 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 17 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, February 6, 2012 | 29th 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 1157-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Rivers, Kretz, Taylor, Short, and Condotta)
Regarding the forest practices permitting system.
Addresses the integration of hydraulic project approvals into forest practices applications.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
HB 1983-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Parker, Kenney, McCune, Hunt, Johnson, Pearson, Ryu, Fagan, and Nealey)
Increasing fee assessments for prostitution crimes.
Increases fee assessments for prostitution crimes.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2198-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Eddy, McCoy, and Hudgins)
Modifying provisions concerning renewable energy system cost recovery.
Requires the integrated resource plan developed by electric utilities to include an assessment of energy storage systems on the utility and distributed generation scale.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2211-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Ormsby, Upthegrove, and Hunt)
Regarding adoptees' access to information, including original birth certificates.
Modifies provisions relating to access to information, including original birth certificates, by adoptees.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 19 | Executive action scheduled, but the motion to report the bill out of the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM failed. | |
| Jan 30 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight. | |
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | APPH - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | ||
HB 2230-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Ladenburg, Ryu, Pollet, Ormsby, Wylie, Cody, and Roberts)
Requiring certain health agencies to use administrative law judges from the office of administrative hearings.
Requires certain health agencies to use administrative law judges from the office of administrative hearings in certain proceedings.Transfers employees of the department of health, serving as presiding officers in the department's adjudicative proceedings, and administrative staff necessary to support the presiding officers, to the office of administrative hearings.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2267-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Angel, Johnson, Haler, Asay, Wilcox, and Bailey)
Concerning traditional and alternative sewer systems.
Grants local governments the authority to make decisions related to the types and use of sewage systems based on particular circumstances in urban growth areas.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2347-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Dammeier, Kelley, Wilcox, Van De Wege, Pearson, Hurst, Zeiger, Seaquist, Rodne, Ladenburg, Hope, Green, Klippert, and Moscoso)
Concerning the possession of spring blade knives.
Modifies provisions relating to the possession of spring blade knives.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
| Feb 2 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2349-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Billig, Short, Hinkle, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, and McCune)
Concerning the management of beavers.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to permit the release of wild beavers on public and private lands with agreement from the property owner.Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Limit the release of wild beavers to certain areas of the state;(2) Condition the release of beaver to maximize the relocation's success and minimize risk; and(3) Require specific training for those involved with the capture, handling, and release of beavers.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | |
HB 2354-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Asay, Hurst, Upthegrove, Armstrong, Ladenburg, and Kenney)
Adding trafficking in stolen property in the first and second degrees to the six-year statute of limitations provisions.
Prohibits trafficking in stolen property in the first degree and second degree, when the stolen property is a motor vehicle or a major component part of a motor vehicle, from being prosecuted more than six years after their commission or discovery, whichever occurs later.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Committee relieved of further consideration. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
HB 2359-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Ormsby, Pollet, Sells, Moscoso, Lytton, Wylie, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Kenney, and Santos)
Addressing the industrial insurance medical provider network with respect to provider treatment or procedures ordered by the board of industrial insurance appeals or a court and provider appeals.
Prohibits the department of labor and industries from removing a provider from the industrial insurance medical provider network for failure to follow the department's coverage decisions or treatment guidelines or policies if the treatment or procedure performed by the provider was ordered by the board of industrial insurance appeals or a court.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | 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 6:00 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2395-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Reykdal, Upthegrove, Ryu, Moscoso, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Darneille, Cody, Kenney, Santos, Roberts, Green, Miloscia, Pettigrew, Dickerson, Moeller, Appleton, Liias, Jinkins, Dunshee, Van De Wege, Goodman, Orwall, Hunt, Wylie, Billig, and Probst)
Regulating drayage truck operators.
Defines drayage drivers as statutory covered employees to enforce current law, avoid litigation, increase safety to drivers and the public, ensure drivers receive employment protections to which they are entitled, and facilitate collection of taxes.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | 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 6:00 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2407-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Green, Ormsby, Reykdal, Moeller, Upthegrove, and Maxwell)
Restricting the use of information related to claims resolution structured settlement agreements.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, all information related to individual claims resolution structured settlement agreements submitted to the board of industrial insurance appeals, other than final orders from the board of industrial insurance appeals.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2413-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Sells, Appleton, Ladenburg, Ormsby, Hunt, Moscoso, Ryu, Roberts, Wylie, Green, Hasegawa, McCoy, Kenney, Hudgins, Cody, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Jinkins)
Protecting workers and other community members from pesticide drift.
Prohibits the application of pesticides on a farm, in certain locations, by aircraft or air-blast sprayer.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | 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 6:00 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight. | |
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | APPH - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | ||
HB 2431-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Appleton, Ladenburg, Green, Ormsby, Moeller, and Kenney)
Addressing claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
Addresses claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | 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 6:00 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2464-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Pearson, Hurst, Darneille, Kelley, Fagan, and Dahlquist; by request of Attorney General)
Enacting the stalking protection order act.
Establishes the stalking protection order act.Creates a stalking protection order as a remedy for victims who do not qualify for a domestic violence order of protection.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
HB 2483-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist, Haler, Zeiger, and Kelley; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Increasing educational attainment.
Creates the student achievement council and authorizes the council to create ad hoc advisory committees for obtaining input from students, faculty, and higher education experts and practitioners, citizens, business and industry, and labor, and for informing their research, policy, and programmatic functions.Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Propose to the governor and the legislature, goals for increasing the educational attainment in the state, recommend the resources necessary to achieve the goals, and to monitor progress toward meeting those goals;(2) Propose to the governor, the legislature, and the state's educational institutions, improvements and innovations needed to continually adapt the state's educational institutions to evolving educational attainment needs; and(3) Connect the work of the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, the state board for community and technical colleges, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the four-year institutions of higher education, and the independent schools and colleges.Establishes a joint select legislative committee on student achievement to review the work of the student achievement council and make policy and budget recommendations on improving educational attainment in the state.Abolishes the higher education coordinating board and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the student achievement council.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | 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. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2574-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Kristiansen and Pearson)
Allowing special year tabs on certain special license plates for persons with disabilities.
Allows special year tabs for persons with disabilities on certain special license plates.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
| Feb 2 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2587-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Haler, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Asay, Dunshee, Lytton, Ormsby, Warnick, Walsh, Pettigrew, Kenney, and Santos)
Expanding availability of the competitive grant program for arts and cultural facilities.
Expands availability of the competitive grant program for arts and cultural facilities.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Housing at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | CDH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Housing at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Capital Budget. | |
| Feb 2 | CB - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| CB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 3 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2588-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Darneille, Hurst, Roberts, Miloscia, Kirby, McCoy, Ladenburg, Dammeier, Pearson, and Tharinger)
Asserting that submission of DNA markers to a database be accessible only to qualified laboratory personnel.
Addresses the collection of biological samples for DNA identification analysis from adults lawfully arrested for, or charged with, a criminal offense constituting a ranked felony or a gross misdemeanor violation of certain court orders.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2600-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Bailey, Blake, Chandler, Kelley, Goodman, Anderson, and Reykdal)
Permitting recreation rock collecting, subject to certain restrictions.
Authorizes recreational rock, mineral, and petrified wood collecting on lands managed by the department of natural resources.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2605-S
by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representative Dunshee; by request of Department of Ecology)
Establishing a water pollution control revolving administration fee.
Authorizes the department of ecology to charge administration fees as a portion of the debt service for loans issued under the water pollution control revolving fund and requires the department to charge administration fees on each water pollution control revolving fund loan.Creates the water pollution control revolving administration account.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2614-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Ryu, Hasegawa, and Santos)
Limiting deficiency judgments pertaining to residual debts following short sales of owner-occupied residential property secured by deeds of trust.
Prohibits, under certain circumstances, a beneficiary from obtaining a deficiency judgment on obligations secured by a deed of trust against any borrower, grantor, or guarantor.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2668-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope, Hurst, and Kelley)
Addressing bail practices.
Adopts the unanimous recommendations of the work group on bail practices created in chapter 256, Laws of 2010.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2692-S
by House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Asay, Parker, Carlyle, Kelley, Hurst, Ormsby, Kagi, Dickerson, Upthegrove, Goodman, Pettigrew, Maxwell, Dahlquist, Dammeier, Moscoso, Pearson, and Kenney)
Concerning the reduction of the commercial sale of sex.
Provides additional punishment for patronizing a prostitute.Requires certain offenders to fulfill the terms of a program designed to educate them about the negative costs of prostitution.Requires the clerk of the court in which a person is convicted of patronizing a prostitute to cause to be published, in a newspaper of general circulation, a notice for each person convicted of the crime.
| Jan 31 | PSEP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2717-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist and Pollet)
Creating innovations in higher education.
Launches two pilot projects.Encourages the four-year institutions of higher education, working with the higher education coordinating board or successor agency, the state board for community and technical colleges, faculty, students, business, and other partners as may be appropriate, to work together in order to design innovative approaches to increase the number of resident students working toward and gaining baccalaureate degrees or further updating or advancing their academic credentials.Encourages the state board for community and technical colleges, working with the higher education coordinating board or successor agency, faculty, students, business, and other agencies and partners as may be appropriate, to charter a consortium of volunteer community and technical colleges to design innovative approaches to increase the cost-effective delivery of developmental and remedial education.
| Jan 30 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
| Feb 2 | APPE - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2766
by Representatives Liias, Hunt, Santos, Jinkins, Sells, Haigh, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Cody, McCoy, Appleton, Dickerson, Dunshee, Kenney, Darneille, Pettigrew, Kagi, Hudgins, Orwall, Upthegrove, Tharinger, and Roberts
Guaranteeing that the top one percent pay too, through assessing a two percent tax on millionaires to fund the paramount duty trust fund and reduce class sizes in grades kindergarten through four.
Imposes an excise tax on the receipt of adjusted gross income above one million dollars. Adjusted gross income in excess of one million dollars is taxed at two percent.Establishes a new state trust fund dedicated to meeting the paramount duty for the education of all children.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2767
by Representatives Van De Wege and Armstrong
Authorizing the creation of municipal fire districts.
Authorizes the creation of municipal fire districts.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2768
by Representatives Tharinger, Warnick, Dunshee, Jinkins, and Lytton; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Regarding the public works board.
Finds that: (1) A significant backlog of projects to repair and improve local public infrastructure systems exists; and(2) The state intends to strategically invest resources to address this backlog and to promote certain priority policy objectives.Expands the duties of the public works board.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2769
by Representatives Miloscia, Green, and Hudgins
Regarding quality management.
Requires state agencies to provide electronic copies of Washington state quality award assessments, feedback reports, and corrective action plans to the government management accountability and performance program, the joint legislative audit and review committee, and the state auditor.Requires the government management accountability and performance program, the joint legislative audit and review committee, and the state auditor to post the assessments, reports, and plans on their web sites.Requires the office of financial management to use the assessments as a measure for the priorities of government program.Requires the house of representatives to complete a Washington state quality award assessment by June 30, 2013.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2770
by Representatives Dammeier, Alexander, Dahlquist, Taylor, Fagan, Bailey, Zeiger, Orcutt, and Asay
Making appropriations for K-12 education.
Makes appropriations for K-12 education.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2771
by Representatives Pettigrew, Cody, and Springer
Addressing employer and employee relationships under the state retirement systems.
States more clearly, and confirms, that employees of for-profit or not-for-profit corporations or other entities providing services under governmental contracts are not, as a result of providing the governmental service, eligible for membership in the various public retirement programs.Provides cross-references to existing statutes that affect eligibility for pensions under certain retirement systems and to the relevant definition statutes.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2772
by Representatives Sells and Hope
Creating a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in target urban areas.
Encourages new manufacturing and industrial uses on undeveloped or underutilized lands zoned for industrial and manufacturing uses in targeted urban areas.Creates a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in target urban areas.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HJR 4228
by Representatives Armstrong and Clibborn
Amending the state Constitution to include fees collected on barrels of petroleum products to be used for transportation purposes.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to include fees collected on barrels of petroleum products to be used for transportation purposes.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Feb 6 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5366-S2
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, and Stevens)
Regulating the use of off-road vehicles in certain areas.
Regulates the use of off-road vehicles in certain areas.Creates the multiuse roadway safety account.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Mar 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Mar 30 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | TRAN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 2 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6009-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Schoesler, Becker, Morton, Fain, Holmquist Newbry, Swecker, Delvin, Hill, and Roach)
Regarding ethics in public service.
Modifies provisions relating to ethics in public service.Allows agency staff to assist ethics board staff in carrying out investigations of complaints.Allows the ethics board to request the assistance of the office of the attorney general to conduct or assist with an investigation.Requires agencies to designate an ethics advisor or advisors to provide informal ethics advice to state officers and employees and to ensure uniformity in the agency's operations with respect to the ethics in public service law.Requires state officers and employees to attend ethics training approved by the appropriate ethics board within sixty days of taking office or employment, and at least every three years thereafter.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6023-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker, Prentice, Benton, Pridemore, Schoesler, Haugen, Kilmer, Chase, Hill, Holmquist Newbry, Becker, Ranker, Ericksen, Shin, and Frockt)
Creating the permit efficiency and accountability committee to select priority economic recovery projects for review by multiagency permitting teams.
Establishes the economic recovery through permitting efficiency act.Creates the permit efficiency and accountability committee to: (1) Select priority economic recovery projects and assign the projects to multiagency permitting teams; and(2) Monitor the progress of the teams in completing their tasks.Facilitates cost-reimbursement agreements to enable multiagency permitting teams to complete their tasks.Expires July 1, 2015.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | EDTI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | On motion, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6060-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, King, Kline, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Schoesler, and Holmquist Newbry)
Allowing day spas to offer or supply without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises.
Creates a day spa permit that allows the permit holder to offer or supply wine or beer by the individual glass, without charge, to a customer for consumption on the premises of the day spa.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6123-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield, Sheldon, Swecker, Hargrove, Carrell, Conway, Becker, King, Benton, Delvin, Fain, Ericksen, Ranker, Honeyford, Schoesler, Pridemore, Roach, Stevens, and Chase)
Creating "National Rifle Association" special license plates.
Creates "national rifle association" special license plates.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 2 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6163-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen, Swecker, Hatfield, and Chase)
Directing the department of ecology to coordinate discussions with the province of British Columbia to study the feasibility of providing new water supplies and storage to benefit residents of western Washington.
Requires the department of ecology to coordinate with the water stewardship division of the ministry of environment for the province of British Columbia, Canada, to study and evaluate the feasibility of providing new water supplies and storage to benefit residents of western Washington in the areas of water management, economic development, fishery resource management, and agricultural production.Expires January 1, 2013.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6198-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, and Conway; by request of Department of Enterprise Services)
Centralizing the authority and responsibility for the development, process, and oversight of state procurement of goods and services.
Promotes open competition and transparency for all contracts for goods and services entered into by state agencies.Centralizes within one agency the authority and responsibility for the development and oversight of policies related to state procurement and contracting.Centralizes the location of information about state procurements and contracts.Provides state agency contract data to the public in a searchable manner.Requires the department of enterprise services to establish a sweat-free procurement policy and code of conduct that ensures purchases by state agencies are produced in workplaces free of sweatshop conditions.Provides that the state develop procurement policies, procedures, and materials that encourage and facilitate state agency purchase of goods and services from Washington small businesses.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6235-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Prentice, Keiser, and Litzow)
Regulating the licensing of escrow agents.
Expands the definition of "escrow" for purposes of the escrow agent registration act.Exempts from the consumer loan act, certain persons or entities licensed under the escrow agent registration act.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6253-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Eide, Kline, Regala, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Chase, Stevens, Nelson, Keiser, Roach, and Conway)
Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property in commercial sexual abuse of a minor, promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor, and promoting prostitution in the first degree crimes.
Addresses the seizure and forfeiture of property in the crimes of commercial sexual abuse of a minor, promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor, and promoting prostitution in the first degree.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6265-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Keiser, Pflug, and Regala)
Addressing the medical use of cannabis.
Regulates the medical use of cannabis through nonprofit patient cooperatives, collective gardens, local government regulation of nonprofit patient cooperatives and collective gardens, security requirements for the transportation of cannabis, affirmative defense and arrest and prosecution protections, establishment of a voluntary registry within the department of health, and modification of the state institute for public policy study.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 9:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 6294-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, Benton, and Carrell)
Addressing quorum requirements for homeowners' association meetings.
Addresses quorum requirements for homeowners' association meetings.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6295-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senator Morton)
Modifying certain exchange facilitator requirements and penalties.
Changes the criteria for an exchange facilitator's bond.Requires a stakeholder task force to convene to identify effective regulatory procedures for the exchange facilitator industry. The task force expires December 1, 2012.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6325-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Kohl-Welles, and Tom)
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 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6337-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Frockt, Fain, Haugen, and Litzow)
Protecting short sale sellers from payment of forgiven home loan debt if such debt forgiveness is reported to the internal revenue service.
Provides protection, under certain circumstances, to short sale sellers from payment of forgiven home loan debt.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6363-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker and Pridemore)
Addressing the mobilization of all risk resources during an emergency.
Addresses the mobilization of "all risk resources" during an emergency.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6387-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senator Ranker)
Concerning state parks, recreation, and natural resources fiscal matters.
Requires county treasurers to remit money received from certain violations relating to the display of the discover pass, the vehicle access pass, and day-use permits to the state treasurer.Requires the state treasurer to deposit the money in the recreation access pass account.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | ENRM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6392-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Conway, and Shin)
Establishing a farm internship program.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish a farm internship pilot project for the employment of farm interns on small farms in the counties of San Juan, Skagit, King, Whatcom, Kitsap, Pierce, Jefferson, Spokane, Yakima, Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, and Thurston.Provides a December 31, 2017, expiration for the pilot project.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6405-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Frockt)
Concerning the Washington service corps.
Declares it is a policy of the state that a portion of appropriations for capital expenditures be allocated to minor public works performed by those persons unemployed in the state.Requires state agencies to allocate, out of money appropriated for the original construction of a public building, an amount of one-half of one percent of the appropriation to be expended by the Washington service corps for minor public works by the state's unemployed residents.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | EDTI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 2 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6443-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Fain)
Addressing the notice given to owners of life insurance policies about alternative transactions.
Exempts term life insurance policies from the requirement of giving notice to owners of life insurance policies about alternative transactions.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6472-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Harper, Honeyford, Kline, and Shin)
Concerning disclosure of carbon monoxide alarms in real estate transactions.
Revises real estate seller disclosure forms to include carbon monoxide alarms.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing, executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, and Housing & Insurance at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6512-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Kastama, and Morton)
Regarding irrigation and rehabilitation district administration.
Modifies irrigation and rehabilitation district provisions relating to: (1) The length of term for, and the election of, directors of districts;(2) Eligibility to vote for the directors; and(3) Assessments and special assessments.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6547-S
by Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore and Shin; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce)
Regarding the microenterprise development program.
Allows the department of commerce to provide organizational support to a statewide microenterprise association to the extent funds are appropriated for that purpose.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing, executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development, and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | EDTI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6583
by Senators Hobbs and Harper
Creating a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in target urban areas.
Encourages new manufacturing and industrial uses on undeveloped or underutilized lands zoned for industrial and manufacturing uses in targeted urban areas.Creates a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in target urban areas.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6584
by Senators Fraser, Schoesler, Murray, Fain, Hill, and Shin
Addressing employer and employee relationships under the state retirement systems.
States more clearly, and confirms, that employees of for-profit or not-for-profit corporations or other entities providing services under governmental contracts are not, as a result of providing the governmental service, eligible for membership in the various public retirement programs.Provides cross-references to existing statutes that affect eligibility for pensions under certain retirement systems and to the relevant definition statutes.
| Feb 3 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |