STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
61st Legislature - 2010 Regular Session
FRANK CHOPP JEFF MORRIS
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
February 16, 2010 - Tuesday 37TH DAY 2010 Regular Session
1st Supplemental
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
Added sponsor Pink Slips must be in the WORKROOM or on the Rostrum by 2:00 PM today.
HB 3188 By Representative Hunter
Modifying the definitions of "manufacturing" and "research and development" for tax incentive programs for businesses in rural counties.
Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
SSB 5046 By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline and Franklin)
Placing symphony musicians under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for purposes of collective bargaining.
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
ESSB 5543 By Senate Committee on Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, Oemig, Rockefeller, Fairley, Murray, Kline, Keiser, Shin, Regala, Franklin, McAuliffe, Fraser, Ranker and Kohl-Welles)
Reducing the release of mercury into the environment.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
ESSB 6051 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Pflug, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Jarrett, Eide, Kline, Fairley, Jacobsen and McDermott)
Removing an expiration date applicable to heritage and arts program funding.
Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
SSB 6202 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Holmquist, Franklin, Honeyford, McCaslin, Regala, Morton, Keiser, Delvin, Swecker, Rockefeller, Tom, Kline, McAuliffe and Kilmer; by request of Attorney General)
Expanding provisions relating to vulnerable adults.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
ESSB 6241 By Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer and Delvin)
Creating community facilities districts.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TRADE.
ESSB 6244 By Senate Committee on Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Rockefeller, Marr, Ranker, Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Shin and Kline)
Defining a green home and an energy efficient home.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
SSB 6280 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Marr, Jacobsen and Kline)
Concerning East Asian medicine practitioners.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
ESB 6287 By Senators Fraser and Fairley
Concerning annexation of a city, partial city, or town to a fire protection district.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING.
SB 6297 By Senator Franklin
Regarding certification of speech-language pathology assistants.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
SSB 6298 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Berkey, Rockefeller and Kline)
Authorizing limited deposits of public funds with credit unions.
Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.
SSB 6332 By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Delvin, Kline, Fraser, Stevens, Shin, Fairley and Roach)
Concerning human trafficking.
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
SSB 6338 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Regala, Carrell, Hargrove, Shin and Kline)
Concerning intermediate tenancies for persons with criminal backgrounds or substance abuse issues.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
SSB 6343 By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Haugen, Hatfield and Keiser)
Establishing the Washington food policy forum.
Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
ESSB 6359 By Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Shin and Tom)
Promoting efficiencies including institutional coordination and partnerships in the community and technical college system.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
SSB 6367 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield, Regala, Fairley, Fraser, Kohl-Welles and Roach)
Allowing agencies to direct requesters to their web site for public records.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
SSB 6398 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, McDermott, Keiser, Hobbs, Murray, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles and Gordon)
Adding the definition of threat to malicious harassment provisions.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
ESSB 6424 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Regala and Fairley; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Concerning local excise tax authorities for counties and cities.
Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
ESB 6430 By Senators McDermott, Parlette and Tom
Concerning ballot envelopes.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
SSB 6433 By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Parlette, Holmquist and Stevens)
Modifying home inspector licensing requirements.
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
ESSB 6449 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators McDermott, Fairley, Keiser, Kohl-Welles and Kline)
Regarding signature gatherers for petitions.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
SSB 6459 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Berkey, Marr and Schoesler)
Concerning the inspection of rental properties.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
ESB 6462 By Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Schoesler, Holmquist, Stevens, Morton, Delvin, King, Roach, Becker and Swecker
Addressing the duties of a firefighter at the scene of a wildfire beyond the boundaries of the firefighter's district.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING.
SB 6467 By Senators Shin, Kastama, Delvin, Hobbs, Berkey, Rockefeller, Marr, Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Roach and Kline
Authorizing honorary degrees for students who were ordered into internment camps.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
SB 6481 By Senators Morton, Schoesler, Holmquist, Hewitt, King, Delvin and Swecker
Clarifying which local governments have jurisdiction over conversion-related forest practices.
Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
2ESSB 6508 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Fairley, Prentice, Pridemore, Kline, Rockefeller, Ranker, Tom, McDermott, Gordon and Keiser)
Changing the class of persons entitled to recoveries under a wrongful death action or survival action.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
SSB 6521 By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Honeyford)
Requiring state agencies to use an agriculture impact statement.
Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
SB 6546 By Senator Pridemore
Allowing the state director of fire protection to refuse membership in the public employees' retirement system.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SSB 6556 By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield and Schoesler)
Changing the fees for certain types of agricultural burning.
Referred to Committee on GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
E2SSB 6562 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Tom, Delvin, Regala, Murray, Hargrove and King)
Regarding higher education accountability and access.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
2SSB 6575 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, Franklin and McDermott)
Concerning the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy.
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
E2SSB 6579 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker, Haugen, Oemig, Rockefeller, Jacobsen, Marr, Hatfield, Eide and Fraser)
Improving the efficiency, accountability, and quality within state information systems.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
ESSB 6621 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Haugen, Tom, Brandland, Prentice, Marr, Shin, Hewitt and Roach)
Transferring service credit and contributions into the Washington state patrol retirement system by members who served as communication officers or commercial vehicle enforcement officers who became commissioned officers in the Washington state patrol prior to July 1, 2000.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SSB 6639 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Stevens, Gordon and Shin; by request of Department of Corrections)
Creating alternatives to total confinement for nonviolent offenders with minor children.
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
ESSB 6656 By Senate Committee on Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Rockefeller, Fraser and Shin)
Implementing a pilot program for energy conservation services.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
SSB 6686 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Gordon, McCaslin, Kline, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Tom and Shin; by request of Board For Judicial Administration)
Changing the election and appointment provisions for municipal court judges.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
SSB 6698 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Marr, Murray, Fairley and Kohl-Welles)
Concerning the acquisition of nonprofit hospitals.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
ESSB 6724 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Kauffman, Eide, Berkey, Murray, Shin and Keiser)
Allowing employees of a school district or educational service district to share leave with employees in another agency. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Addressing the shared leave program. )
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
ESSB 6726 By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Marr, Kohl-Welles, Ranker, Murray, McDermott, Keiser, Prentice, Kauffman, Kline, Kilmer, Fraser and Pridemore)
Making the governor the public employer of language access providers.
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
ESSB 6733 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator King)
Creating a task force to review allocation of court-related involuntary commitment costs. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating a work group to review allocation of court-related involuntary commitment costs. )
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
ESSB 6737 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Marr, Brown and McCaslin)
Providing an exemption from property tax for aircraft used to provide air ambulance services for nonprofits. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Providing an exemption from property tax for aircraft used to provide air ambulance services. )
Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
ESB 6754 By Senators McDermott, Fairley, Kohl-Welles and Kline
Making the names and addresses of persons signing initiative or referendum petitions public records.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
SSB 6759 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, Oemig, Prentice and Kline)
Requiring a plan for a voluntary program of early learning.
Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
ESSB 6778 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Kauffman and Kline)
Establishing an alternative route to a high school diploma.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
SSB 6788 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Morton, Delvin and Marr)
Addressing the dissolution of the assets and affairs of a nonprofit corporation.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
SSB 6816 By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senator Schoesler)
Concerning special permitting for certain farm implements.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.