with the goal of resolving the dispute.Allows the attorney general to investigate a potential violation and issue a notice of violation or notice of nonviolation as appropriate, if, during the course of a formal investigation, the attorney general becomes aware of a potential violation of chapter 59.20 RCW that is not the subject of a complaint filed under chapter 59.30 RCW.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1141
by Representatives Liias, Sells, Chase, Springer, Ormsby, Simpson, Miloscia, Williams, Nelson, Dickerson, White, Goodman, and Hinkle
Concerning a sales and use tax rebate for materials and services related to the construction of affordable housing.
Provides an exemption in the form of a refund for state and local sales taxes imposed on the sale of tangible personal property and labor and services to a limited liability company, or other company, if the property and services are used to construct new housing or reconstruct existing housing and the company has received a commitment of funding to pay for the property or services in whole or in part, from a federal, state, or local housing program.Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to work with the department of revenue and the joint legislative audit and review committee to develop performance measures related to the effectiveness of the exemption authorized in this act in increasing the production of affordable housing.Expires July 1, 2014.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1142
by Representatives O'Brien, Pearson, Sells, Chase, Hurst, Springer, McCune, Kelley, Simpson, and Maxwell
Calling for a study using radio frequency identification or other similar technology to electronically monitor sex offenders.
Directs the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to: (1) Conduct a study using radio frequency identification or other similar technology to electronically monitor sex offenders; and(2) Report its findings to the legislature by December 31, 2009.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1143
by Representatives O'Brien, Pearson, Sells, Ericks, Springer, Ormsby, and Simpson
Increasing the availability of safe sex offender housing.
Finds that: (1) Homeless sex offenders present unique risks to law enforcement, corrections personnel, and local communities; and(2) Locating housing for sex offenders can be highly challenging and the department of corrections is therefore frequently forced to release offenders as homeless once they have served their maximum terms of confinement.Declares an intent to improve public safety by requiring the department of corrections to seek out innovative ways to increase the availability of safe sex offender housing.Requires the department of corrections to: (1) Study ways to increase the availability of sex offender housing;(2) Consult with individuals and organizations that have expertise in sex offender community safety, sex offender housing, and the acquisition and use of state property; and(3) Report its findings to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2009.Expires January 1, 2010.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 1144
by Representatives O'Brien, Sells, Chase, Ericks, Springer, Simpson, and Goodman
Concerning crimes against property.
Increases the dollar threshold values for property crimes of malicious mischief; theft; unlawful issuance of checks or drafts; theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property; and possessing stolen property.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1145
by Representatives O'Brien, Pearson, Sells, Chase, Wallace, and Kelley
Creating the new crime of wrongfully removing or tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
Creates the new crime of wrongfully removing or tampering with an electronic monitoring device.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1146
by Representatives O'Brien, Sells, and Chase
Concerning the possession of inhalants.
Prohibits possession of an inhalant in certain circumstances.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1147
by Representatives Hunt, Alexander, Williams, Orwall, DeBolt, and Simpson
Modifying provisions of local option taxes.
Modifies provisions of local option taxes.Provides that the act applies retroactively to October 1, 2008, as well as prospectively.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1148
by Representatives Williams, Rodne, Simpson, Upthegrove, Haigh, Nelson, Rolfes, Sullivan, Hunt, Liias, Chase, Moeller, Goodman, Ormsby, Hurst, Kenney, Kirby, Eddy, Conway, Pedersen, Dunshee, Dickerson, Hasegawa, Sells, Appleton, Campbell, and Herrera
Protecting animals from perpetrators of domestic violence.
Finds that considerable research shows a strong correlation between animal abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence.Declares an intent to prohibit perpetrators of domestic violence from further terrorizing and manipulating their victims, or the children of their victims, by using the threat of violence toward pets.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1149
by Representatives Williams, Roach, Simpson, Kirby, Dunshee, Nelson, and Ormsby
Protecting consumers from breaches of security.
Prohibits a person or entity conducting business in Washington that accepts an access device in connection with a transaction from retaining the card security code data, the PIN verification code number, or the full contents of any track of magnetic stripe data, subsequent to the authorization of the transaction or in the case of a PIN debit transaction, subsequent to forty-eight hours after authorization of the transaction.Provides penalties.Provides remedies for a breach of the security of the system occurring after January 1, 2010.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 1150
by Representatives Williams, Simpson, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Campbell, and Goodman
Providing civil remedies for damages to a companion animal.
Provides civil remedies for damages to a companion animal.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1151
by Representatives Williams, Simpson, Hunt, Roberts, Eddy, and Green
Prohibiting smoking in vehicles containing children.
Prohibits smoking in a moving or parked motor vehicle containing passengers under the age of eighteen.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1152
by Representatives Williams, Roach, Wallace, Orcutt, Moeller, Upthegrove, Simpson, and Wood
Providing notification stickers to drivers with certain disabilities or impairments.
Finds and declares that it is the policy of the state of Washington to encourage the safe use of the roads by all citizens. In furtherance of this policy and in order to reduce problematic encounters and interactions between persons with disabilities and medical and law enforcement personnel, the legislature further finds and declares that the department of licensing shall develop a voluntary program whereby interested individuals may obtain a notification sticker for placement on their vehicle.Requires the director of the department of licensing to grant a notification sticker to any person who applies, pays the applicable fee, and has a disability or impairment that may affect interactions with medical and law enforcement personnel.Provides penalties.Takes effect January 1, 2010.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1153
by Representatives Takko, Blake, and Haigh
Concerning certain special purpose districts.
Modifies flood control districts' provisions addressing installment contract requirements, bidding procedures, and membership of the board of directors.Creates a process for special purpose districts that provide diking and drainage facilities and services to annex contiguous territory.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1154
by Representatives Takko, VanDeWege, Blake, Kessler, Sells, Orcutt, Herrera, and Hinkle
Prohibiting local governments from imposing fees, taxes, or other charges on the transfer of disposable shopping bags.
Prohibits a local government from imposing monetary charges on the transfer of disposable shopping bags.Provides that the act is to be curative, remedial, and retrospectively applicable to January 1, 2008.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1155
by Representatives Hinkle, Green, Cody, and Wallace; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning billing for medical services provided through special education programs.
Repeals statutes related to billing medicaid and private insurers for eligible medical services provided through special education programs.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1156
by Representatives Anderson, Sullivan, Priest, Haigh, Quall, Dammeier, McCune, Wallace, Kelley, and Herrera
Creating a preference in the alternative route certification program for veterans and national guard members.
Creates a preference in the alternative route certification program for veterans and national guard members.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1157
by Representatives Anderson and Morris
Reviewing the delivery of emergency information to the general public during an ongoing emergency.
Finds that: (1) There is an information gap between emergency organizations and the general public in the event of an ongoing emergency situation; and(2) The public would be better served by a network that would provide updated, regional information on the status of ongoing emergencies.Directs the adjutant general to establish a work group to study how to enhance the delivery of emergency information to the general public in the event of an ongoing emergency.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1158
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Warnick, and Klippert; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Allowing electronic signatures on juror questionnaires.
Allows an electronic signature on juror questionnaires.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1159
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, White, and Upthegrove; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Adding five district court judges in King county.
Increases the number of district court judges in King county.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1160
by Representatives Condotta, Chandler, and Crouse
Eliminating the family leave insurance program.
Eliminates the family leave insurance program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1161
by Representatives Dickerson, Darneille, Hunt, Pettigrew, O'Brien, Roberts, Kagi, Pedersen, Conway, Simpson, Goodman, Kenney, Quall, Santos, and Nelson
Concerning early intervention services for children with disabilities.
Finds that early intervention services are cost-effective and effectively serve the developmental needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays and their families.Provides a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, interdisciplinary early intervention services system for all eligible infants and toddlers and their families to enhance the capacity to equitably provide quality early intervention services, and to facilitate coordination of payments for early intervention services from various public and private sources.Requires the department of social and health services to, in accordance with RCW 71A.14.030 and in coordination with other funding sources for early intervention services, contract with each county governing authority to provide funding for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age who have been identified as needing services.Directs all public early intervention funding sources to assure that services are provided in accordance with the requirements of Part C and the Washington state federally approved plan.Takes effect July 1, 2011.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 1162
by Representatives Dickerson, Quall, Sullivan, Haigh, Orwall, Liias, Takko, Kagi, Green, Simpson, Kenney, and Nelson
Providing for social emotional learning in public schools.
Finds that: (1) Basic education instruction in public schools in Washington state should include not only instruction in core academic skills, but also core social emotional learning skills; and(2) Social emotional learning skills should be incorporated into basic education instruction through appropriate learning standards, research-based curriculum and programs, classroom-based assessment, and professional development for educators.Declares an intent to support this goal through a social emotional learning public-private partnership and initiate the process through pilot school districts.Establishes a social emotional learning public-private partnership to support and provide leadership for the incorporation of social emotional learning into basic education instruction in the public schools.Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide grant funds for pilot projects in up to three school districts to incorporate social emotional learning into basic education instruction, if funds are appropriated.Creates the social emotional learning public-private partnership account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1163
by Representatives Blake, Morrell, McCune, and Hinkle
Regarding the construction of fish passage projects.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Analyze and, when appropriate, certify qualifying plans for fish passage improvement projects submitted by eligible applicants; and(2) Identify a time to accept public comments on any submitted plans prior to issuing a formal certification of an applicant fish passage project.Provides an incentive for eligible applicants to design fish passage facilities that are more significant than state and federal law requires.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1164
by Representatives Dunshee, Ormsby, Kenney, and Sullivan; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning loans to local governments for public works projects.
Clarifies provisions relating to loans to local governments for public works projects.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1165
by Representatives Morrell, Campbell, Priest, Dickerson, Hudgins, Rodne, Cody, Nelson, Chase, O'Brien, Dunshee, Kenney, Wood, Hunt, McCoy, Upthegrove, Hasegawa, Anderson, Appleton, Pedersen, Hunter, Darneille, Roberts, Rolfes, White, Kagi, Ormsby, Conway, Orwall, Simpson, Goodman, VanDeWege, and Santos
Providing for the safe collection and disposal of unwanted drugs from residential sources through a producer provided and funded product stewardship program.
Finds that: (1) A convenient, safe, secure, and environmentally sound product stewardship program for the collection, transportation, and disposal of unwanted drugs from residential sources may help to avoid accidental poisonings, decrease illegitimate access to drugs that can lead to abuse, and protect our surface and groundwater; and(2) Producers of those drugs are the best entity to provide and finance the product stewardship program.Requires every producer of covered products sold in or into Washington state to participate in a product stewardship program for unwanted products from residential sources.Requires a producer, group of producers, or stewardship organization operating or intending to operate a product stewardship program to submit a product stewardship plan to the department of ecology before engaging in the collection of unwanted covered products.Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Determine whether the plan complies with this act. If it approves a plan, the department shall notify the applicant of its approval. If it rejects a plan, the department shall notify the applicant of its decision and its reasons for rejecting the plan;(2) Send a written warning and a copy of the new chapter created in this act and any rules adopted to implement the new chapter to a producer who is not participating in a product stewardship program approved by the department and whose covered product is being sold in or into the state;(3) Provide on its web site a list of all producers participating in product stewardship programs it has approved and a list of all producers it has identified as noncompliant;(4) Send a written warning and a copy of the new chapter created in this act and any rules adopted to implement that chapter to a drug wholesaler known to be selling a product in or into the state from producers who are not participating in a product stewardship program or who are not in compliance;(5) Annually invite comments from health care facilities, health care practitioners, pharmacists, local governments, and citizens on their satisfaction with the services provided by a product stewardship program; and(6) Consult with the state board of pharmacy on proposed provisions of a product stewardship plan involving the secure collection, tracking, and handling of drugs collected under a product stewardship program.Creates the pharmaceutical product stewardship program account.Allows the director of the department of ecology to lend money from the state toxics control account to the pharmaceutical product stewardship account if necessary to ensure that money is available in the pharmaceutical product stewardship program account for the initial administration of the product stewardship program for unwanted drugs from residential sources.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environmental Health. | |
HB 1166
by Representatives Hasegawa, Kenney, Simpson, Chase, Ormsby, and Santos
Allowing loans to community development financial institutions under the linked deposit program.
Allows loans to community development financial institutions under the linked deposit program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 1167
by Representatives Hasegawa, Kenney, Simpson, Chase, and Santos
Studying the linked deposit program.
Finds that: (1) The linked deposit program is not accessible to many certified small businesses that the program was created to serve; and(2) The increased involvement of community development financial institutions in the linked deposit program could increase the participation of these small businesses.Requires the office of minority and women's business enterprises to report to the legislature with an analysis of barriers faced by certified small businesses that are currently not able to participate in the linked deposit program and make recommendations on how to overcome those barriers.Expires July 1, 2010.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 1168
by Representatives Simpson and Wood
Reducing the environmental impact of cleaning state facilities.
Finds that: (1) Cleaning products are necessary for creating and maintaining sanitary conditions in state facilities and workplaces; and(2) The adoption of practices to select, procure, and use environmentally preferred products will benefit the environment and the health and safety of workers and visitors to state facilities.Requires all state agencies that purchase cleaning products or services to: (1) Ensure that cleaning products have properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment consistent with maintenance of the effectiveness of these products for the protection of public health and safety;(2) Purchase environmentally preferred products or document the reasons for selecting nonpreferred products;(3) Prepare and submit a report electronically to the department of general administration biennially listing the amount and type of cleaning product used; and(4) Transition to cleaning products having properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment within six months of the effective date of this act in a manner that avoids waste of existing inventories, accommodates establishment of supply chains for new products, enables the training of personnel in appropriate work practices, and allows the phase out of products and practices inconsistent with this act.Encourages local governments and school districts to review their purchasing and use of cleaning products and select those having properties that minimize potential impacts to human health and the environment consistent with this act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environmental Health. | |
HB 1169
by Representative Simpson
Authorizing fire department vehicles to use lights designated for certain law enforcement purposes.
Allows vehicles operated by fire departments to be equipped with lights of the same color and type as used by public agencies whose law enforcement duties include the authority to stop and detain motor vehicles on the public highways of the state.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1170
by Representatives McCoy, Rodne, Kelley, Warnick, Seaquist, Angel, Green, Shea, Sells, McCune, Kagi, Ormsby, and Smith; by request of Washington State Bar Association
Modifying parenting plans based on the military service of a parent.
Modifies parenting plans based on the military service of a parent.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1171
by Representatives Sullivan and Newhouse
Changing Washington beer commission provisions.
Revises definitions in Washington beer commission provisions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1172
by Representatives Simpson, Nelson, and Rolfes; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development
Implementing a transfer of development rights program.
Finds that a successful transfer of development rights program must consider existing affordable housing and economic development programs and policies in designated receiving areas. Counties, cities, and towns that decide to participate in the regional transfer of development rights program for central Puget Sound are encouraged to adopt comprehensive plan policies and development regulations to implement the program that do not compete or conflict with existing comprehensive plan policies and development regulations that require or encourage affordable housing. Participating cities and towns are also encouraged to use the development of receiving areas to maximize opportunities for economic development that supports creation or retention of jobs that exceed the average county wage. A regional transfer of development rights program in the central Puget Sound should be voluntary, incentive-based, and separate, but compatible with existing local transfer of development rights programs. Additional counties may benefit from participation in a regional transfer of development rights program in the future. Therefore, the regional transfer of development rights program should be established for the central Puget Sound as the first phase of a program that can be expanded to other counties, replicated in other regions, or expanded statewide in the future.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development, subject to funding, to establish a regional transfer of development rights program in central Puget Sound, including King, Kitsap, Snohomish, and Pierce counties and the cities and towns within these counties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1173
by Representatives Miloscia, Simpson, Chase, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Williams, Roberts, Goodman, and Sullivan
Creating programs to increase affordable housing and end homelessness.
Finds that: (1) There is a large, unmet need for affordable housing and affordable housing assistance in the state of Washington, causing many low-income individuals and families to be at risk of homelessness;(2) The state should provide financial resources as well as case management to help individuals and families at risk of homelessness obtain and retain housing and work towards a goal of self-sufficiency where possible;(3) There are many root causes of the affordable housing shortage. It is critical that such causes be analyzed, effective solutions be developed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated, and that these causal factors be eliminated;(4) There is a taxpayer and societal cost associated with a lack of jobs that pay self-sufficiency standard wages and a shortage of affordable housing, and the state must identify and quantify that cost; and(5) The support and commitment of all sectors of the statewide community is critical to accomplishing the state's affordable housing for all goal. The provision of housing and housing-related services should be administered both at the state level and at the local level.Declares that the systematic and comprehensive performance measurement and evaluation of progress toward interim goals and the immediate state affordable housing goal of a decent and affordable home in a healthy, safe environment for all economic segments in the state by 2020 is a necessary component of the statewide effort to end the affordable housing crisis.Creates within the department of community, trade, and economic development the state affordable housing for all program.Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to, in consultation with the affordable housing advisory board, prepare and annually update a state affordable housing for all plan with an ultimate goal of achieving a decent and affordable home in a healthy, safe environment for all economic segments by decile by county in the state by 2020.Requires each county to convene a county affordable housing task force.Requires each county to direct its affordable housing task force to prepare and recommend to its county legislative authority a county affordable housing for all plan for its jurisdictional area. Each county shall adopt a county plan by June 30, 2011, and update the plan annually by June 30th thereafter.Allows a county to decline to participate in the affordable housing for all program by forwarding to the department of community, trade, and economic development a resolution adopted by the county legislative authority stating the intention not to participate.Creates within the department of community, trade, and economic development the ending homelessness program to develop and implement a statewide ending homelessness strategic plan, coordinate and monitor local government ending homelessness plans and programs, and implement and manage an ending homelessness grant program.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness, the state advisory council on homelessness, and the affordable housing advisory board, prepare and annually update a state ending homelessness strategic plan that must outline statewide goals and performance measures to meet the needs of all homeless populations, including chronic homeless, unsheltered homeless, short-term homeless, families, individuals, and youth, as well as to meet the needs of individuals and families at risk of homelessness.Requires each county to create an ending homelessness task force to develop an ending homelessness plan addressing short-term and long-term services and housing to prevent and reduce homelessness by seventy percent by July 1, 2015, and to achieve the ultimate goal of ending homelessness by December 31, 2020.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to establish two self-sufficiency income standards based upon the cost of living, including housing costs, which include mortgage or rent payments and utilities other than telephone, for each county in the state.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct two performance audits of the ending homelessness program.Directs the department of social and health services to collaborate with the department of community, trade, and economic development in the development of a coordinated and comprehensive plan for homeless families with children that must be integrated into the state ending homelessness strategic plan created in RCW 43.185C.040.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to contract with the Washington institute for public policy to conduct a study to determine the most effective, accurate, and comprehensive way for counties and the state of Washington to measure and evaluate the societal cost of homelessness. The department shall not spend more than one hundred thousand dollars on the study, and the results of the study must be presented to the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2010.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1174
by Representatives Miloscia, Chase, Armstrong, Ormsby, Goodman, Hasegawa, and Williams
Regarding independent assessments of agency quality management programs.
Requires each agency to provide the governor's office with an electronic copy of its independent assessment application and any feedback provided by the independent assessor relevant to the agency's quality management program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1175
by Representatives Miloscia, Chase, Hasegawa, Williams, Green, and Simpson
Improving state government ethics and integrity.
Declares an intent to: (1) Improve the ethical and moral standards, culture, and conduct of all elected senior leadership and staff to become the highest in the nation;(2) Increase public confidence in the state's governmental processes, in the legislature, and the leadership of its public agencies to be the highest in the nation; and(3) Improve ethics and integrity education and training programs and make the ethics and integrity of all clients, partners, and vendors be the best in the nation.Requires the legislative ethics board to: (1) Develop a legislative plan to provide overall direction and accountability for legislators and staff;(2) Coordinate and work with the executive ethics board and the commission on judicial conduct;(3) Assess and evaluate the house of representatives' and the senate's ethical culture through employee and stakeholder surveys and publish an annual report that shall be made public; and(4) Solicit outside evaluations, studies, and recommendations for improvements from academics, nonprofit organizations, the public disclosure commission, and other entities with expertise in ethics, integrity, and the public sector.Requires the executive ethics board to: (1) Develop a governor's integrity and ethics award program, including criteria for determining annual award recipients;(2) Develop a statewide plan to provide overall direction and accountability in all executive branch agencies and statewide elected offices;(3) Coordinate and work with the commission on judicial conduct and the legislative ethics board;(4) Assess and evaluate each agency's ethical culture through employee and stakeholder surveys and publish an annual report on the results to the public; and(5) Solicit outside evaluations, studies, and recommendations for improvements from academics, nonprofit organizations, the public disclosure commission, or other entities with expertise in ethics, integrity, and the public sector.Creates the governor's integrity and ethics award program to be administered by the executive ethics board.Requires each head of agency to: (1) Develop an annual ethics and integrity plan for leadership and staff of the agency; and(2) Create an independent advisory committee of employees and citizens.Directs the governor to perform a government accountability and performance review on a quarterly basis.Directs the joint legislative audit and review committee to audit the legislative ethics board and the house of representatives' and the senate's ethics and integrity programs.Directs the state auditor to audit the executive ethics board.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1176
by Representatives Upthegrove and Orwall
Modifying the administration and disciplining authority of the Washington state veterinary board of governors.
Revises the administration and disciplining authority of the Washington state veterinary board of governors.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1177
by Representatives Upthegrove, Williams, Moeller, Appleton, Pedersen, Ormsby, Dickerson, Carlyle, Roberts, Wood, Cody, and Nelson
Reclassifying possession of forty grams or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a class 2 civil infraction.
Reclassifies possession of forty grams or less of marihuana from a misdemeanor to a class 2 civil infraction.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1178
by Representatives Upthegrove, Nelson, Rolfes, and Simpson
Regarding enforcement of environmental permits.
Modifies provisions relating to enforcement of environmental permits.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1179
by Representatives Upthegrove, Williams, and Simpson
Requiring a permit to use public groundwaters to water a lawn.
Requires a permit to use public groundwaters to water a lawn.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1180
by Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Campbell, Dunshee, Pedersen, Hunt, Rolfes, Appleton, Moeller, Kagi, VanDeWege, Hunter, Cody, Chase, Green, Morrell, Pettigrew, White, Williams, Simpson, and Kenney
Regarding the use of bisphenol A.
Restricts the use of bisphenol A.Requires the department of ecology to, by July 1, 2012, conduct an alternatives assessment for bisphenol A in cans, jars, or other containers that are used to hold liquids, food, or beverages primarily for human consumption and are not prohibited under this act.Requires a manufacturer of products that are restricted under this act to notify persons that sell the manufacturer's products in this state about the provisions of this act no less than ninety days before the effective date of the restrictions.Requires a manufacturer that produces, sells, or distributes a product prohibited from manufacture, sale, or distribution in this state under this act to recall the product and reimburse the retailer or any other purchaser for the product.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environmental Health. | |
HB 1181
by Representatives Ross, Liias, Johnson, Ericks, VanDeWege, Hurst, O'Brien, Hunt, Parker, Kessler, Simpson, Hinkle, and Kelley; by request of Attorney General
Regarding prisoner access to public records.
Regulates access to public records by persons serving criminal sentences in correctional facilities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1182
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Miloscia, Williams, and Ormsby; by request of Uniform Legislation Commission
Adopting the uniform child abduction prevention act.
Adopts the uniform child abduction prevention act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1183
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pettigrew, Roberts, Williams, Appleton, and Wood
Concerning legal representation of children in dependency proceedings.
Finds that attorneys for children have different skills and obligations than guardians ad litem and court-appointed special advocates, especially in forming a confidential and privileged relationship with a child to provide legal counsel to the child on issues such as placement options, visitation rights, educational rights, and access to services while in care and services available to the child upon aging out of care. Thus, it is in the best interest of a child who is age twelve or older for the court to consider whether an attorney should be appointed to advocate for the child's position and legal rights.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1184
by Representative Chase
Extending the loan repayment period for municipally funded conservation projects.
Extends the loan repayment period for conservation projects funded by municipal utilities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1185
by Representative Chase
Concerning the siting of new personal wireless service facilities on school property.
Prohibits the board of directors of any school district from renting or leasing school property to a telecommunications company for the siting or placement of personal wireless service facilities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1186
by Representative Chase
Regarding the sale and use of small-scale powered equipment.
Requires a retailer that offers small-scale powered equipment for sale to: (1) Provide equal or greater shelf space to similar products that are powered by an electrical cord or a rechargeable battery; and(2) Dedicate a portion of its shelf space to adequate signs describing the consumer benefits of choosing electric or battery-powered engines over small-scale powered equipment.Requires the department of ecology to offer electrical equipment incentive grants on a competitive basis to city or county governments.Prohibits, with exceptions, state agencies from purchasing small-scale powered equipment if the market offers an alternative item that is powered by an electrical cord or rechargeable battery.Requires all state agencies to phase out the use of small-scale powered equipment that have alternative items available on the market that are powered by an electrical cord or rechargeable battery on a timeline that ensures that no such items are in use five years after the effective date of this act.Encourages local governments and school districts to review their purchasing and use of small-scale powered equipment and select, when possible, alternative items that are powered by an electrical cord or rechargeable battery.Creates the electrical equipment incentive account.Directs the department of ecology to collect a small-scale powered equipment carbon emissions fee from every person for the privilege of engaging within this state in business as a wholesaler or as a retailer of sales of all small-scale powered equipment.Directs the department of general administration to suspend the use of all spark ignition lawnmowers, string trimmers, and weed blowers on the capitol campus by October 1, 2009. The department of general administration shall document its transition from small-scale powered equipment to electrical or manual alternatives to aid other state agencies in their implementation of this act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 1187
by Representatives Chase and Hunt
Requiring the installation of solar hot water heater systems in single-family dwellings.
Requires the installation of solar hot water heater systems in single-family dwellings.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1188
by Representatives Chase, Hinkle, Kagi, and Ormsby
Providing sales and use tax exemptions for solar hot water components.
Provides tax exemptions for solar hot water components.Expires June 30, 2015.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1189
by Representatives Chase and Campbell
Regarding retail store carryout bags.
Prohibits a person who owns or operates a retail store from providing a carryout bag for free or for charge to a consumer unless the carryout bag is either a compostable plastic carryout bag, a recyclable paper carryout bag, or a reusable carryout bag.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environmental Health. | |
HB 1190
by Representative Chase
Concerning state construction projects.
Regulates construction standards for state construction projects.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1191
by Representatives Chase, Morris, Simpson, Wallace, Williams, VanDeWege, Takko, Nelson, Sullivan, Orwall, Hasegawa, Linville, Kenney, Roberts, Rolfes, Dickerson, Kristiansen, Dunshee, O'Brien, Sells, Ormsby, Miloscia, Conway, Kagi, Liias, Driscoll, White, Darneille, Kessler, Kirby, Moeller, Ericks, Quall, Eddy, Finn, Hinkle, Jacks, Crouse, Flannigan, Morrell, Condotta, Appleton, Green, Campbell, Seaquist, Wood, McCoy, Pettigrew, Hurst, Cody, McCune, Pedersen, and Goodman
Providing incentives to support renewable solar energy.
Finds that: (1) Washington industries are world-class leaders in the emerging solar electric industry and the Northwest has an anticipated regional shortfall of four to five hundred megawatts in the electric supply as predicted by the Northwest power planning council. This shortfall is projected to occur, even with the expected development of all available wind energy, conservation, and energy efficiency measures that are available to the region;(2) Locally sited carbon-free electricity generation offers the best, least costly method of keeping energy generation dollars in our local economies, while reducing the ultimate impacts of electricity usage; and(3) Residential development of solar electric technologies is proceeding as anticipated by earlier legislation implemented by the department of revenue and the climate and rural energy development center at Washington State University.Declares an intent to: (1) Help meet the anticipated energy shortfalls in an environmentally responsible manner;(2) Encourage all businesses, other commercial enterprises, and local governments to invest in locally sited carbon-free generation; and(3) Provide commercial incentives for the greater use of locally created and installed solar electric technologies, to support, retain, and grow existing local industries, and further, to create new opportunities for carbon-free electric generation technologies.Requires the department of revenue to reimburse a light and power business from the carbon-free commercial scale energy generation account in an amount equal to investment cost recovery incentive payments made to its commercial customer-generated solar electricity generating customers in certain fiscal years.Creates the carbon-free commercial scale energy generation account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1192
by Representatives Morrell, Parker, Kenney, and Kelley; by request of Attorney General
Concerning unsolicited goods and the promotional advertising of prizes.
Modifies provisions regarding unsolicited goods and services and the promotional advertising of prizes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1193
by Representatives Liias, Roberts, Ormsby, Simpson, Goodman, and VanDeWege
Creating a program to allow youth to preregister to vote.
Creates a program to allow youth to preregister to vote.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
SB 5105
by Senators Jacobsen, Haugen, and McDermott
Designating the Garry Oak as the state oak tree.
Designates the Garry Oak as the official oak tree of the state of Washington.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5106
by Senators Hobbs, Shin, and Berkey
Creating an independent four-year polytechnical college and an investment district to finance it.
Creates an independent four-year polytechnical college and an investment district to finance the college.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5107
by Senator Honeyford
Addressing renewable resource projects within energy overlay zones.
Addresses renewable resource projects within energy overlay zones.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5108
by Senators Honeyford and Stevens
Concerning the documentation of eligibility to claim a tribal member exemption from retail sales tax.
Requires documentation of eligibility to claim a tribal member exemption from retail sales tax.Declares any vendor who makes tax exempt sales to a person who does not display documentation or fails to maintain records is personally liable for the amount of tax due.Declares any vendor who makes tax exempt sales and has actual knowledge that the purchaser's documentation is fraudulent is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition, is personally liable for the amount of tax due and subject to a penalty equal to the greater of one thousand dollars or the amount of tax due.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5109
by Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Stevens, and Benton
Concerning property valuation freezes for senior citizens and persons retired due to physical disability.
Modifies provisions relevant to property valuation freezes for senior citizens and persons retired due to physical disability.Provides that the act applies to taxes levied for collection in 2010 and thereafter.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5110
by Senators Honeyford, Schoesler, McCaslin, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, and Holmquist
Allowing spas, wedding boutiques, and art galleries to serve wine to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older.
Allows spas, wedding boutiques, and art galleries to serve wine to their customers who are at least twenty-one years old.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5111
by Senators Honeyford, Schoesler, McCaslin, and Kohl-Welles
Including off-premises sales for holders of a beer and wine boutique and gift delivery license.
Allows off-premises sales for holders of a beer and wine boutique and gift delivery license.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5112
by Senators Honeyford and King
Eliminating the 180-day school year requirement while maintaining the one thousand instructional hour requirement.
Eliminates the 180-day school year requirement while maintaining the one thousand instructional hour requirement.Finds that while continuing to provide at least a minimum of one thousand hours of student instruction by permitting districts to lengthen the school day but allowing the flexibility to eliminate the requirement for a specific minimum number of school days, schools can continue to meet all of the other basic education program requirements while allowing the district to maintain consistent educational programs and staffing for students.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5113
by Senators Honeyford and Stevens
Modifying certain sales tax sourcing provisions within the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Requires retail sales of tangible personal property and digital goods to be sourced to the location where the order is received by the seller if certain conditions are met.Requires the department of revenue to adopt by rule reasonable compensation to be paid to businesses for the incremental expenses of establishing or maintaining a uniform system for administering, collecting, and remitting sales and use taxes based on the sourcing provisions in this act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5114
by Senators Honeyford, Schoesler, Holmquist, Becker, Morton, Delvin, Hewitt, Roach, and Parlette
Eliminating the partial relinquishment of water rights.
Finds that: (1) The efficient use of water is beneficial to the environment and helps ease pressure for a scarce resource; and(2) Eliminating disincentives to the efficient use of water is critical to the future of Washington to deal with issues such as the potential impacts of climate change and to help make currently allocated water supplies go further.Encourages efficient use of water by eliminating the partial relinquishment of water rights.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5115
by Senators Honeyford, Kline, and Roach
Modifying the judicial conduct commission.
Increases membership of the judicial conduct commission.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5116
by Senator Honeyford
Designating "The Evergreen State" as the official nickname of the state of Washington.
Designates "the evergreen state" as the official nickname of the state of Washington.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5117
by Senators Hargrove, Kauffman, Stevens, Kline, and Marr; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Establishing intensive behavior support services.
Recognizes that the number of children who have developmental disabilities along with intense behaviors is increasing, and more families are seeking out-of-home placement for their children.Declares an intent to create services and develop supports for these children, family members, and others involved in the children's lives to avoid disruption to families and eliminate the need for out-of-home placement.Directs the department of social and health services to: (1) Maintain a federal waiver through which services may be provided to allow children with developmental disabilities and intense behaviors to maintain permanent and stable familial relationships; and(2) Be the lead administrative agency for children's intensive behavior support services.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5118
by Senator Honeyford
Modifying the definition of biofuel.
Revises the definition of biofuel.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5119
by Senator Fairley
Eliminating the public exemptions accountability committee.
Eliminates the public records exemptions accountability committee.Finds that: (1) The committee's review of exemptions has proven to be unproductive and, given the economic climate we are currently experiencing, it is an unnecessary and wasteful expenditure of time and resources; and(2) The committee has not acted efficiently or effectively in carrying out its mandated charge and has provided, at most, limited guidance to the legislature.Concludes that the continuation of the committee does not serve the public interest.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5120
by Senators Fairley, McDermott, and Holmquist
Regarding agricultural structures.
Regulates permitting fees on agricultural structures.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5121
by Senators Kline and Kohl-Welles; by request of Statute Law Committee
Revising editorial standards for the RCW.
Allows the code reviser to: (1) Alphabetize definition sections, when doing so will not change the meaning or effect of those sections;(2) Remove annotations that have appeared in the published Revised Code of Washington for more than ten years, unless in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law; and(3) Omit captions, part headings, subheadings, tables of contents, and indexes from the Revised Code of Washington and annotations unless, in a particular instance, it may be necessary to retain such to preserve the full intent of the law.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5122
by Senators Kline and Kohl-Welles; by request of Statute Law Committee
Making technical corrections to various statutes at the request of the statute law committee.
Makes technical corrections to various statutes at the request of the statute law committee.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5123
by Senators Pridemore and McDermott
Regarding mole trapping.
Declares that traps used to capture moles below the ground surface are not considered body-gripping traps.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5124
by Senators Pridemore and Kohl-Welles
Increasing raffle ticket prices.
Increases the price of raffle tickets.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5125
by Senators Hewitt and Kohl-Welles; by request of Horse Racing Commission
Concerning the Washington horse racing commission Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder awards account.
Requires certain moneys to be paid to the horse racing commission at the end of a race meet for deposit in the Washington horse racing commission Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder awards account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5126
by Senators Brandland and Keiser
Concerning unattended children in motor vehicles.
Prohibits any person from leaving a minor child or children under the age of twelve years unattended in a vehicle, whether or not its motor is running.Provides penalties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5127
by Senators Jacobsen, Hewitt, and Haugen
Concerning the governance of the department of fish and wildlife.
Modifies governance of the department of fish and wildlife.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5128
by Senators Jacobsen and Kline
Addressing natural resource impacts from off-road vehicle use.
Finds that the vast majority of off-road vehicle or ORV users in Washington state are law abiding and conscientious. However, as the population of Washington and the popularity of recreational ORV use have increased, unauthorized ORV use on public and private natural resource lands has resulted in significant natural resource damage.Declares an intent to take steps to minimize further damage to public and private natural resource lands caused by unauthorized ORV use while also continuing to maximize outdoor recreation opportunities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5129
by Senators Jacobsen and Kline
Regarding the licensing of off-road vehicles.
Modifies use permit decal requirements for off-road vehicles.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5130
by Senators Carrell, Hargrove, Swecker, Hatfield, Holmquist, Brandland, Sheldon, Tom, King, Hobbs, McCaslin, Stevens, and Marr; by request of Attorney General
Regarding prisoner access to public records.
Regulates access to public records by persons serving criminal sentences in correctional facilities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5131
by Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Brandland, and Regala; by request of Lieutenant Governor
Concerning crisis referral services for criminal justice and correctional personnel.
Requires the criminal justice training commission to: (1) Offer a training session on personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services to criminal justice and correctional personnel; and(2) Make the training available to all employees of state and local agencies that perform public safety duties.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5132
by Senators Fraser, Brandland, and Keiser; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning loans to local governments for public works projects.
Clarifies provisions relating to loans to local governments for public works projects.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5133
by Senators Hargrove, Kline, McCaslin, Regala, and Roach; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Allowing the Washington center for court research and the office of public defense to access juvenile case records.
Allows access to juvenile case records to the Washington center for court research and the office of public defense.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5134
by Senators Kline, McCaslin, Tom, McDermott, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Allowing electronic signatures on juror questionnaires.
Allows an electronic signature on juror questionnaires.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5135
by Senators Kline, Tom, McDermott, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Adding five district court judges in King county.
Increases the number of district court judges in King county.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5136
by Senators Hobbs, Rockefeller, Fairley, Tom, Marr, Fraser, McDermott, Shin, Sheldon, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kline, and Hatfield
Regulating the use of solar energy panels by members of homeowners' associations.
Regulates the use of solar energy panels by members of homeowners' associations.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5137
by Senators Honeyford, Sheldon, Holmquist, Morton, Delvin, Hatfield, and Parlette
Regarding energy resources.
Modifies provisions relevant to energy resources.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SJR 8202
by Senator Jacobsen
Relating to the constitutional provisions regarding initiatives and referendums.
Proposes amendments to the state Constitution regarding initiatives and referendums.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SJR 8203
by Senator Jacobsen
Requiring that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SJR 8204
by Senator Jacobsen
Requiring that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SJR 8205
by Senators Franklin and Kline
Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow an income tax.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |