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 29, 2009 - Thursday 18TH DAY
SB 5689 By Senators Ranker, Haugen and Marr

Requiring the joint transportation committee to conduct a comprehensive research and analysis effort on transportation funding.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5690 By Senators Swecker and Jacobsen

Assisting small forest landowners to keep their land in active working forestry.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

SB 5691 By Senators Brandland, Jacobsen, Shin and Parlette

Increasing boating safety.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

SB 5692 By Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Holmquist, Morton and Delvin

Regarding sufficient cause for the nonuse of water.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5693 By Senators Hobbs, Hewitt, Schoesler, Zarelli, Berkey, Hatfield, McCaslin, Shin, Carrell, Becker and Benton

Removing the requirement to purchase art for public buildings during the 2009-2011 biennium.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5694 By Senators McAuliffe, Oemig, Brandland and Shin; by request of Washington State Patrol

Modifying provisions relating to record checks using fingerprints.

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

SB 5695 By Senators Oemig, Swecker, Ranker, Tom, Shin and Haugen; by request of Washington State Patrol

Authorizing the Washington state patrol to accept donations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5696 By Senators Kauffman and McDermott

Requiring rural county library district boards in counties with populations of one million five hundred thousand or more to have seven appointed members.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5697 By Senator Honeyford

Concerning the issuance of horseless carriage plates to trailers more than forty years old.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5698 By Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles and Delvin

Regulating soil and wetland science professions.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5699 By Senators Franklin, Kline and Parlette

Concerning the office of public guardianship.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5700 By Senators Hargrove, Carrell, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Tom and Shin; by request of Department of Corrections

Establishing search and arrest authority provisions of offenders by department of corrections personnel.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5701 By Senators Regala, Carrell, Brandland, Stevens and Tom; by request of Department of Corrections

Allowing the department of corrections to rely upon jail certification in the calculation of release dates for offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5702 By Senators Hargrove, Brandland, Regala, Stevens and Tom; by request of Department of Corrections

Clarifying certain community custody and drug offender sentencing alternative sentencing provisions.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5703 By Senators Hargrove, Carrell, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Shin and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Corrections

Including domestic violence court order violations to the list of offenses eligible for notification.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5704 By Senators Swecker, Becker, Stevens and Roach

Concerning creation of a flood district by three or more counties.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5705 By Senator Swecker

Regarding voting rights in special districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5706 By Senator Swecker

Regarding unreasonable use of force on children.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5707 By Senators Keiser, Marr, Kohl-Welles and Parlette

Concerning child immunization exemptions.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5708 By Senators Eide, Franklin and Kline

Authorizing a mileage-based motor vehicle liability policy.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 5709 By Senators Murray, Honeyford, King and Marr

Concerning craft winery development.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5710 By Senator Jacobsen; by request of Washington State University

Authorizing the board of regents at each state university to establish tuition fees rates.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5711 By Senators Jacobsen and Benton

Concerning a right to a live performance of Taps at a veteran's funeral.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5712 By Senator Jacobsen

Adding speed violations on certain arterial streets to the traffic safety camera law.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5713 By Senators Kastama, Shin, King and McCaslin

Providing a business and occupation tax credit for participants in the Washington manufacturing innovation and modernization extension service program.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5714 By Senators Tom, Jarrett and Shin

Providing conditional funding for teachers to pursue national board for professional teaching standards certification.

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

SB 5715 By Senators Honeyford, King and Shin

Regarding residential educational programs for juveniles found to be gang members.

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

SB 5716 By Senator McCaslin

Regarding election requirements for the creation of municipal wards.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5717 By Senators Schoesler and Sheldon

Modifying provisions related to the distribution of tax proceeds from thermal electric generating facilities.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5718 By Senators Regala, Stevens, Holmquist, Hobbs, Carrell and Hatfield; by request of Attorney General

Concerning the commitment of sexually violent predators.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5719 By Senators Swecker and Brown

Modifying title and registration requirements for kit vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5720 By Senators Hewitt, Hobbs, Brandland and Shin

Including stepchildren in tuition waivers for children of veterans and national guard members.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5721 By Senators Tom, Hobbs, Oemig, Jarrett, McAuliffe, Pridemore, Shin and Kohl-Welles

Changing school levy provisions.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5722 By Senators Sheldon, Honeyford, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Hobbs, Morton, Hatfield and Brandland

Excluding certain state forest land revenues from the basic education allocation.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5723 By Senators Kastama, Shin and Swecker

Providing support for small business assistance.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5724 By Senator Pridemore

Concerning the generation of electricity from biomass energy that is a renewable resource.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5725 By Senator Keiser

Concerning health benefit plan coverage for organ transplants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5726 By Senators Kline and Swecker; by request of Department of Ecology and Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development

Clarifying the integration of shoreline management act policies with the growth management act.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5727 By Senators McDermott, Oemig, Fairley, Sheldon, Shin and Roach

Prohibiting the providing of false information to voters.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5728 By Senators McDermott, Fairley, Oemig, Pridemore and Shin

Concerning elections to fill the remainder of unexpired terms of office for certain statewide elected officials.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5729 By Senators Sheldon, Hewitt and Schoesler

Concerning alcohol sales.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5730 By Senators Keiser, Pflug and Kohl-Welles

Enhancing federal financing of health coverage.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5731 By Senators Keiser and Pflug

Distributing health plan information.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5732 By Senators Kline, McCaslin, Regala and Hargrove

Concerning traffic infractions for drivers whose licenses or privileges are suspended or revoked.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 5733 By Senator Kastama

Modifying tax credits for research and development expenditures.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5734 By Senators Kilmer, Delvin and Shin; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board

Making certain current higher education tuition-setting practices permanent.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5735 By Senators Rockefeller, Hargrove, Jacobsen, Ranker, Fraser, Keiser, Jarrett, Swecker, Franklin, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Regala, McAuliffe and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5736 By Senators Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Berkey, Kastama, Shin, Jacobsen, Brandland, Hatfield, Keiser, McAuliffe and Kline

Concerning sales and use tax preferences for electric vehicles and electric vehicle infrastructure.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5737 By Senators Regala, Brandland, Sheldon, Carrell, Hobbs, Stevens, Pridemore, Schoesler and Tom

Concerning compliance with sales, use, and business and occupation tax requirements.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SJM 8005 By Senators Holmquist, Roach, Hewitt, Morton, Carrell, McCaslin, King, Becker, Stevens, Delvin, Swecker and Benton

Requesting that the words "under God" remain in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SJM 8006 By Senator Zarelli

Requesting that state route number 502 be named the "Battle Ground Highway" and that a portion of state route number 503 be named the "Lewisville Highway."

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SJM 8007 By Senators Tom, Oemig and Jarrett

Naming the NE 116th Street overcrossing of Interstate 405 in Kirkland the Kollin Nielsen Memorial Bridge.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

HB 1066 By Representatives Rolfes, Appleton and Moeller

Regarding special elections for changing the form of government of a noncharter code city.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

HB 1113 By Representatives Driscoll, Warnick, Dunshee, Probst, Carlyle, Wallace, White, Chase, Ormsby, Seaquist, Simpson, Goodman, Wood, Sullivan, Maxwell, Orwall, Hinkle and Santos

Financing the school construction assistance grant program.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.