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SIXTEENTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Tuesday, January 26, 1999
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 25, 1999
SB 5036 Prime Sponsor, Senator McCaslin: Adding a judge to the superior court of Okanogan county. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
January 25, 1999
SB 5037 Prime Sponsor, Senator McCaslin: Creating a new court of appeals position for Pierce county. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
January 25, 1999
SB 5114 Prime Sponsor, Senator Honeyford: Exempting certain hospitals from annual inspections. Reported by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Thibaudeau, Chair; Wojahn, Vice Chair; Costa, Deccio, Franklin, Johnson and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 25, 1999
SB 5118 Prime Sponsor, Senator Heavey: Increasing penalties for taking a motor vehicle without permission. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass and refer to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
January 25, 1999
SB 5226 Prime Sponsor, Senator Heavey: Revising provisions relating to offers of settlement. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5226 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Costa, Goings, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach and Thibaudeau.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 25, 1999
SB 5262 Prime Sponsor, Senator Thibaudeau: Allowing unregulated persons to perform sleep monitoring tasks. Reported by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Thibaudeau, Chair; Wojahn, Vice Chair; Deccio, Franklin and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, Senate Bill No. 5036 and Senate Bill No. 5037 were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
January 25, 1999
GA 9059 GARY L. CHRISTENSON, reappointed September 30, 1997, for a term ending at the pleasure of the Governor, as Administrator of the Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority.
Reported by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Thibaudeau, Chair; Wojahn, Vice Chair; Costa, Deccio, Franklin, Johnson and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules
January 25, 1999
GA 9064 RUSSELL D. HAUGE, reappointed January 28, 1997, for a term ending August 2, 1999, as a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 25, 1999
GA 9086 JENNY WIELAND, reappointed January 28, 1997, for a term ending August 2, 1999, as a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 25, 1999
GA 9091 DAVID BOERNER, appointed August 19, 1998, for a term ending August 2, 2001, as a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 25, 1999
GA 9098 NANCY CAMPBELL, appointed August 28, 1998, for a term ending August 2, 2001, as a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Johnson, McCaslin and Roach.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 25, 1999
GA 9123 JOE HAWE, appointed May 1, 1998, for a term ending August 2, 2000, as a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Johnson, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
January 25, 1999
MR. PRESIDENT:
The Co-Speakers have signed SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8404, and the same is herewith transmitted.
DEAN R. FOSTER, Co-Chief Clerk
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Co-Chief Clerk
January 25, 1999
MR. PRESIDENT:
The Co-Speakers have signed:
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4403,
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4404, and the same are herewith transmitted.
DEAN R. FOSTER, Co-Chief Clerk
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Co-Chief Clerk
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
The President signed:
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4403,
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4404.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5509 by Senators Kline, Jacobsen, Heavey, Horn, Finkbeiner, Patterson, Franklin, Fairley, Prentice, Hochstatter, Bauer, Gardner, Costa, Eide, McDonald, B. Sheldon, Goings, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to the Holocaust victims insurance relief act; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5510 by Senators Oke, Swecker, Long, Sellar, Zarelli, Hochstatter, Rossi, Johnson, Morton, Hale, Stevens and West
AN ACT Relating to collection agencies used to collect unpaid taxes; and amending RCW 82.32.265 and 82.32.210.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5511 by Senators Gardner, Hargrove, T. Sheldon, Morton, Spanel, McCaslin, Rasmussen, Costa, Honeyford, Brown, Bauer, Swecker, Oke, Long, Sellar, Horn, Rossi, Johnson, Deccio, Stevens and Hochstatter
AN ACT Relating to school district revenues; and amending RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.520.020, and 76.12.120.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5512 by Senators Costa, Winsley, Kline, Patterson, Gardner, Prentice, Long, Goings, Snyder, Fraser, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen, Spanel, Fairley, Haugen, Wojahn, Thibaudeau, Loveland, Bauer, Eide, B. Sheldon, McAuliffe, T. Sheldon, Heavey and Shin
AN ACT Relating to contraceptive health care benefits; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5513 by Senators Costa, Long, Franklin, Zarelli, Heavey, Hargrove, T. Sheldon, Rossi and Shin
AN ACT Relating to execution witnesses; and amending RCW 10.95.185.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5514 by Senators Shin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Eide, Kline, Bauer, Franklin, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Prentice, Hale, T. Sheldon, Goings, Jacobsen, Winsley, Rasmussen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to the Washington award for vocational excellence; amending RCW 28C.04.545; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5515 by Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Swecker, Hargrove, T. Sheldon, Goings, Rossi and Oke
AN ACT Relating to the liability of instructors of firearms safety, education, and familiarization classes; and adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5516 by Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio, Eide, Goings, Winsley, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles and Oke
AN ACT Relating to creation of the tobacco prevention and control program; adding a new section to chapter 43.79 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5517 by Senators Jacobsen, Eide, Goings and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to community outdoor athletic fields; amending RCW 43.155.020, 43.155.030, 43.155.040, 43.155.060, 43.155.068, and 43.155.070; reenacting and amending RCW 43.155.050; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5518 by Senators Jacobsen, Eide, Goings and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to community outdoor athletic fields; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5519 by Senators Horn, Haugen, McCaslin, Heavey and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to time limits for local project review under the growth management act; and amending RCW 36.70B.090.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5520 by Senators Costa, McCaslin, Kohl-Welles, Winsley and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to a juvenile offender community sanction sentencing alternative; amending RCW 13.40.0357; reenacting and amending RCW 13.40.160; adding a new section to chapter 13.40 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5521 by Senators Heavey, Long, Costa, Thibaudeau, Winsley and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to relocation under parenting plans; and adding new sections to chapter 26.09 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5522 by Senators Fairley and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to work activity provisions for recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; and amending RCW 74.08A.260.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5523 by Senators Prentice, Costa, Heavey and Gardner
AN ACT Relating to fireworks; amending RCW 70.77.270; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5524 by Senators Prentice and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to the use of imitation crash parts for repair of motor vehicles; adding a new section to chapter 48.30 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5525 by Senators Hargrove, Morton, T. Sheldon, Snyder, Oke, Winsley and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to appointment of a county legislative authority member of the forest practices board; and amending RCW 76.09.030.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5526 by Senators Kline, Fairley, Costa, Prentice, Patterson, Eide, Shin, Franklin, Winsley, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to requiring prevailing wages on housing finance commission construction projects; adding a new section to chapter 43.180 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 39.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5527 by Senators Heavey and Hochstatter
AN ACT Relating to the deletion of nonconviction data; and amending RCW 10.97.060.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5528 by Senators Loveland, Horn and Winsley (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to the meaning of the phrase "services rendered in respect to constructing" for purposes of the business and occupation and sales and use taxes; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5529 by Senators Loveland and Winsley (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to clarifying the property tax exemption statutes; amending RCW 84.36.477 and 84.40.405; reenacting and amending RCW 84.36.805 and 84.36.810; creating new sections; and repealing RCW 84.36.140, 84.36.150, 84.36.160, 84.36.161, 84.36.162, 84.36.176, 84.36.181, 84.36.190, 84.36.191, 84.36.270, 84.36.280, 84.36.290, and 84.36.473.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5530 by Senators Loveland and Winsley (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to correcting errors related to property tax levies; adding a new section to chapter 84.52 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5531 by Senators Loveland and Winsley (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to updating the tax code by making administrative clarifications, correcting oversights, and deleting obsolete references; amending RCW 82.04.3651, 82.08.02567, 82.08.0266, 82.08.02665, 82.04.355, 82.12.020, 82.12.02567, 82.12.0282, 82.16.047, 82.32.060, 82.32.070, 82.35.080, 84.36.041, 84.36.350, and 84.36.383; reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.270; reenacting RCW 82.04.270; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; repealing RCW 84.36.353 and 84.36.485; providing effective dates; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5532 by Senators McAuliffe, Costa, B. Sheldon, Winsley, Thibaudeau, Finkbeiner, Brown, Long, Haugen, Fairley, Gardner and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to exemption of property taxes for assisted housing; reenacting and amending RCW 84.36.805 and 84.36.810; adding new sections to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5533 by Senators Fairley, Kline, Franklin, Oke and Kohl-Welles (by request of Governor Locke)
AN ACT Relating to developing a system of lifelong learning; amending RCW 28C.18.010, 28C.18.020, 28C.18.030, 28C.18.040, 28C.18.050, 28C.18.060, 50.38.050, 50.67.010, 42.17.310, and 43.20A.080; reenacting and amending RCW 50.13.060; adding a new section to chapter 28C.18 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 50 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 28C.18.070, 28C.18.080, 28C.18.090, 28C.18.100, 28C.18.110, 50.67.020, and 50.67.030; prescribing penalties; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5534 by Senators Fairley and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to benefit eligibility for part-time workers; adding a new section to chapter 50.20 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5535 by Senators Goings, Horn, Patterson, McCaslin, Haugen and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to adoption of the state building code while providing a requirement that each code adopted by the state building code council to make up the state building code be published by either the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials or another nationally recognized code organization; and amending RCW 19.27.031 and 19.27.074.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SJM 8010 by Senators Jacobsen and Oke
Requesting support for the full appropriation to fund state aquatic nuisance species management plans.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SCR 8405 by Senators Fairley, Bauer, Franklin and Kohl-Welles
Adopting the work force training and education coordinating board comprehensive plan update.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 27, 1999.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate