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FORTIETH DAY
AFTERNOON SESSION
House Chamber, Olympia, Friday, February 20, 1998
The House was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by the Speaker (Representative Robertson presiding).
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
February 16, 1998
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed:
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6515,
and the same is herewith transmitted.
Mike O'Connell, Secretary
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
HCR 4434 by Representatives Chandler and Linville
Creating a joint select committee on water quality.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
ESSB 5098 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Loveland, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Fairley and Kohl)
Changing provisions relating to bond debt service payments from the community and technical college capital projects account.
Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.
E3SSB 5278 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Hargrove, Winsley, Wood, Benton, Goings, Prince, Bauer, B. Sheldon, Heavey, Long, Anderson, Haugen and Oke)
Requiring dependency investigations for infants born drug affected.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
SSB 5309 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Morton and Anderson)
Providing excise tax exemptions related to horses.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
SSB 5517 by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Wood, Kohl, Bauer, Patterson, Winsley, Brown, Goings, Fraser, Loveland, Benton, Sellar, Franklin and Oke)
Requiring one student member on each state institution of higher education's governing board.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
2SSB 5727 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Wood, Haugen, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Finkbeiner, Deccio, Heavey, Goings, McAuliffe, Patterson, Prentice, Winsley, Kohl and Rasmussen)
Requiring backup alerts or crossview mirrors on delivery trucks.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
SSB 5939 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Strannigan, Rossi, Finkbeiner, Bauer, Hochstatter, Benton, Wood, Snyder, Hargrove, Heavey and McDonald)
Directing a study of wing-in-ground effect vehicles.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
SSB 6161 by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker, Newhouse, Rasmussen and Anderson)
Creating a dairy nutrient management program.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
2SSB 6168 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Rasmussen, Hale, Sellar, T. Sheldon, Wood, McAuliffe, Kohl, Anderson, Benton and Winsley; by request of Governor Locke)
Developing housing for temporary workers.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
ESSB 6204 by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Environment (originally sponsored by Senator Morton)
Increasing the efficiency of registering and identifying livestock.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
SB 6211 by Senators Prince, Haugen, Hochstatter and Morton
Retiring as a state chaplain.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
ESSB 6231 by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Anderson, Snyder, Swecker, T. Sheldon, Oke and Goings)
Limiting the near-term growth of the natural area preserve program, and providing for a study of the program.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
E2SSB 6235 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen and Kohl)
Creating the community outdoor athletic fields advisory committee.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
ESSB 6238 by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Stevens and Swecker)
Changing provisions relating to dependent children.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
SSB 6297 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Bauer and Snyder)
Revising the formula for local public health financing in a county where a city annexed territory with fifty thousand residents or more in 1996 or 1997.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
ESB 6305 by Senators Roach, Long, Rossi, Fraser, Oke and Rasmussen; by request of Joint Committee on Pension Policy
Providing a death benefit for certain general authority police officers.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
SB 6311 by Senators Snyder, Prince, Rasmussen and Goings
Exempting assembly halls or meeting places used for the promotion of specific educational purposes from property taxation.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
SSB 6316 by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Zarelli and Kline)
Revising procedures for discovery in actions or proceedings for damages against the state.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
ESSB 6323 by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Long, Heavey, Swecker, Snyder, McCaslin, Goings and Rasmussen)
Clarifying the law of adverse possession affecting forest land.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
ESB 6325 by Senators Oke, B. Sheldon and T. Sheldon
Authorizing additional state ferry vessels.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
ESSB 6328 by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Oke, Jacobsen and Swecker; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Enacting the fish and wildlife code enforcement act.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
2SSB 6330 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Oke, Jacobsen, Swecker, Spanel, Loveland and Rasmussen)
Modifying provisions concerning recreational fish and wildlife licenses.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
ESB 6349 by Senators Anderson, Patterson and Swecker
Changing membership of the committee that establishes boundaries of critical water supply service areas.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
ESSB 6354 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Deccio, Wojahn, Benton, Thibaudeau, Wood, Franklin, Sellar, West, Hale, Anderson, Kohl, Winsley, Haugen, Patterson and Goings)
Providing for the disbursement of funds gained from a tobacco-related health care settlement.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
SSB 6358 by Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senators Rossi, Finkbeiner, Brown and Jacobsen; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission)
Providing the utilities and transportation commission authority to regulate certain pipeline facilities.
Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
ESSB 6418 by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Deccio, Wojahn, Fairley, Wood and Winsley; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Implementing amendments to the federal personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
ESSB 6421 by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Schow, Heavey and Winsley; by request of Employment Security Department)
Revising unemployment compensation for persons with public employment contracts.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
E2SSB 6445 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Long, Hargrove, Haugen, Zarelli, McAuliffe, Franklin and Winsley)
Modifying provisions relating to children placed in community facilities.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
ESSB 6461 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Prince, Haugen, Wood, Winsley, Heavey, Loveland, Snyder, Kohl, Jacobsen, Patterson, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Spanel, McAuliffe, Goings, Fraser, Schow and Rasmussen; by request of Governor Locke)
Creating partnerships for strategic freight investments.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
SSB 6474 by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Kline, T. Sheldon, Patterson and Fairley; by request of Governor Locke)
Adopting the fertilizer regulation act.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
ESSB 6497 by Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin, T. Sheldon, Anderson and Oke)
Taking private property.
Referred to Committee on House Government Reform & Land Use.
E2SSB 6509 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hochstatter, Benton, Zarelli, Rossi, Swecker, Deccio, Johnson, Oke, McCaslin, Stevens, Morton, Roach and Schow)
Requiring training for reading instruction.
Referred to Committee on Education.
ESSB 6515 by Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senators Strannigan, Finkbeiner, Morton and Swecker)
Regulating franchises and the use of public rights of way.
Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
SB 6540 by Senators Schow and T. Sheldon
Providing criteria for establishing and siting vehicle licensing agencies.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
SB 6588 by Senators Winsley, Snyder, Kohl, B. Sheldon and Oke
Exempting movie theater snack counters from the stadium tax imposed on restaurants.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
SSB 6589 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Horn, Haugen and Wood; by request of Department of Licensing)
Providing exemptions from driver's license requirements for nonresidents.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
ESSB 6600 by Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators T. Sheldon, Hochstatter, Long, Kohl, Oke and Winsley; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
Establishing an education program for juveniles incarcerated in adult correctional facilities.
Referred to Committee on Education.
ESSB 6622 by Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senator Finkbeiner; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission)
Implementing the federal telecommunications act of 1996.
Referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
ESB 6628 by Senators Benton, Finkbeiner, Anderson, Zarelli and Schow
Clarifying transportation planning.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
ESSB 6648 by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Schow, Newhouse, Horn and Heavey)
Permitting licensing retail alcoholic beverages in which no manufacturers, importers, or wholesalers have an interest.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6665 by Senators Roach and Goings
Establishing privity of contract for actions brought against accountants.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
ESSB 6717 by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators West, Prince and Hale)
Providing for the transfer of the Spokane Riverpoint campus to Washington State University and eliminating the joint center for higher education.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SJM 8029 by Senators McDonald and Oke
Regarding a petition to authorize federal block grant funds directly to school districts.
Referred to Committee on Education.
There being no objection, the bills, memorial and resolution listed on the day's introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
February 18, 1998
ESB 5065 Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Regulating naming of businesses. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Gardner, Murray, Reams and Smith.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SB 5067 Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Allowing facsimile filings with the secretary of state's office. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Gardner, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Smith, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Murray and Reams.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SSB 5853 Prime Sponsor, Senate Committee on Government Operations: Authorizing larger fire protection districts to issue warrants for payment of obligations. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Murray, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Gardner, Reams and Smith.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SSB 5873 Prime Sponsor, Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance & Housing: Defining terms under the model toxics control act. Reported by Committee on Agriculture & Ecology
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Chandler, Chairman; Parlette, Vice Chairman; Schoesler, Vice Chairman; Linville, Ranking Minority Member; Anderson, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Cooper; Koster; Regala and Sump.
Voting Yea: Representatives Chandler, Schoesler, Parlette, Linville, Anderson, Cooper, Delvin, Koster, Regala and Sump.
Excused: Representative Mastin.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
ESB 6123 Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Regulating animal health. Reported by Committee on Agriculture & Ecology
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Chandler, Chairman; Parlette, Vice Chairman; Schoesler, Vice Chairman; Linville, Ranking Minority Member; Anderson, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Cooper; Koster; Regala and Sump.
Voting Yea: Representatives Chandler, Schoesler, Parlette, Linville, Anderson, Cooper, Delvin, Koster, Regala and Sump.
Excused: Representative Mastin.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SB 6278 Prime Sponsor, Senator Horn: Specifying the number of signatures required on a petition to place on the ballot the question of changing the name of a port district. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended.
On page 2, beginning on line 1, after "port district" strike all material through "29.13.020" and insert "((at the next general port election held in the port district in accordance with RCW 29.13.010 and 29.13.020))"
On page 2, line 3, after "changed." insert "The proposition shall be submitted at the next general port election."
Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Murray, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Gardner, Reams and Smith.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SSB 6285 Prime Sponsor, Senate Committee on Government Operations: Revising provisions relating to imposition of benefit charges by fire protection districts. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Murray, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Gardner, Smith and Reams.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
February 18, 1998
SB 6400 Prime Sponsor, Senator Brown: Extending the Washington telephone assistance program through 2003. Reported by Committee on Energy & Utilities
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Crouse, Chairman; DeBolt, Vice Chairman; Poulsen, Ranking Minority Member; Morris, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Bush; Cooper; Delvin; Kastama; Mielke and B. Thomas.
Voting Yea: Representatives Crouse, DeBolt, Poulsen, Morris, Cooper, Delvin, Kastama, Mielke and B. Thomas.
Excused: Representatives Mastin, Bush, Honeyford and Kessler.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
February 18, 1998
SSB 6489 Prime Sponsor, Senate Committee on Government Operations: Specifying that there will be no primary for a district court position when there are no more than two candidates filed for the position. Reported by Committee on Government Administration
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives D. Schmidt, Chairman; D. Sommers, Vice Chairman; Scott, Ranking Minority Member; Doumit; Dunn; Dunshee; Murray; L. Thomas; Wensman and Wolfe.
Voting Yea: Representatives D. Schmidt, D. Sommers, Scott, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Murray, L. Thomas, Wensman and Wolfe.
Excused: Representatives Gardner, Reams and Smith.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
There being no objection, the bills listed on the day's committee reports under the fifth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
There being no objection, the House adjourned until 1:30 p.m., Monday, February 23, 1998.
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker