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TWENTY-SECOND DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, February 3, 2003
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Sheahan, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 31, 2003
SB 5017 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hewitt: Excluding minors working in family businesses from industrial insurance provisions. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Trade
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5017 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair; Franklin, Keiser and Mulliken.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 31, 2003
SB 5065 Prime Sponsor, Senator Swecker: Modifying when a geologist license may be obtained without a written exam. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Trade
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair and Mulliken.
MINORITY Recommendation:: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Franklin and Keiser.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 31, 2003
SB 5083 Prime Sponsor, Senator Stevens: Recognizing concealed weapon licenses issued by states that recognize Washington's concealed pistol license. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Esser, Vice Chair; Brandland, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Kline and Roach.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 31, 2003
SB 5263 Prime Sponsor, Senator Honeyford: Concerning the catering of alcoholic beverages at special events by nonprofit organizations. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Trade
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5263 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Chair; Franklin, Keiser and Mulliken.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 31, 2003
SB 5544 Prime Sponsor, Senator Winsley: Providing bereavement leave for state employees. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Trade
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections without recommendation. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Chair; Hewitt, Vice Chair; Franklin, Keiser and Mulliken.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5606 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Horn, Poulsen, Shin, Keiser, Sheahan, Spanel, Franklin, B. Sheldon, Kline, McAuliffe and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to faculty salary increments for community and technical colleges; adding a new section to chapter 28B.50 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5607 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Shin and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to priority activities in extended benefit periods; amending RCW 50.20.240; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5608 by Senators Franklin, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Shin and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to dependent allowances; amending RCW 50.20.120; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5609 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance claimants who are available for and actively seeking work of at least fifteen hours per week; adding a new section to chapter 50.20 RCW; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5610 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to enhancing industrial insurance vocational rehabilitation benefits; and amending RCW 51.32.095.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5611 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to securing benefits for hearing loss; and amending RCW 51.32.180 and 51.36.020.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5612 by Senators Honeyford, Prentice, Oke, Regala, Schmidt, Franklin, Winsley and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to the treatment of pathological gambling; and amending RCW 67.70.340.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5613 by Senators Honeyford, Prentice, Oke, Regala, Schmidt, Franklin, Winsley and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to information for compulsive gamblers; and amending RCW 9.46.071.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5614 by Senators T. Sheldon, Hale, Mulliken and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date on the rural county sales and use tax deferral program; amending RCW 82.60.040 and 82.60.050; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development.
SB 5615 by Senators Mulliken, Hargrove, Swecker, Stevens, Sheahan, Oke and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to parental notification for abortions provided to minors; amending RCW 9.02.100; adding new sections to chapter 9.02 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5616 by Senators Benton, Prentice, Reardon, Zarelli, Winsley, Keiser and Finkbeiner
AN ACT Relating to insurer foreign investments; and amending RCW 48.13.180.
Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Insurance and Housing.
SB 5617 by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Carlson, Regala and Winsley (by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to forensic competency examinations; amending RCW 10.77.060; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5618 by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Carlson, Regala and Winsley (by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to the elimination of reports to the legislature required of the department of social and health services; amending RCW 43.20B.030, 74.13.036, and 74.14C.070; reenacting and amending RCW 26.44.030; and repealing RCW 74.09.310, 74.09.320, 13.40.430, and 72.23.450.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5619 by Senators Stevens, Regala, Carlson and Winsley (by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to income and resources reporting requirements under the public assistance program; and amending RCW 74.04.300.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5620 by Senators Brandland, Swecker and Rasmussen (by request of Department of Agriculture)
AN ACT Relating to levying an assessment on certain agricultural plants; and amending RCW 15.13.310.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
SB 5621 by Senators Franklin, Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Regala, Keiser, Kline and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to adopting standards under industrial insurance for rating pain-related impairments; and amending RCW 51.32.080.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5622 by Senators Franklin, Thibaudeau, Shin, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to medical examinations under the industrial insurance system; amending RCW 51.32.110, 51.36.070, and 51.32.112; adding a new section to chapter 51.36 RCW; creating a new section; recodifying RCW 51.32.112; and repealing RCW 51.32.114.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5623 by Senators Keiser, Swecker, Haugen and Poulsen
AN ACT Relating to planning and siting of commercial aviation facilities; amending RCW 47.68.020 and 36.70A.200; and adding new sections to chapter 47.68 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Land Use and Planning.
SB 5624 by Senators Morton and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to salaries of district court judges; amending RCW 3.58.010, 3.58.020, and 43.03.310; and providing a contingent effective date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5625 by Senators Keiser and Prentice
AN ACT Relating to applying RCW 41.56.430 through 41.56.490 to employees working under a site certificate issued under chapter 80.50 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 41.56 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5626 by Senators Keiser, Prentice and B. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to expanding membership of the electrical board by appointment of one outside line worker; amending RCW 19.28.311; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Trade.
SB 5627 by Senators Esser and Kastama
AN ACT Relating to the admissibility of confessions and admissions in criminal and juvenile offense proceedings; and adding a new section to chapter 10.58 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5628 by Senators Brandland, Esser, Kline and Kohl-Welles (by request of Sentencing Guidelines Commission)
AN ACT Relating to recommendations by the sentencing guidelines commission on threshold property values for crimes involving property; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5629 by Senators Roach, Kastama and Winsley (by request of Office of Financial Management)
AN ACT Relating to an employer's indebtedness to a deceased person for unpaid wages, labor, or services performed; and amending RCW 49.48.120.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SB 5630 by Senator Carlson
AN ACT Relating to delivery of social and health services at the local level; adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5631 by Senators Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Kline, Hargrove, Fraser, McAuliffe, Keiser, B. Sheldon and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to trafficking in persons; amending RCW 9A.82.090, 9A.82.100, and 9A.82.120; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515, 9.94A.515, and 9A.82.010; adding a new section to chapter 9A.40 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5632 by Senators Esser, Fairley, Schmidt, Prentice, Horn and Rossi
AN ACT Relating to utility relocation costs; and amending RCW 81.112.100.
Referred to Committee on Technology and Communications.
SB 5633 by Senator Kastama
AN ACT Relating to changing how the court determines the allocation of residential time between parents; amending RCW 26.09.187; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5634 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Kline and Keiser (by request of Insurance Commissioner Kreidler)
AN ACT Relating to prescription drug marketing and disclosure; adding a new section to chapter 18.64 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5635 by Senators Prentice, Fairley, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Shin, Thibaudeau, Regala, Franklin, Keiser and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to the death penalty; adding a new section to chapter 10.95 RCW; making an appropriation; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5636 by Senators Hargrove, Winsley, McAuliffe, Regala, Sheahan, Stevens, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Keiser and B. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to victims of family violence among applicants and recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; and amending RCW 74.08A.010, 74.08A.260, 74.08A.270, 74.08A.275, and 74.08A.280.
Referred to Committee on Children and Family Services and Corrections.
SB 5637 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Kastama, Fairley and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to review of proposed initiative measures; and adding new sections to chapter 29.79 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SJM 8012 by Senators Fraser, Morton and Kline
Asking the federal energy regulatory commission to withdraw a new pricing policy proposal.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water.
SJR 8211 by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Regala, Doumit and Keiser
Authorizing state officials' compensation to be decreased during their terms of office.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SJR 8212 by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Hewitt, Doumit, Oke and Keiser
Allowing the independent commission on state salaries to revoke its filings with the secretary of state.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
SJR 8213 by Senators Morton and McCaslin
Removing district court judges from the jurisdiction of the salary commission.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SCR 8403 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Kastama, Esser, Keiser, Jacobsen and Prentice
Creating the Joint Select Committee on the Evaluation of the Legislature.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Sheahan, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, February 4, 2003.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
MILTON H. DOUMIT, Jr., Secretary of the Senate