 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 17 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | 24th 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 1103-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Kristiansen, Morris, and Armstrong)
Modifying the use of television viewers in motor vehicles.
Modifies provisions relating to motor vehicles equipped with television viewers.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
HB 1217-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Ryu, Pedersen, Johnson, Klippert, Maxwell, Finn, Kenney, Santos, Springer, Ladenburg, Appleton, Liias, McCoy, Miloscia, Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Roberts, and Billig)
Authorizing certain local authorities to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways.
Authorizes cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions to establish a maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour on a nonarterial highway that is within a residence district or business district.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
HB 1332-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Eddy, Anderson, Goodman, Takko, Liias, Springer, Rodne, Hurst, and Tharinger)
Providing for the joint provision and management of municipal water, wastewater, storm and flood water, and related utility services.
Establishes the joint municipal utility services act to: (1) Improve the ability of local government utilities to plan, finance, construct, acquire, maintain, operate, and provide facilities and services to the public; and(2) Reduce costs and improve the benefits, efficiency, and quality of utility services.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1722
by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Pettigrew, Armstrong, Chandler, Van De Wege, Liias, and Harris
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1723
by Representatives Appleton, Armstrong, Dunshee, Chandler, Morris, Ross, Moscoso, Bailey, Alexander, and Hinkle
Addressing volunteer firefighting.
Revises the definition of "firefighter" for purposes of volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' relief and pensions.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1724
by Representatives Jacks and Hope
Concerning the taxation of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.
Imposes a prepaid wireless enhanced 911 excise tax.Prohibits any other tax, fee, surcharge, or charge from being imposed for enhanced 911 funding purposes.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1725
by Representatives Sells, Reykdal, Ormsby, Kenney, and Upthegrove; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Addressing administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program.
Addresses administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1726
by Representatives Sells, Roberts, Ormsby, Reykdal, Kenney, Miloscia, Moeller, and Upthegrove; 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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1727
by Representatives Rodne and Frockt
Adopting the federal definition of service animal.
Eliminates the definition of "dog guide" and adopts the federal definition of "service animal."
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1728
by Representatives Eddy, Rodne, Green, Goodman, Kagi, and Kenney
Requiring businesses where food for human consumption is sold or served to allow persons with disabilities to bring their service animals onto the business premises.
Adopts the federal definition of "service animal."Prohibits a person from preventing a service animal user and his or her service animal from entering a business where food for human consumption is sold or served.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1729
by Representatives Hurst, Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, Upthegrove, Takko, Hinkle, Moeller, Hope, and Pearson
Addressing the minimum standards for firearms safety devices and gun safes used by certain governmental agencies that purchase, receive, possess, use, or issue firearms and government agents who receive, possess, or use a firearm issued to the agent by the agency.
Establishes the Eddie Ryan public safety act of 2011.Requires a governmental agency that purchases, receives, possesses, uses, or issues a firearm to ensure that the firearm includes or is accompanied with a firearms safety device or gun safe.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1730
by Representatives Jinkins, Rodne, Haler, and Dunshee
Concerning the authorization of bonds issued by Washington local governments.
Modifies local government bond provisions relating to: (1) Authorization;(2) Funds received from sale of bonds and warrants; and(3) Expenditures.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1731
by Representatives Takko, Kagi, and Reykdal
Concerning the formation, operation, and governance of regional fire protection service authorities.
Addresses the formation, operation, and governance of regional fire protection service authorities.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1732
by Representatives Kelley, Frockt, Eddy, Billig, Kirby, Goodman, Hasegawa, Stanford, Seaquist, Green, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Blake, Dunshee, Rolfes, Miloscia, Finn, Sells, Kagi, Jacks, Ryu, Probst, Carlyle, Kenney, and Appleton
Regarding campaign finance disclosure.
Modifies campaign disclosure and contribution provisions relating to: (1) Statement of organization;(2) Reporting contributions and expenditures;(3) Political advertising requirements; and(4) Public disclosure commission's authority to waive fines for certain violations.Requires the public disclosure commission to make available to the public, upon request, a sample of any political advertising sponsored within the past five years by a political committee through a request to the appropriate political committee.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1733
by Representatives Schmick, Parker, Takko, Short, Fagan, Van De Wege, Hasegawa, and Kelley
Requiring notice of the transfer of information by consumer reporting agencies to third-parties outside the United States.
Requires a consumer reporting agency, under certain circumstances, to provide notice in writing to an applicant or employee before procuring a consumer report for employment purposes.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1734
by Representatives Klippert, Rolfes, Pearson, McCune, Hope, Finn, Ross, Kelley, and Johnson
Preventing students from possessing sharp-bladed instruments on school facilities.
Prevents possession of any knife, shank, stiletto, or other similar sharp-edged bladed object, implement, or instrument on school facilities.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1735
by Representatives Ormsby, Clibborn, Upthegrove, Springer, McCoy, Eddy, Dunshee, Hunt, Frockt, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Sells, Pedersen, Carlyle, Appleton, Dickerson, Darneille, Liias, Billig, Roberts, Maxwell, Reykdal, Kenney, Tharinger, and Stanford
Concerning creating clean water jobs through storm water pollution funding.
Establishes the clean water jobs act of 2011.Imposes a storm water pollution fee on the first possession of petroleum products, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers for the purpose of offsetting the burden of funding projects and activities that redress state water pollution caused by the presence of such substances in storm water runoff.Creates the storm water pollution account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1736
by Representatives Ormsby, Hope, Van De Wege, Green, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Seaquist, and Kenney
Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain uniformed personnel.
Recognizes that there exists a public policy in the state against strikes by campus police officers at higher education institutions as a means of settling their labor disputes; that the uninterrupted and dedicated service of these employees is vital to the welfare and public safety of the state; and that to promote such dedicated and uninterrupted public service there should exist an effective and adequate alternative means of settling disputes.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1737
by Representatives Short, Seaquist, and Schmick
Concerning the department of social and health services' audit program for pharmacy payments.
Addresses audits of pharmacies' records by the department of social and health services.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1738
by Representatives Cody and Jinkins; 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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1739
by Representatives Jinkins, Cody, and Kagi
Concerning primary care health homes and chronic care management.
Promotes the adoption of primary care health homes and, within them, advances the practice of chronic care management to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1740
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Jinkins, and Hinkle; by request of Governor Gregoire
Establishing a health benefit exchange.
Requires the state to establish a health benefit exchange consistent with the federal affordable care act to begin operations no later than January 1, 2014.Establishes the health benefit exchange development board to: (1) Coordinate with the administrator of the state health care authority to successfully complete implementation of planning and establishment grants received by the authority pursuant to the affordable care act; and(2) Develop a business plan and timeline for establishing and implementing a state-administered health benefits exchange.Authorizes the administrator of the state health care authority to enter into: (1) Information-sharing agreements with federal and state agencies and other state exchanges to carry out the provisions of the act; and(2) Interdepartmental agreements with the office of the insurance commissioner, the department of social and health services, the department of health, and any other state agencies necessary to implement the act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1741
by Representatives Kagi and Walsh; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Regarding temporary assistance for needy families benefits.
Authorizes the department of social and health services to implement a permanent disqualification for temporary assistance for needy families for parents who have been terminated due to WorkFirst noncompliance sanction three or more times since March 1, 2007.Modifies earned income cutoffs.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1742
by Representative Hunter; by request of Governor Gregoire
Addressing the alternate early retirement provisions for new members in plan 2 and plan 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
Provides that members in plan 2 and plan 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system who first become employed by an employer in an eligible position on or after July 1, 2011, are not eligible for alternate early retirement.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1743
by Representatives Hope, Klippert, Armstrong, Ahern, Orwall, and Johnson
Eliminating the seven year provision for prior offenses in driving or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug statutes.
Eliminates the seven-year provision for prior offenses in statutes relating to driving or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1744
by Representatives Hope, Kelley, Kristiansen, Pearson, Hurst, Ross, Ahern, and Johnson
Prohibiting the use of voluntary intoxication as a defense against a criminal charge.
Provides, unequivocally and solely, a legislative redefinition of the mens rea element for specific and general intent crimes where voluntary intoxication is alleged as part of a defense, that a voluntary intoxicated condition or state is not a defense to any criminal offense, and that voluntary intoxication may not be taken into consideration in determining the existence of a mental state which is an element of the offense unless the defendant proves that he or she did not know that it was an intoxicating substance when he or she consumed the substance causing the condition or state.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1745
by Representative Goodman
Concerning collection agencies.
Modifies collection agency provisions relating to communication with debtors.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1746
by Representatives Miloscia, McCune, Moeller, and Blake
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1747
by Representatives Clibborn and Armstrong
Concerning statewide transportation planning.
Allows more flexibility to organize the transportation planning process across modes and jurisdictions by providing policy direction on the desired outcome and reducing statutory procedural requirements.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1748
by Representatives Miloscia, McCune, Moeller, Takko, and Kenney
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1749
by Representatives Miloscia, Orcutt, Moeller, and McCune
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1750
by Representative Liias
Providing a state sales and use tax exemption on labor and materials used to reconstruct or repair structures damaged by arson.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on labor and services performed and materials purchased for use in reconstructing or repairing any residence or other structure damaged or destroyed by fire or an explosion related to the fire.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1751
by Representatives Liias, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Kenney, Moscoso, Frockt, Kagi, Reykdal, and Stanford
Requiring publishers or distributors of commercial telephone directories to provide persons a means to avoid receiving commercial telephone directories.
Requires a business that produces commercial directories to offer to each recipient of a directory an opportunity to opt out of receiving future directories.Prescribes penalties.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1752
by Representatives Liias, McCoy, and Frockt
Putting the burden of proof on the public utility in certain rate proceedings before the utilities and transportation commission.
Provides that the burden of proof is on the public utility in any proceeding upon the motion of the utilities and transportation commission, involving any existing rate of the public utility, or in any proceedings upon complaint involving rates of the public utility.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1753
by Representatives Liias, Hope, Clibborn, Maxwell, and Billig
Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.
Reaffirms the authority of a licensed nurse working in a school setting to practice nursing without the supervision of a person who is not a licensed nurse.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1754
by Representatives Dunshee, Haler, and Warnick; 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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1755
by Representatives Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Dunshee, Springer, Anderson, Dickerson, and Hunt
Concerning the humane treatment of dogs.
Addresses unlawful tethering of a dog.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1756
by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Haler, Green, Kagi, Jinkins, Darneille, Orwall, Upthegrove, and Kenney
Authorizing implementation of a nonexpiring license for early learning providers.
Authorizes nonexpiring licenses for early learning providers.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1757
by Representatives Haigh, Warnick, Blake, Finn, Ross, and Orcutt
Exempting agricultural fair premiums from the unclaimed property act.
Exempts agricultural fair premiums from the unclaimed property act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1758
by Representatives Eddy and Frockt
Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for certain plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sale or use of new qualified plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.Expires January 1, 2016.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1759
by Representative Green
Concerning definitions related to counseling.
Revises certain definitions for purposes of chapter 18.19 RCW (counselors).
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1760
by Representatives Probst, Sells, Upthegrove, and Hope
Requiring creation of a web-based application to match profiles of students and employers for internship opportunities.
Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to create a unified, profile-based web application that provides a forum for students and employers to develop networks and match prospective interns with internship opportunities.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1761
by Representatives Dunshee and Ormsby; by request of Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Limiting private activity bond issues by out-of-state issuers.
Declares it is the policy of the state that in order to maintain an effective system of monitoring the use of federal subsidies within the state, facilities within the state proposed to be financed with bonds issued by an issuer that does not have jurisdiction over the location of those facilities must receive prior approval from the statewide issuer authorized by state law to issue bonds for the proposed project.Prohibits the department of commerce from making an allocation of the state ceiling to an issuer formed or organized under the laws of another state.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1762
by Representative Morris
Concerning standard offer contracts to eligible clean energy facilities.
Requires an electric utility to make available, twice a year for five years, standard offer contracts to eligible clean energy facilities awarded through a competitive clean energy auction.Modifies provisions relating to the public utility tax credit for light and power businesses.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 1763
by Representative Miloscia
Improving state government ethics and integrity.
Expands the duties of the legislative ethics board and the executive ethics board with regard to ethics and integrity.Creates the governor's integrity and ethics award program.Requires state officers and employees to attend annual ethics and integrity training.Requires each head of agency to: (1) Develop an annual ethics and integrity plan for leadership and staff of the agency; and(2) Create an independent advisory committee of employees and citizens.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to audit the legislative ethics board and the house of representatives' and senate's ethics and integrity programs.Requires the state auditor to audit the executive ethics board.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1764
by Representative Miloscia
Regarding an annual assessment and performance grading program.
Requires the state auditor to establish an annual assessment and performance grading program that consists of conducting annual performance assessments and grading state agency performance.Requires certain sales and use taxes to be dedicated to the program.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1765
by Representatives Miloscia and Kelley
Regarding independent assessments of agency quality management programs.
Requires agencies to provide the governor's office with an electronic copy of its independent assessment application and any feedback provided by the independent assessor.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1766
by Representatives Maxwell, Springer, Clibborn, Liias, and Anderson
Regarding hydronic heaters.
Regulates the use and sale of hydronic heaters.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1767
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Green, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Stanford, and Kenney
Concerning private security guards.
Revises provisions relating to the licensing of private security guards.Requires the department of licensing to develop a Washington state private security training manual and a required curriculum for refresher training.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1768
by Representatives Kenney, Upthegrove, Santos, Dickerson, Kagi, Hasegawa, Van De Wege, Pedersen, and Tharinger
Concerning a surcharge for very low-income and homeless housing assistance.
Requires the county auditor to charge an additional surcharge of forty-eight dollars for each document recorded, the proceeds of which will be used by the department of commerce to provide housing and shelter for homeless people and fund the homeless housing grant program.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1769
by Representative McCune
Enacting the Washington state English language empowerment act.
Establishes the Washington state English language empowerment act.Finds that: (1) Thirty-one states have designated English as the official language; and(2) Command of the English language is necessary to participate in and take full advantage of the opportunities afforded by American life.Designates the English language as the official language of the state.Requires all official business of the state to be conducted in English and all official documents, rules, orders, and publications to be printed in English.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1770
by Representatives Hasegawa, Kenney, Orcutt, Frockt, and Stanford
Enhancing small business participation in state purchasing.
Provides small businesses with a fair opportunity to be awarded contracts or subcontracts for goods and services purchased by the state.Creates the small business bidding preference account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1771
by Representative Hasegawa
Concerning candidates' statements in local voters' pamphlets.
Prohibits a candidate's statement submitted for inclusion in a local voters' pamphlet from containing false or misleading statements about the candidate's opponent.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1772
by Representatives Hasegawa and Reykdal
Requiring prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots.
Requires envelopes for primary and general election ballots to include prepaid postage.Requires the state to reimburse counties for the cost of return postage on mail and absentee ballots for primary and general elections.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1773
by Representative McCoy
Providing for retrocession of criminal jurisdiction over Indians and Indian territory, reservations, country, and lands to the United States.
Requires the state to retrocede to the United States the criminal jurisdiction previously acquired by the state over Indians and Indian territory, reservations, country, and lands.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1774
by Representatives Goodman, Pettigrew, Orwall, Kenney, Roberts, Kagi, and Moscoso
Recognizing adopted siblings and adoptive parents as relatives.
Recognizes adopted siblings, half siblings, and adoptive parents of any sibling or half sibling for purposes of chapter 74.15 RCW (care of children, expectant mothers, and developmentally disabled).
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1775
by Representatives Goodman and Kagi
Encouraging juvenile restorative justice programs.
Encourages juvenile restorative justice programs to bring about acceptance of responsibility by offenders for repairing the harm caused by their offense through bringing together the victim, the offender, their families, and relevant community members.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HJM 4005
by Representatives Morris, Dickerson, Carlyle, Eddy, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Green, Moeller, Upthegrove, Orwall, Hunt, Reykdal, Seaquist, Kagi, Ryu, Kenney, Frockt, Appleton, Moscoso, and Liias
Requesting Congress to amend the United States Constitution that provides corporations are not persons under the laws of the United States or any of its jurisdictional subdivisions.
Urges Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution for the states' consideration which provides that corporations are not persons under the laws of the United States or any of its jurisdictional subdivisions.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5082-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Regala, White, Litzow, and Tom; by request of Secretary of State)
Regarding the use of electronic signatures and notices.
Authorizes the secretary of state to send certain notifications by postal or electronic mail.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 1 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5124-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators White, Pridemore, Fraser, and Shin; by request of Secretary of State)
Modifying elections by mail provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to elections by mail.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5135-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, King, Honeyford, Schoesler, Becker, Hobbs, Rockefeller, Baumgartner, Hill, Litzow, and Benton; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Responding to the current economic conditions by temporarily modifying the unemployment insurance social cost factor rate for rate year 2011.
Modifies, temporarily, the unemployment insurance social cost factor rate for rate year 2011.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 1 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
SB 5165-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler, Pridemore, and Holmquist Newbry)
Limiting changes to commissioner districts during commissioner elections and election filing periods.
Limits when the lines of a commissioner district may be changed.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5235-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, Delvin, Honeyford, Hobbs, and Conway)
Regarding animal health inspections.
Modifies provisions relating to animal health inspections.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | 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. | ||
| Feb 1 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5252-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Haugen)
Streamlining the process applicable to reducing speed limits on state highways.
Streamlines the process of reducing speed limits on state highways.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 31 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5600
by Senators Nelson, Hobbs, Harper, Pridemore, and Kline
Placing restrictions on, and enforcing the restrictions on, making small loans.
Places and enforces restrictions on making small loans.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5601
by Senators Nelson and Kline
Clarifying that a license and endorsement are needed to make small loans.
Clarifies license and endorsement requirements for check cashers and check sellers.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5602
by Senators Nelson and Kline
Imposing a maximum interest rate of thirty-six percent per annum on small loans.
Allows a check casher or check seller that has obtained the required small loan endorsement to charge interest or fees for small loans not to exceed in the aggregate thirty-six percent per annum.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5603
by Senators Tom, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Litzow, Eide, Schoesler, and Shin
Regarding online education.
Requires school districts to offer approved online courses, excluding similar courses otherwise offered by the resident school district, to students for credit.Expands the duties of the office of online learning.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate to the office of online learning an amount per each full-time equivalent at statewide uniform rates for basic education, less twenty percent.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5604
by Senators Nelson, Murray, Rockefeller, Kline, Keiser, Conway, Fraser, Regala, Shin, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Concerning creating clean water jobs through storm water pollution funding.
Establishes the clean water jobs act of 2011.Imposes a storm water pollution fee on the first possession of petroleum products, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers for the purpose of offsetting the burden of funding projects and activities that redress state water pollution caused by the presence of such substances in storm water runoff.Creates the storm water pollution account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5605
by Senator Hargrove
Limiting liability for specified state workers for errors of judgment.
Limits liability for specified state workers for errors of judgment.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5606
by Senators Conway, Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Hobbs, Delvin, and Shin
Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain uniformed personnel.
Recognizes that there exists a public policy in the state against strikes by campus police officers at higher education institutions as a means of settling their labor disputes; that the uninterrupted and dedicated service of these employees is vital to the welfare and public safety of the state; and that to promote such dedicated and uninterrupted public service there should exist an effective and adequate alternative means of settling disputes.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5607
by Senators Hobbs, Fain, Haugen, Harper, White, and Ericksen
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5608
by Senators Kilmer, White, Kastama, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and Conway
Increasing assistance for student veterans at institutions of higher education.
Increases assistance for student veterans at higher education institutions.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5609
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Nelson, Kline, Murray, and Chase
Concerning health care financing.
Creates the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.Abolishes the health care authority and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the Washington health security trust.Requires Washington state employers to pay a health security assessment to the department of revenue to fund the Washington health security trust.Requires certain residents to pay a standard monthly flat rate health security premium.Creates the reserve account.Creates the benefits account.Creates the displaced worker training account with an expiration date of January 1, 2016.Deposits certain contributions, and reserves, dividends, and refunds currently in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account in the reserve account and benefits account.Transfers the state health care authority administrative account to the reserve account and the benefits account.Requires revenue from certain taxes to be deposited in the reserve account and the benefits account instead of the general fund.Requires money in the tobacco settlement account to be transferred to the reserve account and the benefits account instead of the general fund.Repeals RCW 82.04.260 (tax on manufacturers and processors of various foods and by-products).
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5610
by Senators Conway, Harper, and Murray
Creating the board on geographic names.
Creates the board on geographic names to: (1) Establish, change, or determine the appropriate names of certain geographic features;(2) Serve as a state liaison with the United States board on geographic names; and(3) Periodically issue a list of names approved by the board.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5611
by Senators Hobbs, Hatfield, Delvin, Shin, and Honeyford
Regarding the use of designated agricultural lands.
Clarifies provisions regarding the protection of designated agricultural land for future agricultural use.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5612
by Senators Hobbs, Tom, and Schoesler
Requiring school districts or educational service districts to purchase employee health insurance coverage through the state health care authority.
Requires school districts or educational service districts to purchase employee health insurance coverage through the state health care authority.Requires the state health care authority to explore opportunities to change the start of the benefit year to September to accommodate the September 1, 2013, merger of school districts and educational service districts.Authorizes the legislature to reduce its appropriations for school district employee health benefits.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5613
by Senators Hobbs, Tom, Rockefeller, Pridemore, Schoesler, and Shin
Requiring school districts or educational service districts to purchase employee health insurance coverage through the state health care authority.
Requires school districts or educational service districts to purchase employee health insurance coverage through the state health care authority.Requires the state health care authority to explore opportunities to change the start of the benefit year to September to accommodate the September 1, 2013, merger of school districts and educational service districts.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5614
by Senators White, Kilmer, Tom, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, and Conway
Establishing procedures for requesting the funds necessary to implement the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of bargaining agreements with the University of Washington under chapter 41.80 RCW.
Establishes procedures for requesting the funds necessary to implement the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of bargaining agreements with the University of Washington.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5615
by Senators Kastama, Honeyford, Chase, Kilmer, and Morton
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5616
by Senators Tom, Litzow, McAuliffe, Hill, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire
Creating the launch year program.
Establishes the launch year act.Helps students progress from high school to a certificate or degree by increasing opportunities and providing a clear pathway.Provides for community and technical colleges and four-year higher education institutions to publish a list of high school courses and adopt uniform scores for proficiency exams or competency requirements that will be given credit toward certificate or degree requirements.Requires the higher education coordinating board to annually publish certain information on its web site.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 3 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5617
by Senators Hobbs and Fain
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5618
by Senators Chase, Kline, and Hobbs; by request of Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Limiting private activity bond issues by out-of-state issuers.
Declares it is the policy of the state that in order to maintain an effective system of monitoring the use of federal subsidies within the state, facilities within the state proposed to be financed with bonds issued by an issuer that does not have jurisdiction over the location of those facilities must receive prior approval from the statewide issuer authorized by state law to issue bonds for the proposed project.Prohibits the department of commerce from making an allocation of the state ceiling to an issuer formed or organized under the laws of another state.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5619
by Senators Keiser, Becker, Carrell, Parlette, and Shin
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5620
by Senators Becker, Keiser, and Parlette
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.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5621
by Senator White
Establishing the voting age for school board elections.
Allows students, having attained the age of fourteen as of the date of the election, to vote in school board elections for the district in which they are enrolled and in good standing.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
| Executive session in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 5622
by Senators Ranker, Swecker, Fraser, Hargrove, White, Regala, Shin, Chase, Kline, and Conway; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Fish and Wildlife
Concerning recreation access on state lands.
Finds that: (1) There is an increasing demand for outdoor recreation opportunities and conservation measures on certain state lands; and(2) The recreating public cannot readily discern which state agency is responsible for the management of particular state lands or which policies apply to those lands.Reforms and improves access to and management of state lands on a sustainable basis by: (1) Providing an integrated personal and vehicle access permit and access policies for state lands;(2) Recovering the cost incurred by the state for operations and management of recreation opportunities;(3) Providing resources to address the growing demand and impacts of outdoor recreationists and conservation of our natural resources; and(4) Providing effective education and enforcement of state land access policies.Creates the discover pass as a renewable annual pass that is required at any recreation site or land.Creates the discover pass and day-use permit account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
| Feb 2 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5623
by Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles
Amending the consideration of houseboats and houseboat moorages for the purposes of aquatic lands and shoreline management.
Modifies provisions relating to houseboats and houseboat moorages for the purposes of aquatic lands and shoreline management.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5624
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Kastama, King, and Shin
Defining the term employ for minimum wage purposes.
Revises the definition of "employ" for purposes of the minimum wage act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |