Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2014 Regular Session of the 63rd Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate TIM SHELDON, President Pro Tem
HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate SHARON BROWN, Vice President Pro Tem

January 15, 2014 - Wednesday 3RD DAY
SB 6039 By Senators Pearson, Rolfes, Sheldon, Hewitt and Conway; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ensuring hunter safety.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6040 By Senators Honeyford, Hargrove, Pearson, Ranker, Parlette and Sheldon; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Concerning invasive species.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6041 By Senators Hargrove, Pearson, Rolfes, Hewitt and Sheldon; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Regarding fish and wildlife law enforcement.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6042 By Senators Baumgartner, Brown and Schoesler

Establishing an incentive-based methodology of distributing state appropriations to public four-year institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 6043 By Senators Baumgartner, Bailey, Brown, Benton, Dansel and Roach

Establishing a cap for resident undergraduate tuition rates.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 6044 By Senators Litzow, Rivers, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Hargrove, Billig, Eide, Rolfes, Frockt and Conway; by request of Governor Inslee

Establishing career and technical course equivalencies in science and mathematics.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6045 By Senators Brown, Chase, Rivers, Schoesler, Bailey, Angel, Becker, Honeyford and Roach

Promoting economic development through enhancing transparency and predictability of state agency permitting and review processes.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6046 By Senators Keiser, Rolfes, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Braun, Honeyford and Kline

Implementing procedures concerning certain whistleblowers.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 6047 By Senators Rolfes and Hewitt; by request of Department of Agriculture

Setting a maximum annual gross sales amount for cottage food operations.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6048 By Senators Hargrove, Nelson, Billig, Mullet, Ranker, Frockt, Kline, Chase, Hasegawa, Rolfes, Keiser, Fraser, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles and Pedersen

Concerning flame retardants.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6049 By Senators O'Ban, Angel, Baumgartner, Benton, Brown, Rolfes, Rivers, Bailey, King, Padden, Becker, Honeyford, Roach, Sheldon, Dammeier, Parlette and Conway

Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6050 By Senators O'Ban, Becker, Pedersen, Keiser, Dammeier, Darneille, Baumgartner, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Hill and Brown

Concerning communication of mammographic breast density information to patients.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6051 By Senators O'Ban, Eide, Baumgartner, King, Brown, Becker, Dansel, Bailey, Rivers, Schoesler, Padden, Honeyford, Fain, Tom, Angel, Parlette, Braun and Hill

Concerning Washington state department of transportation projects.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6052 By Senators Honeyford, Hargrove, Schoesler, Sheldon, Brown, Rivers, Pearson and Angel

Concerning habitat and recreation land acquisitions.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6053 By Senators Honeyford, Rivers, Dammeier, Braun and Angel

Addressing the payment of representation fees in lieu of regular union dues and fees.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 6054 By Senators Honeyford, Hobbs, Schoesler, Cleveland, Rivers, King, Dammeier, Bailey, Hatfield and Parlette

Regarding aeronautic safety.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6055 By Senator Litzow; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Specifying that student growth data elements used in teacher and principal evaluations include state-based tools and delaying the use of the evaluation results in making human resources and personnel decisions until the 2016-17 school year.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6056 By Senator Litzow; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Changing due dates for certain requirements of the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6057 By Senators Brown, Chase, Rivers, King, Angel, Bailey, Becker, Honeyford, Conway, Hatfield, Kline and Roach

Concerning tax credits for hiring individuals with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6058 By Senators Brown, Dansel, Benton, Rivers, Schoesler, Padden, Bailey, Becker and Honeyford

Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6059 By Senators Brown, Chase, Rivers, Becker, Braun and Bailey

Concerning charges for scanning public records.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6060 By Senators Angel, Bailey, Schoesler and Roach

Concerning certain public water systems.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6061 By Senators Litzow, Dammeier, Hill, Becker and Braun

Requiring adoption of high school academic acceleration policies.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6062 By Senators Hill, Litzow, Becker, Honeyford, Bailey, Hobbs, Angel, Fain, Braun and Tom

Requiring internet access to public school data and expenditure information.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6063 By Senators Litzow, Dammeier, Hill, Becker, Tom, Braun and Bailey

Concerning closing and elimination the opportunity gap.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6064 By Senators Litzow, Fain, Dammeier, Hobbs, Hill, Becker, Tom and Braun

Requiring an analysis of how school districts use school days.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6065 By Senators King, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt, Conway and Frockt

Protecting children under the age of eighteen from the harmful effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation associated with tanning devices.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 6066 By Senator Honeyford

Allowing for the restoration of firearms rights under certain conditions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6067 By Senators Billig, Litzow, Frockt and McAuliffe

Requiring the department of early learning to adopt a single set of licensing standards for child care and the early childhood education and assistance program.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6068 By Senators Billig, Litzow, Mullet, Rolfes, Hargrove, Angel, Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Ranker, McAuliffe and Kline

Concerning the continuity and stability of child care.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6069 By Senators Rivers, Darneille, King, Litzow, Fain, Becker, Kohl-Welles, Roach and Brown

Modifying community custody conditions for sex offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6070 By Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Office of Financial Management

Concerning the computation of general state revenues in alignment with Article VIII, section 1 of the state Constitution.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6071 By Senators Rivers, Hobbs, Angel, Rolfes, Fain, McAuliffe, Roach and Brown

Addressing the monthly salary and benefits paid to state patrol officers.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6072 By Senators Rolfes and Ranker

Providing for a biennial update on forage fish.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6073 By Senators Frockt, Tom, Keiser, Mullet, Cleveland, Pedersen and Darneille

Concerning the treatment of eosinophilic gastrointestinal associated disorders.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6074 By Senators Frockt, O'Ban, Mullet, Litzow, Rolfes, Fain, Billig, Rivers, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, McAuliffe, Darneille, Fraser, Ranker, Kline and Brown

Enacting provisions to improve educational outcomes for homeless students.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6075 By Senators Pearson and Hasegawa

Addressing small public works projects for fire departments and regional fire authorities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6076 By Senators Benton and Dansel

Concerning the maintenance and operations of parks and recreational land acquired through the conservation futures program.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6077 By Senators Benton and Sheldon

Modifying the use of storm water control facility rate charges.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6078 By Senators McCoy, Kohl-Welles and Conway

Recognizing "Native American Heritage Day."

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6079 By Senators Hatfield and Honeyford; by request of Department of Agriculture

Extending the dairy inspection program assessment expiration date.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6080 By Senators Mullet, Ericksen, Rolfes, Conway and Kline

Concerning a fishing line or monofilament recycling pilot program.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6081 By Senators Dammeier, Mullet, Honeyford, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Conway, McAuliffe and Brown

Creating a grant program to develop and modernize specialized STEM facilities.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6082 By Senators McCoy and McAuliffe

Concerning K-12 instructional hours.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6083 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Bailey, Frockt and McAuliffe

Concerning precollege placement measures.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 6084 By Senators O'Ban, Hill and Brown

Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6085 By Senator O'Ban

Concerning prior offenses within fifteen years for driving under the influence or physical control of a vehicle violations.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6086 By Senators Billig, Ericksen, McCoy and Rolfes

Reducing polychlorinated biphenyls in Washington state.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6087 By Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Schoesler and Sheldon

Protecting water quality while maintaining and enhancing the viability of agriculture.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6088 By Senators Baumgartner, Padden, Brown and Honeyford

Reducing the size of the state supreme court.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6089 By Senators Padden, Roach, Benton, Becker, Schoesler, Dammeier, O'Ban, Brown, Hewitt, Honeyford and Braun

Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6090 By Senators Padden, Pearson, Fain, Bailey, Dansel, Honeyford, Becker, Tom, Roach, Benton, Sheldon, Dammeier, O'Ban, Baumgartner, Brown and Parlette

Modifying driving under the influence and physical control of a vehicle under the influence provisions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6091 By Senators Dammeier, Frockt, Rivers, Keiser, Bailey, Hill, Ericksen, Kohl-Welles and Hatfield

Concerning the prescription of biological products.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6092 By Senators Litzow, Mullet, Dammeier, Frockt, Hill, Hobbs, Fain, Tom and Rolfes

Concerning credit requirements for high school graduation.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6093 By Senators Rolfes, Dammeier, Billig, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Early Learning and Superintendent of Public Instruction

Allowing valid portable background check clearance cards issued by the department of early learning to be used by certain educational employees and their contractors for purposes of their background check requirements.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6094 By Senator Hargrove

Authorizing the use of jail data for research purposes in the public interest.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6095 By Senators Hargrove, Kline and Roach

Concerning background checks for persons with whom dependent children are placed.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6096 By Senators Pearson, McCoy, Brown and Roach

Providing for property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in targeted urban areas.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6097 By Senators Billig, Hasegawa and Kline

Facilitating and regulating contributions via text message to political campaigns.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6098 By Senators Billig, Roach, Hasegawa, Benton, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Frockt and Fraser

Increasing transparency of campaign contributions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6099 By Senator King

Concerning activities at the department of transportation funded by the environmental legacy stewardship account.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6100 By Senator King

Modifying the transportation system policy goal of mobility.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6101 By Senators Fain, Darneille, Litzow, Kohl-Welles, Billig, Rivers, Hobbs, O'Ban, Pearson, Pedersen, McAuliffe and Kline

Concerning extended foster care services.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6102 By Senators King and Hill

Transferring certain state sales and use taxes collected on state highway projects to the connecting Washington account.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6103 By Senators McAuliffe, Rivers, Cleveland, Parlette, Kohl-Welles, Brown and Conway

Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 6104 By Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Hargrove, Hill, Billig, Fraser and Brown

Establishing the interactive gaming in schools public-private partnership.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6105 By Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Mullet, Darneille, Kohl-Welles and Fraser

Concerning school library information and technology programs.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6106 By Senators McAuliffe, Billig, Rolfes, Cleveland and Kline

Requiring charter schools to implement the four-level evaluation systems for classroom teachers and principals.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6107 By Senators McAuliffe, Rolfes, Cleveland, Fraser, Conway and Kline

Concerning implementation of the learning assistance program for students needing remediation.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6108 By Senators McAuliffe, Rolfes, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Conway, Pedersen and Kline

Implementing linear K-3 class size reductions.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6109 By Senators Hobbs, King and Eide

Concerning the processing of certain motor vehicle-related violations applicable to rental cars.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6110 By Senators Ericksen and Hobbs

Regulating retainage bonds on public contracts.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 6111 By Senators Keiser, Dammeier, Roach, Litzow, Frockt, Fain and Conway

Concerning safety equipment for individual providers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6112 By Senators McAuliffe, Rolfes, Litzow, Cleveland, Mullet, Dammeier, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Ranker, Conway and Frockt

Requiring classroom instruction regarding harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention policies and procedures.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6113 By Senator Benton

Concerning funding for certain transportation planning organizations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6114 By Senators Benton and Cleveland

Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

SB 6115 By Senators Benton, Roach, Billig and Hobbs

Exempting licensed private investigators from process server requirements.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 6116 By Senator Benton

Regarding storm water rates charged by a local government utility.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6117 By Senators Benton, Sheldon, Dansel, Angel, King, Schoesler, Tom, Braun, Becker, Padden, Honeyford and Roach

Concerning storm water control facility rates.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 6118 By Senators Benton, Dansel, Becker and Honeyford

Protecting citizens from the application of foreign laws that would result in a violation of a constitutional right.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6119 By Senators Benton and Roach

Granting voting rights to legislators serving on certain local transportation boards.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6120 By Senators Hobbs, Keiser, Chase, Cleveland, Eide, Hatfield, Billig and Conway

Concerning funding the public works assistance account.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6121 By Senators Dammeier, Ranker and Eide

Concerning the calculation and allocation of appropriations for alternative learning experience courses.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6122 By Senators O'Ban, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Angel, Litzow and McAuliffe

Concerning long-term planning for developmental disabilities services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6123 By Senator Dammeier

Concerning physical therapy copayment and coinsurance.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6124 By Senators Keiser, Dammeier, Hargrove, Ranker, McCoy, Hasegawa, Conway, Darneille, McAuliffe, Cleveland, Billig, Rolfes, Nelson, Mullet, Fraser, Frockt, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Hobbs, Pedersen, Hatfield, Parlette, Roach and Becker

Developing a state Alzheimer's plan.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 6125 By Senators Benton, Sheldon, Braun, Angel, Dammeier, O'Ban, Schoesler, Padden, Becker, Bailey and Honeyford

Concerning eminent domain.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6126 By Senators O'Ban, Darneille, Becker, Tom, Fraser, Pedersen, Kline, Pearson, Kohl-Welles, Braun and Frockt

Concerning representation of children in dependency matters.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SJM 8010 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Conway and Kline

Calling on the drug enforcement administration to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II or lower.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SJR 8213 By Senators Roach, Becker, Benton, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Brown, Dansel, Angel, Schoesler, Braun, Bailey, Dammeier, O'Ban, Litzow, Rivers, Parlette, Padden, Pearson and Honeyford

Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.