 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 23 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, February 10, 2011 | 32nd 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 1089-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representative McCoy)
Regarding instructional materials provided in a specialized format.
Prohibits a public or private higher education institution that provides certain specialized format versions of instructional material from requiring the student to return the specialized format version of the instructional material unless the material was translated or transcribed into a specialized format at the expense of the institution and the cost to reproduce a copy is greater than one hundred dollars.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1403-S
by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Upthegrove, Hudgins, Rolfes, Kenney, Fitzgibbon, Pedersen, Roberts, Dickerson, Appleton, Reykdal, and Frockt)
Establishing an oil transfer fee to fund oil spill prevention, preparedness, response, and restoration programs.
Authorizes and directs the department of ecology to collect a risk-based oil spill prevention and response service transfer fee each time any oil is transferred on, over, or near the waters of the state due to certain occurrences.Creates the oil transfer account.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | APPG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
HB 1522-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Haler, Maxwell, Probst, Haigh, Hasegawa, Frockt, Santos, Reykdal, Goodman, Ormsby, and Moscoso)
Regarding academic credit for prior learning.
Requires the higher education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, the council of presidents, the four-year institutions of higher education, the private independent higher education institutions, and the private career schools to collaborate to carry out certain goals with regard to students receiving academic credit for prior learning.Requires the higher education coordinating board to convene the academic credit for prior learning work group to coordinate and implement the goals.Requires the office of financial management to work with the higher education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the four-year institutions of higher education to track the number of students receiving academic credit for prior learning and the type of credit awarded at institutions of higher education.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1571-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Eddy, McCoy, Crouse, Frockt, Kelley, Short, Jacks, Fitzgibbon, and Billig; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission)
Limiting regulation of electric vehicle battery charging facilities.
Prohibits the utilities and transportation commission, under certain circumstances, from regulating the rates, services, facilities, and practices of an entity that offers battery charging facilities to the public for hire.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 8 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1572-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Kagi, Reykdal, Haigh, Takko, Kenney, Moscoso, Hasegawa, Moeller, and Frockt)
Authorizing public utility districts to request voluntary contributions to assist low-income customers with payment of water and sewer bills.
Authorizes a public utility district to request voluntary contributions to assist qualified low-income residential customers of the district in paying their water and sewer bills.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1899
by Representatives Miloscia, Overstreet, Hurst, Taylor, Hunt, Armstrong, McCoy, and Condotta
Changing penalty amounts for public records violations.
Increases penalties for certain violations of the public records act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1900
by Representatives Stanford, Ladenburg, Ryu, and Green
Establishing continuing education requirements for engineers.
Requires professional engineers to complete continuing professional development requirements before renewal of a certificate of registration.Authorizes the director of the department of licensing to set fees to cover the costs of administering the continuing professional development requirement.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1901
by Representatives Cody and Hinkle
Creating flexibility in the delivery of long-term care services.
Addresses the delivery of long-term care services relating to: (1) Boarding home licensing requirements;(2) Intermittent nursing services;(3) Availability of qualified and trained staff;(4) Conversion of part of nursing home for use as assisted living services; and(5) Follow to home services provided by a care coach not included in home health care.Authorizes nursing homes to establish and provide nonmedical care management services to persons discharged to home for up to thirty days following discharge from the nursing home.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Adopt rules to establish postacute care program certification standards;(2) Convene a work group to identify the chronic and acute care service needs of the region's residents over the next ten years and the existing service capacity of the provider community to meet those identified needs; and(3) Convene a work group to discuss and identify one or more mechanisms to incentivize nursing facilities to close or to eliminate licensed beds from active service.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1902
by Representatives Kagi, Goodman, and Stanford
Modifying the business and occupation tax deduction for organizations providing child welfare services.
Modifies the business and occupation tax deduction for organizations providing child welfare services.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1903
by Representatives Orwall, Goodman, Roberts, Reykdal, Kagi, Kenney, and Kelley
Requiring background checks for all child care licensees and employees.
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 under current law to submit a background application on a form prescribed by the department of early learning in rule.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1904
by Representatives Clibborn, Rodne, Maxwell, and Liias
Concerning nonresident vessel permits and taxation.
Modifies provisions relating to nonresident vessel permits and sales and use tax exemptions on certain vessels.Requires the department of revenue to adopt rules to implement the act as necessary, including rules determining acceptable proof of a nonresident person who is not an individual.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1905
by Representatives Haigh and Finn
Concerning cemetery district formation requirements.
Modifies cemetery district formation provisions relating to: (1) Petition designating boundaries for proposed cemetery district;(2) County auditor's duties;(3) Time limit for canvassing returns; and(4) Simple majority vote needed.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1906
by Representatives Cody, Fitzgibbon, and Kenney
Protecting salmon and steelhead spawning beds.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to prohibit activities that harm or disturb spawning beds of salmon and steelhead and other fish on rivers and streams where spawning activities occur.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1907
by Representatives Hasegawa, Moscoso, Reykdal, Seaquist, Santos, Probst, and Kenney
Establishing the GET ready for college program.
Establishes the GET ready for college program.Requires the higher education coordinating board to pay the fifty-dollar enrollment fee to open a GET account on behalf of every child born in the state.Creates the GET ready for college account.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1908
by Representatives Hasegawa, Seaquist, Santos, Probst, Kenney, and Frockt
Creating a peer mentoring program to encourage elementary school students to attend college.
Requires the six four-year higher education institutions to create and implement a peer mentoring program modeled after the pilot program launched in fall 2009 at Western Washington University.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1909
by Representatives Reykdal, Haler, Seaquist, Carlyle, Hasegawa, and Kenney
Promoting innovation at community and technology colleges.
Enhances the community and technical college system by making the maximum use of certain technologies.Creates the community and technical college innovation account to pay and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on financing contracts and to implement the state board for community and technical colleges' strategic technology plan.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1910
by Representative Sells
Concerning long-term disability for injured workers.
Modifies industrial insurance long-term disability provisions relating to: (1) Permanent partial disability awards;(2) Limiting pension awards following a permanent partial disability award;(3) Terminating pensions when the workplace residuals are not the predominant factor in a workers' inability to work or be retrained;(4) Creating the stay-at-work program;(5) Allowing wages for persons receiving long-term disability; and(6) Creating the safety and health projects program.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1911
by Representatives Klippert, McCune, and Haler
Withdrawing from the interstate compact to elect the president by national popular vote.
Declares an intent to withdraw from the interstate compact which purportedly would establish a system to elect the president by a national popular vote.Requires the governor of Washington to notify the governors of other states currently in the compact of Washington state's withdrawal from the compact.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1912
by Representatives Klippert, Goodman, McCune, and Haler
Creating an administrative sobriety checkpoint program.
Authorizes targeted administrative sobriety checkpoint programs to deter and detect persons driving under the influence with a minimal intrusion on the privacy rights of all vehicle occupants.Prescribes penalties.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1913
by Representatives Klippert, Pearson, McCune, Hope, Ross, Finn, and Haler
Making criminal gang intimidation of a law enforcement officer a crime.
Creates the crime of criminal gang intimidation of a law enforcement officer.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1914
by Representatives Harris, Jinkins, and Cody
Restricting contract requirements that certain providers maintain hospital privileges.
Prohibits a contract between a health care service contractor and a participating provider from requiring a participating provider to maintain active staff privileges at a hospital when that participating provider's hospitalized patients are solely admitted to, and cared for by, hospitalists or other hospital-based health care providers who are participating providers of the health care service contractor.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1915
by Representatives Dunshee, Warnick, Ormsby, Condotta, Sells, Anderson, Green, and Armstrong; by request of State Treasurer
Concerning state assistance for financing local government infrastructure.
Finds that a 1998 local government infrastructure study documented that local governments in the state had a total funding need of over eight billion dollars worth of critical projects.Provides financing assistance to local governments to help them respond to the demands for infrastructure improvement, repair, and expansion related to health, safety, and the environment by creating an infrastructure bank that will provide local government with credit support.Changes the name of the public works board to the infrastructure financing board.Changes the composition and duties of the board.Changes the name of the public works assistance account to the infrastructure financing account.Creates the local infrastructure assistance account and requires the state treasurer, at least twice a year, to distribute money in the account to all counties on the basis of population.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1916
by Representatives Ryu, Kagi, Maxwell, Kenney, and Santos
Concerning business services delivered by associate development organizations.
Addresses the responsibilities of the department of commerce to establish protocols to be followed by associate development organizations and department staff for the recruitment and retention of businesses.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1917
by Representatives Ryu, Stanford, Kagi, Finn, and Liias
Concerning state route number 523.
Directs the department of transportation to undertake a corridor study to address the needs on the state route number 523 corridor.Finds that, given that tolling on state route number 520 is scheduled to begin in spring 2011, funding to mitigate this impact on state route number 523 is urgently needed.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5034-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Kastama, Shin, Hatfield, Zarelli, Conway, and Hewitt)
Concerning private infrastructure development.
Allows private utilities to provide infrastructure needed for economic development in a manner that minimizes development sprawl.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | EDTI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Environment, Water & Energy. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | ||
SB 5077-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Shin, Carrell, Swecker, Sheldon, Becker, Honeyford, Benton, Schoesler, Stevens, Delvin, Keiser, Hewitt, Roach, and Holmquist Newbry; by request of Attorney General)
Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development.
Prohibits a public entity from taking property for the purpose of economic development.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5078-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Swecker, Becker, Benton, Honeyford, Schoesler, Stevens, Hewitt, Carrell, and Roach; by request of Attorney General)
Concerning a municipality's right to condemn real property due to a threat to public health, safety, or welfare.
Requires a municipality condemning real property for community renewal of blighted areas to use the real property for a public purpose.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing, executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5232-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Hobbs, Carrell, Keiser, and Kohl-Welles)
Authorizing prize-linked savings deposits.
Encourages financial institutions to develop innovative products that create incentives to encourage consumer savings, particularly savings by low-income consumers.Authorizes financial institutions, credit unions, and certain banks to conduct a promotional contest of chance in which a drawing for a prize is held that includes only those persons, as eligible prize recipients, who deposited funds in a savings account, certificate of deposit, or any other savings program of the financial institution, credit union, or bank.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | 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 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5271-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senators Rockefeller, Swecker, Ranker, Morton, Sheldon, Delvin, Schoesler, Regala, Nelson, Fraser, Kilmer, Shin, and Kline; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands)
Regarding abandoned or derelict vessels.
Modifies abandoned or derelict vessel provisions.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | NRMW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5720
by Senator Honeyford
Providing that an individual may not be assessed more than one penalty for a single violation concerning electrical or telecommunications installations.
Prohibits an individual from being assessed more than one penalty for a single violation concerning electrical or telecommunications installations.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5721
by Senators Swecker, Delvin, and Hewitt
Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public.
Requires department of corrections officers and chief law enforcement officers to maintain a jail register that is open to the public and includes booking photographs or electronic images.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5722
by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Stevens, Regala, Shin, and McAuliffe
Concerning the use of moneys collected from the local option sales tax to support chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and therapeutic courts.
Authorizes certain moneys, collected from the local option sales tax to support chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and therapeutic courts, to be used to supplant existing funding.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Feb 11 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5723
by Senators Schoesler, Ericksen, Haugen, Hatfield, Delvin, and Shin
Establishing a process for addressing water quality issues associated with livestock operations.
Transfers the powers and duties for conducting initial investigations of water quality issues arising from livestock operations from the department of ecology to the department of agriculture.Requires a structure to be established, if an impact on water quality is found, to provide an orderly process to address these impacts through the use of technical assistance and programs available from conservation districts and associated federal agencies.Authorizes the director of the department of agriculture to enter livestock operations for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to pollution of waters of the state.Requires the department of agriculture, the department of ecology, and the conservation commission to approach the federal environmental protection agency to secure new funding or seek redirection of existing funds for the administration of the act.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5724
by Senators Murray, Litzow, Tom, Shin, McAuliffe, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Sheldon, Swecker, Hargrove, Harper, and Conway
Creating "Music Matters" special license plates.
Creates music matters special license plates.Requires the department of licensing to collect fees for the special license plates.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5725
by Senators McAuliffe, King, Litzow, Tom, Hill, and Shin
Providing a pilot program for STEM teacher certification.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to create a pilot program and identify two school districts in which to implement science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teacher certification.Requires the professional educator standards board to review the pilot program.Expires December 31, 2014.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5726
by Senators Harper, McAuliffe, Litzow, Tom, and Hobbs
Regarding innovation schools.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop basic criteria and a streamlined review process for identifying Washington innovation schools and programs;(2) Create a page on its web site to highlight examples of Washington innovation schools and programs; and(3) Publicize the Washington innovation school designation.Encourages the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Identify annually ten innovation schools or programs that exemplify the values of innovation schools and programs; and(2) Encourage schools, communities, and school districts to access the web site and create additional models of innovation.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5727
by Senators White, Haugen, and Shin; by request of Department of Licensing
Concerning vehicle registration fees.
Authorizes the department of licensing, if it sends a physical renewal notice for vehicle registration, to charge the applicant a nonrefundable fee of five dollars to help defray the cost of mailing the renewal notice.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5728
by Senator Zarelli
Concerning state collective bargaining and competitive contracting.
Modifies collective bargaining and competitive contracting provisions relating to: (1) Compensation and fringe benefits;(2) Scope of bargaining;(3) Management rights; and(4) Purchasing services.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5729
by Senators Carrell, Pflug, Morton, Becker, King, Delvin, Parlette, Stevens, Hill, Holmquist Newbry, Roach, and Honeyford
Changing the definition of controlled substances.
Revises the definition of "controlled substance" for purposes of the uniform controlled substances act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5730
by Senator Rockefeller
Authorizing mileage-based automobile insurance.
Authorizes an insurance policy that grants coverage required for a motor vehicle liability policy to also grant coverage based on mileage-based factors.Requires the insurance commissioner to adopt rules establishing standards for mileage-based premium rate structures that may be used by insurers to develop mileage-based policies.Authorizes the insurance commissioner, in consultation with the department of transportation, to develop and implement a mileage-based insurance demonstration project to gain experience with a variety of approaches that offer consumers reduced premiums based upon mileage factors.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5731
by Senators Chase, Kastama, Shin, and Conway
Concerning Washington manufacturing services.
Requires a minimum of fifty percent of the funds received by Washington manufacturing services from the state to be used by Washington manufacturing services for carrying out certain duties.Requires Washington manufacturing services, in conjunction with industry sector and cluster associations, to conduct workshops on, and provide assistance to manufacturers affected by import competition in, applying for federal trade adjustment assistance financing.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5732
by Senators Chase and Kastama
Exempting certain manufacturing research and development activities from business and occupation taxation.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption, during the first five years of production, to any person with respect to amounts derived from the manufacturing of a product that is being produced in this state under a licensing agreement with the University of Washington or Washington State University.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5733
by Senators Kastama, Chase, and Shin
Concerning economic development through the establishment of an international contact database.
Authorizes the department of commerce to develop and maintain a database, to be known as the international contact database, to be used as a resource for citizens, businesses, and other entities seeking contacts in international trade markets overseas.Authorizes the department of agriculture, the governor's office of protocol, the lieutenant governor's office, and the secretary of state to assist the department of commerce in designing and developing the database and in obtaining data for inclusion in the database.Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information in files maintained in the database.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5734
by Senators Kastama, Chase, and Shin
Concerning tax credits for economic development for eligible business projects in rural counties.
Modifies provisions relating to tax credits for economic development for eligible business projects in rural counties.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5735
by Senators Chase, Kastama, Kilmer, and McAuliffe
Encouraging economic development by removing the expiration date from the research and development spending business and occupation tax credit.
Eliminates the expiration of the research and development spending business and occupation tax credit.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5736
by Senators Chase, Kastama, and Shin
Promoting economic development through commercialization and sharing of technologies.
Promotes economic development through commercialization and sharing of technologies.Creates the innovation database account.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5737
by Senators Kastama and Chase
Promoting economic development by establishing an intuitive trade assistance web portal.
Requires the department of commerce to select a private information technology and software company to develop, maintain, and update an intuitive trade assistance web site and associated application software.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5738
by Senators Kastama, Chase, Shin, and McAuliffe
Concerning public and private sector economic development collaboration.
Authorizes the department of commerce to collaborate with private sector organizations and sector associations in order to implement its economic development, innovation, and trade promotion activities within the state.Requires the department of commerce to maintain an account with one or more public depositaries and authorizes the department to deposit moneys in the depositary and expend moneys for purposes authorized by the act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5739
by Senators Kastama and Chase
Regarding uniform laws on the interstate provision of governmental services.
Requires the uniform law commission to: (1) Consider proposing a draft uniform law that would enable the several states to contract among themselves and in their mutual interest, for the provision of state services to accomplish savings that accrue from economies of scale; and(2) Propose draft uniform laws that result from their consideration to the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws for approval and adoption by the several states.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5740
by Senators Kastama, Chase, and Roach
Preventing predatory guardianships of incapacitated adults.
Requires additional information before appointment of a guardian or limited guardian of an incapacitated adult.Revises provisions relating to modifications or terminations of guardianships.Requires a court to provide family members of incapacitated adults, filing a petition for appointment of a guardian or limited guardian, with information regarding professional and lay guardians.Requires a guardian ad litem to disclose in writing to the court any prior or existing relationship, or other circumstance that would cause the appearance of a conflict of interest in the guardian ad litem's recommendation when the guardian ad litem is making a recommendation of appointment of a particular person or persons as a guardian to a court.Requires the administrator for the courts to publish information regarding professional and lay guardians on its web site.Requires a long-term care ombudsman to publish on a web site, or otherwise make available to residents, families of residents, and the public, information regarding professional and lay guardians.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5741
by Senators Kastama and Chase
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 9 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5742
by Senators Haugen, Ranker, and Shin
Concerning the administration and distribution of Washington state ferry system revenue.
Addresses the distribution and administration of Washington state ferry system revenue.Requires the department of transportation to impose a vessel replacement surcharge of twenty-five cents on every ferry fare sold.Provides a sales and use tax exemption on fuel purchased by the Washington state ferry system for use in a state-owned ferry after June 30, 2013.Creates the capital vessel replacement account.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5743
by Senators Honeyford and Holmquist Newbry
Allowing a person to apply for a minor work permit without completing a new master application under certain circumstances.
Authorizes a person to apply for a minor work permit without completing an entirely new master application under certain circumstances.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5744
by Senators Chase and Prentice
Concerning the imposition of a fee on certain building permits for the purpose of training code enforcement officials.
Provides the construction industry and local communities with assurance that code officials have access to current training on the most recent code updates.Imposes a fee of four dollars on each building permit issued by a county or a city.Requires revenue from the fee to be appropriated to the department of labor and industries for distribution to the sponsor of an apprenticeship program for building officials.Creates the code officials apprenticeship and training account.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5745
by Senators Kilmer, Parlette, Conway, Hobbs, and Keiser; by request of State Treasurer
Concerning state assistance for financing local government infrastructure.
Finds that a 1998 local government infrastructure study documented that local governments in the state had a total funding need of over eight billion dollars worth of critical projects.Provides financing assistance to local governments to help them respond to the demands for infrastructure improvement, repair, and expansion related to health, safety, and the environment by creating an infrastructure bank that will provide local government with credit support.Changes the name of the public works board to the infrastructure financing board.Changes the composition and duties of the board.Changes the name of the public works assistance account to the infrastructure financing account.Creates the local infrastructure assistance account and requires the state treasurer, at least twice a year, to distribute money in the account to all counties on the basis of population.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5746
by Senators Kline and King
Regarding prevailing wage affidavits.
Authorizes the contractor or subcontractor, with whom a subcontractor had a contractual relationship for a public works project, to file a statement of intent to pay prevailing wages or an affidavit of wages paid form if the subcontractor performing work on the project fails to submit the forms.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5747
by Senators Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, and Conway
Concerning Washington horse racing funds.
Modifies horse racing commission provisions relating to: (1) Daily gross receipts distribution and the commission's percentage; and(2) Investment earnings from the horse racing commission operating account to be retained in the account.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5748
by Senators Rockefeller, Honeyford, and Chase
Regarding cottage food operations.
Exempts cottage food operations from the licensing and evaluation provisions of the Washington food processing act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5749
by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Shin
Regarding the Washington advanced college tuition payment (GET) program.
Modifies the terms of the Washington advanced college tuition payment (GET) program for future purchasers.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5750
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, King, Honeyford, and Morton
Regarding the withdrawal of waters of the state from additional appropriations.
Requires the department of ecology, before withdrawing waters of the state from additional appropriations, to establish an alternate available water source for use in the closed basin.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5751
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Morton, and Honeyford
Deferring certain changes to the Washington state energy code until April 1, 2012.
Delays until April 1, 2012, implementation of the changes to the state energy code adopted by the state building code council on November 20, 2009.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5752
by Senators Kline, Rockefeller, White, and Shin
Creating the uniform correction or clarification of defamation act.
Establishes the uniform correction or clarification of defamation act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5753
by Senators Kline, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Nelson, Keiser, and White
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 9 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5754
by Senators Kline, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Rockefeller, White, and Conway
Concerning the publication of tax data to ensure the transparency of Washington's tax preferences.
Authorizes the department of revenue to publish the statistics of any number of taxpayers in a classification as long as the publication makes no identification of particular tax information other than the amount of taxpayer savings.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |