 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 14 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 31, 2014 | 19th Day - 2014 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=2014.
HB 1072-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Chandler, Sells, Ormsby, Reykdal, Freeman, Fagan, and Morrell)
Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety grant program.
Requires the department of commerce, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, to create and administer the agricultural labor skills and safety grant program to provide training opportunities for agricultural workers.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | ||
HB 2166-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Robinson, Haigh, Kagi, Magendanz, Dahlquist, Moeller, Seaquist, Johnson, Morrell, and Bergquist)
Providing for educational data on students from military families.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction's reporting format and instructions for school districts to collect and submit data to include data on students from military families.Requires the K-12 data governance group to develop best practice guidelines for the collection and regular updating of the data on students from military families.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct an analysis of the average number of students from military families who are special education students.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2168-S
by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Fitzgibbon, and Sawyer)
Concerning minimum room area and floor area square footage requirements for single-family residential areas.
Prohibits regulations adopted throughout the state from requiring minimum room area or floor area square footage for single-family residential buildings, except as may be necessary to ensure that structures meet fire, life safety, or environmental standards.Requires the building code council to adopt rules that eliminate minimum room area or floor area square footage requirements for single-family residences.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2262-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Short, Fagan, and Magendanz)
Concerning the use of science to support significant agency actions.
Requires the department of ecology to identify and categorize each source of information, that it relies on in the course of preparing to take significant agency action, in the form of a bibliography, citation list, or similar list of sources.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 28 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2279-S
by House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Holy, Condotta, and Hurst; by request of Washington State Lottery)
Authorizing alternative sources for the state lottery.
Authorizes the director of the lottery commission, subject to certain conditions being met, to: (1) Sell internet advertisements for display on the lottery web site; and(2) Charge for the use of the lottery logo and trademark.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | OVER - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2280-S
by House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Condotta, Hurst, Holy, and Ryu; by request of Washington State Lottery)
Authorizing the state lottery to provide scratch tickets as a promotional activity.
Authorizes the state lottery to provide as a promotional activity, free or for a charge, scratch tickets to persons otherwise eligible to purchase lottery tickets, and to licensed retailers for distribution to persons otherwise eligible to purchase lottery tickets.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | OVER - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2364-S
by House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Hurst, Blake, Pettigrew, Manweller, Pollet, and Vick)
Concerning sales by craft and general licensed distilleries of spirits for off-premise consumption and spirits samples for on-premise consumption.
Addresses craft and general licensed distilleries sales of spirits for off-premise consumption and spirits samples for on-premise consumption.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | OVER - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2406-S
by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Tarleton, Short, Ryu, and Smith; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission and Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council)
Modifying administrative processes for managing deposits and cost reimbursements of the energy facility site evaluation council.
Addresses reimbursement to the utilities and transportation commission for costs incurred in processing applications for energy facility site certification.
| Jan 28 | TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2743
by Representatives S. Hunt, Green, Appleton, Sullivan, Reykdal, Hudgins, Bergquist, Jinkins, Sawyer, Sells, Ormsby, Riccelli, and Fitzgibbon
Protecting taxpayers by providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting.
Establishes the taxpayer protection act.Requires state agencies to conduct a comprehensive impact statement before issuing a request for a proposal to contract out to purchase services from a private sector entity or nonprofit organization that have been customarily and historically provided by a public employee or employees.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review the performance of contracts in which services historically and traditionally performed by public sector employees were outsourced to private sector or nonprofit entities.Requires the first projects reviewed to be: (1) The contract outsourced to the state health benefit exchange call center; and(2) The department of licensing's use of private driving schools to administer drivers' examinations.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2744
by Representatives G. Hunt and Appleton
Modifying certain provisions governing veteran-owned businesses.
Addresses certified veteran-owned businesses.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
| Feb 5 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2745
by Representatives Fey and Fitzgibbon
Concerning used oil recycling.
Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Prepare best management practices for preventing and managing polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at public used oil collection sites; and(2) Provide grants to local governments to provide assistance with achieving best management practices; meeting federal requirements for polychlorinated biphenyl contamination of oil; or follow-up testing and monitoring of recycled oil as a result of federal environmental protection agency compliance requirements.Requires each local government to include a plan for addressing best management practices in its used oil recycling element.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2746
by Representatives Green and Morrell
Refinancing of medicaid personal care services for individuals with developmental disabilities and individuals with long-term care needs through the community first choice option.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Refinance medicaid personal care services under the community first choice option; and(2) Seek stakeholder input on program and system design before the submission of a proposal to the center for medicaid and medicare services.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2747
by Representatives Blake and Orcutt; by request of Department of Natural Resources and Department of Ecology
Streamlining forest and fish agreement-related programs providing funding with accountability by transferring proceeds from the state forest harvest excise tax to a dedicated account.
Transfers proceeds from the state forest harvest excise tax to a dedicated account to streamline forest and fish agreement-related programs providing funding with accountability.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2748
by Representative Hudgins
Concerning fees assessed by the department of agriculture.
Increases fees in the food safety and animal health programs within the department of agriculture.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2749
by Representatives Hudgins and Springer
Concerning fees assessed by the department of agriculture.
Increases fees in the food safety and animal health programs within the department of agriculture.Authorizes the legislature to adjust the fees in the omnibus operating appropriations act.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2750
by Representatives Christian, Manweller, Muri, and Zeiger
Allowing a write-in candidate's name to be printed on a general election ballot under certain conditions.
Authorizes a person wishing to file as a write-in candidate for the general election to have his or her name printed on the general election ballot if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5127-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Tom, King, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Ericksen, Rivers, Litzow, Benton, Dammeier, Carrell, Braun, Bailey, Honeyford, Becker, Hill, Roach, Schoesler, Parlette, Padden, and Hewitt)
Amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. ) (REVISED FOR SECOND ENGROSSED: Amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. )
Establishes the workers' recovery act.Removes age barriers and clarifies legislative intent with regard to structured settlements.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
| Feb 1 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Held on second reading. | ||
| Feb 4 | Third reading. | |
| Rules suspended. | ||
| Returned to second reading for amendment. | ||
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Notice given to reconsider vote on third reading. | ||
| Feb 6 | Notice to reconsider withdrawn. | |
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Apr 28 | By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. | |
| May 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jun 8 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Jun 9 | Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 4. | |
| Jun 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. | ||
| Jun 13 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Jun 29 | Referred to Rules. | |
| Jan 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 21 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Jan 29 | Rules suspended. | |
| Returned to second reading for amendment. | ||
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 5697-S
by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Carrell, Dammeier, Rivers, and Sheldon)
Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes.
Allows changes to local sales and use taxes only on the first of January, April, or July.
| Feb 12 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | TRED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 21 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 27 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
| Mar 8 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Mar 11 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. | ||
| Mar 13 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Mar 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Apr 1 | FIN - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Apr 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Apr 28 | By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. | |
| May 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 28 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Jan 29 | Rules suspended. | |
| Returned to second reading for amendment. | ||
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 5886-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King and Eide)
Concerning the sale of certain department of transportation surplus property.
Removes certain requirements with regard to the sale of department of transportation surplus property with an appraised value of more than ten thousand dollars.Requires the department of transportation, when proposing the disposition of state-owned land, to provide written notice of the proposed disposition to the legislative authorities of the counties, cities, and towns in which the land is located at least thirty days before entering into the disposition agreement.Prohibits the department of transportation from entering into equal value land exchange transactions.Creates the transportation facilities account and requires revenue received by the department of transportation from the sale of the following surplus property previously managed by the facilities division within the department to be deposited into the account: Safety rest areas, pit sites, capital improvements, waste sites, quarry sites, and maintenance facility sites.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5978-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs and Fain)
Addressing the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees.
Authorizes service contract providers of consumer goods and motor vehicle programs to submit, in lieu of audited financial statements, annual financial statements of the applicant that are certified as accurate by two or more officers of the applicant.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 30 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6086-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Billig, Ericksen, McCoy, and Rolfes)
Reducing PCBs in products purchased by agencies.
Requires the department of enterprise services to establish purchasing and procurement policies that provide a preference for products and products in packaging that does not contain polychlorinated biphenyls.Prohibits an agency, as defined in RCW 39.26.010, from knowingly purchasing products or products in packaging containing polychlorinated biphenyls above the practical quantification limit except when it is not cost-effective or technically feasible to do so.Authorizes the department of enterprise services to request suppliers of products to provide testing data from an accredited laboratory or testing facility documenting product or product packaging polychlorinated biphenyl levels.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6102-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators King and Hill)
Transferring certain state sales and use taxes collected on state highway projects to the connecting Washington account.
Creates the connecting Washington account.Requires state sales and use taxes paid with funds appropriated to the department of transportation for state highway projects to be transferred from the general fund to the connecting Washington account.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Jan 30 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6171-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Angel, Rolfes, Bailey, Rivers, and Kline)
Creating passenger-only ferry service districts.
Authorizes a governing body of a public transportation benefit area to establish one or more passenger-only ferry service districts within all or a portion of the boundaries of the public transportation benefit area establishing the passenger-only ferry service district.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6216-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Eide and King)
Allowing certain counties to assume the administrative duties of a county ferry district.
Authorizes certain counties to assume the rights, powers, functions, and obligations of a county ferry district.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6259-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Hatfield, Braun, and Hobbs)
Providing a reduced public utility tax for log transportation businesses.
Provides a reduced public utility tax for log transportation businesses.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 30 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6500
by Senators Braun and Conway
Allowing coal transition power to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resource," for purposes of the energy independence act, to include coal transition power.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6501
by Senators Ericksen and Darneille
Concerning used oil recycling.
Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Prepare best management practices for preventing and managing polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at public used oil collection sites; and(2) Provide grants to local governments to provide assistance with achieving best management practices; meeting federal requirements for polychlorinated biphenyl contamination of oil; or follow-up testing and monitoring of recycled oil as a result of federal environmental protection agency compliance requirements.Requires each local government to include a plan for addressing best management practices in its used oil recycling element.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6502
by Senator Padden
Concerning guardianship restrictions and disclosures.
Prohibits a person appointed for guardianship under chapter 11.88 RCW from inheriting or acquiring any property interest or receiving any benefit from a decedent ward of the guardian, if the guardian has been convicted of theft or found to have committed financial exploitation.Requires a person to disclose a prior finding of financial exploitation, conviction, or arrest to the court before appointment to a guardianship under chapter 11.88 RCW.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6503
by Senators Liias and Angel
Expanding the delivery of traffic safety education.
Authorizes the department of licensing to establish a pilot project to provide an online option to fulfill certain traffic safety education requirements.Terminates the pilot project once one thousand students have completed the online traffic safety education course or on June 30, 2016, whichever is earlier.Requires a person eighteen to twenty-four years of age who is applying for his or her first Washington state driver's license and who did not complete a course in traffic safety education to complete a young driver risk prevention traffic safety course.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6504
by Senators Liias, Fain, and Rolfes
Modifying requirements for pedestrians walking along roadways.
Changes the requirement of a pedestrian to move clear of a roadway upon meeting an oncoming vehicle when a sidewalk is not provided.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6505
by Senators Hargrove, Hill, and Braun
Delaying the use of existing tax preferences by the marijuana industry to ensure a regulated and safe transition to the controlled and legal marijuana market in Washington.
Monitors the implementation of producing, processing, and selling marijuana for recreational use.Delays the use of existing tax preferences by the marijuana industry to ensure a regulated and safe transition to the controlled and legal marijuana market in this state.Exempts marijuana production and licensed marijuana producers from certain agricultural statutes.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6506
by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Keiser, Darneille, Chase, and Kline
Enhancing the safety of employees working for western state hospital and eastern state hospital through collective bargaining and binding interest arbitration.
Addresses collective bargaining and binding interest arbitration for employees working for Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6507
by Senators Hobbs, Angel, Mullet, Fain, Nelson, Hatfield, Darneille, Benton, Pedersen, and Frockt
Modifying certain provisions governing foreclosures.
Modifies certain provisions governing foreclosures.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6508
by Senators Liias and Rolfes
Encouraging private landowners to allow public access to their land.
Requires the state conservation commission to: (1) Conduct outreach with private landowners in an attempt to establish a network of private landholdings upon which the public is invited by the owners to pursue recreational activities, including hunting and fishing;(2) Upon receiving commitments of participation by a number of landowners representing a number of acres determined by the commission to be significant enough to move forward, initiate and manage public access on the participating private lands; and(3) Consult with the department of fish and wildlife to identify the types of land suitable for hunting and fishing access.Creates the public-private recreational access account.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6509
by Senators Liias, Pearson, Hargrove, Dansel, Ranker, McCoy, and Rolfes
Concerning fish barrier removals.
Modifies provisions relating to fish barrier removals.Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to contract with cities and counties to assist in the identification and removal of impediments to fish passage.Requires the departments of transportation and fish and wildlife to initiate contact with the United States army corps of engineers, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and, if necessary, the United States fish and wildlife service to explore the feasibility of bundling multiple transportation-related fish barrier removal projects under any available nationwide permits for the purpose of achieving streamlined federal permitting with a reduced processing time.Expands the criteria in which a fish habitat enhancement project can be approved in order to receive a permit review and approval process.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6510
by Senators Becker and King
Concerning the practice of out-of-state health care professionals volunteering in Washington.
Authorizes certain persons licensed as health care professionals in another state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia to practice in this state on a limited voluntary basis.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6511
by Senators Becker and King
Addressing the prior authorization of health care services.
Requires the insurance commissioner to reauthorize the efforts with the lead organization established in RCW 48.165.030, and establish a new work group to develop recommendations for requirements for prior authorization of health care services, including pharmacy issues.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6512
by Senators Becker, Sheldon, Holmquist Newbry, Rivers, Brown, Padden, Angel, Dammeier, Dansel, King, Hewitt, Honeyford, and Pearson
Concerning federal funding programs requiring changes in state law.
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to, by December 1st each year, report to the legislature regarding federal funding programs affecting Washington state agencies that specify conditions requiring changes in state statutes or administrative rules as a condition of receiving federal funding.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Feb 5 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6513
by Senators Becker, Pedersen, Dammeier, Angel, and O'Ban
Concerning court review of involuntary treatment decisions.
Allows an immediate family member of a person with a mental disability to petition the superior court for review of a designated mental health professional's decision if the designated mental health professional decides not to file a petition for initial detention under the involuntary treatment act.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6514
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hewitt, Holmquist Newbry, Hatfield, King, Schoesler, Keiser, Tom, and Kline
Modifying the definition of qualifying farmers markets for the purposes of serving and sampling beer and wine.
Revises the definition of "qualifying farmers market" for the purposes of serving and sampling beer and wine.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6515
by Senators Brown, Chase, Hewitt, and Rivers
Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington state job creation and economic development.
Requires the department of revenue, with the assistance of the department of commerce, to create a pilot program that provides an incentive for businesses to create eligible new jobs and invest capital in this state.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6516
by Senators Honeyford, Keiser, Ericksen, Braun, and Chase
Creating a joint legislative task force to study financing options for water supply, flood control, and storm water projects.
Creates a joint legislative task force on financing options for water supply, flood control, and storm water projects.Authorizes the legislature, during the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, to appropriate money from the public works assistance account to fund necessary expenses of the task force.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Feb 6 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6517
by Senators Roach, Chase, Fraser, and Rivers
Exempting agency employee driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and identification numbers from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and employee identification numbers of employees or volunteers of a public agency.
| Jan 30 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |