 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 58 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, April 15, 2011 | 96th Day - 2011 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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| HOUSE |
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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 2026-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells and Reykdal)
Creating the industrial insurance rainy day account.
Creates the industrial insurance rainy day account.Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to, before proposing premium rates, determine whether the combined assets in the accident fund and medical aid fund are more than ten percent greater than funded liabilities, and if so notify the treasurer of the excess.Requires the treasurer to transfer the amount of the excess to the industrial insurance rainy day account.
| Mar 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Apr 6 | LWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 12:00 PM. | ||
| Apr 9 | Placed on second reading. | |
| Apr 12 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2078
by Representatives Jinkins, Reykdal, Lytton, Billig, Frockt, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Ryu, Ladenburg, Stanford, Sullivan, Green, Van De Wege, Moeller, Springer, Pettigrew, Maxwell, Dickerson, Kagi, Ormsby, Upthegrove, Hasegawa, Appleton, Rolfes, McCoy, Carlyle, Liias, Kenney, Eddy, Darneille, Pedersen, Orwall, Hunt, Cody, Kirby, Roberts, Takko, Blake, Seaquist, Goodman, Haigh, Hudgins, Dunshee, Sells, Finn, Clibborn, and Morris
Funding K-3 class size reductions by narrowing and repealing certain tax exemptions.
Narrows a tax deduction for banks and other financial institutions and eliminates a sales tax exemption for nonresidents to fully fund critical K-3 class size reductions.Requires the department of revenue to annually estimate the increase in state revenue for the current fiscal year resulting from the changes made in the act.
| Apr 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2079
by Representative Morris
Concerning the Washington state ferry system management and ferry construction.
Modifies provisions relating to Washington state ferry system management and ferry construction.Requires performance targets to be established by an ad hoc committee with members from and designated by the office of the governor.Requires the department of transportation to complete a performance report that provides a baseline assessment of current performance using final 2009-2011 data.Requires the marine employees' commission to sever all captains from the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit.Merges the marine employees' commission with the public employment relations commission and directs the public employment relations commission to evaluate the merger and provide recommendations on alternative organizational structures.Requires the transportation commission to impose a vessel replacement surcharge of twenty-five cents on every ferry fare sold.Creates the capital vessel replacement account.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2080
by Representatives Hasegawa and Moscoso
Modifying tax refund and interest provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to tax refunds and interest.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2081
by Representatives Pedersen and Hudgins
Providing support for judicial branch agencies by extending surcharges on court fees.
Extends surcharges on court fees to provide support for judicial branch agencies.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2082
by Representatives Darneille, Goodman, Dickerson, Roberts, Pettigrew, Appleton, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Finn, Orwall, Ormsby, Ladenburg, Kenney, and Moscoso
Making changes to the disability lifeline program.
Declares an intent to: (1) Provide transitional financial and health care support to persons who, by reason of age or disability, are likely to meet federal supplemental security income disability standards;(2) Focus funding upon meeting basic needs for medical and behavioral health care services, and for housing and essential needs, as an alternative to cash grants, for persons who are incapacitated from gainful employment, but whose incapacity may not meet the level of severity necessary to qualify for federal supplemental security income benefits; and(3) Increase opportunities to use limited public funding, combined with private charitable and volunteer efforts to serve disability lifeline recipients.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2083
by Representatives Rolfes and Moscoso
Concerning funding for the construction of a ferry boat vessel with a capacity of at least one hundred forty-four cars.
Provides funding for the construction of a ferry boat vessel with a capacity of at least one hundred forty-four cars.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Apr 15 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2084
by Representatives Hasegawa and Moscoso
Evaluating the impacts of budget decisions.
Requires fiscal notes to include an estimate of the impact of expenditure reductions or increases on other state or local program expenditures.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2085
by Representatives Hunter and Hurst
Relating to adopting legislation that raises revenue by modifying the state liquor system.
Introduced by title and introductory section only.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2086
by Representatives Pettigrew, Hunter, and Roberts
Reducing the department of agriculture's reliance on the general fund.
Reduces the department of agriculture's reliance on the general fund.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2087
by Representatives Dickerson, Kenney, Darneille, Goodman, Santos, Pettigrew, Dunshee, Ormsby, Liias, Rolfes, Hudgins, Kagi, Roberts, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Finn, Seaquist, Ryu, Eddy, Orwall, Stanford, Jinkins, Haigh, Kirby, Appleton, Ladenburg, Green, Lytton, Tharinger, Springer, Billig, Sullivan, Cody, Pedersen, Frockt, Carlyle, Sells, Hunt, Morris, McCoy, Maxwell, Reykdal, Moscoso, and Van De Wege
Funding mental health services by repealing the nonresident sales tax exemption.
Eliminates the nonresident sales tax exemption to fund mental health services.Provides for submission of the act to a vote of the people.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2088
by Representatives Probst, Haler, Frockt, Zeiger, Tharinger, Asay, Orwall, Armstrong, Carlyle, Maxwell, Springer, Kenney, Seaquist, Finn, Haigh, Dammeier, Smith, Goodman, Lytton, Stanford, Dahlquist, Ladenburg, Wylie, and Rivers
Creating the opportunity scholarship board to assist middle-income students and invest in high employer demand programs.
Establishes the opportunity scholarship act.Creates the opportunity scholarship program and the opportunity expansion program to: (1) Help mitigate the impact of tuition increases;(2) Increase the number of baccalaureate degrees in high employer demand and other programs; and(3) Invest in programs and students to meet market demands for a knowledge-based economy while filling middle-income jobs with a sufficient supply of skilled workers.Creates the opportunity scholarship board to provide oversight and guidance for the opportunity expansion program and the opportunity scholarship program.Changes the name of the "state need grant" to the "opportunity award."Creates the opportunity scholarship account and the opportunity expansion account.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2089
by Representatives Hasegawa and Roberts
Concerning the airplane excise tax.
Modifies airplane excise tax provisions.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2090
by Representatives Hasegawa and Roberts
Narrowing the business and occupation tax deduction for investment and related income.
Narrows the business and occupation tax deduction for investment and related income.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2091
by Representatives Hasegawa and Roberts
Funding the basic health plan through a tax on the windfall profits of financial institutions.
Imposes an additional tax on banking businesses each year for business activities conducted within this state and requires the taxes collected to be deposited into the general fund to be used exclusively for the basic health plan.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2092
by Representatives Hasegawa and Roberts
Funding the basic health plan through a tax on the windfall profits of pharmaceutical companies.
Imposes an additional tax each year for business activities conducted within this state on each person engaged in the manufacturing of drugs and requires the taxes collected to be deposited into the general fund to be used exclusively for the basic health plan.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2093
by Representatives Hasegawa, Reykdal, and Roberts
Concerning community reinvestment of oil windfall profits.
Imposes a tax for each taxable year on the taxable income of each petroleum business for the privilege of engaging in any business activity within this state.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2094
by Representatives Hasegawa, Reykdal, and Roberts
Implementing recommendations related to the tax preference review process conducted by the joint legislative audit and review committee and the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences.
Implements recommendations with regard to the tax preference review process conducted by the joint legislative audit and review committee and the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2095
by Representatives Probst, Hinkle, Sells, Miloscia, and Fagan
Clarifying that meals sold by schools, colleges, and universities to certain students and faculty are exempt from sales and use tax.
Clarifies that meals sold by schools, colleges, and universities to certain students and faculty are exempt from sales and use tax.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2096
by Representatives Green, Kagi, Darneille, and Roberts
Regarding transition services for people with developmental disabilities.
Provides that it is the intent of the legislature that: (1) Community-based residential services supporting people with developmental disabilities should be available in the most integrated setting appropriate to individual needs; and(2) An extensive transition planning and placement process should be used to ensure that people moving from a residential habilitation center to a community setting have the services and supports needed to meet their assessed health and welfare needs.Requires the department of social and health services to begin operation of two houses located on the grounds of the Frances Haddon Morgan center as state-operated living alternatives.Directs the Frances Haddon Morgan center to cease to operate as a residential habilitation center.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2097
by Representatives Sullivan, McCoy, Sells, Reykdal, Billig, Pettigrew, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Upthegrove, Rolfes, Goodman, Blake, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Stanford, Liias, Hope, Hunt, Ladenburg, Appleton, Morris, Green, Hurst, Roberts, Kenney, Rivers, Eddy, Kirby, Ryu, Darneille, Finn, Maxwell, Seaquist, Carlyle, Dunshee, and Ormsby
Merging plan 1 and plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.
Merges plans 1 and 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2098
by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Hurst, Orcutt, Finn, Seaquist, Taylor, Dunshee, Shea, Van De Wege, Short, Takko, Moscoso, Tharinger, Liias, Sells, Schmick, Kirby, Ahern, Condotta, McCoy, Moeller, Goodman, and McCune
Concerning short-barreled rifles.
Allows a person to possess, transport, acquire, or transfer a short-barreled rifle that is legally registered and possessed, transported, acquired, or transferred in accordance with federal law.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2099
by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Hurst, Liias, Orcutt, Dunshee, Taylor, Van De Wege, Shea, Kirby, Short, Takko, Moscoso, Tharinger, Finn, Seaquist, Schmick, Sells, Ahern, Condotta, McCoy, Hope, Moeller, Goodman, and McCune
Concerning short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles.
Allows a person to possess, transport, acquire, or transfer a short-barreled shotgun or short-barreled rifle that is legally registered and possessed, transported, acquired, or transferred in accordance with federal law.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5742-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Ranker, and Shin)
Providing funding and cost saving measures for the Washington state ferry system.
Provides funding and cost-saving measures for the Washington state ferry system.Abolishes the marine employees' commission and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the public employment relations commission.Requires the transportation commission 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: (1) The Washington state ferry system for use in a state-owned ferry after June 30, 2013; and(2) A county-owned ferry for use in ferry vessels after June 30, 2013.Modifies provisions relating to public works contracts and collective bargaining.Creates the capital vessel replacement account.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 25 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Mar 2 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Apr 11 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 10; absent, 1; excused, 2. | ||
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Apr 14 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5932
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Nelson, White, Murray, Keiser, Regala, Chase, Kline, and Harper
Clarifying the taxability of initiation fees and dues to provide funding for essential government services.
Clarifies the taxability of initiation fees and dues to provide funding for essential government services.Makes an appropriation.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Apr 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5933
by Senators Tom, Sheldon, Hobbs, Ericksen, and Litzow
Enhancing state revenues by reforming laws regulating the distribution and sale of spirits and wine.
Establishes a private licensee system of distribution of distilled spirits in place of purchase and resale of distilled spirits by the state.Reforms outdated laws governing the distribution of wine which will lead to greater efficiencies for wineries, distributors, and retailers of wine.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5934
by Senators Rockefeller, Ranker, Chase, Fraser, and Nelson
Concerning funding and administering the processing of water rights permits and applications.
Modifies provisions relating to the processing of water rights permits and applications.
| Apr 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5935
by Senator Hargrove
Addressing adoption support payments for hard to place children.
Addresses adoption support payments for hard to place children.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5936
by Senators Honeyford, Ericksen, Carrell, Swecker, and Schoesler
Repealing unnecessary provisions concerning the Washington State Bar Association.
Eliminates statutes establishing the Washington state bar association and regulation of members of the bar.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5937
by Senator Shin
Concerning a temporary sales and use tax rate increase to provide funding for essential government services.
Imposes an additional tax on retail sales.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5938
by Senators Hargrove and Zarelli
Changing disability lifeline programs.
Modifies disability lifeline programs.Creates the disability lifeline account.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5939
by Senator McAuliffe
Regarding copayments for the early childhood education and assistance program.
Requires the department of early learning to establish copayments for eligible children for the sole purpose of funding the early childhood education and assistance program.Creates the early childhood education and assistance account.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5940
by Senators Hobbs, Ericksen, Keiser, Tom, Kastama, and Zarelli
Regarding reforms to school employee benefits purchasing.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish interagency agreements with the state health care authority, the office of the insurance commissioner, and the office of financial management to provide a system allowing for voluntary enrollment in a new statewide K-12 employees' health benefits pool, beginning with the 2012-13 school year.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to convene a technical working group on K-12 employee benefits.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5941
by Senators Eide, Regala, Rockefeller, and Kline
Concerning judicial branch funding.
Modifies provisions relating to judicial branch funding.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5942
by Senators Hewitt and Zarelli
Warehousing and distribution of spirits, including the lease and modernization of the state's spirits warehousing and distribution facilities and related operations.
Requires the office of financial management, in consultation with the liquor control board and the spirits distribution advisory committee, to establish and conduct a competitive process for the selection of a private sector entity to lease and modernize the state's spirits warehousing and distribution facilities and related operations.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5943
by Senators Prentice and Zarelli
Concerning transition services for people with developmental disabilities.
Addresses transition services for people with developmental disabilities.Requires the department of social and health services to close Frances Haddon Morgan residential rehabilitation center and the Rainier school and relocate current residents.Creates the community residential investment account.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5944
by Senators Murray, White, Regala, Prentice, Rockefeller, Fraser, Harper, Ranker, Conway, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and Chase
Concerning revenue increases for purposes of imposing a supermajority voting requirement in the legislature.
Requests that the people determine that existing tax exemptions should not be privileged under the law nor subject to a greater threshold required to modify or end them than are other expenditures provided for in the state general fund.Provides for submission of the act to a vote of the people.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5945
by Senators Rockefeller, Prentice, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Harper, Nelson, White, Ranker, Kline, Murray, Chase, Fraser, Conway, Keiser, Shin, and Regala
Modifying excise tax laws to provide funding for essential government services.
Modifies excise tax laws.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5946
by Senators Ranker, White, Rockefeller, Harper, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Prentice, Hargrove, Kline, Chase, and Nelson
Strengthening compliance measures for the collection of excise taxes from corporate officers responsible for tax payments to provide funding for essential government services.
Strengthens compliance measures for the collection of excise taxes from corporate officers responsible for tax payments.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5947
by Senators Eide, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Ranker, Shin, Nelson, White, Murray, Kline, and Chase
Repealing certain tax exemptions to provide funding for essential government services.
Eliminates certain nonessential tax exemptions.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SJM 8009
by Senators Regala and Nelson
Requesting respectfully for adoption of the federal main street fairness act.
Requests adoption of the federal main street fairness act.
| Apr 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |