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
February 9, 2009 - Monday		29TH DAY

	SB 5926	By Senators Jacobsen and Morton Regarding geoduck diver licenses. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 5927	By Senator Morton Regarding notice requirements for special meetings. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5928	By Senator Brown; by request of State Treasurer Concerning the powers of the public deposit protection commission in regard to banks, savings banks, and savings associations as public depositaries. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
	SB 5929	By Senators Carrell, Hargrove, Honeyford, Hobbs and Roach Including correctional employees who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5930	By Senators Prentice and Tom Regarding public employees' health care costs. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5931	By Senators Murray, Delvin and Kline Regarding mental health counselor privilege. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5932	By Senators Fairley, Pflug, Parlette, Shin, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe Concerning adult family homes. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5933	By Senators McDermott, Benton, Hobbs, Shin and Kohl-Welles Allowing the owner of a self-service storage facility to offer self-service storage insurance. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
	SB 5934	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, Kauffman, McCaslin and Shin Concerning conveyances used in prostitution-related offenses. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5935	By Senators McDermott and Kohl-Welles Regarding public school education programs for the prevention of child abuse. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5936	By Senators Brandland and Kohl-Welles Concerning consumer reports of employees or volunteers who will or may have unsupervised access to children, individuals with developmental disabilities, or vulnerable adults. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 5937	By Senator Prentice Exempting from sales and use tax sales for and use by tribal administration and programs of any landless Washington state federally recognized Indian tribe. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5938	By Senators Ranker, Swecker, Haugen, Delvin, Eide, Sheldon, Jacobsen, Shin and McAuliffe Clarifying the permitting, training, and licensing process for driver training schools. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5939	By Senators Hobbs, Schoesler, Benton, Fairley, McDermott, Keiser, Sheldon and Shin Concerning personnel practices regarding exempt employment. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 5940	By Senator Honeyford Concerning publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
	SB 5941	By Senators Oemig, Kastama, Jarrett, McAuliffe, Marr, Hobbs and Tom Regarding comprehensive education data improvement systems. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 5942	By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Shin, Marr, Brandland, Keiser, Murray, Hatfield, Fraser, Honeyford, Hargrove, Hewitt and Holmquist Concerning the taxation of newspapers. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5943	By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Fairley, Regala, McAuliffe, Jarrett, Tom, Brandland, Kauffman, Kline, Delvin and Shin Requiring performance-based contracts for the provision of child welfare services. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 5944	By Senators Ranker, Brandland, Hargrove, Morton, Haugen, Shin, Fraser, Pridemore, Kastama, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Rockefeller, Sheldon, Kauffman, Berkey, Kline, Hobbs and Marr Implementing a demonstration project to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Whatcom. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
	SB 5945	By Senators Keiser, Franklin and Kohl-Welles Creating the Washington health partnership plan. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5946	By Senators McDermott, Murray, Keiser, Fairley, Kline and Marr Protecting freedom of student press and speech. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5947	By Senator Pflug Reforming the health care system in Washington state. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5948	By Senators Shin, Kastama, Jacobsen, Franklin, Berkey and Hargrove Regarding water conservation appliances. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
	SB 5949	By Senators Marr and Kohl-Welles Creating a statewide centers of occupational health and education program. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 5950	By Senators Kline, Franklin, Keiser, Kohl-Welles and Roach Concerning criminal background checks. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5951	By Senators Roach, Hatfield, Pridemore and McDermott Protecting the voter's signature and telephone number on envelopes provided for return of voted ballots. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5952	By Senators McDermott, Murray, Fairley, Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Pridemore, Tom, Regala, Jacobsen, Marr, Oemig, Haugen, Franklin, Hobbs and McAuliffe Modifying the definition of "sexual orientation" for malicious harassment prosecution purposes. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 5953	By Senators Kilmer, Ranker, Haugen, Marr and Rockefeller Eliminating the requirement that security amounts for certain marine vessel contracts adequately protect one hundred percent of the state's or county's exposure to loss. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	ESHB 1906	By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Kenney, Wood, Moeller, Green, Hudgins, Williams, Dickerson, Sells, Sullivan, Appleton, Morrell, Hasegawa, Darneille, Ormsby, Kagi, Van De Wege, Santos, Goodman, McCoy, Cody, Simpson and Nelson) Improving economic security through unemployment compensation. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.