Legislative Digest No. 22

	WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 22

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
Monday, February 13, 2012		36th Day - 2012 Regular Session

SENATE

SB 6227-S

SB 6254

SB 6257

HOUSE

HB 1313-S	HB 2156-S2	HB 2170-S2	HB 2331-S	HB 2363-S	HB 2365-S2	HB 2368
HB 2469	HB 2545-S	HB 2558	HB 2582-S	HB 2717-S2	HB 2781

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.

House Bills

HB 1313-S

by House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Sells, Reykdal, Morris, and Kirby)

Regulating soil science and wetland science professions.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Regulates soil science and wetland science professions by establishing minimum standards of ethical conduct and professional responsibility and by establishing professional education and experience requirements for those persons representing to the public that they are soil scientists or wetland scientists certified by the state.

Creates a board for soil scientists and wetland scientists.

-- 2011 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28	Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 4	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 15	Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 12	Public hearing in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight at 1:30 PM.
Feb 2	APPG - Majority; 1st 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 9	Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

HB 2156-S2

by House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, Sells, Haler, Seaquist, Hansen, Maxwell, and Carlyle; by request of Governor Gregoire)

Regarding coordination and evaluation of workforce training for aerospace and materials manufacturing.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Facilitate coordination and alignment of aerospace training programs to the maximum extent possible; and

(2) Establish an aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing pipeline advisory committee.

Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to: (1) Evaluate the programs recommended for review by the committee including the outcome results for persons receiving the training and the employers; and

(2) Conduct and complete an analysis of the results of the training system for aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
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 1	Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
Feb 2	APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
Feb 6	Referred to Rules 2 Review.

HB 2170-S2

by House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Probst, Rivers, Hansen, Sells, Jinkins, Ryu, Ladenburg, Tharinger, Warnick, Maxwell, McCoy, Goodman, Springer, Appleton, Kenney, Roberts, Kirby, Green, Wylie, Ormsby, and Orwall)

Enacting the career pathways act.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

Establishes the career pathways act.

Facilitates increased opportunities for work-based learning and internships for high school students and teachers, as well as mentorships for the business community in public schools.

Creates structures to encourage greater connections between businesses, schools, and institutions of higher education.

Makes career exploration a routine part of middle and high school instruction and encourages students to select career goals or majors while in middle and high school, with flexibility to change them based on further exploration.

Informs parents and students of career opportunities that are tied to the needs of the local, regional, and state economy.

Emphasizes the dignity and economic value of nonbaccalaureate career pathways equally with baccalaureate pathways.

Increases completion rates at all levels of secondary and postsecondary education and student success after completion.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
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 1	Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
Feb 2	APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
Feb 6	Referred to Rules 2 Review.

HB 2331-S

by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Darneille, Takko, Roberts, Pettigrew, Goodman, Jinkins, Miloscia, Ryu, Hurst, and Santos)

Concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Addresses mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect.

Changes the penalty from a gross misdemeanor to a misdemeanor for mandatory reporters who fail to report.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 20	Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Jan 23	Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 6:00 PM.
Jan 26	ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
Jan 31	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 8	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2363-S

by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Kenney, Orwall, Darneille, Ryu, Roberts, Appleton, Dickerson, Ladenburg, Reykdal, Jinkins, Santos, and Kagi)

Protecting victims of domestic violence and harassment.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Modifies domestic violence and harassment provisions relating to: (1) Defendant's violation of court order, gross misdemeanor;

(2) Issuance and extension of no-contact order;

(3) Requirements for court appearance;

(4) Disclosure of information in cases involving domestic violence or child abuse;

(5) Regional domestic violence fatality review panels; and

(6) Address confidentiality program participant information.

Requires the state institute for public policy to: (1) Conduct a statewide study to assess recidivism by domestic violence offenders involved in the criminal justice system;

(2) Examine effective community supervision practices of domestic violence offenders as it relates to the institute's findings on evidence-based community supervision; and

(3) Assess domestic violence perpetrator treatment.

Provides that section 10 of the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
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.
Feb 2	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

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 adopt rules to: (1) 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; and

(2) Allow for certain persons to kill a gray wolf, regardless of state classification, when there is physical evidence that the wolf is in the act of attacking livestock.

Creates the wildlife conflict account.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
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.
Feb 9	2nd substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2368

by Representatives Seaquist, Hasegawa, Probst, Hunt, McCoy, Sells, Appleton, Moscoso, Maxwell, Kenney, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Finn, Lytton, Upthegrove, Dickerson, Moeller, Hudgins, Ladenburg, Darneille, Kagi, and Tharinger

Requiring that at least one member on each community college board of trustees be from labor. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Requiring that the board of trustees for each college district include at least one member from labor. )

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Requires the boards of trustees for all community college districts to include at least one member from business and one member from labor.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 12	First reading, referred to Higher Education.
Jan 18	Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26	HE - Executive action taken by committee.
	HE - Majority; do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM.
Jan 31	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 2	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2469

by Representatives Upthegrove, Angel, Takko, and Asay

Regarding boatyard storm water treatment systems.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/08/12)

Exempts from the procedural requirements of the shoreline management act, the installation of site improvements for storm water treatment in an existing boatyard facility if the installation is for meeting the requirements of a national pollutant discharge elimination system storm water general permit.

Requires the department of ecology to ensure compliance with the substantive requirements of the shoreline management act through the review of engineering reports, site plans, and other documents related to the installation of boatyard storm water treatment facilities.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 16	First reading, referred to Local Government.
Jan 20	LG - Executive action taken by committee.
	LG - Majority; do pass.
	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
Jan 26	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Jan 30	Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
	Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
Jan 31	Placed on second reading.
Feb 8	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
-- IN THE SENATE --
Feb 10	First reading, referred to Environment.

HB 2545-S

by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Zeiger, Ladenburg, Dammeier, Seaquist, Angel, Dahlquist, Wilcox, Jinkins, McCune, and Kelley)

Including compressed natural gas in fuel usage requirements for local governments. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or propane in fuel usage requirements for local governments. )

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Authorizes state agencies and local government subdivisions of the state, in satisfying fuel usage requirements, to substitute compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or propane for electricity or biofuel if the department of commerce determines that electricity and biofuel are not reasonably available.

Exempts transit agencies, that use compressed natural gas, from the fuel usage requirements.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25	Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 1:30 PM.
Jan 27	TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 9:00 AM.
Jan 31	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 2	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2558

by Representative Moeller

Establishing a theater license to sell beer, including strong beer, or wine, or both, at retail for consumption on theater premises.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Establishes a theater license to sell beer or wine, or both, at retail for consumption in a single theater room on theater premises.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 17	First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs.
Jan 30	SGTA - Executive action taken by committee.
	SGTA - Majority; do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
Jan 31	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 2	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2582-S

by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Johnson, Cody, Ross, Jinkins, Green, Walsh, Hinkle, Clibborn, Liias, Kenney, Klippert, Smith, Alexander, Warnick, Fagan, Bailey, Ahern, Asay, Dahlquist, Kretz, DeBolt, Angel, Kelley, Hunt, Dickerson, Ladenburg, Orcutt, Zeiger, Wilcox, Finn, Wylie, Probst, Darneille, Moscoso, Kagi, and Tharinger)

Requiring notice to patients for certain charges at a health care facility.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Requires a provider-based clinic that charges a facility fee, before delivery of nonemergency services, to provide a notice to patients that: (1) The clinic is licensed as part of the hospital; and

(2) The patient may receive a separate charge or billing for the facility component.

Requires hospitals with provider-based clinics that bill a separate facility fee to report certain information to the department of health.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25	Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26	HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Jan 31	Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 8	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2717-S2

by House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist and Pollet)

Creating innovations in higher education.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

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.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 30	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM.
Feb 2	APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.
Feb 6	Referred to Rules 2 Review.

HB 2781

by Representatives Liias, Orwall, Cody, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Dickerson, Pedersen, Appleton, Kagi, Lytton, Jinkins, Billig, Clibborn, Ladenburg, Sells, Moscoso, Maxwell, Hudgins, Van De Wege, Kenney, and Goodman

Protecting access to health care facilities.

Addresses civil remedies with regard to intentionally damaging the property of a health care facility.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 10	First reading, referred to Judiciary.

Senate Bills

SB 6227-S

by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Keiser, Carrell, Frockt, Pflug, Hargrove, Kline, and Roach)

Establishing a medicaid fraud hotline.

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/09/12)

Requires the attorney general, in conjunction with the office of the insurance commissioner, to establish a toll-free telephone hotline, funded by the office of the insurance commissioner, that is available to members of the public to report suspected medicaid fraud.

Expires July 1, 2014.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
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.
Jan 31	HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 7	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.

SB 6254

by Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Roach, Conway, Pflug, Ericksen, Carrell, Schoesler, Fain, Baumgartner, Fraser, Padden, Regala, Kline, Shin, Litzow, Eide, Chase, Stevens, Nelson, and Keiser

Changing promoting prostitution provisions.

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/08/12)

Includes in the crime of promoting prostitution in the first degree, compelling a person with a mental or developmental disability, that renders the person incapable of consent, to engage in prostitution or profits from prostitution.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 16	First reading, referred to Judiciary.
Jan 27	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 2	JUD - Majority; do pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 7	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 8	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
-- IN THE HOUSE --
Feb 10	First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

SB 6257

by Senators Roach, Conway, Swecker, Fraser, Pflug, Kohl-Welles, Eide, Delvin, Stevens, Padden, Regala, Chase, Tom, Kastama, Haugen, Litzow, Brown, Kline, Shin, Nelson, and Keiser

Addressing sexually explicit performance. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Addressing a sexually explicit act. )

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/08/12)

Adds sexually explicit acts to the crimes of promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor and trafficking in the first degree.

-- 2012 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 16	First reading, referred to Judiciary.
Jan 27	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 2	JUD - Majority; do pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 7	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 8	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
-- IN THE HOUSE --
Feb 10	First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.
Feb 15	Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)