Legislative Digest No. 39

	WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 39

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
Wednesday, March 10, 2010		59th Day - 2010 Regular Session

SENATE

SB 6143-S	SB 6364-S	SB 6518-S2	SB 6675-S2	SB 6712-S	SB 6789-S	SB 6872-S
SB 6881-S

HOUSE

HB 3212

HB 3213

This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.

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House Bills

HB 3212

by Representatives Nelson, Roberts, Ormsby, Green, Darneille, Hunt, Chase, Cody, Orwall, White, McCoy, and Appleton

Placing a limitation on licensees under the consumer loan act.

Places a limitation on licensees under the consumer loan act.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 9	First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.

HB 3213

by Representatives Nelson, Roberts, Ormsby, Green, Darneille, Hunt, Chase, Cody, Orwall, White, McCoy, and Appleton

Placing limitations on making small loans.

Places limitations on making small loans.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 9	First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.

Senate Bills

SB 6143-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Prentice)

Modifying excise tax laws to preserve funding for public schools, colleges, and universities, as well as other public systems essential for the safety, health, and security of all Washingtonians.

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/07/10)

Addresses state excise tax laws related to: (1) Minimum nexus standards;

(2) Tax avoidance transactions;

(3) Direct seller business and occupation tax exemption;

(4) Business and occupation tax preferences for manufacturers of products derived from certain agricultural products;

(5) Ending the preferential business and occupation tax treatment received by directors of corporations;

(6) Foreclosure exemption;

(7) Corporate officer liability;

(8) Rural county tax incentives;

(9) Deductions, fees, dues, and charges;

(10) Limiting the bad debt deduction;

(11) Limiting community solar incentives;

(12) Livestock nutrients;

(13) Public utility district privilege tax clarification;

(14) Sales and use tax exemptions for machinery and equipment used in renewable energy generation;

(15) Property management salaries;

(16) Temporarily increasing the business and occupation tax on service businesses while increasing the small business credit for the same businesses;

(17) Temporarily increasing the sales tax for educational purposes while providing a working family tax exemption; and

(18) Repealing the business and occupation tax credit for new employment for international service activities; the sales tax exemption for coal used at coal-fired thermal electric generation facilities; and the sales and use tax exemption on bottled water.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 5	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
Mar 6	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Mar 7	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1.
-- IN THE HOUSE --
Mar 8	Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Mar 9	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1.

SB 6364-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Brandland, Prentice, and Zarelli; by request of Governor Gregoire)

Concerning the capital budget.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Makes appropriations and authorizes expenditures for capital improvements.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6518-S2

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Oemig, Gordon, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Tom, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Kauffman, Marr, Ranker, and Pridemore)

Changing school levy provisions.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Changes school levy provisions.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 21	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM.
Jan 25	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
Jan 27	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6675-S2

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Pflug, Shin, Kastama, Kohl-Welles, and Kilmer)

Creating the Washington global health technologies and product development competitiveness program and allowing certain tax credits for program contributions.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Creates the Washington global health technologies and product development competitiveness program to ensure that Washington remains competitive in global health innovation and to guarantee that the development, manufacture, and delivery of global health products will become an even more dynamic part of the state's economy.

Creates the Washington global health technologies and product development account.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 21	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 10:00 AM.
Feb 1	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM.
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6712-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Shin, and Kilmer; by request of Department of Revenue)

Extending expiring tax incentives for certain clean alternative fuel vehicles, producers of certain biofuels, and federal aviation regulation part 145 certificated repair stations.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Extends expiring tax incentives for: (1) Certain clean alternative fuel vehicles;

(2) Producers of certain biofuels; and

(3) Federal aviation regulation part 145 certificated repair stations.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6789-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Murray, Hewitt, Holmquist, and Parlette; by request of Department of Revenue)

Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for certain equipment and infrastructure contained in data centers.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides a tax exemption for the sales to, or the use by, qualifying businesses of eligible server equipment to be installed, without intervening use, in an eligible computer data center, and for the use of, or charges made for, labor and services rendered in respect to installing eligible server equipment.

Expires April 1, 2018.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 2	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
Mar 3	Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6872-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Keiser)

Concerning medicaid nursing facility payments.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Modifies provisions relating to medicaid nursing facility payments.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 4	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:30 PM.
Mar 8	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6881-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Honeyford, and Prentice)

Concerning a new surcharge on certain recorded documents for preservation of local archive documents and the Washington state heritage center.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Establishes a surcharge of eight dollars for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust.

-- 2010 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 8	Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 11:00 AM.
Mar 9	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.