 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 13 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 | 18th 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 1001-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Kelley, Green, Kirby, Fitzgibbon, Stanford, Kagi, Ladenburg, Appleton, Hurst, Darneille, and Moeller)
Placing restrictions on pro se defendants when questioning witnesses.
Requests the supreme court to adopt rules that reduce the risk of trauma to victims testifying as witnesses in criminal proceedings involving sex offenses when the defendant is acting pro se.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 20 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1091-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Reykdal, and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Modifying the unemployment insurance program.
Modifies the unemployment insurance program.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 21 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | LWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1251-S
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter and Darneille; by request of Office of Financial Management)
Revising education provisions to implement budget reductions.
Implements budget reductions by revising education provisions relating to: (1) The statewide director for math, science, and technology; and(2) Expiration of the special services pilot program on March 1, 2011, instead of June 30, 2011.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 20 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 24 | WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1571
by Representatives Eddy, McCoy, Crouse, Frockt, Kelley, Short, Jacks, Fitzgibbon, and Billig; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission
Limiting regulation of electric vehicle battery charging facilities.
Prohibits the utilities and transportation commission, under certain circumstances, from regulating the rates, services, facilities, and practices of an entity that offers battery charging facilities to the public for hire.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1572
by Representatives Pettigrew, Kagi, Reykdal, Haigh, Takko, Kenney, Moscoso, Hasegawa, Moeller, and Frockt
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 26 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1573
by Representatives Tharinger, Van De Wege, and Fitzgibbon
Creating a local mineral severance tax.
Authorizes the legislative body of a county to impose an excise tax upon the privilege of severing minerals from the land or waters within the county.Creates the county severance taxation account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1574
by Representatives Ormsby, Crouse, Billig, Parker, Roberts, Liias, and Sullivan
Extending the public facility district sales and use tax for certain regional centers.
Extends the public facility district sales and use tax for certain regional centers.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1575
by Representatives Cody, Green, Van De Wege, Moeller, and Jinkins
Clarifying which surgical facilities the Washington state department of health is mandated to license pursuant to chapter 70.230 RCW.
Clarifies the surgical facilities that the department of health is mandated to license.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1576
by Representatives Jinkins, Hinkle, Cody, Moeller, Green, and Kenney
Requiring the certification of dental anesthesia assistants.
Prohibits a person from practicing or representing himself or herself as a certified dental anesthesia assistant without being certified by the dental quality assurance commission as having met the standards established for certification.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1577
by Representatives Armstrong, Angel, Kretz, Warnick, Ross, Shea, Taylor, Klippert, Buys, Johnson, Haler, Dahlquist, Rivers, Harris, Hargrove, Walsh, Short, Anderson, Rolfes, Parker, Kristiansen, Schmick, Nealey, Dammeier, Ahern, Stanford, Finn, Moeller, Alexander, Hope, Hinkle, Green, Rodne, Overstreet, Van De Wege, Tharinger, Haigh, Hurst, Takko, Blake, McCune, Kelley, Orcutt, Pearson, Smith, and Miloscia
Verifying that an applicant for a driver's license or identicard is lawfully within the United States.
Requires verification that applicants for a driver's license or identicard are lawfully within the United States.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1578
by Representatives Fagan, Blake, Chandler, Schmick, Short, Nealey, Takko, and Walsh
Increasing the number of political subdivisions that may regulate the operation of off-road vehicles on streets or highways within its boundaries.
Increases the number of political subdivisions that may regulate the operation of off-road vehicles on streets or highways within its boundaries.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1579
by Representatives Hope, Kelley, Klippert, Rodne, Rivers, Hurst, Pearson, Johnson, Alexander, Dammeier, Ross, Van De Wege, Stanford, and Smith
Requiring proof of insurance for vehicle registration.
Requires an applicant to provide proof of insurance to renew a vehicle registration.Requires the registered owner of a vehicle to immediately notify the department of licensing if his or her insurance is not renewed or is canceled.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1580
by Representatives Klippert, Blake, Hope, McCune, Takko, Haler, Nealey, Rivers, Warnick, Johnson, Kristiansen, Ross, Orcutt, Alexander, Angel, Parker, and Harris
Limiting liability for specified state and local agencies.
Provides immunity from liability to law enforcement agencies, the department of corrections, and the department of social and health services for certain injuries to persons or property.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1581
by Representatives Walsh, Roberts, Kagi, Dickerson, and Kenney
Regarding shared parenting placement agreements for children with disabilities placed in out-of-home care.
Establishes a shared parenting placement agreement to provide services to children with developmental disabilities who are placed out of home. The services will be offered by the department of social and health services. The parent or legal guardian retains custody of the child.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1582
by Representatives Lytton, Morris, Chandler, Blake, Wilcox, Orcutt, Tharinger, Hinkle, McCune, Pearson, and Van De Wege
Concerning forest practices applications leading to conversion of land for development purposes.
Modifies forest practices provisions regarding how the forest practices board must define Class II and Class IV forest practices by rule; and a local government's requirement to provide an economic impact statement involving a forest practice on certain lands.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1583
by Representatives Stanford, Chandler, Blake, and Wilcox
Authorizing program providers to issue food and beverage service worker's permits.
Authorizes an individual or entity approved in food safety training by the state board of health to issue food and beverage service worker's permits.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1584
by Representatives Moeller, Taylor, Eddy, Jacks, Short, Kretz, Pettigrew, Armstrong, Clibborn, Chandler, Cody, Maxwell, Kirby, Billig, Fitzgibbon, McCune, Jinkins, Ormsby, and Frockt
Addressing the distance requirements for gathering signatures for an initiative or referendum at stand alone stores and retail stores that are located in commercial retail complexes.
Prohibits signature gatherers for initiative or referendum petitions from being within fifteen feet of entrances and exits of certain stand alone or retail stores, unless authorized by the property owner.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1585
by Representatives Eddy, Springer, and Ryu
Establishing the intrastate mutual aid system.
Establishes the intrastate mutual aid system to provide for mutual assistance in an emergency among political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes that choose to participate as member jurisdictions.Creates the intrastate mutual aid committee which is a subcommittee of the emergency management council to develop and update guidelines and procedures to facilitate implementation of the intrastate mutual aid system by member jurisdictions.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1586
by Representatives Seaquist, Haler, Jacks, Dammeier, Moscoso, Carlyle, Zeiger, Moeller, Probst, Kenney, Stanford, Kelley, Dahlquist, and Jinkins; 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 26 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1587
by Representatives McCoy, Crouse, Morris, Haler, Short, and Dahlquist
Preserving and advancing communication service and connectivity in the state.
Finds that: (1) Changes in technology and the structure of the telecommunications industry have produced conditions under which traditional regulation of local exchange companies may not in all cases provide the most efficient and effective means of achieving the public policy goals of universal service; and(2) Local exchange companies should have the option to elect to be regulated under an optional form of regulation and pricing flexibility.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1588
by Representatives Dunshee, Chandler, Van De Wege, and Tharinger; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Regarding hydraulic project approval.
Establishes targeted permit streamlining measures, such as creating a category of hydraulic projects that may be conducted upon notification to the department of fish and wildlife which will benefit both the applicant and the department, while providing for the protection of fish life due to the lower risk these projects pose to fish life.Finds that the department and applicant may realize staffing and fiscal efficiencies by using these measures.Requires the department to use the savings from these efficiencies to monitor hydraulic projects and emphasize application review and permitting of hydraulic projects that pose the greatest risk to fish life.Establishes a fee schedule for hydraulic project approval permits to relieve state taxpayers from a portion of the cost of the hydraulic project approval permit program.Educates permittees about how the requirements of the hydraulic code protect fish life to increase compliance with permit requirements.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1589
by Representatives Blake, Hinkle, Stanford, Warnick, Takko, Chandler, Reykdal, Short, Upthegrove, Taylor, Wilcox, and McCune
Concerning trust water rights.
Requires the department of ecology to review an application for transfer or other use of a water right from the trust water rights program.Requires the director of the department of ecology, in the Yakima basin, to approve, condition, or deny the application within forty-five days of receipt.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1590
by Representatives McCune, Rolfes, Shea, Zeiger, and Miloscia
Regulating the use of automated traffic safety cameras.
Requires certain local legislative authorities: (1) That adopt an ordinance allowing for the use of automated traffic safety cameras, to submit the ordinance to the voters within their jurisdiction at the next general election; and(2) In cities and counties using automated traffic safety cameras before July 24, 2005, to submit a proposition to the voters within their jurisdiction at the next general election.Requires approval by a majority of the voters or automated traffic safety cameras may not be used within the jurisdiction.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1591
by Representatives Warnick, Goodman, Kelley, Kenney, Liias, and Ormsby
Expanding protections against workplace harassment in antiharassment protection orders.
Authorizes an employer to petition for an order for protection to restrain a person from engaging in unlawful harassment affecting the workplace.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1592
by Representatives Short, Taylor, Angel, Kristiansen, DeBolt, McCune, Alexander, Schmick, Parker, and Harris
Suspending the growth management act in counties with significant and persistent unemployment.
Suspends provisions of the growth management act in counties and cities if the average rate of total unemployment in the county, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the employment security department, exceeds seven percent for three consecutive months.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1593
by Representatives Carlyle, Maxwell, Lytton, Probst, Ladenburg, Anderson, Pedersen, Billig, Dammeier, Wilcox, Dahlquist, and Fagan
Establishing a residency provisional principal certification.
Encourages highly capable individuals with qualities of leadership to become principals through field-based, rigorous, but flexible preparation programs offered in close collaboration with school districts.Encourages school districts to provide principals with increased decision-making authority, including personnel decisions and allocation of financial resources.Holds principals accountable to demonstrate the qualities essential to lead a school.Requires the professional educator standards board to: (1) Establish a residency provisional principal certification; and(2) Adopt standards that define a scope and level of professional managerial and leadership experience for certification.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1594
by Representatives Santos and Anderson
Concerning the membership and work of the financial education public-private partnership.
Establishes term limits for membership on the financial education public-private partnership.Adopts the jumpstart coalition national standards in K-12 personal finance education as the essential academic learning requirements for financial education.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1595
by Representatives Cody, Appleton, and Green
Regarding graduates of foreign medical schools.
Authorizes graduates of foreign medical schools applying for licensure to practice medicine to forego certain eligibility requirements if he or she furnishes certain information to the medical quality assurance commission.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1596
by Representatives Tharinger, Nealey, Haler, Takko, Walsh, and Fitzgibbon
Concerning requirements that cities and towns with ambulance utilities allocate funds toward the total cost necessary to regulate, operate, and maintain the ambulance utility.
Requires cities and towns with ambulance utilities to allocate funds to ambulance services in an amount proportionate to the percentage of the ambulance service costs to the total costs necessary to regulate, operate, and maintain the ambulance utility.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1597
by Representatives Miloscia, Green, Ormsby, Moeller, Reykdal, Hunt, Dickerson, Appleton, Ryu, Hasegawa, Pettigrew, Fitzgibbon, and Kenney
Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs.
Requires the department of labor and industries to annually calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation.Requires employers to pay their employees, who are at least eighteen years old, the adjusted minimum wage rate.Provides for submission of the act to a vote of the people.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1598
by Representatives Springer, Asay, Clibborn, Haler, Eddy, Fitzgibbon, and Frockt
Concerning county and city additional real estate excise tax authority.
Provides cities and counties with the flexibility to use real estate excise taxes for the maintenance and operation of capital facilities and additional capital projects.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1599
by Representatives Probst, Haler, Maxwell, Orwall, Haigh, Santos, Dammeier, Seaquist, Liias, Reykdal, Kagi, Roberts, Kenney, and Ormsby
Establishing the pay for actual student success dropout prevention program.
Creates the pay for actual student success program to provide a financial award for high schools that demonstrate improvement in certain dropout prevention indicators.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1600
by Representatives Probst, Anderson, Maxwell, and Roberts
Concerning elementary math specialists.
Encourages elementary teachers who enjoy and excel in mathematics to become specialists and encourages school districts to assign these specialists to teach elementary and middle school mathematics.Requires the professional educator standards board to develop standards for and adopt a specialty endorsement for elementary mathematics specialists.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1601
by Representatives Probst, Kenney, Green, Moscoso, Hasegawa, Moeller, Reykdal, Appleton, Jacks, Cody, Ormsby, Sells, Liias, Ryu, Stanford, McCoy, Upthegrove, Sullivan, Ladenburg, Kagi, Rolfes, Springer, Van De Wege, Santos, Takko, Haigh, Orwall, Tharinger, and Billig
Enacting the middle class jobs act.
Establishes the middle class jobs act of 2011.Finds that: (1) The proportion of people living in middle-income families has declined;(2) The current economic crisis has likely exacerbated this decline;(3) With this financial crisis comes the opportunity to move government away from paying state agencies for process and toward paying for actual accomplishment of measurable results; and(4) Accomplishing this will require teamwork across multiple state agencies, including the department of social and health services, the department of commerce, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community and technical colleges, the employment security department, the department of revenue, the Washington state apprenticeship and training council, and the office of financial management's labor relations office.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1602
by Representatives McCune, Shea, Hinkle, Ahern, Angel, and Harris
Concerning parents' rights.
Establishes the restoration of parents' rights act.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1603
by Representatives McCune and Pearson
Concerning the removal of gravel from waterways to reduce the impact of flooding.
Authorizes the removal of gravel from certain waterways to reduce the impact of flooding.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1604
by Representative McCune
Requiring signed parental confirmation before students participate in AIDS and sexual health education.
Allows public school students to attend or participate in AIDS prevention education or sexual health education only if the school or school district has on file a signed confirmation from the student's parent or legal guardian that the parent or legal guardian has received notification of the planned instruction and approves of the student's attendance or participation.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1605
by Representatives McCune, Klippert, and Harris
Requiring recipients of public funds for housing to provide an application preference for qualified disabled veterans.
Finds that: (1) Disabled veterans are individuals who were willing to risk their lives serving in the armed forces of the United States and who had the misfortune to suffer injury during their service; and(2) If a disabled veteran is in need of housing and the taxpayers are providing government subsidized housing, disabled veterans should benefit from the opportunity to reside in such housing.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1606
by Representatives Jacks, Haler, Van De Wege, Short, Eddy, and McCoy; by request of Department of Agriculture
Concerning minimum renewable fuel content requirements.
Strengthens the existing renewable fuel standard to ensure Washington follows through on its commitments.Encourages the continued growth of agricultural feedstock markets from oilseeds and food by-products.Creates manufacturing jobs in both rural and urban Washington communities.Makes further strides toward energy independence.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1607
by Representatives Rolfes, Hope, Reykdal, Haigh, Seaquist, Probst, Appleton, and Santos
Providing a limited exemption from school day and hour requirements in order to mitigate state funding reductions.
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to provide an exemption from school day and hour requirements if there are unforeseen, retroactive mid-school year reductions in state funding for school districts.Expires September 1, 2011.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1608
by Representatives Billig, Probst, Haigh, Santos, Seaquist, Anderson, Haler, Maxwell, Dammeier, Sells, Carlyle, Sullivan, Ladenburg, Dahlquist, Frockt, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Orwall, Moscoso, Stanford, Jinkins, Ormsby, Jacks, McCoy, Appleton, Kelley, Van De Wege, Clibborn, Kenney, Roberts, Upthegrove, Goodman, Hasegawa, and Tharinger
Modifying the opportunity internship program.
Modifies provisions relating to the opportunity internship program.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1609
by Representatives Pettigrew, Dammeier, Carlyle, Dahlquist, Kagi, Finn, Anderson, Jinkins, Hunter, and Eddy
Regarding school employee workforce reductions and assignments.
Addresses school employee workforce reductions and assignments.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1610
by Representatives Blake and Chandler; by request of Department of Ecology
Regarding the management of water resources.
Promotes active water management that protects and restores sustainable water supplies for our communities, farms, and ecosystems.Promotes water supply assessments as a foundational and science-based extension of current watershed planning and implementation efforts to project future water supply needs and availability.Reforms current statutory provisions to promote administrative efficiencies and active water management.Directs the department of ecology to recommend ways to make the state's water resource management program financially self-sufficient.Eliminates the water rights tracking system account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1611
by Representatives Short, Orwall, McCune, Walsh, and Rolfes
Clarifying the department of early learning's authority with respect to licensed child care facilities.
Clarifies the authority of the department of early learning with respect to licensed child care facilities.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HJR 4214
by Representatives Anderson, Dunshee, and Carlyle
Authorizing the state legislature to dissolve and reorganize counties under certain financial conditions.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution authorizing the legislature to dissolve and reorganize counties under certain financial conditions.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HJR 4215
by Representatives McCune, Shea, Hinkle, Ahern, Angel, and Harris
Amending the Constitution to include parents' rights.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to include a parent's right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HCR 4404
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Hinkle, and Frockt
Continuing the work of the joint select committee on health reform implementation.
Continues the work of the joint select committee on health reform implementation.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
SB 5027-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, King, and Holmquist Newbry)
Requiring motorcycle manufacturers to indicate whether a motorcycle is for off-road use only.
Requires a motorcycle manufacturer to indicate whether a motorcycle is for off-road use only.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5066-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Kohl-Welles, and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Regarding the streamlining of contractor appeals.
Modifies provisions relating to unregistered contractors' defaults in payment and notices of infractions.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5067-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Conway, and Chase; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Changing the certified and registered mail requirements of the department of labor and industries and employment security department.
Changes certain mailing requirements for the department of labor and industries and the employment security department.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5069-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Kline, and Chase; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Creating the farm labor contractor account.
Creates the farm labor contractor account to be used for administering the farm labor contractor licensing program.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5070-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and Chase; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Regarding records requests relating to prevailing wage investigations.
Prohibits certain employers, contractors, and subcontractors from using prevailing wage records under certain circumstances.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5072-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield, Shin, and Haugen; by request of Department of Agriculture)
Authorizing the department of agriculture to accept and expend gifts.
Authorizes the director of the department of agriculture to accept, expend, and retain certain gifts, grants, bequests, and contributions.Requires the transfer of surplus funds of a candidate or political committee to the department of agriculture's food assistance program for distribution to food banks.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | ARED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5185-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Sheldon, Becker, Honeyford, Swecker, Stevens, Benton, Holmquist Newbry, Zarelli, Baumgartner, King, Schoesler, Hewitt, Ericksen, and Roach)
Temporarily suspending certain motorcycle rules when operating in parades or public demonstrations.
Suspends certain motorcycle rules temporarily when operating on a closed road during a parade or public demonstration.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5446
by Senators Shin and Hobbs
Concerning the entry or removal of certain homes, models, or vehicles in manufactured housing communities with a nonconforming use status.
Prohibits a local government from prohibiting the entry or requiring the removal of a manufactured/mobile home, park model, or recreational vehicle authorized in certain manufactured housing communities on the basis of the community's status as a nonconforming use.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5447
by Senators Shin, Roach, and Hobbs
Concerning utility rates and charges for unoccupied mobile home lots in manufactured housing communities.
Prohibits rates, charges, fees, or other costs from being charged, under certain circumstances, to a mobile home lot in a manufactured housing community while the lot is unoccupied.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5448
by Senators Schoesler and Shin
Conforming certain manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program definitions with certain manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act definitions.
Conforms certain manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program definitions with certain manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act definitions.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5449
by Senators Brown, Pflug, Carrell, Harper, Murray, Hobbs, Fain, Delvin, Roach, Ericksen, Shin, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Kilmer
Regarding the unfair competition that occurs when stolen or misappropriated information technology is used to manufacture products sold or offered for sale in this state.
Addresses unfair competition with regard to the manufacturing of an article or product while using stolen or misappropriated information technology.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5450
by Senator Hargrove
Creating a local mineral severance tax.
Authorizes the legislative body of a county to impose an excise tax upon the privilege of severing minerals from the land or waters within the county.Creates the county severance taxation account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5451
by Senators Ranker, Ericksen, Pridemore, Harper, Carrell, Hobbs, Rockefeller, Tom, White, and Shin
Concerning shoreline structures in a master program adopted under the shoreline management act.
Recognizes that there is concern from property owners regarding legal status of existing shoreline structures under updated shoreline regulations.Clarifies the legal status of these structures that will apply after shoreline regulations are updated.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5452
by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, and Haugen
Regarding communication, collaboration, and expedited medicaid attainment concerning persons with mental health or chemical dependency disorders who are confined in a state institution.
Improves communication, collaboration, and expedited medicaid attainment with regard to persons confined in a state institution who have mental health or chemical dependency disorders.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5453
by Senators Fraser, Swecker, Regala, Morton, Rockefeller, Hargrove, Ranker, Stevens, Sheldon, and Shin
Enhancing the production of Pacific salmon.
Establishes a Puget Sound salmon enhancement assessment for all salmon caught in Puget Sound under a commercial license.Requires the director of the department of fish and wildlife to identify one qualifying organization to partner with the department in order to enhance the harvest opportunities for salmon and to undertake salmon enhancement projects.Creates the salmon enhancement assessment dedicated account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5454
by Senators Keiser, Pflug, Pridemore, Parlette, Conway, and Becker
Concerning the administration of drugs by health care assistants.
Restricts health care assistants certified in category C or E by the department of health from administering certain drugs.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5455
by Senators Zarelli, Tom, and King
Regarding teacher performance.
Establishes the top teacher recognition grant program to encourage excellence in the classroom teaching ranks and to recognize the most outstanding classroom teachers in the state.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5456
by Senators Murray, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Harper, White, Chase, Nelson, Fraser, and Prentice
Eliminating the death penalty.
Reduces criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5457
by Senators White, Shin, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Harper, Nelson, Keiser, Prentice, Kline, and McAuliffe
Providing a congestion reduction charge to fund the operational and capital needs of transit agencies.
Provides public transit agencies with a temporary tool, in the form of a congestion reduction charge, to help address their revenue shortfalls during this economic crisis and allow them to continue reducing congestion on some of the state's most crowded corridors.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5458
by Senators Keiser, Pflug, Kline, Becker, Conway, Pridemore, Rockefeller, and Parlette
Concerning medicaid fraud.
Establishes the medicaid fraud false claims act.Creates the medicaid fraud penalty account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5459
by Senators Kline, Keiser, Regala, and McAuliffe
Regarding transition services for people with developmental disabilities.
Provides that the legislature intends that: (1) Out-of-the-family home residential services supporting individuals with developmental disabilities should be available in the most integrated setting appropriate to individual needs;(2) A person with a developmental disability moving from an institution to a community setting has the services and support arrangements needed to meet the person's assessed health and welfare needs; and(3) Children with developmental disabilities be served in home or community settings, not in institutions.Prohibits admission to a residential habilitation center from being considered a permanent placement.Requires the department of social and health services to close Frances Haddon Morgan residential rehabilitation center and the Yakima Valley school and relocate current residents.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5460
by Senators Kline, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, White, and Chase
Establishing a claims process for persons convicted and imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
Provides a claims process for persons who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5461
by Senators Haugen and Holmquist Newbry
Providing additional claims management authority for retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
Authorizes retrospective rating plan employers and groups who administer their plans with an approved claims administrator to assist the department of labor and industries in the processing of claims.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5462
by Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Shin, Tom, White, Rockefeller, and Conway
Requiring the college board to act as a clearinghouse for state and federal financial aid.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Act as a clearinghouse for all state and federal financial aid awarded to students in the state's community and technical college system; and(2) Be the single point of contact for all community or technical college students applying for financial aid.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5463
by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Kastama, Shin, Tom, and White
Requiring the college board to establish minimum standards for common student identifiers.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to establish minimum standards with respect to common student identifiers such that once a student has enrolled at any community or technical college he or she retains the same student identification upon transfer to any college district.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5464
by Senators Rockefeller, Kastama, Delvin, and Chase
Creating the clean energy partnership.
Creates the Washington clean energy partnership to: (1) Develop, implement, and manage programs and funding initiatives related to expanding the clean energy sector in Washington; and(2) Coordinate clean energy initiatives and implement the clean energy leadership council's recommendations provided in the state clean energy leadership plan report.Creates the clean energy sector advisory committee to: (1) Approve the appointment of the executive director of the partnership;(2) Approve the annual operating budget of the partnership;(3) Provide strategic guidance to the executive director on the needs of the clean energy sector; and(4) Establish priorities for the use of partnership funds, including approving the allocation of funds to projects.Creates the Washington clean energy partnership fund.Requires money in the energy freedom account to be spent only after appropriation and approval by the Washington clean energy partnership.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5465
by Senators Keiser, Delvin, Kline, White, McAuliffe, and Conway
Creating the safety net assessment to fund services for people with developmental disabilities.
Creates the safety net assessment to fund services for people with developmental disabilities.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a review of the taxes imposed by the act on community residential services businesses.Creates the community residential investment account.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5466
by Senator Keiser; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Regarding medicaid nursing facility payments.
Ensures efficient and economic medicaid nursing facility payments.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5467
by Senators Kilmer, Parlette, and Murray; by request of Governor Gregoire
Adopting a 2011-2013 capital budget.
Adopts the 2011-2013 capital budget.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5468
by Senators Pridemore, Shin, and Chase; by request of Governor Gregoire
Creating the office of forecast councils.
Creates the office of forecast councils.Transfers the economic and revenue forecast council and the caseload forecast council to the office of forecast councils.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5469
by Senator Pridemore; by request of Governor Gregoire
Addressing boards and commissions.
Eliminates certain boards and commissions.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5470
by Senator Murray; by request of Office of Financial Management
Regarding reducing compensation for educational and academic employees.
Reduces compensation for educational and academic employees.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5471
by Senator Murray; by request of Office of Financial Management
Regarding student achievement fund allocations.
Modifies provisions relating to the student achievement program general fund allocation.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5472
by Senator Murray; by request of Office of Financial Management
Changing the apportionment schedule to educational service districts and school districts for the 2010-11 school year.
Changes educational service districts' and school districts' apportionment schedules for the 2010-2011 school year.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5473
by Senators Murray and Shin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the implementation of long-term care worker requirements regarding background checks and training.
Delays the implementation of certain long-term care worker requirements regarding background checks and training.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5474
by Senators Murray and Conway; by request of Governor Gregoire
Restricting higher education employees' annuities and retirement income plans.
Revises the retirement and annuity programs of the state's institutions of higher education for future participants to reflect changes that have already occurred in state pension plans.Gives newly hired employees, who are eligible for participation in an annuity or retirement income plan offered by a higher education institution, an opportunity to participate in either that plan without a supplemental benefit or in the public employees' retirement system plan 3 or the teachers' retirement system plan 3.Provides that state funding for certain annuity or retirement income plans will not exceed six percent of salary.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5475
by Senator Murray; by request of Office of Financial Management
Regarding education funding.
Implements by 2018 a redefined program of basic education and funding.Builds on previous efforts by implementing funding formulas for the learning assistance program, transitional bilingual instruction, and pupil transportation.Develops a realistic and practical implementation schedule for certain phased-in enhancements that, once fully implemented, will constitute the legislature's definition of basic education under Article IX of the state Constitution.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5476
by Senator Murray; by request of Office of Financial Management
Changing school bus depreciation provisions.
Addresses the reimbursement for and the depreciation of school buses.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5477
by Senator Murray; by request of Governor Gregoire
Changing the designation of the medicaid single state agency.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services pertaining to the medical assistance program and the medicaid purchasing administration to the health care authority to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the act.Changes the head of the state health care authority from the administrator to the director.Requires the code reviser to prepare legislation for the 2012 regular session that changes all statutory references to administrator of the health care authority to director of the health care authority.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5478
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Rockefeller, Hargrove, and Chase; by request of Department of Agriculture
Concerning minimum renewable fuel content requirements.
Strengthens the existing renewable fuel standard to ensure Washington follows through on its commitments.Encourages the continued growth of agricultural feedstock markets from oilseeds and food by-products.Creates manufacturing jobs in both rural and urban Washington communities.Makes further strides toward energy independence.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5479
by Senators McAuliffe and Shin
Regarding high school mathematics and science assessments.
Requires each school district board of directors to establish three-year, district-wide growth targets to increase the percentage of students who meet or exceed the performance standards established for high school graduation on the high school mathematics and science state assessments.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5480
by Senators Conway and Keiser
Concerning submission of certain information by physicians and physician assistants at the time of license renewal.
Requires the medical quality assurance commission to request licensees to submit information about their current professional practice at the time of license renewal.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5481
by Senators Pflug, Murray, and Swecker
Establishing the natural resources partnership office.
Creates the natural resources partnership office to identify and facilitate the development of opportunities for public-private and public-public partnerships with a substantial likelihood to increase efficiency or reduce costs in order to facilitate the preservation of access to recreational opportunities on state lands as well as key services performed by natural resources agencies.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5482
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hobbs, Eide, Keiser, Fraser, Prentice, and Conway
Authorizing existing funding to house victims of human trafficking and their families.
Authorizes the use of existing funding to provide housing for victims of human trafficking and their families.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5483
by Senator Shin; 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 26 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5484
by Senator Shin; 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 26 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5485
by Senators Hargrove and Ranker
Maximizing the use of our state's natural resources.
Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts at earlier stages in the building and construction design process.Adopts by reference, the international green construction code.Requires the state building code council to review the state building code and adopt changes as necessary to promote the greater use of wood and wood products.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5486
by Senators Benton, Schoesler, Stevens, Roach, and Holmquist Newbry
Creating the taxpayer savings account.
Creates the taxpayer savings account to provide an option for taxpayers to voluntarily contribute more to state government.
| Jan 26 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |