FOURTH DAY
NOON SESSION
Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. 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
There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 16, 2008
SB 5043 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Dedicating a portion of the state property tax levy to state parks. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
January 16, 2008
SB 5213 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Promoting coordinated ocean management policies. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
January 16, 2008
SB 5295 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kastama: Creating an office of corrections ombudsman. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
January 16, 2008
SB 5762 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kilmer: Concerning funding for jobs, economic development, and local capital projects. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
January 16, 2008
SB 5959 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Providing assistance to homeless individuals and families. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5959 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 16, 2008
SB 5989 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kastama: Providing a property tax exemption for property owned or used by nonprofit organizations for small startup businesses. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
January 16, 2008
SB 6088 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Revising state trust land management policies. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Honeyford; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
January 16, 2008
SB 6204 Prime Sponsor, Senator Sheldon: Dividing water resource inventory area 14 into WRIA 14a and WRIA 14b. Reported by Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Rockefeller, Chair; Murray, Vice Chair; Honeyford; Delvin; Hatfield; Holmquist; Morton and Regala.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 16, 2008
SB 6269 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Concerning the rights of airline passengers. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Marr, Vice Chair; Murray, Vice Chair; Swecker; Benton; Berkey; Delvin; Eide; Holmquist; Jacobsen; Kastama; Kauffman; Kilmer; King; Pflug; Sheldon and Spanel.
Passed to Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing.
January 17, 2008
SB 6272 Prime Sponsor, Senator Berkey: Expanding financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Berkey, Chair; Hobbs, Vice Chair; Benton, Franklin, Parlette, Prentice and Schoesler.
Passed to Committee on Ways & Means.
January 16, 2008
SB 6278 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Clarifying the pilot rule-making process. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Marr, Vice Chair; Murray, Vice Chair; Swecker; Benton; Berkey; Delvin; Eide; Holmquist; Jacobsen; Kastama; Kauffman; Kilmer; King; Pflug; Sheldon and Spanel.
Passed to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
January 15, 2008
SB 6310 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Correcting obsolete references concerning chapter 10.77 RCW. Reported by Committee on Human Services & Corrections
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Regala, Vice Chair; Stevens; Brandland; Carrell; Marr and McAuliffe.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 16, 2008
SB 6335 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Concerning the homeless families services fund. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Pridemore, Vice Chair, Operating Budget; Zarelli; Brandland; Carrell; Fairley; Hatfield; Hobbs; Keiser; Kohl-Welles; Oemig; Parlette; Rasmussen; Regala; Roach; Rockefeller; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fourth order of business.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
January 16, 2008
MR. PRESIDENT:
The House has passed the following bills:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1102,
and the same are herewith transmitted.
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk
MOTION
There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 6470 by Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Marr, Prentice, Tom, Rasmussen, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Kilmer and Roach
AN ACT Relating to training medical students, nurses, and medical technicians and assistants to work with patients with developmental disabilities; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6471 by Senators Weinstein, Kauffman, Tom, Fairley, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to protecting consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act; amending RCW 31.04.025, 31.04.035, and 19.146.010; and repealing RCW 31.04.005.
Referred to Committee on Consumer Protection & Housing.
SB 6472 by Senators Oemig, Weinstein and Kline
AN ACT Relating to commercial parking businesses; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6473 by Senators Carrell, McDermott, McCaslin, Benton, Stevens, Marr, Schoesler, Shin, Rasmussen, Hewitt, Haugen and Kilmer
AN ACT Relating to the property tax exemption income eligibility requirements for senior citizens and veterans with service-connected disabilities; amending RCW 84.36.381, 84.36.383, and 84.38.030; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6474 by Senators Carrell, Stevens, Schoesler and Holmquist
AN ACT Relating to voter registration; amending RCW 29A.04.103, 29A.04.109, 29A.04.163, 29A.08.010, 29A.08.110, 46.20.155, 29A.08.140, 29A.08.210, 29A.08.220, 29A.08.520, 29A.08.651, and 29A.84.110; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515; adding new sections to chapter 29A.08 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 29A.84 RCW; repealing RCW 29A.08.145 and 29A.84.670; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6475 by Senators Oemig, Delvin, Rockefeller, Honeyford, Regala, Tom, Rasmussen and Roach
AN ACT Relating to allowing joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board; and amending RCW 90.58.185.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
SB 6476 by Senators Hatfield, Morton, Haugen, McCaslin, Hargrove, Kastama, Zarelli, Delvin and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to the sales and use tax rate for public facilities in rural counties; reenacting and amending RCW 82.14.370; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6477 by Senators Hobbs, Pridemore, Roach, Rasmussen, Hatfield, Stevens, Berkey, Eide, Sheldon, Honeyford, Shin, Keiser, Hewitt, Kline, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Benton and Kilmer
AN ACT Relating to providing state assistance to low-income homeowners; adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6478 by Senators Oemig, Swecker, Pridemore, Kline, Spanel and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to ballot identification; and amending RCW 29A.36.111.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6479 by Senators Zarelli, Prentice, Rasmussen and Roach
AN ACT Relating to screening and treating children with attachment disorders; creating new sections; making appropriations; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6480 by Senators Benton, Stevens, Delvin and Roach
AN ACT Relating to requiring assessors to provide information on the basis of valuation when providing taxpayers notice of change in valuation of real property; and amending RCW 84.40.045.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6481 by Senators Benton, Schoesler, Hewitt, McCaslin, Delvin, Morton, Stevens, Swecker, Pflug and Roach
AN ACT Relating to excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation; amending RCW 82.08.010 and 82.08.010; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
SB 6482 by Senators Prentice, Schoesler, Rasmussen and Holmquist
AN ACT Relating to providing a state public utility tax exemption for the transportation of grain by motor vehicle; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6483 by Senators Hatfield, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Haugen, Swecker, Tom, Morton, Rockefeller, Fraser, Hargrove, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Kilmer, Shin, McDermott, Kauffman, Murray, Hobbs, Kastama, Fairley, Pridemore, Regala, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kline, Brown, Franklin, Hewitt, Spanel, Parlette, Oemig and Roach
AN ACT Relating to local food production; amending RCW 43.19.1906, 43.19.1911, 43.19.706, and 28B.10.029; reenacting and amending RCW 43.19.1905 and 28A.335.190; adding a new section to chapter 15.64 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.235 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 15.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.41 RCW; creating new sections; and making appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6484 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Murray, Brandland, Spanel, Tom and Kline
AN ACT Relating to excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax; amending RCW 82.08.011; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6485 by Senators Hobbs and Roach
AN ACT Relating to requiring a percent of the mathematics portion of the Washington assessment of student learning be short answer or multiple choice questions; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6486 by Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to the advisory committee identifying career and technical education curricula to help students obtain a certificate of academic achievement; and amending 2007 c 354 s 12 (uncodified).
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6487 by Senators Pridemore, Hargrove, Schoesler and Carrell
AN ACT Relating to establishing standards for emergency preparedness kits; and adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6488 by Senators Regala, Hargrove, Brandland, Stevens, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton and Kilmer
AN ACT Relating to DNA identification of convicted sex offenders and other persons; and amending RCW 43.43.753, 43.43.754, 43.43.7541, and 43.43.756.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6489 by Senators Hargrove, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Carrell, Shin, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton and Kilmer
AN ACT Relating to including level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 to the statewide notification web site; and reenacting and amending RCW 4.24.550.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to a University of Washington branch campus at Lake Stevens; and amending RCW 28B.45.010, 28B.45.012, and 28B.45.020.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 6491 by Senators Brandland, McAuliffe, Regala, Delvin, Carrell and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to vulnerable adult fatality review; and adding a new section to chapter 74.34 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6492 by Senators McAuliffe, Stevens, Brandland, Carrell, Regala and Delvin
AN ACT Relating to the public disclosure of information regarding civil confinement facilities; and amending RCW 42.56.420.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6493 by Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Shin, Hatfield, Rasmussen and Kline
AN ACT Relating to appeals under the growth management act; amending RCW 36.70A.290; adding new sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6494 by Senators Hobbs, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Swecker, Pridemore, Rasmussen and Marr
AN ACT Relating to using multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements; amending RCW 28A.655.0611, 28A.155.045, and 28A.230.090; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.655.061; adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6495 by Senators McDermott, Marr, Fairley, Pridemore and Kline
AN ACT Relating to requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing bodies; amending RCW 35.58.270, 36.57.030, and 36.57A.050; and adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6496 by Senators Marr, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to craft distilleries; amending RCW 66.24.140, 66.04.010, 66.24.150, 66.24.310, 66.24.520, 66.28.040, 66.28.060, 66.28.150, 66.28.155, 66.40.140, and 66.24.481; reenacting and amending RCW 66.04.010, 66.28.010, and 66.24.210; adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6497 by Senators Delvin and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to financing regional centers in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons that are acquired, constructed, financed, or owned by an existing city public facilities district with a population of at least forty-five thousand persons; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
AN ACT Relating to real estate licensure law; amending RCW 18.85.010, 18.85.030, 18.85.040, 18.85.050, 18.85.055, 18.85.060, 18.85.071, 18.85.080, 18.85.085, 18.85.090, 18.85.097, 18.85.100, 18.85.110, 18.85.120, 18.85.130, 18.85.140, 18.85.155, 18.85.165, 18.85.170, 18.85.180, 18.85.190, 18.85.200, 18.85.210, 18.85.215, 18.85.220, 18.85.225, 18.85.227, 18.85.230, 18.85.240, 18.85.261, 18.85.271, 18.85.281, 18.85.310, 18.85.315, 18.85.317, 18.85.320, 18.85.330, 18.85.340, 18.85.345, 18.85.350, 18.85.520, 18.85.530, and 18.85.560; adding new sections to chapter 18.85 RCW; recodifying RCW 18.85.010, 18.85.071, 18.85.080, 18.85.085, 18.85.040, 18.85.060, 18.85.210, 18.85.220, 18.85.030, 18.85.050, 18.85.055, 18.85.090, 18.85.560, 18.85.097, 18.85.110, 18.85.120, 18.85.130, 18.85.140, 18.85.155, 18.85.165, 18.85.170, 18.85.180, 18.85.190, 18.85.200, 18.85.215, 18.85.310, 18.85.320, 18.85.330, 18.85.315, 18.85.317, 18.85.100, 18.85.225, 18.85.227, 18.85.230, 18.85.240, 18.85.261, 18.85.271, 18.85.281, 18.85.340, 18.85.345, 18.85.350, 18.85.550, 18.85.520, 18.85.530, and 18.85.540; repealing RCW 18.85.095, 18.85.150, 18.85.400, 18.85.450, 18.85.460, 18.85.470, and 18.85.480; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6499 by Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Honeyford, Benton and Kline
AN ACT Relating to spyware; amending RCW 19.270.010, 19.270.020, 19.270.040, 19.270.050, and 19.270.060; and repealing RCW 19.270.030.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
SB 6500 by Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles, Stevens, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline, Spanel, Holmquist and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to leave sharing for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking; amending RCW 41.04.655 and 41.04.660; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.04.665.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6501 by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Morton, Hatfield and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to forest practices regulations applicable to small forest landowners; amending RCW 76.13.120 and 76.13.140; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 6502 by Senators Oemig, Rasmussen and Kline
AN ACT Relating to mercury reduction; amending RCW 70.95M.010, 70.95M.020, 70.95M.050, and 70.95M.080; adding new sections to chapter 70.95M RCW; and repealing RCW 70.95M.090.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
SB 6503 by Senators McDermott, Brandland, McAuliffe and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to approving the segmented mathematics assessment as an alternative assessment; and reenacting and amending RCW 28A.655.061.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6504 by Senators Hatfield, Swecker, Delvin, Regala, Schoesler, Morton, Pridemore and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from the state environmental policy act; amending RCW 43.21C.0383; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
AN ACT Relating to nutrition labeling of food; and adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6506 by Senators Marr, Carrell, Kastama and Parlette
AN ACT Relating to the medical disciplinary act; amending RCW 18.71.002, 18.71.003, 18.71.010, 18.71.015, 18.71.017, 18.71.017, 18.71.019, 18.71.0191, 18.71.0195, 18.71.0195, 18.71.030, 18.71.040, 18.71.050, 18.71.051, 18.71.055, 18.71.060, 18.71.070, 18.71.080, 18.71.085, 18.71.090, 18.71.095, 18.71.230, 18.71.300, 18.71.310, 18.71.315, 18.71.320, 18.71.330, 18.71.350, 18.71A.010, 18.71A.020, 18.71A.025, 18.71A.030, 18.71A.050, 18.71A.085, 18.50.115, 69.45.010, 69.50.402, 69.51A.010, 69.51A.070, 70.41.200, 70.41.230, 74.09.290, and 74.42.230; reenacting and amending RCW 18.71.205, 18.71A.040, 18.130.040, 18.130.040, 69.41.030, and 70.41.200; adding new sections to chapter 18.71 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 18.71.401 and 18.71.420; prescribing penalties; providing effective dates; providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to gifts to municipal officers; and amending RCW 42.23.070.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6508 by Senators Eide, Fraser, Murray, McDermott and Morton
AN ACT Relating to beach management districts; amending RCW 36.61.010, 36.61.020, 36.61.025, 36.61.030, 36.61.040, 36.61.050, 36.61.060, 36.61.070, 36.61.080, 36.61.090, 36.61.100, 36.61.110, 36.61.115, 36.61.120, 36.61.140, 36.61.160, 36.61.170, 36.61.190, 36.61.200, 36.61.220, 36.61.230, 36.61.260, 36.61.270, 36.94.020, 39.34.190, 86.09.151, and 35.21.403; adding a new section to chapter 36.61 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
SB 6509 by Senators Carrell and Morton
AN ACT Relating to intertidal commercial geoduck aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands; amending RCW 79.135.100; adding new sections to chapter 79.135 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 6510 by Senators Kastama, King, Shin and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to providing a source of funding to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization services; reenacting and amending RCW 82.32.590; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
SB 6511 by Senators Kastama, McAuliffe, Franklin, Rasmussen and Oemig
AN ACT Relating to quality public schools; and amending RCW 28A.305.130.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
SB 6512 by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Spanel, Shin and Tom
AN ACT Relating to renaming Livingston bay; adding a new section to chapter 43.126 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 6513 by Senator Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to identifying specific programs that are able to have access to criminal history record information; amending RCW 50.12.010 and 43.101.095; adding a new section to chapter 51.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.01 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 19.86 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6514 by Senators Tom, McCaslin and Kline
AN ACT Relating to identification of real property; amending RCW 64.04.010; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6515 by Senators Pridemore, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Kastama, Kilmer, Rasmussen, Kline and Tom
AN ACT Relating to the taxation of energy savings performance contracts; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6516 by Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Swecker, Oemig, Murray, Hobbs, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Weinstein, Regala, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Prentice, McAuliffe, Kastama, Rasmussen, Franklin, Keiser, Kauffman, Fraser, Shin, Kline and Brandland
AN ACT Relating to creating a framework for reducing greenhouse gases emissions in the Washington economy; amending RCW 70.94.151 and 70.94.161; adding a new section to chapter 43.330 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and repealing RCW 80.80.020.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
SB 6517 by Senators Schoesler, McCaslin, Sheldon, Carrell, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton and Roach
AN ACT Relating to the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials; and amending RCW 84.40.0301.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6518 by Senators Schoesler, Carrell, Sheldon, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton and Roach
AN ACT Relating to reducing business and occupation tax categories and rates; amending RCW 82.04.285, 82.04.350, 67.16.105, 82.32.045, and 82.04.4451; reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.261; repealing RCW 82.04.286; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6519 by Senators Parlette, Delvin, Hewitt, Stevens and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to the duty of pharmacies to facilitate the delivery of lawfully prescribed drugs and devices to patients; adding a new section to chapter 18.64 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6520 by Senators Tom, Oemig, McDermott and Kline
AN ACT Relating to requiring additional information on property tax statements and notices of assessed value; amending RCW 84.56.020; adding a new section to chapter 84.40 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.56 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6521 by Senators McDermott, Fairley, Swecker, Kline and Oemig
AN ACT Relating to human remains; amending RCW 68.50.020 and 27.53.030; adding a new section to chapter 27.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 68.60 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.334 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 27.34 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6522 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Hargrove, Benton, Kauffman, Murray, Kline, Kilmer, Keiser, Tom, Shin, Delvin, Marr, Prentice, McAuliffe, Roach, Pridemore, Franklin, Rockefeller, Weinstein, Rasmussen and Eide
AN ACT Relating to improving quality, access, and stability of child care through providing collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers; amending RCW 41.56.028, 41.56.030, 41.56.113, 41.04.810, 43.01.047, 43.215.500, and 43.215.505; adding a new section to chapter 43.215 RCW; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6523 by Senators Kline, McCaslin, Benton, Tom, Swecker, Pridemore, Kauffman, Carrell, Rasmussen and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to establishment of a Washington identity theft analysis center; adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6524 by Senators Kline, Sheldon, Hobbs, Kauffman, Rasmussen and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers; and adding a new chapter to Title 10 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6525 by Senators Kline, McCaslin, Tom, Weinstein and Swecker
AN ACT Relating to the drug offender sentencing alternative; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.660.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6526 by Senators Kline, Tom, Pridemore, Swecker and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to firearms possession by persons who are involuntarily committed; and amending RCW 9.41.040 and 9.41.047.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6527 by Senators Kastama and Kline
AN ACT Relating to the transfer of motor vehicle certificate of ownership and license registration; amending RCW 46.12.101; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6528 by Senators Kastama and Kauffman
AN ACT Relating to staffing and operational costs of the economic development commission; and amending RCW 43.330.250.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
SB 6529 by Senators Kastama, Pridemore, Shin and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to creating incentives for economic development infrastructure projects; amending RCW 47.26.160, 43.160.060, and 39.102.040; reenacting and amending RCW 43.155.070; and adding a new chapter to Title 35 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Management.
SB 6530 by Senators Regala, Oemig, Tom, Eide, Rockefeller, Kauffman, Keiser, Fraser, McDermott, Jacobsen, Shin, Fairley, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Kline, McAuliffe, Franklin, Kastama, Kohl-Welles and Kilmer
AN ACT Relating to the children's safe products act; amending RCW 43.70.660; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
AN ACT Relating to environmental mitigation in highway construction; and adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6532 by Senators Haugen and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to the management of state-owned aquatic lands by cities for the purposes of operating a publicly owned marina; amending RCW 79.105.060, 79.105.320, 79.105.360, and 79.120.040; and adding a new section to chapter 79.105 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 6533 by Senators Kline, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Kauffman and McDermott
AN ACT Relating to discrimination based on lawful source of income; reenacting and amending RCW 49.60.250; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6534 by Senators McAuliffe and Tom
AN ACT Relating to the revision of the mathematics standards; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6535 by Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to teachers of visually impaired and blind birth to age twenty-one public school students; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6536 by Senators McAuliffe, King, Kauffman, Parlette, Franklin, Brandland, Murray, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Shin and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to best practices for students at risk; adding a new section to chapter 28A.310 RCW; creating a new section; and making appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
AN ACT Relating to imposing an admissions surcharge to fund extracurricular activities for middle and high schools; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW; creating new sections; providing a contingent effective date; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6538 by Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Kauffman, Kastama, Murray and Shin
AN ACT Relating to improving reading instruction; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6539 by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Tom, Murray, Hobbs, Pridemore, Regala, Kastama, Fraser, Fairley, Hatfield and Eide
AN ACT Relating to polytechnic colleges; and amending RCW 28B.10.056.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 6540 by Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Hargrove and Fairley
AN ACT Relating to the reading and writing content areas of the Washington assessment of student learning; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.655.061; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 6541 by Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Franklin, Hobbs, Kastama, Swecker, Regala, McAuliffe and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to allowing unpaid leaves of absence for military personnel needs; and adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6542 by Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Roach, Franklin, Marr, Shin, Kastama, Hatfield, Pflug, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Hargrove
AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax exemptions of heating oil; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6543 by Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to creating a central Puget Sound regional transit authority; and adding a new chapter to Title 47 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6544 by Senators Stevens, Honeyford, Pflug, Delvin, Holmquist, McCaslin, Swecker and Roach
AN ACT Relating to the seriousness level of criminal mistreatment; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6545 by Senators Pflug, Carrell and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to traffic reports during session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees; and adding a new section to chapter 44.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6546 by Senators Brandland, Tom and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs; amending RCW 46.20.342, 46.20.380, 46.20.391, 46.20.400, 46.20.410, 46.20.720, 46.20.740, and 46.61.5055; reenacting and amending RCW 46.20.308 and 46.63.020; adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.68 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 46.20 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6547 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton, Fairley, Delvin, Murray, Kastama, McDermott, Swecker, Keiser, Jacobsen, Regala, Franklin, McAuliffe, Fraser, Prentice, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in public community athletics programs; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.110 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.61 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.68 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.69 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting patients at the special commitment center and less restrictive alternatives from having computer access; and amending RCW 71.09.080 and 71.09.092.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6549 by Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, Tom, Weinstein, Franklin, Zarelli, Parlette, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to culminating projects in the area of environmental education; adding a new section to chapter 28A.310 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SJM 8026 by Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Kilmer, Hobbs, McCaslin, Morton, Rockefeller, Delvin, Kastama, King, Hatfield, Zarelli, Prentice, Fairley, Weinstein, Schoesler, Spanel, Eide, Tom, Brandland, Kauffman, Parlette, Regala, Hewitt, Oemig, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Haugen, McAuliffe, Shin, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Marr, Keiser, Pridemore, Sheldon, Kline and Franklin
Requesting that the new Tacoma Narrow bridge be named the Bob Oke bridge.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SJM 8027 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Kauffman, Keiser, Shin, Murray, Pridemore, Spanel, Prentice, McAuliffe, Fairley, Fraser, Brown, Eide, Oemig, McDermott, Regala, Jacobsen, Kline and Haugen
Acknowledging and reaffirming the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SJR 8224 by Senators Benton, Stevens, Carrell and Holmquist
Providing a constitutional amendment to limit growth of assessed valuation of real property.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SJR 8225 by Senators Stevens, Benton, Honeyford, Morton, Delvin, Swecker, Holmquist, McCaslin, Roach and Carrell
Requiring a sixty percent vote for emergency clauses.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
SHB 1102 by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Green, McCune, Conway, Kirby, Appleton, McCoy, Ormsby, B. Sullivan, Hurst, Linville, O'Brien, Sullivan, Sells, Springer, Rolfes, Moeller, Wallace and Morrell)
AN ACT Relating to property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities related to the performance of military duties; amending RCW 84.36.381 and 84.36.383; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
HB 1127 by Representatives Morrell, Campbell, Green, VanDeWege, Sells, Takko, McDonald, Blake, Moeller, Kenney, Appleton, Flannigan, Hunt, Conway, Lantz, Kagi, Linville, Chase, Wallace, Ormsby, Haigh, Simpson, Hurst, Sullivan, Kelley, Rolfes, McCune, Haler and Santos
AN ACT Relating to military leave of absence; and amending RCW 38.40.060.
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 exceptions of Senate Bill No. 6499 which was referred to the Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications; Senate Bill No. 6513 which was referred to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development; and Senate Bill No. 6521 which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the eighth order of business.
MOTION
Senator Rasmussen moved adoption of the following resolution:
SENATE RESOLUTION
8699
By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Delvin, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Keiser, Haugen, Spanel, Pridemore, Shin, Hargrove, Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Sheldon
WHEREAS, One-third of the nation's potato exports are produced in the state of Washington; and
WHEREAS, Washington ranks second in the nation in the total production of potatoes and first in per acre yield of potatoes; and
WHEREAS, The economic impact of potato production, processing, and packing is estimated to be 3.4 billion dollars annually; and
WHEREAS, Washington potatoes have a farm gate value (price farmers are paid) of over 550 million dollars; and
WHEREAS, Washington potato growers have won national awards for sustainable agricultural practices for the use of water and fertilizers
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate recognize the men and women in the state of Washington who work to make the Washington potato industry successful; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate recognize the contribution that this valuable industry makes to the strength and vitality of the state's economy and wishes to thank the Washington State Potato Commission for sponsoring Potato Day on the Capitol Campus on January 23, 2008.
Senator Rasmussen spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.
The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8699.
The motion by Senator Rasmussen carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.
MOTION
At 12:05 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2008.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate