 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 7 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | 10th Day - 2012 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2012.
HB 2509
by Representatives Chandler, Bailey, and Pearson
Promoting workplace safety and health by enacting the blueprint for safety program.
Establishes the blueprint for safety program to improve safety for employees and lower costs for employers by assisting those employers for which the traditional safety and health model has not been effective.Requires the department of labor and industries to design the program to promote management and labor leadership in safety and health.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2510
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Pedersen, Orwall, Jinkins, Dickerson, Ryu, Van De Wege, Darneille, and Roberts
Limiting government liability during preshelter care investigations of child abuse or neglect.
Requires the interests of a child to prevail, when the child's interests of basic nurture, physical and mental health, and safety conflict with the parents' interests.Provides immunity from liability, under certain circumstances, to governmental entities, and their officers, agents, employees, and volunteers, in tort for acts or omissions in emergent placement investigations of child abuse or neglect.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2511
by Representatives Kelley and Rodne
Adjusting when a judgment lien on real property commences.
Requires judgments of the superior court for the county in which the real estate of the judgment debtor is situated to commence upon the time of the filing by the county clerk upon the execution docket.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2512
by Representatives Harris, Kelley, Rivers, Appleton, Dahlquist, Cody, and Buys
Including pharmacists in the legend drug act.
Allows the sale, delivery, or possession of a legend drug when the drug is ordered or prescribed by a licensed pharmacist and authorized by the board of pharmacy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2513
by Representatives Roberts, Condotta, Hurst, Pedersen, Buys, Ryu, Kirby, and Kelley
Exempting common interest community managers from real estate broker and managing broker licensing requirements.
Exempts certain common interest community managers from the licensing requirements of real estate brokers and managing brokers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2514
by Representatives Appleton, Jinkins, Bailey, Harris, Walsh, Green, Dickerson, Johnson, Rodne, Van De Wege, and Schmick
Requiring transparency for patients regarding training and qualifications of health care professionals.
Requires advertisements that name a health care professional to identify the type of license, registration, or certification held by the health care professional.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2515
by Representatives Moeller, Clibborn, Jinkins, Cody, and Schmick
Authorizing physician assistants to perform opthalmic-related services under employment or supervision by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.
Authorizes the performance of opthalmic-related services by physician assistants when under the employment of or supervision by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2516
by Representatives Pedersen, Walsh, Moeller, Jinkins, Tharinger, Upthegrove, Van De Wege, Seaquist, McCoy, Billig, Morris, Carlyle, Darneille, Ladenburg, Maxwell, Moscoso, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, Hudgins, Finn, Eddy, Springer, Ormsby, Wylie, Goodman, Appleton, Pettigrew, Takko, Roberts, Ryu, Cody, Hasegawa, Hunter, Hunt, Haigh, Lytton, Santos, Orwall, Hansen, Sullivan, Kenney, Reykdal, Dickerson, Kagi, Sells, Clibborn, Dunshee, Liias, and Chopp; by request of Governor Gregoire
Concerning civil marriage and domestic partnerships.
Ends discrimination in marriage based on gender and sexual orientation.Requires the secretary of state to notify certain same-sex domestic partners that the state law on the rights and responsibilities of state registered domestic partners will change in relation to certain same-sex registered domestic partners.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2517
by Representatives Buys, Nealey, Crouse, and Hasegawa
Regarding the state building code council regulation of equipment or systems used for commercial and industrial cold storage.
Prohibits the state building code council from adopting mandates or rules relating to refrigerated warehouse heating and cooling systems or equipment used for cold storage spaces.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2518
by Representatives Buys, Nealey, Crouse, and Hasegawa
Regarding the state building code council regulation of processes and equipment used for commercial and industrial processes.
Prohibits the state building code council from regulating equipment or processes used for commercial or industrial processing or activities unrelated to the building structure.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2519
by Representatives Green, Cody, Jinkins, Wylie, Ladenburg, Hudgins, Ryu, Orwall, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Reykdal, Clibborn, Darneille, Hasegawa, Kenney, Santos, Moeller, and Maxwell
Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.
Establishes the Washington state patient safety act.Requires the department of health to: (1) Adopt patient assignment limits; and(2) Conduct regular audits of hospital compliance with the act and investigate complaints of violations.Requires hospitals to: (1) Submit a staffing plan to the department of health on at least an annual basis;(2) Implement the staffing plan developed by the nurse staffing committee and assign nursing personnel to each patient care unit in accordance with the plan; and(3) Regularly collect information regarding nurse staffing and submit it to the department of health semiannually.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2520
by Representatives Ahern, Chandler, Armstrong, Johnson, Bailey, Angel, Rivers, Harris, McCune, Orcutt, Warnick, Blake, Fagan, Dammeier, and Overstreet
Concerning the assessment of property with substantial land use limitations.
Requires a taxing district to reduce the assessed value of any property in which a portion of the property is required to be set aside for the purpose of environmental protection, critical area protection, wetland protection, salmon protection, stream or creek buffers, storm water retention, forest preservation, aquifer protection, or any other restriction.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2521
by Representatives Finn, Roberts, and Haigh
Creating a citizens' custody review board.
Establishes a citizens' custody review board that is authorized to determine whether individuals, whom society no longer needs to hold in prison for public safety, should be released from custody.Requires the department of corrections to: (1) Provide space in which the citizens' custody review board may meet and conduct its business; and(2) Provide clerical assistance.Provides that, except as otherwise restricted by federal law, an offender released pursuant to the act is subject only to the conditions of release established by the citizens' custody review board.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study of the effect of the act on recidivism and other outcomes.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2522
by Representatives Darneille, Van De Wege, and Goodman
Requiring certification of music therapists.
Requires certification of music therapists.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2523
by Representatives Bailey, Cody, and Kirby; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Regulating insurers and insurance products.
Modifies provisions relating to insurers and insurance products.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2524
by Representatives Orwall, Bailey, Hudgins, Hurst, Kenney, and Kelley; by request of Department of Veterans Affairs
Concerning military spouses or registered domestic partners occupational licensing status during deployment or placement outside Washington state.
Addresses the occupational licensing status of military spouses or registered domestic partners during deployment or placement outside the state.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
| Committee relieved of further consideration. | ||
| Referred to Business & Financial Services. | ||
HB 2525
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Chandler, Hargrove, and Condotta
Requiring public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
Requires employee organizations to annually provide financial disclosure information to all employees in the bargaining unit and to the general public by filing with the public employment relations commission a report containing certain information, detailed by functional spending categories, that accurately discloses its financial condition and operations for the preceding fiscal year.Requires the public employment relations commission to determine whether a violation has occurred and issue and enforce an appropriate order.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2526
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Chandler, Hargrove, and Condotta
Addressing public access to negotiations and records concerning public employee representatives.
Requires collective bargaining sessions with certain employee organizations to be conducted as open public meetings.Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, records before and during the course of any collective bargaining, labor negotiations, or grievance or mediation proceedings that would reveal the strategy or position being taken by an agency.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2527
by Representatives Eddy, Upthegrove, Van De Wege, Springer, Moscoso, Armstrong, Asay, Fitzgibbon, Liias, and Moeller
Concerning intermodal container chassis.
Addresses violations identified by a law enforcement entity on an intermodal container chassis used to move intermodal containers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2528
by Representatives Hudgins, Van De Wege, Ladenburg, Moscoso, and Morris
Relating to the discover pass.
Introduced by title and introductory section only.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2529
by Representatives Carlyle, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Lytton, Hunt, Dickerson, Finn, Hansen, and Pollet
Concerning tax expenditure reform to provide transparency and accountability in fiscal matters.
Expires all nonconstitutionally required tax expenditures that are not already subject to expiration by June 30, 2020.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2530
by Representatives Carlyle, Hunter, Reykdal, Roberts, and Pollet; by request of Department of Revenue
Improving accountability for tax preferences.
Finds that: (1) In order to make policy choices regarding the best use of limited state resources the legislature needs information to evaluate whether the continuation of existing tax preferences is in the public interest;(2) Existing annual reports and annual surveys used to gather data from taxpayers to evaluate the effectiveness of tax incentives should be improved and consolidated into a single document to provide better information with which to evaluate the effectiveness of tax preferences, provide greater consistency for taxpayers, and simplify administration for the department of revenue; and(3) The process for evaluating tax preferences would be strengthened by establishing a five-year expiration date for those tax preferences enacted by the legislature in the future that are subject to the annual survey; and by requiring that when the joint legislative audit and review committee recommends that a tax preference be modified or terminated immediately, the committee must include in its report to the legislative fiscal committees draft legislation to implement the recommendation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2531
by Representatives Carlyle, Kelley, Anderson, Morris, Pedersen, Jinkins, Darneille, and Pollet
Requiring a rate of return analysis for state tax preferences.
Adds a return on investment measurement to the duties of the joint legislative audit and review committee to provide a rigorous and measurable analysis of value of each tax preference.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2532
by Representatives Carlyle, Anderson, Haler, Eddy, Orwall, Seaquist, Pedersen, Maxwell, Morris, Hansen, Springer, Haigh, and Kenney
Modifying business and occupation tax credits and other provisions of the opportunity expansion program.
Changes business and occupation tax credits on research and development expenditures.Authorizes a business and occupation tax credit for contributions to the program administrator of the opportunity scholarship board.Modifies opportunity expansion program provisions relating to: (1) Annual numeric targets for high-quality baccalaureate degrees; and(2) Opportunity expansion awards.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2533
by Representatives Dammeier, Haigh, Dahlquist, Finn, Anderson, Miloscia, Fagan, Kelley, Hargrove, Eddy, Harris, Probst, Wilcox, Haler, Parker, Alexander, Taylor, Ross, Kristiansen, DeBolt, Kretz, Shea, Short, Bailey, Zeiger, Smith, Pearson, and Hurst
Prioritizing expenditures for K-12 education within the state appropriations process.
Requires all appropriations for K-12 basic education, together with appropriations for other K-12 education programs, to be enacted into law before the legislature takes executive action on other omnibus appropriations legislation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2534
by Representatives Lytton, Reykdal, Jinkins, Ryu, Appleton, Tharinger, Hasegawa, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Billig, Ormsby, Maxwell, Green, Pollet, Roberts, Upthegrove, Liias, Santos, Hansen, Kenney, and Hunt
Funding all-day kindergarten.
Repeals the nonresident retail sales tax exemption on tangible personal property, digital goods, and digital codes for use outside the state.Requires the department of revenue to annually estimate the increase in state revenue for the prior calendar year resulting from the repeal of the nonresident retail sales tax and certify the estimated amount to the state treasurer.Creates the all-day kindergarten account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2535
by Representatives Ladenburg, Johnson, Moscoso, Walsh, Ross, Klippert, Goodman, Nealey, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Pollet, Green, Billig, Roberts, Kirby, Probst, Jinkins, Kagi, Lytton, Dickerson, Darneille, Santos, and Kenney
Creating a juvenile gang court.
Authorizes counties to establish and operate juvenile gang courts and requires them to track and document data regarding the criteria that led to a juvenile's admission to gang court, the successful or unsuccessful completion of juvenile gang court requirements, and subsequent criminal charges of juvenile gang court participants; and to provide the data to the administrative office of the courts.Requires the administrative office of the courts, subject to funding for this purpose, to study the data provided by the counties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2536
by Representatives Dickerson, Johnson, Goodman, Hinkle, Kretz, Pettigrew, Warnick, Cody, Harris, Kenney, Kagi, Darneille, Orwall, Condotta, Ladenburg, Appleton, Jinkins, and Maxwell
Concerning the use of evidence-based practices for the delivery of services to children and juveniles.
Requires the department of social and health services, and other state agencies that administer funds related to juvenile offenders or the prevention, treatment, and care of recipients of children's mental health services or child welfare services, as applicable, to expend state funds on: (1) Juvenile justice programs or programs related to the prevention, treatment, or care of juvenile offenders that are evidence-based;(2) Children's mental health programs or programs related to the prevention, treatment, or care of recipients of children's mental health services that are evidence-based; and(3) Child welfare programs or programs related to the prevention, treatment, or care of recipients of child welfare services that are evidence-based.Requires the department of social and health services, in collaboration with the state institute for public policy and the University of Washington evidence-based practice institute, to redirect existing funding resources as necessary to coordinate the purchase of evidence-based services and the development of a workforce trained to implement evidence-based practices.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2537
by Representatives Santos and Maxwell; by request of Governor Gregoire
Regarding certificated employee evaluations.
Modifies provisions relating to evaluations of certain certificated classroom teachers and support personnel.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, to develop and make available a professional development program to support the implementation of the evaluation systems.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2538
by Representatives Santos and Maxwell; by request of Governor Gregoire
Reducing certain requirements affecting school districts.
Changes high school graduation requirements relating to a student completing a culminating project.Changes the requirements for submission, by a participating school district, of the school district program plan.Requires the state auditor to conduct fiscal and performance audits for school districts under certain circumstances.Allows the state auditor to conduct audits: (1) To address suspected fraud or irregular conduct;(2) At the request of the local school board of directors; or(3) As required by federal laws or regulations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2539
by Representatives Ormsby, Parker, Billig, Armstrong, Upthegrove, Liias, Ryu, Crouse, Ahern, Hope, and Sullivan
Addressing the taxing authority of public facilities districts.
Modifies provisions relating to expiration of the sales and use tax for regional centers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2540
by Representatives Goodman, Harris, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, and Pollet
Developing a paint stewardship program.
Creates an architectural paint recovery program that is enforced by the department of ecology.Creates the paint product stewardship account.Provides that the act is void if a federal law takes effect establishing a national program for the collection and recycling of architectural paints.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2541
by Representatives Darneille, Dickerson, Jinkins, Roberts, Appleton, Kagi, and Kenney
Concerning the sealing of juvenile records.
Addresses the sealing of juvenile records.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2542
by Representatives Darneille, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Kagi, and Roberts
Making juvenile records confidential.
Requires certain official juvenile court files of alleged or proven juvenile offenders to be confidential.Prohibits confidential juvenile offense records, maintained by any court, law enforcement agency, or state agency, including the juvenile court, local law enforcement, the Washington state patrol, and the county prosecutor's offices, from being published or distributed.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2543
by Representatives Klippert, Armstrong, Reykdal, Sells, Appleton, Ryu, Ormsby, Lytton, Ross, McCune, and Tharinger
Regarding state board of education rules that contain unfunded mandates.
Provides that, unless the legislature enacts and fully funds the rule, a rule adopted by the state board of education that affects credit requirements for students beginning with the graduating class of 2016 and thereafter is voluntary if: (1) There is a fiscal impact to the local school district; and(2) The district files a notice of fiscal impact with the state board of education.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2544
by Representatives Liias and Fitzgibbon
Authorizing the department of commerce to approve comprehensive plans and development regulations.
Expands the duties of the department of commerce relating to approval of comprehensive plans and development regulations under the growth management act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2545
by Representatives Zeiger, Ladenburg, Dammeier, Seaquist, Angel, Dahlquist, Wilcox, Jinkins, McCune, and Kelley
Including compressed natural gas in fuel usage requirements for local governments.
Changes fuel usage requirements for local government subdivisions of the state by including compressed natural gas.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2546
by Representatives Schmick, Alexander, Hinkle, McCune, and Fagan
Requesting a waiver from maintenance of effort requirements in the medicaid program.
Requires the department of social and health services to request a waiver from the United States department of health and human services to provide lawmakers with the flexibility needed to modify the state's medicaid and children's health insurance programs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2547
by Representatives Kelley, Appleton, Roberts, and Hurst
Authorizing the establishment and use of veterans' courts.
Authorizes counties and municipalities to establish and operate veterans' courts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2548
by Representative Kelley
Concerning offenses against members of the military and their families.
Includes, in the list of factors that can support a sentence above the standard sentence range, that the defendant committed the offense against an active or reserve member of the United States military or naval forces, or a national guard member, or immediate family members, and the defendant committed the current offense knowing the military member was on deployment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2549
by Representatives Taylor, Fitzgibbon, and McCune
Regarding state bounties for invasive species.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to establish a program to assist with the eradication of invasive species by paying cash bounties, from the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account, to citizens in exchange for their participation in eradication efforts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2550
by Representatives Darneille, Appleton, Orwall, Jinkins, Clibborn, Kenney, Dickerson, Dunshee, Cody, and Eddy
Concerning tanning facilities.
Regulates tanning facilities.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2551
by Representatives Overstreet, Buys, Johnson, Fitzgibbon, and Shea
Concerning the annual gross sales limits for cottage food operations.
Repeals RCW 69.22.050 relating to annual gross sales limits for cottage food operations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2552
by Representatives Overstreet, Anderson, Angel, Buys, Taylor, Shea, McCune, Kretz, Schmick, Short, Hargrove, Condotta, Parker, and Wylie
Requiring compensation for government required actions on private property.
Requires government authorities to provide just compensation to property owners for certain required actions on private property.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2553
by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Billig, Sells, Appleton, Ryu, and Roberts
Concerning nonvoting labor members of public transportation governing bodies.
Authorizes the metropolitan transit commission, county transportation authorities, and public transportation benefit area authorities to exclude nonvoting members from attending executive sessions held for the purpose of discussing contract negotiations with labor organizations.Prohibits the exclusion of nonvoting members from attending executive sessions addressing other matters or from attending commission or authority subcommittees and work groups.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2554
by Representatives Rodne, Pedersen, and Jinkins
Concerning the obligations of landlords and tenants with respect to carbon monoxide alarms and the disclosure of certain health-related information.
Requires landlords to: (1) Provide written notice to tenants stating whether their dwelling unit is equipped with a carbon monoxide alarm; and(2) Provide tenants with information, provided or approved by the department of health, about the health and safety hazards associated with exposure to carbon monoxide.Requires tenants to maintain any carbon monoxide alarm installed in their dwelling unit in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2555
by Representative Roberts
Concerning common interest community managers.
Regulates common interest community managers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2556
by Representatives Morris, Eddy, Takko, Liias, Stanford, Hurst, and Tharinger
Helping ensure that eligible renewable resources creating thermal energy are eligible for renewable energy credits as defined in RCW 19.285.030.
Ensures that eligible renewable resources creating thermal energy are eligible for renewable energy credits as defined in the energy independence act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2557
by Representative Morris
Creating an additional compliance mechanism for the energy independence act by allowing the use of alternative compliance credits.
Requires the utilities and transportation commission to develop a program to offer advanced renewable resource compliance credits to qualifying utilities.Requires the housing finance commission to convene a work group to investigate and make recommendations on: (1) The use of energy efficiency credits for energy conservation compliance purposes; and(2) The creation of the program developed by the utilities and transportation commission.Creates the energy independence act special account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2558
by Representative Moeller
Establishing a theater license to sell beer, including strong beer, or wine, or both, at retail for consumption on theater premises.
Establishes a theater license to sell beer or wine, or both, at retail for consumption on theater premises.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2559
by Representatives Morris and Kelley
Expanding bribery provisions.
Expands the crime of bribery by including campaign contributions with regard to pecuniary benefits.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2560
by Representatives Chandler, Taylor, and Short
Achieving efficiencies in the stocking of trout in freshwater areas to enhance recreational fishing opportunities.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to annually use at least fifty percent of all operating moneys expended to produce or obtain trout for purposes of stocking freshwater areas to enhance recreational fishing opportunities on contracts with registered aquatic farmers.Requires the state auditor to complete a comprehensive audit of the department of fish and wildlife's program to produce, obtain, and stock freshwater areas with trout to enhance recreational fishing opportunities. This requirement expires June 30, 2014.Exempts the department of fish and wildlife from certain competitive contracting provisions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2561
by Representatives Alexander, Orcutt, DeBolt, Lytton, Kretz, Johnson, and Ross
Specifying options for potable water delivery to ski facilities.
Addresses potable water delivery requirements for ski facilities for purposes of the state building code.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2562
by Representatives Alexander, Bailey, Angel, Kristiansen, Warnick, Haler, Rivers, Taylor, Dahlquist, Fagan, Klippert, McCune, and Parker
Requiring a minimum amount of operating budget reserves.
Prohibits the governor from proposing, and the legislature from enacting, any near general fund operating budget that does not set aside at least five percent of near general fund budgeted expenditures as a reserve amount.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2563
by Representatives Jinkins, Hasegawa, Ladenburg, Tharinger, Wylie, Ryu, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Billig, Appleton, Kagi, Ormsby, Pedersen, Eddy, McCoy, Hunt, Pollet, Kenney, Roberts, Dickerson, Darneille, Cody, Liias, Haigh, Green, Moeller, and Santos
Establishing a state tax on capital gains.
Imposes a tax on the privilege of selling or otherwise voluntarily exchanging capital assets.Requires the department of revenue to refund all taxes improperly paid or collected.Requires the collected taxes to be deposited into the state general fund.Authorizes the board of tax appeals to decide appeals relating to capital gains tax deficiencies and refunds, including penalties and interest.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2564
by Representatives Ormsby, Pettigrew, Hasegawa, Cody, Santos, and Kenney
Facilitating the sealing of certain unlawful detainer and protection order records to protect housing opportunities.
Protects housing opportunities by sealing certain unlawful detainer and protection order records.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2565
by Representatives Kirby, Harris, Dammeier, Walsh, Orwall, Kelley, Moscoso, and Zeiger
Providing for the operation of roll your own cigarette machines at retail establishments.
Deems a person a manufacturer of cigarettes, if the person operates or maintains a machine at a retail establishment that enables a person to process a product made or derived from tobacco into a roll or tube.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2566
by Representatives Stanford, Takko, Blake, and Hudgins
Increasing the penal sum of a surety bond required to be maintained by an appraisal management company.
Changes the penal sum of a surety bond required to be maintained by an appraisal management company, from twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2567
by Representative Fitzgibbon
Authorizing an optional system of rates and charges for conservation districts.
Authorizes the imposition of an optional system of rates and charges for conservation districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2568
by Representatives Kenney, Sells, Hunt, Hasegawa, Moscoso, Hudgins, Ryu, Pettigrew, Ormsby, Santos, Reykdal, Eddy, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Appleton, and Maxwell
Maintaining voluntary use of electronic employment verification systems.
Maintains the intent of federal law by ensuring that private employers retain the ability to choose whether to participate in an electronic employment verification program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2569
by Representatives Orwall, Goodman, Kagi, Maxwell, Reykdal, Dickerson, Tharinger, Pollet, and Roberts
Implementing a voluntary quality rating and improvement system for child care centers and early learning programs.
Finds that a two-year field test of a voluntary quality rating and improvement system, for licensed and certified child care centers and homes and other early learning programs, has prepared the state to begin statewide implementation of the system, to the extent funds are available.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2570
by Representatives Goodman, Hurst, and Ross
Addressing metal property theft.
Establishes a task force on commercial and nonferrous metal property theft to formulate suggestions for state policy regarding regulation of commercial and nonferrous metal property theft.Expires December 31, 2014.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2571
by Representatives Parker, Cody, Dammeier, Darneille, Alexander, Schmick, Orcutt, Hurst, and Kelley
Concerning waste, fraud, and abuse prevention, detection, and recovery to improve program integrity for medical services programs.
Implements waste, fraud, and abuse detection, prevention, and recovery solutions to: (1) Improve program integrity for medical services programs;(2) Create efficiency and cost savings through a shift from a retrospective "pay and chase" model to a prospective prepayment model; and(3) Comply with program integrity provisions of the federal patient protection and affordable care act and the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010.Imposes duties on the state health care authority.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
| Committee relieved of further consideration. | ||
| Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight. | ||
HB 2572
by Representatives Pollet, Reykdal, Green, Blake, Finn, Appleton, Kagi, Upthegrove, Santos, Miloscia, Goodman, Ryu, Kenney, and Tharinger
Requiring training of public officials and employees regarding public records and open public meetings.
Requires the attorney general to develop and implement a training program regarding the legal requirements and purposes of: (1) Chapter 40.14 RCW relating to the preservation and destruction of public records;(2) The open public meetings act; and(3) The public records act.Requires members of the governing body of a public agency to complete the open public meetings act training course.Requires elected state officials, local officials, and persons appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, who are subject to the requirements of the public records act, to complete a training course regarding basic open government principles, including the responsibility of state employees to preserve, disclose, and provide public records.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2573
by Representatives Hudgins, Alexander, Hunt, Armstrong, Hurst, Blake, Moscoso, and Van De Wege
Transferring programs to the office of the attorney general.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions to the office of the attorney general as follows: (1) Programs, from the department of commerce, relating to sexual assault grants, prostitution prevention and intervention, financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution, and community mobilization against substance abuse;(2) The crime victims' compensation program from the department of labor and industries;(3) The address confidentiality program from the office of the secretary of state;(4) Programs, from the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, relating to registered sex offender and kidnapping offender address and residency verification grants, uniform crime reporting, missing persons web site, jail booking and reporting system, sex offender web site, sex offender records retention, and Washington auto theft prevention authority;(5) The statewide drug prosecution assistance program from the criminal justice training commission; and(6) The program for shelters for victims of domestic violence from the department of social and health services.Requires the public employment relations commission to review the appropriateness of the transferred collective bargaining units.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2574
by Representatives Kristiansen and Pearson
Allowing special year tabs on special license plates for persons with disabilities subject to annual vehicle registration.
Allows special year tabs for persons with disabilities on any special license plate.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2575
by Representatives Armstrong, Johnson, Rivers, Asay, Kristiansen, Overstreet, Zeiger, Hargrove, Angel, Klippert, Shea, Haler, McCune, and Parker
Limiting the use of certain transportation revenue.
Prohibits state government from diverting gas taxes and toll revenues in the motor vehicle fund and other funds to any other funds to be used for nontransportation purposes.Requires tolls to be dedicated to the project in which the tolls are paid, ends such tolls when the project is completed, and only allows such tolls to be used for purposes consistent with Article II, section 40 of the state Constitution.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HJM 4015
by Representatives Hudgins, Van De Wege, Wylie, Blake, Moscoso, Ladenburg, Probst, Moeller, Stanford, Roberts, Hunt, and Pollet
Requesting adequate funding for the Columbia river gorge commission.
Requests adequate funding for the Columbia river gorge commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HJR 4227
by Representatives Orcutt, Alexander, Bailey, Rivers, Dahlquist, Harris, Haler, Warnick, Angel, Kristiansen, Taylor, Klippert, McCune, and Parker
Establishing a constitutional spending limit.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution establishing a constitutional spending limit.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6288
by Senators Rolfes, Swecker, Hobbs, Kilmer, Sheldon, Shin, Chase, and Conway
Creating a higher education registration priority for eligible veterans and national guard members.
Requires institutions of higher education to give students who are eligible veterans or national guard members priority during registration.Encourages private and independent institutions of higher education to provide priority registration to eligible veterans and national guard members.Expires July 1, 2022.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 6289
by Senators Rolfes and Kastama
Facilitating self-employment training.
Modifies provisions relating to self-employment assistance and entrepreneurial training programs.Repeals the July 1, 2012, expiration date of chapter 248, Laws of 2007, relating to self-employment assistance.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 6290
by Senators Kilmer, Swecker, Conway, Shin, Rolfes, and Chase; by request of Department of Veterans Affairs
Concerning military spouses or registered domestic partners occupational licensing status during deployment or placement outside Washington state.
Addresses the occupational licensing status of military spouses or registered domestic partners during deployment or placement outside the state.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6291
by Senators Harper and Carrell
Concerning the sealing of juvenile records.
Addresses the sealing of juvenile records.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6292
by Senators Harper and Carrell
Making juvenile records confidential.
Requires, under certain circumstances, official juvenile court files of alleged or proven juvenile offenders to be confidential.Prohibits confidential juvenile offense records, maintained by a court, law enforcement agency, or state agency, including the juvenile court, local law enforcement, the Washington state patrol, and the county prosecutor's offices, from being published or distributed.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6293
by Senators Harper, McAuliffe, Shin, Rolfes, and Chase; by request of Department of Early Learning
Requiring the department of early learning to develop state early learning guidelines.
Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Develop and make widely available early learning guidelines, in partnership with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the nongovernmental private-public partnership; and(2) Periodically review and revise the guidelines with a committee offering broad stakeholder representation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6294
by Senators Pridemore, Benton, and Carrell
Addressing quorum requirements for homeowners' association meetings.
Addresses quorum requirements for homeowners' association meetings.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6295
by Senator Morton
Modifying certain exchange facilitator requirements.
Changes the amount of an exchange facilitator's bond from one million dollars to fifty million dollars.Requires exchange facilitators to annually file a certified report with the attorney general detailing certain requirements and prohibits the issuance of a license to an exchange facilitator if the report is not filed.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6296
by Senators Harper, Carrell, and Shin; by request of Washington State Patrol
Modifying background check provisions.
Modifies background check provisions relating to: (1) Requests for copies of criminal history record information;(2) Dissemination of conviction record information;(3) Restricted and unrestricted information; and(4) Retaining, on file, a copy of one's personal nonconviction data information.Repeals the automatic fingerprint information system account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6297
by Senators Chase and Nelson
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.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6298
by Senators Chase, Nelson, Shin, Keiser, Rolfes, and Conway
Concerning labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered material.
Requires labeling for genetically engineered raw agricultural commodities and genetically engineered ingredients offered for retail sale.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6299
by Senators Chase and Conway
Removing the insurance premium tax credit under the Washington insurance guaranty association act.
Repeals the insurance premium tax credit under the Washington insurance guaranty association act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6300
by Senators Chase, Conway, Shin, and Kohl-Welles
Encouraging educating students on the content and importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Encourages school districts to implement a program that educates students on the content and importance of the universal declaration of human rights.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6301
by Senators Kline and Carrell
Regulating awarding of costs, including attorneys' fees, in actions challenging actions taken by professional peer review bodies.
Regulates the awarding of costs in actions challenging actions taken by a professional peer review body of health care providers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6302
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, Kline, Pridemore, and Chase
Addressing claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
Addresses claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6303
by Senators Nelson, Haugen, and Harper
Authorizing an optional system of rates and charges for conservation districts.
Authorizes the imposition of an optional system of rates and charges for conservation districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6304
by Senators Rolfes, Delvin, Benton, Hargrove, and Hatfield
Incorporating motorcycles into certain transportation planning.
Allows motorcyclists to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes.Gives preferential parking and reduced parking charges to motorcyclists.Exempts motorcyclists from paying toll charges for the use of express toll lanes and high-occupancy toll lanes.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6305
by Senators Rolfes, Becker, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Keiser, and Hobbs
Providing for the operation of roll your own cigarette machines at retail establishments.
Deems a person a manufacturer of cigarettes, if the person operates or maintains a machine at a retail establishment that enables a person to process a product made or derived from tobacco into a roll or tube.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6306
by Senators Conway, Keiser, Kline, and Kohl-Welles
Increasing the penal sum of a surety bond required to be maintained by an appraisal management company.
Changes the penal sum of a surety bond required to be maintained by an appraisal management company, from twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6307
by Senators Prentice, Conway, Pridemore, Harper, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, and Shin
Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.
Establishes the Washington state patient safety act.Requires the department of health to: (1) Adopt patient assignment limits; and(2) Conduct regular audits of hospital compliance with the act and investigate complaints of violations.Requires hospitals to: (1) Submit a staffing plan to the department of health on at least an annual basis;(2) Implement the staffing plan developed by the nurse staffing committee and assign nursing personnel to each patient care unit in accordance with the plan; and(3) Regularly collect information regarding nurse staffing and submit it to the department of health semiannually.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6308
by Senators Hatfield, Delvin, Hargrove, Morton, Roach, Stevens, Benton, Sheldon, Holmquist Newbry, Pridemore, Schoesler, Carrell, Shin, Kastama, and Zarelli
Removing certain requirements for motorcycle helmet use.
Removes certain requirements for motorcycle helmet use.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6309
by Senators Prentice, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, Pridemore, Chase, Harper, Frockt, McAuliffe, Shin, and Nelson
Requiring meals and rest breaks for certain health care workers.
Requires certain hospitals to have and maintain one or more specific mechanisms under which employees are able to, and do take, meal and rest breaks.Prohibits a hospital from retaliating against or engaging in any form of intimidation of an employee who reports a missed break or concerns regarding the hospital's practices regarding breaks.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6310
by Senators Keiser, Conway, Hargrove, Prentice, Frockt, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Rolfes, Chase, and Kline
Creating the Washington investment trust.
Creates the Washington investment trust as a legacy institution that amasses sufficient capital reserves to address opportunities now and in the future.Creates the Washington investment trust commission as the primary governing authority of the trust.Creates the trust transition board and the investment trust advisory board.Exempts the trust from payment of all fees and taxes levied by the state or any of its subdivisions.Requires the director of the department of financial institutions to: (1) Independently examine the trust, including its safety and soundness and loaning standards, in the same manner as a state-chartered bank; and(2) Establish and use similar enforcement mechanisms, such as those used to regulate state-chartered banks, to ensure the safety and soundness of the trust.Requires the trust to pay the director of the department of financial institutions for reasonable costs of examinations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6311
by Senators Haugen, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hatfield, and Hargrove
Requiring proof of concept for water resource mitigation alternatives for human domestic needs in rural areas.
Requires the department of ecology to work collaboratively to examine potential alternatives for increasing the amount of water otherwise allocated to rural homeowners and businesses under the water resources act.Requires the department of health, the department of fish and wildlife, and the state building code council to assist the department of ecology in developing viable alternatives that clearly address the needs of homeowners and the home building industry to make these options practical, economical, and safe.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6312
by Senators Haugen, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hatfield, Hargrove, and Shin
Promoting job creation by ensuring access to human domestic water for home construction.
Reaffirms statutory policy that, in rural areas not served by a public water system, water for homes be readily available and thereby encourages jobs in, and stimulus to, the home construction industry, which produces revenues to support state and local governmental programs and services, including environmental and habitat improvements funded by state and local governments.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6313
by Senators Haugen, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hatfield, and Hargrove
Providing consistency in water resource terminology and policy.
Clarifies existing statutes relating to water resource terminology and policy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6314
by Senators McAuliffe, Rolfes, Chase, Pridemore, and Shin
Regarding the statewide high school assessment in science.
Sets aside the biology end-of-course exam as a graduation requirement until the state has the funding and resources to develop and implement a second science end-of-course or integrated science exam or until the decision is made about how to assess the next generation science standards.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6315
by Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Chase, Keiser, Regala, and Nelson
Concerning the fair tenant screening act.
Addresses the costs of and notification requirements for tenant screening under the residential landlord-tenant act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6316
by Senators Delvin, Morton, and Regala
Exempting vehicles owned and managed by the law enforcement bureau of the department of fish and wildlife from the state's motor vehicle transportation service.
Exempts the law enforcement bureau of the department of fish and wildlife from the state's motor vehicle transportation service.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6317
by Senators Frockt, McAuliffe, Keiser, Rolfes, and Harper
Establishing a statewide plan for implementing revised teacher and principal evaluation systems to support continuous professional growth based on the development work of pilot school districts.
Establishes a statewide implementation plan with common definitions and performance descriptions, professional development opportunities, and an evaluation schedule whereby all teachers and principals in the state receive a comprehensive new evaluation no later than the 2016-2017 school year.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6318
by Senators Frockt, Murray, and Keiser
Facilitating statewide implementation of revised teacher and principal evaluation systems through professional development and training.
Reaffirms the legislature's commitment to full statewide implementation of revised evaluation systems in the 2013-2014 school year.Provides professional development and training opportunities that are cost-effective and accessible online.Creates the expectation that teachers, principals, and superintendents dedicate a portion of their continuing education to improving their understanding of and capacity for high quality teaching and school leadership.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6319
by Senators McAuliffe, Harper, Chase, Pridemore, Delvin, Schoesler, Rolfes, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Conway, and Shin
Making the membership of the state board of education more representative of public education.
Reconfigures the membership of the state board of education to include locally elected school directors and school district staff, as well as citizens appointed by the governor to broadly represent the interests of the state's students.Clarifies that fiscal impact statements be required and considered by the state board of education and the legislature before board adoption of goals or policy changes.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6320
by Senators McAuliffe, Pridemore, Harper, Chase, Schoesler, Delvin, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, and Keiser
Regarding state board of education rules that contain unfunded mandates.
Provides that, unless the legislature enacts and fully funds the rule, a rule adopted by the state board of education that affects credit requirements for students beginning with the graduating class of 2016 and thereafter is voluntary if: (1) There is a fiscal impact to the local school district; and(2) The district files a notice of fiscal impact with the state board of education.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6321
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Regala, Chase, Harper, Nelson, Keiser, Frockt, and Kline
Facilitating the sealing of certain unlawful detainer and protection order records to protect housing opportunities.
Protects housing opportunities by sealing certain unlawful detainer and protection order records.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |