 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 19 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, February 4, 2011 | 26th 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 1071-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Fitzgibbon, and Frockt)
Creating a complete streets grant program.
Requires the department of transportation to establish a complete streets grant program within the department's highways and local programs division to encourage local governments to adopt urban arterial retrofit street ordinances designed to provide safe access to all users, including bicyclists, pedestrians, motorists, and public transportation users.Creates the complete streets grant program account.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1076-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Cody, Warnick, Green, Hinkle, Parker, Crouse, Kelley, Miloscia, Finn, Dammeier, Kenney, and Harris)
Including wound care management in occupational therapy.
Authorizes an occupational therapist to provide wound care management subject to certain conditions.Requires the board of occupational therapy practice to develop an affidavit form to be used by occupational therapists attesting to their education and training.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1079-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Green, Darneille, Liias, Reykdal, McCoy, Appleton, Kagi, and Jinkins; by request of Secretary of State)
Modifying elections by mail provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to elections by mail.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1084-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy and Hunt)
Creating the board on geographic names.
Requires the department of natural resources to provide secretarial and administrative services for the board on geographic names and to serve as custodian of the records.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1183-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Johnson, Cody, Ross, Kenney, Warnick, Maxwell, Schmick, Taylor, Hope, Haler, Goodman, Hinkle, Dickerson, McCune, Rodne, Armstrong, Ryu, Seaquist, Pedersen, Liias, Eddy, Appleton, Klippert, Kretz, Hasegawa, Fagan, Asay, Chandler, Angel, Ahern, and Stanford)
Regarding institutions of higher education prohibiting hospitals or physicians from entering into agreements to provide clinical rotations or residencies to certain medical students.
Prohibits a higher education institution from prohibiting a hospital or physician from entering into an agreement to provide student clinical rotations to qualified osteopathic or allopathic medical students.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1809
by Representatives Van De Wege, Angel, Hunt, Dammeier, Eddy, Armstrong, Dunshee, Pettigrew, Moeller, Seaquist, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Billig, McCoy, Blake, Tharinger, Roberts, Stanford, Liias, Maxwell, Orwall, Walsh, Green, Frockt, Kirby, and Kelley
Establishing a preference for resident contractors on public works.
Requires the state or municipality to award a contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid after a resident contractor preference of seven percent has been applied.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1810
by Representatives Appleton, Rolfes, and Darneille
Removing the cap on the total number of small loans a borrower may have in a twelve-month period and imposing a maximum interest rate of thirty-six percent per annum.
Eliminates the cap on the total number of small loans a borrower may have in a twelve-month period and imposes a maximum interest rate of thirty-six percent per annum.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1811
by Representatives Springer, Roberts, and Stanford
Allowing for informed telephonic consent for access to housing or homelessness services.
Authorizes telephonic consent from homeless individuals for access to housing or homelessness services.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
| Feb 9 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development & Housing at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1812
by Representatives Kirby, Kagi, and Moeller
Changing provisions relating to community municipal corporations.
Limits certain provisions relating to organization of community municipal corporations.Modifies provisions relating to the continuation of a community municipal corporation's existence.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1813
by Representatives Blake, Buys, Haigh, Chandler, Wilcox, and Reykdal
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.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1814
by Representatives Sullivan, Maxwell, Haigh, Reykdal, and Santos
Preserving the school district levy base.
Finds that: (1) The federal education jobs fund was intended to support teachers' jobs and enhance quality education; and(2) In 2010, the legislature cut state education funding to school districts by an amount equal to the districts' allocation from the education jobs fund.Declares an intent to preserve the districts' levy base by including in the levy base an amount equivalent to the district's education jobs fund allocation.Expires January 1, 2018.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1815
by Representatives Sullivan, Anderson, Haigh, Dammeier, Parker, Maxwell, Reykdal, and Santos
Preserving the school district levy base.
Finds that when cuts are made to state funding for K-12 education, these cuts reduce a school district's levy base.Declares an intent to preserve the school district levy base and protect the ability of districts to collect voter-approved funds.Expires January 1, 2018.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1816
by Representatives Anderson, Seaquist, Haler, Sells, Probst, Liias, and Fagan
Concerning funding and operating practices of the state higher education system.
Addresses funding and operating practices of the state higher education system relating to: (1) Tuition and state funding;(2) Financial aid programs;(3) Transfer and articulation system and policies;(4) Cost savings;(5) The rising juniors test;(6) High school dual credit programs; and(7) Remedial instruction charge back.Creates the Washington higher education internship program.Provides a business and occupation tax credit for participants in the program for wages and benefits paid to interns in qualifying internships.Creates the HELP investment fund within the state investment board's portfolio of investment pools.Abolishes the workforce training and education coordinating board and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the state board for community and technical colleges.Transfers higher education coordinating board data collection functions to the legislative evaluation and accountability program.Eliminates the following programs: State work-study; state need grant; higher education loan; future teachers conditional scholarship and loan repayment; state national guard conditional scholarship; GET ready for math and science scholarship; American Indian endowed scholarship; international exchange school; health professional loan repayment and scholarship; foster care endowed scholarship; passport to college promise pilot; college bound scholarship; promise scholarship; food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship; and educational assistance grant program for students with dependents.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1817
by Representatives Hunter, Hudgins, Dickerson, Darneille, Haigh, and Hinkle
Designating the great blue heron as the official bird of the state of Washington.
Changes the official bird of the state from the willow goldfinch to the great blue heron.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1818
by Representatives Hunter, Hudgins, and Frockt
Authorizing the publishing of legal or official notices within an online database.
Requires the department of information services to establish and maintain an online database for the purpose of publishing county legal or official notices required by law, or by an order of a judge or court.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1819
by Representatives Jacks and Ross
Concerning the sale of memorial markers by cemetery districts.
Prohibits cemetery districts from selling memorial markers if a private, for-profit retailer or wholesaler of these products is located within fifty miles of the boundary of the cemetery district.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1820
by Representatives Hope, Liias, Rivers, Ryu, Moscoso, Morris, Hurst, Condotta, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Klippert, Johnson, Sells, Reykdal, Billig, Maxwell, and Kelley
Implementing the blue alert system.
Creates a statewide blue alert system to speed the apprehension of violent criminals who kill or seriously injure law enforcement officers.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1821
by Representatives McCoy, Rolfes, Upthegrove, Dunshee, Angel, and Pedersen
Enhancing the production of Pacific salmon.
Establishes a Puget Sound salmon enhancement assessment for all salmon caught in Puget Sound under a commercial license.Requires the director of the department of fish and wildlife to identify one qualifying organization to partner with the department in order to enhance the harvest opportunities for salmon and to undertake salmon enhancement projects.Creates the salmon enhancement assessment dedicated account.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1822
by Representatives Kenney, Parker, Seaquist, Pettigrew, Dickerson, and Zeiger
Establishing the first nonprofit online university.
Establishes the first nonprofit online university.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1823
by Representatives Morris, Shea, Condotta, Crouse, Blake, Short, Kirby, Taylor, Rodne, Haler, Green, Kretz, Haigh, Walsh, Goodman, Orcutt, Hurst, Schmick, Miloscia, Johnson, Liias, Overstreet, Upthegrove, McCune, Dammeier, Zeiger, Wilcox, Rivers, Pearson, Ahern, and Kristiansen
Repealing the authorization for automated traffic safety cameras.
Eliminates the authorization for automated traffic safety cameras.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1824
by Representatives Condotta, Shea, and Warnick
Exempting certain employees in the transportation industry who work in armored vehicles from meal and rest period requirements.
Exempts armored vehicle industry employers from meal and rest period requirements as long as employees are fully compensated for all hours worked.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1825
by Representatives Liias, Morris, Upthegrove, Rolfes, Fitzgibbon, Frockt, McCoy, Billig, Goodman, Moscoso, Pedersen, Reykdal, Jinkins, Maxwell, Green, Hudgins, and Darneille
Strengthening local economies by reducing emissions from coal-fired power generation through decommissioning.
Ensures that facilities related to the combustion of coal for producing electricity be decommissioned in such a manner as to bring the potential public health hazard to a minimum.Creates the coal plant transition and decommissioning advisory board.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1826
by Representatives Orcutt, Sells, McCune, Rolfes, Angel, and Hurst
Providing taxpayers additional appeal protections for value changes.
Provides taxpayers with additional appeal protections for changes to property values.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5642
by Senators Conway, Pflug, Delvin, Roach, Regala, Pridemore, and Shin
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.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5643
by Senators Stevens, Hatfield, Morton, Haugen, Hobbs, Ericksen, Becker, Schoesler, and Honeyford
Modifying the definition of "well" in RCW 18.104.020.
Revises the definition of "well" for purposes of water well construction.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5644
by Senators Delvin, Holmquist Newbry, Hewitt, Schoesler, Carrell, Becker, Pflug, Stevens, and Honeyford
Concerning standards for the use of science to support public policy.
Requires agencies to use peer-reviewed science before taking any agency action related to environmental, natural resources, access to and use of water, or land use management.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5645
by Senators Nelson, Harper, White, Kohl-Welles, and Kline
Concerning the existing surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance.
Modifies provisions regarding the local homeless housing and assistance surcharge.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5646
by Senators Pridemore, Harper, and Kline
Allowing for informed telephonic consent for access to housing or homelessness services.
Authorizes telephonic consent from homeless individuals for access to housing or homelessness services.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5647
by Senators Fraser, Honeyford, Rockefeller, Morton, Shin, and Chase; by request of Department of Ecology
Modifying the Columbia river basin management program.
Provides that the Columbia river basin water supply development account is intended to fund projects using tax exempt bonds.Authorizes expenditures from the Columbia river basin water supply development account to be used to develop pump exchanges.Creates the Columbia river basin taxable bond water supply development account and the Columbia river basin water supply revenue recovery account.Addresses the use of funds from the accounts with regard to the allocation of water supplies secured through the development of new storage facilities.Requires two-thirds of the water made available through reoperation of Sullivan lake to be used to supply or offset out-of-stream uses in certain counties.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
| Feb 9 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5648
by Senator Ranker
Regarding the sale of milk at small dairies.
Exempts the sale of milk at small dairies from certain regulations.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5649
by Senators Harper, Shin, Murray, Nelson, Pridemore, Chase, Kohl-Welles, and Kline
Concerning the humane treatment of dogs.
Addresses unlawful tethering of a dog.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5650
by Senators Harper, Kohl-Welles, White, McAuliffe, and Kline
Allowing craft distilleries to sell their own spirits at qualifying farmers markets.
Authorizes licensed craft distilleries to apply to the liquor control board for an endorsement to sell bottled spirits of its own production at retail for off-premises consumption at a qualifying farmers market.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5651
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Eide, and Shin
Preserving the school district levy base.
Finds that: (1) The federal education jobs fund was intended to support teachers' jobs and enhance quality education; and(2) In 2010, the legislature cut state education funding to school districts by an amount equal to the districts' allocation from the education jobs fund.Declares an intent to preserve the districts' levy base by including in the levy base an amount equivalent to the district's education jobs fund allocation.Expires January 1, 2018.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5652
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, and Eide
Preserving the school district levy base.
Finds that when cuts are made to state funding for K-12 education, these cuts reduce a school district's levy base.Declares an intent to preserve the school district levy base and protect the ability of districts to collect voter-approved funds.Expires January 1, 2018.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5653
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Tom, Chase, Keiser, White, and Conway
Concerning Washington state food purchasing policy.
Requires the department of general administration, in consultation with the department of health, to: (1) Adopt a model food purchasing policy for all agencies to establish standards for certain food; and(2) Assist agencies attempting to implement food purchasing policies and food standards.Requires the department of social and health services and the department of corrections to each develop a food purchasing policy for certain food.Encourages the procurement of Washington grown food in the policies.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5654
by Senators Keiser, White, Chase, and McAuliffe
Regarding recognition of common course numbering at institutions of higher education.
Requires the higher education coordinating board and the state board for community and technical colleges to convene a work group to establish a single set of common course numbers and common course descriptions for all common lower division courses at all institutions of higher education.Requires institutions of higher education to formally adopt the common course numbers and specifically identify them in all course catalogs and publications.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5655
by Senators Roach and Harper
Providing criminal penalties for false statements in voters' pamphlets.
Authorizes the public disclosure commission to impose a civil penalty on a person who knowingly makes or allows to be made on his or her behalf a false statement of material fact in a voters' pamphlet.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5656
by Senators Hargrove, Regala, White, McAuliffe, and Kline
Creating a state Indian child welfare act.
Establishes the Washington state Indian child welfare act.Finds that the state is committed to protecting the essential tribal relations and best interests of Indian children by promoting practices designed to prevent voluntary or involuntary out-of-home placement.Declares that the department of social and health services' policy manual on Indian child welfare, the tribal-state agreement, and relevant local agreements between individual federally recognized tribes and the department should serve as persuasive guides in the interpretation and implementation of the federal Indian child welfare act, this act, and other relevant state laws.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5657
by Senators Pridemore and Swecker
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.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5658
by Senators King, Haugen, and Shin
Concerning the sale or exchange of surplus real property by the department of transportation.
Modifies the department of transportation's surplus real property program.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5659
by Senators King and Haugen
Creating a dialogue between the department of licensing, county auditors, and subagents regarding title and registration activities.
Requires a meeting to be held once a year to provide an opportunity for a dialogue between the department of licensing, county auditors, and subagents to express concerns and ideas regarding title and registration activities.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5660
by Senators Regala, Hargrove, and Stevens
Revising public assistance provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to temporary assistance for needy families.Expands limitations on purchases using electronic benefit cards.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | ||
SB 5661
by Senators Nelson, Pridemore, Swecker, White, Morton, and Fain
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.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5662
by Senators Conway, Chase, Kline, Shin, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, White, Roach, Hobbs, Nelson, Prentice, Haugen, and Fraser
Establishing a preference for resident contractors on public works.
Requires the state or municipality to award a contract to the responsible bidder with the lowest responsive bid after a resident contractor preference of seven percent has been applied.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5663
by Senators Harper, Roach, Conway, and Kline
Regarding concurrent jurisdiction of state and federal courts over actions brought against sureties and actions to foreclose liens, including actions involving claims for delinquent contributions to benefit plans.
Addresses state courts' and federal courts' concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought against sureties and actions to foreclose liens, including actions involving claims for delinquent contributions to benefit plans.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5664
by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Hobbs, Nelson, Rockefeller, Litzow, Chase, Tom, Zarelli, Brown, Kilmer, Delvin, and Murray
Concerning the Lake Washington Institute of Technology.
Directs Lake Washington Institute of Technology to continue to broaden its technical education as a polytechnic college with programs through the baccalaureate level.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5665
by Senators Chase, Kilmer, Kastama, Brown, and White
Reauthorizing counties with community empowerment zones to qualify as an eligible area for investment projects in rural counties.
Reauthorizes counties with community empowerment zones to qualify as an eligible area for investment projects in rural counties.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5666
by Senators Pflug and Keiser
Concerning accountability for tax exempt hospitals.
Modifies provisions relating to tax-exempt hospitals.Recognizes nonprofit hospitals that are providing essential community benefits while ensuring that compensation packages for nonprofit hospital employees are comparable with other public purpose entities.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5667
by Senators Tom, Litzow, Hobbs, and King
Establishing a residency provisional principal certification.
Encourages highly capable individuals with qualities of leadership to become principals through field-based, rigorous, but flexible preparation programs offered in close collaboration with school districts.Encourages school districts to provide principals with increased decision-making authority, including personnel decisions and allocation of financial resources.Holds principals accountable to demonstrate the qualities essential to lead a school.Requires the professional educator standards board to: (1) Establish a residency provisional principal certification; and(2) Adopt standards that define a scope and level of professional managerial and leadership experience for certification.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SJM 8002
by Senator Morton
Requesting the delisting of gray wolves from the federal endangered species act.
Requests the delisting of gray wolves from the federal endangered species act.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SJM 8003
by Senators Prentice, Litzow, Swecker, Murray, Carrell, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, and Honeyford
Requesting that Interstate 5 be named the "Purple Heart Trail."
Requests that Interstate 5 be named the Purple Heart Trail.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SJM 8004
by Senators Parlette, Nelson, Tom, Zarelli, Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Hatfield, Murray, and Shin
Requesting the reestablishment of the road leading to the upper Stehekin Valley within the North Cascades National Park.
Requests the reestablishment of the road leading to the upper Stehekin Valley within the North Cascades National Park.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SCR 8400
by Senators Fraser and Parlette
Calling a joint session to honor deceased former members.
Calls a joint session to honor deceased former members.
| Feb 3 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |