Washington State Senate 5th Order
Introduction & First Reading
Short Titles and Referrals
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
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009 55TH DAY
SJR 8216 By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Fraser and Jacobsen

Dedicating a portion of the state property tax levy to state parks.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
2SHB 1025 By House Committee on Education Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Upthegrove and Wallace)

Requiring disclosure of certain information relating to higher education course materials.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
EHB 1059 By Representatives Goodman, Kelley and Rodne; by request of Statute Law Committee

Making technical corrections to various statutes at the request of the statute law committee.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
SHB 1067 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Pedersen and Rodne; by request of Washington State Bar Association)

Creating the uniform limited partnership act.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 1075 By Representatives Rolfes, Seaquist, Appleton, Green, McCoy, Conway, Darneille, Williams, Campbell, McCune, Simpson and Morrell

Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SHB 1085 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Green and Dickerson)

Concerning body piercing.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
HB 1088 By Representative Hunter; by request of Department of Revenue

Clarifying prospectively the measure of the taxes imposed on public utility districts as provided in chapter 54.28 RCW.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
2SHB 1095 By House Committee on General Government Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hasegawa, Green, Nelson, Kelley, Kenney, Chase, Conway and Hudgins)

Increasing small business access to state contracting opportunities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1135 By House Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Chase, Kenney, Hinkle and Nelson)

Regarding exemptions from solid waste handling permit requirements.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
SHB 1140 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Liias, Morrell, Ericks, Miloscia, Ormsby, Rolfes, Simpson and Nelson)

Addressing the manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
2SHB 1180 By House Committee on General Government Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Campbell, Dunshee, Pedersen, Hunt, Rolfes, Appleton, Moeller, Kagi, Van De Wege, Hunter, Cody, Chase, Green, Morrell, Pettigrew, White, Williams, Simpson and Kenney)

Regarding the use of bisphenol A.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
SHB 1202 By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Hurst, Bailey, Kelley, Roach, Kirby and Parker)

Allowing noninsurance benefits as part of life insurance policies.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
SHB 1205 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Rolfes, Haigh and Williams; by request of Board For Judicial Administration)

Adding one judge to division two of the court of appeals.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
E2SHB 1208 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko and Alexander)

Concerning property tax administration.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HB 1212 By Representatives Kirby, Green, Williams, Roberts, Ormsby, Appleton and Wood

Regarding industrial insurance death benefits for the surviving spouses of members of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system and the state patrol retirement system.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
ESHB 1234 By House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, O'Brien, Appleton, Kelley, Ericks, Liias, Pedersen, Williams, Kenney and Moeller)

Creating the new crime of abandonment of a dependent person in the fourth degree.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
EHB 1251 By Representatives Shea, Goodman, Ross, O'Brien, Rodne, Simpson and Kelley

Addressing the release of certified abstracts of full driving records.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
2SHB 1252 By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Smith, Bailey, Seaquist, Haler, Kristiansen, Kelley and Herrera; by request of Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development)

Concerning the community economic revitalization board's project selection criteria.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.
SHB 1283 By House Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Rolfes, Campbell, Kretz, Upthegrove and Ormsby; by request of Department of Health)

Modifying provisions regarding the operators of public water supply systems.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
SHB 1292 By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Newhouse, Chandler and Simpson)

Authorizing waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement in order to allow four-day school weeks.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
HB 1302 By Representatives McCune and Campbell

Excluding a portion of state route number 7 from the scenic system.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SHB 1303 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Green and Roberts)

Collecting child mortality reviews into a database.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
HB 1310 By Representatives Kirby, Bailey, Ormsby, Morrell, Simpson, Nelson and Kelley; by request of Department of Financial Institutions

Placing restrictions on check cashers' and sellers' communications when collecting delinquent small loans.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
HB 1312 By Representatives Sells, Schmick, Wallace, Anderson, Driscoll, McCoy, Chase, Kenney, Carlyle, White and Roberts

Eliminating the exclusive authority of the University of Washington and Washington State University to offer certain engineering courses.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SHB 1323 By House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Liias, Haler, Sullivan, Sells, Hasegawa, Maxwell, Chase, Ormsby, Conway, Goodman, Morrell, Driscoll, Simpson and Orwall; by request of Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board)

Providing for coordination of workforce and economic development.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SHB 1328 By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Morrell, Maxwell, Eddy, Anderson, Green, Van De Wege, Sells, White, Hasegawa, Wallace, Dunshee, Priest, McCoy, Dickerson, Williams, Ormsby, Finn, Liias, Kelley, Probst, Kenney, Hunt, Kessler, Pettigrew, Haigh, Goodman, Ericks, Blake, Jacks, Angel, Driscoll, Schmick, Hudgins, Hunter, Moeller, Chase, Springer, Conway, Sullivan, Rolfes, Simpson, Campbell, Santos and Roberts)

Allowing public technical colleges to offer degrees that prepare students to transfer to certain bachelor degree programs.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
2SHB 1355 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Probst, Quall, Kessler, Sullivan, Wallace, Maxwell, Rolfes, Springer, Green, Jacks, Carlyle, Kenney, Ormsby, Seaquist, Liias, Sells, Priest, Dammeier, Hunt, Hudgins, Morrell, Van De Wege, Moeller, Chase, Conway, Goodman, Driscoll, Simpson, Santos and Kelley)

Establishing the opportunity internship program for high school students.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
ESHB 1409 By House Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Kessler, Upthegrove, Rolfes, Blake, Dunshee, Campbell, Jacks, Orwall, Seaquist, Appleton, Nelson, Roberts, Morris, Takko, Cody, Carlyle, McCoy, Goodman, Quall, Sullivan, Liias, Chase, Pedersen, Williams, Kagi, Kenney, Simpson, Conway and Moeller)

Providing an emergency response system for the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
SHB 1414 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Moeller, Hinkle, Cody, Sullivan, Nelson and Ormsby)

Concerning health care assistants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
ESHB 1441 By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Condotta, Armstrong, White and Eddy)

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

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
SHB 1457 By House Committee on Local Government & Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Nelson and Simpson)

Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HB 1468 By Representatives Sullivan, Rodne and Goodman

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.
HB 1474 By Representatives Orcutt, Wallace, Herrera and Moeller

Changing border county opportunity program provisions.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
2SHB 1484 By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Orcutt, Hurst, McCoy and Blake)

Expanding the riparian open space program to include lands that contain critical habitat of threatened or endangered species.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
HB 1498 By Representatives Hunter, Blake, Kretz, Pedersen, Goodman, Williams, Carlyle, Roberts, McCune, Ericks, White, Hasegawa, Kagi, Nelson and Warnick

Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been involuntarily committed.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
EHB 1499 By Representatives Eddy, Hudgins, Springer, Anderson, Herrera, Haler, Hasegawa, McCune and Crouse

Concerning notice of utility facilities relocations.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
2SHB 1522 By House Committee on General Government Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Dunshee, Hunt, Hasegawa, Williams and Chase)

Regarding repair and reuse of electronic products by registered collectors.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
SHB 1529 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist, Hinkle, Morrell, Bailey, Moeller, Clibborn, Green and Cody)

Concerning telemedicine.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
ESHB 1553 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko, Goodman, Williams, Hurst, Pedersen and Campbell)

Addressing claims for damages against the state and local governmental entities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1554 By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Chase, Dickerson, Green, Goodman, Rolfes, Morrell, Cody, Simpson, Campbell, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Appleton, Flannigan, Seaquist, Miloscia, Hunt, Blake, Williams, Hudgins, Kenney, Priest, Sullivan, Eddy, White, Hasegawa and Wood)

Authorizing the department of labor and industries to issue stop work orders for violations of certain workers' compensation provisions.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
SHB 1555 By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Chase, Green, Dickerson, Rolfes, Goodman, Campbell, Morrell, Cody, Simpson, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Seaquist, Appleton, Miloscia, Hunt, Blake, Williams, Hudgins, Kenney, Sullivan, Priest, Eddy and Wood)

Addressing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
2SHB 1580 By House Committee on General Government Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Kessler, Walsh, Santos, Morris, Blake, Takko, Chandler, McCoy, Newhouse, Kretz, Linville, Jacks, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Hurst, Warnick, Nelson, Hinkle, Springer and Kenney)

Establishing a pilot local water management program in one qualified jurisdiction.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
HB 1640 By Representatives Kessler, Armstrong, Hunt, Sells, Alexander, Appleton and Kenney; by request of University of Washington

Modifying disclosure requirements for private investment information received by the University of Washington consolidated endowment fund.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SHB 1647 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Morrell, Green, Clibborn, Moeller, Williams, Wood, Simpson, Kenney and Ormsby)

Concerning administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
ESHB 1664 By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Wood, Conway, Hinkle and Ormsby)

Addressing the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of motorsports manufacturer and dealer franchise agreements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
EHB 1679 By Representatives Simpson, Van De Wege, Ericks, Williams, White, Kelley, Sells, Ross, Hope and Conway; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Providing access to catastrophic disability medical insurance under plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 1690 By Representatives Hasegawa, Hunt, Hudgins, Anderson and Kenney

Authorizing alternative public works contracting procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1692 By House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Wood, Crouse and Ormsby)

Addressing the authority of the board of directors of a public facilities district.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1749 By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Bailey and Kirby)

Regulating the business practices of mortgage brokers for compliance with the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act of 2008.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
ESHB 1752 By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hurst and Hunt)

Regarding the observation of election procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1758 By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Quall, Hope, Wallace, Sullivan, Goodman, Kagi, Santos, Morrell, Hasegawa and Ormsby)

Expanding options for students to earn high school diplomas.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
2SHB 1762 By House Committee on Education Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Kenney and Morrell)

Increasing parental and community involvement in public education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SHB 1765 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Campbell and Morrell)

Concerning the license surcharge for the impaired physician program.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
ESHB 1792 By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, O'Brien, Hurst, Morrell, Orwall, Green, Dammeier, Klippert, Walsh, Kelley and Ormsby; 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.
SHB 1802 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Simpson, Sullivan and Moeller)

Concerning collector vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
HB 1818 By Representatives Dickerson, Orcutt, Hunter and Carlyle

Clarifying that multiple qualified buildings are eligible for the high technology retail sales and use tax deferral.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SHB 1864 By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Newhouse, Hunt and Armstrong)

Exempting certain municipalities from the supplemental income requirements of RCW 70.94.093.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HB 1997 By Representatives Finn, Rolfes, Smith, Dunshee, Upthegrove, Kretz, Chase, Dickerson, Liias, Kagi, Nelson, Kessler, Hunt and Blake; by request of Puget Sound Partnership

Regarding Puget Sound scientific research.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
ESHB 2116 By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Maxwell, Dunshee, Upthegrove, Jacks, Liias and Simpson)

Concerning water pollution control.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.
HB 2117 By Representatives Cody, Morrell, Kenney and Conway

Modifying the basic health plan.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
HB 2146 By Representatives Ericks, Johnson, Eddy and Liias

Modifying contract requirements for water or sewer facilities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 2208 By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope, Kristiansen, Newhouse and McCune)

Prohibiting new motorsports vehicle dealers from having to pay a fee for canceling orders of new motorsports vehicles.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.