 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 21 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, February 10, 2012 | 33rd 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 2211-S2
by House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight (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 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | APPH - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2365-S2
by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Dunshee, and McCune; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Regarding large wild carnivore conflict management.
Defines "large wild carnivore" which includes wild bears, cougars, and wolves.Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife from paying more than fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state wildlife account for claims and assessment costs for injury or loss of livestock.Prohibits a person from negligently or intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or negligently or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building.Requires the fish and wildlife commission to set limits and conditions for the expenditures of the department of fish and wildlife on claims and assessments for commercial crops, livestock, other property, and mitigating actions.Creates the wildlife conflict account.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | 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 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
| Feb 8 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2372-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Kenney, Reykdal, Dickerson, Jinkins, Wylie, Hasegawa, Pettigrew, Billig, Pedersen, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Blake, Finn, Eddy, and Kagi)
Concerning tow truck employee certification and private impound rates.
Establishes maximum rates for private impounds conducted by certain registered tow truck operators.Requires owners, officers, and employees of registered tow truck businesses to receive criminal background checks.Provides that the state fully occupies and preempts the entire field of private property vehicle impound rate regulation within the boundaries of the state.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2373-S
by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege and Tharinger)
Concerning the state's management of its recreational resources.
Modifies provisions relating to the discover pass, day-use permits, and vehicle access passes.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 2:00 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | APPG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2389-S
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representative Orcutt)
Modifying the submission dates for economic and revenue forecasts.
Changes the dates for submission of economic and revenue forecasts.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2413-S2
by House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight (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.
Requires persons applying a pesticide on a farm by aircraft or air-blast sprayer to provide written notice to properties adjacent to the intended pesticide application area.Provides protection to certain employees under the worker and community right to know act.Creates the joint select committee on pesticide drift exposure to formulate a state policy to reduce exposure of workers and other community members to pesticide drift while not adversely affecting the agricultural and other economic sectors of the state that use pesticides.Provides a July 1, 2013, expiration of the joint select committee.
| 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 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | APPH - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2458-S
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Ross, and Johnson)
Concerning the existing authority to impose a sales and use tax for public facilities districts by providing flexibility in the submittal of the sales and use tax to voters by distressed public facilities districts.
Authorizes the legislative authority of a city entering into an interlocal agreement to form a public facilities district that qualifies as a distressed public facilities district to impose a voter-approved sales and use tax.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 6 | WAYS - Majority; do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 7 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2501-S2
by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Cody, Jinkins, Ryu, Lytton, Sells, Reykdal, Kirby, Van De Wege, Moeller, Darneille, Miloscia, Santos, and Roberts)
Placing restrictions on mandatory overtime for employees of health care facilities.
Expands restrictions on mandatory overtime for health care facility employees.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
| Feb 8 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2600-S2
by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (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.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | 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 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2648-S
by House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Dickerson, Green, and Kenney)
Removing the expiration for the additional surcharge imposed on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
Removes the June 30, 2013, expiration of the additional surcharge imposed on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | APPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2776
by Representative Hudgins
Concerning the recording of residential real property.
Requires transfers and assignments of residential real property to be recorded in the office of the recording officer of the county where the property is situated.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2777
by Representative Hudgins
Modifying the penalty for false swearing by a beneficiary.
Modifies the penalty for false swearing by a beneficiary.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2778
by Representatives Hudgins, Santos, and Roberts
Providing transitional reentry housing through the department of corrections.
Requires the department of corrections, within amounts appropriated for this purpose, to contract with housing providers to continuously make available a sufficient number of beds in transitional reentry housing to meet the needs of offenders transitioning to the community on earned early release who are in need of housing.Exempts transitional reentry housing provided under contract with the department of corrections from the requirements of the residential landlord-tenant act.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2779
by Representative Hudgins
Modifying the additional tax provisions for certain property used by nonprofit organizations.
Reduces the period in which additional taxes are collected when certain nonprofit organizations cease to use the property for the exempted use.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2780
by Representatives Dammeier, Dahlquist, and Fagan
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.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5684-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Rockefeller, Fain, Fraser, Shin, and Chase)
Regarding water well construction requirements.
Authorizes certain municipal water suppliers to adopt requirements regarding notification of proposed water well construction within the retail service area of the supplier.Prohibits a person from commencing construction of a water well without complying with the well construction notification requirements adopted by a municipal water supplier.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6027-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senator Honeyford)
Concerning publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities.
Authorizes the department of ecology: (1) When making loans for water pollution control facilities, to provide loans to publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities that relieve a city of the burden of processing industrial wastewater; and(2) To use water pollution control revolving fund moneys to provide loans for the planning, design, and construction of publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities, including publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities that relieve a city of the burden of processing industrial wastewater.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6075-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell and Harper)
Addressing the disclosure of vehicle owner information.
Revises notification requirements for disclosure of vehicle owner information.Requires the department of licensing to charge a two-dollar fee for each record and deposit the fee into the highway safety account.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6093-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, King, Sheldon, Eide, Swecker, Hatfield, and Morton)
Regarding wetlands mitigation.
Pairs required investments in compensatory environmental mitigation, including the mitigation of transportation projects, with certain existing programs that enhance natural environmental functions.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6145-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Chase, Swecker, Nelson, Rolfes, Fraser, Keiser, and Kline)
Concerning paint stewardship.
Creates an architectural paint recovery program to be enforced by the department of ecology.Creates the paint product stewardship account.Provides that the act is void if a federal law takes effect that establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of architectural paint.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 6150-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, King, Eide, Hobbs, Shin, and Chase; by request of Department of Licensing)
Concerning the administration of a facial recognition matching system and related processes applicable to drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.
Eliminates the biometric matching system and establishes a facial recognition matching system for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 9 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6204-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator Hargrove; by request of Department of Corrections)
Modifying community supervision provisions.
Finds that traditional mechanisms of surveillance-based supervision and sanctioning are ineffective in reducing recidivism or improving public safety.Provides that the legislature is persuaded by recent research showing that swift and certain sanctions, in combination with treatment-based interventions that address chemical dependency and criminogenic behaviors, are a more effective and efficient use of public resources to affect future crime.Requires the department of corrections to allocate resources between community-based inpatient and outpatient treatment based on independent evaluations of offenders' needs by properly trained clinicians using evidence-based tools for evaluation.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 9 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6211-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Litzow, Fain, Hargrove, Kilmer, Hill, Nelson, Keiser, and Conway)
Accelerating cleanup of hazardous waste sites.
Authorizes a greater emphasis in the allocation of state resources toward the cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties.Provides more flexible funding and oversight authority for local governments guiding the cleanup of brownfield properties.Changes the state's cleanup program to accelerate cleanups throughout the state.Authorizes cities and counties to designate a geographic area within its jurisdiction as a redevelopment opportunity zone.Authorizes a port district to designate a redevelopment opportunity zone.Authorizes a city, county, or port district to establish a brownfield renewal authority to guide and implement the cleanup and reuse of properties within a designated redevelopment opportunity zone.Creates the brownfield redevelopment trust fund.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6284-S2
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Harper, Litzow, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Hargrove)
Reforming Washington's approach to certain nonsafety civil traffic infractions by authorizing a civil collection process for unpaid traffic fines and removing the requirement for law enforcement intervention for the failure to appear and pay a traffic ticket.
Authorizes a civil collection process for unpaid traffic fines.Removes the requirement for law enforcement intervention for the failure to appear and pay a traffic ticket.Requires the department of licensing, in consultation with the Washington state patrol, the office of public defense, and the administrative office of the courts, to adopt and maintain rules that define a moving violation.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6321-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Regala, Chase, Harper, Nelson, Keiser, Frockt, and Kline)
Concerning the use of certain unlawful detainer and protection order records to protect housing opportunities.
Prohibits a landlord from refusing to renew or enter into a rental agreement based upon a court record indicating that the tenant, applicant, or household member was a defendant in a civil case.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 1 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 7:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6336-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore)
Regarding electronic product recycling.
Addresses independent plans for the collection, transportation, and recycling of unwanted electronic products.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6341-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Chase, Frockt, Ranker, McAuliffe, Kline, and Keiser)
Creating jobs by increasing recycling of discarded carpet.
Requires producers of carpet, sold in or into this state, to participate in a carpet stewardship organization and to notify the department of ecology of its participation in the organization.Requires the department of ecology to establish an annual fee for each carpet stewardship organization sufficient to cover the costs of administering and enforcing carpet stewardship programs.Creates the carpet product stewardship account.
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6386-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Becker, Zarelli, Hargrove, Delvin, Schoesler, Honeyford, and Keiser)
Enacting measures to reduce public assistance fraud.
Encourages the office of fraud and accountability within the department of social and health services to coordinate with the office of the state auditor and the department of early learning to improve the prevention, detection, and prosecution of fraudulent activity taking place in public assistance programs.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6406-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Hobbs, Delvin, Hatfield, Tom, Stevens, Regala, Morton, Ranker, and Shin)
Modifying programs that provide for the protection of the state's natural resources.
Updates provisions relating to natural resource management and regulatory programs including the hydraulic project approval program, the forest practices act, and the state environmental policy act.Modifies duties of the department of fish and wildlife, the department of natural resources, the department of ecology, the forest practices board, and the department of commerce.Creates the hydraulic project approval account.Provides expiration dates and a contingent effective date for certain sections.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENRM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6414-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senator Ranker)
Creating a review process to determine whether a proposed electric generation project or conservation resource qualifies to meet a target under RCW 19.285.040.
Requires the Washington State University extension energy program, if requested by a consumer-owned qualifying utility or by a person proposing an electric generation project or conservation resource, to provide analysis and an advisory opinion on whether a proposed electric generation project or conservation resource qualifies to meet a target under the energy independence act.
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENRM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6444-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Fain; by request of Department of Transportation)
Concerning eligible toll facilities.
Authorizes tolling on the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project to help: (1) Finance the project; and(2) Maintain travel time, speed, and reliability on the portion of state route number 99 that would be replaced by the project.Creates a special account to be known as the Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project account.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 9 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6445-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore; by request of Department of Transportation)
Concerning the Interstate 5 Columbia river crossing project.
Designates the Columbia river crossing project as an eligible toll facility.Authorizes the tolling authority, for the Columbia river crossing project, to enter into agreements with the Oregon state transportation commission regarding the mutual or joint setting, adjustment, and review of toll rates.Creates a special account to be known as the Colombia river crossing project account.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6455-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Concerning transportation revenue.
Provides funds for the operation and maintenance of the state's transportation system.Increases fees for the following: (1) Abstracts of a driver's record;(2) Certificate of ownership application;(3) Original issue and replacement motorcycle plates;(4) Vehicle dealer original license; and(5) Vehicle dealer license renewal.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 9 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6479-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker and Haugen)
Making technical corrections to certain vehicle and vessel title and registration provisions.
Reconciles and conforms amendments, to certain vehicle and vessel title and registration provisions, made in chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and chapter 171, Laws of 2011 with other legislation passed during the 2010 and 2011 legislative sessions; and provides technical amendments.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken 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. | |
| Feb 3 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6489-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senator Harper)
Addressing eligibility for an ignition interlock driver's license.
Addresses drivers' licenses and temporary restricted drivers' licenses with regard to application for an ignition interlock driver's license.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 7:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6492-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, and Regala)
Improving timeliness, efficiency, and accountability of forensic resource utilization associated with competency to stand trial.
Establishes performance targets for the timeliness of the completion of accurate and reliable evaluations of competency to stand trial and admissions for inpatient services related to competency to stand trial for adult criminal defendants.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Develop, document, and implement procedures to monitor the clinical status of defendants admitted to a state hospital for competency services;(2) Investigate the extent to which patients admitted to a state hospital overstay authorized time periods and take reasonable steps to limit the time of commitment to authorized periods; and(3) Establish written standards for the productivity of forensic evaluators and use the standards to internally review the performance of forensic evaluators.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to make an independent assessment of the performance of the state hospitals.Requires the state institute for public policy to study the benefit of standardizing protocols used for treatment to restore competency to stand trial.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6493-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Regala, Hargrove, Stevens, Harper, Kline, Carrell, and Shin)
Addressing sexually violent predator civil commitment cases.
Requires the director of the office of public defense to administer state-funded services in representation of indigent respondents qualified for appointed counsel in sexually violent predator civil commitment cases.Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services and the special commitment center, pertaining to indigent defense for sexually violent predators, to the office of public defense.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
| Feb 7 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6494-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, and Carrell)
Improving truancy procedures by changing the applicability of mandatory truancy petition filing provisions to children under seventeen years of age, requiring initial petitions to contain information about the child's academic status, prohibiting issuance of a bench warrant at an initial truancy status hearing, and modifying school district reporting requirements after the court assumes jurisdiction in a truancy case.
Modifies provisions relating to truancy procedures for children under seventeen years of age.Prohibits issuance of a bench warrant for a child for failure to appear at a hearing on an initial truancy petition.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6508-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore)
Authorizing waivers from certain DSHS overpayment recovery efforts.
Authorizes the department of social and health services, under certain circumstances, to waive all efforts to collect overpayments from a client when the department determines the overpayment is not the fault of the client and the total overpayment was less than two thousand dollars.Requires the office of fraud and accountability within the department of social and health services, the state auditor's office, and the department of early learning to collaborate in an effort to identify, review, and provide the legislature with recommendations for integrated monitoring and detection systems to prevent overpayments of public assistance from occurring.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6518-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Rolfes and Nelson)
Concerning the executive committee of Washington state ferry users.
Expands the existing system for citizen involvement in Washington state ferry system decisions.Changes the composition of the San Juan, Clallam, and Jefferson county ferry advisory committee and the terminal area committees.Authorizes the transportation commission to create a ferry tariff review committee to review fare policy, fares, capital planning, and route specific costs and revenues.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6524-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Shin)
Delaying elimination of the family policy council and the council for children and families.
Delays the June 30, 2012, repeal of the family policy council.Requires the family policy council to develop a transition plan for the oversight of and accountability to the public of the networks as quasi-governmental entities after the council sunsets.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6538-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore and Nelson)
Authorizing producers of mercury-containing lights to include an environmental handling assessment to finance mercury-containing light stewardship programs.
Addresses mercury-containing lights.Authorizes producers, groups of producers, product stewardship organizations operated by producers, or product stewardship organizations contracted by the department of ecology to include financing provisions that include an environmental handling assessment that is collected by the producer and remitted to the product stewardship organization.Requires a product stewardship organization to provide an annual financial audit to the department of ecology when the organization implements an environmental handling assessment.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6539-S
by Senate Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Senator Kastama)
Establishing an air pollution offset program.
Requires the department of ecology to establish a program providing for the replacement of both uncertified solid fuel burning devices and solid fuel burning devices manufactured before 1995 for low-income households in certain areas.Requires counties that elect to participate in the program to provide twenty-five percent matching funds.Provides options to a person who fails to comply with motor vehicle emission standards.Creates the air pollution offset account.Expires January 1, 2020.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | ENV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6555-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Shin, and Roach)
Providing for family assessments in cases involving child abuse or neglect.
Establishes a family assessment track which is a way of responding to certain reports of child abuse or neglect using a differential response approach to child protective services.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Implement the family assessment track no later than December 1, 2013; and(2) Conduct two client satisfaction surveys of families that have been placed in the family assessment track.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct an evaluation of the implementation of the family assessment track.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 2 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 9 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6575-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Hargrove, and Keiser)
Granting extraordinary medical placement to offenders under certain conditions.
Grants extraordinary medical placement to offenders under certain conditions.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 3 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6579-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Shin)
Concerning the public disclosure of evaluation and testing materials for vessel pilots.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data for vessel pilots.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6594
by Senators Kastama, Hobbs, Tom, and Hatfield
Concerning government operation.
Subjects school districts, beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, to an examination of their financial affairs at least once every three years.Requires state agencies to provide: (1) The governor's office with an electronic copy of its independent assessment application and any feedback provided by the independent assessor; and(2) 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 to coordinate with the Washington state quality award to develop an implementation plan with dates for all state agencies to accomplish assessments.Requires the office of financial management to use the Washington state quality award assessments as a measure for the priorities of government program.Requires the state auditor to: (1) Review each agency's performance management system, Washington state quality award assessment, annual self-assessments, and corrective action plans for all performance audits; and(2) Establish an annual assessment and performance grading program.Requires the house of representatives to complete a Washington state quality award assessment.Provides funding, from certain sales and use taxes, for the performance assessments and score card program.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 9 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |