Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2009 Regular Session of the 61st Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

January 21, 2009 - Wednesday 10TH DAY
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.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5364 By Senators Marr, Delvin and Haugen; by request of Department of Transportation

Modifying the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5366 By Senators Holmquist, Kohl-Welles and Shin; by request of Liquor Control Board

Modifying licensing provisions for cigarettes and tobacco products.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5372 By Senator Jacobsen

Creating a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5374 By Senator Fairley

Regarding the board of directors of an air pollution control authority.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5378 By Senator Eide

Regarding accreditation of digital learning programs.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5379 By Senators Eide, McAuliffe and Hobbs

Equalizing school district salary allocations.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5380 By Senators McCaslin and Marr

Addressing the statute of limitations for certain crimes.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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."

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

SB 5384 By Senators Hargrove, Morton and Hatfield

Regarding high-performance public buildings.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5389 By Senators Hatfield, Schoesler, Jacobsen, Delvin, Hargrove, Swecker, Sheldon, Honeyford, Morton and Stevens

Concerning animal trapping.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5391 By Senators Kastama, Haugen, Fairley, Roach and Pflug

Regulating tattooing and body piercing.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5392 By Senators Kastama, Haugen and Shin

Meeting financial responsibility requirements for automobiles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5393 By Senators Kastama, Haugen and Fairley

Establishing the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5394 By Senators Berkey, Hobbs, Haugen, Stevens, Shin and McAuliffe

Requiring a state route number 2 route development plan.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5395 By Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Hobbs, Zarelli and Roach

Concerning the excise taxation of bullion and rare earth metals.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5397 By Senators Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board

Regarding alternative public works contracting procedures.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5399 By Senators Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board

Regarding payment of undisputed claims.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5403 By Senators Keiser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Franklin and Kohl-Welles

Concerning the contractual relationships between distributors and producers of malt beverages.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5404 By Senator Jacobsen; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Modifying various provisions of Title 77 RCW.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

SB 5405 By Senators Oemig, Zarelli, Kilmer, Shin, Murray, Hewitt and Kohl-Welles

Regarding resident student classification.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5406 By Senators Keiser, Pflug, Kohl-Welles and Parlette

Concerning the standard health questionnaire.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5407 By Senators Tom and Zarelli; by request of Governor Gregoire

Making 2009 supplemental operating appropriations.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5409 By Senators Zarelli and Parlette

Creating a Washington competition council.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5410 By Senators Oemig, Morton, McAuliffe, Tom and Eide

Regarding the digital learning commons.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5411 By Senators Kline, Franklin and Carrell

Concerning requests for driving record abstracts.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5412 By Senators Eide, McDermott, Honeyford, Keiser, Jacobsen and Shin

Controlling saltwater algae.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5414 By Senators McAuliffe, King, Oemig and McDermott

Implementing recommendations of the WASL legislative work group.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5419 By Senator Haugen

Concerning voluntary donations of vehicle owners at the time of initial or renewal registration.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5420 By Senators Haugen, Jarrett and McDermott

Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on 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.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

SB 5423 By Senators Pflug and Oemig

Regarding critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5424 By Senators Parlette and Sheldon

Concerning interest rate and penalty provisions in the current use program.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5425 By Senators Parlette, Sheldon, Becker, Marr, Holmquist and Benton

Requiring certain property tax revaluations when property values have decreased.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.