 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 14 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 28, 2011 | 19th 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 1135-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Finn, Armstrong, and Upthegrove)
Regarding refrigerants for motor vehicles.
Allows air conditioning equipment in a motor vehicle to contain certain refrigerants if the refrigerant is allowed under the department of ecology's motor vehicle emission standards adopted under RCW 70.120A.010 (rules to implement California motor vehicle emission standards).
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 9:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 27 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1612
by Representatives Johnson, Green, Hope, Dickerson, Walsh, Appleton, Maxwell, Van De Wege, and Kenney
Regulating the insurance coverage of prosthetics and orthotics.
Requires certain individual and group health plans to provide coverage for benefits for prosthetics and orthotics that are at least equivalent to the coverage provided by the federal medicare program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1613
by Representatives Warnick and Reykdal
Regarding providing eyeglasses to medicaid enrollees.
Revises inmate work program provisions with regard to providing glasses to medicaid enrollees.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1614
by Representatives Dickerson, Rodne, Hope, Goodman, Walsh, Roberts, Green, McCoy, Blake, Kagi, Dunshee, Springer, Appleton, Seaquist, Johnson, Jinkins, Liias, Kelley, Rolfes, Maxwell, Van De Wege, and Kenney
Concerning the traumatic brain injury strategic partnership.
Changes the composition and duties of the traumatic brain injury strategic partnership advisory council.Requires the department of social and health services, in response to certain recommendations of the council, to include in the comprehensive statewide plan a staffing plan for providing adequate support for council activities for positions funded by the traumatic brain injury account.Authorizes money in the traumatic brain injury account to be used to support the activities in the statewide traumatic brain injury comprehensive plan.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1615
by Representatives Ladenburg, Kelley, Rodne, Moscoso, Kirby, Appleton, and Stanford
Concerning service members' civil relief.
Revises the definition of "military service" and "service member" for purposes of the Washington service member's civil relief act.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1616
by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, and Reykdal
Authorizing lien authority of public utility districts providing water or sewer service.
Authorizes lien authority of public utility districts providing water or sewer service.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1617
by Representatives Seaquist, Morris, Haler, Nealey, and Walsh
Exempting public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
Exempts public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1618
by Representatives Sells, Crouse, Dunshee, McCoy, Liias, Kristiansen, and Pearson
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 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1619
by Representatives Hope, Reykdal, Orcutt, Green, and McCune
Authorizing the use of all-terrain vehicles on public roadways under certain conditions.
Authorizes the operation of all-terrain vehicles upon a roadway of this state having a speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less under certain conditions.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1620
by Representatives Appleton, Johnson, Rolfes, and Roberts
Concerning the discharge and relocation of residents of state facilities.
Requires the secretary of the department of social and health services to: (1) Provide notification to certain parties of an impending voluntary closure of a state-operated nursing facility or an intermediate care facility;(2) Ensure that, before a facility closes, all residents of the facility have been successfully relocated to another facility or an alternative home and community-based setting; and(3) Apply for all available continued payments under Title XIX of the federal social security act with respect to residents of certain facilities.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1621
by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, and Maxwell; by request of Department of Early Learning
Making technical corrections to department of early learning statutes.
Makes technical corrections to certain department of early learning statutes.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1622
by Representatives Dunshee and Hope
Authorizing rural conservation development demonstration projects.
Creates a mechanism on a demonstration basis to allow certain counties to authorize a sustainable development alternative for residential development in rural areas as an alternative to limited areas of more intense rural development, fully contained communities and existing, traditional subdivision techniques in order to facilitate management of residential growth in rural areas, to promote preservation of open space, and to minimize and/or reduce the conversion of designated resource lands.Explores the use of rural receiving areas to support strategies for transfer of development rights and to provide certain counties with options for authorizing sustainable residential development in the rural areas.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1623
by Representatives Ahern, McCune, Hope, Pearson, Hurst, Johnson, Nealey, Kristiansen, and Miloscia
Making it a felony to drive or be in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug when the person has two or more prior offenses within seven years.
Decreases the number of prior offenses allowed before a conviction becomes a felony for driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1624
by Representatives Ormsby, Kenney, Dunshee, Upthegrove, Cody, Fitzgibbon, Roberts, and Billig
Promoting residential infrastructure development in urban growth areas.
Creates the residential infrastructure program in the department of commerce to provide loans to eligible jurisdictions and grants to nonprofit organizations for public infrastructure that supports increased capacity for dense, affordable residential development in transit-proximate areas.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
| Feb 3 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development & Housing at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1625
by Representatives Hunter, Bailey, Seaquist, Hinkle, Moeller, and Carlyle
Addressing the default investment option available to new members of the plan 3 retirement systems.
Changes the default investment option for new members of the defined contribution portion of the plan 3 retirement systems.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1626
by Representatives Goodman and Rodne
Modifying harassment provisions.
Addresses harassment provisions relating to: (1) The district courts' exclusive original jurisdiction;(2) Municipal courts transferring certain actions and proceedings to superior court;(3) Exemption from protection orders; and(4) Determination of criminal history or pendency of other proceedings involving the parties.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1627
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Maxwell, Springer, Eddy, Clibborn, and Tharinger
Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.
Limits a boundary review board's authority with regard to modifying a proposal for annexation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1628
by Representatives Kirby, Klippert, Blake, and Warnick; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning firearm background check databases.
Modifies provisions relating to restoration of the right to possess a firearm, regulation of the sale of firearms by dealers, and background checks for concealed pistol licenses and alien firearms licenses.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1629
by Representatives Kagi, Hinkle, Cody, and Walsh
Concerning applied behavior analyst services.
Authorizes state or nationally certified behavior analysts, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed psychologists to provide applied behavior analysis services to children with developmental disabilities.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1630
by Representatives Dammeier, Seaquist, Frockt, Roberts, and Harris
Authorizing private operation of state-owned rest areas.
Authorizes the department of transportation to develop a comprehensive program that allows private entities to operate state-owned safety rest areas.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1631
by Representatives Reykdal, Hope, Sells, Haigh, Seaquist, Rolfes, Santos, Appleton, and Kenney
Providing for academic employee salary increments for community and technical colleges.
Provides consistent and predictable funding of academic employee salary increments for qualifying two-year college academic employees.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1632
by Representatives Hope, Hurst, and Armstrong; by request of Department of Corrections
Modifying cost of supervision provisions.
Addresses offender supervision intake fees.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1633
by Representatives Kelley and Maxwell
Changing the age of compulsory school attendance.
Changes the age of compulsory school attendance.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1634
by Representatives Takko, Angel, Morris, and Armstrong
Regarding underground utilities.
Prevents the disruption of vital services by establishing a comprehensive damage prevention program for transfer pipelines, transmission pipelines, and underground facilities.Establishes authority to enforce the law, assign responsibilities for locating and keeping accurate records of underground facilities' locations, and protect and repair damage to existing underground facilities.Creates an underground damage prevention authority which will appoint an enforcement committee in order to: (1) Hear complaints for violations of chapter 19.122 RCW (underground utilities); and(2) Issue a finding of facts and conclusions regarding alleged violations and recommend appropriate corrective actions.Provides a December 31, 2020, expiration of the authority.Creates the damage prevention account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1635
by Representatives Upthegrove, Clibborn, Eddy, Armstrong, Liias, Rivers, Angel, Van De Wege, Wilcox, Maxwell, Rolfes, Finn, Sullivan, Dammeier, Orwall, Warnick, and Moscoso
Concerning the administration of exams and renewals for drivers' licenses.
Authorizes certain driver training schools to administer the portions of the driver licensing examination that test the applicant's knowledge of traffic laws and the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.Changes the fee and frequency for renewing a driver's license.Authorizes the department of licensing to waive five dollars of the renewal fee if a person renews his or her driver's license through the mail or through online services.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1636
by Representatives Upthegrove, Nealey, Ormsby, Green, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Orcutt, Maxwell, Sullivan, Pedersen, Anderson, Van De Wege, McCune, Orwall, Ross, Goodman, Sells, Bailey, Stanford, Pearson, Roberts, Kristiansen, Warnick, Cody, Moscoso, and Billig
Concerning services performed by amateur sports officials.
Provides that certain services performed by amateur sports officials are not considered employment for a services referral agency under certain circumstances.Exempts certain services performed by amateur sports officials from industrial insurance provisions.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1637
by Representatives Bailey, Chandler, Short, Angel, McCune, Fagan, and Harris
Concerning maintenance inspections of on-site sewage systems.
Prohibits the department of health and local boards of health from requiring periodic maintenance and operation inspections of on-site sewage disposal systems more than once every three years if the system: (1) Has a design flow of less than three thousand five hundred gallons per day; and(2) Is a gravity flow system, pressure distribution system, mound system, sand filter system, or biofilter system.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1638
by Representatives Goodman, Hope, Klippert, Kelley, and Moscoso
Modifying concealed pistol license provisions.
Modifies concealed pistol license provisions with regard to the federal prohibition on possession of a firearm.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1639
by Representatives McCoy, Short, and Haler
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 27 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1640
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Cody, and Moeller
Concerning respiratory care practitioners.
Provides that a respiratory care practitioner is under the direct order and under the qualified medical direction of a physician, an osteopathic physician or surgeon, a podiatric physician and surgeon, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, a naturopath, a physician assistant, or an osteopathic physician assistant.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1641
by Representatives Hunt, Taylor, and Pettigrew
Concerning domestic winery licensing.
Modifies provisions regarding the licensing of domestic wineries.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1642
by Representatives McCune, Angel, Rolfes, and Kretz
Enhancing the production of Pacific salmon.
Creates a mechanism to enhance the production of Pacific salmon.Creates the Puget Sound commercial salmon commission which exists primarily for the benefit of the people of the state and its economy.Levies a Puget Sound salmon enhancement assessment upon the harvest or processing of an assessment-qualifying catch.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1643
by Representatives McCune and Angel
Regarding food refrigeration and freezing standards.
Prohibits a local health jurisdiction, under certain circumstances, from establishing standards for refrigerating or freezing food that requires a business to purchase a specified type of refrigeration or freezing equipment.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1644
by Representatives Kelley, Rolfes, Appleton, Angel, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Maxwell, Billig, Green, and Stanford
Placing restrictions on, and enforcing the restrictions on, making small loans.
Places and enforces restrictions on making small loans.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1645
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Goodman, Cody, and Kenney
Transferring certification responsibilities for chemical dependency treatment programs from the department of social and health services to the department of health.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services pertaining to certification of chemical dependency treatment programs to the department of health.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1646
by Representatives Orcutt, Ahern, Pearson, Hope, Klippert, and McCune
Increasing penalties for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
Increases penalties for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1647
by Representatives Orcutt, Angel, McCune, Fagan, Zeiger, Kristiansen, and Harris
Aligning Washington's estate tax to the federal estate tax.
Aligns Washington's estate tax to the federal estate tax.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5036-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senators Regala, Swecker, and Fraser; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Ecology)
Regarding 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 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | NRMW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
SB 5063-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, King, and Shin)
Concerning special license plates for motorcycles.
Allows motorcycles to display a special license plate.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5487
by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, Hobbs, Delvin, Honeyford, Becker, and Shin
Establishing a certification program for commercial egg laying chicken operations.
Establishes enforceable minimum standards to protect the health and well-being of egg laying hens in commercial egg laying operations.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5488
by Senators Hatfield and Keiser
Facilitating integration of behavioral health care and primary care.
Requires representatives from the department of social and health services and the department of health to examine the best regulatory practices that will facilitate and support integration of primary care and behavioral health care in a certain county.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5489
by Senators Ericksen, Delvin, and Hewitt
Exempting public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
Exempts public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5490
by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Shin, White, and Sheldon; 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 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5491
by Senators Nelson, Swecker, Chase, and Shin
Limiting the authority of boundary review boards.
Limits a boundary review board's authority with regard to modifying a proposal for annexation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5492
by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, and Hewitt
Changing Washington beer commission provisions.
Removes the term "affected producer" from Washington beer commission statutes.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5493
by Senators Delvin and Hewitt
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 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5494
by Senators Brown, Zarelli, and Shin
Addressing the default investment option available to new members of the plan 3 retirement systems.
Changes the default investment option for new members of the defined contribution portion of the plan 3 retirement systems.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5495
by Senators Kohl-Welles and Pflug
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 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5496
by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Honeyford, and Carrell
Siting new mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities.
Authorizes certain counties to establish a process for authorizing the siting of new mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities outside of urban growth areas.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5497
by Senators Sheldon, Pflug, and Carrell
Requiring the removal of a mobile home, manufactured home, or park model from a mobile home park by a secured party after default.
Makes a secured party, who has a right to possession of certain mobile homes, manufactured homes, or park models, responsible for removing the home or park model from the mobile home park.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5498
by Senators Kline, Shin, Conway, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Chase
Concerning for hire vehicles and for hire vehicle operators.
Declares that all taxicab, limousine, for hire vehicle businesses, and for hire vehicle operators are subject to mandatory industrial insurance coverage.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5499
by Senators Chase, Kohl-Welles, and Shin
Concerning utility donations to hunger programs.
Authorizes public utility districts, municipal utilities, code cities, gas companies, and electric companies to request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5500
by Senators Baumgartner, Chase, Kastama, Zarelli, Schoesler, Shin, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Parlette, Kilmer, and Roach
Concerning the rule-making process for state economic policy.
Finds that agency and local government decisions can have negative economic consequences for businesses, particularly small businesses, as well as for employees of those businesses.Changes the requirements for small business economic impact statements.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5501
by Senators Murray, Kilmer, Schoesler, Conway, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Shin, Holmquist Newbry, and White
Concerning the taxation of employee meals provided without specific charge.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption to restaurants in respect to meals provided without specific charge to employees.Provides a sales and use tax exemption on meals provided without specific charge to an employee by a restaurant.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5502
by Senators White, Nelson, Keiser, Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Murray, Litzow, Harper, Fain, Swecker, Delvin, and Shin
Concerning the regulation, operations, and safety of limousine carriers.
Addresses the regulation, operations, and safety of limousine carriers.Authorizes the department of licensing to enter into cooperative agreements with certain cities for the purpose of enforcing state laws or rules applicable to limousine carriers and chauffeurs.Requires the department of licensing to convene an internal work group regarding the issuance of chauffeur licenses.Creates the limousine carriers account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5503
by Senator Pridemore; by request of Governor Gregoire
Reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Creates the department of enterprise services to provide centralized leadership in efficiently and cost-effectively managing resources necessary to support the delivery of state government services.Abolishes the department of general administration and the public printer and transfers their powers, duties, and functions to the department of enterprise services.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of information services, the department of personnel, and the office of financial management to the department of enterprise services.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel to the office of financial management.Requires the code reviser to prepare legislation for the 2012 regular session that changes all statutory references to the director or department of general administration to department of enterprise services.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5504
by Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Addressing unlicensed child care.
Establishes the Colby Thompson act.Modifies provisions regarding unlicensed child care.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5505
by Senators Hill, Chase, Fain, Pridemore, Stevens, Nelson, Litzow, Swecker, Honeyford, and Schoesler
Allowing the use of federal census data to determine the resident population of annexed territory.
Allows a local government to use federal census data under certain circumstances to determine the resident population of annexed territory.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5506
by Senators Sheldon and Morton
Regarding the use of metal detectors in state parks.
Requires the parks and recreation commission to open all developed, common, and disturbed areas of state parks for the recreational use of metal detectors.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5507
by Senators Kilmer, White, Chase, Nelson, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Kohl-Welles, and Murray
Providing for academic employee salary increments for community and technical colleges.
Provides consistent and predictable funding of academic employee salary increases for state-funded two-year college academic employees who qualify through experience, professional development, and training pursuant to local collective bargaining.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5508
by Senators Parlette, Keiser, Becker, Murray, Zarelli, Hewitt, Kilmer, and Shin
Reauthorizing the joint legislative select committee on health reform implementation.
Reauthorizes the joint legislative select committee on health reform implementation established in 2010.Provides for expiration of the committee on June 30, 2012.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5509
by Senators Kline and Rockefeller
Mitigating carbon dioxide emissions resulting from fossil-fueled electrical generation.
Mitigates carbon dioxide emissions resulting from fossil-fueled electrical generation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5510
by Senators Rockefeller and Nelson
Defining the attributes of null power.
Defines the attributes of null power.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5511
by Senators Rockefeller, Ranker, McAuliffe, and Hobbs
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 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5512
by Senator Roach
Increasing public access to public records.
Establishes the light of day act.Requires state and local agencies to make available to the public, at no cost to the public, all public records of that agency through computer terminals located at a readily accessible designated area located in the agency.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5513
by Senators Roach, Prentice, Hargrove, Stevens, and Shin
Requiring that child protective service workers be licensed as social workers and bonded.
Requires child protective services workers to be bonded and licensed as social workers.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |