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FIFTY EIGHTH LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
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FOURTH DAY
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House Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 15, 2004
The House was called to order at 9:55 a.m. by the Speaker (Representative Lovick presiding).
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE
The Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Legislature of the State of Washington
Olympia, Washington
Mr. Speaker:
We herewith respectfully transmit for your consideration a copy of Initiative to the Legislature Number 297, originally filed with this office on June 9, 2003. On January 2, 2004, the sponsor of the proposed initiative filed 22,963 petition sheets in support of the measure. We have completed our preliminary canvass of these petition sheets and have determined that they contain 280,382 signatures.
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Article II, section 1 of the State Constitution, we are provisionally certifying Initiative to the Legislature Number 297 to you at this time. We expect to complete verification of signatures no later than February 12, 2004 and we will provide the Legislature with a final certification as soon as possible thereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State of Washington, this 12th day of January, 2004.
SAM REED, Secretary of State
There being no objection, Initiative to the Legislature No. 297 was referred to the Committee on Technology, Telecommunications and Energy.
INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING
HB 2481 by Representatives Dickerson, Lovick, Kessler, McIntire, Lantz, Upthegrove, Simpson, G., Darneille, Tom, Moeller, Chase and Santos
AN ACT Relating to increasing marriage license fees to fund domestic violence programs; amending RCW 36.18.010 and 70.123.030; and adding a new section to chapter 70.123 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Law.
HB 2482 by Representatives Anderson, Nixon and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to disclosure of collective bargaining agreements; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2483 by Representatives Murray and McIntire
AN ACT Relating to the disposition of title fees; amending RCW 46.12.040, 46.12.101, and 46.68.020; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2484 by Representatives Conway, McMorris and Wood; by request of State Board of Accountancy
AN ACT Relating to modifying the public accountancy act but only with respect to: Expanding board member term limits, extending the experience look-back period for certificate holders, allowing out-of-state CPAs to qualify for a license with three years of public practice experience during the immediate past five years, expanding sanctioning authority over imposters and exam cheaters, and establishing a penalty for imposters whose license or certificate has been suspended or revoked; amending RCW 18.04.035, 18.04.105, 18.04.180, and 18.04.295; reenacting and amending RCW 18.04.370; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 2485 by Representatives Lantz, Carrell, Newhouse, Alexander, Jarrett, Moeller, Sommers, Kagi, Upthegrove, Schual-Berke and Darneille
AN ACT Relating to postjudgment interest on tort judgments; amending RCW 4.56.115, 4.56.110, and 19.52.025; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2486 by Representatives Lantz, Jarrett, Lovick, Newhouse, Flannigan, Moeller, Carrell, Rockefeller, Upthegrove, Schual-Berke and Tom
AN ACT Relating to the failure to wear safety belt assembly; and amending RCW 46.61.688.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2487 by Representatives Cooper, Campbell, Hunt, Romero, O'Brien, Chase, Sullivan, Ruderman, Dunshee, Wood, Dickerson, Moeller and Morrell
AN ACT Relating to management of hazardous materials in electronic products; amending RCW 70.95.030; adding a new section to chapter 70.95 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2488 by Representatives Cooper, Campbell, Hunt, Romero, O'Brien, Chase, Sullivan, Ruderman, Dunshee, Wood and Dickerson
AN ACT Relating to electronic product management; and adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2489 by Representatives Cooper, Condotta, Anderson, Nixon, Upthegrove, Priest, Dunshee, Moeller and Armstrong
AN ACT Relating to off-road and nonhighway vehicles; amending RCW 46.09.020, 46.09.110, 46.09.130, 46.09.130, 46.09.240, and 46.09.280; reenacting and amending RCW 46.09.170 and 46.09.170; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2490 by Representatives Haigh and Armstrong
AN ACT Relating to representation on governing body of entity created by public hospital district; and amending RCW 70.44.240.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2491 by Representatives Lantz, Carrell and Holmquist
AN ACT Relating to dishonored checks; and amending RCW 62A.3-515, 62A.3-520, 62A.3-522, and 62A.3-525.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2492 by Representative Sommers; by request of Office of Financial Management
AN ACT Relating to terms of confinement of felony drug offenders; adding new sections to chapter 9.94A RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 2493 by Representatives Delvin, Blake, Buck and Hatfield
AN ACT Relating to concealed pistol permits; and amending RCW 9.41.070.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2494 by Representatives Delvin, Campbell, Blake, Schoesler, Buck, Nixon, Condotta, Orcutt, McMorris, Bush and Armstrong
AN ACT Relating to actions against the firearms industry; and adding new sections to chapter 9.41 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2495 by Representatives Delvin, Lantz, Chase and Bush
AN ACT Relating to establishing means of identifying persons requesting copies of birth certificates; and amending RCW 70.58.082.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2496 by Representatives Schual-Berke, Bailey, Cody and Darneille
AN ACT Relating to the admission of residents to nursing facilities; amending RCW 74.42.055; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2497 by Representatives Linville, McCoy, Cairnes, Hunt, Rockefeller, Jarrett, Pettigrew, Edwards, Ericksen, Upthegrove, Moeller, Chase, Morrell and Santos
AN ACT Relating to providing notification of natural resource-related actions; adding a new section to chapter 43.17 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.30 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.300 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.23 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 76.09 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 89.08 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2498 by Representative Boldt
AN ACT Relating to funding constraints affecting the Washington WorkFirst program; and amending RCW 74.08A.340.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 2499 by Representatives Morris, McIntire, Nixon, Chase and Orcutt; by request of Department of Revenue and Department of General Administration
AN ACT Relating to exempting fuel cells from sales and use taxes; and amending RCW 82.08.02567 and 82.12.02567.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2500 by Representative McIntire; by request of Department of Revenue
AN ACT Relating to conforming Washington's tax structure to portions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement not implemented by chapter 168, Laws of 2003; amending RCW 82.32.020 and 82.32.030; amending 2003 c 168 s 902 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 82.14.020; adding new sections to chapter 82.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; creating a new section; providing effective dates; and providing contingent effective dates.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2501 by Representatives Hunter, Cairnes and McIntire; by request of Department of Revenue
AN ACT Relating to correcting errors, omissions, and inconsistencies within Title 82 RCW from chapter 168, Laws of 2003, which implemented portions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement; amending RCW 82.08.0283, 82.08.0281, 82.08.945, 82.12.945, 82.08.0293, 82.08.037, 82.08.100, 82.12.037, 82.12.070, 82.32.060, 82.04.4284, 82.16.050, 82.14B.150, 82.58.050, 82.04.040, 82.32.520, 82.32.530, 82.02.230, 82.08.010, 82.04.050, 82.32.525, 82.08.080, and 82.04.530; amending 2003 c 168 s 902 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 82.12.0277; adding new sections to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.12 RCW; creating a new section; providing effective dates; providing a contingent expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2502 by Representatives Eickmeyer, Haigh and Hatfield
AN ACT Relating to the rural county information technology tax credit; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2503 by Representatives O'Brien, Pearson, Darneille and Hinkle
AN ACT Relating to inmate booking fees; and amending RCW 70.48.390.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 2504 by Representatives Schoesler, Grant, Holmquist, Cox, Newhouse, Hinkle, Chandler, Sump and McMorris
AN ACT Relating to water policy in regions with regulated reductions in aquifer levels; amending RCW 90.44.445; reenacting and amending RCW 90.14.140; and adding new sections to chapter 89.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2505 by Representatives Schual-Berke, Nixon and Chase; by request of Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
AN ACT Relating to the fee for birth certificates suitable for display; and amending RCW 70.58.085.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2506 by Representatives Hinkle, Armstrong, Blake, Shabro, Buck, Hatfield, Upthegrove, Condotta, Moeller, McMorris and Bush
AN ACT Relating to allowing property owners to acquire access to landlocked parcels across public lands; amending RCW 79.38.040; adding a new section to chapter 79.38 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79A.05 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.300 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2507 by Representatives Conway, Bush, Morrell, Campbell, Chase and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to the recoupment of county and city employee salary and wage overpayments; and amending RCW 49.48.200, 49.48.210, and 41.04.230.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 2508 by Representatives Conway, Bush, Campbell and Kirby
AN ACT Relating to lodging taxation; amending RCW 67.28.181 and 67.28.200; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2509 by Representatives McCoy, Condotta, Conway, McMorris, Moeller and Chase; by request of Employment Security Department
AN ACT Relating to correcting references to the domestic violence provision in RCW 50.20.050; and amending RCW 50.20.240, 50.20.100, and 50.29.020.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 2510 by Representatives Conway, McCoy, Condotta, McMorris and Chase; by request of Employment Security Department
AN ACT Relating to tax delinquency assessments for successor employers; and amending RCW 50.12.220.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 2511 by Representatives Flannigan, Jarrett, Lovick, Schual-Berke and Moeller; by request of Washington Traffic Safety Commission
AN ACT Relating to clarifying motor vehicle safety belt requirements by replacing references to the federal code; amending RCW 46.61.688; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2512 by Representatives Hunter and McIntire; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Department of Revenue
AN ACT Relating to transferring responsibility for collecting certain telephone program excise taxes from the department of social and health services to the department of revenue; amending RCW 43.20A.725 and 80.36.430; adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW; creating new sections; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2513 by Representatives Hudgins, Holmquist and Pettigrew
AN ACT Relating to protecting the title of interior design; amending RCW 18.08.410, 18.27.110, and 19.27.095; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 2514 by Representatives Upthegrove, Jarrett and Chase
AN ACT Relating to defining and clarifying best available science; amending RCW 36.70A.172; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 2515 by Representatives Schual-Berke, Benson, Cody, Carrell, Darneille, Boldt, Chase and Santos
AN ACT Relating to fairness and accuracy in the distribution of risk; amending RCW 18.20.125, 74.39A.050, 70.129.105, and 18.20.110; adding new sections to chapter 18.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.51 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.42 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2516 by Representatives Carrell, Bush, Cox, Kristiansen and Talcott
AN ACT Relating to providing immunity for persons rendering assistance to residents at facilities under chapters 18.51, 18.20, 70.128, and 70.38 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2517 by Representatives Kagi, Bailey, Sehlin, Alexander, Darneille, Cody and Schual-Berke
AN ACT Relating to nursing homes; amending RCW 74.42.310; adding a new section to chapter 18.51 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2518 by Representatives Kirby, Conway, Morris, Holmquist and Hinkle
AN ACT Relating to exempting from the state public utility tax the sales of electricity to an electrolytic processing business; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.
HB 2519 by Representatives Hatfield, Blake, Crouse and Kagi
AN ACT Relating to county property tax levies for criminal justice purposes; amending RCW 29A.36.210, 84.52.010, and 84.52.043; adding a new section to chapter 84.52 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2520 by Representative Cody
AN ACT Relating to disclosure by persons licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW; and amending RCW 18.225.105.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2521 by Representatives Haigh, Armstrong, Miloscia, Nixon, Hunt, Shabro, McDermott, Moeller and Chase
AN ACT Relating to requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractor's portion of retainage upon request; and amending RCW 60.28.011.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2522 by Representatives Armstrong, Haigh, Miloscia, Nixon, Tom, Hunt, Shabro, McDermott and Chase
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting rejection of all bids except for good cause; and adding a new section to chapter 39.30 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2523 by Representatives Haigh, Armstrong, Miloscia, Nixon, Hunt, Shabro, McDermott, Moeller and Chase
AN ACT Relating to requiring the subcontractor listing to be read with the bid award; and amending RCW 39.30.060.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2524 by Representatives Carrell, O'Brien, Cox, Pettigrew, Cairnes, McMahan and Santos
AN ACT Relating to creating a joint select committee to study the supervision of offenders in the community by the department of corrections; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 2525 by Representatives Linville, Hankins, Ericksen, Delvin, Grant, Blake and Hatfield
AN ACT Relating to harbor lines in Blaine, Edmonds, Ilwaco, Kennewick, and Pasco; and amending RCW 79.92.030.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2526 by Representatives Schual-Berke, Benson, Simpson, G., McMorris, Moeller, Priest and Chase
AN ACT Relating to self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.31 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.99 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
HB 2527 by Representatives Wallace, Blake and Hatfield; by request of Department of Transportation
AN ACT Relating to the Puget Island ferry; and amending RCW 47.56.720.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2528 by Representatives Darneille and Benson
AN ACT Relating to boarding homes; amending RCW 18.20.020, 18.20.090, 18.20.160, 18.20.290, 74.39A.009, 74.39A.020, and 70.129.110; adding new sections to chapter 18.20 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2529 by Representatives Morrell, Benson, Chase and Santos
AN ACT Relating to payments for boarding home services; amending RCW 74.39A.030; adding a new section to chapter 74.39A RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 2530 by Representative Anderson
AN ACT Relating to school district accountability for the academic preparation of recent high school graduates; and adding a new chapter to Title 28A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 2531 by Representatives Murray, Wallace, McIntire, Dickerson, Hatfield, Rockefeller, Schual-Berke, Moeller, Chase, Conway and Wood
AN ACT Relating to regional transportation investment districts; amending RCW 36.120.010, 36.120.020, 36.120.030, 36.120.040, 36.120.050, 36.120.060, 36.120.070, 36.120.090, 36.120.140, 36.120.190, 36.120.200, 47.56.076, 82.80.010, 82.80.110, and 82.80.120; adding a new section to chapter 36.120 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 47.56 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2532 by Representative Simpson, G.; by request of Department of Licensing
AN ACT Relating to commercial driver's licenses; amending RCW 46.25.010, 46.25.060, 46.25.070, 46.25.080, 46.25.130, 46.25.160, and 46.63.070; reenacting and amending RCW 46.20.308 and 46.25.090; adding a new section to chapter 46.25 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2533 by Representatives Simpson, G. and Chase; by request of Department of Licensing
AN ACT Relating to vehicle license plates; and amending RCW 46.16.290 and 46.16.316.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2534 by Representatives Fromhold, Alexander, Conway, Rockefeller, Simpson, G., Chase and Morrell; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to death benefits for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system plan 2; and amending RCW 43.43.295.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2535 by Representatives Alexander, Fromhold, Conway, Rockefeller, Simpson, G., Kessler, Moeller, Chase, Bush and Armstrong; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to permitting members of the public employees' retirement system plan 2 and plan 3 and the school employees' retirement system plan 2 and plan 3 who qualify for early retirement or alternate early retirement to make a one-time purchase of additional service credit; adding new sections to chapter 41.40 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 41.35 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2536 by Representatives Alexander, Fromhold, Conway, Rockefeller, Simpson, G., Moeller, Chase, Bush and Armstrong; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to permitting members of the public employees' retirement system plan 2 and plan 3 and the school employees' retirement system plan 2 and plan 3 to buy down the early retirement reduction amounts; amending RCW 41.40.630, 41.40.820, 41.35.420, and 41.35.680; adding new sections to chapter 41.40 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 41.35 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2537 by Representatives Alexander, Fromhold, Conway, Simpson, G., Moeller and Chase; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to establishing a public safety employees' retirement system plan 2; amending RCW 41.45.010, 41.45.020, 41.45.050, 41.50.030, 41.50.060, 41.50.075, 41.50.080, 41.50.110, 41.50.150, 41.50.152, 41.50.255, 41.50.500, 41.50.670, 41.50.790, 41.40.010, 41.26.500, 41.32.800, 41.35.230, 41.40.690, 41.54.010, 41.54.040, 41.32.802, 41.32.862, and 41.35.060; reenacting and amending RCW 41.45.060, 41.45.061, 41.45.070, 43.84.092, and 41.40.037; adding a new section to chapter 41.40 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 41 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2538 by Representatives Conway, Fromhold, Alexander, Rockefeller, Upthegrove, Simpson, G., Moeller, Chase, Bush and Armstrong; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to establishing a one thousand dollar minimum monthly benefit for public employees' retirement system plan 1 members and teachers' retirement system plan 1 members who have at least twenty-five years of service and who have been retired at least twenty years; and amending RCW 41.32.4851 and 41.40.1984.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2539 by Representatives Fromhold, Conway, Alexander, Upthegrove, Simpson, G., Moeller and Chase; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to public employees' retirement system, plan 1 and teachers' retirement system, plan 1 age and retirement requirements for receipt of the annual increase amount; amending RCW 41.40.197 and 41.32.489; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2540 by Representatives Alexander, Conway, Fromhold, Upthegrove, Simpson, G., Moeller, Chase and Bush; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3; and amending RCW 41.32.875, 41.35.680, and 41.40.820.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2541 by Representatives Conway, Fromhold and Moeller; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to establishing an asset smoothing corridor for actuarial valuations used in the funding of the state retirement systems; and amending RCW 41.45.020 and 41.45.035.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2542 by Representatives Fromhold, Alexander, Conway, Simpson, G., Moeller and Chase; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
AN ACT Relating to allowing members of the teachers' retirement system plan 1 who are employed less than full time as psychologists, social workers, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, or speech language pathologists or audiologists to annualize their salaries when calculating their average final compensation; and amending RCW 41.32.010.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2543 by Representatives Condotta, Lovick, O'Brien, Boldt, Delvin, Pearson, Simpson, G. and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to eliminating gang-related activities on or near school grounds; adding new sections to chapter 9A.46 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 2544 by Representatives Condotta, Lovick, O'Brien, Boldt, Delvin, Simpson, G. and Chase
AN ACT Relating to eliminating dangerous weapons in schools; and amending RCW 9.41.280.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2545 by Representatives Condotta, Chase, Armstrong, Sump, Hunt, Chandler, Newhouse, Hinkle, Kristiansen, Holmquist, Clements, Schoesler and Skinner
AN ACT Relating to clarifying the meaning of ongoing agricultural activities; and amending RCW 70.94.743.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2546 by Representatives McIntire, Morris, Hunter, Ruderman, Kessler, Lovick, Hunt, Grant, Hatfield, Fromhold and Clibborn; by request of Governor Locke
AN ACT Relating to high technology and research and development tax incentives; amending RCW 82.04.4452, 82.63.010, 82.63.020, 82.63.030, 82.63.045, and 82.63.070; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2547 by Representatives Simpson, D., Cairnes, Haigh, Conway, McCoy, Simpson, G., Chase and Orcutt; by request of Department of Revenue and Department of Veterans Affairs
AN ACT Relating to the property taxation of vehicles carrying exempt licenses; and amending RCW 84.36.595.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2548 by Representatives Dickerson, Pettigrew, Darneille, Boldt, Miloscia, Bailey, Shabro, McIntire, Schual-Berke, Moeller, Chase and Santos
AN ACT Relating to creating a food bank outreach pilot program; adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 2549 by Representatives Dickerson, Cooper, Hunt, Rockefeller and Chase
AN ACT Relating to minimizing the environmental impacts of commercial passenger vessels; amending RCW 90.48.160, 53.08.080, 90.48.037, 90.48.120, 90.48.144, and 70.146.030; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2550 by Representative Boldt
AN ACT Relating to community-based and faith-based social services organizations; and adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 2551 by Representatives Schoesler, Sump, Cox, Kristiansen, Newhouse, Holmquist, Pearson, Buck, McIntire and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to the state parks and recreation commission; amending RCW 79A.05.015; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Fisheries, Ecology & Parks.
HB 2552 by Representatives Schoesler, Lovick, Newhouse, Cox, Bush, Kristiansen, Hatfield, Holmquist, Eickmeyer and Buck
AN ACT Relating to implied consent warnings; and reenacting and amending RCW 46.20.308.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
There being no objection, the bills 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.
There being no objection, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., January 16, 2004, the 5th Day of the Regular Session.
FRANK CHOPP, Speaker RICHARD NAFZIGER, Chief Clerk