FIFTEENTH DAY
NOON SESSION
Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 24, 2005
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by the Vice President Pro Tempore. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5378 by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, Jacobsen, Kastama, Thibaudeau, Haugen, Regala, Benson, Fraser, Delvin, Oke, Spanel, Rockefeller and Kline
AN ACT Relating to operation and maintenance of open space, agricultural, and timber lands acquired through the conservation futures program; and amending RCW 84.34.230 and 84.34.240.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5379 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Franklin
AN ACT Relating to updating references to contract liquor stores; amending RCW 66.04.010, 66.08.026, 66.08.050, 66.08.235, 66.16.040, 66.16.041, 66.16.080, 66.20.160, 66.20.180, 66.24.380, 66.44.120, and 41.40.023; and repealing RCW 66.16.030.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 5380 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Franklin and Kline
AN ACT Relating to disbursement of liquor revolving fund moneys for the purpose of funding alcohol education programs; and amending RCW 66.08.180.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 5381 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, McAuliffe, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Brown, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Shin, Haugen, Schmidt, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to the Washington academy of sciences; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
SB 5382 by Senators Jacobsen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to destruction of dogs harassing big game; and amending RCW 77.12.315.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5383 by Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Shin and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to hunting safety for children; and amending RCW 9.41.042, 77.32.155, 77.32.450, and 77.32.460.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5384 by Senators Fairley, Esser, Keiser, Benson and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to public building or construction contracts; amending RCW 48.30.270 and 48.30.270; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5385 by Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Fraser, Swecker and Kline
AN ACT Relating to creating an invasive species council; and adding a new chapter to Title 77 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5386 by Senators Fraser, Rockefeller, Regala, Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to recognizing interests based upon federal laws in the management of state waters; and amending RCW 90.54.020.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
SB 5387 by Senators Regala, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin, Pridemore, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to public information disclosure by water conservancy boards; and amending RCW 90.80.120 and 90.80.130.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
SB 5388 by Senators Fraser, Regala, Franklin and Pridemore
AN ACT Relating to integrated pest management; amending RCW 17.15.010 and 17.15.030; and adding a new section to chapter 17.15 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
SB 5389 by Senator Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to a record check of the parks and recreation commission's job applicants, volunteers, and independent contractors; and reenacting and amending RCW 79A.05.030.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5390 by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Franklin, Kastama, Johnson, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to incentives to improve quality of care in state purchased health care programs; amending RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.075; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5391 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Brandland, Kastama, Johnson, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to the public employees' benefits board offering a tricare supplemental insurance policy to employees who are eligible for this policy, but not eligible for medicare parts A and B; and adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5392 by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Kastama, Roach, Pflug and Kline
AN ACT Relating to improving the quality of health care through the use of clinical information technologies; amending RCW 41.05.011, 41.05.021, and 41.05.075; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5393 by Senators Kastama, Shin, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Pridemore and Kline
AN ACT Relating to veterans' relief; amending RCW 73.08.010, 73.08.070, 73.08.080, and 41.04.007; adding new sections to chapter 73.08 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 73.08.030, 73.08.040, 73.08.050, and 73.08.060; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to transportation system signage using icons and pictograms; adding a new section to chapter 35.95A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 81.112 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5395 by Senators Kastama, Haugen, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Spanel, Pridemore, Kline and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to requiring poll-site based electronic voting devices to produce paper records; amending RCW 29A.12.080; adding new sections to chapter 29A.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 29A.60 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 29A.84 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5396 by Senators Fraser, Esser, Jacobsen, Oke, Regala, Swecker, Rockefeller, Spanel, Pridemore, Thibaudeau, Haugen and Kline
AN ACT Relating to expanding the criteria for habitat conservation programs; amending RCW 79A.15.010, 79A.15.030, 79A.15.040, 79A.15.050, 79A.15.060, 79A.15.070, 79A.15.080, 84.33.140, and 77.12.203; adding new sections to chapter 79A.15 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79.71 RCW; creating a new section; providing effective dates; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5397 by Senators Rockefeller, Swecker, Poulsen, Oke, Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Brown, Esser, Weinstein, Pridemore, Prentice, Keiser, Kline, Fairley, Regala, Fraser, Jacobsen, Shin and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to vehicle emission standards; amending RCW 70.94.017, 46.68.020, and 70.120.170; amending 2003 c 264 s 9 (uncodified); adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 70.120.200; repealing 1991 c 199 s 229 (uncodified); providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
SB 5398 by Senators Thibaudeau, Rasmussen, Zarelli, Oke, Kohl-Welles and Kline
AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for comprehensive cancer centers; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5399 by Senators Roach, Swecker, Schoesler, Carrell, Mulliken and Benton
AN ACT Relating to voter registration verification; amending RCW 29A.08.125, 29A.08.125, 29A.08.605, 29A.08.605, and 29A.08.651; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5400 by Senators Roach, Swecker, Carrell, Mulliken, Rockefeller, Pflug and Benton
AN ACT Relating to voter requirements; and amending RCW 29A.44.210.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5401 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Benson, Thibaudeau, Kline, Poulsen and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to registration fees for weighing and measuring devices; and amending RCW 19.94.015 and 19.94.175.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 5402 by Senators Oke, Rockefeller, Poulsen and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to exempting ferry fuel used by Washington state ferries from excise taxes; amending RCW 82.38.080, 82.08.0255, and 82.12.0256; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5403 by Senators Delvin, Parlette, Swecker, Stevens, Honeyford, Benson and Mulliken
AN ACT Relating to limiting the disclosure of birth certificates; and amending RCW 70.58.005 and 70.58.082.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5404 by Senators Kline, Oke, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Esser and Delvin
AN ACT Relating to actions and proceedings for damages brought against law enforcement officers; and amending RCW 4.96.041.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5405 by Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Doumit, Hargrove, Spanel and Morton
AN ACT Relating to establishing the future of Washington forests review council; creating new sections; and making appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 5406 by Senators Franklin, Parlette and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to making medicare supplemental insurance policies administered under chapter 41.05 RCW conform to federal law; amending RCW 41.05.195 and 41.05.197; and repealing RCW 41.05.190.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5407 by Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Regala, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to children of incarcerated parents; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 5408 by Senators Jacobsen and Kline
AN ACT Relating to the archiving of mailed political advertising; and adding a new section to chapter 42.17 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5409 by Senators Benton and Roach
AN ACT Relating to excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation; and amending RCW 82.08.010.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 5410 by Senators Benton, Swecker, Roach and Kline
AN ACT Relating to ensuring that members of homeowners' associations may display political yard signs on their properties; and adding a new section to chapter 64.38 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5411 by Senators Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Benton, Schmidt, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Rasmussen, Thibaudeau, Doumit, Shin, Regala, Keiser, Prentice, Fairley, Jacobsen and Pflug
AN ACT Relating to authorizing branch campuses to offer lower-division courses; amending RCW 28B.45.014, 28B.45.020, 28B.45.030, and 28B.45.040; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
SB 5412 by Senators Prentice, Fairley, Fraser, Pridemore, Shin, Weinstein and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to statewide initiatives that impact local tax authority; and adding a new section to chapter 29A.72 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5413 by Senators Rasmussen, McCaslin, Weinstein, Esser, Swecker, Shin, Haugen, Sheldon, Hargrove, Rockefeller and Regala
AN ACT Relating to actions against health care providers under chapter 7.70 RCW; and amending RCW 7.70.100.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5414 by Senators Haugen and Swecker
AN ACT Relating to the disposition of pilot, airman, and airwoman fees; reenacting and amending RCW 47.68.233 and 47.68.234; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5415 by Senators Fairley and Kline
AN ACT Relating to making loans under chapter 31.45 RCW to military borrowers; and adding a new section to chapter 31.45 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.
SB 5416 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Rockefeller, Fairley, Regala and Kline
AN ACT Relating to tax preferences; and amending RCW 43.136.030, 43.136.040, and 43.136.050.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5417 by Senators Weinstein, Esser, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Kastama, Rockefeller, Shin, Carrell, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Franklin, Keiser, Kline, Sheldon and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to restricting access to motor vehicles for persons arrested for alcohol offenses; adding new sections to chapter 46.61 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5418 by Senators Berkey, Benton, Fairley, Shin, Kastama, Carrell, McAuliffe, Benson, Prentice, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to placing a security freeze on a credit report; and adding new sections to chapter 19.182 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.
SB 5419 by Senators Fraser, Rasmussen, Regala, Pridemore, Rockefeller and Kline
AN ACT Relating to water permit processing; and amending RCW 90.03.290, 90.03.270, and 90.03.280.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
SJM 8002 by Senators Roach, Benson, Delvin, Stevens, Mulliken, Pflug and Benton
Requesting Congress to repeal the federal excise tax on communications.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SJM 8003 by Senators Roach, Delvin, Schoesler, Stevens, Mulliken and Benton
Requesting that the United States Senate move quickly to confirm all nominations to the United States Supreme Court.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SJM 8004 by Senators Benton, Carrell, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Stevens and Mulliken
Requesting Congress to permanently repeal the death tax.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SJM 8005 by Senators Benton, Roach, Stevens, Mulliken and Oke
Asking Congress to end abuse of tort laws against the firearms industry.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SJM 8006 by Senators Benton, Swecker, Delvin and Stevens
Petitioning Congress to pass defense appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SJM 8007 by Senators Benton, Swecker and Stevens
Petitioning for reauthorization of the Hobbs Act.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SJM 8008 by Senators Benton, Swecker, Delvin, Benson, Stevens and Mulliken
Petitioning Congress to reform the Social Security system.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SJR 8206 by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, Kline, Esser, Zarelli, Carrell, Finkbeiner, Johnson, Delvin, Fairley, Swecker, Sheldon, McAuliffe, Franklin, Prentice, Shin, Spanel, Kohl-Welles, Brown, Roach and Mulliken
Revising limitations on use of inmate labor.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SCR 8404 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Brown, Finkbeiner, Kastama and Jacobsen
Resolving to create a commission on the evaluation of the legislature.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated with the exception of Senate Bill No. 5387 which was referred to the Committee on Water, Energy & Environment.
MOTION
At 12:03 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, January 25, 2005.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate