Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2015 Regular Session of the 64th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate PAM ROACH, President Pro Tem
HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate SHARON BROWN, Vice President Pro Tem

February 2, 2015 - Monday 22ND DAY
SB 5745 By Senators Hargrove and Miloscia

Implementing Becca task force truancy reform recommendations.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.

SB 5746 By Senators Bailey, Hobbs, Liias, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, Chase and McAuliffe

Including Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 5747 By Senators Padden and Miloscia

Prohibiting actions for wrongful life and wrongful birth, and expanding the beneficiaries in an action for wrongful death.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5748 By Senators Litzow, Mullet, Fain, Dammeier, Hill, Rivers, Becker, King, Angel, Braun, Warnick and Bailey

Clarifying the teacher and principal evaluation process with the intent of strengthening the process.

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

SB 5749 By Senators Litzow and Dammeier; 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 5750 By Senators Parlette, Dansel, Hatfield, Rolfes and Warnick

Regarding payments to counties in lieu of property taxes by the department of fish and wildlife.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5751 By Senators Hasegawa, Jayapal, Darneille and Chase

Changing the burden of proof in certain civil asset forfeiture hearings.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5752 By Senators Hasegawa, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Jayapal, Chase and McAuliffe

Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5753 By Senators Liias, Roach, Hobbs and Benton

Creating a county property tax exemption for energy efficient construction.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5754 By Senators Keiser, Cleveland, McAuliffe, Conway, Jayapal, Parlette and Dammeier; by request of Department of Health

Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5755 By Senators Hargrove, Hill, Ranker, Dammeier, Braun, Keiser, Billig, Becker, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Conway, Darneille, Hasegawa, Fain, Habib, Hewitt, Pedersen, Jayapal and McAuliffe

Addressing and mitigating the impacts of property crimes in Washington state.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5756 By Senators Braun, Hatfield, Rivers, Angel, Ericksen, Honeyford and Benton

Extending specific aerospace tax preferences to include other types of commercial aircraft to encourage the migration of good wage jobs in the state.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5757 By Senators Benton and Mullet

Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5758 By Senators Honeyford, Becker, Hargrove, Frockt, Hatfield and Bailey

Concerning federal medicaid payment reconciliations.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5759 By Senators Padden and Baumgartner

Concerning prevailing wages for workers employed in residential construction.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5760 By Senators Brown, Sheldon, Keiser and Dansel

Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5761 By Senators Pearson, Hobbs, McCoy, Bailey and Benton

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 5762 By Senators Fraser, Angel, Ericksen, Sheldon, Hatfield, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles and Benton

Concerning the taxation and permitting of vessels in Washington.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5763 By Senators Warnick, Pearson and Hatfield

Addressing the public employees' collective bargaining act as applied to commissioned officers of the department of fish and wildlife.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5764 By Senators Fain, King, Hill, Rivers and Benton

Requiring the removal of graffiti from state-owned transportation facilities by the department of transportation within twenty-four hours of notice.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5765 By Senators Jayapal, Angel and McAuliffe

Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.

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

SB 5766 By Senators Roach, O'Ban, Padden and Darneille

Establishing performance requirements and measures for monitoring agencies providing home detention programs utilizing electronic monitoring.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5767 By Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford and Fraser

Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5768 By Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford and Fraser

Concerning county electronic public auctions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5769 By Senators Schoesler, Angel, Becker, Brown, Hatfield, Braun, Ericksen, Roach, Rivers, Conway, Hewitt, Parlette and Benton

Concerning the management of noxious weeds on state lands.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5770 By Senators Frockt, Keiser, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Ranker and Jayapal

Prohibiting health care facilities from limiting providers' patient care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5771 By Senators Liias, Pearson, Dansel, Hatfield, Rivers, Hobbs and Fain

Addressing investigations under the ethics act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5772 By Senators Conway, Frockt and Bailey; by request of Department of Health

Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5773 By Senators Conway, Frockt and Bailey; by request of Department of Health

Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5774 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner and Brown

Requiring tracking of prevailing wage surveys.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5775 By Senators Braun and Baumgartner

Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5776 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Becker, Padden, Schoesler, Brown, Angel, Bailey, Benton and Honeyford

Concerning food stamp work requirements.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.

SB 5777 By Senators Becker, Rivers, O'Ban, Hewitt, Dammeier, Litzow, Schoesler, Dansel, Padden, Angel, Baumgartner, King, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, Hill, Parlette, Fain, Braun, Sheldon, Brown, Ericksen and Benton

Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

SB 5778 By Senators Becker, Frockt, Keiser, Bailey, Dammeier, Liias, Hatfield, Angel, Dansel, King, Baumgartner, Brown, Cleveland, Warnick, Honeyford, Parlette, Hill, Rivers, Fain, Braun, Litzow, Conway, Sheldon, Ericksen and Hewitt

Concerning ambulatory surgical facilities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5779 By Senators Parlette and Darneille

Reducing penalties applied to regional support networks and behavioral health organizations.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.

SB 5780 By Senators Fraser, Becker, King and Hobbs

Authorizing the addition of new counties to a regional transit authority.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5781 By Senators Billig, O'Ban, Darneille, Frockt and Kohl-Welles

Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.

SB 5782 By Senators Nelson, Pedersen, Frockt, Habib, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Benton and McAuliffe

Allowing a parent to bring an action for the injury or death of a child younger than twenty-six years old who has not been emancipated.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5783 By Senators Rivers, Dansel, Fain, Sheldon, Hatfield and Benton

Authorizing peace officers to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5784 By Senator Rivers

Concerning estate tax interest waivers.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5785 By Senators Rivers, Nelson, Dansel, Hatfield, Pearson, Fain, Liias and Hobbs

Revising the definition of official duties of state officers.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

SHB 1105 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Ormsby, Sullivan and Gregerson; by request of Governor Inslee)

Making 2015 supplemental operating appropriations.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

EHB 1258 By Representatives Walkinshaw, Rodne, Jinkins, Haler, Cody, Harris, Goodman, Muri, Fagan, Hansen, Buys, Orwall, Kilduff, Springer, Senn, Walsh, Pettigrew, Robinson, Bergquist, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, Stokesbary, Sells, Peterson, McBride, Pike, Farrell, Ortiz-Self, Zeiger, Van De Wege, Tharinger, Hunter, Sullivan, Lytton, Riccelli, Carlyle, Clibborn, Magendanz and Gregerson

Concerning court review of detention decisions under the involuntary treatment act.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.