 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 22 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, February 9, 2011 | 31st 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 1019-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Kagi, Green, Darneille, Hasegawa, Goodman, Hurst, Ladenburg, Appleton, and Dickerson)
Constraining the department of corrections' authority to transfer offenders out of state.
Modifies the authority of the department of corrections when transferring offenders out-of-state.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1122-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Frockt, McCoy, and Kenney; by request of Department of Information Services)
Regarding the authority of the department of information services' authority to provide services to public agencies.
Modifies requirements of the department of information services in making information services available.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1153-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Ladenburg, Walsh, Hurst, Goodman, Kagi, Rodne, and Jinkins)
Concerning costs for the collection of DNA samples.
Expands the fee for collection of a biological sample used for DNA identification.Imposes the fee regardless of whether a biological sample was collected.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1200-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Taylor, Warnick, Short, Kretz, Chandler, Armstrong, and McCune)
Establishing an intrastate meat inspection program.
Establishes an intrastate meat inspection program to encourage economic investment in the state's livestock industry and promote economic development within our communities.Creates the meat inspection account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | AGNR - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1206-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Dahlquist, Hurst, Pearson, Harris, Parker, Lytton, Rivers, Johnson, Taylor, Wilcox, Ross, Kelley, Ladenburg, Armstrong, Dammeier, Frockt, and Schmick)
Concerning harassment against criminal justice participants.
Makes harassment against criminal justice participants a crime under certain circumstances.Authorizes a criminal justice participant, who believes he or she or any family member residing with the criminal justice participant is a target for threats or harassment prohibited under the act, to apply to the secretary of state to have an address designated by the secretary of state serve as the person's address or the address of the minor or incapacitated person.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1211-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Rivers, Blake, Takko, Kretz, Van De Wege, Liias, Klippert, Smith, Chandler, Nealey, Fitzgibbon, Warnick, Moeller, Harris, and Condotta)
Concerning utility donations to hunger programs.
Authorizes public utility districts, municipal utilities, and code cities to request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1405-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Kelley, Ladenburg, Darneille, Ryu, Stanford, and Jinkins)
Regulating loans made under the consumer loan act.
Exempts certain nonprofit housing organizations from the provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1468-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Upthegrove, Stanford, Chandler, Tharinger, and Hunt; by request of Department of Health)
Concerning public water system operating permits.
Modifies provisions relating to public water system operating permits.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1535-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Condotta, Kirby, and Bailey)
Concerning business payment contracts containing a personal guarantee.
Requires any business payment contract containing a personal guarantee to contain certain information for each authorized business representative who is a party to the agreement and who is making a personal guarantee.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1570-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Chandler and Morris)
Providing notice to the department of defense before siting energy facility projects.
Requires the energy facility site evaluation council to provide written notification to the United States department of defense upon receipt of an application for an energy facility site certification proposing an energy plant or alternative renewable energy facility that is connected to certain transmission facilities.Requires a local government to provide written notification to the United States department of defense upon receipt of an application for a permit to site an energy plant that is connected to certain transmission facilities.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1691-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Anderson, Springer, Eddy, Ryu, Morris, and Stanford)
Concerning embalmers.
Requires a public agency that is required to provide for the disposition of human remains in any legal manner at public expense to surrender the human remains to an accredited educational institution offering funeral services and embalming programs for use in training embalming students.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1876
by Representatives Green and Kenney
Prohibiting insurers from creating specialty tiers for prescription drugs.
Prohibits insurers from: (1) Creating specialty tiers that require payment of a percentage cost of prescription drugs; and(2) Establishing tiers of prescription drug copays in which the maximum prescription drug copay exceeds by more than five hundred percent the lowest prescription drug copay charged under the health benefit plan.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1877
by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Liias
Regarding retail checkout bags.
Requires retail stores to use only certain checkout bags.Requires the department of ecology to develop guidelines identifying the specifications of checkout bags allowed.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1878
by Representatives Ormsby, Kenney, Fitzgibbon, McCoy, Kirby, Reykdal, Green, Miloscia, Dunshee, Billig, Liias, and Moeller
Imposing penalties for violations by certain self-insurers, third-party administrators, and claims management entities.
Addresses enforcement of compensation orders against self-insurers, third-party administrators, and claims management entities.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1879
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Goodman, Orwall, Roberts, and Kenney
Concerning when a child may petition the juvenile court to reinstate the previously terminated rights of his or her parent.
Authorizes a child to petition the juvenile court to reinstate previously terminated parental rights if the permanency plan was achieved within three years of the final order of termination but was not sustained after the child turned twelve years of age and the child was returned to foster care.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1880
by Representatives Kagi, Goodman, Walsh, Orwall, Moeller, Jinkins, Roberts, and Kenney
Requiring chemical dependency treatment programs certified for assessment services to use a validated assessment tool.
Requires approved chemical dependency treatment programs certified for assessment services to use one of the validated assessment tools recommended by the alcohol and drug abuse institute established by the University of Washington.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1881
by Representatives Springer, Haler, Kenney, Probst, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Armstrong, Jacks, and Stanford
Concerning community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
Revises community development financing act provisions relating to apportionment districts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1882
by Representatives Liias, Upthegrove, Takko, Frockt, Anderson, Ryu, and Kenney
Concerning regional mobility grants and tax incentives for improving transportation connectivity and efficiency.
Provides parking tax exemptions for certain public higher education institutions.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1883
by Representatives Condotta and Springer
Concerning the taxation of domestically brewed beer.
Provides that certain additional taxes imposed on all beer and strong beer do not apply to the sale of beer brewed domestically, within the United States, by breweries whose annual domestic production does not exceed two million barrels.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1884
by Representatives Kenney and Finn
Concerning the economic development commission.
Changes the composition and duties of the Washington state economic development commission.Creates the Washington state economic development commission account.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1885
by Representatives Moscoso, Rolfes, and Fitzgibbon
Providing streamlining improvements in the administration of programs affecting the natural environment.
Addresses the administration of programs affecting the natural environment relating to the duties of the conservation commission, the parks and recreation commission, the Puget Sound partnership, and the departments of ecology, agriculture, fish and wildlife, and natural resources.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1886
by Representatives Takko, Angel, Bailey, and Tharinger
Implementing recommendations of the Ruckelshaus Center process.
Implements William D. Ruckelshaus Center recommendations by establishing the agriculture and critical areas voluntary stewardship program to protect and enhance critical areas on lands used for agricultural activities through voluntary actions by agricultural operators.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
| Feb 11 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1887
by Representatives Clibborn, Armstrong, Maxwell, Hunter, Springer, Eddy, and Tharinger
Concerning certain toll facilities.
Recognizes that voters strongly supported Initiative Measure No. 1053 which indicates the clear desire on the part of the state's citizens that legislators approve any new fees or increases to existing fees.Honors the voter's clear direction by approving the transportation commission's schedule of toll charges applicable to the state route number 520 corridor.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1888
by Representatives Hasegawa, Reykdal, Hunt, Dickerson, Ryu, and Hudgins
Concerning information included in the voters' pamphlet.
Requires the office of financial management, for each voters' pamphlet prepared for the general election, to provide information about how Washington municipal governments, state government, and the federal government receive their income, how they distribute it, and how the tax structure works.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1889
by Representatives Hasegawa, Santos, Reykdal, Springer, Hunt, Ryu, Hudgins, Kenney, Dickerson, Pettigrew, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, and Ormsby
Incorporating state tax expenditures into the state budget process.
Incorporates state tax expenditures into the state budget process.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1890
by Representatives Klippert, Angel, Kristiansen, Short, Haler, Bailey, and McCune
Reducing energy costs to the citizens of Washington state through temporarily lowering renewable energy requirements during the current economic downturn and recognizing hydroelectric generation as a renewable resource.
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 such mandates.Provides a contingent expiration date and requires the employment security department to notify the code reviser's office once the date is known.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1891
by Representatives Klippert, Angel, Hargrove, Rivers, Orcutt, and McCune
Delaying adoption and implementation of the common core standards.
Delays adoption and implementation of certain essential academic learning requirements.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1892
by Representatives Klippert, Hope, McCune, and Shea
Authorizing attempts to determine proof of legal status in this country when a person is lawfully detained by law enforcement while ensuring constitutional due process.
Authorizes, during a lawful stop, detention, or arrest, a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of the person.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1893
by Representative Klippert
Changing provisions relating to searches at schools.
Authorizes school resource officers, under certain circumstances, to perform searches on students and his or her possessions.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1894
by Representative Goodman
Concerning intermediate tenancies for persons with criminal backgrounds or substance abuse issues.
Regulates and determines legal rights, remedies, and obligations arising between a landlord and a tenant entering into an intermediate tenancy agreement.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1895
by Representatives McCoy and Santos
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 8 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1896
by Representatives Kretz, Short, Schmick, and McCune
Ensuring the continuance of agricultural activities through provisions in the growth management act.
Ensures the continuance of agricultural activities through provisions in the growth management act.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1897
by Representatives Billig, Johnson, Clibborn, Armstrong, Liias, Takko, Walsh, Blake, Dunshee, Rolfes, Van De Wege, Lytton, Fitzgibbon, and Ormsby
Establishing a rural mobility grant program.
Requires the department of transportation to establish a rural mobility grant program to aid small cities and rural areas.Creates the rural mobility grant program account.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1898
by Representatives Liias, Miloscia, Goodman, Billig, Hunt, Moscoso, Hasegawa, Pettigrew, Stanford, Frockt, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Kagi, Carlyle, Darneille, Moeller, McCoy, Roberts, Dickerson, Orwall, Dunshee, Eddy, Reykdal, Kenney, Ormsby, Green, Cody, Rolfes, Sells, and Jinkins
Establishing a public funding program for supreme court campaigns.
Establishes the judicial election reform act to introduce a program to provide an alternative source of financing candidates for the state supreme court who demonstrate public support and voluntarily accept strict fund-raising and spending limits.Creates the judicial election reform act fund.Prohibits the public disclosure commission from offering the program until one million dollars is in the judicial election reform act fund.Establishes a three-dollar judicial integrity surcharge to be added to certain fees.Provides for submission of the act to a vote of the people.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HJR 4217
by Representatives Springer, Haler, Kenney, Probst, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Armstrong, and Jacks
Providing for community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide for community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HJR 4218
by Representatives Klippert and Shea
Limiting regular sessions of the legislature to ninety days in odd-numbered years.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to limit regular sessions of the legislature to ninety days in odd-numbered years.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HJR 4219
by Representatives Van De Wege, Alexander, Bailey, Condotta, Seaquist, Orcutt, Hunter, and Angel; by request of State Treasurer
Addressing the state's long-term pension obligations.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to ensure that retirement benefits provided under certain state pension plans be funded, to the maximum extent possible, over the working lives of plan members so that employer costs are paid by the taxpayers who receive the benefit of those members' service.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5023-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, McAuliffe, Litzow, Shin, Kline, Pflug, Fraser, Chase, and Rockefeller; by request of Attorney General)
Addressing nonlegal immigration-related services.
Prohibits nonlawyers and other unauthorized persons from providing immigration-related services that constitute the practice of law.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 8 | Minority; without recommendation. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5025-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Becker, Sheldon, Litzow, Haugen, Carrell, White, King, Honeyford, Shin, Kilmer, Regala, Parlette, Conway, Tom, Rockefeller, Roach, and Holmquist Newbry; by request of Attorney General)
Concerning making requests by or on behalf of an inmate under the public records act ineligible for penalties.
Prohibits a court from awarding penalties in a court appeal under the public records act if the request for public records was made by or on behalf of a person serving a criminal sentence in a state, local, or privately operated correctional facility.
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5086-S
by Senate Committee on Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Rockefeller, Ranker, Harper, Honeyford, and Chase)
Regarding geothermal resources.
Provides that the use of geothermal resources for commercial electricity production is not subject to certain appropriation procedures if the use takes place in a closed loop system that is connected to and integrated into a commercial electricity production project that meets certain requirements.Provides for the allocation of revenues distributed to the state under the mineral lands leasing act of 1920, with respect to activities of the United States bureau of land management undertaken pursuant to the geothermal steam act of 1970.Creates the geothermal account.Gives responsibility to the state treasurer for distribution of funds to the county of origin.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | EWE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5115-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Harper, Pflug, Kline, Roach, Carrell, and Kilmer)
Concerning private transfer fee obligations.
Establishes the private transfer fee obligation act.Declares that a private transfer fee obligation may not run with the title to real property, touch or concern the real property, or otherwise bind subsequent owners of real property under any common law or equitable principle.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5286-S
by Senate Committee on Environment, Water & Energy (originally sponsored by Senator Nelson)
Concerning on-site wastewater treatment systems designer licensing.
Modifies provisions relating to on-site wastewater treatment systems designer licensing.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment and Water & Energy at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | EWE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5326-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Zarelli, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Rockefeller, and White)
Concerning negligent driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death of a vulnerable user of a public way.
Addresses negligent driving in the second degree with a vulnerable user victim.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5352-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Regala, and Swecker)
Regarding providing eyeglasses to medicaid enrollees.
Revises inmate work program provisions with regard to providing glasses to medicaid enrollees.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5701
by Senators Swecker and Delvin
Providing limited access to motor vehicle records for driver and pedestrian safety in private communities.
Authorizes the release of certain information on an individual vehicle owner when the requesting party is a homeowners' association.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5702
by Senators Carrell, Fraser, Roach, Fain, Pflug, Holmquist Newbry, Benton, Swecker, and Hewitt
Regarding duties of the parks and recreation commission upon the temporary closure of a state park.
Requires the parks and recreation commission, when a state park is temporarily closed due to budget constraints, to collaborate and cooperate with the local government, local park district, nonprofit organizations, and civic organizations in the area to determine the feasibility of having one or more of the entities perform routine maintenance on the temporarily closed state park.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5703
by Senators Kohl-Welles and Stevens
Concerning consumer reports of employees or volunteers who will or may have unsupervised access to children, individuals with developmental disabilities, or vulnerable adults.
Authorizes consumer reporting agencies to make a consumer report to be used in connection with any prospective employee or volunteer who will or may have unsupervised access to children, individuals with developmental disabilities, or vulnerable adults.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5704
by Senators Swecker, Eide, and Shin
Concerning vehicle subagent services and fees.
Authorizes subagents to renew and replace identicards and drivers' licenses and to provide driving record abstracts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5705
by Senators Kilmer, Delvin, Kastama, Litzow, and Shin
Concerning community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
Revises community development financing act provisions relating to apportionment districts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5706
by Senators Harper, Nelson, and Kline
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 8 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5707
by Senator Rockefeller
Exempting authorized emergency vehicles from state fuel usage requirements.
Exempts authorized emergency vehicles from state fuel usage requirements.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5708
by Senator Keiser
Creating flexibility in the delivery of long-term care services.
Creates flexibility in the delivery of long-term care services.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5709
by Senators Kline, King, Hobbs, Fain, Honeyford, and Kohl-Welles
Allowing a microbrewery and domestic brewery to sell beer of another domestic brewery for on and off-premises consumption from its premises.
Authorizes microbreweries and domestic breweries to sell beer of another domestic breweries' production for on-premises and off-premises consumption from its premises under certain circumstances.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5710
by Senators Hobbs, Kline, and Hewitt
Concerning the sale of beer by grocery store licensees.
Authorizes a grocery store licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer to a purchaser in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided by the licensee or manufacturer, and fill at the tap by the licensee at the time of sale.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5711
by Senators Hobbs, Kline, Fain, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, and Hewitt
Concerning the sale of beer by beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees.
Authorizes a beer and/or wine specialty shop licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer to a purchaser in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided by the licensee or manufacturer, and fill at the tap by the licensee at the time of sale.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5712
by Senators Honeyford and Schoesler
Consolidating the Puget Sound partnership into the Washington state conservation commission.
Abolishes the Puget Sound partnership and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the Washington state conservation commission.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5713
by Senators Haugen, Delvin, Hatfield, Shin, and Parlette
Implementing recommendations of the Ruckelshaus Center process.
Implements William D. Ruckelshaus Center recommendations by establishing the agriculture and critical areas voluntary stewardship program to protect and enhance critical areas on lands used for agricultural activities through voluntary actions by agricultural operators.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5714
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Harper, and Kline
Regarding background check clearance for licensed and regulated child care facilities.
Requires the department of early learning to establish and maintain an individual-based or portable background check clearance registry.Requires an individual seeking a child care license or employment in any child care facility licensed or regulated by the department to submit a background check application on forms determined by the department.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5715
by Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Litzow, Harper, Kline, and Honeyford
Requiring adoption of core competencies for early care and education professionals.
Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Adopt core competencies for early care and education professionals and develop an implementation plan; and(2) Incorporate the core competencies into all appropriate professional development opportunities.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 9 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5716
by Senators Stevens, Benton, Sheldon, Chase, Carrell, and Shin
Eliminating automated traffic safety cameras.
Eliminates the use of automated traffic safety cameras.Provides that certain sections of the act take effect only upon certification by the secretary of the department of transportation that the new statewide tolling operations center and photo toll system are fully operational.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5717
by Senators Tom, Kilmer, White, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire
Implementing the higher education funding task force recommendations.
Implements higher education funding task force recommendations relating to goals, funding, performance, and accountability.Creates the Washington pledge scholarship program.Creates the Washington pledge endowment fund.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5718
by Senators Parlette and Prentice
Concerning estates and trusts.
Finds that, in light of certain changes in federal law regarding estates and trusts, it is necessary to amend certain time limitations and to clarify procedures to construe certain formula clauses that refer to federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax rules applicable to estates of certain decedents.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5719
by Senator Shin
Regarding tuition at institutions of higher education for students with disabilities.
Mitigates the financial burden encountered by individuals with disabilities as they progress through the state's educational system.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SJR 8213
by Senators Kilmer, Delvin, Kastama, and Litzow
Providing for community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide for community redevelopment financing in apportionment districts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SJR 8214
by Senators Pridemore, Schoesler, Murray, Zarelli, Conway, and Hewitt; by request of State Treasurer
Addressing the state's long-term pension obligations.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to ensure that retirement benefits provided under certain state pension plans be funded, to the maximum extent possible, over the working lives of plan members so that employer costs are paid by the taxpayers who receive the benefit of those members' service.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |