 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 20 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, February 9, 2009 | 29th 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 1018-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Herrera, Chandler, Armstrong, Haigh, Newhouse, Hinkle, Green, Sells, Orcutt, Ross, Bailey, Short, Kretz, and Condotta)
Modifying when a special election may be held.
Modifies the dates on which a special election may be held.
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive session in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1060-S
by House Committee on Local Government & Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Liias, Walsh, Simpson, Ericks, Ormsby, Miloscia, Nelson, Rolfes, Conway, Wood, Kenney, Chase, Moeller, and Upthegrove; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development)
Updating the weatherization statute.
Updates the weatherization statute to reflect evolving green building and energy conservation practices.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government & Housing at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | LGH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1161-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored 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 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1172-S
by House Committee on Local Government & Housing (originally sponsored 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 housing affordable to all economic segments of the population, 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 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. A regional transfer of development rights program in the central Puget Sound should be voluntary, incentive-driven, 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, at a future date, expanded statewide.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 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government & Housing at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | LGH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 5 | Referred to General Government Appropriations. | |
HB 1226-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Roberts, Walsh, Kagi, and Kenney; 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 29 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
HB 1263-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, and Moeller; by request of Statute Law Committee and Sentencing Guidelines Commission)
Making technical corrections to community custody provisions.
Makes technical corrections to community custody provisions to ensure accurate sentences for offenders.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 5 | Referred to General Government Appropriations. | |
HB 1363-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Armstrong, Newhouse, Alexander, and Appleton; by request of Secretary of State)
Modifying provisions relating to candidate filing.
Modifies provisions relating to candidate filing.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1580-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Kessler, Walsh, Santos, Morris, Blake, Takko, Chandler, McCoy, Newhouse, Kretz, Linville, Jacks, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Hurst, Warnick, Nelson, Hinkle, Springer, and Kenney)
Establishing a pilot local water management program in one qualified jurisdiction.
Establishes a pilot local water management program in water resource inventory area 32.Expires June 30, 2019.
| Feb 5 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 2010
by Representatives Dunshee and Nelson
Concerning state funding for local projects.
Modifies provisions regarding state funding for local projects.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2011
by Representatives Chase, Orcutt, Herrera, Kristiansen, Campbell, Newhouse, Simpson, Kenney, Pearson, Klippert, Kretz, Cox, Hasegawa, Smith, Warnick, Sullivan, Morrell, Kelley, and Ormsby
Regarding firearms safety education programs.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction, within existing resources, to develop a program of instruction for firearms accident prevention for students in kindergarten through grade twelve.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2012
by Representatives Bailey, Cody, Moeller, and Morrell; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Creating the Washington health care discount plan organization act.
Creates the Washington health care discount plan organization act to promote the public interest by establishing standards for discount plan organizations, to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive marketing, sales, or enrollment practices, and to facilitate consumer understanding of the role and function of discount plan organizations in providing discounts on charges for health care services.Requires a person to obtain a license from the insurance commissioner to operate as a discount plan organization before conducting discount plan business to which the act applies.Provides that any person, organization, or entity that has engaged in a discount plan business to which the act applies, and has done so on or before the effective date of the act, has six months following the effective date of the act to submit a substantially complete application for a license as provided in section 5 of the act and to otherwise come into compliance with the requirements of the act.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2013
by Representatives Green, Roach, Kirby, Warnick, and Morrell
Allowing the owner of a self-service storage facility to offer self-service storage insurance.
Requires an owner of a self-service storage facility that intends to offer self-service storage insurance to file a self-service storage specialty producer license application with the insurance commissioner. The license authorizes a self-service storage producer and its employees and authorized representatives to offer insurance covering the personal property stored at a facility.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
HB 2014
by Representatives Kelley, Ericksen, Green, and Morrell
Requiring tamper-resistant prescription pads.
Requires every prescription written in this state by a licensed practitioner to be written on a tamper-resistant prescription pad or paper approved by the board of pharmacy.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2015
by Representatives Liias, Upthegrove, Haler, Pedersen, Walsh, Maxwell, Nelson, Ormsby, Rolfes, Kagi, Carlyle, Probst, Orwall, Hasegawa, Morrell, Kenney, Quall, Moeller, Hunt, Sells, Williams, Sullivan, Dickerson, Van De Wege, Darneille, Santos, Chase, White, and Kessler
Enhancing antiharassment strategies in public schools.
Declares an intent to expand the tools, information, and strategies that can be used to combat harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students, and increase awareness of the need for respectful learning communities in all public schools.Directs the office of the education ombudsman to serve as the lead agency to provide resources and tools to parents and families about public school antiharassment policies and strategies.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2016
by Representatives Flannigan, Appleton, Hurst, Miloscia, and Hunt
Concerning campaign contribution and disclosure laws.
Modifies and reorganizes campaign contribution and disclosure laws.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2017
by Representatives Kretz and Newhouse
Concerning contractor registration for property owners.
Revises provisions regarding contractor registration for property owners.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2018
by Representatives Simpson, Miloscia, and Chase
Regarding state funding for low-income housing.
Adds to the list of criteria for the department of community, trade, and economic development to evaluate grant and loan applications for housing trust fund funds.Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to submit an annual report to the legislature and the office of financial management that compiles county auditor reports on the affordable housing and homeless housing surcharges.Requires the housing finance commission and county auditors to include a life-cycle cost analysis in their processes for evaluating proposals for awarding funding for low-income housing.Requires county auditors to submit an annual report to the department of community, trade, and economic development that describes the distribution of all unreported funds collected in previous fiscal years.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 2019
by Representatives McCoy, Chase, and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire
Creating the office of archaeology and historic preservation within the state parks and recreation commission.
Abolishes the department of archaeology and historic preservation and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the office of archaeology and historic preservation within the state parks and recreation commission.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2020
by Representatives Simpson, Chase, Hunter, and Van De Wege
Concerning the annexation of unincorporated areas served by fire protection districts.
Requires notification to employees of a fire protection district about hires, separations, terminations, and any other changes in employment that are a direct consequence of the proposed annexation or incorporation of such fire protection district.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 2021
by Representatives Kenney, Probst, Wallace, Sullivan, Priest, Maxwell, Chase, Ormsby, Hudgins, Jacks, Liias, White, Sells, Morrell, Kelley, Darneille, Wood, and Roberts
Revitalizing student financial aid.
Declares that it is the intent of the legislature: (1) To promote and expand access to state financial aid programs by determining which programs provide the greatest value to the largest number of students, and by fully supporting those programs;(2) To designate all existing financial aid an opportunity grant, with the effect of providing students with a clear understanding of available resources to pay for postsecondary education, thereby increasing access to postsecondary education and meeting the needs of local business and industry;(3) That the higher education coordinating board and institutions of higher education coordinate the development of outreach tools, such as a web-based portal for information on all opportunity grant aid programs;(4) For institutions of higher education to incorporate this information in promotional materials to prospective and current students and their families;(5) To consolidate the educational opportunity grant program over a period of two years;(6) To change eligibility requirements of the Washington scholars program;(7) To redirect any cost savings gained through changes in eligibility criteria to the Washington scholars program to the state work-study program; and(8) To phase out the Washington award for vocational excellence program over a period of two years from August 1, 2009.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2022
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Kristiansen, Pearson, Hope, and Warnick
Establishing sustainable instream flows.
Establishes sustainable instream flows.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2023
by Representatives Appleton, Chase, Ormsby, and Darneille
Ending sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole for certain juveniles.
Ends sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole for certain juveniles.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2024
by Representatives Orwall, Hunt, Newhouse, Hope, Klippert, Johnson, McCune, Sullivan, and Kelley; by request of Washington State Patrol
Authorizing the Washington state patrol to accept donations.
Authorizes the Washington state patrol to accept donations.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2025
by Representatives Orwall, Hinkle, Dickerson, Green, Appleton, Driscoll, Morrell, Kagi, Van De Wege, and Kenney
Sharing health care information.
Authorizes treatment records of a person to be released without informed written consent to a licensed health care professional who is providing or anticipates providing health care to a person with both medical and behavioral health care needs, for the purpose of coordinating care and treatment of that person.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2026
by Representatives Seaquist, Smith, Bailey, Angel, Morris, Van De Wege, Appleton, Haigh, Finn, Roberts, Rolfes, Cody, and Carlyle
Concerning Washington state ferry system procurement strategies.
Declares an intent to restructure the duties of the Washington state ferries to reflect best procurement practices in the marine industry.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2027
by Representatives Smith, O'Brien, Bailey, Pearson, Hope, Warnick, Sullivan, Johnson, Takko, Short, Klippert, Kristiansen, Blake, Priest, McCune, Kretz, Orcutt, Kelley, and Angel
Making it a felony to drive or be in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug when the person has two or more prior offenses within seven years.
Makes it a felony to drive or be in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug when the person has two or more prior offenses within seven years.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2028
by Representatives Smith, O'Brien, Bailey, Pearson, Hope, Johnson, Sullivan, Kristiansen, Takko, Klippert, Short, Blake, Priest, McCune, Kessler, Orcutt, Kelley, Warnick, and Angel
Modifying vehicular homicide and vehicular assault provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2029
by Representatives Ericks, Morris, McCoy, Ormsby, Hudgins, Hunt, Takko, Springer, Van De Wege, Conway, Eddy, Hasegawa, Finn, Dunshee, Haigh, Kenney, Kessler, Morrell, and Goodman
Concerning enhanced 911 emergency communications service.
Finds that: (1) Statewide enhanced 911 has proven to be a lifesaving service;(2) Routing a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point with a display of the caller's identification and location should be available for all users of telecommunications or communications services, regardless of the technology used to make and transmit the 911 voice or data call; and(3) It is in the best public interest to ensure that there is adequate funding to support ongoing modernization of enhanced 911 service.Requires each county, singly or in combination with adjacent counties, to implement countywide or multicounty-wide enhanced 911 emergency communications service so that enhanced 911 is available throughout the state.Establishes a state enhanced 911 coordination office, headed by the state enhanced 911 coordinator, in the emergency management division of the state military department.Creates the enhanced 911 advisory committee to advise and assist the state enhanced 911 coordinator in coordinating and facilitating the implementation and operation of enhanced 911 emergency communications service throughout the state.Creates the enhanced 911 account.Finds that: (1) The state and counties should be provided with an additional revenue source to fund enhanced 911 emergency communications service throughout the state on a multicounty or countywide basis; and(2) The most efficient and appropriate method of deriving additional revenue for this purpose is to impose a 911 service fee on wireline, wireless, internet protocol-enabled voice, and other communications devices capable of transmitting voice or data to 911.Imposes a tiered county enhanced 911 service fee on the use of certain telecommunications and communications services.Imposes a state enhanced 911 service fee on certain telecommunications and communications services.Repeals RCW 38.52.500 through 38.52.561 relating to statewide enhanced 911 service.Repeals chapter 82.14B (counties--tax on telephone access line use).
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2030
by Representatives Hunt and Williams
Creating a capitol city district.
Declares an intent to create a capitol city district to share revenue generated in the core city and on the capitol campus.Authorizes a capitol city district to levy a sales and use tax of one percent, that must be a credit against the state's portion of the sales and use tax, levied and collected within the capitol city district upon recognition of the district by a majority vote of the capitol committee created in RCW 43.34.010.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing. | |
HB 2031
by Representatives O'Brien, Appleton, and Chase
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.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2032
by Representatives Chandler, Ericks, Newhouse, and Kessler
Creating the community agricultural worker safety grant program.
Requires the department of agriculture, subject to appropriation for this specific purpose, to administer the community agricultural worker safety grant program to be implemented by the 501(c)(3) nonprofit opportunities industrialization center of Washington.Expires July 1, 2013.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2033
by Representatives Appleton, Armstrong, Hunt, Newhouse, Miloscia, and Nelson; by request of Washington Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials
Changing the definition of "immediate family" for purpose of membership on the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
Revises the definition of "immediate family" with regard to membership eligibility on the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2034
by Representatives Klippert, Hope, Johnson, McCune, Kretz, Orcutt, Warnick, and Angel
Making residential burglary a crime against persons.
Makes residential burglary a crime against persons.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2035
by Representatives Klippert, O'Brien, Shea, Haler, Roach, Armstrong, Pearson, McCune, Condotta, Orwall, Ross, Hurst, Smith, Kristiansen, Kretz, Orcutt, Kelley, Warnick, and Angel
Requiring registered sex and kidnapping offenders to submit information regarding any e-mail addresses and any web sites they create or operate.
Requires any person required to register as a kidnapping offender or a sex offender to provide certain authorities with the following information when registering: (1) The person's electronic mail address information or any other internet communication name or identity information including but not limited to instant message, chat, or social networking names or identities, if any; and(2) The uniform resource locator of any personal web site created or operated by the person.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2036
by Representatives Ericksen, Roach, Kristiansen, Newhouse, Kretz, and Angel
Financing the state contribution to replacement of a viaduct through the creation of a transportation infrastructure improvement zone.
Provides financing for the replacement of a viaduct with a new tunnel by creating a transportation infrastructure improvement zone.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2037
by Representatives Roach, Bailey, Haler, McCune, Kristiansen, Dammeier, and Kretz
Addressing traffic congestion relief through state transportation system policy goals.
Makes traffic congestion relief a higher priority of the state transportation system.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2038
by Representatives Roach, Haler, Kristiansen, Shea, Newhouse, McCune, Kretz, and Kelley
Opening high occupancy vehicle lanes during nonpeak hours.
Opens high occupancy vehicle lanes during nonpeak hours.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2039
by Representatives Roach, Bailey, Kristiansen, Johnson, Haler, McCune, Newhouse, and Kretz
Providing an expedited permit process for transportation projects of statewide significance.
Provides an expedited permit process for transportation projects of statewide significance so that construction of the projects can begin as quickly as possible.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2040
by Representatives Conway and Condotta
Concerning the work of the joint select committee on beer and wine regulation.
Clarifies provisions regarding the work of the joint select committee on beer and wine regulation.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2041
by Representatives Finn, Cox, Haigh, Priest, Hunt, Sullivan, Van De Wege, Ormsby, and Goodman; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Concerning student transportation funding.
Finds that: (1) The current student transportation funding formula is outdated and does not adequately address the costs incurred by school districts in transporting students; and(2) An appropriate new formula based on reliable data from a uniform reporting system used by all districts, providing incentives for efficient use of state resources, and maintaining local school district control over operational decisions within the transportation program has been developed under a contract with the office of financial management.Declares an intent to respond to the findings of the 2006 pupil transportation funding study by the joint legislative audit and review committee by providing additional payments to districts to mitigate funding discrepancies identified by the study, until such time as the new funding formula can be implemented in a thoughtful and deliberative manner no later than the 2011-12 school year.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Ensure that the allocation formula results in adequate appropriation for low enrollment districts, nonhigh districts, districts involved in cooperative transportation agreements, and cooperative special transportation services operated by educational service districts;(2) Encourage efficient use of state resources by providing a linear programming process that compares school district transportation operations; and(3) Implement the new distribution formula for allocating state funds to school districts for transportation of students to and from school, beginning with the 2011-12 school year.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations. | |
HB 2042
by Representatives Kenney, Parker, Hasegawa, Chase, and Ormsby
Concerning the incentive in the motion picture competitiveness programs.
Increases the maximum funding assistance allowed from an approved motion picture competitiveness program.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2043
by Representatives DeBolt, Alexander, Smith, Johnson, Kristiansen, Chandler, Rodne, Roach, Dammeier, Kretz, Orcutt, Anderson, Warnick, Angel, and Pearson
Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making.
Establishes consistent standards for certain agencies' decision making with regard to applications, permits, and transfers.Provides for uniformity in the process to appeal the decisions.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2044
by Representatives Seaquist, Smith, Angel, Nelson, Morris, Finn, Appleton, Roberts, Rolfes, Cody, and Carlyle
Requiring Washington state ferries to create a comprehensive incident and accident investigation policy.
Requires Washington state ferries to create a comprehensive incident and accident investigation policy and transmit a copy to the legislature by November 1, 2009.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2045
by Representatives Herrera, Wallace, Orcutt, Schmick, and Jacks
Clarifying the use of impact fees imposed by voter-approved transportation benefit districts.
Clarifies the use of impact fees imposed by voter-approved transportation benefit districts.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2046
by Representatives Darneille, Cody, Dickerson, Moeller, Chase, Nelson, and Santos
Concerning medical marijuana.
Provides that health care professionals shall be excepted from liability and prosecution for the authorization of marijuana use to qualifying patients for whom, in the health care professional's professional judgment, medical marijuana may prove beneficial.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2047
by Representatives Darneille and Morrell
Regarding charitable organizations.
Requires certain exempt charitable organizations to register with the secretary state in a form to be prescribed by the secretary of state if the charitable organization raises more than one thousand dollars in charitable solicitations in any accounting year and engages in solicitations from the general public more than once in any accounting year.Requires certain corporations that are charitable organizations to register as a charitable organization in accordance with chapter 19.09 RCW within forty-five days of the issuance of a certificate of incorporation by the secretary of state.Prohibits a governmental entity from contracting with or providing grants to a charitable organization or an organization that holds itself out as a charitable organization unless the governmental entity has determined that the organization is in compliance with the registration requirements of chapter 19.09 RCW.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2048
by Representatives Klippert, Rodne, Ross, Warnick, and Kelley
Preventing the possession on school facilities of certain nonfirearm-related weapons that have the capacity to inflict death or substantial bodily harm.
Prohibits a person from possessing on school facilities certain nonfirearm-related weapons that have the capacity to inflict death or substantial bodily harm.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2049
by Representatives Seaquist, Appleton, Hunt, Armstrong, Chandler, Chase, and Miloscia
Concerning personnel practices regarding exempt employment.
Requires the director of the department of personnel to require each state agency to report semiannually on the number of classified and nonclassified employees in the agency and the change compared to the previous report, the number of bonuses and performance-based incentives awarded to agency staff, and the cost of each bonus or incentive awarded.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2050
by Representative Santos
Modifying senior citizen property tax provisions.
Provides property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired by reason of disability.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2051
by Representatives Hunter, Priest, Sullivan, Pettigrew, Springer, Clibborn, Anderson, Ericks, Pedersen, Roach, White, Goodman, Nelson, Hurst, Carlyle, Eddy, Rodne, Kenney, Kessler, Kagi, and Santos
Removing an expiration date applicable to heritage and arts program funding.
Removes an expiration date applicable to heritage and arts program funding.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
SB 5001-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen and Kauffman)
Eliminating the matching fund requirement for the American Indian endowed scholarship program.
Eliminates the matching fund requirement for the American Indian endowed scholarship program.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 5013-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Brandland, Fraser, Hatfield, and Parlette)
Concerning fees collected by county clerks.
Modifies fees collected by county clerks.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5039-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Jarrett and Kohl-Welles)
Changing the membership of the Washington state forensic investigations council.
Finds that: (1) It is in the interests of justice and public safety that the work of the state crime laboratory remains above criticism; and(2) Recent events have called into question the truth of reports from the state crime laboratory.Declares an intent to strengthen oversight of the laboratory by the Washington state forensic investigations council by adding a scientist from a Washington state university.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5043-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Kauffman, Shin, Rockefeller, Kastama, Kohl-Welles, Jarrett, Tom, and McAuliffe)
Convening a work group to develop a single, coordinated student access portal for college information.
Directs the higher education coordinating board, within existing funds, 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 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5048-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Schoesler, Shin, Delvin, Kauffman, King, and Pridemore; by request of Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board)
Providing for coordination of workforce and economic development.
Provides for coordination of workforce and economic development.Requires the employment security department to analyze labor market and economic data, including the use of input-output models, for the purpose of identifying industry clusters and strategic industry clusters that meet the criteria identified by the working group convened by the economic development commission and the workforce training and education coordinating board in RCW 43.330.280.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges, in consultation with business, industry, labor, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the department of community, trade, and economic development, the employment security department, and community and technical colleges, to designate centers of excellence and allocate funds to existing and new centers of excellence based on a competitive basis.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to work with the director of the department of community, trade, and economic development and the economic development commission to ensure coordination among workforce training priorities, the long-term economic development strategy of the economic development commission, and economic development and entrepreneurial development efforts, including but not limited to assistance to industry clusters.Directs the state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education to identify the strategic industry clusters targeted by the workforce development system. Requires workforce development councils, in partnership with local elected officials, to develop and maintain a local unified plan for the workforce development system including but not limited to the local plan required by P.L. 105-220, Title I.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to work with workforce development councils to develop implementation and funding strategies.
| Feb 6 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5232-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Holmquist, Hewitt, Schoesler, Carrell, King, Swecker, Pflug, Shin, Kastama, Benton, Kohl-Welles, and Roach)
Protecting enrolled school students from sexual misconduct by school employees.
Protects registered school students from sexual misconduct by school employees.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5555-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Shin, King, Marr, Jarrett, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Tom, and Kohl-Welles)
Regarding lifelong learning accounts.
Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to establish a state lifelong learning account steering committee to: (1) Develop a policy framework to establish a statewide lifelong learning account program;(2) Identify technical and budget issues along with recommendations on how to resolve them;(3) Study methods for continuing outreach to workers, employers, and foundations willing to participate in and fund lifelong learning accounts;(4) Explore career advising options including online tools; and(5) Design a performance accountability system.
| Feb 6 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5902
by Senators Pridemore, Fraser, McAuliffe, Kline, Kohl-Welles, and McDermott
Promoting accessible communities for persons with disabilities.
Promotes accessible communities for persons with disabilities.Finds that more than nine hundred thousand Washington state residents with disabilities continue to face barriers to full participation that could be easily eliminated.Creates the accessible communities account. Two hundred dollars from each penalty imposed under RCW 46.16.381(7), (8), (9), and (11) (special parking for persons with disabilities) must be deposited into the account.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5903
by Senators Keiser, McAuliffe, and Hatfield; by request of Lieutenant Governor
Regarding public works contracts for residential construction.
Revises provisions regarding public works contracts for residential construction.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5904
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Keiser, Franklin, Hobbs, and Kline
Defining independent contractor for purposes of prevailing wage.
Defines "independent contractor" for purposes of prevailing wage.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5905
by Senators Hargrove, Zarelli, Kline, Franklin, Delvin, and Shin
Creating a review panel for day care facility licensing concerns.
Requires the department of early learning to convene a review panel at the written request of a licensee if the licensee: (1) Receives a facility licensing compliance agreement and requests a review of the agreement within twenty-eight days of receiving the agreement; or(2) Requests a modification of its license and the licensor has not begun a review or forwarded the request to a supervisor within twenty-eight days of receiving the request.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5906
by Senators Pridemore and Kline
Modifying the business and occupation tax rate on wholesalers of solar energy systems and including semiconductor materials.
Modifies the business and occupation tax rate on wholesalers of solar energy systems using photovoltaic modules, or of manufacturing solar grade silicon, silicon solar wafers, silicon solar cells, thin film solar devices, or compound semiconductor solar wafers used exclusively in components of those systems.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5907
by Senators Keiser, Swecker, and Roach
Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers and sergeants.
Prohibits requiring a corrections officer or sergeant employed by a city or county jail located in a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand from working more than four hours of overtime per day.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5908
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, and Keiser
Providing interest arbitration for employees of juvenile court services administered under RCW 13.20.060.
Provides interest arbitration for employees of juvenile court services administered under RCW 13.20.060 (transfer of administration of juvenile court services to county executive--authorized--advisory board--procedure).
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5909
by Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Zarelli
Clarifying that multiple qualified buildings are eligible for the high technology retail sales and use tax deferral.
Amends chapter 82.63 RCW (tax deferrals for high technology businesses) to clarify that the deferral applies to an otherwise qualifying project involving a single deferral application covering multiple lessors leasing separate buildings to a single qualifying lessee.Provides that the act applies to deferral applications received by the department of revenue after June 30, 2007.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5910
by Senators Jarrett, Delvin, Sheldon, Tom, and Shin
Granting authority of a watershed management partnership to exercise powers of its forming governments.
Authorizes a watershed management partnership to exercise the power of eminent domain.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5911
by Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, and Kline
Adopting the recommendations of the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences.
Adopts the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences' recommendations.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5912
by Senators Oemig, McDermott, Kline, Kastama, Pridemore, Kilmer, Jarrett, Kohl-Welles, and Haugen
Providing public funding for supreme court campaigns.
Declares an intent to protect the fairness of elections for the supreme court.Declares that the act is necessary to ensure that our highest courts continue to be unbiased and insulated from special interests.Establishes the judicial election reform act to introduce a voluntary pilot project to provide an alternative source of financing candidates for the Washington supreme court who demonstrate public support and voluntarily accept strict fundraising and spending limits.Prohibits the public disclosure commission from offering the public financing program until an appropriation of three million dollars is made for the program.Creates the judicial election reform act fund.Provides penalties.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5913
by Senators Pflug, Keiser, and Shin
Concerning online access to the University of Washington health sciences library by certain health care providers.
Revises provisions regarding fees and surcharges relevant to online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5914
by Senators Rockefeller, McAuliffe, Schoesler, and Shin; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Concerning student transportation funding.
Finds that: (1) The current student transportation funding formula is outdated and does not adequately address the costs incurred by school districts in transporting students; and(2) An appropriate new formula based on reliable data from a uniform reporting system used by all districts, providing incentives for efficient use of state resources, and maintaining local school district control over operational decisions within the transportation program has been developed under a contract with the office of financial management.Declares an intent to respond to the findings of the 2006 pupil transportation funding study by the joint legislative audit and review committee by providing additional payments to districts to mitigate funding discrepancies identified by the study, until such time as the new funding formula can be implemented in a thoughtful and deliberative manner no later than the 2011-12 school year.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Ensure that the allocation formula results in adequate appropriation for low enrollment districts, nonhigh districts, districts involved in cooperative transportation agreements, and cooperative special transportation services operated by educational service districts;(2) Encourage efficient use of state resources by providing a linear programming process that compares school district transportation operations; and(3) Implement the new distribution formula for allocating state funds to school districts for transportation of students to and from school, beginning with the 2011-12 school year.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5915
by Senators Prentice and Fairley; by request of Office of Financial Management
Authorizing emergency rule making when the state employment growth forecast is estimated to be less than one percent.
Allows an agency as defined in RCW 34.05.010 to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule on an emergency basis if the state employment growth forecast, as performed by the state economic and revenue forecast council, for any fiscal year is estimated to be less than one percent.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 5916
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Kauffman, Pridemore, Keiser, Marr, Hatfield, Delvin, Honeyford, Schoesler, and Hewitt
Authorizing the department of information services to engage in high-speed internet adoption, deployment, and digital inclusion activities.
Declares it is essential that the legislature authorize a broadband programs management structure and an advisory council capable of developing and ensuring the implementation of statewide broadband strategies.Allows a business and occupation tax credit to a telecommunications company in an amount equal to fifty percent of contributions made in any fiscal year directly to the Washington community technology opportunity account created in RCW 28B.32.030.Requires leasehold excise taxes collected from a telecommunications company as a result of the company's leasehold interest in publicly owned property be deposited in the Washington community technology opportunity account and be used to fund the community technology opportunity program.Requires the department of information services to reconvene the high-speed internet work group previously established by chapter 262, Laws of 2008. The work group is renamed the advisory council on digital inclusion and is an advisory group to the department.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5917
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Kauffman, Oemig, Rockefeller, Kastama, Marr, Hatfield, Pflug, Keiser, Ranker, Hewitt, Pridemore, Honeyford, Schoesler, and Delvin
Conducting an assessment of high-speed internet service in the state.
Declares an intent to conduct a statewide assessment of the availability, location, service levels, and other characteristics of high-speed internet services and other advanced telecommunications services in the state.Requires the department of information services, in coordination with the department of community, trade, and economic development and the utilities and transportation commission, to reconvene the high-speed internet work group previously established by chapter 262, Laws of 2008.Creates the broadband development and deployment account.Provides that the act is null and void if funding is not provided either through federal or private sources by June 30, 2011.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5918
by Senators Kauffman, King, McDermott, Holmquist, Hobbs, and McAuliffe
Regarding paraeducator tutor certification.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules establishing paraeducator tutor certification requirements.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5919
by Senators Pflug, Kastama, Delvin, and Shin
Creating the innovation discovery fund.
Declares that promoting the development of new technologies is a fundamental purpose of state government.Declares it to be a clear public purpose and governmental function to promote technological advances through commercialization of new discoveries at the state's research institutions.Finds that public support for and promotion and commercialization of new research will benefit the state and its residents through contributions to scientific knowledge and economic development, and this research will lead to breakthroughs and improvements that might not otherwise be discovered due to lack of existing market incentives.Establishes an innovation discovery fund authority with the power to contract to receive funding from a variety of sources, and to disburse those funds consistent with the purpose of the act. The innovation discovery fund is intended to promote the best available research and commercialization activities through diverse Washington institutions and to build upon existing research strengths in order to spread economic benefits across the state.Provides a business and occupation tax exemption on income received by the innovation discovery fund authority.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5920
by Senators Franklin, Berkey, Schoesler, Benton, Delvin, and Shin
Restricting the underwriting of small loans by financial institutions holding a check cashers license and small loan endorsement by including a cap of thirty percent of the borrower's gross monthly income on the combined outstanding principal balances of all small loans.
Restricts and enforces eligibility for small loans by including a cap of thirty percent of the borrower's gross monthly income on the combined outstanding principal balances of all small loans.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5921
by Senators Rockefeller, Pridemore, Ranker, Kline, and Kohl-Welles
Creating a clean energy collaborative.
Requires the Washington technology center to contract with an advocacy organization that has a focus on emerging clean energy, green technology, and environmental technologies and that collaborates with business and economic development interests, to create a clean energy collaborative to provide a forum for public and private cooperative initiatives to promote and strengthen clean energy clusters and living wage jobs in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5922
by Senators Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Kline, and Fairley
Establishing criteria for the dissemination of credit and court record information contained in a consumer's tenant screening report.
Protects consumers from unfair practices by establishing criteria for the dissemination of credit and court record information contained in a consumer's tenant screening report.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5923
by Senators Kline and Fairley
Funding affordable housing programs through interest accrued on residential landlord/tenant security deposits.
Provides funding for affordable housing programs through interest accrued on residential landlord/tenant security deposits.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5924
by Senators McAuliffe, Oemig, Kilmer, and McDermott
Changing Running Start provisions.
Declares an intent to expand participation in the running start program and secure ample support for the continuation of this program.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5925
by Senators Shin, Kastama, Jacobsen, Berkey, Hobbs, Franklin, Hargrove, and Kohl-Welles; by request of University of Washington
Regarding insurance for higher education students participating in study or research abroad.
Authorizes a governing board of a state institution of higher education to require its students who participate in studies or research outside of the United States sponsored, arranged, or approved by the institution to purchase, as a condition of participation, certain insurance approved by the governing board.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SJR 8212
by Senators Honeyford and Kline
Adding members to and revising procedures for investigation of complaints by the judicial conduct commission.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to add members to and revise procedures for investigation of complaints by the judicial conduct commission.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SJR 8213
by Senators Parlette, Tom, and McAuliffe
Amending the state Constitution to change school levy election timing provisions.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to change school levy election timing provisions.
| Feb 6 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |