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SEVENTY-FIRST DAY
MORNING SESSION
House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, March 22, 1999
The House was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Speaker Pro Tempore Pennington. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The flag was escorted to the rostrum by a Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, Pages Stephanie Arnold and Sarah Eby. Speaker Pro Tempore Pennington led the Chamber in the Pledge of Alliance. Prayer was offered by Father Seamus Laverity, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Tacoma.
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
HB 2274 by Representatives Huff, H. Sommers, Mitchell, Doumit, Lisk, Hankins, Wensman, Alexander, Schoesler, Boldt and Mastin
AN ACT Relating to the administration of the federal ban on the export of unprocessed timber from public lands; adding a new section to chapter 43.06 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 19.85 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2275 by Representatives Keiser, Conway, Cooper, Cody, Veloria, Kenney, Romero, Miloscia, Schual-Berke and Wolfe
AN ACT Relating to restoring local control of educational employees' salaries; amending RCW 28A.400.200; and repealing RCW 41.59.935.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HCR 4408 by Representatives Lisk and Kessler
AN ACT Relating to adopting joint rules.
Held on first reading from March 17, 1999.
ESSB 5082 by Senate Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker and Rasmussen)
Requiring microbial inactivation of biomedical waste.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
ESB 5097 by Senators Haugen, Honeyford, Gardner, Patterson, Bauer, Rasmussen, McCaslin, Hale, Sellar, Benton, Swecker, Winsley, Eide, Prentice and Roach
Transferring the office of archaeology and historic preservation from the department of community, trade, and economic development to the office of the secretary of state.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
ESSB 5205 by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Morton, Rasmussen, Stevens, T. Sheldon, Honeyford, Sellar and Swecker)
Changing provisions relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SSB 5260 by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Johnson and Thibaudeau)
Creating an equal access to justice task force.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SSB 5312 by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Costa, Deccio, Winsley, Wojahn, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles)
Providing for the prevention of workplace violence in health care settings.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
ESB 5337 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Heavey, McCaslin, Costa and Thibaudeau
Broadening actions for employment discrimination.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5343 by Senators Jacobsen, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Costa, Thibaudeau and Gardner
Requiring that school information be included in the passport provided to foster parents.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
ESB 5371 by Senators Jacobsen, Horn, Haugen, Franklin, Costa and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Transportation
Developing intercity passenger rail service.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5410 by Senators McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Board of Education
Reclassifying the state board of education as a class four group.
Referred to Committee on Education.
ESSB 5439 by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, Heavey, Roach and Costa)
Enacting the Washington state false claims act.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
ESSB 5480 by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Hargrove, Long, Edie, Franklin, Shin, McCaslin, Haugen, Goings, Gardner, Prentice, Kline, T. Sheldon, Wojahn, Benton, Spanel, B. Sheldon, Bauser, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Rossi, Horn, Johnson, West, Winsley, Oke and Rasmussen)
Requiring identification of drug-affected infants and providing treatment services to their mothers.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
SSB 5491 by Senate Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Costa, Roach, Franklin, Thibaudeau, McAuliffe and Kline)
Requiring the use of apprentices in large public works projects.
Held on first reading from March 16, 1999.
2SSB 5556 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Oke, Jacobsen, Haugen, Heavey, T. Sheldon, Winsley, Rasmussen, Patterson, Sellar, Zarelli, Roach, Stevens, Kohl-Welles, McCaslin, Thibaudeau, Honeyford, Costa, Eide, Morton, Horn and Hochstatter)
Transferring unclaimed taxes on marine fuel to the recreation resource account.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5575 by Senators Haugen, Johnson, Patterson and T. Sheldon; by request of Washington State Patrol
Adding an ex officio member to the building code council.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
SB 5584 by Senators Fraser and Winsley; by request of Department of Revenue
Preventing the use of step transactions to avoid real estate excise tax.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
ESB 5597 by Senators Fraser, Swecker, Jacobsen, Morton, Fairley, Rasmussen and Winsley
Requiring occupational health standards to protect workers from airborne and waterborne pathogens.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
ESSB 5610 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Finkbeiner, T. Sheldon and Costa)
Authorizing the director of the department of licensing to impose a civil penalty for a violation of chapter 46.70 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5617 by Senators Horn, Goings, Finkbeiner, Oke and Costa
Providing exemptions from driver's license requirements for nonresidents.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
ESSB 5625 by Senate Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Winsley, Brown, Thibaudeau, Kline, Patterson, Fraser, Franklin, Gardner, Rasmussen, B. Sheldon, Snyder and Horn)
Changing work requirement provisions for the temporary assistance for needy families program.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
SSB 5640 by Senate Committee on State & Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Gardner and McCaslin; by request of Secretary of State)
Studying primary dates and speeding counting.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
ESSB 5661 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen and Honeyford; by request of Department of Revenue)
Providing clarification and administrative simplification for the leasehold excise tax.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
SB 5665 by Senators Costa, Honeyford, Hargrove, Kline, Heavey, McCaslin and Long
Authorizing vacation of records of convictions for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5667 by Senators West and Heavey
Increasing the number of untaxed complimentary tickets available for boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, and wrestling.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
2ESB 5704 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Thibaudeau
Authorizing adoption of rules to implement medical marijuana law.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
ESSB 5712 by Senate Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing & Financial Institutions (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Hale, Bauer, West and Winsley)
Regulating motel liquor licenses.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SSB 5729 by Senate Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen and Swecker)
Establishing parameters for solid waste facility locational standards.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
E2SSB 5730 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen and Swecker)
Changing financial responsibility requirements for operators of solid waste landfills.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
ESSB 5750 by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Haugen, Roach, Prentice, Hochstatter, Horn, McDonald, T. Sheldon, Swecker, Stevens, Goings, Zarelli, Johnson, Patterson, Hale, Costa, Honeyford, Morton, Rasmussen, Rossi, Oke, Long, Finkbeiner, Deccio and Sheahan)
Clarifying transportation planning.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
ESB 5779 by Senators Kline, Winsley, Fairley, Costa and Oke
Requiring additional crime prevention training for employees of evening retail establishments.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
ESB 5798 by Senators Fairley, Winsley and Franklin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Assisting needy families.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
ESB 5816 by Senators Haugen, McCaslin, Patterson, Gardner and T. Sheldon
Enabling counties planning under chapter 36.70A RCW to create nine lots in a short subdivision within a designated urban growth area.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
ESB 5897 by Senators Costa, Winsley, Thibaudeau and Oke; by request of Attorney General
Informing purchasers of cigarettes of adverse health consequences and whether the cigarettes were manufactured for consumption within the United States.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
ESSB 5914 by Senate Committee on State & Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Prentice, McCaslin, Oke, Kline, Sheahan, Franklin, Shin, Goings, Haugen, Winsley and Rasmussen)
Providing incentive and enforcement measures for compliance with growth management housing goals within counties with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
SB 5920 by Senators Costa, Thibaudeau, Deccio, Haugen and Kohl-Welles
Including midwives in women's health care services.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
SB 5951 by Senators Costa, Long and Winsley; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Amending the child abuse protection and treatment act.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
SB 6048 by Senators Haugen, Hochstatter, Loveland, T. Sheldon, Oke, Goings, Rasmussen and Hale; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Creating a retrospective rating plan.
SSB 6063 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Loveland, West, Snyder and Oke)
Authorizing the state investment board to invest and reinvest moneys in the emergency reserve fund.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
SSJR 8200 by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin and Roach)
Requiring superior court judges to be admitted to the practice of law for a minimum of five years.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SSJR 8208 by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Loveland, West and Snyder)
Authorizing investments as specified by the legislature.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
There being no objection, the bills and resolutions listed on the day's introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Lisk, the House adjourned until 9:55 a.m., Tuesday, March 23, 1999, the 72nd Legislative Day.
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker
DEAN R. FOSTER, Chief Clerk FRANK CHOPP, Speaker
2274
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2275
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
4408
Introduced, Held on First Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
5082 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
5097
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5205 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5260 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5312 (Sub)
First Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5337
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5343
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5371
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5410
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5439 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5480 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5491 (Sub)
Introduced, Held on First Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
5556 (2nd Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5575
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5584
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5597
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5610 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5617
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5625 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5640 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5661 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5665
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5667
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5704
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5712 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5729 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5730 (2nd Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5750 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5779
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5798
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5816
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5897
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5914 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5920
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5951
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6048
Introduced, Held on First Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
6063 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8200 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8208 (Sub)
Intro & 1st Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7