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 1037-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Ross, Johnson, Bailey, Upthegrove, Hurst, Armstrong, Walsh, Hinkle, Angel, Warnick, Schmick, Short, Klippert, Dammeier, McCune, Fagan, Nealey, Blake, Ladenburg, Kristiansen, Pearson, Tharinger, and Moeller; by request of Attorney General) Placing restrictions on legal claims initiated by persons serving criminal sentences in correctional facilities. Restricts certain legal claims by a person serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, local, or privately operated correctional facility.
HB 1041-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Angel, Goodman, McCune, Kelley, Hope, Dammeier, Warnick, Blake, Hurst, Moeller, and Upthegrove) Including correctional employees who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions. Includes correctional personnel who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
HB 1053-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Kenney, Ladenburg, Appleton, Roberts, Darneille, and Upthegrove; by request of Washington State Bar Association) Implementing recommendations from the Washington state bar association elder law section's executive committee report of the guardianship task force. Implements recommendations from the state bar association elder law section's executive committee report of the guardianship task force.
HB 1085-S by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Angel and Kirby) Creating a hair design license. Creates a hair design license.
HB 1202-S by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Taylor, and Moscoso) Creating a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores. Requires the liquor control board to establish a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores to promote the sponsor's products.Expires December 1, 2012.
HB 1218-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman and Rodne; by request of Statute Law Committee) Making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington. Makes technical corrections to the RCW.
HB 1253-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rivers, Pedersen, and Rodne; by request of Uniform Laws Commission) Revising the uniform interstate family support act. Revises the uniform interstate family support act.Provides a contingent effective date and requires the department of social and health services to provide notice of that date to certain parties.
HB 1267-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Pedersen, Walsh, Jinkins, Eddy, Roberts, Kagi, Sullivan, Van De Wege, Hurst, Goodman, Orwall, Moeller, Kirby, Frockt, Carlyle, Liias, Kenney, Clibborn, Seaquist, Blake, Hudgins, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Dunshee, Morris, Takko, Pettigrew, Finn, Billig, Hunter, Cody, Dickerson, Stanford, Springer, Reykdal, Haigh, Rolfes, Sells, Jacks, Appleton, Hunt, Maxwell, Ryu, Ormsby, Ladenburg, McCoy, Santos, Lytton, Moscoso, Upthegrove, Green, Hasegawa, and Tharinger; by request of Washington State Bar Association) Clarifying and expanding the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage. Expands and clarifies the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage.Establishes consistent standards and procedural safeguards for the protection of all parties involved in a surrogacy contract in this state and to confirm the legal status of children born as a result of these contracts.
HB 1328-S by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, DeBolt, Blake, Klippert, Hinkle, Ross, Hasegawa, Kirby, Billig, Liias, Takko, Stanford, Finn, Alexander, Short, Angel, Dammeier, Zeiger, Upthegrove, Tharinger, Green, Kelley, Hurst, McCune, Kenney, and Maxwell) 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.
HB 1688 by Representatives Hurst, Appleton, Ladenburg, and Roberts; by request of Department of Corrections Allowing the department of corrections to deport criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence. Authorizes deportation of criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence.
HB 1689 by Representative Hurst Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public. Requires department of corrections officers and chief law enforcement officers to maintain a jail register that is open to the public and includes booking photographs or electronic images.
HB 1690 by Representative Kirby Requiring disclosure of nonoriginal repair parts. Limits the use of nonoriginal equipment manufacturer crash parts in the repair of a motor vehicle.
HB 1691 by Representatives Kirby, Anderson, Springer, Eddy, Ryu, Morris, and Stanford Concerning embalmers. Authorizes certain parties to surrender dead bodies of persons required to be buried at public expense, to an accredited educational institution offering funeral services and embalming programs for use in training embalming students.
HB 1692 by Representatives Rolfes, Appleton, Roberts, and Hunt Concerning manufactured/mobile home park rent adjustment. Facilitates and encourages fair bargaining between tenants and owners of manufactured/mobile home parks to achieve mutually satisfactory agreements regarding space or lot rents in the parks.Protects tenants from unreasonable space or lot rent increases while simultaneously recognizing and providing for the need of park owners to receive a just and reasonable return on the investment in their property.Creates the manufactured/mobile home park rental review board.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
HB 1693 by Representative Hunt Addressing the health care coverage of retired local government employees. Addresses health care coverage for retired local government employees.
HB 1694 by Representatives Stanford and Kirby; by request of Insurance Commissioner Regulating unauthorized insurance. Regulates unauthorized insurance.
HB 1695 by Representatives Takko, Rodne, Miloscia, and Angel Modifying water-sewer district provisions. Prohibits a city or town from assuming the jurisdiction of certain water-sewer districts unless voters of the entire water-sewer district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the assumption under general election law.
HB 1696 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Takko, and Smith; by request of Department of Ecology Concerning provisions for notifications and appeals timelines under the shoreline management act. Modifies shoreline management act provisions relating to timelines of notifications and appeals.
HB 1697 by Representatives Roberts, Seaquist, Goodman, Orwall, Dickerson, and Kenney Providing for unannounced visits to homes with dependent children. Requires the department of social and health services and the supervising agencies to randomly select no less than ten percent of the caregivers currently providing care to children in out-of-home care and in-home dependencies to receive one unannounced face-to-face visit in the caregiver's home per year.
HB 1698 by Representatives Lytton, Morris, Van De Wege, Blake, and Liias; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife Improving recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Improves recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington from current levels and increases the economic benefits from the fishery.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Adaptively manage the Puget Sound recreational salmon and marine fish enhancement program to maximize the benefits to the Puget Sound recreational fishery; and(2) Use artificial rearing of salmon to improve recreational salmon fishing in Puget Sound.
HB 1699 by Representatives Kenney, Smith, and Maxwell; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce Concerning housing trust fund administrative costs. Modifies housing assistance program and affordable housing program provisions relating to administrative costs associated with compliance and monitoring activities of the department of commerce.
HB 1700 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Angel, Appleton, Armstrong, Rolfes, Johnson, Clibborn, Rivers, Reykdal, Ormsby, Upthegrove, Liias, Billig, and Moeller Modifying the requirements related to designing various transportation projects. Requires certain standards be met in the construction or modification of bicycle facilities and pedestrian rights-of-way.Requires the department of transportation, when constructing, reconstructing, retrofitting, maintaining, altering, or repairing any portion of a transportation network, to: (1) Consult with local jurisdictions in the scoping, design, and planning phases; and(2) Consider the needs of all users by applying certain design solutions from the institute of transportation engineers.
HB 1701 by Representatives Ormsby, Green, Sells, Kenney, Van De Wege, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Moeller, Miloscia, Sullivan, Upthegrove, Pettigrew, Seaquist, Hunter, and Frockt Concerning the misclassification of contractors as independent contractors in the construction industry. Addresses the loss in state revenue through misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry.
HB 1702 by Representatives Liias, Rodne, Angel, Springer, Eddy, Smith, Anderson, Clibborn, Stanford, and Takko Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants. Establishes a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
HB 1703 by Representatives Dammeier, Haigh, Anderson, Probst, Parker, Alexander, Zeiger, and Smith Addressing fiscal notes for legislation that uniquely affects school districts. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation that increases or decreases school district revenues or expenditures in a manner that uniquely affects school districts.
HB 1704 by Representatives Reykdal, Moscoso, Sullivan, Hasegawa, Stanford, Sells, Appleton, and Hunt Providing for vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3. Changes requirements for vesting from ten years of service to five years of service in the defined benefit portion of certain retirement systems.
HB 1705 by Representatives Moscoso, Sullivan, Reykdal, Stanford, Sells, Appleton, and Hunt Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system. Lowers the age requirement for retirement benefits in certain retirement systems.
HB 1706 by Representatives Cody, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sullivan, Appleton, Stanford, Hasegawa, Sells, Hunt, and Kenney Allowing certain separated plan 2 members of the retirement systems to participate in insurance plans and contracts. Allows participation in insurance plans and contracts by certain separated retirement system members.
HB 1707 by Representatives Kenney, Appleton, Darneille, Pettigrew, Orwall, Santos, Liias, Ryu, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Dunshee, Frockt, Kagi, Cody, Springer, Upthegrove, Hunt, Pedersen, Rolfes, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Goodman, Roberts, and Dickerson Concerning the existing surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance. Modifies provisions regarding the local homeless housing and assistance surcharge.
HB 1708 by Representative Moeller Concerning mechanics' and materialmen's claims of liens. Addresses mechanics' and materialmen's claims of liens.
HB 1709 by Representatives Kirby and Bailey Making certain lines of group disability insurance more available. Authorizes group disability insurance for certain lines of coverage that is offered to residents of this state under a group disability insurance policy to be issued to certain other groups.
HB 1710 by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Probst, Ladenburg, Hasegawa, McCoy, Haler, Dahlquist, Green, Wilcox, McCune, Zeiger, Roberts, Stanford, Billig, Maxwell, Hunt, and Kenney Creating a strategic plan for career and technical education. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to convene a working group to develop a statewide strategic plan for secondary career and technical education.
HB 1711 by Representatives McCoy, Hasegawa, Rolfes, and Walsh Regarding the provision of telecommunications services by public entities. Grants public utility districts the authority to provide retail telecommunications services, including broadband, with the expectation that these services will be subject to the same telecommunications taxes, fees, and surcharges that are applicable to other telecommunications providers in the state.
HB 1712 by Representatives Harris, Crouse, Short, Jacks, and McCune Regarding null power. Defines the attributes of null power.
HB 1713 by Representatives Upthegrove, Short, Morris, Taylor, Takko, Springer, Smith, Eddy, and McCune Modifying the categorical exemptions for development under the state environmental policy act. Preempts selected categorical exemption levels for development under the state environmental policy act in WAC 197-11-800 and adopts updated levels in statute.
HB 1714 by Representatives Klippert, Finn, Pearson, McCune, Hope, and Ross Implementing a biometric matching system program. Requires the department of licensing, upon implementation of a biometric matching system program, to make the program available to official governmental enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation of suspected criminal activity or for verifying identity of an individual.
HB 1715 by Representatives Bailey, Wilcox, Buys, Zeiger, Haler, Fagan, Johnson, and Warnick Designating coffee as the state beverage. Establishes the official Washington state beverage act.Designates coffee as the official beverage of the state.
HB 1716 by Representatives Asay, Hurst, Klippert, Pearson, and Miloscia Regulating secondhand dealers who deal with precious metal property. Establishes and implements stricter standards relating to transactions involving property consisting of gold and other precious metals.
HB 1717 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rolfes, Chandler, Dunshee, Orcutt, Appleton, Van De Wege, Hinkle, and Stanford Regarding derelict fishing gear. Requires a person who loses or abandons commercial net fishing gear in the waters of the state to report certain information to the department of fish and wildlife.Encourages a person who loses or abandons shellfish pots in the waters of the state to report certain information to the department of fish and wildlife.
HB 1718 by Representatives Roberts, Moeller, Dammeier, and Green Concerning offenders with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries. Addresses offenders who have intellectual or developmental disabilities or who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
HB 1719 by Representatives Rodne, Schmick, Haler, Smith, Wilcox, Johnson, Klippert, Kristiansen, McCune, Short, Ross, and Warnick Limiting liability for unauthorized passengers in a vehicle. Overrules the holding in Rahman v. State that a government or private employer may be held liable for injuries to unauthorized occupants of the employer's vehicle.
HB 1720 by Representatives Hunt and McCoy; 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.
HB 1721 by Representatives Frockt, Kenney, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, and Stanford Preventing storm water pollution from coal tar sealants. Prohibits the sale, at wholesale or retail, of a coal tar pavement product that is labeled as containing coal tar.Prohibits the application of a coal tar pavement product on a driveway or parking area.
SB 5307-S by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Hewitt, Regala, Conway, Kastama, Hobbs, King, Rockefeller, Swecker, and Roach) Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements in medical professions. Allows persons with certain military training or experience to count that training and experience towards certain professional licensing requirements.
SB 5558 by Senators Hargrove, Regala, and Harper Regulating dissemination of juvenile records by consumer reporting agencies. Prohibits consumer reporting agencies, that collect personally identifiable information pertaining to juvenile records about an individual residing in the state, from disseminating information contained within the record, including the existence or nonexistence of the record, to any third party.
SB 5559 by Senators Morton and Hewitt Concerning county use of moneys collected from certain county sales and use taxes. Addresses a county's use of money collected from local retail sales and use taxes.
SB 5560 by Senator Morton Authorizing the issuance of one license plate upon request of the vehicle owner. Authorizes a vehicle owner to request one license plate, however the cost to the owner is the same as if two plates were issued.
SB 5561 by Senators Swecker and Shin Designating the state rock. Designates Tenino sandstone as the official rock of the state.
SB 5562 by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, Schoesler, Becker, Stevens, Honeyford, and Shin Creating a task force on construction crane safety review. Creates a task force on construction crane safety review to review the implementation of statutes concerning crane safety.Expires December 31, 2011.
SB 5563 by Senators Delvin, Schoesler, Hewitt, Stevens, Honeyford, and Sheldon Suspending provisions of the energy independence act on a temporary basis. Provides utilities with more time during the continuing economic downturn to meet certain mandates of the energy independence act and thereby delay the rate impacts that would be caused by the capital investments to meet the mandates.
SB 5564 by Senators Delvin, Carrell, Morton, Stevens, Hewitt, Ericksen, Honeyford, Zarelli, Roach, and Sheldon Promoting the development and construction of nuclear energy facilities. Expedites regulatory processes and provides incentives for establishing additional nuclear-generated power in the state.Creates a joint legislative task force on nuclear energy to study the feasibility of pursuing additional nuclear-generated power.Expires July 1, 2012.
SB 5565 by Senators Fraser and Shin Addressing the health care coverage of retired local government employees. Addresses health care coverage for retired local government employees.
SB 5566 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire Concerning long-term disability for injured workers and costs to the workers' compensation program. Reduces long-term disability for injured workers and the resulting costs to the workers' compensation system.Authorizes the director of the department of labor and industries to provide funding from the medical aid fund for safety and health investment projects to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities; to create early return-to-work programs; and to reduce long-term disability through the cooperation of employers and employees or their representatives.
SB 5567 by Senators Regala, Hobbs, and White Adjusting the property tax levy lid limits for certain local services. Adjusts property tax levy lid limits for certain local services.
SB 5568 by Senators Eide, Hobbs, McAuliffe, and Shin Concerning equity in school district salary allocations. Starts a six-year process, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, to equalize salary allocations to school districts for state-funded staff pursuant to state basic education appropriation sections of the biennial budget.Requires school districts to provide an annual report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction outlining the total compensation and taxable benefits it pays to each individual staff member it employs.
SB 5569 by Senator Honeyford Addressing postretirement employment at institutions of higher education. Modifies provisions regarding postretirement employment at higher education institutions and public school or educational service districts.
SB 5570 by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens, Parlette, King, Schoesler, and Becker Prohibiting the impoundment of farm vehicles under certain conditions. Prohibits farm vehicles from being impounded under certain conditions.
SB 5571 by Senator Rockefeller Regarding the permitting of anaerobic digestion under chapter 70.94 RCW, the clean air act. Creates a limited permitting exemption under the clean air act for anaerobic digestion in order to minimize any regulatory burdens inhibiting the furtherance of the state public interest.
SB 5572 by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Shin, Haugen, Hobbs, and Conway Authorizing institutions of higher education to limit enrollment in the running start program. Authorizes higher education institutions to establish policies limiting the number of running start students accepted for enrollment or in a specific program of study at that institution.
SB 5573 by Senators Pridemore, Kline, Delvin, and Shin 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.
SB 5574 by Senators Harper and Kline Concerning collection agencies. Modifies collection agency provisions relating to communication with debtors.
SB 5575 by Senators Hatfield, Delvin, Eide, Schoesler, Haugen, Shin, Kilmer, Hobbs, Becker, Honeyford, Conway, and Sheldon Recognizing certain biomass energy facilities as an eligible renewable resource. Promotes the generation of renewable energy from pulping liquors and biomass in economically distressed communities.Prohibits the utilities and transportation commission, from January 1, 2011, until December 21, 2013, from considering the act in any proceeding concerning a company's decision to acquire or construct an eligible renewable resource.
SB 5576 by Senators Kilmer, Zarelli, Tom, and Shin; by request of University of Washington and Washington State University Regarding capital construction and building purposes at the University of Washington and Washington State University. Modifies provisions regarding capital construction and building purposes at the University of Washington and Washington State University.
SB 5577 by Senators Delvin, Hatfield, Haugen, and Shin 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.
SB 5578 by Senator White Modifying the frequency of meetings of the motorcycle safety education advisory board. Requires quarterly meetings of the motorcycle safety education advisory board.
SB 5579 by Senators Kline and Pflug 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.
SB 5580 by Senators Regala and Kline Modifying provisions relating to orders of disposition for juveniles. Modifies juvenile deferred disposition provisions relating to: (1) Payment of restitution;(2) Withholding driving privileges;(3) Unlawful possession of a firearm;(4) Notification to school principal; and(5) Consecutive and concurrent periods of detention.
SB 5581 by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Hargrove, Shin, Conway, and Kline Creating a nursing home safety net assessment. Requires the department of social and health services to establish a skilled nursing facility safety net assessment on certain Washington skilled nursing facilities, that will be used solely to augment funding from all other sources and thereby obtain additional funds to restore recent reductions and to support additional payments to skilled nursing facilities for medicaid services.Establishes the skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund to receive the assessments for securing federal matching funds under federally prescribed programs available through the state medicaid plan.
SB 5582 by Senators Conway and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries Addressing administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program. Addresses administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program.
SB 5583 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, Keiser, Conway, and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries Addressing the recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation. Addresses recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation.
SB 5584 by Senators Harper, Kohl-Welles, and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries Concerning the conforming of apprenticeship program standards to federal labor standards. Conforms apprenticeship program standards to federal labor standards.
SB 5585 by Senator Carrell Concerning street rod and custom vehicles. Addresses street rod and custom vehicle provisions relating to: (1) Application for original certificate of title;(2) Exemptions from emission test requirements; and(3) Use of blue dot taillights.
SB 5586 by Senators Carrell and Becker Concerning the effect of zoning ordinances on motor vehicle collection and restoration. Prohibits a local government from prohibiting the hobby of collecting and restoring motor vehicles.
SB 5587 by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Zarelli, King, Tom, Delvin, Honeyford, and Hewitt Terminating the low-income property tax deferral program. Eliminates the low-income property tax deferral program.
SB 5588 by Senators Schoesler, King, Pridemore, Tom, Zarelli, Ericksen, Honeyford, and Hewitt Repealing the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit. Repeals the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
SB 5589 by Senator Morton Addressing heavy haul industrial corridors. Changes weight limits for and designation of certain heavy haul industrial corridors.
SB 5590 by Senator Benton Concerning lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales. Addresses lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales.
SB 5591 by Senator Benton Concerning the dissemination of information pertaining to a deferred prosecution. Prohibits a criminal justice agency, if a petitioner has successfully completed a deferred prosecution program, from disseminating any criminal history or court record information pertaining to the charges underlying the deferred prosecution petition or the fact of the deferred prosecution.
SB 5592 by Senators Shin, Chase, and Kline Concerning weapons in or on the premises of an institution of higher education, or at a college-sponsored event. Prohibits weapons at higher education institutions and college-sponsored events.
SB 5593 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Murray, and Prentice Regulating tanning facilities. Implements safety, training, and licensure requirements for tanning facilities.Restricts access by minors to indoor tanning facilities.Prescribes penalties.Creates the tanning facility account.
SB 5594 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Prentice, Conway, Kline, and Murray Regulating the handling of hazardous drugs. Requires the director of the department of labor and industries, in consultation with the secretary of the department of health, to establish standards regulating the handling of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs by health care personnel.
SB 5595 by Senator Parlette Concerning distribution of the public utility district privilege tax. Modifies provisions relating to the distribution of the public utility district privilege tax.
SB 5596 by Senators Parlette, Zarelli, Becker, and Hewitt Requiring the department of social and health services to submit a demonstration waiver request to revise the federal medicaid program. Requires the department of social and health services to submit a section 1115 demonstration waiver request to the federal department of health and human services to expand and revise the medical assistance program as codified in Title XIX of the federal social security act.
SB 5597 by Senators Delvin, McAuliffe, Parlette, and Roach Providing for an automatic stay of any order terminating parental rights. Requires an order terminating a person's parental rights to be automatically stayed for thirty days after entry of the order terminating parental rights.
SB 5598 by Senators Prentice and Kline Regulating the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis. Regulates the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis.
SB 5599 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, Kline, Nelson, and Harper Concerning the misclassification of contractors as independent contractors in the construction industry. Addresses the loss in state revenue through misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry.
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