 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 21 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, February 12, 2013 | 30th 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 1061-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representative Goodman)
Changing provisions regarding the finding of aggravating circumstances.
Changes aggravating circumstances provisions relating to a defendant's prior criminal history.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1071-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake and Chandler)
Regarding state and private partnerships for managing salmonid hatcheries.
Expands the long-range business plan, with regard to state and private partnerships for managing salmonid hatcheries, to include the harvesting of hatchery chum salmon.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1093-S
by House Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Representatives Shea, Overstreet, and Taylor)
Regarding state agency lobbying activities.
Subjects state agency directors who fail to file lobbying disclosure statements to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars per statement.Subjects a state agency official, officer, or employee who is responsible for or directs or expends public funds in violation of lobbying restrictions to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty in an amount that is at least equivalent to the amount of public funds expended in the violation.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | GOE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1098-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope and Hurst)
Addressing bail practices.
Adopts certain unanimous recommendations of the bail practices work group created in chapter 256, Laws of 2010.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1204-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Dahlquist, Kagi, Farrell, Walsh, Kochmar, Fey, Seaquist, Johnson, Freeman, Jinkins, Morrell, McCoy, Tarleton, Zeiger, Clibborn, Goodman, MacEwen, Appleton, Habib, Reykdal, Maxwell, Bergquist, Ormsby, and Ryu)
Concerning sibling visitation for children in foster care.
Recognizes the importance of ensuring frequent and meaningful contact for siblings separated due to involvement in the foster care system.Ensures appropriate facilitation of sibling visits by enumerating the specific and appropriate limitations for such visits for the information of case managers, caregivers, birth families, and youth.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Placed on second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1228-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representative Hunt)
Concerning minimum educational licensing requirements for family day care providers.
Provides minimum education requirements for licensing family day care providers.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | 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. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1274-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 8 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1305-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope, Moscoso, Klippert, Hayes, Takko, Pettigrew, Sells, Smith, Hurst, and Bergquist)
Modifying vehicle prowling provisions.
Makes vehicle prowling in the second degree a class C felony upon a third or subsequent conviction of vehicle prowling in the second degree.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 8 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government. | ||
HB 1794
by Representatives Moscoso, Sells, Zeiger, Appleton, and Liias
Concerning shoreline development permits.
Authorizes a regional transit system to request an expedited de novo hearing before the shorelines hearings board to determine whether construction can commence despite the pendency of an appeal of a permit or decision to issue a permit to the regional transit system.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1795
by Representatives Jinkins, Schmick, Morrell, Harris, Green, and Hope
Concerning the scope and costs of the diabetes epidemic in Washington.
Requires the state health care authority, the department of social and health services, and the department of health to collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks, while also developing individual agency plans, to: (1) Reduce the incidence of diabetes in the state;(2) Improve diabetes care; and(3) Better control medical complications and financial impacts associated with diabetes.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1796
by Representative Goodman; by request of Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Concerning sentencing guidelines for multiple mitigating offenses.
Modifies provisions relating to adjustments to standard sentences, departures from sentencing guidelines, and consecutive or concurrent sentences.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1797
by Representatives Haler and Hunt
Concerning tax collection by the county treasurer.
Authorizes a county treasurer to: (1) When real property taxes become three years delinquent and before the filing of a certificate of delinquency, assess and collect tax foreclosure avoidance costs against the real property; and(2) Commence delinquent collection efforts and add a delinquent collection charge for costs incurred by the treasurer to the county treasurer service fund account.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1798
by Representatives Haler, Hunt, and Nealey
Concerning amounts received by taxing districts from property tax refunds and abatements.
Addresses property tax refunds and abatements received by taxing districts.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1799
by Representatives Ross, Johnson, Warnick, Pettigrew, and Chandler
Addressing criminal activities occurring at rental properties.
Provides landlords and law enforcement with the tools to identify and remove squatters, gang influences, and those engaged in criminal activities from rental properties.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1800
by Representative Cody
Concerning the compounding of medications for physician offices or ambulatory surgical centers or facilities to be used by a physician for ophthalmic purposes for nonspecific patients.
Requires the board of pharmacy to adopt rules authorizing the compounding of medications for physician offices and ambulatory surgical centers or ambulatory surgical facilities to be used by a physician for ophthalmic purposes for nonspecific patients.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1801
by Representatives Orcutt, Clibborn, and Hargrove
Addressing conflicts of interest in certain construction contracts.
Prevents conflicts of interest in certain construction contracts.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1802
by Representatives Orcutt, Clibborn, and Hargrove
Addressing compensation paid to peace officers while enrolled in basic law enforcement training.
Requires certain law enforcement agencies to reimburse a peace officer's training agency for training, salary, and benefits received by the peace officer while enrolled in basic law enforcement training.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1803
by Representative Orcutt
Concerning financial responsibility requirements for registered vehicle owners.
Requires the department of licensing to establish a random sampling program to determine if registered vehicle owners meet financial responsibility requirements to operate a vehicle.Assesses a penalty of fifty dollars for failure to respond to the random sampling program request.Creates the financial responsibility education account.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1804
by Representatives Reykdal, Hunt, Green, Fey, Sells, Pollet, Appleton, McCoy, Ryu, Ormsby, and Moeller
Addressing supplemental bargaining under the personnel system reform act.
Revises provisions for entering into supplemental bargaining of agency-specific issues for inclusion in or as an addendum to a master collective bargaining agreement.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1805
by Representatives Hansen, Haler, Nealey, and Appleton
Concerning culinary class wine restaurant specialty licenses.
Establishes a culinary class restaurant wine specialty license.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1806
by Representatives Hansen, Magendanz, and Appleton
Addressing the definition of veteran for purposes of veterans' assistance programs.
Revises the definition of "veteran" for purposes of veterans' assistance programs.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1807
by Representatives Warnick, Hope, and Dunshee
Restricting the sale of energy drinks.
Prohibits the sale, furnishing, or giving away of energy drinks to a person who is less than eighteen years old.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1808
by Representatives Nealey and Hurst
Addressing the proper disposal of legal amounts of marijuana inadvertently left at retail stores holding a pharmacy license.
Requires a store manager or employee to promptly notify the local law enforcement agency or the Washington state patrol upon finding one ounce or less of marijuana inadvertently left at a retail store holding a pharmacy license.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1809
by Representatives McCoy, Appleton, Ryu, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, and Dunshee
Protecting the state's cultural resources.
Protects the state's cultural resources.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1810
by Representatives Walsh, Scott, Appleton, and Roberts
Concerning payment options for parents who receive working connections child care benefits.
Requires the department of early learning to adopt rules allowing parents who receive working connections child care benefits the option of making a supplemental payment to fund differences between the child care provider's private rate and the state maximum rate for child care, registration fees, or field trips.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1811
by Representatives Zeiger, Magendanz, Maxwell, and Dahlquist
Requiring additional safety features in school construction and remodeling.
Requires every school district board of directors to require each school to have at least one silent alarm located in its administrative offices.Requires school buildings to: (1) Contain a mechanism by which the exterior building doors of the school may be electronically locked; and(2) Be designed or updated in such a way as to restrict the general public from entering the school through the administrative offices and electronically lock administrative office doors to prohibit access to the rest of the school building.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1812
by Representatives Haigh, Pettigrew, Springer, Haler, Hunt, Fagan, Morrell, Hunter, Hudgins, and Santos
Extending the time frame for making expenditures under the urban school turnaround initiative.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to enter into an expenditure agreement with the school district under which any funds appropriated for an urban school turnaround initiative remaining unspent on August 31, 2015, shall be returned to the state.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1813
by Representatives Hudgins and Liias
Allowing proof of motor vehicle liability insurance to be provided in an electronic format.
Authorizes insurance companies to provide proof of liability insurance in a written or electronic format.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1814
by Representatives Ryu, Clibborn, Johnson, Angel, Freeman, Zeiger, Bergquist, Reykdal, Liias, and Moeller
Concerning the agency council on coordinated transportation.
Creates the agency council on coordinated transportation to advance and improve accessibility to and coordination of special needs transportation services statewide.Requires the department of transportation to provide necessary staff support for the council as resources allow.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1815
by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, Dahlquist, Ryu, Roberts, Pettigrew, and Takko
Assuring that education-related information is appropriately provided to parents with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Requires the state school directors' association, the office of the education ombudsman, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, representatives of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, certain parents, and interested education associations to develop a model language access policy and procedure for adoption by school districts.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1816
by Representatives Kagi, Kirby, Jinkins, and Wilcox
Improving protections for incapacitated adults.
Modifies provisions relating to the appointment, qualification, removal, and duties of guardians in order to improve protections for incapacitated adults.Requires the administrator for the courts and a long-term care ombudsman to publish information regarding professional and lay guardians.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1817
by Representatives Hudgins, Pettigrew, Van De Wege, Appleton, Moscoso, Santos, Goodman, McCoy, Hunt, Springer, Pollet, Freeman, Habib, Reykdal, Tarleton, Liias, Sawyer, Wylie, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Pedersen, Ryu, Riccelli, Farrell, Cody, Dunshee, and Bergquist
Adding eligibility criteria for higher education financial aid.
Provides a more affordable and attainable route to college for immigrant children granted deferred action for childhood arrival status.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1818
by Representatives Smith, Maxwell, Magendanz, Morris, Hargrove, Sells, Angel, Ryu, Hayes, Zeiger, and Vick
Promoting economic development through business and government streamlining projects.
Requires the department of commerce, in collaboration with the office of regulatory assistance and the office of accountability and performance, to conduct multijurisdictional regulatory streamlining projects that impact a specific industry sector or subsector within a specific geographical location.Requires participation of state agencies with regulatory requirements that impact the project's industry sector.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1819
by Representatives Tarleton, Habib, Maxwell, and Orwall
Creating and using digital infrastructure maps to inform economic development decisions.
Requires the community economic revitalization board and the state energy office and broadband office of the department of commerce, in collaboration with the departments of transportation and natural resources, and in consultation with agencies and organizations with expertise in energy, information networks, and transportation, to create and use digital cross-system infrastructure maps to inform and develop state priorities around economic development.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1820
by Representative Bergquist
Determining average salary for the pension purposes of state and local government employees as certified by their employer.
Addresses the average salary, for the pension purposes of state and local government employees, as certified by their employer.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1821
by Representative Freeman
Concerning good cause exceptions during permanency hearings.
Revises the definition of "good cause exception" for purposes of permanency planning hearings and the responsibility of the department of social and health services to provide services to the parents.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1822
by Representative Stanford
Concerning debt collection practices.
Modifies provisions relating to debt collection practices.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1823
by Representatives Sells, Tarleton, and Seaquist
Concerning centers of excellence.
Modifies provisions relating to centers of excellence.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1824
by Representative Harris
Reducing the penalty for a person conducting unlawful internet gambling in his or her primary residence for recreational purposes.
Decreases the penalty, from a class C felony to a class 3 civil infraction, for conducting unlawful internet gambling for recreational purposes.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1825
by Representatives Parker, Goodman, Hawkins, Kretz, Kagi, and Fagan
Addressing the removal and discharge of peace officers.
Addresses an employer's just cause for the removal or discharge of peace officers.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1826
by Representative Morris
Updating integrated resource plan requirements to address changing energy markets.
Updates requirements for electric utilities in developing integrated resource plans to address changing energy markets.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 5037-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Shin, and Rolfes)
Concerning the labeling of seafood.
Revises seafood labeling requirements.Addresses penalties for unlawful misbranding of food fish or shellfish.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
SB 5072-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored 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 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5100-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Padden)
Addressing the statute of limitations for sexual abuse against a child.
Modifies provisions relating to the statute of limitations for sexual abuse against a child.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5104
by Senators Mullet, Frockt, Hatfield, Litzow, Ericksen, Fain, and Kohl-Welles
Placing epinephrine autoinjectors in schools.
Authorizes school districts and nonpublic schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine autoinjectors at a school.Authorizes certain school employees to file with the school district a written letter of refusal to use epinephrine autoinjectors.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | EDU - Majority; do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
SB 5122-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Darneille, Pearson, Roach, Sheldon, Dammeier, Honeyford, and Conway)
Concerning patient and staff safety at state hospitals.
Requires the department of social and health services to develop a plan to enhance the safety of state hospital patients and staff from assault.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 8 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5153-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Carrell, Darneille, Pearson, and Schlicher)
Concerning transfers of clients between regional support networks.
Requires the department of social and health services to propose rules and procedures to govern transfers of clients between regional support networks.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 8 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5197-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Litzow, Billig, Mullet, Becker, Hill, Hargrove, Braun, Honeyford, Roach, and Hewitt)
Taking measures to promote safe school buildings.
Requires a school district to either: (1) Work with its local law enforcement agency to develop and implement a panic alarm system to be used in the event of a threat at a school; or(2) Implement a model policy developed by the superintendent of public instruction that the school district may use to implement a panic alarm system in the event of a threat at a school.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to collaborate with law enforcement and the school safety advisory committee to develop a model policy that school districts may use to implement a panic alarm system to be used in the event of a threat at a school.Requires every board of directors to consider installing a perimeter security control mechanism or system on all school campuses.
| Feb 1 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 8 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
| Feb 11 | 2nd substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. | ||
SB 5698
by Senators Eide, Conway, Roach, Hasegawa, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Brown
Providing access to health insurance for certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 members catastrophically disabled in the line of duty.
Requires the retirement allowance of a member who is not eligible for employer-provided medical insurance to include reimbursement for payments made after June 30, 2013, for premiums on medical insurance.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5699
by Senators Billig, Ericksen, and Kline
Concerning electronic product recycling.
Revises the definition of "manufacturer" and adds a definition for "licensor" for purposes of electronic product recycling provisions.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5700
by Senators Conway, Keiser, Parlette, and Pearson
Concerning pharmacy benefit manager audit procedures.
Regulates procedures for pharmacy benefit manager audits.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5701
by Senators Brown, Fain, Rivers, Dammeier, and Cleveland
Authorizing the suspension or revocation of certificates or permits to teach based on the fraudulent submission of tests for educators.
Allows the revocation or suspension of a teaching certificate or permit upon complaint from the professional educator standards board alleging unprofessional conduct in the form of a fraudulent submission of a test for educators.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5702
by Senators Honeyford, Pearson, and Ranker
Concerning aquatic invasive species.
Specifies that transporting a recreational or commercial watercraft into the state without meeting valid documentation requirements is an aquatic invasive species infraction.Repeals the aquatic nuisance species committee.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5703
by Senators Hobbs, Honeyford, Ericksen, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Brown, Mullet, and Kline
Concerning the distribution of state liquor revenues to cities and counties.
Changes distribution requirements from the liquor excise tax fund and the liquor revolving fund.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5704
by Senators Hatfield, King, and Brown
Concerning tax collection by the county treasurer.
Authorizes a county treasurer to: (1) When real property taxes become three years delinquent and before the filing of a certificate of delinquency, assess and collect tax foreclosure avoidance costs against the real property; and(2) Commence delinquent collection efforts and add a delinquent collection charge for costs incurred by the treasurer to the county treasurer service fund account.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5705
by Senators Brown, King, and Hatfield
Concerning amounts received by taxing districts from property tax refunds and abatements.
Addresses property tax refunds and abatements received by taxing districts.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5706
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Fraser, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, Chase, Rivers, Bailey, Braun, Holmquist Newbry, Rolfes, King, Nelson, Billig, Cleveland, Brown, Fain, Becker, and Hewitt
Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish interagency agreements with the department of social and health services, the department of services for the blind, and other state agencies that provide high school transition services for students with disabilities or students covered by the federal rehabilitation act of 1973.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5707
by Senators Ranker, Litzow, Frockt, Mullet, Harper, McAuliffe, Shin, Kline, Rolfes, and Keiser
Regarding net metering of electricity.
Excludes a third-party owner of a customer-sited renewable energy facility from the definition of "electrical company" for purposes of chapter 80.60 RCW (net metering of electricity).Changes the cumulative generating capacity available to net metering systems.Changes meter aggregation for customer-generators participating in certain generating facilities.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5708
by Senators Kline, Hargrove, Darneille, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Providing a minimum term sentence for certain persistent offenders.
Provides a minimum term sentence for certain persistent offenders.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5709
by Senators Smith, Ericksen, Sheldon, Holmquist Newbry, Dammeier, Brown, and Roach
Concerning a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of using densified biomass to heat public schools.
Requires the Washington State University energy program to develop and initiate a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of using densified biomass to heat public schools.Expires December 15, 2015.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5710
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Tom, Murray, Harper, Litzow, Nelson, Chase, Fraser, Ranker, Billig, Kline, Darneille, Frockt, Hill, Eide, Cleveland, Mullet, Schlicher, Hasegawa, Shin, Rolfes, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Conway
Concerning reckless endangerment resulting from unsafe storage of firearms.
Includes in the crime of reckless endangerment, a person who stores or leaves a loaded firearm in a location where a child is likely to gain access, and the child obtains possession of the loaded firearm.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5711
by Senators Kline, Tom, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Darneille, Keiser, Harper, Frockt, Nelson, Conway, Mullet, Hill, Cleveland, Rolfes, Shin, Hasegawa, Ranker, Eide, Chase, Billig, Fraser, Murray, and McAuliffe
Requiring universal background checks for firearms transfers.
Broadens the requirement for a background check to apply to all firearms sales in the state.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5712
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Bailey, McAuliffe, Frockt, Murray, Baumgartner, and Keiser
Encouraging community colleges to use, and inform students of the use of, multiple measures to determine the need for precollege courses.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Encourage colleges to use multiple measures to determine whether a student must enroll in a precollege course; and(2) Require colleges to post all available options for course placement on their web site and in their admissions materials.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5713
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Bailey, Ranker, Hasegawa, Frockt, and Murray
Concerning self-supporting, fee-based programs at four-year institutions of higher education.
Requires the governing boards of the state and regional universities and The Evergreen State College, when a decision is made to establish a new self-supporting, fee-based degree program or change a degree program that is supported by state funding to a program that is self-supporting and fee-based, to notify enrolled and prospective students and undergraduate and graduate student government associations at least six months before implementation with an estimate of tuition and fees.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5714
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Murray, Fraser, Keiser, Frockt, Harper, Ranker, Kline, Billig, Chase, McAuliffe, Eide, Darneille, Cleveland, Mullet, and Schlicher
Establishing a task force on improving public health and safety regarding firearms.
Requires the legislature to convene a task force to examine issues regarding public health and safety as it relates to firearms safety and firearms violence reduction.Provides that task force expenditures are subject to approval by the senate facilities and operations committee and the house executive rules committee.Expires June 1, 2014.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5715
by Senators Hill, Carrell, and Hargrove
Addressing the evasion of taxes by the use of certain electronic means.
Addresses the evasion of taxes by the use of certain electronic means.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5716
by Senators Baumgartner, Honeyford, Benton, Ericksen, Delvin, Padden, Holmquist Newbry, Braun, Smith, Brown, Bailey, and Roach
Requiring a summary of capital appropriations by legislative district to accompany each capital appropriations bill.
Requires capital appropriations bills, considered by the full body or fiscal committees of either chamber of the legislature, to be accompanied by a summary of capital appropriations by legislative district.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5717
by Senators Baumgartner, Tom, Smith, Bailey, Braun, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, and Brown
Addressing competitive contracting.
Excludes the department of enterprise services from certain processes regarding competitive contracting.Requires the technology services board to approve contracting for certain purchasing services and activities for the department of enterprise services.Requires the office of financial management to include, as part of the review of the programs and services performed by the department of enterprise services, the motor pool vehicle fleet management, custodial services, and real estate lease brokering.
| Feb 11 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SJM 8000-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Kline, Murray, and Billig)
Requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration reclassify medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug.
Requests that the drug enforcement administration reclassify medical marijuana as a schedule II drug.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 8 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||