 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 18, 2013 | 5th Day - 2013 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=2013.
HB 1145
by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Roberts, Orwall, Moscoso, Liias, Upthegrove, Ryu, Green, Morrell, and Fey
Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
Requires that, when the veterans' administration apportions a veteran's benefits to pay child support on behalf of or on account of the child or children of the veteran, the amount paid for the child or children shall be treated as if the veteran paid the benefits toward the satisfaction of his or her child support obligation for the period for which benefits are paid.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1146
by Representatives Nealey, Blake, Chandler, Lytton, Warnick, Schmick, Walsh, Ryu, and Haler
Concerning certified water right examiner bonding requirements.
Requires certified water right examiners to furnish evidence of insurance or financial responsibility in a form acceptable to the department of ecology.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1147
by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Moscoso, Hope, Ryu, and Roberts
Modifying first degree unlawful possession of a firearm provisions.
Includes in the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, an adult who owns or has in his or her possession or control any firearm after having previously been convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity in this state or elsewhere of unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1148
by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, Goodman, and Ryu; by request of Washington State Bar Association
Addressing dissenters' rights under the Washington business corporation act.
Revises the Washington business corporation act relating to dissenters' rights.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1149
by Representatives Hurst, Ryu, Hunt, and Santos
Increasing the volume of spirits that may be sold per day to a customer of a craft distillery.
Changes the amount of spirits that a craft distillery may sell, of its own production for consumption off the premises, to up to three liters per person per day.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
| Jan 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1150
by Representatives Condotta, Manweller, Holy, Short, Pike, Magendanz, and Parker
Allowing employers to pay a training wage for a specified period of time.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish procedures for the issuance of special training certificates to employers to pay wages to new employees during a training period.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1151
by Representatives Goodman, Liias, Habib, Orwall, Ryu, Fey, and Bergquist
Ordering offenders convicted of vehicular homicide due to alcohol or drugs to pay child support for the victims' minor children.
Allows restitution for the crime of vehicular homicide while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug to include payments to help support the minor children of the victim of the vehicular homicide.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1152
by Representatives Morrell, Sells, Cody, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Green, Dunshee, Ryu, Van De Wege, Pollet, Maxwell, Bergquist, Hunt, Farrell, and Santos
Addressing meal and rest breaks for hospital employees.
Requires hospitals to: (1) Provide employees with meal and rest periods as required by law; and(2) Record when an employee takes or misses a meal or rest period and maintain these records as required by the department of labor and industries.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1153
by Representatives Reykdal, Sells, Green, Moscoso, Dunshee, Ryu, Van De Wege, Pollet, Morrell, and Hunt
Regulating mandatory overtime for employees of health care facilities.
Revises the definition of "employee" for purposes of mandatory overtime at health care facilities.Prohibits an employer, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility, from: (1) Using prescheduled on-call time to fill chronic or foreseeable staff shortages; and(2) Scheduling nonemergency procedures that would require overtime.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1154
by Representatives Upthegrove and Ryu
Modifying the definition of nonpower attributes in the energy independence act.
Provides exclusions to the definition of "nonpower attributes" for purposes of the energy independence act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1155
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, and Ryu; by request of Department of Health
Concerning prescription information.
Revises requirements for electronic communication of prescription information.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1156
by Representatives Blake and Orcutt
Consolidating designated forest lands and open space timber lands for ease of administration.
Consolidates designated forest lands and open space timber lands for ease of administration.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1157
by Representatives Hunt, Taylor, and Ryu; by request of Secretary of State
Making nonsubstantive changes to election laws.
Makes nonsubstantive changes to election laws.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1158
by Representatives Kirby, Green, Pettigrew, Sawyer, Ryu, and Morrell
Concerning the annexation of property owned by the state for military purposes.
Authorizes the adjutant general to file a petition to have real property owned by the state for military purposes annexed to a city or town if that property constitutes the whole of the property in the annexation petition.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1159
by Representatives Lytton, Buys, Morris, and Ryu; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of superior court judges in Whatcom county.
Increases the number of superior court judges in Whatcom county.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1160
by Representatives Warnick, Seaquist, Haler, Manweller, Nealey, Buys, and Smith
Concerning excise taxation of required college instructional materials.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on required college instructional materials sold by bookstores affiliated with any institution of higher education in this state to students enrolled in the same institution.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1161
by Representatives Hunter, Alexander, Hurst, Condotta, Ryu, Takko, Hayes, Short, Harris, Manweller, Schmick, and Springer
Concerning sales for resale by retail licensees of liquor.
Finds that some of the regulations adopted to implement the privatization of liquor initiative are at odds with the intent of the people to privatize and modernize both the wholesale distribution and retail sale of spirits and to make more efficient and competitive the distribution of wine. Therefore, the legislature is providing certain definitions in section 2 of the act as further guidance to help accomplish the transition envisioned by voters.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1162
by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, Taylor, Short, Holy, Haler, and Hargrove
Enacting the regulatory fairness act of 2013.
Establishes the regulatory fairness act of 2013.Requires an agency, before adoption of a rule, to determine whether compliance with the rule will result in a specified economic impact and, if the agency determines that a rule will result in a specified economic impact, it must provide notification and may not enforce the rule until the rule is enacted into law by the legislature.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1163
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Overstreet, Short, Manweller, Holy, Haler, and Hargrove
Regarding administrative procedures that promote accountability, transparency, and economic relief.
Establishes the regulatory freedom and accountability act.Revises the state administrative procedure act.Imposes a general moratorium on state agency rule making.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1164
by Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Shea, Rodne, Short, Haler, and Schmick
Prohibiting the use of international law to infringe on property rights.
Prohibits the state and all political subdivisions from using international law to adopt or implement policies that infringe on property rights without due process.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1165
by Representatives Rodne, Overstreet, Shea, Taylor, Haler, and Magendanz
Prohibiting the state of Washington and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that would infringe or restrict private property rights without due process.
Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that would infringe or restrict private property rights without due process.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1166
by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, Taylor, Short, Haler, Hargrove, and Magendanz
Requiring compensation for government required actions on private property.
Requires government authorities to provide just compensation for certain government required actions on private property.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1167
by Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Shea, Short, Rodne, Hargrove, and Haler
Repealing growth management planning requirements in chapter 36.70A RCW.
Finds that growth management planning requirements create compliance costs that are a significant burden to taxpayers and inappropriate redirection of limited financial resources away from essential local government functions.Repeals chapter 36.70A RCW (growth management act).Requires the department of commerce to prepare recommendations, in the form of draft legislation, to modify or repeal statutory provisions associated with chapter 36.70A RCW that are affected by the repeal of that chapter.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1168
by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Overstreet, Scott, Condotta, Crouse, Schmick, Short, Holy, Haler, and Hargrove
Adopting the Washington state health care freedom act of 2013.
Establishes the Washington state health care freedom act of 2013 to: (1) Exempt individuals, employers, and health care providers from certain participation requirements and sanctions relating to health care services; and(2) Mandate that the purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems shall not be prohibited by law or rule.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1169
by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Overstreet, Short, and Haler
Reevaluating the delegation of authority to state agencies in regards to programs that address greenhouse gas emissions.
Establishes the Washington state energy freedom act.Prohibits state agencies from implementing a cap and trade system, regulating motor vehicle fuel economy, or otherwise addressing greenhouse gas emissions without direct and specific legislative authority to conduct the activity.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1170
by Representatives Morrell, Cody, Seaquist, Morris, Green, Ormsby, Freeman, Jinkins, Blake, Moeller, Upthegrove, Ryu, Liias, Pollet, Fey, Haigh, Bergquist, Hunt, and Santos
Modifying the income thresholds for the exemption and deferral property tax relief programs for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability.
Increases income thresholds for the exemption and deferral property tax relief programs for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1171
by Representatives Hurst, Dahlquist, Haler, and Parker
Prohibiting the release of defendants charged with a sex or violent offense without the payment of bail pending trial.
Prohibits a defendant charged with a sex or violent offense from being released pending trial without the payment of bail.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1172
by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist
Concerning the children of family day care providers.
Specifies that certain children of family day care providers shall not be counted in the staff-to-child ratio required by the department of early learning.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1173
by Representatives Santos, Ryu, Roberts, Maxwell, and Bergquist
Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.
Modifies membership and certain procedures and duties of the financial education public-private partnership.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to make available to all school districts the curriculum for a course or courses in financial education.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1174
by Representatives Dahlquist, Haigh, Magendanz, Hurst, Wilcox, Fagan, Parker, Hawkins, Hayes, Hargrove, Warnick, Pike, Chandler, Haler, Ross, Schmick, Taylor, Buys, Alexander, Smith, Zeiger, Johnson, Short, MacEwen, Holy, Shea, and Vick
Complying with the state's constitutional duty to make ample provision for a basic education by prioritizing state funding for K-12 education and targeting state investments on reforms with the highest impact on student success.
Reprioritizes the phase-in schedule for additional state investments found in chapter 236, Laws of 2010, to fully fund all-day kindergarten by the 2014-2015 school year; K-3 class size reductions and increased instructional hours by the 2016-2017 school year; and materials, supplies, and operating costs and pupil transportation by the 2018-2019 school year.Requires all appropriations for K-12 basic education, together with appropriations for other K-12 education programs, to be enacted into law before the legislature takes executive action on other omnibus appropriations legislation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
SB 5066
by Senators Billig, Litzow, Eide, Frockt, and Rolfes
Authorizing certain local authorities to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways.
Allows cities and towns, under certain circumstances, to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways without an engineering and traffic investigation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5067
by Senators Padden and Schoesler
Concerning will provisions after a testator's marriage or domestic partnership is dissolved, invalidated, or terminated.
Revokes certain provisions in a will with regard to stepchildren from a former spouse or domestic partner.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice . | |
SB 5068
by Senators Conway and Shin
Concerning the annexation of property owned by the state for military purposes.
Authorizes the adjutant general to file a petition to have real property owned by the state for military purposes annexed to a city or town if that property constitutes the whole of the property in the annexation petition.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5069
by Senators Schoesler, Hewitt, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of superior court judges in Benton and Franklin counties jointly.
Increases the number of superior court judges in Benton and Franklin counties jointly.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice . | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5070
by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, Benton, Litzow, Schoesler, Kline, and Hasegawa
Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops.
Requires the liquor control board to issue an endorsement as a cigar lounge and as a retail tobacconist shop to a business that meets certain requirements.Requires funds from the special license endorsement application fees to be deposited into the liquor revolving fund and the tobacco prevention and control account.Allows the use or smoking of tobacco products in certain public places and places of employment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5071
by Senators Delvin, Holmquist Newbry, Becker, Ericksen, Roach, Schoesler, and Hewitt
Concerning the relinquishment of a water right.
Extends the time period permitted to put water to beneficial use.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5072
by Senators Delvin, Hobbs, Baumgartner, Becker, Carrell, Roach, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Hatfield, Hewitt, Shin, Keiser, and Rolfes
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces for certain equipment and services that assist physically challenged persons to safely operate a motor vehicle.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for prescribed add-on automotive adaptive equipment and services that assist disabled veterans and active duty members of the armed forces in the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5073
by Senators Chase, Kline, Keiser, Rolfes, and Hasegawa
Concerning the disclosure of foods produced through genetic engineering.
Ensures people are fully informed about whether the food they purchase and eat was produced through genetic engineering.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5074
by Senator Chase
Concerning the imposition of a fee on certain building permits for the purpose of training code enforcement officials.
Imposes a four-dollar fee on certain building permits for the purpose of training code enforcement officials.Creates the code officials apprenticeship and training account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5075
by Senator Chase
Concerning homeowners' association assessment increases.
Authorizes the board of directors of a homeowners' association, that meets certain requirements, to raise regular assessments up to twenty percent per year and/or impose a special assessment of up to five percent of the budgeted gross fiscal year without a vote of the homeowners' association.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance . | |
SB 5076
by Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Fain, Ranker, Shin, Keiser, Frockt, and Hasegawa
Requiring information on home energy efficiency to be included in residential home inspection reports.
Ensures that residential home inspections provide consumers with information about home energy efficiency based on standards developed by the home inspector advisory licensing board.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5077
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, and Keiser; by request of Statute Law Committee
Making technical corrections to certain gender-based terms.
Makes technical corrections to certain gender-based terms.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5078
by Senators Ericksen, Smith, Hatfield, Baumgartner, Chase, and Shin
Modifying the property tax exemption for nonprofit fairs.
Changes property tax exemptions for nonprofit fairs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5079
by Senators Roach, Becker, Pearson, Benton, Schoesler, and Honeyford
Providing compensation for damage to livestock caused by wolves.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to pay no more than fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state general fund for claims and assessment costs for damage to livestock caused by wolves.Creates the wolf-livestock conflict account.Directs the state treasurer to transfer certain unspent general fund expenditures to the wolf-livestock conflict account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks . | |
SB 5080
by Senator Ericksen
Regarding access to the department of natural resources' recreation sites.
Provides that the vehicle access pass allows access to the department of natural resources' recreation sites or lands.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks . | |
SB 5081
by Senators Ranker, Litzow, Shin, Kline, Keiser, and Frockt
Regarding unlawful trade in shark fins.
Modifies provisions relating to the crime of unlawful trade in shark fins.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks . | |
SB 5082
by Senators Benton and Smith
Concerning exchange facilitator requirements.
Revises exchange facilitator requirements.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance . | |
SB 5083
by Senators Benton, Shin, Carrell, Kline, and Hasegawa
Concerning the display of political yard signs in homeowners' associations.
Modifies homeowners' associations governing documents relating to placement of yard signs before a public election.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance . | |
SB 5084
by Senators Benton, Bailey, Shin, Padden, Becker, Litzow, Dammeier, Roach, Carrell, and Pearson
Concerning discounted discovery passes for disabled veterans.
Sets the cost of a discover pass at five dollars for a person who has been provided with a lifetime veterans disability pass from the state parks and recreation commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks . | |
SB 5085
by Senators Benton, Chase, Rivers, Padden, Roach, Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, Becker, and Honeyford
Concerning voter approval of a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan.
Prohibits a proposing transit agency from devoting any time or resources to the further development of a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan if the proposal is rejected by the voters.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5086
by Senators Benton, Roach, Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, Dammeier, and Carrell
Establishing a joint safety rest area demonstration project.
Requires the secretary of the department of transportation to solicit proposals from private and nonprofit entities for a joint safety rest area demonstration project.Requires money received from the demonstration project to be placed in the motor vehicle fund.Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Request a waiver from the federal highway administration regarding the use of access to rights-of-way on the interstate highway system; and(2) Seek a waiver from any federal regulations prohibiting private entities from operating safety rest areas.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5087
by Senators Benton and Sheldon
Preventing illegal aliens from qualifying as resident students for purposes of in-state tuition and financial aid.
Prevents illegal aliens from qualifying as resident students for purposes of in-state tuition and financial aid.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education . | |
SB 5088
by Senators Benton, Rivers, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, and Becker
Concerning the equal distribution of votes within certain taxing districts.
Gives all eligible voters within the boundaries of a transit agency the opportunity to vote on the transit agency's plan to raise revenue for the purpose of creating a high capacity transportation system.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5089
by Senators Benton, Bailey, Shin, Roach, Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, and Keiser
Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
Addresses health care coverage deductions for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5090
by Senators Benton, Rivers, Shin, and Honeyford
Preventing the extension of light rail from Oregon to Washington on Interstate 5 between Portland and Vancouver.
Prohibits the department of transportation from expending funds on the design or construction of any project that replaces the bridges on Interstate 5 between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon and includes light rail.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5091
by Senators Benton, Roach, Honeyford, and Holmquist Newbry
Creating the taxpayer savings account.
Provides an option for taxpayers to voluntarily contribute more to state government.Creates the taxpayer savings account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5092
by Senators Benton, Shin, Braun, Roach, and Honeyford
Providing an exemption from continuing competency requirements for registered nurses who seek advanced nursing degrees.
Requires the nursing care quality assurance commission to provide exemptions for registered nurses on the number of active nursing practice hours needed to meet continuing competency requirements.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5093
by Senators Benton and Roach
Concerning a transportation benefit district vehicle fee.
Requires the proceeds from a transportation benefit district vehicle fee, initially authorized by the governing board after January 1, 2013, to be used exclusively for highway purposes as that term is construed in Article II, section 40 of the state Constitution.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |