Washington State Senate 5th Order
Introduction & First Reading
Short Titles and Referrals
2016 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
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 3RD DAY
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
SB 6209 By Senators Rivers and Cleveland

Concerning prescription drug insurance continuity of care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6210 By Senators Dammeier, O'Ban, Fain, Darneille, Rivers, Becker, Conway and Hargrove

Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6211 By Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Fraser, Conway, McCoy, O'Ban, Litzow, Fain, Rivers, Becker and Darneille

Concerning the exemption of property taxes for nonprofit homeownership development.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.
SB 6212 By Senators Rivers, Cleveland and Fraser

Creating an office of the homeowners' association ombuds.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.
SB 6213 By Senators Pearson and Takko

Concerning job order contracts by public hospital districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.
SB 6214 By Senators Pearson and Takko

Concerning public hospital district contracts for material and work.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.
SB 6215 By Senators Padden, Warnick, Pearson and Becker

Identifying water rights for municipal water supply purposes.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 6216 By Senators Padden, Takko, Miloscia, Pearson, Angel, Becker, Schoesler, Rivers, O'Ban, Bailey, Dammeier, Warnick, Sheldon, Roach and Hobbs

Providing tax relief for small businesses by increasing the small business tax credit.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6217 By Senators Brown and Braun

Regarding nuclear power generation in the state plan submitted to the United States environmental protection agency under the clean power plan.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6218 By Senators Brown and Braun

Creating the clean energy education program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
SB 6219 By Senators Brown, Angel, Padden and Hewitt

Concerning vehicular homicide sentencing.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6220 By Senators Brown, Angel and Braun

Promoting economic development by maximizing the use of federal economic development funding opportunities.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 6221 By Senators Brown, Angel and Braun

Promoting economic development through improving regulatory processes and providing technical assistance to businesses.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 6222 By Senators Brown, Angel and Braun

Concerning development of a one-stop portal for Washington businesses.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 6223 By Senators Brown, Angel and Braun

Enhancing regulatory agency coordination.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 6224 By Senators Brown and Braun

Concerning energy facility site evaluation council procedure.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6225 By Senators Brown and Braun

Including carbon sequestration among the principles guiding development and implementation of the state energy strategy.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6226 By Senators Warnick, Becker, Schoesler, Dammeier, Rivers and Braun

Concerning adoption of the International Plumbing Code as an alternative recognized building code.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
SB 6227 By Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office

Implementing the recommendations of the 2015 review of the Washington wildlife and recreation program.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.
SB 6228 By Senators Parlette, Keiser and Hobbs; by request of Department of Health

Creating the interstate medical licensure compact.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6229 By Senators O'Ban and Darneille

Streamlining foster care licensing.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.
SB 6230 By Senators O'Ban and Padden

Including searches by school resource officers and local police school liaison officers within the warrantless school search exception.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6231 By Senators Hasegawa, Warnick and Conway; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Eliminating the reference to the standard industrial classification system in the worker and community right to know fund.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
SB 6232 By Senators Fain, Pedersen, Litzow, McAuliffe, Braun, Carlyle, Hill and Miloscia

Concerning the funding of civics education and campaign compliance.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6233 By Senators Fain, Liias, Rivers, Rolfes, Litzow and Billig

Concerning freedom of expression rights of students at public schools and institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6234 By Senators Fain, Rolfes, Sheldon, Pedersen, Hill, Nelson, Becker and Litzow

Concerning the creation of an animal abuse registry.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6235 By Senator Padden

Concerning guardianships in respect to an incapacitated person's right of communication, visitation, and interaction with others.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6236 By Senator Padden

Concerning the 24/7 sobriety program.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6237 By Senators Rolfes, Sheldon, McCoy and Takko

Ensuring economic development by authorizing public utility districts to provide retail telecommunications services.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6238 By Senators Rivers, Keiser, Cleveland and Miloscia

Allowing the prescription of schedule II controlled substances to treat certain disease states and conditions.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6239 By Senators Fain, Frockt, Cleveland and Rolfes

Authorizing local governments to adopt a property tax exemption program for the preservation of certain affordable housing.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.
SB 6240 By Senators Parlette, Keiser, Becker, Cleveland and Bailey

Regulating nursing home facilities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6241 By Senators Billig and Rolfes; by request of Governor Inslee

Improving the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers by raising salaries and strengthening teacher mentoring.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6242 By Senators O'Ban, Pedersen, Padden, Roach, Hargrove, Pearson, Darneille and Frockt

Requiring the indeterminate sentence review board to provide certain notices upon receiving a petition for early release.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6243 By Senators Litzow, Fain, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rivers, O'Ban, Bailey, Hill, Warnick, Becker and Hewitt

Concerning a training program for educators and parents to develop students' social and emotional skills to help prevent youth suicide.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6244 By Senators Litzow, Fain, Dammeier, Rivers, Becker, Hill and Bailey

Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6245 By Senators Litzow, Hill and Fain

Concerning visual screening in schools.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6246 By Senators Hill and Hargrove; by request of Office of Financial Management

Making 2016 supplemental operating appropriations.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6247 By Senators Angel, Takko and Bailey

Exempting from state and local taxes on-site sewage system fees required by a local government to be paid by an on-site sewage system owner to an on-site sewage system contractor or inspector.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6248 By Senators Ericksen and Ranker

Concerning risk mitigation plans to promote the transition of eligible coal units.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6249 By Senators O'Ban, Bailey, Darneille, Miloscia, Dammeier, Hasegawa, Carlyle, Litzow and Padden

Concerning host home programs.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.
SB 6250 By Senators Braun and Takko

Providing public fire department employees the right to volunteer for or obtain employment with another fire department.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.
SB 6251 By Senators Hill and Hargrove; by request of Office of Financial Management

Eliminating accounts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6252 By Senators Hill and Hargrove; by request of Office of Financial Management

Requiring criminal history record checks for the purpose of conducting certain preemployment evaluations.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6253 By Senators Sheldon, Rolfes, Rivers, Takko, Roach, Becker, Bailey, Miloscia, Warnick, Hargrove, Hobbs and Hewitt

Allowing public utility districts to own community solar projects within or without district boundaries.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6254 By Senators Sheldon, Bailey, Rivers, Roach, O'Ban, Hill, Becker, Miloscia, Angel, Warnick, Honeyford, Padden, Hobbs, Pearson, Hargrove, Braun, Dammeier, Fain, Parlette, Hewitt, Schoesler, Baumgartner and Ericksen

Authorizing the issuance of Purple Heart license plates for more than one motor vehicle.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SB 6255 By Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Roach, Becker, Bailey, Miloscia, Warnick, Honeyford, Braun, Schoesler, O'Ban and Hewitt

Addressing judge impartiality.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6256 By Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Brown, Honeyford and Hewitt

Concerning the Washington state energy financing voter approval act.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6257 By Senator Takko; by request of Department of Ecology

Updating specified environmental statutes of the department of ecology to improve efficiency and provide for increased flexibility for local governments.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SB 6258 By Senators Carlyle, Pedersen, Habib and Liias; by request of Attorney General

Concerning employment after public service in state government.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.
SB 6259 By Senators Carlyle, Litzow, Pedersen and Frockt

Increasing compensation for school directors in districts enrolling twenty thousand or more students.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6260 By Senators Hewitt, Hargrove and Fain; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Providing postsecondary education to enhance education opportunities and public safety.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
SB 6261 By Senators Padden and Pedersen

Concerning human remains.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6262 By Senators O'Ban, Pedersen and Padden

Concerning a coroner's warrant authority.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6263 By Senators Warnick, Ranker, Rivers and Hobbs; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Providing benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6264 By Senators Dammeier, Conway, Bailey, Rivers, Hasegawa, O'Ban, Frockt and Schoesler; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Allowing certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees to purchase annuities.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
SB 6265 By Senators King, Warnick, Bailey, Schoesler, Hasegawa, Conway, Takko, Nelson, Padden, Benton, Ericksen, Honeyford, Parlette and Hewitt

Concerning vehicle weight limits for the movement of agricultural commodities.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SB 6266 By Senators Warnick, Keiser, Conway, Angel, Pearson and Frockt

Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6267 By Senators Schoesler, Bailey, Warnick, Hobbs, Takko, Padden, Carlyle, Ericksen, Hargrove, Brown, Conway, Honeyford, Keiser, Dansel, Parlette and Hewitt

Concerning notice to the licensee before a concealed pistol license expires.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
SB 6268 By Senators Schoesler and Hargrove

Concerning the removal of provisions that are no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.

Referred to Committee on ACCOUNTABILITY & REFORM.
SB 6269 By Senators Becker, Dammeier, Bailey, Parlette, Brown and Warnick

Defining "reasonable effort" for the purposes of health data and charity care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6270 By Senators Becker, Keiser, Dammeier, Cleveland, Bailey, Fain, Parlette, Schoesler, Conway, Warnick, Frockt, Brown and O'Ban

Providing prenatal vitamin coverage.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6271 By Senators Becker, Keiser, Dammeier, Bailey, Parlette, Brown, Conway and Warnick

Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6272 By Senators Becker, Bailey, Dammeier, Parlette, Brown, O'Ban, Cleveland, Frockt, Keiser, Conway and Warnick

Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6273 By Senators Liias, Litzow, Rolfes, Fain, Mullet, Carlyle, Billig and Fraser

Concerning safe technology use and digital citizenship in public schools.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SB 6274 By Senators Takko, Pearson, Rolfes, Hargrove, Schoesler, Becker, Warnick and Hewitt

Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.
SB 6275 By Senators Rivers and Keiser

Concerning dental office support services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .
SB 6276 By Senators Roach, Liias and McCoy

Concerning the authorization for a local jurisdiction to exempt certain residences from local property taxation under a residential energy efficiency incentive pilot program.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.
SB 6277 By Senator Roach

Modifying the presidential primary date.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.
SB 6278 By Senators Roach, McCoy, Takko and O'Ban

Concerning the plumbing industry.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.