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SEVENTY-THIRD DAY

MORNING SESSION

House Chamber, Olympia, Wednesday, March 24, 1999

             The House was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Speaker Ballard. 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 Emily Nicholson and Joe Fortunato. Prayer was offered by Pastor John Ericksen, Vashon Lutheran Church.

             Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

March 23, 1999

Mr. Speaker:

             The President has signed:

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1294,

and the same is herewith transmitted.

Tony M. Cook, Secretary

RESOLUTION

             HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 99-4658, by Representatives Veloria, Ogden, Thomas, Ruderman and Cody

             WHEREAS, Cost-effective and efficient management operations in public schools are vital in supporting the provision of quality education to our students by our teachers as we move into the new millennium; and

             WHEREAS, The Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative, which was formed by school districts and the educational service districts, has been providing efficient and cost-effective information services to school districts for thirty years; and

             WHEREAS, The Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative has enabled school districts to spend millions of dollars in classrooms instead of on administrative software; and

             WHEREAS, The Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative, in partnership with the state and the private sector, has been making significant improvements in its software and network products to ensure that school districts of all sizes have the tools to meet their information services needs; and

             WHEREAS, The Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative has successfully assisted in the implementation of the K-20 network and is the leading K-12 service provider over the K-20 network, assuring the smooth and rapid flow of data between school districts, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Legislature; and

             WHEREAS, The Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative depends upon the critical and continuing partnership with state government in order to complete the timely update of its services for school districts; and

             WHEREAS, Most school districts currently take advantage of the benefits of membership in the Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative;

             NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives acknowledge the dedicated efforts and successful achievements realized by the Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative and its committed staff, working in collaboration with state, regional, and local educational partner agencies; and

             BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize and encourage support for the Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative's continuous improvements and strongly encourage school districts to work together as full participants with the Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative; and

             BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives to the Washington Schools Information Processing Cooperative.

             Representative Veloria moved adoption of the resolution.

             Representatives Veloria and Reardon spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution.

             House Resolution No. 99-4658 was adopted.

INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING

HCR 4408         by Representatives Lisk and Kessler

                          AN ACT Relating to adopting joint rules.

             Held on first reading from March 17, 1999.

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.

ESSB 5813       by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio, Costa and Winsley)

Requiring third-party payors to designate a licensed medical director for its coverage decisions.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

HB 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.

             Held on first reading from March 22, 1999.

             There being no objection, the bills and resolution 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 rules were suspended and House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408 was advanced to second reading.

SECOND READING

             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4408, by Representatives Lisk and Kessler

             Adopting joint rules

             The resolution was read the second time.

             There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the resolution was placed on final adoption.

             Representatives Lisk and Kessler spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

             Speaker Ballard stated the question before the House to be adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408.

MOTIONS

             On motion of Representative Wolfe, Representatives Morris, Edwards, H. Sommers, Quall and McIntire were excused. On motion of Representative Schoesler, Representatives DeBolt and Van Luven were excused.

ROLL CALL

             The Clerk called the roll on the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408 and the resolution was adopted the House by the following vote: Yeas - 91, Nays - 0, Absent - 0, Excused - 7.

             Voting yea: Representatives Alexander, Anderson, Ballasiotes, Barlean, Benson, Boldt, Buck, Bush, Cairnes, Campbell, Carlson, Carrell, Chandler,B., Chandler,G., Clements, Cody, Constantine, Conway, Cooper, Cox, Crouse, Delvin, Dickerson, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Edmonds, Eickmeyer, Ericksen, Esser, Fisher, Fortunato, Gombosky, Grant, Haigh, Hankins, Hatfield, Huff, Hurst, Kagi, Kastama, Keiser, Kenney, Kessler, Koster, Lambert, Lantz, Linville, Lisk, Lovick, Mastin, McDonald, McMorris, Mielke, Miloscia, Mitchell, Mulliken, Murray, O'Brien, Ogden, Parlette, Pennington, Pflug, Poulsen, Radcliff, Reardon, Regala, Rockefeller, Romero, Ruderman, Santos, Schindler, D. Schmidt, K. Schmidt, Schoesler, Schual-Berke, Scott, Skinner, D. Sommers, Stensen, Sullivan, Sump, Talcott, Thomas, Tokuda, Veloria, Wensman, Wolfe, Wood, Mr. Speaker Ballard and Mr. Speaker Chopp - 91.

             Excused: Representatives DeBolt, Edwards, McIntire, Morris, Quall, H. Sommers and Van Luven - 7.

             House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408, having received the constitutional majority, was declared adopted.

             There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.

             There being no objection, the House adjourned until 9:55 a.m., Thursday, March 25, 1999, the 74^th Legislative Day.

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk                                                                      CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker

DEAN R. FOSTER, Chief Clerk                                                                              FRANK CHOPP, Speaker

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