 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 10 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, January 24, 2011 | 15th 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.
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HB 1426
by Representatives Wilcox, Chandler, Bailey, Shea, Rodne, Klippert, Smith, McCune, Haler, Ross, Warnick, Alexander, Taylor, Dammeier, Zeiger, Finn, Johnson, Buys, Orcutt, Blake, Rivers, Condotta, Fagan, Dahlquist, Parker, Hargrove, Kristiansen, Angel, and Kelley
Requiring a balanced legislative budget.
Prohibits the legislature from appropriating an amount from any account for any fiscal period that is in excess of the estimated amount of revenues and resources to that account for that fiscal period as of the date the budget is adopted.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1427
by Representatives Hunt and Takko
Adjusting timber tax account distribution calculations.
Adjusts calculations for timber tax account distribution.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1428
by Representatives Anderson, Taylor, and Rodne
Establishing a land use planning for jobs legislative task force.
Establishes the planning for jobs act of 2011.Creates the land use planning for jobs legislative task force to: (1) Identify duplicative, conflicting, and unduly burdensome aspects of land use and development regulations required by laws and regulations enacted pursuant to the growth management act, the shoreline management act, and the state environmental policy act; and(2) Make recommendations to assist state and local authorities in streamlining the permitting requirements of the three acts into one uniform process.Expires December 31, 2012.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1429
by Representatives Anderson, Finn, Bailey, Hurst, and Kelley
Consolidating veterans' programs and benefits into one title.
Consolidates veterans' programs and benefits into one title.Directs the code reviser to prepare a bill for introduction at the next legislative session that corrects references to the sections affected by the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1430
by Representatives Anderson and Eddy
Creating the Puget Sound port authority.
Creates the Puget Sound port authority to meet and exceed the operational productivity and financial performance metrics of global and domestic peer ports.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1431
by Representatives Anderson and Haigh
Addressing financial insolvency of school districts.
Requires the state board of education to analyze options and make recommendations for a clear legal framework and process for dissolution of a school district on the basis of financial insolvency.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1432
by Representatives Rodne, Kelley, Shea, Green, Van De Wege, Ahern, and Orwall
Permitting private employers to exercise a voluntary veterans' preference in employment.
Establishes a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1433
by Representatives Short, Condotta, Kretz, and McCune
Regarding the time for filing a complaint concerning nonpayment of the prevailing rate of wage.
Changes the time in which a complaint concerning nonpayment of the prevailing rate of wage must be filed with the department of labor and industries.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1434
by Representatives Orcutt, Probst, Parker, Angel, Kelley, Eddy, Condotta, Sells, Harris, and McCune
Concerning compliance with sales, use, and business and occupation tax requirements.
Prohibits certain cities and towns from requiring a business to be licensed if the only activity conducted within the city or town by the business is the delivery of tangible personal property sold by the business.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1435
by Representatives Orwall, Appleton, Roberts, Goodman, Upthegrove, Carlyle, Hunt, Hudgins, Rolfes, Kagi, and Sells
Providing compensation for persons who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
Provides compensation for persons who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned.Takes effect July 1, 2014.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1436
by Representatives Kristiansen, Pearson, and McCune
Providing limitations for the imposition of regulatory civil penalties.
Prohibits state agencies from issuing fines or imposing penalties on a person if: (1) An inspection is approved by an official of the agency requiring the inspection and a subsequent reevaluation of the approved inspection by the regulating agency identifies a violation by the regulated party; or(2) Documentation required under an agency's reporting requirements is submitted to the agency by a regulated party and is accepted and approved by the regulating agency and a subsequent reevaluation of the approved documentation identifies a violation based on failure to provide required documentation or information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1437
by Representatives Kristiansen, Pearson, and McCune
Regarding civil penalties under the clean air act.
Prohibits the department of ecology and certain air pollution control agencies from issuing fines or imposing penalties on a person for: (1) A violation resulting from an inspection that was not identified to the regulated party at the time of the inspection and where the inspection was approved by a government official; or(2) A violation based on failure to provide required documentation when the documentation submitted to the department or authority has been accepted and approved by a government official.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1438
by Representatives Kelley and Dammeier
Concerning the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.
Requires the department of corrections to identify the states from which it receives adult offenders who need supervision and examine the feasibility and cost of establishing memoranda of understanding with the states that send the highest number of offenders for supervision.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1439
by Representative Haigh
Concerning horse brand inspection requirements.
Prohibits rules adopted under chapter 16.57 RCW regarding horse ownership identification from mandating that the owner of an unbranded horse show proof of horse brand inspection when moving the horse from or bringing the horse back into the state if no transfer of ownership has taken place.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1440
by Representatives Kenney, Ryu, Liias, and Hasegawa
Regarding the building communities fund program competitive process.
Modifies provisions relating to the competitive process for the building communities fund program.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1441
by Representatives Shea, Clibborn, Rodne, Armstrong, Taylor, Crouse, Condotta, Kristiansen, Kretz, Short, McCune, Schmick, Hargrove, Klippert, Johnson, Angel, Rivers, Asay, Ryu, Rolfes, Ahern, Overstreet, and Warnick
Providing a right of first repurchase for surplus transportation property.
Allows a former owner of certain real property to repurchase the property if the department of transportation determines the property is no longer necessary for a transportation purpose.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1442
by Representatives Shea, Hinkle, McCune, Ahern, Klippert, Overstreet, Warnick, Kristiansen, Buys, Miloscia, Dammeier, Parker, Condotta, Fagan, Dahlquist, Hargrove, Smith, and Harris
Establishing parental notification requirements for abortion.
Requires notification to certain parties before a physician may perform an abortion on a person under the age of eighteen.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1443
by Representatives Maxwell, Dammeier, Sullivan, Pedersen, Springer, Kagi, Anderson, Pettigrew, Finn, Morris, Ladenburg, Frockt, Jinkins, Upthegrove, Clibborn, Orwall, Haigh, Jacks, Liias, Billig, Kelley, and Probst
Continuing education reforms.
Continues development and implementation of revised teacher and principal evaluation systems.Requires each school district board of directors that grants high school diplomas to adopt a policy that defines a high school credit for purposes of meeting state and local graduation requirements.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide technical assistance to schools and districts specifically targeted to reduce school dropouts and improve on-time and extended high school graduation rates.Authorizes the office of the superintendent of public instruction to require elementary schools receiving federal school improvement grants to use the state kindergarten readiness assessment.Directs the institute for public policy to work with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to design and implement a research study to measure the impact on student achievement of remediation strategies funded by the learning assistance program.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1444
by Representatives Kirby, Hope, Upthegrove, Liias, Maxwell, Stanford, Reykdal, Orwall, Sullivan, Sells, Hurst, Fitzgibbon, Kelley, and Ormsby; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
Addressing the benefits of a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or Washington state patrol retirement system.
Authorizes monthly death benefits for life and the continuation of those benefits regardless of remarriage for surviving spouses of certain retirement system members.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Jan 26 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1445
by Representatives Van De Wege, Rodne, Pettigrew, Upthegrove, Liias, Maxwell, Reykdal, Stanford, Orwall, Sullivan, Sells, Hurst, Fitzgibbon, Kelley, and Ormsby; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
Adding heart attacks and strokes as presumptions of occupational disease for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
Includes heart attacks and strokes as presumptions of occupational disease for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Jan 26 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1446
by Representatives Appleton, Santos, McCoy, and Ryu
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 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1447
by Representatives Hunt, Orwall, Roberts, Liias, Haigh, Probst, Reykdal, Upthegrove, and Hargrove
Encouraging innovation in public schools.
Creates the school innovation program to foster change in the public school system.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop a process for schools and school districts to apply to participate in the school innovation program; and(2) Select no more than ten school innovation pilot projects.Authorizes the state board of education and the superintendent of public instruction to grant waivers of certain statutes and rules for pilot projects in the school innovation program.Requires the quality education council to: (1) Assist the office of the superintendent of public instruction in the development of the application process and the review and selection of pilot projects for the school innovation program; and(2) Assist the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education in the development of criteria for waivers of statutes or rules for the pilot projects.Creates the school innovation program account.Provides a June 30, 2020, expiration for the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1448
by Representatives McCoy, Appleton, and Hunt
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 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1449
by Representatives Hunter, Haigh, Anderson, Maxwell, Sullivan, and Dammeier; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Establishing a processing fee for educator certificates.
Assesses a certification processing fee to eliminate state-funded support of the cost to issue educator certificates.Creates the educator certification processing account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1450
by Representative Seaquist; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Increasing the duty-related death benefit for public employees.
Increases the duty-related death benefit for public employees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1451
by Representatives Haler and Anderson
Eliminating the goal of global challenge state funding levels.
Eliminates the goal of global challenge state funding levels.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1452
by Representatives Haigh, Orcutt, Upthegrove, Maxwell, Liias, Dammeier, and Zeiger
Concerning the taxation of amusement and recreation services involving amateur sports.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption for amounts received by a nonprofit organization or governmental entity for the privilege of joining a competitive team sport league or for the right to participate in the competitive team sport activities.Provides a sales and use tax exemption for certain sales and uses of the aforementioned amusement and recreation services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1453
by Representatives Rolfes, Chandler, Blake, Van De Wege, Upthegrove, Stanford, Jinkins, and Kretz; by request of Department of Health
Regarding commercial shellfish enforcement.
Modifies commercial shellfish provisions relating to: (1) Approved shellfish tags;(2) Disposition of seized shellfish;(3) Removal of shellfish in a commercial quantity; and(4) Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses and certificates of approval.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1454
by Representatives Van De Wege, Hinkle, Green, Jinkins, Cody, Takko, Hurst, Liias, Hope, Stanford, and Overstreet
Regarding testing for bloodborne pathogens.
Modifies provisions relating to authorization to order testing for bloodborne pathogens and disclosure of the test results.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1455
by Representative McCune
Concerning where an individual may petition to restore firearm possession rights.
Authorizes an individual to petition a court of record to have his or her right to possess a firearm restored only at: (1) The court of record that ordered the petitioner's prohibition on possession of a firearm; or(2) The superior court in the county in which the petitioner resides.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1456
by Representatives McCune, Shea, Ahern, Upthegrove, Condotta, and Angel
Regarding displays of state and federal documents in public buildings on the capitol campus.
Requires the department of general administration to develop and maintain a public display of the state Constitution, the federal Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1457
by Representatives Hope, Armstrong, Klippert, and Harris
Encouraging businesses to locate in vacant buildings through a business and occupation tax credit for property taxes paid.
Authorizes a business and occupation tax credit to encourage businesses to locate in vacant buildings.Expires June 30, 2013.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1458
by Representatives Hope, Armstrong, Klippert, Frockt, Smith, Harris, and Kelley
Encouraging businesses to hire unemployed workers through a business and occupation tax credit.
Authorizes a business and occupation tax credit to encourage businesses to hire unemployed workers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1459
by Representatives Hope, Hurst, Armstrong, Klippert, Anderson, Hargrove, Dammeier, Kristiansen, Harris, and McCune
Requiring an applicant for a driver's license or identicard to produce a valid social security number or other documentation that the applicant is lawfully within the United States.
Requires an applicant for a driver's license or identicard to provide the department of licensing with a valid social security number or other valid documentation that the applicant is a United States citizen or is otherwise lawfully within the United States.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1460
by Representatives Hunt, Hudgins, and Hunter
Reorganizing natural resource agencies.
Declares an intent to consolidate, streamline, and reorganize the agencies responsible for administering the natural resources of the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1461
by Representatives Hunt, Hudgins, and Hunter
Regarding state agency reorganization.
Declares an intent to consolidate central services into one agency.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1462
by Representatives Kenney, Pettigrew, Ryu, Santos, Orwall, Ormsby, Springer, Reykdal, Dickerson, Frockt, and Kagi
Concerning the use of surplus property for the development of affordable housing.
Modifies provisions relating to the use of surplus property for the development of affordable housing.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1463
by Representatives McCoy, Hope, Haler, Moscoso, Dunshee, Hunt, Seaquist, Appleton, Pettigrew, Kenney, Liias, Moeller, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Goodman, Roberts, Ryu, Haigh, Stanford, Rolfes, and Sells
Eliminating the use of statewide assessments as a high school graduation requirement.
Improves fairness for students, alleviates burdens on the school system, and reduces local and state costs of test administration by eliminating the use of statewide assessments as a high school graduation requirement.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1464
by Representative Kelley
Requiring defendants and indemnitors to make cash down payments when executing a bail bond transaction with a bail bond agent.
Requires a bail bond agent who executes a bail bond transaction with a defendant or indemnitor to require the defendant or indemnitor to make a down payment in cash on the bail bond premium.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1465
by Representatives Hunt, Taylor, McCoy, Appleton, Condotta, Miloscia, and Dunshee; by request of Liquor Control Board
Modifying conditions and restrictions for liquor licenses.
Modifies liquor license provisions by: (1) Requiring licensees to post conditions and restrictions imposed by the liquor control board;(2) Revising the definition of "nightclub" by removing the occupancy load requirement; and(3) Requiring the liquor control board to determine the requirements for complete meals for purposes of the definition of "restaurant."
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1466
by Representatives Kirby and Bailey
Allowing trust companies to be organized as, or convert to, limited liability companies under certain conditions.
Allows trust companies to be organized as, or convert to, limited liability companies under certain conditions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1467
by Representatives Buys, Blake, Chandler, Pearson, Fagan, Overstreet, Harris, Wilcox, Johnson, Haler, Warnick, McCune, and Kelley
Modifying the definition of a well for the purposes of chapter 18.104 RCW.
Revises the definition of "well" for purposes of water well construction.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1468
by Representatives Jinkins, Upthegrove, Stanford, Chandler, Tharinger, and Hunt; by request of Department of Health
Concerning public water system operating permits.
Modifies provisions relating to public water system operating permits.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1469
by Representatives Springer, Rodne, Tharinger, Carlyle, Eddy, Dammeier, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, Zeiger, Upthegrove, Sullivan, Reykdal, and Smith
Concerning landscape conservation and local infrastructure.
Addresses landscape conservation and local infrastructure relating to: (1) Designation of agricultural and forest lands and rural zoned lands as sending areas;(2) Transfer of development rights to receiving areas;(3) Allocation among local governments of transferable development rights;(4) Development plan for infrastructure;(5) Quantitative and qualitative performance measures;(6) Local infrastructure project areas and project financing;(7) Participating taxing districts;(8) Property tax revenues to pay or finance costs of public improvements; and(9) Comprehensive plan optional elements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1470
by Representative Bailey
Regarding access to K-12 campuses for occupational or educational information.
Requires the board of directors of a school district, that chooses to provide access to the campus to certain parties that make students aware of occupational and education opportunities, to provide those parties with an opportunity to access the campus on at least three separate dates during the school year.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1471
by Representatives Bailey, Angel, Alexander, Asay, and Dammeier
Concerning sustainable operating budgets.
Prohibits the governor from proposing, and the legislature from enacting, any operating budget that is unsustainable.Requires the office of financial management, when the governor submits her operating budget documents to the legislature, to simultaneously publish a four-year outlook that is based on the governor's budget documents.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1472
by Representatives McCune, Ahern, and Shea
Designating an official state Christmas tree.
Designates any evergreen tree placed or located in the rotunda of the state capitol building during the month of December as the official Christmas tree of the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HJR 4211
by Representatives McCune, Shea, Klippert, Hargrove, Harris, Angel, Ahern, Nealey, Warnick, Hinkle, Short, Condotta, Overstreet, and Kristiansen
Ensuring only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in Washington.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution ensuring only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in Washington.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HJR 4212
by Representatives Bailey, Shea, Kristiansen, Angel, and Condotta
Requiring a two-thirds majority vote for approval of tax increase legislation.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring a two-thirds majority vote for approval of tax increase legislation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5344
by Senators Kastama, Chase, Sheldon, Hobbs, Conway, Keiser, and Shin
Concerning an assessment of the department of transportation's management, accountability, and performance system.
Addresses an assessment of the department of transportation's management, accountability, and performance system.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5345
by Senators Swecker, Honeyford, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Encouraging competition for collective bargaining agreements.
Encourages state agencies to use competition to lower the cost and improve the quality of public services and to compete for contracts to provide services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5346
by Senators Swecker and Benton
Authorizing education vouchers.
Authorizes parents who choose to educate their children outside the public education system to receive an education voucher for each child educated outside the public education system.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to issue those vouchers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5347
by Senators Swecker, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Protecting the right to work.
Declares that it is the policy of the state that a person shall not be required by an employer to: (1) Abstain or refrain from membership in any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment; or(2) Become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5348
by Senators Nelson and Delvin
Concerning the taxation of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.
Imposes a prepaid wireless enhanced 911 excise tax.Prohibits any other tax, fee, surcharge, or charge from being imposed for enhanced 911 funding purposes.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5349
by Senators Honeyford, Swecker, Morton, and Hewitt
Eliminating collective bargaining for state employees and certain other groups.
Eliminates the ability of state employees and other nontraditional groups to collectively bargain with the executive branch over compensation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5350
by Senators Honeyford, Morton, Swecker, Delvin, and Schoesler
Concerning the unlawful dumping or depositing of solid waste.
Modifies provisions relating to the unlawful dumping or depositing of solid waste.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5351
by Senators Honeyford, Swecker, and Schoesler
Prohibiting certain registered sex offenders from entering school grounds.
Prohibits certain registered sex offenders from entering school grounds.Requires the state patrol to notify registered sex offenders of the requirements of the act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5352
by Senators Honeyford, Regala, and Swecker
Regarding providing eyeglasses to medicaid enrollees.
Revises inmate work program provisions with regard to providing glasses to medicaid enrollees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5353
by Senators Conway, Delvin, Kilmer, and McAuliffe; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
Addressing the benefits of a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or Washington state patrol retirement system.
Authorizes monthly death benefits for life and the continuation of those benefits regardless of remarriage for surviving spouses of certain retirement system members.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5354
by Senators Hargrove, Roach, Kilmer, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, and Conway; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
Adding heart attacks and strokes as presumptions of occupational disease for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
Includes heart attacks and strokes as presumptions of occupational disease for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5355
by Senators Morton, Swecker, and Honeyford
Regarding notice requirements for special meetings of public agencies.
Addresses requirements for and waivers of notice of special meetings of public agencies.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5356
by Senators Morton, Swecker, Ericksen, Schoesler, Delvin, Hatfield, and Roach
Establishing seasons for hunting cougars with the aid of dogs.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission to adopt rules to establish seasons for hunting cougar with the aid of dogs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5357
by Senators Morton and Baumgartner
Clarifying the definition of "qualifying utility" for the purposes of chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Revises the definition of "qualifying utility" for the purposes of the energy independence act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5358
by Senators Morton, Swecker, Honeyford, and Delvin
Addressing the prevailing rate of wage for public building service maintenance contracts.
Addresses the prevailing rate of wage with regard to public building service maintenance contracts.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5359
by Senators Morton, Swecker, Honeyford, and Schoesler
Concerning contiguous land under current use open space property tax programs.
Defines the terms "same ownership" and "immediate family" for purposes of chapter 84.34 RCW (open space, agricultural, timber lands--current use--conservation futures).Defines the term "contiguous" for purposes of chapter 84.33 RCW (timber and forest lands).
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 27 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5360
by Senators Swecker, Pridemore, Zarelli, Hatfield, Benton, Fraser, Haugen, Sheldon, Hobbs, Roach, Prentice, Fain, Shin, Parlette, and Hewitt
Delaying or modifying certain regulatory and statutory requirements affecting cities and counties.
Provides local governments with more time to meet certain statutory requirements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5361
by Senators Chase, Kastama, Shin, Nelson, Prentice, and Conway
Concerning the obligations of associate development organizations and the department of commerce.
Expands the training provided by the department of commerce to associate development organizations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5362
by Senators Chase, Prentice, White, Nelson, Kastama, Fraser, Shin, Harper, Hatfield, Conway, McAuliffe, and Kohl-Welles
Authorizing public utility districts to request voluntary contributions to assist low-income customers with payment of water and sewer bills.
Authorizes a public utility district to request voluntary contributions to assist qualified low-income residential customers of the district in paying their water and sewer bills.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5363
by Senators Hobbs, Zarelli, Kline, and Shin
Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for certified community development financial institutions.
Provides a business and occupation tax deduction for certified community development financial institutions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
| Jan 26 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5364
by Senators Swecker, Pridemore, Fraser, Nelson, Honeyford, Shin, and Morton; by request of Department of Health
Concerning public water system operating permits.
Modifies provisions relating to public water system operating permits.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5365
by Senators Nelson and Kohl-Welles
Authorizing the purchase of retirement pension coverage by certain volunteer firefighters and reserve officers.
Authorizes certain volunteer firefighters and reserve officers to purchase retirement pension coverage.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5366
by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, and Stevens
Authorizing the use of four-wheel, all-terrain vehicles on public roadways under certain conditions.
Authorizes a person to operate a four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle upon a roadway of this state having a speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less under certain conditions.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 26 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5367
by Senators Kastama, Chase, Holmquist Newbry, Shin, and Kilmer
Authorizing the economic development finance authority to continue issuing bonds.
Authorizes the economic development finance authority to continue issuing bonds by increasing the allowable total outstanding debt.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5368
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Chase, Nelson, Keiser, and Conway
Granting binding arbitration rights to certain juvenile court services and department of corrections employees.
Modifies public employees' collective bargaining provisions relating to certain employees of the department of corrections and juvenile court services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5369
by Senators Regala, Swecker, Fraser, Morton, Ranker, Hargrove, and Shin; by request of Department of Health
Regarding commercial shellfish enforcement.
Modifies commercial shellfish provisions relating to: (1) Approved shellfish tags;(2) Disposition of seized shellfish;(3) Removal of shellfish in a commercial quantity; and(4) Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses and certificates of approval.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5370
by Senators Keiser and Conway
Concerning the adverse health events and incident reporting system.
Modifies provisions relating to the adverse health events and incident notification and reporting system.Requires medical facilities to submit an annual fee of one thousand dollars to the department of health in order to fund the system.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5371
by Senators Keiser and Conway
Addressing the needs for health insurance coverage for persons under age nineteen.
Addresses the needs for health insurance coverage for persons under age nineteen.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5372
by Senators Prentice, Honeyford, Fraser, Delvin, Murray, and Shin
Concerning the taxation and permitting of vessels in Washington.
Modifies taxation and permitting provisions relating to privately owned watercraft.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5373
by Senators Chase, Prentice, Shin, and Nelson
Addressing fire suppression efforts and capabilities on unprotected land outside a fire protection jurisdiction.
Addresses fire suppression efforts and capabilities on unprotected land outside a fire protection jurisdiction.Provides immunity from liability for fire service protection agencies taking part in firefighting efforts outside their jurisdiction.Revises the seller's disclosure statement by requesting information on fire protection services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5374
by Senators Becker and Hobbs
Making technical, nonsubstantive changes to various sections of the Revised Code of Washington that impact the department of agriculture.
Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to certain RCW sections that impact the department of agriculture.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 27 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5375
by Senators Hobbs and Benton
Allowing trust companies to be organized as, or convert to, limited liability companies under certain conditions.
Allows trust companies to be organized as, or convert to, limited liability companies under certain conditions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
| Jan 26 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5376
by Senators Morton, Swecker, Schoesler, Parlette, and Stevens
Regarding the disposal of lands by natural resource agencies.
Requires the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the parks and recreation commission to: (1) Identify and list property that is no longer required for their departmental purposes; and(2) Sell the property identified that is no longer required for departmental purposes.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5377
by Senators Morton, Swecker, and Stevens
Concerning developer control of homeowners' associations.
Modifies provisions relating to developer control of homeowners' associations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5378
by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Hargrove, Stevens, and Regala
Requiring cause of death to be recorded as assisted suicide for purposes of the death with dignity act.
Requires the physician who signs a patient's death certificate to record the cause of death as assisted suicide for purposes of the death with dignity act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5379
by Senators Benton, Hewitt, Stevens, and Carrell
Identifying and incentivizing taxpayer savings and efficient delivery of government services.
Identifies and incentivizes taxpayer savings and efficient delivery of government services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SJR 8209
by Senators Shin and Keiser
Amending the Constitution to allow salary reductions for public officials during an economic crisis.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow salary reductions for public officials during an economic crisis.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |