 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 7 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | 10th Day - 2013 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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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.
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HB 1261
by Representatives Hope and Santos
Establishing receiving care centers for emergency and crisis care for children removed from their homes.
Authorizes the secretary of the department of social and health services to create a receiving care center license for agencies to provide short-term emergency and crisis care for children ages birth through twelve, or for children ages thirteen through seventeen who have a sibling under thirteen years of age who have been removed from their homes by child protective services or law enforcement.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1262
by Representatives Moeller, Ryu, Roberts, and Pollet
Eliminating the disparate treatment of HIV in the criminal justice system.
Eliminates the disparate treatment of HIV in the criminal justice system.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1263
by Representatives Angel, Van De Wege, Cody, Tharinger, Ryu, and Fey
Reducing the financial loss to emergency medical care and transportation services by ensuring direct payment for emergency transportation services.
Ensures direct payment for emergency transportation services to reduce the financial loss to emergency medical care and transportation services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1264
by Representatives Haigh, Chandler, Takko, and Ryu
Concerning partial fire district mergers.
Addresses partial mergers of fire districts.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1265
by Representatives Freeman, Rodne, Goodman, and Ryu
Modifying provisions in the forms for traffic infraction notices.
Revises notice of traffic infraction forms.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1266
by Representatives Rodne, Pedersen, Nealey, Goodman, Freeman, Hunt, and Ryu
Modifying the mandatory retirement provision for district judges.
Changes the time in which a district judge may retire.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1267
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Stanford, Appleton, Ryu, Van De Wege, Lytton, Tharinger, Hudgins, Liias, Upthegrove, Farrell, Cody, Sawyer, Jinkins, Roberts, Reykdal, Maxwell, Riccelli, Santos, Pollet, and Bergquist
Extending the time period for voter registration.
Allows election day voter registration.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1268
by Representatives Springer, Parker, Morrell, Kochmar, Upthegrove, Goodman, Zeiger, Freeman, Ryu, and Fey
Regarding local government purchasing.
Authorizes a unit of local government to award a contract to a bidder submitting the lowest bid before taxes are applied.Requires the unit of local government to provide notice of its intent to award a contract based on this method before bids are submitted.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1269
by Representatives Smith, Takko, and Upthegrove
Allowing legal entities to cast votes in diking district elections.
Includes a legal entity as a qualified voter in a diking district election.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1270
by Representatives Morrell, Schmick, Green, Harris, Cody, and Ryu
Making the board of denturists the disciplining authority for licensed denturists.
Changes the disciplining authority for licensed denturists from the secretary or department of health to the state board of denturists.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1271
by Representatives Jinkins, Johnson, Morrell, Green, Harris, Cody, Ryu, and Tharinger
Concerning the practice of denturism.
Revises the definition of "practice of denturism" by including nonorthodontic removable oral devices and teeth whitening services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1272
by Representatives Walsh, Pettigrew, Chandler, Takko, Shea, Blake, Kretz, Kirby, Nealey, Morris, Crouse, and Santos
Exempting from business and occupation tax certain amounts received by cooperative finance organizations.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption on amounts received by a cooperative finance organization where the amounts are derived from loans to rural electric cooperatives or other nonprofit or governmental providers of utility services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1273
by Representatives Jinkins, Appleton, Dunshee, Moscoso, Lytton, Roberts, Green, Ryu, Pollet, Stanford, Reykdal, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Cody, Sullivan, Ormsby, Farrell, Fey, Liias, McCoy, Van De Wege, Pettigrew, Tharinger, Santos, and Bergquist
Restoring funding to in-home care services.
Restores funding to in-home care services by: (1) Repealing the nonresident sales tax exemption;(2) Extending the sales tax to debt collection services; and(3) Directing the receipts from the general fund to the medicaid home care program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1274
by Representatives Alexander, Takko, Taylor, and Fey
Concerning local government practices and procedures.
Removes requirements for certain legislative authorities and legislative bodies with regard to providing complete copies of final budgets or budget modifications to the state auditor and/or the association of Washington cities.Provides options for making payments of any kind to cities and towns.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1275
by Representatives Hunt, Upthegrove, Dunshee, and Ryu; by request of Department of Ecology
Regarding water discharge fees.
Modifies provisions relating to domestic wastewater facilities permit discharge fees.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1276
by Representatives Reykdal, Hunt, Tharinger, Wylie, Pollet, Jinkins, Ryu, Roberts, Morrell, and Bergquist
Creating the dropout prevention through farm engagement pilot project.
Establishes the dropout prevention through farm engagement pilot project.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to select two pilot projects from school districts that agree to partner with community-based organizations, food banks, and farms or gardens to establish an alternative high school program targeted primarily to at-risk youth.Expires August 31, 2016.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1277
by Representatives Sawyer, Zeiger, McCoy, Angel, Appleton, Morris, Kirby, Maxwell, Santos, Liias, Tarleton, Freeman, Morrell, Riccelli, Wilcox, Lytton, Jinkins, Ryu, Dahlquist, Fey, and Pollet
Concerning tribes holding conservation easements.
Addresses tribes holding conservation easements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1278
by Representatives Bergquist, Van De Wege, Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Appleton, Jinkins, Ryu, Reykdal, Stanford, Tharinger, Hudgins, Santos, and Pollet
Concerning prepaid postage for ballot envelopes.
Requires return envelopes for primary and general election ballots to include prepaid postage.Requires the state to reimburse counties for the cost of return postage on ballot return envelopes for primary and general elections held in even-numbered years and certain special elections.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1279
by Representatives Bergquist, Riccelli, Hunt, Sawyer, Farrell, Stonier, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Liias, Maxwell, Orwall, Jinkins, Upthegrove, Pedersen, Ryu, Carlyle, Roberts, Tharinger, Hudgins, Fey, Morrell, Santos, and Pollet
Allowing motor voter preregistration for sixteen and seventeen year olds.
Establishes the young voter registration equality act.Allows eligible youth at least sixteen years of age to preregister to vote.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1280
by Representatives Upthegrove, Orwall, Sullivan, Morrell, Ryu, and Maxwell
Concerning the veterans innovations program.
Eliminates the termination and repeal of the veterans innovations program under the sunset act.Authorizes certain future appropriations for the veterans innovations program to be used to provide program grants to veterans.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services. | |
HB 1281
by Representative Haler
Allowing retail licensees to make group purchases under certain circumstances.
Authorizes two or more retail licensees of the same type to group purchase wine or spirits from a licensed distributor, distiller, rectifier, importer, or a certificate of approval holder.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1282
by Representative Haler
Eliminating the spirits retail license issuance fee.
Removes the spirits retail license issuance fee.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1283
by Representatives Maxwell, Stonier, Johnson, Hunt, Reykdal, Bergquist, Sawyer, Pollet, Cody, Kagi, Roberts, Orwall, Lytton, Jinkins, and Ryu
Changing compulsory school attendance requirements for children six and seven years of age.
Includes children six and seven years of age in compulsory school attendance requirements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1284
by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Kagi, Sawyer, Goodman, Freeman, Farrell, Appleton, Ryu, Reykdal, Santos, and Habib
Concerning the rights of parents who are incarcerated or in residential substance abuse treatment.
Expands the rights of parents who are incarcerated or in residential substance abuse treatment with regard to: (1) Shelter care case conferences;(2) Permanency plans of care; and(3) Termination of parent-child relationship proceedings.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1285
by Representatives Goodman, Freeman, Pettigrew, Jinkins, Walsh, Kirby, Orwall, Roberts, Appleton, Seaquist, Ryu, Stanford, Clibborn, Maxwell, Tarleton, Morrell, and Pollet
Modifying provisions regarding the representation of children in dependency matters.
Addresses a child's right to counsel in dependency proceedings.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1286
by Representatives Sawyer, Dahlquist, McCoy, Clibborn, Jinkins, Ryu, Liias, Zeiger, Tharinger, Santos, and Pollet
Authorizing the sale or exchange of unused department of transportation lands to federally recognized Indian tribes.
Authorizes the secretary of the department of transportation to transfer and convey to a federally recognized Indian tribe, certain unused state-owned real property.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1287
by Representatives Appleton, Dahlquist, Hurst, McCoy, Ryu, Santos, and Pollet
Subjecting federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
Subjects federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1288
by Representatives Moeller, Clibborn, Liias, and Roberts
Concerning the construction of a state boundary bridge.
Requires the department of transportation, if state, local, or department funds are appropriated for the purpose of constructing a state boundary bridge, to assign steel fabrication inspector travel costs to the project contractor when elements of the project are fabricated outside of three hundred miles from Olympia.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1289
by Representatives Morris, Ryu, and Liias
Regarding the use of an energy storage facility to meet annual targets under RCW 19.285.040.
Authorizes a qualifying utility, under the energy independence act, to count electricity dispatched to an electrical transmission or distribution system from an energy storage facility at two and one-half times the facility's output, if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1290
by Representatives Orwall, Hunt, Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, Maxwell, Lytton, McCoy, Ryu, Riccelli, Hudgins, Pollet, Zeiger, and Farrell
Requiring county auditors to place ballot drop boxes at various locations throughout the county.
Requires county auditors to place ballot drop boxes at various locations throughout the county.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1291
by Representatives Orwall, Kochmar, Hope, Parker, Goodman, Jinkins, Upthegrove, Ryu, Stanford, Roberts, Hurst, Morrell, Tarleton, Wylie, and Bergquist
Concerning services for victims of the sex trade.
Allows a superior court to set a sum that an offender is required to pay on a monthly basis towards satisfying certain additional fee assessments.Allows a district or municipal court to: (1) Enter into a payment plan with a defendant, in which an additional fee assessment is paid through scheduled periodic payments; and(2) Assess the defendant a reasonable fee for administrative services related to the operation of the payment plan.Requires the clerk of the court to: (1) Collect fines assessed for patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, and promoting travel for prostitution; and(2) Remit the money to the treasurer of the county where the offense occurred for deposit in the county general fund.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1292
by Representatives Orwall, Goodman, Roberts, Appleton, Green, Hope, Kochmar, Moscoso, Jinkins, Upthegrove, and Ryu
Vacating prostitution convictions.
Modifies provisions relating to the vacation of prostitution convictions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1293
by Representatives Hope, Dunshee, Hurst, Sells, Santos, McCoy, Walsh, Moscoso, Appleton, Bergquist, Springer, Haler, Hunt, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Jinkins, Roberts, Wylie, Liias, Haigh, Ryu, and Fey
Requiring school districts to disclose information about required assessments.
Requires school districts to notify parents or guardians of enrolled students with certain information about standardized assessments from kindergarten through twelfth grade that are required by the state or the federal government.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide regularly updated information to school districts that is necessary for the districts to notify parents of the information.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1294
by Representatives Van De Wege, Hudgins, Pollet, Maxwell, Hunt, Upthegrove, Tharinger, Fey, Farrell, Moscoso, Hunter, Stanford, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Tarleton, Goodman, Kagi, Hansen, Jinkins, Habib, Pedersen, Ryu, Liias, Riccelli, Roberts, Morrell, and Clibborn
Concerning flame retardants.
Revises flame retardant provisions with regard to residential upholstered furniture and children's products.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1295
by Representatives Hunt, Rodne, Hurst, Wilcox, Appleton, Zeiger, Moscoso, and McCoy
Modifying the powers and duties of the gambling commission.
Declares that the legislature retains sole authority for approval of any expansion or enhancement of the scope and manner of approved gambling activities, and any increase in the maximum wager, money, or other thing of value that may be wagered or contributed by a player in any gambling activities.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1296
by Representatives Morris, Ryu, and Fey
Requiring integrated resource plans developed by electric utilities to include an assessment of energy storage systems.
Requires an electric utility's integrated resource plan to include an assessment of energy storage systems on the utility and distributed generation scale.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1297
by Representatives Springer, Hunt, Appleton, and Ryu; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing a recommendation of the sunshine committee.
Implements a recommendation of the sunshine committee relating to background checks on guardians ad litem.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1298
by Representatives Springer, Hunt, Ryu, and Pollet; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing the recommendations of the sunshine committee.
Implements recommendations of the sunshine committee relating to public inspection and copying.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1299
by Representatives Springer, Hunt, and Ryu; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing the recommendations of the sunshine committee.
Implements recommendations of the sunshine committee relating to public inspection and copying.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1300
by Representatives Wylie, Moeller, Hunt, Tharinger, Lytton, Pollet, Ryu, and Springer
Concerning the sale of memorial markers by cemetery districts.
Prohibits cemetery districts from selling monuments, headstones, tombstones, or other memorial markers related to identifying a gravesite, when a private, for-profit retailer or wholesaler of these products is located within fifty miles of the boundary of the cemetery district.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1301
by Representatives Morris, Ryu, McCoy, Hudgins, Morrell, and Pollet
Creating clean energy jobs in Washington state through renewable energy incentives.
Promotes the development of clean energy jobs in the state by: (1) Modifying a tax credit encouraging energy consumers to meet their on-site electricity demands by installing renewable energy systems;(2) Establishing a fund to incubate clean energy manufacturing in the state by awarding tax credits through a competitive process that gives preference to systems built in the state; and(3) Establishing performance milestones to measure the level of success achieved.Creates the green jobs tax credit account within the sustainable energy trust program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1302
by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Kagi, Goodman, Carlyle, Freeman, Stonier, Reykdal, Lytton, Jinkins, Ryu, Maxwell, Tharinger, Santos, and Pollet
Concerning extended foster care services.
Modifies provisions relating to extended foster care services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1303
by Representatives Morris, Angel, Orcutt, Haler, Hurst, Liias, Kochmar, and McCoy
Extending the business and occupation tax credit for research and development.
Delays the expiration of the business and occupation tax credit for research and development.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1304
by Representatives Hargrove, Hudgins, Pettigrew, Bergquist, Sullivan, Johnson, Kochmar, and Magendanz
Authorizing approval of online school programs in private schools.
Approves certain private schools to offer and administer an online school program.Requires the private school advisory committee to examine issues associated with state approval of online school programs offered by private schools.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HJM 4000
by Representatives Hayes, Seaquist, MacEwen, Rodne, Orwall, Zeiger, and Shea
Requesting that Interstate 5 be named the "Purple Heart Trail."
Requests that Interstate 5 be named the Purple Heart Trail.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5162
by Senators Roach, Carrell, Rivers, Benton, Sheldon, Dammeier, Holmquist Newbry, Padden, Fraser, Frockt, and Chase
Prohibiting a child custody award to a suspect in an active murder investigation.
Establishes the Braden and Charlie Powell act of 2013.Prohibits a child custody award to a suspect in an active murder investigation.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5163
by Senators Roach, Benton, Holmquist Newbry, Shin, and Chase
Requiring that child protective service workers be licensed as social workers and bonded.
Requires certain child protective services workers to be licensed in good standing in a social work classification and be bonded.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5164
by Senators Roach, Rivers, Schoesler, Becker, Carrell, Bailey, Padden, and Honeyford
Concerning farm vehicles that are exempt from vehicle registration.
Modifies provisions governing farm vehicles that are exempt from vehicle registration.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5165
by Senators Hargrove and Carrell
Increasing the authority of superior court commissioners to hear and determine certain matters.
Increases the legislative authority granted to superior court commissioners to hear and determine certain matters.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5166
by Senators Chase and Kline
Concerning fiscal reform.
Establishes a state income tax.Reduces the state sales tax.Eliminates the state property tax.Takes effect if the proposed amendment to Article VII of the state Constitution, authorizing income taxes, is approved by the voters at the November 2013 general election.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5167
by Senators Chase and Shin
Regarding the ability of a local legislative authority to regulate genetically modified organisms.
Allows local governments, through their legislative authority, to regulate genetically modified organisms.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5168
by Senator Chase
Removing the insurance premium tax credit under the Washington insurance guaranty association act.
Repeals the insurance premium tax credit under the Washington insurance guaranty association act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5169
by Senators Roach and Hasegawa; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing the recommendations of the sunshine committee.
Implements recommendations of the sunshine committee relating to public inspection and copying.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5170
by Senators Roach and Hasegawa; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing a recommendation of the sunshine committee.
Implements a recommendation of the sunshine committee relating to background checks on guardians ad litem.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5171
by Senators Roach and Hasegawa; by request of Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Implementing the recommendations of the sunshine committee.
Implements recommendations of the sunshine committee relating to public inspection and copying.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5172
by Senators Tom, Smith, Roach, Honeyford, Braun, Litzow, Schlicher, Rolfes, and Parlette
Enacting the Ike act.
Establishes the Ike act.Requires the Washington interscholastic activities association to provide a waiver that allows a student with a physical or mental disability to participate in extracurricular high school activities for the duration of his or her enrollment in high school.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5173
by Senators Hasegawa, Kline, Frockt, and Chase
Excusing work and school absences for a reason of faith or conscience.
Allows certain state employees and school children to be absent from school or work for up to two days for a reason of faith or conscience.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5174
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Kline, Keiser, Shin, and Frockt
Concerning taxpayer accountability by requiring a net benefit to the state in order to claim the benefit of a tax expenditure.
Requires the department of revenue, if a person claims a tax expenditure that does not produce a net benefit to the state each year, to declare the amount of the tax expenditure claimed for the previous calendar year to be immediately due and payable.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5175
by Senators Hargrove, Harper, Darneille, Keiser, and Shin
Concerning sexual assault protection orders.
Modifies procedures governing sexual assault protection orders including permissible methods of service, the issuance and renewal of ex parte orders, and the modification or termination of orders.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5176
by Senators Hargrove, Carrell, and Hewitt
Addressing criminal incompetency and civil commitment.
Revises the involuntary treatment act to protect citizens from the repeated violent acts of a small group of mentally ill and/or developmentally disabled incompetent offenders.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5177
by Senators Carrell and Conway
Creating an office of corrections ombuds.
Creates an office of corrections ombuds within the office of the governor to: (1) Provide information to offenders and their families;(2) Promote public awareness and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of offenders;(3) Identify system issues and responses for the governor and the legislature to act upon; and(4) Ensure compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to corrections facilities, services, and treatment of offenders under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5178
by Senators Carrell, Rolfes, Roach, Becker, Padden, Pearson, and Conway
Modifying organized retail theft provisions.
Includes, in the crime of organized retail theft, the theft of property with a cumulative value of at least two hundred fifty dollars from a mercantile establishment with no less than nine accomplices and at least one electronic communication made or received in the course of planning or commission of the theft.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5179
by Senators Shin, Roach, Conway, Hobbs, Benton, Bailey, Hasegawa, Sheldon, Eide, Hatfield, Keiser, Frockt, McAuliffe, Honeyford, Schlicher, Rolfes, Braun, Cleveland, Chase, and Kline
Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.
Expands the definition of "resident student," for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition, to remove the one-year waiting period for veterans and active members of the military.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5180
by Senators Shin, Roach, Benton, Conway, Harper, Keiser, Sheldon, McAuliffe, Hill, Hatfield, Frockt, Schlicher, and Kline
Improving access to higher education for students with disabilities.
Establishes a legislative task force on improving access to higher education for students with disabilities.Expires January 1, 2016.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5181
by Senators Nelson, Billig, Hargrove, Harper, Schlicher, Kline, Frockt, Chase, Hasegawa, Tom, Mullet, Fraser, Rolfes, Litzow, McAuliffe, Keiser, Murray, Ranker, and Shin
Concerning flame retardants.
Revises flame retardant provisions with regard to residential upholstered furniture and children's products.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5182
by Senators Carrell, Harper, King, Chase, Smith, Eide, Hobbs, and Schlicher
Addressing the disclosure of vehicle owner information.
Modifies provisions relating to disclosure of the name or address of an individual vehicle owner.Requires the department of licensing to: (1) Charge a fee of two dollars for each record returned pursuant to a request made by a business entity; and(2) Deposit the fee into the highway safety account.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SJR 8207
by Senators Chase and Kline
Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow an income tax.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |