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
February 3, 2014 - Monday		22ND DAY

	SB 6525	By Senator Braun Exempting from the prevailing wage laws work performed or funded by nonprofit organizations. Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
	SB 6526	By Senator Braun Addressing workers' compensation by aligning workers' compensation disability awards with federal retirement standards, increasing permanent partial disability awards, and decreasing workers' compensation rates. Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
	SB 6527	By Senator Ranker Providing life alert services. Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
	SB 6528	By Senators Angel and Rolfes Requiring the reporting on certain surveys by the transportation commission. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6529	By Senators McCoy, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6530	By Senators Chase, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Kline, Conway and Kohl-Welles Restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6531	By Senators Chase, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Conway, McCoy, Kline and Kohl-Welles Establishing the minimum wage for classified school employees. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6532	By Senators Rolfes, McAuliffe, Chase, McCoy, Kline, Conway and Kohl-Welles Establishing competitive wages for beginning teacher salaries. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6533	By Senators Honeyford and Hatfield Concerning best practices for water banks. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6534	By Senators Pedersen, Roach and Kline Removing certain conditions for awarding prevailing party fees and costs for appeals of land use decisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
	SB 6535	By Senator Roach Concerning the provision of evidence-based supports for struggling students by community-based organizations. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6536	By Senator Roach Concerning permits for variances and conditional uses under the shoreline management act of 1971. Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6537	By Senator Roach Concerning the certification of minority and women's business enterprises. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
	SB 6538	By Senators Rivers, Cleveland, Brown, Litzow, Billig and McAuliffe Concerning early education for children involved in the child welfare system. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6539	By Senators Rivers, Cleveland and Brown Clarifying the applicability of child abduction statutes to residential provisions ordered by a court. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SB 6540	By Senator Ericksen Banning tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate and tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate flame retardants in children's products and residential upholstered furniture. Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6541	By Senators Ericksen, McCoy and Billig Encouraging reliable distributed renewable energy. Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6542	By Senator Kohl-Welles Establishing the state cannabis industry coordinating committee. Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
	SB 6543	By Senators Keiser and Hill Prohibiting a person from obtaining certain liquor and marijuana licenses or permits if convicted of unlawful use of an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware. Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	SHB 1107	By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Shea, Appleton, Orwall, Jinkins, Morrell, Ryu, Green and Freeman) Regarding residential provisions for children of parents with military duties. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	HB 1145	By Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Roberts, Orwall, Moscoso, Upthegrove, Ryu, Green, Morrell and Fey Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SHB 1858	By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Appleton, Morrell, Ryu and Ormsby) Providing for awarding academic credit for military training. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	HB 1859	By Representatives Appleton, Morrell, Ryu and Ormsby Evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
	2SHB 1909	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, S., O'Ban, Morrell, Hayes and Bergquist; by request of Governor Inslee) Concerning veteran-owned businesses. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
	HB 2115	By Representatives Johnson, Appleton, Seaquist, Goodman, Moscoso, Klippert, Morrell, Orwall, Tarleton, Green, Smith, Zeiger, Haler, Ross, Hayes and Walkinshaw; by request of Washington Military Department Concerning the composition of the officer promotion board. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.