 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 8 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 11th 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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2009.
HB 1417
by Representatives Kenney, Rodne, Pedersen, and Morrell
Concerning the office of public guardianship.
Authorizes the office of public guardianship to offer training to individuals who, in the judgment of the public guardianship administrator or the administrator's designee, are likely to provide services under chapter 2.72 RCW.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1418
by Representatives Kagi, Priest, Sullivan, Walsh, Pettigrew, Roberts, Dickerson, Quall, Seaquist, Sells, Appleton, Hunt, Haler, Pedersen, Orwall, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Conway, Kenney, Maxwell, Santos, Probst, Driscoll, Goodman, and Nelson
Establishing a statewide dropout reengagement system.
Declares an intent to: (1) Provide a statutory framework to support a statewide dropout reengagement system for older youth; and(2) Encourage school districts, community and technical colleges, and community-based organizations to participate in this system and provide appropriate instruction and services to reengage older students and help them make progress toward a meaningful credential and career skills.Creates a statewide dropout reengagement system to provide appropriate educational opportunities and access to services for students aged sixteen to twenty-one who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-one.Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements for the dropout reengagement system; and(2) Allocate the basic education allocation generated under RCW 28A.150.260 and the student achievement fund allocation under RCW 28A.505.220 for each annual average full-time equivalent eligible student enrolled in a dropout reengagement program.Requires every educational service district board to oversee the dropout reengagement system in its district and fulfill the responsibilities described in statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1419
by Representatives Kagi, Dickerson, Walsh, Roberts, Hunt, and Appleton
Revising provisions affecting sexually aggressive youth.
Revises provisions regarding sexually aggressive youth.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 1420
by Representatives Conway, Condotta, Maxwell, Williams, Chandler, Wood, Hinkle, and Kelley
Revising real estate seller disclosure requirements.
Modifies real estate seller disclosure requirements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1421
by Representatives Anderson, Hasegawa, Chandler, Eddy, and White
Instituting a feasibility study of a Puget Sound port authority.
Directs the Washington state institute for public policy to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether creation of an integrated and unified Puget Sound port authority will meet and exceed the operational productivity and financial performance metrics of global and domestic peer ports as well as provide value to taxpayers through economies of scale and administrative efficiencies.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1422
by Representatives Conway, Hasegawa, Springer, Santos, and Kenney
Concerning the taxation of brokered natural gas and manufactured gas.
Revises provisions relevant to taxation of brokered natural gas and manufactured gas.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1423
by Representatives Sells, Wallace, Kenney, Hasegawa, Carlyle, Appleton, Morrell, White, Ormsby, Hudgins, Conway, Wood, Nelson, and Dickerson; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Providing for academic employee salary increments for community and technical colleges.
Finds that: (1) The community and technical colleges offer high quality, cost-effective instructional programs to the citizens of the state; and(2) Academic employee morale and willingness to invest in professional development, and academic employee recruitment and retention, are improved by consistent and predictable salary increases that recognize two-year college academic employees who upgrade their skills and professional experience.Declares an intent to adjust state appropriations to an amount that, together with academic employee turnover savings, provides for consistent and predictable funding of academic employee salary increments for qualifying academic employees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1424
by Representatives Appleton, Roberts, Nelson, Green, Upthegrove, and Morrell
Concerning health professions discipline.
Allows health care professionals to request that a particular person conduct a mental or physical examination in the event of an investigation of the health care professional's skill or safety.Requires a new license to be issued to health care professionals found to have not committed unprofessional conduct.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1425
by Representatives Appleton, Nelson, Seaquist, Hasegawa, Morrell, Haigh, Dunshee, Cody, Dickerson, Green, Flannigan, Kagi, Miloscia, Rolfes, and Van De Wege
Prohibiting small loans.
Prohibits small loans.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 1426
by Representatives Hunt and Condotta
Regarding the use of certified mail.
Clarifies the terms "registered" and "certified" mail as used in the Revised Code of Washington.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1427
by Representatives Hunt, Johnson, Finn, and Armstrong
Creating a pilot program using automated school bus stop signal cameras.
Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in conjunction with two school districts located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, two school districts located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains, and appropriate local legislative authorities, to establish an automated school bus stop signal pilot program to evaluate the frequency of violations of RCW 46.61.370 and the deterrent effect of automated school bus stop signal cameras.Expires the pilot program on December 1, 2011.Provides penalties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1428
by Representatives Chandler, Wallace, Bailey, Newhouse, Morrell, Kelley, and Rodne
Establishing the field of dreams program.
Establishes the field of dreams program to provide college tuition in the form of GET units to students working for agricultural employers to benefit the agriculture industry and to assist students in accessing postsecondary education. The program shall be administered by the employment security department and the GET units shall be administered by the higher education coordinating board.Creates the GET field of dreams account.Expires December 31, 2016.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1429
by Representatives O'Brien, Bailey, Sells, Hinkle, Cody, Kessler, Hudgins, Ericks, Moeller, Morrell, and Ormsby
Concerning respite care.
Requires the department of social and health services to provide respite services based on the department's assessment for a parent, sibling, grandparent, or other primary care provider who provides personal care in the home to an adult with developmental disabilities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 1430
by Representatives O'Brien, Sells, Ericks, Moeller, Hope, and Kelley
Concerning the approval of sex offender residences.
Requires the department of corrections to, prior to approving a residence location and in addition to any other factors considered by it in exercising its discretion regarding release plans for and supervision of sex offenders, consider the number of registered sex offenders currently residing within one mile of the proposed address.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 1431
by Representatives Sells, Liias, Morris, Clibborn, Eddy, McCoy, and Kenney; by request of Department of Transportation
Designating certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.
Designates certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1432
by Representatives Liias, Eddy, Clibborn, and Wood; by request of Department of Transportation
Modifying the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
Modifies the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1433
by Representatives Liias, Sells, Eddy, and Clibborn; by request of Department of Transportation
Addressing liability for damages to state property resulting from the illegal operation of a vehicle.
Provides for damages to state property resulting from the illegal operation of a vehicle.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1434
by Representatives Conway, Condotta, Wood, and Kenney; by request of Liquor Control Board
Creating a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license and eliminating the cap on spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licenses.
Creates a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license to sell spirituous liquor by the drink, beer, and wine at retail, for consumption on the licensed premises.Allows a local government to petition the liquor control board to request that further restrictions be imposed on a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license in the interest of public safety.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1435
by Representatives Condotta and Conway; by request of Liquor Control Board
Modifying licensing provisions for cigarettes and tobacco products.
Revises licensing administration for cigarettes and tobacco products.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1436
by Representatives Moeller and Hunt
Regarding electronic filing of lobbying reports.
Requires the public disclosure commission to make available to lobbyists, lobbyists' employers, and agencies, required to file certain reports, an electronic filing system for submitting those reports over the internet.Modifies reporting requirements of lobbyists and lobbyists' employers.Requires lobbyists and lobbyists' employers who are registered or required to report for either calendar year 2009 or 2010, or both, or who subsequently register for any part of calendar year 2009 or 2010, to pay a one-time fee to the public disclosure commission for the development and implementation of the electronic filing system under RCW 42.17.369.Creates the lobbying electronic filing account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1437
by Representatives Dammeier, O'Brien, Pearson, Chandler, Miloscia, Haler, Armstrong, Morrell, Green, Kessler, Kristiansen, and Smith
Authorizing a volunteer chaplain for the department of fish and wildlife.
Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to use the services of a volunteer chaplain.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1438
by Representatives Hunter, Hunt, and Rolfes
Requiring reports to the legislature to be filed electronically.
Requires reports submitted to the legislature be provided only in an electronic format.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1439
by Representatives Kelley, Seaquist, Orwall, Green, Morrell, Rolfes, Dickerson, and Driscoll
Concerning property tax deferral eligibility for senior citizens and persons retired because of disability.
Modifies provisions regarding property tax deferral eligibility for senior citizens and persons retired because of disability.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1440
by Representative Kelley
Concerning the assault of a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency.
Adds additional time to the standard sentence range for a defendant, under certain circumstances, in regards to assaulting a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement officer.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1441
by Representatives Conway, Condotta, Armstrong, White, and Eddy
Concerning the contractual relationships between distributors and producers of malt beverages.
Recognizes that preservation of three viable, independent tiers of entities involved in the distribution and sale of malt beverages and wine in the state of Washington is necessary to facilitate orderly marketing of alcohol in the state, encourage moderation in the consumption of alcohol by citizens of the state, protect the public interest in limiting consumption of alcohol by minors and in limiting other abusive consumption of alcohol, and facilitate collection of taxes by the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1442
by Representatives Kelley, Seaquist, Probst, Orwall, Green, Hope, Van De Wege, Rolfes, Roach, Herrera, Maxwell, Parker, and Driscoll
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for new small businesses.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption for new small businesses during the first twelve months of operation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 1443
by Representatives Hurst, Roach, Goodman, Conway, and Kelley
Creating a Washington state patrol retirement system deferred option plan.
Creates a deferred option plan for the Washington state patrol retirement system.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1444
by Representatives Hurst, Roach, O'Brien, Goodman, Conway, and Kelley
Administering the Washington state patrol retirement system.
Creates the Washington state patrol retirement board to administer the Washington state patrol retirement system.Requires the office of the state actuary to provide actuarial assistance to the Washington state patrol retirement system board.Creates the Washington state patrol retirement system expense account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1445
by Representatives Simpson, O'Brien, Van De Wege, Goodman, Sullivan, Hunt, Ormsby, Conway, and Santos
Providing benefits to domestic partners under the Washington state patrol retirement system.
Provides benefits to domestic partners under the Washington state patrol retirement system.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1446
by Representatives Williams, Goodman, Roach, and Conway
Requiring the higher education coordinating board to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.
Requires the higher education coordinating board to develop a centralized program for grants for institutions for programs designed to develop training projects focused upon improvement of services to adult individuals with developmental disabilities, and to administer the grant program in consultation with the department of health.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1447
by Representatives Hurst, Roach, Simpson, McCoy, Hunt, Goodman, Appleton, and Ormsby
Involving tribal governments when choosing names for state ferries.
Involves tribal governments when naming or renaming state ferries.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1448
by Representatives Hurst, Roach, Simpson, McCoy, Sullivan, Hunt, Goodman, Appleton, Ormsby, and Nelson
Granting tribal authorities limited control over speed limits on nonlimited access state highways within tribal reservation boundaries.
Authorizes tribal authorities, within their reservation boundaries, to determine, based on an engineering and traffic investigation, that the maximum speed permitted under RCW 46.61.400 or 46.61.405 is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon a nonlimited access state highway or part of a nonlimited access state highway.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1449
by Representatives Rolfes, Appleton, Seaquist, Haigh, and Finn
Concerning hospital benefit zones.
Clarifies provisions relating to hospital benefit zones.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1450
by Representatives Takko and Blake
Modifying the definition of "public facilities."
Revises the definition of "public facilities" in chapter 43.160 RCW.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 1451
by Representative Dunshee; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
Declares that, for the purpose of providing funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the economic stimulus capital budget, and all costs incidental thereto, the state finance committee is authorized to issue general obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of three hundred ninety-eight million dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, to finance these projects and all costs incidental thereto.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1452
by Representatives Dunshee, Seaquist, White, Kenney, Maxwell, and Driscoll; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning economic stimulus.
Declares it is the intent of the governor and the legislature to stimulate Washington's lagging economy and to reduce the state's unemployment rate by quickly putting people to work on infrastructure projects.Adopts the economic stimulus capital budget.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1453
by Representative Dunshee; by request of Office of Financial Management
Eliminating the health services account, violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and water quality account.
Eliminates the health services account, the violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and the water quality account.Provides that any residual balance of funds remaining in the health services account, violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and water quality account on the effective date of the act shall be transferred to the state general fund.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1454
by Representative Dunshee; by request of Office of Financial Management
Eliminating the statutory debt limit.
Provides one debt limit by eliminating the statutory debt limit.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1455
by Representatives Dunshee, Hope, and Kelley
Increasing the seriousness level of assault of a child in the first degree.
Increases the seriousness level of assault of a child in the first degree.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1456
by Representative Dunshee
Preventing the conversion of certain natural resource lands.
Prevents conversion of certain natural resource lands.Provides that the act applies prospectively only. A fully contained community that has received final approval by the appropriate local government before the effective date of the act is not impacted by the provisions of the act. However, the act does apply to proposed fully contained communities that have not received final local approval prior to the effective date of the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1457
by Representatives Nelson and Simpson
Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.
Limits the authority of boundary review boards to expand an annexation to twice the area of the proposed annexation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1458
by Representatives Bailey, O'Brien, Alexander, Haigh, Haler, Johnson, Chandler, Kristiansen, Ericksen, Shea, Short, Orcutt, Warnick, Kretz, Hinkle, Parker, Dammeier, Condotta, and Kelley
Addressing fiscal notes.
Provides that before either house of the legislature may vote on final passage on a bill that if enacted into law would increase either state government expenditures or local government expenditures or would increase or decrease either state government revenues or local government revenues, a fiscal note prepared pursuant to RCW 43.88A.020 must be available on the most recent version of the bill that applies to the bill as it is to be voted upon. In no case shall the fiscal note be made available more than seventy-two hours after the bill is placed on final passage.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1459
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Campbell, Bailey, Pedersen, Kelley, Morrell, Seaquist, and Conway
Concerning direct patient-provider primary care practice arrangements.
Modifies provisions regarding payment arrangements involving direct patient-provider primary care practices.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1460
by Representatives Morrell, Anderson, Bailey, and Cody
Regarding critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review.
Provides that certain critical access hospitals are not subject to certificate of need review.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1461
by Representatives Bailey, Hunt, Alexander, Hinkle, Haigh, Johnson, Haler, Ericksen, Chandler, Orcutt, Kretz, and Kelley
Regarding options for determining the pay periods for county employees.
Authorizes the county legislative authority of any county to establish a weekly pay period for county officers and employees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1462
by Representatives Williams, Chandler, Newhouse, Moeller, and Upthegrove
Regarding malt liquor sold by beer and/or wine specialty shops.
Changes the amount of malt liquor that is allowed to be sold in kegs or other containers by licensees holding a beer and/or wine specialty shop license with an endorsement issued under RCW 66.24.371(1).
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 1463
by Representatives Seaquist, Angel, and Finn
Addressing the deferral of sales and use taxes due on the state route number 16 corridor improvements project.
Provides that taxes due under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW on the site preparation for, the construction of, the acquisition of any related machinery and equipment that will become a part of, and the rental of equipment for use in the state route number 16 corridor improvements project for which a deferral has been granted need not be repaid.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1464
by Representatives Springer, Ormsby, Orwall, Eddy, Ericks, Nelson, Kagi, Dickerson, Morrell, Wood, and Goodman
Concerning affordable housing incentive programs.
Revises affordable housing incentive program provisions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1465
by Representatives White, Sullivan, Priest, Upthegrove, Nelson, and Kenney
Concerning facilities for local governments.
Aids the development of facilities used for public health, safety, or justice purposes by allowing an extended increased levy period and by providing that the rental rates agreed upon in city building and land leases are reasonable when rates for comparable spaces are not available.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1466
by Representatives Williams, Anderson, White, Hunt, Wallace, Sells, Angel, Moeller, Upthegrove, Priest, Armstrong, Appleton, Carlyle, and Santos
Regarding student fees, charges, and assessments.
Provides that fee increases voted on by college and university students are not subject to the legislative approval provisions of RCW 43.135.055 and use of the fees is not subject to the restriction on legislative activities in RCW 42.17.190.Allows student fees to be used for lobbying purposes.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1467
by Representatives Sells, McCoy, Liias, Dunshee, Roberts, and O'Brien
Establishing the University of Washington Snohomish county branch campus.
Establishes a University of Washington branch campus in Snohomish county.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1468
by Representatives Sullivan, Rodne, and Goodman
Requiring rural county library district boards in counties with populations of one million five hundred thousand or more to have seven appointed members.
Requires the county legislative authority to appoint seven members for rural county library district boards in counties with populations of one million five hundred thousand or more.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1469
by Representatives Hunt, Campbell, Dickerson, Anderson, Chase, Carlyle, Hudgins, Kagi, Darneille, Sells, Van De Wege, Appleton, Dunshee, Upthegrove, Rolfes, Nelson, Morrell, Wood, Liias, O'Brien, Goodman, Hasegawa, White, Conway, Kenney, and Pedersen
Establishing the product stewardship recycling act for mercury-containing lights.
Creates the product stewardship recycling act for mercury-containing lights.Finds that: (1) Convenient and environmentally sound product stewardship programs for mercury-containing lights that include collecting, transporting, and recycling mercury-containing lights will help protect Washington's environment and the health of state residents; and(2) Product producers should finance and provide these programs.Requires all government, commercial, industrial, and retail facilities and office buildings to recycle their end-of-life mercury-containing general purpose lights.Requires all residents and other generators to recycle their end-of-life mercury-containing general purpose lights.Requires every producer of a covered product sold in or into Washington state to participate in a product stewardship program for that product.Requires a producer, group of producers, or stewardship organization to pay all administrative and operational costs associated with their program.Directs product stewardship programs to collect, free of charge, unwanted products from covered entities for reuse, recycling, processing, or final disposition.Authorizes the department of ecology or its designee to inspect, audit, or review audits of processing and disposal facilities used to fulfill the requirements of a product stewardship program.Prohibits a product stewardship program from using federal or state prison labor for processing unwanted products.Prohibits, as of the implementation date for the covered product, a producer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person from selling or offering for sale that product to any person in this state unless the producer is participating in a product stewardship program under a plan approved by the department of ecology.Directs the department of ecology to 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 with the act.Requires all producers whose products are included in the act to pay the department of ecology ten thousand dollars annually no later than January 1st of each year for each covered product category sold in or into the state.Creates the product stewardship programs account.Provides that nothing in the act: (1) Changes or limits the authority of the utilities and transportation commission to regulate collection of solid waste, including curbside collection of residential recyclable materials, nor does the act change or limit the authority of a city or town to provide such service itself or by contract under RCW 81.77.020; and(2) Changes the requirements of any entity regulated under chapter 70.105 RCW to comply with the requirements under chapter 70.105 RCW.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environmental Health. | |
HB 1470
by Representatives Hope, O'Brien, Herrera, McCoy, Sells, Warnick, Parker, Smith, Kristiansen, Pearson, Dunshee, Liias, Rolfes, Orcutt, Appleton, Orwall, Ormsby, Finn, Conway, Roach, Kelley, McCune, Dammeier, and Bailey
Honoring recipients of the purple heart through exemptions from vehicle licensing fees.
Authorizes the department of licensing to issue a purple heart special license plate that may be used in lieu of regular or personalized license plates for vehicles required to display one or two vehicle license plates, excluding vehicles registered under chapter 46.87 RCW.Requires the department of licensing to issue the purple heart special license plates without the payment of licensing fees and the motor vehicle excise tax.Provides that the act applies to vehicle registrations that are due or become due on or after January 1, 2010.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1471
by Representatives Chandler, Kretz, Kristiansen, and Anderson
Removing the public records exemption for certain records addressing public sector collective bargaining.
Removes the public records exemption for certain records addressing public sector collective bargaining.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1472
by Representatives Orcutt, Haigh, and Armstrong
Modifying the time limit for state officials to solicit or accept contributions.
Revises the time limit for state officials to solicit or accept contributions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1473
by Representatives Orcutt, Ericks, Johnson, and Kelley
Adding a requirement to sexual health education to include elements of and consequences for conviction of sexual offenses where the victim is a minor.
Includes elements of and consequences for conviction of sexual offenses where the victim is a minor to the sexual health education requirements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1474
by Representatives Orcutt, Wallace, Herrera, and Moeller
Changing border county opportunity program provisions.
Expands the border county higher education opportunity project to allow resident tuition for certain persons who relocated from Oregon border counties to Washington border counties within the previous twelve months.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1475
by Representatives Orcutt, Probst, McCune, Eddy, Herrera, Johnson, Short, and Kelley
Requiring state agency rule-making information to be posted on each state agency's web site.
Requires each state agency, within existing resources, to maintain a web site that contains the agency's rule-making information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1476
by Representatives Orcutt, Rolfes, McCune, Takko, Parker, Probst, Herrera, Johnson, Anderson, and Kelley
Addressing the rights of crime victims.
Requires the presiding officer, at all criminal proceedings before a court, to inquire as to the presence of the victim and/or a survivor of the victim and, whether the victim is present or not, to read a statement concerning the rights of victims of crimes.Requires the court to make the list of victim's rights available.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1477
by Representatives Orcutt, Springer, and Herrera
Concerning the use by noneligible entities of tax exempt property owned by certain organizations.
Modifies provisions regarding the use by noneligible entities of tax exempt property owned by certain organizations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1478
by Representatives Orcutt, Takko, McCune, Hurst, Herrera, Campbell, Johnson, Kelley, and Dammeier
Addressing vehicle registrations for deployed military personnel.
Declares that a new vehicle registration year is deemed to commence upon the date the expired license is renewed in order that the renewed license be useable for a full twelve months when the registered owner: (1) Is a member of the United States armed forces;(2) Was stationed outside of Washington under military orders during the prior vehicle registration year; and(3) Provides the department of licensing a copy of the military orders.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1479
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, McCune, Herrera, and Hudgins
Prohibiting adverse possession claims.
Prohibits adverse possession claims.Provides that an action to quiet title may not be supported by a statutory or common law claim of adverse possession.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1480
by Representatives Orcutt, Ericks, Herrera, Hinkle, Anderson, Kelley, and Bailey
Providing additional time to appeal property assessed valuation.
Increases the time allowed to appeal property assessed valuation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1481
by Representatives Eddy, Crouse, McCoy, Haler, Carlyle, Armstrong, Hunt, White, Dunshee, Priest, Appleton, Orwall, Rolfes, Hudgins, Hinkle, Upthegrove, Clibborn, Morrell, Ormsby, Kenney, Maxwell, Dickerson, and Pedersen
Regarding electric vehicles.
Finds that the development of electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure is critical to developing new jobs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Recognizes that jobs created to transition to electrified transportation are green jobs.Defines the terms "electric vehicle" and "electric vehicle infrastructure" and provides preferential tax treatment for the construction of the vehicles and infrastructure.Requires state and local governments and other entities to implement the use of electric vehicles by modifying zoning and development codes, building permits, transportation policy, and environmental regulations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1482
by Representatives McCoy, Chandler, Blake, Van De Wege, Kretz, Upthegrove, and Nelson; by request of Department of Ecology
Concerning reclaimed water permitting.
Modifies reclaimed water permitting provisions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1483
by Representatives Jacks, Chandler, Van De Wege, Takko, Kretz, Pearson, Hurst, Orcutt, McCoy, Blake, and McCune
Concerning forestry operations.
Declares an intent that a forest landowner's right to practice commercial forestry in a manner consistent with the state forest practices laws be protected and preserved.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1484
by Representatives Van De Wege, Orcutt, Hurst, McCoy, and Blake
Expanding the riparian open space program to include lands that contain habitat of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered.
Requires the forest practices board to establish by rule a program for the acquisition of riparian open space and habitat of federally listed species on private forest lands. At the landowner's option, acquisition may be of a fee interest or a conservation easement. Lands eligible for acquisition are forest lands within unconfined avulsing channel migration zones or containing habitat of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1485
by Representatives Ericks, Orcutt, Wallace, Herrera, Jacks, Warnick, McCune, and Bailey
Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for prescribed durable medical equipment used in the home and prescribed mobility enhancing equipment.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for prescribed durable medical equipment used in the home and prescribed mobility enhancing equipment.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1486
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Bailey, Cody, and O'Brien
Concerning proceedings involving persons with mental illnesses.
Authorizes a relative to provide the court with pertinent information at proceedings involving persons with mental illnesses.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 1487
by Representatives Hunter, Anderson, Kessler, Wallace, and Eddy
Regarding resident student classification.
Expands the definition of "resident student" relevant to chapter 28B.15 RCW, college and university fees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1488
by Representatives Miloscia, Sullivan, Goodman, Ormsby, and Blake
Restricting the release of persons from state institutions.
Finds that an extremely high risk of homelessness exists for persons discharged from state institutions and persons under ongoing care or supervision of state agencies, such as youth aging out of the foster care system, any former dependent of the state under chapter 13.34 RCW, adults being released from state psychiatric wards, adults receiving ongoing mental health care from regional support networks, former offenders being released from state correctional facilities, and former offenders under active supervision.Requires the department of corrections to: (1) Submit to the appropriate committees of the legislature a plan by which the department proposes to eliminate the discharge of offenders from the custody of the department into homelessness;(2) Record details, including an address, of the confirmed housing situation arranged for an offender pending the offender's release from custody; and(3) Maintain a record of the former offender's housing status, while actively supervising any former offender.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Submit to the legislature a plan by which the department proposes to eliminate the discharge into homelessness of youth aging out of the foster care system, chronically mentally ill persons being released from involuntary psychiatric commitment, and by which the department proposes to address the housing needs of chronically mentally ill persons receiving ongoing mental health care from regional support networks;(2) Prior to release, record details, including an address, of the confirmed housing situation arranged for a juvenile pending the juvenile's release from custody;(3) Track the housing status of juvenile offenders who are placed on parole for the duration of the juvenile's supervision; and(4) Record the housing status of indigent patients when they are discharged from a state hospital.Authorizes and requires the county clerk to maintain a record of the current housing status and current address of each offender under the jurisdiction of the court for purposes of his or her financial obligations, and to provide this information to the department of corrections upon request.Requires the regional support network, within the patient tracking system, to track the housing status of patients receiving care from regional support networks.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1489
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Schmick, Kretz, Walsh, Warnick, Hinkle, Short, Haler, Newhouse, Ross, and McCune
Regarding water resource management.
Directs the department of ecology to require certain information from a person or an agency prior to that person or agency withdrawing more than fifteen thousand gallons a day of groundwater for stock watering purposes.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1490
by Representatives Nelson, Pedersen, Goodman, Simpson, Upthegrove, Appleton, Dickerson, Liias, Morris, Roberts, White, Ormsby, McCoy, and Miloscia
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through land use and transportation requirements.
Requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through modification of environmental goals under the growth management act.Changes the housing and transportation elements of the act to reduce the impact of transportation on the environment.Mandates transit-oriented development opportunities.Revises regional transportation planning requirements.Takes effect December 1, 2011.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1491
by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, Rolfes, Seaquist, Kenney, Upthegrove, Cody, Chase, Nelson, Moeller, Carlyle, Hunter, Roberts, Morrell, White, Wood, Dickerson, and Goodman
Addressing when vehicles overtake and pass pedestrians or bicycles.
Clarifies provisions relevant to vehicles overtaking and passing pedestrians or bicycles.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1492
by Representatives Pedersen, Pettigrew, Haler, Kagi, Walsh, Darneille, Dickerson, Nelson, Moeller, Appleton, Roberts, Ormsby, and Kenney
Addressing the independent youth housing program.
Revises provisions regarding the independent youth housing program.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 1493
by Representatives Pedersen, Hinkle, Cody, Clibborn, Morrell, Campbell, Green, DeBolt, Seaquist, Nelson, Moeller, Ericks, Appleton, Hudgins, Hasegawa, Conway, Kagi, and Kenney
Marketing prescription drugs.
Finds that: (1) The state of Washington has clear and long-standing interests in maximizing the health and well-being of its residents, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of the doctor-patient relationship, combatting undue influence of marketing on health care choices, and containing health care costs;(2) The state of Washington has shown a strong commitment to evidence-based care and cost-effective health purchasing. Washington state has been most active in this regard with respect to prescription drug purchasing focused on clinical and cost-effectiveness;(3) Health care providers in Washington who write prescriptions for their patients have a strong interest in the integrity of the patient-provider relationship and a reasonable expectation that the information in their prescriptions will not be used for purposes other than the filling and processing of the payment for that prescription;(4) It is estimated that the pharmaceutical industry spends between thirty billion dollars and fifty-four billion dollars annually on marketing pharmaceuticals in the United States. Marketing programs are designed to increase sales, income, and profit; and(5) The use of patient identifiable prescription data to market prescription drugs to patients runs counter to Washington's strong commitment to both evidence-based care and cost-effective health purchasing.Declares an intent to protect the confidentiality of prescribing information, safeguard the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship, and contain health care costs by prohibiting conduct involving the sale, disclosure, and use of individual patient prescription drug data for marketing purposes.Prohibits health care providers, including pharmacies and entities licensed under chapter 18.64 RCW; health carriers; pharmacy benefit managers; or the business associates, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the aforementioned entities from intentionally sharing, selling, or otherwise using any health care information for the purpose of marketing prescription drugs to patients, notwithstanding allowable disclosures under RCW 70.02.050, and unless expressly authorized by the patient as provided in RCW 70.02.030.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1494
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Van De Wege, Kretz, Newhouse, and Upthegrove; by request of Department of Ecology
Improving the effectiveness of water bank and exchange provisions.
Finds that: (1) Many watershed groups and programs have proposed or considered the establishment of water banks to meet vital instream and out-of-stream needs within a watershed or region; and(2) Water banks and exchanges can: Provide critical tools to make water supplies available when and where needed during times of drought; improve stream flows and preserve instream values during fish critical periods; reduce water transaction costs, time, and risk to purchasers; facilitate fair and efficient reallocation of water from one beneficial use to another; provide banked water supplies to offset impacts related to future development and the issuance of new water rights; and facilitate water agreements that protect upstream community values while retaining flexibility to meet critical downstream water needs in times of scarcity.Declares an intent to: (1) Provide clear authority for water banks throughout the state;(2) Improve the effectiveness of water bank and exchange provisions; and(3) Use the interlocal cooperation act to establish watershed management partnerships for water banking purposes.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1495
by Representatives Pettigrew, Nelson, Kenney, White, and Ormsby
Providing real estate excise tax exemptions to stabilize neighborhoods.
Finds that: (1) There is a substantial inventory of unsold or foreclosed vacant homes on the market that is driving property values down and destabilizing neighborhoods; and(2) Providing targeted incentives to housing developers will stimulate the sale of these vacant homes to low-income buyers now and stabilize neighborhoods affected by this growing inventory.Declares an intent to provide such incentives through excise tax relief on sales of homes to low-income first-time homebuyers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HJM 4005
by Representatives Santos, Hasegawa, McCune, Hurst, Campbell, Pedersen, Hunter, Rodne, Warnick, Smith, Anderson, Ross, Angel, Walsh, Bailey, Roach, Shea, Upthegrove, Morrell, Ormsby, Hudgins, Conway, Rolfes, Kelley, and Kenney
Requesting the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp commemorating Nisei veterans.
Urges the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in commemoration of the Nisei veterans' service in the United States Armed Forces during the Second World War.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
SB 5363
by Senators Ranker, Berkey, Swecker, Delvin, Marr, Shin, Haugen, and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Transportation
Designating certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.
Designates certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5364
by Senators Marr, Delvin, and Haugen; by request of Department of Transportation
Modifying the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
Modifies the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5365
by Senators Marr, Swecker, and Haugen; by request of Department of Transportation
Addressing liability for damages to state property resulting from the illegal operation of a vehicle.
Provides for damages to state property resulting from the illegal operation of a vehicle.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5366
by Senators Holmquist, Kohl-Welles, and Shin; by request of Liquor Control Board
Modifying licensing provisions for cigarettes and tobacco products.
Revises licensing administration for cigarettes and tobacco products.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5367
by Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Liquor Control Board
Creating a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license and eliminating the cap on spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licenses.
Creates a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license to sell spirituous liquor by the drink, beer, and wine at retail, for consumption on the licensed premises.Allows a local government to petition the liquor control board to request that further restrictions be imposed on a spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license in the interest of public safety.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5368
by Senators Prentice, Parlette, Fraser, Regala, Shin, and Keiser
Making provisions for all counties to value property annually for property tax purposes.
Requires all taxable real property within a county to be revalued annually and to be physically inspected at least once each six years, if certain conditions are met.Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Assist any county assessor requesting assistance in the valuation of industrial property estimated to exceed twenty-five million dollars in real and personal property value; and(2) Administer a grant program to assist counties with converting to an annual revaluation system for property tax valuation, replacing computer software used for revaluations in counties where the software was purchased from commercial vendors and will not be supported by the vendor or others after January 1, 2010, or the acquisition of software and integral hardware in counties currently administering an annual revaluation program where the assessor's property records are not stored in an electronic format or where the current software does not have the capacity to store, manage, and process property record components used in the valuation process.Creates the annual property revaluation grant account.Expires sections 3 and 4 of the act on July 1, 2014.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5369
by Senators Franklin, Becker, Fairley, Keiser, Marr, Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Parlette; by request of Department of Health
Regarding counseling professions subject to the authority of the secretary of health.
Adds and removes counseling professions subject to the authority of the secretary of the department of health under the uniform disciplinary act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5370
by Senators Franklin, Becker, Fairley, Keiser, Marr, and Murray; by request of Department of Health
Allowing electronic approval of vital records.
Allows certain persons to approve vital records electronically.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5371
by Senators Swecker, Benton, Delvin, Sheldon, Pflug, Kastama, Honeyford, Zarelli, Shin, and Becker
Concerning parent taught driver training education courses.
Authorizes the director of the department of licensing to: (1) Review and approve parent taught driver training education courses designed for use in the home; and(2) Charge a fee for enrollment in a parent taught driver training education course that may not exceed the department of licensing's actual cost to implement the course.Requires the department of licensing to offer comprehensive parent taught driver training courses that must satisfy department driver's education requirements.Directs the driver instructors' advisory committee to review and recommend parent taught driver training education courses designed for use in the home.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5372
by Senator Jacobsen
Creating a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program.
Requires the department of health and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to jointly establish a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program using both killed vaccine and live attenuated vaccine in one urban school district and one rural school district.Directs the department of health to convene a working group to plan the school-based influenza vaccination pilot program.Expires July 1, 2011.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5373
by Senators Kauffman, Tom, Kline, Oemig, Kohl-Welles, Shin, Hargrove, Kastama, Regala, Marr, McDermott, Fairley, Jarrett, Pridemore, Kilmer, McAuliffe, Keiser, Jacobsen, Franklin, Fraser, and Haugen
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 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5374
by Senator Fairley
Regarding the board of directors of an air pollution control authority.
Revises membership provisions for the board of directors of an air pollution control authority.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5375
by Senator Fairley
Adding questions about wood burning appliances to the seller's disclosure statement for residential real property transfers.
Amends the seller's disclosure statement for residential real property transfers by including wood burning appliances.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5376
by Senators Kauffman, Delvin, Shin, Haugen, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, and Kline
Requiring the higher education coordinating board to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.
Requires the higher education coordinating board to develop a centralized program for grants for institutions for programs designed to develop training projects focused upon improvement of services to adult individuals with developmental disabilities, and to administer the grant program in consultation with the department of health.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5377
by Senators Kilmer, McCaslin, Kastama, Fairley, Swecker, and Marr
Concerning funding for infrastructure that supports dense, affordable development in transit-oriented areas.
Creates the residential infrastructure program in the department of community, trade, and economic development to provide loans to eligible jurisdictions and grants to nonprofit organizations for public infrastructure that supports increased capacity for dense, affordable residential development in transit-proximate areas.Authorizes the department of community, trade, and economic development to provide direct loans to eligible jurisdictions for projects meeting certain requirements or to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for projects meeting certain requirements. Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to: (1) Determine each year the total amount of funding available in loans and grants and to establish the total amount of financial assistance to be appropriated to eligible jurisdiction and nonprofit organization applicants based on the total amount of money appropriated to the program, the quality of applications received, and the best available projections of total revenue likely to be available for the program for the subsequent three years;(2) Announce to all known interested parties, and through major media throughout the state, a competitive application period of at least ninety days' duration; and(3) Establish a competitive process for loan and grant awards and review and prioritize proposals in consultation with the public works board and the transportation improvement board or designees selected by those boards to represent them.Creates the residential infrastructure account.Directs the state treasurer to transfer from the general fund into the residential infrastructure account the lesser of fifty million dollars or the excess real estate excise tax growth amount.Requires the director of the office of financial management to notify the state treasurer of the amount to be transferred to the residential infrastructure account.Modifies distribution of the excise tax upon each sale of real property.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5378
by Senator Eide
Regarding accreditation of digital learning programs.
Requires state-funded public schools or public school programs whose primary purpose is to provide digital learning programs to receive accreditation through the northwest association of accredited schools, a national accreditation program, or an accreditation program listed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction with the endorsement of the Washington coalition for online learning.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5379
by Senators Eide, McAuliffe, and Hobbs
Equalizing school district salary allocations.
Declares an intent to begin a six-year process, beginning with the 2009-10 school year, to equalize the salary allocations to school districts for state-funded staff pursuant to state basic education appropriation sections of the biennial budget. By the 2014-15 school year, the salary allocation amounts received by school districts for certificated instructional staff, classified staff, and certificated administrative staff shall be the same.Requires a district's levy base, for levy collections in calendar years 2010 through 2015, in addition to certain other allocations, to include the difference between the salary allocations received in the prior school year and salary allocation amounts that would have been received if the provisions of section 1 of the act had been in effect for each respective school year, reduced by the additional allocations actually received pursuant to section 1 of the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5380
by Senators McCaslin and Marr
Addressing the statute of limitations for certain crimes.
Provides that certain offenses shall not be prosecuted more than six years after their commission or their discovery, whichever occurs later, where such discovery was hampered by ongoing activities of the defendant, or efforts to conceal the crime by the defendant, or where the crime occurred through the use of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5381
by Senators Jarrett, Haugen, King, Marr, Shin, Tom, and Carrell
Authorizing the issuance of cease and desist orders and civil penalties for violations committed by unlicensed persons engaging in scrap processing or hulk hauling activities.
Declares an intent to authorize the department of licensing to issue cease and desist orders and civil penalties for violations committed by unlicensed persons engaging in the activities of a hulk hauler or scrap processor.Authorizes the director of the department of licensing to assess a fine of up to one thousand dollars.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5382
by Senators Morton, Jacobsen, Stevens, Swecker, Hewitt, Zarelli, King, Pflug, Parlette, Honeyford, and Holmquist
Exempting traps for mice and rats from the restrictions on traps in RCW 77.15.192.
Provides that traps used to capture old world rats and mice of the family Muridae of the order Rodentia and new world rats and mice of the family Cricetidae of the order Rodentia are not considered body-gripping traps.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5383
by Senators Morton, Jacobsen, Swecker, Stevens, Hargrove, Schoesler, Pflug, and King
Including a wolf-hybrid in the definition of a "potentially dangerous wild animal."
Revises the definition of "potentially dangerous wild animal" to include a wolf hybrid.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5384
by Senators Hargrove, Morton, and Hatfield
Regarding high-performance public buildings.
Requires all major facility projects of public agencies receiving any funding in a state capital budget, or projects financed through a financing contract as defined in RCW 39.94.020, that are four stories or under, to use wood and wood products as building materials for construction.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5385
by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Rockefeller, Hatfield, and Shin
Requiring a review of the embodied energy costs during the design of a public facility.
Finds that research has shown the importance of reducing environmental impacts through building design. The primary focus on building designs has been an attempt to reduce heating and cooling requirements over the course of a building's lifetime. However, what has been overlooked are opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts at earlier stages in the building and construction design process. The selection of building materials and products, such as using wood and wood products in the design stage, provides substantial opportunities to reduce lifetime greenhouse gas emissions. A key component of life-cycle cost analysis is the energy expended in the manufacturing and production of the building materials being considered in the construction of public facilities.Requires the department of general administration, in consultation with affected public agencies, to develop and issue guidelines that must contain provisions that establish a method for calculating the embodied energy used in building materials for construction of a major facility and identify simplified methods to ensure low embodied energy building materials are used in the building design.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5386
by Senators Carrell, Roach, Kastama, McCaslin, and Regala
Requiring superior courts and courts of limited jurisdiction to use electronic recording equipment to record oral proceedings.
Requires the use of electronic recording equipment, by all courts of limited jurisdiction and the superior courts, to record oral testimony and other oral proceedings.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5387
by Senators Sheldon, Delvin, Jacobsen, Swecker, Pridemore, Jarrett, Kilmer, Regala, Kline, Hatfield, Shin, McAuliffe, Becker, and Holmquist
Addressing the detection of motorcycles and bicycles at vehicle-activated traffic control signals.
Finds that: (1) It is the policy of the state of Washington to provide for the safe and efficient use of public roads and highways by all types of vehicles that are authorized to use these roads and highways;(2) Many existing vehicle-activated traffic control signals are operated or installed in a manner that does not allow for the routine and reliable detection of motorcycles and bicycles necessary for signal change; and (3) It is the policy of the legislature that this problem be avoided in all new and substantially upgraded vehicle-activated traffic control signals and that existing vehicle-activated traffic control signals be operated to detect motorcycles and bicycles where currently capable consistent with safe traffic control.Regulates the adjusting, replacing, and updating of vehicle-activated traffic control signals to ensure detection of motorcycles and bicycles.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5388
by Senators Parlette, Murray, Swecker, Carrell, King, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Franklin
Requiring motor vehicle dealers to disclose whether a new motor vehicle has sustained damage, repaired or not, in the sale of the new motor vehicle.
Prohibits a dealer, in the sale or transfer of a new or previously unregistered motor vehicle to a purchaser or transferee, including another dealer, to fail to disclose in writing to the purchaser or transferee any damage known by the dealer to have been sustained by the motor vehicle and not repaired or subsequently repaired.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5389
by Senators Hatfield, Schoesler, Jacobsen, Delvin, Hargrove, Swecker, Sheldon, Honeyford, Morton, and Stevens
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 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5390
by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, Holmquist, King, Honeyford, Marr, Hatfield, Zarelli, Kastama, McDermott, Pridemore, and Shin
Concerning the tax on cleaning up radioactive waste and other byproducts of weapons production and nuclear research and development.
Declares an intent to ensure that the radioactive waste cleanup business and occupation tax classification applies to all activities funded by the United States department of energy's environmental management budget and that any doubts or ambiguities in RCW 82.04.263 should be resolved consistent with this intent.Provides that the act applies retroactively.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5391
by Senators Kastama, Haugen, Fairley, Roach, and Pflug
Regulating tattooing and body piercing.
Finds and declares that the practices of body piercing, tattooing, and other forms of body art involve an invasive procedure with the use of needles, single-use disposable sharps, reusable sharps, instruments, and jewelry. These practices may be dangerous when improper sterilization techniques are used, presenting a risk of infecting the client with bloodborne pathogens including, but not limited to, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. It is in the interests of the public health, safety, and welfare to establish requirements in the commercial practice of these activities in this state.Provides penalties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5392
by Senators Kastama, Haugen, and Shin
Meeting financial responsibility requirements for automobiles.
Directs the department of licensing to establish a random sampling program to determine if registered vehicle owners meet the financial responsibility requirements to operate a vehicle as required in RCW 46.30.020.Creates the financial responsibility education account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5393
by Senators Kastama, Haugen, and Fairley
Establishing the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account.
Finds that: (1) Recent events have demonstrated the need for a coordinated, comprehensive all-hazards disaster planning effort;(2) Washington ranks fifteenth in the nation for federally declared disasters with fourteen disasters in the last ten years; and(3) The economic impact from just the 2007 disasters alone is estimated at over five hundred million dollars. In response, Washington state and its local governments have implemented all-hazards emergency management and disaster response plans. However, recent studies have revealed the lack of a secure funding source impedes our ability statewide from fully integrating and coordinating comprehensive disaster preparedness planning.Declares an intent to strengthen state and local emergency response, mitigation, preparation, and coordination by establishing a stable source of funding. The funding will be dedicated to the development and coordination of state and local government emergency management programs to a recognized baseline standard. The baseline will be determined by a gap analysis of state and local emergency management programs.Creates the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account.Imposes an annual surcharge of one and one-third percent per policy on every homeowner's, mobile homeowner's, manufactured homeowner's, tenant homeowner's, and condominium unit owner's insurance policy, and commercial fire, commercial multiple peril, and business owner's property insurance policy, issued or renewed on or after the effective date of section 3 of the act.Directs the Washington military department to administer the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account and to establish rules for its administration in consultation with the emergency management council and the Washington state emergency management association.Directs the emergency management council to accomplish a baseline assessment of all emergency management programs that receive federal emergency management performance grant funds within six months after the effective date of section 5 of the act.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to study and review the performance of the programs implemented under the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5394
by Senators Berkey, Hobbs, Haugen, Stevens, Shin, and McAuliffe
Requiring a state route number 2 route development plan.
Requires the department of transportation to conduct a state route number 2 route development plan to identify essential improvements needed between the port of Everett/Naval Station and approaching the state route number 9 interchange near the city of Snohomish.Makes an appropriation.Expires July 1, 2011.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5395
by Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Hobbs, Zarelli, and Roach
Concerning the excise taxation of bullion and rare earth metals.
Declares an intent to reimplement the original intention of the legislature and limit the business and occupation tax imposed on the business of making sales of precious metal bullion to a tax on amounts received as commissions and not to tax the activity of reforming precious metal bullion into different shapes or sizes.Declares that the business and occupation tax applies to the markup on the sale of precious metal bullion, where the taxpayer is selling its own precious metal bullion.Declares an intent to accord the same tax treatment to investment purchases of rare earth metals.Provides that the act applies both retroactively and prospectively.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5396
by Senators Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Regarding retainage of funds on public works projects.
Modifies provisions relevant to retaining funds on public works projects.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5397
by Senators Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Regarding alternative public works contracting procedures.
Allows the capital projects advisory review board to develop guidelines to be used by the project review committee for the review and approval of design-build demonstration projects that procure operations and maintenance services.Directs the project review committee to: (1) Review and approve not more than ten projects using the design-build contracting procedure by certified and noncertified public bodies for projects that have a total project cost between two million and ten million dollars;(2) Report, in June 2010, to the capital projects advisory review board regarding the committee's review procedure of these projects and its recommendations for further use; and(3) Review and approve not more than two design-build demonstration projects that include procurement of operations and maintenance services for a period longer than three years.Allows public bodies to use the design-build procedure for public works projects in which the total project cost is between two million and ten million dollars if certain conditions are met and subject to the process in RCW 39.10.280.Allows a public body to seek committee approval for a design-build demonstration project that includes procurement of operations and maintenance services for a period longer than three years, subject to the process in RCW 39.10.280.Requires a public body to establish a time and place for the opening of sealed bids for the percent fee on the estimated maximum allowable construction cost and the fixed amount for the general conditions work specified in the request for proposal.Allows the department of general administration, the University of Washington, and Washington State University to issue job order contract work orders for the state regional universities and The Evergreen State College.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5398
by Senators Rockefeller and Kline; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Expanding the ability to negotiate an adjustment to a bid price on public works to municipalities.
Expands the ability to negotiate an adjustment to a bid price on public works to municipalities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5399
by Senators Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Regarding payment of undisputed claims.
Requires the state or municipality to issue a change order to a contract for the full dollar amount of the work not in dispute between the state or municipality and the contractor no later than thirty days after satisfactory completion of any additional work or portion of any additional work by a contractor on a public works project.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5400
by Senators Tom, Berkey, Benton, McCaslin, Shin, Roach, and Kline; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Regulating reverse mortgage lending practices.
Creates the Washington state reverse mortgage act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5401
by Senators Morton, Jacobsen, Stevens, Ranker, Hatfield, Roach, and Kline
Expanding the riparian open space program to include lands that contain habitat of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered.
Requires the forest practices board to establish by rule a program for the acquisition of riparian open space and habitat of federally listed species on private forest lands. At the landowner's option, acquisition may be of a fee interest or a conservation easement. Lands eligible for acquisition are forest lands within unconfined avulsing channel migration zones or containing habitat of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5402
by Senators Tom, Carrell, Shin, Delvin, Kline, Fraser, Roach, Kohl-Welles, and Marr
Regarding the prevention of animal cruelty.
Revising prevention of animal cruelty provisions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5403
by Senators Keiser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Franklin, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning the contractual relationships between distributors and producers of malt beverages.
Recognizes that preservation of three viable, independent tiers of entities involved in the distribution and sale of malt beverages and wine in the state of Washington is necessary to facilitate orderly marketing of alcohol in the state, encourage moderation in the consumption of alcohol by citizens of the state, protect the public interest in limiting consumption of alcohol by minors and in limiting other abusive consumption of alcohol, and facilitate collection of taxes by the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5404
by Senator Jacobsen; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Modifying various provisions of Title 77 RCW.
Modernizes certain provisions of Title 77 RCW regarding fish and wildlife.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5405
by Senators Oemig, Zarelli, Kilmer, Shin, Murray, Hewitt, and Kohl-Welles
Regarding resident student classification.
Expands the definition of "resident student" relevant to chapter 28B.15 RCW, college and university fees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5406
by Senators Keiser, Pflug, Kohl-Welles, and Parlette
Concerning the standard health questionnaire.
Modifies the standard health questionnaire in regard to the basic health plan and an individual health benefit plan.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5407
by Senators Tom and Zarelli; by request of Governor Gregoire
Making 2009 supplemental operating appropriations.
Makes 2009 supplemental operating appropriations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5408
by Senators Tom, Zarelli, and Parlette; by request of Office of Financial Management
Eliminating the health services account, violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and water quality account.
Eliminates the health services account, the violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and the water quality account.Provides that any residual balance of funds remaining in the health services account, violence reduction and drug enforcement account, and water quality account on the effective date of the act shall be transferred to the state general fund.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5409
by Senators Zarelli and Parlette
Creating a Washington competition council.
Creates the Washington competition council as an advisory council within the office of financial management.Directs the Washington competition council, in consultation with the office of financial management, to: (1) Conduct an examination of the commercial activities that are being performed by state employees at state agencies to ensure such activities are being accomplished in the most cost-efficient and effective manner;(2) Review the practices of state agencies that may constitute inappropriate competition with private enterprise; and(3) Develop proposals for preserving the traditional role of private enterprise and encouraging the expansion of existing, and the creation of new, private enterprise.Provides that, upon determination by the Washington competition council that outsourcing a commercial activity may result in reduced costs or otherwise provide a measurable benefit to the state and to assure the activity is being accomplished in the most cost-efficient and effective manner, the governor shall direct the appropriate agency to pursue a contract using the competitive contracting process available in RCW 41.06.142.Requires the director of the office of financial management to determine the amount of the existing appropriation no longer needed by a state agency where all or a portion of the agency's function has been privatized in accordance with the recommendations of the Washington competition council, and reduce allotments accordingly.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5410
by Senators Oemig, Morton, McAuliffe, Tom, and Eide
Regarding the digital learning commons.
Declares the digital learning commons is the statewide coordinating entity for online learning in Washington state.Requires the digital learning commons to: (1) Administer the state online course network;(2) Ensure high quality education for students who are being educated through online courses provided through the statewide coordinating entity;(3) Aggregate courses from providers of endorsed online courses;(4) Incorporate national accreditation standards in its rubrics to endorse courses;(5) Provide a program that gives local advisors access to the student's online course progress reports in order to monitor the student in areas such as progress, homework, and grades; and (6) Post on its web site the criteria used to endorse online courses, a list of endorsed courses from providers, with a detailed description of each course, and the evaluations taken of the online courses.Requires each online teacher for grades seven through twelve to be certified, certificated, or licensed to teach the grade or subjects and meet the federal no child left behind act "highly qualified" standards.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5411
by Senators Kline, Franklin, and Carrell
Concerning requests for driving record abstracts.
Modifies requirements for furnishing driving record abstracts to state-approved alcohol or drug assessment or treatment agencies.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5412
by Senators Eide, McDermott, Honeyford, Keiser, Jacobsen, and Shin
Controlling saltwater algae.
Creates the saltwater algae control account. Funds in the account may be appropriated to the department of ecology to develop a saltwater aquatic algae control grant program. Funds must be expended as grants to cities, counties, tribes, special purpose districts, and state agencies for capital and operational expenses used to manage and study excessive saltwater algae with an emphasis on the periodic accumulation of sea lettuce on Puget Sound beaches.Expires June 30, 2012.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5413
by Senators Eide, Kline, Swecker, Roach, Rockefeller, Shin, and Marr
Concerning the assault of a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency.
Adds additional time to the standard sentence range for a defendant, under certain circumstances, in regards to assaulting a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement officer.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5414
by Senators McAuliffe, King, Oemig, and McDermott
Implementing recommendations of the WASL legislative work group.
Finds that: (1) A statewide student assessment system should improve and inform classroom instruction, support accountability, and provide useful information to all levels of the educational system;(2) Components of the assessment system should: (a) be instructionally supportive formative assessments, (b) be a state-administered summative achievement assessment that can be used as a check on the educational system in order to guide state expectations for the instruction of children and satisfy legislative demands for accountability, and (c) include classroom-based assessments, which may be formative, summative, or both;(3) To sustain a strong and viable assessment system, preservice and ongoing training should be provided for teachers and administrators on the effective use of different types of assessments; and(4) As the statewide data system is developed, data should be collected for all state-required statewide assessments to be used for accountability and to monitor overall student achievement.Declares an intent to redesign the current statewide system, in accordance with the recommendations of the Washington assessment of student learning legislative work group.Requires the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state board of education, to begin design and development of an overall assessment system that meets the principles and characteristics described in section 1 of the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5415
by Senators Benton, Berkey, Franklin, and Shin; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Regulating persons selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance.
Regulates persons selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5416
by Senators Berkey, Franklin, and Shin; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Expanding the scope of business continuity plans for domestic insurers.
Requires each domestic insurer to create and maintain a written business continuity plan identifying procedures relating to a local, state, or national emergency or significant business disruption.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5417
by Senators Berkey, Franklin, Shin, and Roach; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Requiring the disclosure of information on flood insurance coverage.
Requires every insurer to provide written notice at policy issuance and annually thereafter to homeowner, condominium unit owner, residential tenant, and residential fire insurance policyholders that clearly and conspicuously discloses that the policy does not cover damage caused by flooding.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5418
by Senators Jarrett, Rockefeller, Parlette, Swecker, Brandland, Marr, Jacobsen, Kastama, Kilmer, Murray, Berkey, Haugen, Pridemore, Oemig, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, McDermott, and Kline
Regarding electric vehicles.
Finds that the development of electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure is critical to developing new jobs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Recognizes that jobs created to transition to electrified transportation are green jobs.Defines the terms "electric vehicle" and "electric vehicle infrastructure" and provides preferential tax treatment for the construction of the vehicles and infrastructure.Requires state and local governments and other entities to implement the use of electric vehicles by modifying zoning and development codes, building permits, transportation policy, and environmental regulations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5419
by Senator Haugen
Concerning voluntary donations of vehicle owners at the time of initial or renewal registration.
Creates the 4-H account.Provides an opportunity for certain vehicle owners to, at the time of initial or renewal registration, voluntarily donate five dollars to be deposited in the 4-H account to be used for life skills education for young people from ages five through nineteen.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5420
by Senators Haugen, Jarrett, and McDermott
Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.
Limits the authority of boundary review boards to expand an annexation to twice the area of the proposed annexation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5421
by Senators Parlette, Jacobsen, Rockefeller, Swecker, Hargrove, Shin, and Marr
Establishing the upper Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to create and administer an upper Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program. The program must facilitate continued and, to the maximum extent possible, improved recreational salmon and steelhead fishing opportunities in the upper Columbia river and its tributaries by supplementing the resources available to the department to carry out the scientific monitoring and evaluation, data collection, permitting, reporting, enforcement, and other activities necessary to provide such opportunities.Directs the department to administer the pilot stamp program in consultation with an upper Columbia river salmon and steelhead recreational anglers board.Creates the upper Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead pilot stamp program account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5422
by Senators Parlette, Jacobsen, Morton, Hewitt, Schoesler, Carrell, Swecker, Stevens, Delvin, and Sheldon
Limiting liability for making certain land and water areas available for recreational use under a hydroelectric license.
Limits liability for making certain land and water areas available for recreational use under a hydroelectric license.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation. | |
SB 5423
by Senators Pflug and Oemig
Regarding critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review.
Provides that certain critical access hospitals are not subject to certificate of need review.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5424
by Senators Parlette and Sheldon
Concerning interest rate and penalty provisions in the current use program.
Revises interest rate, penalty, and notice provisions for removing land from property tax programs for current use valuation.Provides that the act applies to taxes levied for collection in 2010 and thereafter.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5425
by Senators Parlette, Sheldon, Becker, Marr, Holmquist, and Benton
Requiring certain property tax revaluations when property values have decreased.
Requires certain property tax revaluations when property values have decreased.Provides that the act applies to property taxes levied for collection in 2010 and thereafter.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |