 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 36 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | 51st Day - 2015 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=2015.
HB 1009-S2
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Manweller, Hawkins, Reykdal, Jinkins, Cody, and Moeller)
Allowing rural counties providing emergency medical services to locations with a rural amphitheater to impose an additional admissions surcharge.
Authorizes the legislative authority of a county with a rural amphitheater to levy and fix an emergency medical services surcharge of up to one dollar per person per admission.
| Feb 25 | FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1118-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representative Blake)
Creating cost savings by providing administrative flexibility to the department of fish and wildlife in its implementation of Title 77 RCW while not directing any changes to resource management outcomes.
Provides administrative flexibility to the department of fish and wildlife in its implementation of Title 77 RCW while not directing any changes to resource management outcomes.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1171-S
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu, Fagan, Kochmar, and Blake)
Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
Delays, until September 30, 2025, the expiration of: (1) Real estate broker and managing broker licensing fees;(2) The Washington real estate research account; and(3) The real estate research center.Requires the department of licensing to increase the real estate broker and managing broker license fee.
| Feb 23 | GGIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1272-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Buys, Orwall, and Pollet)
Concerning the crime of disclosing intimate images.
Creates the crime of disclosing intimate images.
| Feb 25 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1430-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Walkinshaw, Holy, Clibborn, and McBride)
Creating Washington state tree special license plates.
Creates state tree special license plates to provide funds to support the Washington park arboretum and the John A. Finch arboretum.
| Feb 26 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1499-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Jinkins, Johnson, Orwall, Appleton, Lytton, and Tharinger)
Concerning vulnerable adults.
Addresses vulnerable adults.Revises the definition for first, second, and third degree criminal mistreatment.Creates the crime of theft from a vulnerable adult.Authorizes persons who are trained and qualified to serve on multidisciplinary personnel teams to disclose information and records to each other that are relevant to the prevention, identification, or treatment of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1576-S
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Cody, and Pollet)
Concerning sales and use tax for cities to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
Modifies provisions relating to sales and use taxes for cities to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
| Feb 25 | FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1654-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Lytton, Fitzgibbon, Blake, and Walkinshaw)
Controlling noxious weeds while still supporting pollen-rich forage plant communities for honey bees.
Requires the state noxious weed control board to conduct a pilot project that evaluates the advantages of purposefully replacing pollen and nectar-rich noxious weeds with either native or noninvasive, nonnative forage plants that can produce similar levels of pollen and nectar to support honey bee populations.Requires state agencies, while conducting planned projects, to give preference to replacing pollen-rich or nectar-rich noxious weeds with native forage plants that are beneficial for all pollinators, including honey bees.Requires any corps project that involves the removal of noxious weeds to include the planting of pollen-rich and nectar-rich native plants to provide forage for all pollinators, including honey bees.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1676-S
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Short, Lytton, Kretz, and Blake)
Understanding the effects of predation on wild ungulate populations.
Requires the University of Washington, through the predator ecology lab in the school of environmental and forest sciences, to conduct an independent, scientific, blind peer-reviewed study assessing the health of the state's wild ungulate population in game management units that have experienced a change in predator population dynamics due to the recovery of gray wolves.Expires July 1, 2019.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1830-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representative Muri)
Creating Washington state wrestling special license plates.
Creates Washington state wrestling special license plates to provide funds to the Washington state wrestling foundation for new and existing college wrestling programs.
| Feb 26 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1836-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford, Blake, Lytton, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, and Tarleton)
Concerning state drought preparedness.
Addresses drought preparedness.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1842-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Hargrove, Fey, Harmsworth, Senn, Wylie, Gregerson, Robinson, Walkinshaw, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Tarleton, and Clibborn)
Concerning transit agency coordination.
Requires the department of transportation to develop an annual report summarizing the status of public transportation system coordination in central Puget Sound for the previous calendar year.
| Feb 25 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1843-S2
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Lytton, and Tarleton)
Creating a residential energy efficiency incentive pilot program.
Creates a residential energy efficiency incentive pilot program.Authorizes certain cities and counties to exempt qualifying low-income and moderate-income owners of single-family residences and qualifying owners of multiple family buildings from property taxation levied by the participating local jurisdiction.Requires the department of commerce to create a list of: (1) Approved energy modeling techniques that may be used to determine projected reductions in energy consumption for eligible retrofit projects; and(2) Approved third-party green building certifications for newly constructed multiple family buildings, including LEED platinum or gold and four-star or five-star built green certificates, in order to determine eligibility.
| Feb 25 | FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1850-S2
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Hayes, Clibborn, Orcutt, Takko, Harmsworth, Riccelli, Rodne, Bergquist, Wilson, Robinson, Smith, Muri, and Magendanz)
Exempting certain department of transportation actions from local review or permit processes under the shoreline management act.
Exempts certain department of transportation projects and activities, that occur within the footprint of existing state highway facilities or the lease or ownership area for ferry terminals, from requirements to obtain a substantial development permit, conditional use permit, variance, letter of exemption, or other review conducted by a local government to implement the shoreline management act.
| Feb 26 | TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1882-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Orcutt, Kochmar, Farrell, and Young; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission)
Concerning the regulation of passenger charter and excursion carriers.
Modifies provisions relating to charter party carriers and excursion service carriers.
| Feb 25 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1892-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fey, Clibborn, Farrell, Moscoso, Tarleton, Ormsby, and Bergquist)
Repealing the deduction for handling losses of motor vehicle fuel.
Repeals RCW 82.36.029 (motor vehicle fuel tax deductions for handling losses) and RCW 82.38.083 (special fuel tax deductions for handling losses).
| Feb 25 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1922-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, Lytton, Hurst, DeBolt, Rodne, S. Hunt, Kirby, Morris, Senn, Pettigrew, Blake, Clibborn, Takko, MacEwen, Harris, Stanford, Short, Vick, Parker, Wilcox, G. Hunt, Wylie, Pike, Moeller, Nealey, Hawkins, Johnson, Condotta, Walsh, Fagan, Buys, Kretz, Santos, Fey, Tarleton, and Gregerson)
Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans.
Establishes the small consumer installment loan act.Addresses check cashers and sellers and small consumer installment loans.
| Feb 24 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1940-S
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Stokesbary, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Magendanz, Kochmar, Hargrove, Rodne, Bergquist, Hurst, Gregerson, Orwall, and Jinkins)
Exempting levies imposed by qualifying flood control zone districts from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies.
Exempts levies imposed by qualifying flood control zone districts from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies.
| Feb 25 | FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2002-S2
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Magendanz, and Fitzgibbon)
Concerning regulatory and financial mechanisms and means to promote the retirement of coal-fired electric generation facilities.
Establishes the Washington state coal generation retirement program act.Promotes the retirement of coal-fired electric generation facilities.
| Feb 25 | GGIT - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2017-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Klippert, Cody, Blake, Dent, Hayes, Fagan, and Kretz)
Creating Washington farmers and ranchers special license plates.
Creates Washington farmers and ranchers special license plates and provides funds to the Washington FFA Foundation for educational programs in this state.
| Feb 26 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2035-S
by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Scott, Morris, and Lytton)
Lengthening the maximum terms of leases entered into by the director of enterprise services at the former northern state hospital site.
Authorizes the director of the department of enterprise services to fix the terms of leases for property under the department's control at the former northern state hospital site for up to sixty years.
| Feb 23 | CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 26 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2042-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives McCabe, Cody, Harris, Dent, Fagan, McBride, Kochmar, Wilson, Johnson, Klippert, and Pike)
Establishing the crime of voyeurism in the second degree.
Creates the crime of voyeurism in the second degree.
| Feb 20 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
| Feb 27 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2085-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman and Ryu)
Providing alternatives for penalties stemming from traffic infractions.
Provides a community restitution plan in lieu of payment of all or part of a monetary penalty for a traffic infraction.
| Feb 20 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
HB 2113-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Walkinshaw, Walsh, Kagi, Johnson, Appleton, Sawyer, Kilduff, Stanford, Jinkins, Zeiger, Santos, Ortiz-Self, Pollet, and Ormsby)
Creating a task force on poverty.
Creates the legislative task force on poverty and requires the task force to develop a comprehensive plan for more effective and efficient poverty relief solutions through identification of pathways out of poverty.Expires December 31, 2017.
| Feb 20 | ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Referred to Rules 2 Review. | ||
HB 2127-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Tarleton, Robinson, Walkinshaw, Riccelli, Gregerson, Lytton, Bergquist, Ormsby, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Santos)
Creating a pedestrian fatality and serious injury review panel.
Requires the traffic safety commission to convene a pedestrian fatality and serious injury review panel and requires the panel to identify all pedestrian fatalities that occurred in the state during the preceding calendar year.
| Feb 25 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2128-S
by House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representative Hudgins; by request of Department of Agriculture)
Concerning fees assessed by the department of agriculture.
Implements the recommendations of a work group convened by the department of agriculture by: (1) Increasing certain food safety and animal health program fees;(2) Allowing the department of agriculture to assess an inspection fee on certain manufacturing facilities that are required to be inspected and do not satisfy the definition of milk processing plant; and(3) Requiring money received for certain licenses to be deposited in the agricultural local fund rather than in the general fund.
| Feb 23 | GGIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2142-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Young and Caldier)
Providing for a sufficient minimum balance to cover Tacoma Narrows bridge operating expenses.
Prohibits toll charges, other revenue, and interest deposited into the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account from being reserved or used as an emergency contingency reserve.Creates a special account to be known as the toll facility capital reserve account in the motor vehicle fund.Requires deposits to the account to only include transfers to the account made in any biennial omnibus transportation appropriations act adopted by the legislature, and those transfers may come from any account other than the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account.
| Feb 26 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2146-S
by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Kilduff, Smith, Dunshee, and Stanford)
Concerning public works assistance account program interest rates, project ranking, board membership, and other requirements.
Changes the composition of the public works board.Modifies public works projects provisions relating to interest rates for loan programs and the priority process for certain projects.
| Feb 23 | CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 26 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2160-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Wylie, Orwall, Klippert, and Buys)
Concerning the distribution of intimate images.
Addresses the distribution of intimate images.
| Feb 19 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
| Feb 27 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Mar 2 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
SB 5000-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Parlette, Warnick, King, Honeyford, and Chase)
Allowing rural counties providing emergency medical services to locations with a rural amphitheater to impose an additional admissions surcharge.
Authorizes the legislative authority of a county with a rural amphitheater to levy and fix an emergency medical services surcharge of up to one dollar per person.Requires the attorney general to appear for and represent a county imposing the surcharge with respect to an action or proceeding arising from the imposition of the surcharge.Expires July 1, 2025.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5056-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen and Chase)
Concerning the use of chemical action plans.
Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Complete and publish a chemical action plan for any flame retardant identified as a chemical of high concern for children within two years of the adoption of the rule that identifies that flame retardant;(2) Select substances that impact state water bodies, as identified by the United States environmental protection agency in the clean water act, for development of a chemical action plan;(3) In consultation with the department of health, complete and publish a chemical action plan for two substances to identify, characterize, and evaluate uses and releases of the substances in the state, the levels of the substances present in the environment, and the levels of the substances present in state water bodies; and(4) Create an external advisory committee for each chemical action plan developed to provide stakeholder input, expertise, and additional information.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5154-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Hargrove)
Concerning registered sex or kidnapping offenders.
Modifies provisions relating to registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5179-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Litzow, Mullet, Hobbs, and Dammeier)
Concerning paraeducators.
Addresses minimum employment standards for paraeducators who work in the learning assistance program, the federal disadvantaged program, and English language learner programs.Requires the state institute for public policy to: (1) Conduct a study on the effectiveness of paraeducators in improving student outcomes in the state;(2) Examine variation in the use of paraeducators across schools and districts; and(3) Analyze whether and the extent that any differences in students' academic progress can be attributed to the use of paraeducators.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the education data center to provide the data necessary to conduct the analysis.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5197-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Benton)
Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making.
Establishes consistent standards for agency decision making relating to timelines for decisions on certain applications and for returning decisions to the applicants.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5470-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick and Liias)
Concerning municipal procurement of water services.
Authorizes each municipality to contract for asset management service of its water storage assets.
| Feb 17 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 18 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5547-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Rivers, Angel, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, and Padden)
Requiring a minimum grade point average to distribute state need grant awards.
Changes the qualifications for renewal of a state need grant to require a student to maintain at least a 2.25 grade point average for a first renewal and a 2.5 grade point average for subsequent renewals, except for those students attending The Evergreen State College.Requires students enrolled at The Evergreen State College to meet the requirements of the college's satisfactory academic progress policy for state financial aid to remain qualified.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5561-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Honeyford, Hewitt, Rolfes, McAuliffe, and Angel)
Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
Addresses waivers of tuition and fees for veterans' survivors.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5623-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Angel, Miloscia, Becker, Warnick, and Conway)
Modifying the operation of motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic.
Allows an operator of a motorcycle to: (1) Overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken; and(2) Operate the motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles if the motorcycle is traveling at a rate of speed no more than ten miles per hour over the speed of traffic flow and not more than twenty-five miles per hour.Expires July 31, 2017.
| Feb 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5737-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Miloscia and Chase)
Concerning government performance and accountability.
Establishes the performance management act.Creates the office of performance management in the office of the governor and intends that the office of performance management should: (1) Be granted administrative authority over state performance management programs, ensuring that all executive branch agencies properly implement lean performance management systems;(2) Coordinate performance assessments of state agencies by independent examiners; and(3) Analyze and report agency performance systems, data, and assessment results to the public, appropriate agencies, and the legislature.Requires state agencies to adopt an agency strategic plan, an agency ethics plan, a workforce learning and training development and workforce performance management system, and an agency performance management implementation plan.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5799-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Fain and Keiser)
Exempting levies imposed by qualifying flood control zone districts from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies.
Exempts levies imposed by qualifying flood control zone districts from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies.Expires January 1, 2023.
| Feb 24 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5816-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Benton, Rivers, Jayapal, and McAuliffe)
Expanding traffic safety education requirements for certain driver's license applicants and drivers.
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 offered by a licensed driver training school.Requires licensed driver training schools to offer a young driver risk prevention traffic safety course.Creates the young driver safety education program within the department of licensing to provide financial assistance to indigent persons who are required to enroll in the safety course.Creates the young driver safety education account. Requires the state treasurer, on January 1, 2017, to transfer one hundred thousand dollars from the highway safety fund to the young driver safety education account.
| Feb 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5820-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King and Benton)
Concerning the sale of certain department of transportation surplus property.
Modifies provisions relating to the disposition of surplus property by the department of transportation.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.
| Feb 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5947-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Frockt, Bailey, Parlette, Rivers, Baumgartner, Dammeier, Sheldon, Braun, Angel, Warnick, King, and Fain)
Creating a training program in integrated care psychiatry.
Requires the department of health and the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington to develop and operate a training program in integrated care psychiatry.Requires the state health care authority to expand the partnership access line service by selecting a predominantly rural region of the state, where approximately one-fifth of the state's total medicaid population lives, and offering this region an additional level of service.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5954-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Bailey, Hill, Becker, Fain, Miloscia, Parlette, Angel, Schoesler, Brown, Litzow, Warnick, Honeyford, Sheldon, Rivers, Roach, and Benton)
Reducing tuition.
Establishes the college affordability program to reduce tuition.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5957-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Rivers, Billig, King, Hobbs, Frockt, and Hasegawa)
Creating a pedestrian safety advisory council.
Requires the traffic safety commission to convene a pedestrian safety advisory council to review and analyze data related to pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries to identify points at which the transportation system can be improved and to identify patterns in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries.Expires June 30, 2021.
| Feb 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5979-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Braun)
Providing salary increases in the form of flat dollar monthly increases calculated using the state average wage determined under RCW 50.04.355.
Addresses general salary and wage increase provisions included in collective bargaining agreements.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5990-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators King, Fain, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, Hewitt, Becker, Brown, and Bailey)
Transferring certain state sales and use taxes collected on transportation projects to the connecting Washington account.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on highway improvement and preservation projects administered by the department of transportation. The exemptions apply to: (1) Highway improvement or preservation projects that are identified by the legislature as connecting Washington projects until June 30, 2019; and(2) All highway improvement or preservation projects administered by the department of transportation beginning on July 1, 2019.Transfers from the general fund to the connecting Washington account, state sales and use taxes paid with funds appropriated in an omnibus transportation appropriations act for transportation projects.
| Feb 25 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5991-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Warnick, Sheldon, Becker, and Brown)
Concerning activities at the department of transportation funded by the environmental legacy stewardship account.
Provides funding for legacy storm water permit compliance activities and fish passage barrier removal activities at the department of transportation from the environmental legacy stewardship account.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 24 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Feb 25 | WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Transportation. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | ||
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5992-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Warnick, Sheldon, Becker, and Brown)
Modifying certain requirements for ferry vessel construction.
Addresses ferry vessel construction requirements for the department of transportation.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to new project contracts identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5993
by Senators King, Fain, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Warnick, Sheldon, Hewitt, Becker, and Brown
Concerning public works contracts and projects.
Addresses public works contract and project provisions with regard to apprenticeship training programs.Requires the department of labor and industries to provide registered contractors with the option of completing a wage survey electronically.Creates the state coordinator for the federal helmets to hardhats program in the department of transportation and requires the department to establish procedures, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs and applicable veterans and labor organizations, for coordinating with the program and other opportunities for veterans to obtain skilled training and employment in the construction industry.
| Feb 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | Floor amendment(s) adopted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5994-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, Hewitt, Becker, Brown, and Bailey)
Concerning permits for state transportation corridor projects.
Addresses permits for state transportation corridor projects.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5995
by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, O'Ban, Becker, Brown, and Bailey
Modifying the transportation system policy goal of mobility.
Includes congestion relief and improved freight mobility in the transportation system's policy goal of mobility.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; do pass. | |
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | Floor amendment(s) adopted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5996-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, O'Ban, Hewitt, Becker, and Brown)
Concerning Washington state department of transportation projects.
Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Implement a multiagency permit program consisting of appropriate regulatory agency staff with oversight and management from the department;(2) Establish, implement, and maintain programmatic agreements and permits with federal and state agencies to expedite the process of ensuring compliance with the endangered species act, section 106 of the national historic preservation act, hydraulic project approvals, the clean water act, and other federal acts as appropriate;(3) Collaborate with permitting staff from the United States army corps of engineers, Seattle district, the department of ecology, and the department of fish and wildlife to develop, implement, and maintain complete permit application guidance; and(4) Perform internal quality assurance and quality control to ensure that permit applications are complete before submitting them to the regulatory agencies.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5997-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Litzow, Braun, Schoesler, Parlette, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, O'Ban, Hewitt, Becker, and Brown)
Concerning transportation project delivery.
Authorizes and encourages the department of transportation to use the design-build procedure for public works projects over ten million dollars when certain conditions exist.Requires the joint transportation committee to convene a design-build contracting review panel to examine the department of transportation's implementation and use of design-build contracting.Specifies that the provisions of this act apply to projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues generated under Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.
| Feb 23 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 26 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 27 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Mar 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 6015-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Becker, Hargrove, Angel, Pearson, Conway, Sheldon, Hatfield, Dammeier, King, Honeyford, Schoesler, Hobbs, Ranker, and Baumgartner)
Providing funding for the hunter education training program through the issuance of national rifle association special license plates.
Creates national rifle association special license plates for the enhanced support of firearm safety and education as part of the hunter education training program.
| Feb 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||