 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 9 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 21, 2011 | 12th Day - 2011 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2011.
HB 1008-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton and Hunt)
Changing provisions relating to membership on the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
Revises provisions regarding membership of the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 19 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1048-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representative Hunt)
Making technical corrections needed as a result of the recodification of campaign finance provisions.
Makes technical corrections.
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 17 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 19 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1372
by Representatives Condotta, Warnick, Finn, and Fagan
Concerning methods of payment for purposes of the alcohol beverage control statutes.
Addresses alcohol beverage control relating to methods of payment.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1373
by Representatives Condotta, Finn, Warnick, and Fagan
Concerning the tax payment and reporting requirements of small wineries.
Modifies small winery provisions relating to reporting requirements and tax payments.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1374
by Representatives Hurst, Dammeier, Finn, McCune, and Johnson
Requiring state agencies to use private collection agencies.
Requires state agencies and institutions to: (1) Assign all debts over ninety days past due to a collection agency; and(2) Give preference to businesses that have hired state employees displaced by the act.Requires the department of general administration to develop a process to certify which businesses meet the requirement above.Provides certain displaced state employees: (1) Placement on the statewide layoff list;(2) Severance payments; and(3) Five years of additional service credit for retirement purposes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1375
by Representatives Chandler, Taylor, and Warnick
Providing notice to the department of defense before siting wind energy projects.
Requires the energy facility site evaluation council to provide written notification to the United State department of defense upon receipt of an application for an energy facility site certification proposing a wind energy project.Requires a local government to provide written notification to the United States department of defense upon receipt of an application for a permit to site a wind energy project.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1376
by Representatives Takko and Blake
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for bait used by a fishing charter business.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of bait purchased by a qualifying buyer for use on a vessel subject to a salmon or nonsalmon charter license.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1377
by Representatives Eddy, Takko, Chandler, Springer, Condotta, Taylor, and Clibborn
Concerning interest arbitration panel determinations related to local government.
Finds that: (1) The state has established guidelines and factors to be considered in determining interest arbitration decisions setting compensation and benefit spending levels for certain public employees, including the selection of an arbitration panel and neutral chair to make final and binding determinations; and(2) It is necessary to further define the qualifications of the neutral chair of an arbitration panel to ensure that determinations made by the panel are fair and just, based on a full understanding of the factors presented.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1378
by Representatives Warnick, Blake, Hinkle, and Haler
Clarifying that the legislature intends that RCW 90.14.140 be liberally construed.
Clarifies that the legislature intends that RCW 90.14.140 (sufficient cause for nonuse of water by the owner of a water right--rights exempted) be liberally construed.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1379
by Representatives Warnick, Blake, Hinkle, Taylor, and Haler
Defining "crop rotation" for the purposes of RCW 90.14.140(1)(k).
Revises the definition of "crop rotation" for purposes of subsection (1)(k) of RCW 90.14.140 (sufficient cause for nonuse of water by the owner of a water right--rights exempted).
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1380
by Representatives Warnick, Blake, Hinkle, Taylor, and Haler
Concerning the relinquishment of a water right.
Provides that a person shall not be deemed to have voluntarily failed to beneficially use a water right if the person has continued to use at least a portion of the right for the established purpose of use.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1381
by Representatives Warnick, Blake, Hinkle, Taylor, and Haler
Regarding sufficient cause for the nonuse of water.
Revises the definition of "sufficient cause" for the nonuse of water by including waiting for a final determination from the department of ecology on a change application.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1382
by Representatives Clibborn, Maxwell, Liias, Eddy, and Hunter; by request of Department of Transportation
Concerning the use of express toll lanes in the eastside corridor.
Directs the department of transportation to: (1) Develop and operate express toll lanes on Interstate 405 between the city of Bellevue on the south end and Interstate 5 on the north end;(2) Conduct a traffic and revenue analysis for the development of a forty-mile continuous express toll lane system that includes state route number 167 and Interstate 405; and(3) Develop a corridor-wide project management plan to develop a strategy for phasing the completion of improvements in the Interstate 405 and state route number 167 corridor.Creates the eastside corridor express toll lanes operations account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1383
by Representatives Moeller, Jacks, and Probst
Concerning the construction of a state boundary bridge.
Requires the department of transportation, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for the purpose of constructing a state boundary bridge, to issue a request for proposals to interested parties.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1384
by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Clibborn, and Billig; by request of Department of Transportation
Concerning public improvement contracts involving certain federally funded transportation projects.
Modifies provisions relating to public improvement contracts involving certain federally funded transportation projects.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1385
by Representatives Asay, Jinkins, Ladenburg, Angel, Short, Miloscia, Taylor, Ryu, and Dammeier
Concerning a limited property tax exemption from the emergency medical services levy.
Exempts real and personal property from a county emergency medical services property tax levy if certain requirements are met.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1386
by Representatives Carlyle and Rodne
Addressing shareholder quorum and voting requirements under the Washington business corporation act.
Addresses shareholder quorum and voting requirements under the Washington business corporation act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1387
by Representatives Blake and Chandler; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account.
Increases revenue to the state wildlife account by increasing the cost of certain hunting and/or fishing licenses, fees, permits, tags, and stamps.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1388
by Representatives Dammeier, Hurst, Kretz, Haigh, Kristiansen, Finn, Short, Blake, Kelley, Takko, Hasegawa, Sells, Green, Angel, Sullivan, Ross, Alexander, Chandler, Buys, Haler, Springer, and Hinkle
Deferring certain changes to the Washington state energy code until April 1, 2012.
Delays until April 1, 2012, implementation of the changes to the state energy code adopted by the state building code council on November 20, 2009.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1389
by Representatives Haler, Taylor, Fagan, and Chandler
Regarding hours of availability of special purpose districts for inspection and copying of public records.
Requires certain special purpose districts to post on the agency headquarters location or web site directions on how to contact agency personnel to inspect or copy public records.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1390
by Representatives Taylor, Haler, Fagan, and Chandler
Exempting irrigation and drainage ditches from the definition of critical areas.
Revises the definition of "critical areas" for purposes of the growth management act by exempting irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and farm ponds.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1391
by Representatives Warnick, Haler, Fagan, Schmick, and Chandler
Regarding the use of water delivered from the federal Columbia basin project.
Modifies provisions relating to the use of water delivered from the federal Columbia basin project.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1392
by Representatives Klippert, Haler, Fagan, and Chandler
Regarding leases of irrigation district property.
Addresses the duration for leases of irrigation district property.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1393
by Representatives Jacks, Haler, Crouse, Nealey, Eddy, Hunt, Short, Rolfes, and McCoy
Concerning incentives for stirling converters.
Creates a preferential business and occupation tax rate for businesses that manufacture solar energy systems using stirling converters.Expands the renewable energy cost-recovery incentive payment program to include solar stirling converters.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1394
by Representatives Probst, Harris, Jacks, Rivers, and Moeller
Enacting the college efficiency and savings act.
Establishes the college efficiency and savings act.Provides colleges and universities with additional flexibility to deal with budget reductions by removing barriers that create unnecessary paperwork, bureaucracy, and inefficiencies.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1395
by Representatives Dunshee, Chandler, Blake, Van De Wege, Tharinger, Rolfes, and Hinkle; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Ecology
Eliminating expiration dates for the derelict vessel and invasive species removal fee.
Removes the changes to the amount and distribution requirements of the derelict vessel and invasive species removal fee that would have taken effect on June 30, 2012.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1396
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Kelley, Schmick, Orcutt, Armstrong, and Seaquist
Creating an exemption from preferred drug substitution for atypical antipsychotic drugs.
Exempts prescriptions for atypical antipsychotic drugs from preferred drug substitution.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1397
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Kelley, Schmick, Kagi, Armstrong, and Seaquist
Requiring the state medicaid agency to establish a competitive bid process for generic drug manufacturers.
Establishes the medicaid generic drug competition and savings act.Directs the department of social and health services, as the state medicaid agency, to require certain generic drug manufacturers to compete in a competitive bid process to ensure that the agency is providing medicaid recipients with quality generic products at a competitively bid low cost.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1398
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Seaquist, Orwall, Springer, Upthegrove, and Kenney
Creating an exemption from impact fees for low-income housing.
Exempts low-income housing from impact fees.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1399
by Representatives Dickerson, Goodman, Roberts, Kagi, Hinkle, Moeller, and Rodne
Addressing collections on legal financial obligations.
Modifies provisions relating to collections on legal financial obligations.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1400
by Representatives Ross, Blake, Hinkle, Warnick, Takko, Taylor, Shea, Van De Wege, Parker, Chandler, Pearson, and Schmick
Permitting the lawful carry of firearms on snowmobiles.
Authorizes persons to carry a loaded weapon while upon a snowmobile.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1401
by Representative Upthegrove
Providing flexibility with respect to the foreclosure process for delinquent local improvement district assessments.
Provides flexibility to the foreclosure process for delinquent local improvement district assessments.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1402
by Representatives Upthegrove and Orwall
Concerning certain social card games in an area annexed by a city or town.
Requires a city or town, that allowed a house-banked social card game business in an annexed area to continue operating before July 15, 2010, to allow all social card game businesses in the annexed area that were licensed by the gambling commission as of January 1, 2011, to continue operating.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1403
by Representatives Upthegrove, Hudgins, Rolfes, and Kenney
Establishing an oil transfer fee to fund oil spill prevention, preparedness, response, and restoration programs.
Imposes an oil transfer fee upon transfers of oil in bulk from certain facilities and tank vessels.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1404
by Representative Sells
Requiring mandatory recounts for local ballot measures under certain conditions.
Requires a recount for certain local ballot measures.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1405
by Representatives Kirby, Kelley, Ladenburg, Darneille, Ryu, Stanford, and Jinkins
Regulating loans made under the consumer loan act.
Exempts certain nonprofit housing organizations from the provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1406
by Representatives Hunt, Ross, Appleton, Armstrong, and Hurst
Establishing the intrastate building safety mutual aid system.
Establishes the intrastate building safety mutual aid system to provide for mutual assistance among member jurisdictions in the case of an emergency or to participate in training and exercises.Creates the intrastate building safety mutual aid oversight committee which shall be: (1) A committee of the Washington association of building officials; and(2) Representative of building safety agencies and disciplines as well as local political subdivisions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1407
by Representatives Ryu, Hope, Dunshee, Angel, and Kagi
Allowing the negotiated sale and conveyance of all or part of a water system by a municipal corporation to first class and code cities.
Authorizes certain public utility districts to sell and convey all or any part of a water system owned by the district without approval of the voters.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1408
by Representatives Hurst, Appleton, Van De Wege, Dahlquist, and McCoy
Permitting federally recognized Indian tribes to certify counselors as agency affiliated counselors.
Allows federally recognized Indian tribes to certify counselors as agency affiliated counselors.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1409
by Representatives Appleton, Hurst, and McCoy
Authorizing the sale, exchange, transfer, or lease of public property.
Authorizes the sale, exchange, transfer, or lease of real or personal property to a federally recognized Indian tribe.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1410
by Representatives Santos, Dammeier, Probst, and Liias; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Regarding science end-of-course assessments.
Requires students, depending on their year of graduation, to meet state standards pertaining to: (1) Biology;(2) Biology or physical science; or(3) Biology, physical science, or integrated science.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop statewide end-of-course assessments for high school science that measure student achievement of the state science standards.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1411
by Representatives Van De Wege, Kelley, and McCoy
Concerning interagency agreements between the Washington state patrol and the Washington state department of transportation and other government entities for police services for projects involving state highway routes and public safety services.
Addresses interagency agreements for certain police services between the Washington state patrol and the department of transportation and other government entities.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1412
by Representatives Santos, Dammeier, Probst, and Liias; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Regarding mathematics end-of-course assessments.
Allows students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 to meet the standard on only one high school mathematics end-of-course assessment.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1413
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Tharinger, and Hinkle; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office
Extending the expiration date of the invasive species council and the invasive species council account from December 31, 2011, to June 30, 2017.
Extends the expiration of the invasive species council and the invasive species council account to June 30, 2017.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1414
by Representatives Dahlquist, Dammeier, Rivers, Anderson, Armstrong, Short, Haigh, Bailey, Hope, Fagan, and Hargrove
Authorizing waivers of state requirements for school districts.
Provides a process for school district boards of directors to waive certain state education requirements when the local board determines it is necessary to do so.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1415
by Representatives Dahlquist, Anderson, Hope, Dammeier, Fagan, and Hargrove
Prioritizing basic education expenditures within the state appropriations process.
Requires all appropriations for K-12 basic education, together with appropriations for other K-12 education programs, be enacted into law before the legislature takes executive action on other omnibus appropriations legislation.Takes effect January 1, 2012, if the proposed amendment to Article IX of the state Constitution is approved by the voters at the next general election.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1416
by Representatives Pettigrew, Orcutt, Dickerson, Hinkle, Kenney, Dammeier, Hunt, Santos, and Seaquist
Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for payments made to certain property management companies for personnel performing on-site functions.
Addresses business and occupation tax deductions for payments made to certain property management companies for personnel performing on-site functions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1417
by Representatives Rolfes, McCune, Appleton, Kirby, and Zeiger
Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements in medical professions.
Requires the department of licensing to develop a process to evaluate military training and experience that may be applied toward meeting the training and educational requirements in certain medical professions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1418
by Representatives Rolfes, McCune, Appleton, Kirby, Kelley, and Zeiger
Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting certain professional licensing requirements.
Requires the director of the department of licensing to develop a process to evaluate military training and experience that may be applied toward meeting the training and educational requirements for certain professions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1419
by Representative Kagi; by request of Department of Early Learning
Allowing the department of early learning and the department of social and health services to share background check information.
Requires the departments of early learning and social and health services to share federal fingerprint-based background check results to allow both departments to fulfill their joint background check responsibility of checking any individual who may have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, children, or juveniles.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1420
by Representatives Cody and Jinkins; by request of Health Care Authority
Addressing public employee benefits law.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee benefits laws.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1421
by Representatives Rolfes, Lytton, Moscoso, Van De Wege, Green, Sells, Blake, Sullivan, Eddy, Fitzgibbon, Frockt, and Dunshee; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Providing authority to create a community forest trust.
Authorizes the department of natural resources, if deemed practicable by the commissioner of public lands, to create and manage a discrete category of natural resource lands in a nonfiduciary community forest land trust.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1422
by Representatives Stanford, Orcutt, Chandler, Warnick, Van De Wege, Green, Smith, Jacks, Blake, Sullivan, McCoy, Kretz, Tharinger, Ryu, Short, Sells, Lytton, Liias, Frockt, Moscoso, Billig, Probst, Rolfes, and Dunshee; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Authorizing a forest biomass to aviation fuel demonstration project.
Authorizes the department of natural resources to develop and implement a forest biomass to aviation fuel demonstration project to: (1) Demonstrate opportunities for state lands to generate trust income;(2) Create green jobs;(3) Avoid interfering with the current supply area for forest biomass collection;(4) Be consistent with report findings concerning operationally and ecologically sustainable feedstocks and production processes; and(5) Comply with the state's existing energy efficiency goals.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1423
by Representatives Appleton, Rolfes, Haigh, Finn, and Seaquist
Encouraging economic development by exempting certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
Exempts certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1424
by Representatives Jacks and Haler; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board
Regarding administrative consistency in student financial aid programs.
Addresses administrative consistency in conditional scholarship and loan repayment student financial aid programs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1425
by Representative Haler; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board
Concerning the higher education coordinating board's responsibilities with regard to health sciences and services authorities.
Changes the higher education coordinating board's responsibilities relating to health sciences and services authorities.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HJR 4209
by Representative Bailey
Requiring extraordinary revenue growth to be transferred to the budget stabilization account.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring extraordinary revenue growth to be transferred to the budget stabilization account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HJR 4210
by Representatives Dahlquist, Anderson, Hope, Fagan, and Hargrove
Amending the Constitution to prioritize basic education expenditures within the state appropriations process.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to prioritize basic education expenditures within the state appropriations process.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5003-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler and Shin)
Adding to the scenic and recreational highway system.
Adds a portion of state route number 278 to the scenic and recreational highway system.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 18 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 19 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5018-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Conway, Shin, Schoesler, Hobbs, Kline, and McAuliffe)
Including wound care management in occupational therapy.
Authorizes an occupational therapist to provide wound care management subject to certain conditions.Requires the board of occupational therapy practice to develop an affidavit form to be used by occupational therapists attesting to their education and training.Authorizes the board of occupational therapy practice and the department of health to create rules necessary to implement the act.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 19 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5281
by Senators Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Hatfield, Haugen, and Harper
Addressing public utility districts and deferred compensation and supplemental savings plans.
Clarifies existing authority of public utility districts to provide deferred compensation and supplemental savings plans for retirement for their employees, commissioners, and other officials.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5282
by Senators Chase, Prentice, Swecker, and Nelson
Regarding field investigations on privately owned lands.
Declares that field investigations on privately owned lands should be conducted by professional archaeologists.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5283
by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Schoesler, Honeyford, Zarelli, Prentice, and Shin
Providing cost-saving measures and allocation of vouchers for low-income housing.
Provides cost-saving measures and allocation of vouchers in awarding resources for low-income housing.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5284
by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Kastama, Tom, Litzow, Hatfield, Schoesler, Hill, Honeyford, Holmquist Newbry, and Roach
Requiring state agencies to use private collection agencies.
Requires state agencies and institutions to: (1) Assign all debts over ninety days past due to a collection agency; and(2) Give preference to businesses that have hired state employees displaced by the act.Requires the department of general administration to develop a process to certify which businesses meet the requirement above.Provides certain displaced state employees: (1) Placement on the statewide layoff list;(2) Severance payments; and(3) Five years of additional service credit for retirement purposes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5285
by Senator Ranker
Concerning the issuance of liquor licenses for businesses located near schools.
Changes the distance requirements for issuing a liquor license to businesses located near schools.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5286
by Senator Nelson
Concerning on-site wastewater treatment systems designer licensing.
Modifies provisions relating to on-site wastewater treatment systems designer licensing.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5287
by Senators Hobbs, Shin, and Haugen
Creating an independent four-year polytechnical college and an investment district to finance it.
Creates an independent four-year polytechnical college which shall be called Snohomish Polytechnical College and an investment district to finance the college.Provides that the act will expire on October 1, 2012, if the higher education investment district has not been created and a site has not been chosen for the college.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5288
by Senators McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Prentice, Chase, Kline, Shin, and Fraser; by request of Department of Revenue
Providing the department of revenue with additional flexibility to achieve operational efficiencies through the expanded use of electronic means to remit and report taxes.
Provides additional flexibility to the department of revenue to achieve operational efficiencies through the expanded use of electronic means to remit and report taxes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5289
by Senators Murray and Zarelli
Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for payments made to certain property management companies for personnel performing on-site functions.
Addresses business and occupation tax deductions for payments made to certain property management companies for personnel performing on-site functions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5290
by Senators Hatfield and Schoesler
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for bait used by a fishing charter business.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale of bait purchased by a qualifying buyer for use on a vessel subject to a salmon or nonsalmon charter license.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5291
by Senators Swecker, Rockefeller, Ranker, Fraser, Stevens, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, and Conway; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Improving recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
Improves recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington from current levels and increases the economic benefits from the fishery.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Adaptively manage the Puget Sound recreational salmon and marine fish enhancement program to maximize the benefits to the Puget Sound recreational fishery; and(2) Use artificial rearing of salmon to improve recreational salmon fishing in Puget Sound.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5292
by Senators Honeyford, Schoesler, Swecker, Holmquist Newbry, and Roach
Exempting irrigation and drainage ditches from the definition of critical areas.
Revises the definition of "critical areas" for purposes of the growth management act by exempting irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and farm ponds.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5293
by Senators Schoesler, Swecker, Holmquist Newbry, and Honeyford
Regarding the use of water delivered from the federal Columbia basin project.
Modifies provisions relating to the use of water delivered from the federal Columbia basin project.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5294
by Senators Swecker, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, and Honeyford
Regarding hours of availability of special purpose districts for inspection and copying of public records.
Requires certain special purpose districts to post on the agency headquarters location or web site directions on how to contact agency personnel to inspect or copy public records.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5295
by Senators Delvin, Swecker, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Regarding leases of irrigation district property.
Addresses the duration for leases of irrigation district property.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5296
by Senators Keiser, Pflug, and Conway; by request of Health Care Authority
Addressing public employee benefits law.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee benefits laws.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5297
by Senators Nelson, Conway, Harper, Chase, White, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Keiser, Prentice, and Shin
Concerning signature gathering.
Increases the initiative filing fee.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5298
by Senators White, Ericksen, Carrell, Shin, Ranker, Hill, and Conway
Authorizing the use of digital outdoor advertising signs to expand the state's emergency messaging capabilities.
Allows static digital outdoor advertising signs.Requires the department of transportation to adopt rules to establish standards for the allowable brightness of digital outdoor advertising signs and to allow for the change of copy on digital outdoor advertising signs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5299
by Senators Hargrove and Ranker
Regarding expediting appeals to the shoreline hearings board and the pollution control hearings board.
Authorizes a party to request the governor for an expedited appeal to an action before the shorelines hearings board or the pollution control hearings board.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5300
by Senators Hargrove and Ranker
Enhancing the use of Washington natural resources in public buildings.
Emphasizes and establishes a priority to use state-based resources, wood and wood products, building materials, products, industries, manufacturers, and other businesses to provide economic development to the state.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5301
by Senators Regala and Carrell
Promoting traffic safety at certain intersections and on certain streets through the regulation of yellow change intervals, right turn movements, and signage and the provision of jurisdictional analysis, accident reporting, and infraction warnings.
Modifies traffic safety provisions relating to the duration of a yellow change interval at traffic control signals and automated traffic safety cameras.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 25 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5302
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, Conway, King, and Hewitt
Modifying liquor permit and licensing provisions.
Authorizes special permits for venders that manufacture liquor mixers.Authorizes beer to be sold, under certain circumstances, to a purchaser in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser or furnished by the licensee and filled at the tap by the retailer at the time of sale.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5303
by Senators Rockefeller, White, Tom, Nelson, Shin, Keiser, Fraser, Parlette, and Kline
Regulating loans made under the consumer loan act.
Exempts certain nonprofit housing organizations from the provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5304
by Senators Kilmer, Brown, Rockefeller, Tom, Murray, McAuliffe, and Shin
Requiring forecasting of caseloads of the state need grant program and the Washington college bound scholarship program.
Requires the caseload forecast council to estimate the anticipated caseload of the state need grant program and the Washington college bound scholarship program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5305
by Senators Chase and Swecker
Removing essential government services as a condition to exempt from taxation property belonging to any federally recognized Indian tribe located in the state.
Subjects federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5306
by Senators Chase, Swecker, and Roach
Permitting federally recognized Indian tribes to certify counselors as agency affiliated counselors.
Allows federally recognized Indian tribes to certify counselors as agency affiliated counselors.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5307
by Senators Kilmer, Hewitt, Regala, Conway, Kastama, Hobbs, King, Rockefeller, Swecker, and Roach
Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements in medical professions.
Requires the department of licensing to develop a process to evaluate military training and experience that may be applied toward meeting the training and educational requirements in certain medical professions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5308
by Senators Kilmer, Hewitt, Regala, Conway, Kastama, Hobbs, King, Rockefeller, Swecker, and Roach
Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting certain professional licensing requirements.
Requires the director of the department of licensing to develop a process to evaluate military training and experience that may be applied toward meeting the training and educational requirements for certain professions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5309
by Senators Kline, Pflug, and Keiser
Modifying certain deeds of trust provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to deeds of trust.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5310
by Senators Kline, Pflug, and Keiser
Concerning false claims against the government.
Establishes the Washington state false claims act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5311
by Senators Kline, Conway, Prentice, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Shin, Kastama, and Keiser
Clarifying agency relationships in reconveyances of deeds of trust.
Clarifies agency relationships in reconveyances of deeds of trust.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5312
by Senators Kline, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Conway, and Keiser
Concerning the publication of tax data to ensure the transparency of Washington's tax preferences and structure to the public while protecting confidential taxpayer information.
Increases the frequency in which the department of revenue submits to the legislature, the listing of the amount of reduction for the current and next biennium in the revenues of the state or the local government collected by the state as a result of tax exemptions.Requires the department of revenue to submit to the legislature a current tax reference manual which is a summary of major state or local taxes authorized by current law to provide basic descriptive and historical information about these sources.Requires the current listing and the current tax reference manual to be published on the department's web site.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5313
by Senators Kline, Carrell, and Pflug
Concerning juvenile firearms and weapons crimes.
Addresses firearms and weapons crimes relating to juvenile offender sentencing standards.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5314
by Senators Nelson, Carrell, and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Early Learning
Regarding public disclosure of information relating to provision of child care and early learning services.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information in any files maintained for a child who is receiving child care or early learning services.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5315
by Senators Becker, Pridemore, Delvin, Kastama, McAuliffe, Regala, Zarelli, Kilmer, Conway, Shin, Tom, and Rockefeller; by request of Higher Education Coordinating Board
Regarding the provision of doctorate programs at the research university branch campuses in Washington.
Authorizes research universities to develop doctoral degree programs at their branch campuses subject to approval by the higher education coordinating board.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5316
by Senators Zarelli and Hewitt
Creating a Washington competition council.
Creates the Washington competition council as an advisory council within the office of financial management to, among other duties: (1) Examine and promote methods of providing select government-provided or government-produced programs and services through the private sector by a competitive contracting program; and(2) Develop an institutional framework for a statewide competitive program to encourage innovation and competition within state government.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5317
by Senator Kastama
Concerning shared parenting and its impact on youth school dropout and crime prevention.
Establishes the youth school dropout reduction and crime prevention act of 2011.Finds that one way to lower dropout rates, increase high school graduation rates, and reduce instances of crime involving children is to increase the involvement of the second parent, mostly fathers, in the daily lives of their children, especially in the educational arena.Concludes that a rebuttable presumption in favor of a shared parenting arrangement following a dissolution or legal separation is in the best interests of the children involved and society.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5318
by Senators Eide, Kastama, Rockefeller, and Shin; by request of Office of Regulatory Assistance
Addressing the office of regulatory assistance.
Transfers reporting requirements relating to certain effects on the regulatory system in the state from the office of financial management to the office of regulatory assistance.Repeals the termination and repeal of the office of regulatory assistance under the sunset act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5319
by Senators Kastama, Chase, Shin, Kilmer, and Conway
Providing that the manufacturing innovation and modernization extension service program is not to sunset.
Eliminates the termination and repeal of the manufacturing innovation and modernization extension service program under the sunset act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5320
by Senators Chase, Kastama, and Shin
Prioritizing infrastructure projects.
Requires the department of commerce to work with county officials and associate development organizations to identify areas meriting prioritization in receipt of infrastructure funding awards.Authorizes the community economic revitalization board to make direct loans to rural counties for carrying out an analysis of industrial sites to identify where high priority infrastructure developments are warranted.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5321
by Senators Chase, Kastama, and Shin
Concerning the responsibilities of the department of commerce and associate development organizations.
Requires the department of commerce to establish protocols to be followed by associate development organizations and department staff for the recruitment and retention of businesses.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5322
by Senators Kastama, Chase, and Hatfield
Creating a commission to restructure state government.
Creates the agency reallocation and realignment of Washington commission on restructuring state government to: (1) Review budget, revenue, and caseload forecasts and estimates;(2) Examine current subsidies and tax breaks for effectiveness and fulfillment of original intent;(3) Examine current operations and organization of state government; and(4) Evaluate operational and organizational restructuring possibilities.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5323
by Senators Shin, Swecker, Kastama, Hatfield, Delvin, Honeyford, Holmquist Newbry, and Sheldon
Modifying retirement provisions for judges.
Authorizes a judge who attains the age of seventy-five years to retire upon the expiration of his or her term of office after attaining such age.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5324
by Senators Shin, Kastama, Kilmer, Nelson, Haugen, Hobbs, Sheldon, McAuliffe, and Conway
Extending the Washington customized employment training program.
Eliminates the expiration of the Washington customized employment training program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5325
by Senators Shin, Hobbs, Nelson, and Sheldon
Concerning trade promotion.
Changes the name of the state trade fair fund to the state international trade fair fund.Modifies trade promotion provisions relating to: (1) Certification of state international trade fairs;(2) Funds available as grants;(3) Application for funds and division and payment of funds;(4) State aid eligibility requirements; and(5) Postaudits of grantees receiving funds.Requires port districts to deposit certain amounts into the state international trade fair fund.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5326
by Senators Kline, Zarelli, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Rockefeller, and White
Concerning negligent driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death of a vulnerable user of a public way.
Addresses negligent driving in the second degree with a vulnerable user victim.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5327
by Senators Carrell, Zarelli, Becker, Stevens, Baumgartner, Hewitt, King, Schoesler, and Swecker
Limiting the use of public assistance electronic benefit cards.
Expands the limitations on purchases made with an electronic benefit card.Requires the electronic benefit card vendor to disable the electronic benefit card for purposes of ATM withdrawals outside the state.Requires payment of a fee in an amount set by the department of social and health services for issuance of a replacement card.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5328
by Senators Zarelli, Carrell, Hewitt, King, Schoesler, Stevens, and Swecker
Requiring verification of eligibility for public assistance.
Prohibits the department of social and health services from providing public assistance to any applicant who has not provided certain information.Requires verification of a recipient's continued eligibility for public assistance services every six months.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5329
by Senators Carrell, Zarelli, Stevens, Becker, Baumgartner, Hewitt, King, Swecker, and Holmquist Newbry
Creating a division of special investigations within the office of the state auditor.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services division of fraud investigation pertaining to the investigation of fraud and abuse and certain other duties to the division of special investigations of the state auditor's office.Creates the division of special investigations within the state auditor's office to: (1) Conduct and supervise independent and objective investigations relating to allegations of fraud or abuse in any program or service administered by the department of social and health services;(2) Provide leadership and coordination in recommending policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent fraud and abuse; and(3) Make recommendations to the auditor and the legislature about vulnerabilities and deficiencies relating to the detection and prevention of fraud or abuse as may be discovered as a result of completed investigations conducted or coordinated by the division.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5330
by Senators Zarelli, Carrell, Murray, Stevens, Shin, Baumgartner, Hewitt, King, Schoesler, Swecker, and Holmquist Newbry
Requiring the temporary assistance for needy families grant to be dispensed as an electronic voucher benefit and limited to purposes benefiting children.
Requires the temporary assistance for needy families grant to be dispensed as an electronic voucher benefit using the electronic benefit transfer system to ensure that the grant is being spent for the benefit of the children.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5331
by Senators Carrell, Zarelli, Becker, Stevens, Baumgartner, Hewitt, King, Schoesler, Swecker, and Holmquist Newbry
Implementing an audit program for working connections child care providers.
Requires the department of early learning to annually conduct an audit of the attendance and financial records of certain child care providers receiving a working connections child care subsidy.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5332
by Senators Rockefeller, Chase, Harper, Nelson, Prentice, and Kline
Requiring the state to retrocede civil jurisdiction over Indians and Indian territory, reservations, country, and lands.
Requires the state to retrocede to the United States the civil jurisdiction previously acquired by the state over Indians and Indian territory, reservations, country, and lands.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5333
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Carrell, Becker, Swecker, Delvin, and Schoesler
Verifying citizenship or lawful presence of individuals upon the renewal of their state issued driver's license or permit or identicard.
Requires verification of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States for all persons renewing or applying for their driver's license, driver's instruction permit, agricultural driving permit, identicard, or any other form of state-issued identification.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5334
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Morton, Swecker, and Roach
Requiring lawful presence in the United States for higher education financial aid.
Requires citizenship or permanent residency in the United States to qualify for higher education financial aid.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5335
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Carrell, Becker, Morton, Delvin, Swecker, Ericksen, and Schoesler
Verifying that applicants for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards are lawfully within the United States.
Requires verification that applicants for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards are lawfully within the United States.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5336
by Senators Stevens, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Swecker, Roach, Carrell, Zarelli, Hargrove, Honeyford, Morton, Delvin, Ericksen, Parlette, Baumgartner, and Hewitt
Limiting public funding for abortions.
Prohibits public funds from being used for payment or reimbursement for the performance of any induced abortion.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5337
by Senators Stevens, Pflug, Honeyford, Swecker, and Roach
Authorizing the provision of financial assistance to privately owned airports available for general use of the public.
Authorizes financial assistance to privately owned airports available for general use of the public.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5338
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Swecker, Carrell, Delvin, and Ericksen
Concerning lawful legal presence in the United States.
Prohibits persons from transporting, moving, or attempting to transport in the state any alien who has entered or remained in the United States in violation of the law.Requires verification of United States citizenship or status as a legal permanent resident alien before issuance of a driver's license.Requires a reasonable effort to be made to determine the citizenship status of a confined person charged with a felony or DUI.Requires state agencies to: (1) Register with and use the e-verify program to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees; and(2) Verify the lawful presence in the United States of any natural person fourteen years of age or older who has applied for state or local public benefits or federal public benefits.Revises the definition of "subsidized enrollee" for purposes of the basic health plan, by including a United States citizen and a qualified alien under the federal immigration and nationality act who is lawfully present in the United States.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5339
by Senators Nelson, Rockefeller, Ranker, Hobbs, White, and Kline
Incorporating environmental review into certain proceedings involving gas and electrical companies.
Requires the counsel for the environment to represent and appear for the public and its interest in protecting the quality of the environment in all actions and proceedings involving any gas or electrical company.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
| Jan 28 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5340
by Senators Keiser, Pflug, and Conway
Concerning the criteria for the review of certificate of need applications.
Limits the growth of hospital and related systems to situations where there is clear, demonstrated need.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5341
by Senators Keiser, Conway, Kohl-Welles, and Kline
Requiring notice to injured workers by self-insured employers.
Requires notification to injured workers of the purpose of certain payments and the period of time for which the payment covers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5342
by Senators Haugen, Fain, Murray, Harper, and Shin
Concerning the standard of evidence for appeals of valuation of property for purposes of taxation.
Addresses the standard of evidence for appeals of valuation of property for purposes of taxation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5343
by Senators Haugen, Delvin, Hatfield, Honeyford, Becker, Shin, and Schoesler
Concerning air emissions from anaerobic digesters.
Modifies the clean air act relating to notification of construction of new contaminant sources and exemptions for generators operating at an electric generating project.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SJM 8000
by Senator Stevens
Requesting that unemployment insurance modernization funding be dispersed to states without requiring an expansion of state laws.
Requests that unemployment insurance modernization funding be dispersed to states without requiring an expansion of state laws.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SJM 8001
by Senators Stevens, Carrell, Benton, Becker, and Swecker
Calling on the President to adopt certain procedures if Congress makes any grants of money conditional on the voluntary adoption of new voter registration or voting procedures.
Calls on the president to adopt certain procedures if congress makes any grants of money conditional on the voluntary adoption of new voter registration or voting procedures.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SJR 8206
by Senators Zarelli, Brown, Pridemore, Tom, Kilmer, White, and Parlette
Requiring extraordinary revenue growth to be transferred to the budget stabilization account.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring extraordinary revenue growth to be transferred to the budget stabilization account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SJR 8207
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Becker, Carrell, Swecker, and Ericksen
Declaring that English must be the language of all official proceedings.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution declaring that English must be the language of all official proceedings.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SJR 8208
by Senators Stevens, Swecker, Schoesler, Delvin, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Concerning health care services.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution prohibiting a law or rule that compels any person, employer, or health care provider from participating in any health care system.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |