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TWENTY-THIRD DAY

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NOON SESSION

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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Tuesday, February 4, 1997

      The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by Vice President Pro Tempore Morton. No roll call was taken.


MOTION


      On motion of Senator Johnson, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.


REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE


January 28, 1997

SB 5010             Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Expanding the duties of the director of the Washington state pollution liability insurance agency. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5010 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Winsley, Chair; Benton, Vice Chair; Finkbeiner, Hale, Heavey and Prentice.


      Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.


MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICES


STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES


January 29, 1997

Mr. Michael O'Connell

Secretary of the Senate

P. O. Box 40482

Olympia, WA 98504-0482


Dear Mr. O'Connell:

      Enclosed is the status report entitled "Determining the Value of Opiate Substitution Treatment." This report is required by 70.96A.420.

      If you have questions about the report, please call Doug Allen at 438-8060.

Sincerely,

LYLE QUASIM, Secretary


      The Report from the Department of Social and Health Services is on file in the Office of the Secretary of Senate.


INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING


 

SB 5613             by Senators Winsley, Rasmussen, Haugen, Prince, Wood, Schow, Jacobsen, Heavey, Goings, Patterson and Finkbeiner

 

AN ACT Relating to parking places for persons living on or near an institution of higher education; and amending RCW 46.61.570.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 5614             by Senators Franklin, Winsley, Fraser, Kline, Fairley, Jacobsen, Brown, Patterson, Kohl, Heavey, Prentice, McAuliffe, Haugen, Wood, Thibaudeau, Bauer, Rasmussen, Spanel and Goings

 

AN ACT Relating to incorporating environmental health into the public health improvement plan; and amending RCW 43.70.520 and 43.70.580.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

 

SB 5615             by Senators Haugen and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to commercial bottom trawling; and amending RCW 75.12.390.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5616             by Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, Goings and Schow

 

AN ACT Relating to unincorporated area councils; adding new sections to chapter 36.105 RCW; and repealing RCW 36.105.010, 36.105.020, 36.105.030, 36.105.040, 36.105.050, 36.105.060, 36.105.070, 36.105.080, 36.105.090, and 36.105.100.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 5617             by Senators Haugen and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to taxation of land owned by a fire company; and amending RCW 84.36.060.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 5618             by Senators Haugen, Wood, Heavey, Winsley, Sheldon, Spanel, Oke and Kohl

 

AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 47.60 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5619             by Senators Haugen, Brown, Jacobsen, Finkbeiner, Goings, Kline, Winsley and Wood

 

AN ACT Relating to acquiring and maintaining conservation areas; amending RCW 82.45.060; adding a new section to chapter 82.45 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.99 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 5620             by Senators Haugen and McCaslin

 

AN ACT Relating to aquifer protection areas; and adding new sections to chapter 36.36 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 5621             by Senators Long, Winsley, Patterson, Benton and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to registration of criminals who have victimized children; amending RCW 4.24.550, 9A.44.130, 9A.44.140, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 70.48.470, and 72.09.330; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

 

SB 5622             by Senators Long, Strannigan and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis; amending RCW 82.08.02915 and 82.12.02915; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 5623             by Senators Prince, Wood, Spanel, Fraser and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to higher education; amending RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.725; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

 

SB 5624             by Senators Morton and Snyder

 

AN ACT Relating to mining and milling operations; amending RCW 78.56.010, 78.56.020, 78.56.030, 78.56.050, 78.56.060, 78.56.070, 78.56.080, 78.56.090, 78.56.100, 78.56.110, 78.56.120, 78.56.130, 78.44.131, and 78.44.161; adding new sections to chapter 78.56 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 78.44 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5625             by Senators Franklin, Deccio, Fairley, Winsley, Wood and Patterson

 

AN ACT Relating to health care quality protection; amending RCW 43.70.075; adding new sections to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.41 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.79 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.44 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

 

SB 5626             by Senators Morton, Hargrove, Swecker, Hochstatter, Stevens, Schow, Strannigan and Anderson

 

AN ACT Relating to transport tags for game; and amending RCW 77.32.320 and 77.32.340.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5627             by Senators Morton, Hargrove, Swecker, Hochstatter, Stevens, Schow, Hale and Anderson

 

AN ACT Relating to the parks and recreation commission; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5628             by Senators Hochstatter, Deccio, Brown and Strannigan

 

AN ACT Relating to the regulation of securities issuances by electrical and natural gas companies; and adding a new section to chapter 80.08 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.

 

SB 5629             by Senators Roach, Hargrove, Winsley, Long, Benton, Schow and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to making domestic violence an aggravating circumstance for purposes of sentencing decisions; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.390.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

 

SB 5630             by Senators Roach, Zarelli, Heavey, Schow, Stevens, Strannigan, Swecker, Morton, Anderson and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to the reimbursement of incarceration costs; adding a new section to chapter 72.01 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

 

SB 5631             by Senators Wood, Jacobsen and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to imposition of the business and occupation tax on education loan guarantee services; and amending RCW 82.04.367.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

 

SB 5632             by Senators Fraser, Kline, McAuliffe, Patterson, Fairley, Kohl, Sheldon and Spanel

 

AN ACT Relating to protecting the marine environment and associated ecosystems through oil spill prevention, the protection, conservation, and enhancement of marine waters and of salmon habitat, and a ban on off-shore oil exploration and drilling; amending RCW 88.46.130, 82.23B.020, and 82.23B.030; adding new sections to chapter 90.71 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.21I RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.143 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 84.34 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 90.56 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 84 RCW; recodifying RCW 43.21A.705, 43.21A.710, 43.21A.715, and 43.21A.720; repealing RCW 88.46.921, 88.46.922, 88.46.924, 88.46.925, 88.46.926, and 88.46.927; creating new sections; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.

 

SB 5633             by Senators Strannigan, Long, Patterson and Benton

 

AN ACT Relating to performance audit of the department of transportation; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 5634             by Senators Wojahn, Deccio, Winsley, Long, Horn and Kohl

 

AN ACT Relating to osteoporosis prevention and treatment education; adding new sections to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

 

SB 5635             by Senators Fraser and Haugen

 

AN ACT Relating to compensation for members of air pollution control authorities; and amending RCW 70.94.130.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.

 

SB 5636             by Senators Oke, Swecker, Rossi and Horn

 

AN ACT Relating to health inspection warrants; and amending RCW 70.118.030.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5637             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Rasmussen and Winsley (by request of County Road Administration Board)

 

AN ACT Relating to the residency of the county road engineer; and amending RCW 36.80.010.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 5638             by Senators Fraser, Fairley, McCaslin and Kohl

 

AN ACT Relating to traffic infractions that result in a fatality; amending RCW 46.52.100, 46.52.120, and 46.20.322; reenacting and amending RCW 46.52.130; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

 

SB 5639             by Senators Finkbeiner, Strannigan, Rossi and Hochstatter

 

AN ACT Relating to the electric utility industry; amending RCW 80.12.020, 80.12.040, 80.24.010, 80.28.020, and 80.28.050; reenacting and amending RCW 42.17.310; and adding a new chapter to Title 80 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.

 

SB 5640             by Senators Newhouse, Long, Fraser and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to a county administrative officer's membership in the public employees' retirement system; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.40.023.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 5641             by Senators Roach, Heavey and Fraser

 

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle warranties; and amending RCW 19.118.021.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

SB 5642             by Senators Spanel and Oke

 

AN ACT Relating to limiting the number of fishers eligible to commercially fish for Puget Sound dungeness crab; and amending RCW 75.30.130.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

 

SB 5643             by Senators McAuliffe, Jacobsen and Long

 

AN ACT Relating to authorizing educational agencies to rent, sell, or transfer assistive technology for the benefit of individuals with disabilities and authorizing the creation of interagency cooperative agreements for the purpose of providing assistive technology for children with disabilities; amending RCW 28A.335.180; adding a new section to chapter 28A.335 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.155 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Education.


MOTIONS


      On motion of Senator Johnson, the Committee on Law and Justice was relieved of further consideration of Senate Bill No. 5491.

      On motion of Senator Johnson, Senate Bill No. 5491 was referred to the Committee on Human Services and Corrections.


MOTIONS


      On motion of Senator Johnson, the Committee on Government Operations was relieved of further consideration of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9125, Annette Sandberg, reappointed as Chief of the Washington State Patrol.

      On motion of Senator Johnson, Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9125, Annette Sandberg, reappointed as Chief of the Washington State Patrol, was referred to the Committee on Transportation.


MOTION


      At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Johnson, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 5, 1997.


BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate