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.