SIXTY SECOND LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION

FIRST DAY

House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 9, 2012

The House was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by the Speaker. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.

The flags were escorted to the rostrum by the Washington State Patrol Honor Guard. The Speaker led the Chamber in the Pledge of Allegiance. The prayer was offered by Pastor Greg Asimakoupoulos, of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Pastor Greg Asimakoupoulos: “O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, we call on you for guidance as this new legislative session commences. Forgetting those things that are behind and straining forward to toward those things that are to come, help these men and women press on to serve those who look to them for leadership.

In this month when we as a nation celebrate the sanctity of every life and pay homage to a King whose reign was all-too brief, may their efforts be crowned with compassion, justice and mercy.

In this challenging economy, as the deposit slips of state revenue reflect less than they hoped they could bank on, compound their interest in finding creative solutions. Give them the ability to resist the temptation to pass the buck. Allow the currency of the time they spend to be consistent with those four familiar words engraved upon our history and our dollars... "in God we trust."

      And when they are called upon to make change, may they be tellers of truth as well as cashiers of compromise. May the bottom line of decisions made in this House make sense to those who make them and to those who will be impacted by them.

And though taxing at times, may this session be marked by an adequate reserve of respect and humility as well as a windfall of gratitude for the privilege You have allowed them in their calling as public servants. In Your Holy Name I pray. Amen.

Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.

POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Representative Hurst: “Mr. Speaker I’d like to ask this morning for a moment of silence, it’s unfortunate for the year to start off with a tragedy on the very first day. You’ll notice the police officers today wearing a black band across their badges. You’ll see those here in the capital and throughout the State of Washington to remember Margret Anderson, the National Park officer who lost her life in the call of duty. It’s tough whenever we lose a brother or sister in the field of law enforcement, we know that that’s one of the things that is always a possibility every day that you go to work, and these are the tragedies that remind you sometimes of the sacrifice that the folks out there engagase in every day. But I think that it is fitting for the National Park folks who have suffered a great loss for the community of Eatonville and the entire state to have this moment of silence to remember that sacrifice and the loss that is being suffered by so many people today.”

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE

The Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives

The Legislature of the State of Washington

Olympia, Washington

Dear Mr. Speaker

I, Sam Reed, Secretary of State of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that according to the provisions of RCW 29A.60.260, I have canvassed the returns of the 1,936,950 votes cast by the 3,658,413 registered voters of the state for and against the initiatives and constitutional amendments which were submitted to the vote of the people at the state general election held on the 8th day of November, 2011, as received from the County Auditors.

INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 1125

Initiative Measure No. 1125 concerns state expenditures on transportation.

This measure would prohibit the use of motor vehicle fund revenue and vehicle toll revenue for non-transportation purposes, and require that road and bridge tolls be set by the legislature and be project-specific.

Yes          878,923

No           999,484

INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 1163

Initiative Measure No. 1163 concerns long-term care workers and services for elderly and disabled people.

This measure would reinstate background checks, training, and other requirements for long-term care workers and providers, if amended in 2011; and address financial accountability and administrative expenses of the long-term in-home care program.

Yes          1,222,019

No           657,470

INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 1183

Initiative Measure No. 1183 concerns liquor: beer, wine, and spirits (hard liquor).

This measure would close state liquor stores and sell their assets; license private parties to sell and distribute spirits; set license fees based on sales; regulate licensees; and change regulation of wine distribution.

Yes          1,128,904

No           793,026

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8205

The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on repealing article VI, section 1A, of the Washington Constitution.

This amendment would remove an inoperative provision from the state constitution regarding the length of time a voter must reside in Washington to vote for president and vice-president.

Approved                1,335,039

Rejected                  490,445

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8206

The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on the budget stabilization account maintained in the state treasury.

This amendment would require the legislature to transfer additional moneys to the budget stabilization account in each fiscal biennium in which the state has received “extraordinary revenue growth,” as defined, with certain limitations.

Approved                1,186,069

Rejected                  594,687

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the official seal of the state of Washington, this 5th day of December 2011.

SAM REED

Secretary of State

SPEAKER’S PRIVILEGE

The Speaker introduced former Secretary of State Ralph Munro to the Chamber and asked the members to acknowledge him.

RESOLUTION

 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4650, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz

WHEREAS, The House of Representatives adopted permanent rules for the Sixty-second Legislature (2011-2012) under House Resolution No. 2011-4610;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That Rules 12 and 23 as set forth in House Resolution No. 2011-4610 are amended to read as follows:

PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE 2011-2012

HOUSE RULE NO.
Rule 1	Definitions
Rule 2	Chief Clerk to Call to Order
Rule 3	Election of Officers
Rule 4	Powers and Duties of the Speaker
Rule 5	Chief Clerk
Rule 6	Duties of Employees
Rule 7	Admission to the House
Rule 8	Absentees and Courtesy
Rule 9	Bills, Memorials and Resolutions - Introductions
Rule 10	Reading of Bills
Rule 11	Amendments
Rule 12	Final Passage
Rule 13	Hour of Meeting, Roll Call and Quorum
Rule 14	Daily Calendar and Order of Business
Rule 15	Motions
Rule 16	Members Right to Debate
Rule 17	Rules of Debate
Rule 18	Ending of Debate - Previous Question
Rule 19	Voting
Rule 20	Reconsideration
Rule 21	Call of the House
Rule 22	Appeal from Decision of Chair
Rule 23	Standing Committees
Rule 24	Duties of Committees
Rule 25	Standing Committees - Expenses - Subpoena Power
Rule 26	Vetoed Bills
Rule 27	Suspension of Compensation
Rule 28	Smoking
Rule 29	Liquor
Rule 30	Parliamentary Rules
Rule 31	Standing Rules Amendment
Rule 32	Rules to Apply for Assembly
Rule 33	Legislative Mailings

Definitions

Rule 1.  "Absent" means an unexcused failure to attend.

                "Term" means the two-year term during which the members as a body may act.

                "Session" means a constitutional gathering of the house in accordance with Article 2 § 12 of the state Constitution.

                "Committee" means any standing, conference, joint, or select committee as so designated by rule or resolution.

                "Fiscal committee" means the capital budget, education appropriations & oversight, general government appropriations & oversight, health & human services appropriations & oversight, transportation, and ways & means committees.

                "Bill" means bill, joint memorial, joint resolution, or concurrent resolution unless the context indicates otherwise.

Chief Clerk to Call to Order

Rule 2.  It shall be the duty of the chief clerk of the previous term to call the house to order and to conduct the proceedings until a speaker is chosen.

Election of Officers

Rule 3.  The house shall elect the following officers at the commencement of each term:  Its presiding officer, who shall be styled speaker of the house; a speaker pro tempore, who shall serve in absence or in case of the inability of the speaker; a deputy speaker pro tempore, who shall serve in absence or in case of the inability of the speaker and speaker pro tempore; and a chief clerk of the house.  Such officers shall hold office during all sessions until the convening of the succeeding term:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That any of these offices may be declared vacant by the vote of a constitutional majority of the house, the members voting viva voce and their votes shall be entered on the journal. If any office is declared vacant, the house shall fill such vacant office as hereinafter provided.  In all elections by the house a constitutional majority shall be required, the members shall vote viva voce and their votes shall be entered on the journal.  (Art. II § 27)

Powers and Duties of the Speaker

Rule 4.  The speaker shall have the following powers and duties:

                (A) The speaker shall take the chair and call the house to order precisely at the hour appointed for meeting and if a quorum be present, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read and shall proceed with the order of business.

                (B) The speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct within the chamber or legislative area, shall order the sergeant at arms to suppress the same and may order the sergeant at arms to remove any person creating any disturbance within the house chamber or legislative area.

                (C) The speaker may speak to points of order in preference to other members, arising from the seat for that purpose, and shall decide all questions of order subject to an appeal to the house by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once without leave of the house.

                (D) The speaker shall sign all bills in open session.  (Art. II § 32)

                (E) The speaker shall sign all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the house, all of which shall be attested to by the chief clerk.

                (F) The speaker shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall neither extend beyond adjournment nor authorize the representative so substituted to sign any documents requiring the signature of the speaker.

                (G) The speaker, in open session, shall appoint committee chairs as selected by the majority party caucus, and shall appoint members to committees in the same ratio as the membership of the respective parties of the house, unless otherwise provided by law or house rules.

                (H) The speaker shall serve as chair of the rules committee.

                (I) The speaker shall have charge of and see that all officers, attaches, and clerks perform their respective duties.

                (J) The speaker pro tempore shall exercise the duties, powers, and prerogatives of the speaker in the event of the speaker's death, illness, removal, or inability to act until the speaker's successor shall be elected.

Chief Clerk

Rule 5.  The chief clerk shall perform the usual duties pertaining to the office, and shall hold office until a successor has been elected.

The chief clerk shall employ, subject to the approval of the speaker, all other house employees; the hours of duty and assignments of all house employees shall be under the chief clerk's directions and instructions, and they may be dismissed by the chief clerk with the approval of the speaker.  The speaker shall sign and the chief clerk shall countersign all payrolls and vouchers for all expenses of the house and appropriately transmit the same.  In the event of the chief clerk's death, illness, removal, or inability to act, the speaker may appoint an acting chief clerk who shall exercise the duties and powers of the chief clerk until the chief clerk's successor shall be elected.

Duties of Employees

Rule 6.  Employees of the house shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the chief clerk.  Under no circumstances shall the compensation of any employee be increased for past services.  No house employee shall seek to influence the passage or rejection of proposed legislation.

Admission to the House

Rule 7.  It shall be the general policy of the house to keep the chamber clear as follows:

                (A) The sergeant at arms shall admit only the following individuals to the wings and adjacent areas of the house chamber for the period of time beginning one-half hour prior to convening and ending one-half hour following the adjournment of the house's daily session:

                The governor or designees, or both;

                Members of the senate;

                State elected officials;

                Officers and authorized employees of the legislature;

                Former members of the house who are not advocating any pending or proposed legislation;

                Representatives of the press;

                Other persons with the consent of the speaker.

                (B) Only members, pages, sergeants at arms, and clerks are permitted on the floor while the house is in session.

                (C) Lobbying in the house chamber or in any committee room or lounge room is prohibited when the house or committee is in session unless expressly permitted by the house or committee. Anyone violating this rule will forfeit his or her right to be admitted to the house chamber or any of its committee rooms.

Absentees and Courtesy

Rule 8.  No member shall be absent from the service of the house without leave from the speaker.  When the house is in session, only the speaker shall recognize visitors and former members.

Bills, Memorials and Resolutions - Introductions

Rule 9.  Any member desiring to introduce a bill shall file the same with the chief clerk.  Bills filed by 10:00 a.m. shall be introduced at the next daily session, in the order filed:  PROVIDED, That if such introduction is within the last ten days of a regular session, it cannot be considered without a direct vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to each house with such vote recorded and entered upon the journal.  (Art. II § 36)

                Any returning member or member-elect may prefile a bill with the chief clerk commencing the first Monday in December preceding any regular session or twenty (20) days before any special session.  Prefiled bills shall be introduced on the first legislative day.

                All bills shall be endorsed with a statement of the title and the name of the member or members introducing the same.  The chief clerk shall attach to all bills a substantial cover bearing the title and sponsors and shall number each bill in the order filed. All bills shall be printed unless otherwise ordered by the house.

                Any bill introduced at any session during the term shall be eligible for action at all subsequent sessions during the term.

Reading of Bills

Rule 10.  Every bill shall be read on three separate days:  PROVIDED, That this rule may be temporarily suspended at any time by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present; and that on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, this rule may be suspended by a majority vote.

                A bill may be returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment by a suspension of the rules:  PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, this rule may be suspended and a bill returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment by a majority vote.

                (A) FIRST READING.  The first reading of a bill shall be by title only, unless a majority of the members present demand a reading in full.

                After the first reading the bill shall be referred to an appropriate committee.

                Upon being reported out of committee, all bills shall be referred to the rules committee, unless otherwise ordered by the house.

                The rules committee may, by majority vote, refer any bill in its possession to a committee for further consideration.  Such referral shall be reported to the house and entered in the journal under the fifth order of business.

                (B) SECOND READING.  Upon second reading, the bill number and short title and the last line of the bill shall be read unless a majority of the members present shall demand its reading in full.  The bill shall be subject to amendment section by section.  No amendment shall be considered by the house until it has been sent to the chief clerk's desk in writing, distributed to the desk of each member, and read by the clerk.  All amendments adopted during second reading shall be securely fastened to the original bill.  All amendments rejected by the house shall be passed to the minute clerk, and the journal shall show the disposition of such amendments.

                When no further amendments shall be offered, the speaker shall declare the bill has passed its second reading.

                (C) SUBSTITUTE BILLS.  When a committee reports a substitute for an original bill with the recommendation that the substitute bill do pass, it shall be in order to read the substitute the first time and have the same printed.  A motion for the substitution shall not be in order until the second reading of the original bill.

                (D) THIRD READING.  Only the last line of bills shall be read on third reading unless a majority of the members present demand a reading in full.  No amendments to a bill shall be received on third reading but it may be referred or recommitted for the purpose of amendment.

                (E) SUSPENSION CALENDAR.  Bills may be placed on the second reading suspension calendar by the rules committee if at least two minority party members of the rules committee join in such motion.  Bills on the second reading suspension calendar shall not be subject to amendment or substitution except as recommended in the committee report.  When a bill is before the house on the suspension calendar, the question shall be to adopt the committee recommendations and advance the bill to third reading.  If the question fails to receive a two-thirds vote of the members present, the bill shall be referred to the rules committee for second reading.

                (F) HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.  House resolutions shall be filed with the chief clerk who shall transmit them to the rules committee.  If a rules committee meeting is not scheduled to occur prior to a time necessitated by the purpose of a house resolution, the majority leader and minority leader by agreement may waive transmission to the rules committee to permit consideration of the resolution by the house.  The rules committee may adopt house resolutions by a sixty percent majority vote of its entire membership or may, by a majority vote of its members, place them on the motions calendar for consideration by the house.  House resolutions are not subject to debate, except for resolutions necessary for the operation of the house, and resolutions commemorating Children's Day, Day of Remembrance, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Guard Day, and President's Day.

                (G) CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.  Reading of concurrent resolutions may be advanced by majority vote.

Amendments

Rule 11.  The right of any member to offer amendments to proposed legislation shall not be limited except as provided in Rule 10(E) and as follows:

                (A) AMENDMENTS TO BE OFFERED IN PROPER FORM.  The chief clerk shall establish the proper form for amendments and all amendments offered shall bear the name of the member who offers the same, as well as the number and section of the bill to be amended.

                (B) COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.  When a bill is before the house on second reading, amendments adopted by committees and recommended to the house shall be acted upon by the house before any amendments that may be offered from the floor.

                (C) SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS.  A house bill, passed by the senate with amendment or amendments which shall change the scope and object of the bill, upon being received in the house, shall be referred to the appropriate committee and shall take the same course as for original bills unless a motion not to concur is adopted prior to the bill being referred to committee.

                (D) AMENDMENTS TO BE GERMANE.  No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment; and no bill or resolution shall at any time be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein any other bill or resolution pending before the house.

                (E) SCOPE AND OBJECT NOT TO BE CHANGED.  No amendment to any bill shall be allowed which shall change the scope and object of the bill.  This objection may be raised at any time an amendment is under consideration.  The speaker may allow the person raising the objection and the mover of the amendment to provide brief arguments as to the merits of the objection.  (Art. II § 38)

                (F) NO AMENDMENT BY REFERENCE.  No act shall ever be revised or amended without being set forth at full length.  (Art. II § 37)

                (G) TITLE AMENDMENTS.  The subject matter portion of a bill title shall not be amended in committee or on second reading.  Changes to that part of the title after the subject matter statement shall either be presented with the text amendment or be incorporated by the chief clerk in the engrossing process.

Final Passage

Rule 12.  Rules relating to bills on final passage are as follows:

                (A) BUDGET BILLS.  No final passage vote may be taken on an operating budget, transportation budget, or capital budget bill until twenty-four (24) hours after the bill is placed on the third reading calendar.  The twenty-four (24) hour requirement does not apply to conference reports, which are governed by Joint Rule ((24)) 20, or to bills placed on the third reading calendar by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present.

                (B) RECOMMITMENT BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE.  A bill may be recommitted at any time before its final passage.

                (C) FINAL PASSAGE.  No bill shall become a law unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered on the journal of each house, and a majority of the members elected to each house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.  (Art. II § 22)

                (D) BILLS PASSED - CERTIFICATION.  When a bill passes, it shall be certified to by the chief clerk, said certification to show the date of its passage together with the vote thereon.

Hour of Meeting, Roll Call and Quorum

Rule 13.  (A) HOUR OF MEETING.  The speaker shall call the house to order each day of sitting at 10:00 A.M., unless the house shall have adjourned to some other hour.

                (B) ROLL CALL AND QUORUM.  Before proceeding with business, the roll of the members shall be called and the names of those absent or excused shall be entered on the journal.  A majority of all the members elected must be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  In the absence of a quorum, seven members with the speaker, or eight members in the speaker's absence, having chosen a speaker pro tempore, shall be authorized to demand a call of the house and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner provided in Rule 21(B).  For the purpose of determining if a quorum be present, the speaker shall count all members present, whether voting or not.  (Art. II § 8)

                (C) The house shall adjourn not later than 10:00 P.M. of each working day.  This rule may be suspended by a majority vote.

Daily Calendar and Order of Business

Rule 14.  The rules relating to the daily calendar and order of business are as follows:

                (A) DAILY CALENDAR.  Business of the house shall be disposed of in the following order:

                First:  Roll call, presentation of colors, prayer, and approval of the journal of the preceding day.

                Second:  Introduction of visiting dignitaries.

                Third:  Messages from the senate, governor, and other state officials.

                Fourth:  Introduction and first reading of bills, memorials, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions.

                Fifth:  Committee reports.

                Sixth:  Second reading of bills.

                Seventh:  Third reading of bills.

                Eighth:  Floor resolutions and motions.

                Ninth:  Presentation of petitions, memorials, and remonstrances addressed to the Legislature.

                Tenth:  Introduction of visitors and other business to be considered.

                Eleventh:  Announcements.

                (B) UNFINISHED BUSINESS.  The unfinished business at which the house was engaged preceding adjournment shall not be taken up until reached in regular order, unless the previous question on such unfinished business has been ordered prior to said adjournment.

                (C) EXCEPTIONS.  Exceptions to the order of business are as follows:

                (1) The order of business may be changed by a majority vote of those present.

                (2) By motion under the eighth order of business, a bill in the rules committee may be placed on the calendar by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the house.

                (3) House resolutions and messages from the senate, governor, or other state officials may be read at any time.

Motions

Rule 15.  Rules relating to motions are as follows:

                (A) MOTIONS TO BE ENTERTAINED OR DEBATED.  No motion shall be entertained or debated until announced by the speaker and every motion shall be deemed to have been seconded.  A motion shall be  reduced to writing and read by the clerk, if desired by the speaker or any member, before it shall be debated and by the consent of the house may be withdrawn before amendment or action.

                (B) MOTIONS IN ORDER DURING DEBATE.  When a motion has been made and seconded and stated by the chair, the following motions are in order, in the rank named:

(1)	Privileged motions:
		Adjourn
		Adjourn to a time certain
		Recess to a time certain
		Reconsider
		Demand for division
		Question of privilege
		Orders of the day
(2)	Subsidiary motions:
		First rank:	Question of consideration
		Second rank:	To lay on the table
		Third rank:	For the previous question
		Fourth rank:	To postpone to a day certain
			To commit or recommit
			To postpone indefinitely
		Fifth rank:	To amend
(3)	Incidental motions:
		Points of order and appeal
		Method of consideration
		Suspension of the rules
		Reading papers
		Withdraw a motion
		Division of a question

                (C) THE EFFECT OF POSTPONEMENT - MOTIONS TO POSTPONE OR COMMIT.  Once decided, no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely shall again be allowed on the same day and at the same stage of the proceedings.  When a question has been postponed indefinitely, it shall not again be introduced during the session.  The motion to postpone indefinitely may be made at any stage of the bill except when on first reading.

                (D) MOTIONS DECIDED WITHOUT DEBATE.  A motion to adjourn, to recess, to lay on the table and to call for the previous question shall be decided without debate.

                All incidental motions shall be decided without debate, except that members may speak to points of order and appeal as provided in Rule 22.

                Motions to adopt house resolutions shall be decided without debate, except as provided in Rule 10(F).

                A motion for suspension of the rules shall not be debatable except that the mover of the motion may briefly explain the purpose of the motion and one member may briefly state the opposition to the motion.

                (E) MOTION TO ADJOURN.  A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except when the house is voting or is working under the call of the house; but this rule shall not authorize any member to move for adjournment when another member has the floor.

Members Right to Debate

Rule 16.  The methods by which a member may exercise his or her right to debate are as follows:

                (A) RECOGNITION OF MEMBER.  When any member desires to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the house, the member shall rise and respectfully address the speaker and pause until recognized.

                (B) ORDER OF SPEAKING.  When two or more members arise at once, the speaker shall name the one who is to speak.

                (C) LIMITATION OF DEBATE.  No member shall speak longer than ten (10) minutes without consent of the house:  PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, no member shall speak more than three (3) minutes without the consent of the house. No member shall speak more than twice on the same question without leave of the house: PROVIDED, That the chair of the committee or the mover of the question may close debate if it is consistent with Rule 18 (Previous Question).

Rules of Debate

Rule 17.  The rules for debate in the house are as follows:

                (A) QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.  Any member may rise to a question of privilege and explain a personal matter, by leave of the speaker, but the member shall not discuss any pending question in such explanations.

                (B) WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION, BILL, ETC.  After a motion is stated by the speaker or a bill, memorial, resolution, petition, or remonstrance is read by the clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the house, but may be withdrawn by consent of the house at any time before decision or amendment.

                (C) READING OF A PAPER.  When the reading of any paper is called for and is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by a vote of the house.

                (D) DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS.  Any materials of any nature distributed to the members' desks on the floor shall be subject to approval by the speaker and shall bear the name of at least one member granting permission for the distribution.  This shall not apply to materials normally distributed by the chief clerk.

                (E) ORDER OF QUESTIONS.  All questions, whether in committee or in the house, shall be propounded in the order in which they are named except that in filling blanks, the largest sum and the longest time shall be put first.

                (F) DIVISION OF POINTS OF DEBATE.  Any member may call for a division of a question which shall be divided if it embraces subjects so distinct that one being taken away a substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the house; but a motion to strike out and to insert shall not be divided.  The rejection of a motion to strike out and to insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and to insert a different proposition.

                (G) DECORUM OF MEMBERS.  While the speaker is putting the question, no member shall walk across or out of the house; nor when a member is speaking shall any member entertain private discourse or pass between the speaking member and the rostrum.

                (H) REMARKS CONFINED.  A member shall confine all remarks to the question under debate and avoid personalities.  No member shall impugn the motive of any member's vote or argument.

                (I) EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN IN DEBATE.  If any member be called to order for words spoken in debate, the person calling the member to order shall repeat the words excepted to and they shall be taken down in writing at the clerk's table.  No member shall be held in answer or be subject to the censure of the house for words spoken in debate if any other member has spoken before exception to them shall have been taken.

                (J) TRANSGRESSION OF RULES - APPEAL.  If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the house the speaker shall, or any member may, call the member to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide the case without debate; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall prevail.

                If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, the member shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, and the case shall require it, the member shall be liable to the censure of the house.

Ending of Debate - Previous Question

Rule 18.  The previous question may be ordered by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present on all recognized motions or amendments which are debatable.

                The previous question is not debatable and cannot be amended.

                The previous question shall be put in this form:  "Representative __________ demands the previous question.  As many as are in favor of ordering the previous question will say 'Aye'; as many as are opposed will say 'No'."

                The results of the motion are as follows: If determined in the negative, the consideration goes on as if the motion had never been made; if decided in the affirmative it shall have the effect of cutting off all debate and bringing the house to a direct vote upon the motion or amendment on which it has been ordered:  PROVIDED HOWEVER, That when a bill is on final passage or when the motion to postpone indefinitely is pending, one of the sponsors of the bill or the chair of the committee may have the privilege of closing debate after the previous question has been ordered.

                If an adjournment is had after the previous question is ordered, the motion or proposition on which the previous question was ordered shall be put to the house immediately following the approval of the journal on the next working day, thus making the main question privileged over all other business, whether new or unfinished.

Voting

Rule 19.  (A) PUTTING OF QUESTION.  The speaker shall put the question in the following form:  "The question before the house is (state the question).  As many as are in favor say 'Aye'; and after the affirmative vote is expressed, "as many as are opposed say 'No'."

                (B) ALL MEMBERS TO VOTE.  Every member who was in the house when the question was put shall vote unless, for special reasons, excused by the house.

                All motions to excuse a member shall be made before the house divides or before the call for yeas and nays is commenced; and any member requesting to be excused from voting may make a brief and verbal statement of the reasons for making such request, and the question shall then be taken without further debate.

                Upon a division and count of the house on the question, only members at their desks within the bar of the house shall be counted.

                (C) CHANGE OF VOTE.  When the electric roll call machine is used, no member shall be allowed to vote or change a vote after the speaker has locked the roll call machine.  When an oral roll call is taken, no member shall be allowed to vote or change a vote after the result has been announced.

                (D) PRIVATE INTEREST.  No member shall vote on any question which affects that member privately and particularly.  A member who has a private interest in any bill or measure proposed or pending before the legislature shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.  (Art. II § 30)

                (E) INTERRUPTION OF ROLL CALL.  Once begun, the roll call may not be interrupted.  No member or other person shall visit or remain at the clerk's desk while the yeas and nays are being called.

                (F) YEAS AND NAYS - RECORDED VOTES.  Upon the final passage of any bill, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and shall be recorded by the electric voting system:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That an oral roll call shall be ordered when demanded by one-sixth (1/6) of the members present.  (Art. II § 21)

                The speaker may vote last when the yeas and nays are called.

                When the vote is by electric voting machine or by oral roll call on any question, it shall be entered upon the journal of the house.  A recorded vote may be compelled by one-sixth (1/6) of the members present.  A request for a recorded vote must be made before the vote is commenced.

                (G) TIE VOTE, QUESTION LOSES.  In case of an equal division, the question shall be lost.

                (H) DIVISION.  If the speaker is in doubt, or if division is

called for by any member, the house shall divide.

Reconsideration

Rule 20.  Notice of a motion for reconsideration on the final passage of bills shall be made on the day the vote to be reconsidered was taken and before the house has voted to transmit the bill to the senate.

                Reconsideration of the votes on the final passage of bills must be taken on the next working day after such vote was taken:  PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution, or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, then reconsideration of votes on the final passage of bills must be taken on the same day as the original vote was taken.

                A motion to reconsider an amendment may be made at any time the bill remains on second reading.

                Any member who voted on the prevailing side may move for reconsideration or give notice thereof.

                A motion to reconsider can be decided only once when decided in the negative.

                When a motion to reconsider has been carried, its effect shall be to place the original question before the house in the exact position it occupied before it was voted upon.

Call of the House

Rule 21.  One-sixth (1/6) of the members present may demand a call of the house at any time before the house has divided or the voting has commenced by yeas and nays.

                (A) DOORS TO BE CLOSED.  When call of the house has been ordered, the sergeant at arms shall close and lock the doors, and no member shall be allowed to leave the chamber:  PROVIDED, That the rules committee shall be allowed to meet, upon request of the speaker, while the house stands at ease:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the speaker may permit members to use such portions of the fourth floor as may be properly secured.

                (B) SERGEANT AT ARMS TO BRING IN THE ABSENTEES.  The clerk shall immediately call a roll of the members and note the absentees, whose names shall be read and entered upon the journal in such manner as to show who are excused and who are absent without leave.

                The clerk shall furnish the sergeant at arms with a list of those who are absent without leave, and the sergeant at arms shall proceed to bring in such absentees; but arrests of members for absence shall not be made unless ordered by a majority of the members present.

                (C) HOUSE UNDER CALL.  While the house is under a call, no business shall be transacted except to receive and act on the report of the sergeant at arms; and no other motion shall be in order except a motion to proceed with business under the call of the house, a motion to excuse absentees, or a motion to dispense with the call of the house.  The motion to proceed with business under the call of the house and the motion to excuse absent members shall not be adopted unless a majority of the members elected vote in favor thereof.  The motion to dispense with the call of the house may be adopted by a majority of the members present.

Appeal from Decision of Chair

Rule 22.  The decision of the chair may be appealed from by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once unless by leave of the house.  In all cases of appeal, the question shall be:  "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the house?"

Standing Committees

Rule 23.  The standing committees of the house and the number of members that shall serve on each committee shall be as follows:

1.	Agriculture & Natural Resources           13
2.	Business & Financial Services               13
3.	Capital Budget        11
4.	Community & Economic Development & Housing 9
5.	Early Learning & Human Services        9
6.	Education                21
7.	Education Appropriations & Oversight  19
8.	Environment           ((15)) 17
9.	General Government Appropriations & Oversight 13
10.	Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight 11
11.	Health Care & Wellness         11
12.	Higher Education   ((15)) 17
13.	Judiciary 13
14.	Labor & Workforce Development         13
15.	Local Government  9
16.	Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness             11
17.	Rules       25
18.	State Government & Tribal Affairs        11
19.	Technology, Energy & Communications               19
20.	Transportation        29
21.	Ways & Means       27

Committee members shall be selected by each party's caucus.  The majority party caucus shall select all committee chairs.

Duties of Committees

Rule 24.  House committees shall operate as follows:

                (A) NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING.  The chief clerk shall make public the time, place and subjects to be discussed at committee meetings.  All public hearings held by committees shall be scheduled at least five (5) days in advance and shall be given adequate publicity:  PROVIDED, That when less than eight (8) days remain for action on a bill, the Speaker may authorize a reduction of the five-day notice period when required by the circumstances, including but not limited to the time remaining for action on the bill, the nature of the subject, and the number of prior hearings on the subject.

                (B) COMMITTEE QUORUM.  A majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

                (C) SESSION MEETINGS.  No committee shall sit while the house is in session without special leave of the speaker.

                (D) DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

                (1) Only such bills as are included on the written notice of a committee meeting may be considered at that meeting except upon the vote of a majority of the entire membership of the committee to consider another bill.

                (2) A majority recommendation of a committee must be signed by a majority of the entire membership of the committee in a regularly called meeting before a bill, memorial, or resolution may be reported out:  PROVIDED, That by motion under the eighth order of business, a majority of the members elected to the house may relieve a committee of a bill and place it on the second reading calendar.

                Majority recommendations of a committee can only be "do pass," "do pass as amended," or that "the substitute bill be substituted therefor and that the substitute bill do pass."

                (3) Members of the committee not concurring in the majority report may prepare a written minority report containing a recommendation of "do not pass" or "without recommendation," which shall be signed by those members of the committee subscribing thereto, and submitted with the majority report.

                (4) All committee reports shall be spread upon the journal.  The journal of the house shall contain an exact copy of all committee reports, together with the names of the members signing such reports.

                (5) Every vote to report a bill out of committee shall be taken by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against, as well as the names of members absent, shall be recorded on the committee report.  Any member may call for a recorded vote, which shall include the names of absent members, on any substantive question before the committee.  A copy of all recorded committee votes shall be kept by the chief clerk and shall be available for public inspection.

                (6) All bills having a direct appropriation shall be referred to the appropriate fiscal committee before their final passage.

                (7) No standing committee shall vote by secret written ballot on any issue.

                (8) During its consideration of or vote on any bill, resolution, or memorial, the deliberations of any standing committee of the house of representatives shall be open to the public.

                (9) A standing committee to which a bill was originally referred shall, prior to voting the bill out of committee, consider whether the bill authorizes rule-making powers or requires the exercise of rule-making powers and, if so, consider:

                (a) The nature of the new rule-making powers; and

                (b) To which agencies the new rule-making powers would be delegated and which agencies, if any, may have related rule-making powers.

Standing Committees - Expenses - Subpoena Power

Rule 25.  Regardless of whether the legislature is in session, members of the house may receive from moneys appropriated for the legislature, reimbursement for necessary travel expenses, and payments in lieu of subsistence and lodging for conducting official business of the house.

                The standing committees of the house may have the powers of subpoena, the power to administer oaths, and the power to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses in accordance with the provisions of chapter 44.16 RCW.  Before a standing committee of the house may issue any process, the committee chairperson shall submit for approval of the executive rules committee a statement of purpose setting forth the name or names of those subject to process.  The process shall not be issued prior to approval by the executive rules committee.  The process shall be limited to the named individuals.

Vetoed Bills

Rule 26.  Veto messages of the governor shall be read in the house and entered upon the journal.  It shall then be in order to proceed to reconsider the bill, refer it, lay it on the table, or postpone its consideration to a day certain.

                The merits of the bill may be debated before the vote is taken, but the vote on a vetoed bill cannot be reconsidered.

                In case of a bill containing several sections or items, one or more of which has been objected to by the governor, each section or item so objected to shall be voted upon separately by the house.  Action by the house upon all vetoed bills shall be endorsed upon the bill and certified by the speaker.

                Vetoed bills originating in the house, which have not been passed notwithstanding the veto of the governor, shall remain in the custody of the officers of the house until the close of the term, after which they shall be filed with the secretary of state.

Suspension of Compensation

Rule 27.  (1) Any member of the house of representatives convicted and sentenced for any felony punishable by death or by imprisonment in a Washington state penal institution shall, as of the time of sentencing, be denied the legislative salary for future service and be denied per diem, compensation for expenses, office space facilities, and assistance.  Any member convicted of a felony and sentenced therefor under any federal law or the law of any other state shall, as of the time of sentencing, be similarly denied such salary, per diem, expenses, facilities, and assistance if either (a) such crime would also constitute a crime punishable under the laws of Washington by death or by imprisonment in a state penal institution, or (b) the conduct resulting in the conviction and sentencing would also constitute a crime punishable under the laws of Washington by death or by imprisonment in a state penal institution.

                (2) At any time, the house may vote by a constitutional majority to restore the salary, per diem, expenses, facilities, and assistance denied a member under subsection (1).  If the conviction of a member is reversed, then the salary, per diem, and expense amounts denied the member since sentencing shall be forthwith paid, and the member shall thereafter have the rights and privileges of other members.

Smoking

Rule 28.  Smoking of cigarettes, pipes, or cigars shall not be permitted at any public meeting of any committee of the house of representatives or within House facilities.

                "No smoking" signs shall be posted so as to give notice of this rule.

Liquor

Rule 29.  The House of Representatives shall strictly adhere to the liquor laws of the state of Washington, including provisions relating to banquet and special occasion permits.  The proper permits must always be obtained before consumption of liquor in any house facility.

Parliamentary Rules

Rule 30.  The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Reed's Parliamentary Rules shall govern all cases in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the house.

Standing Rules Amendment

Rule 31.  Any standing rule may be rescinded or changed by a majority vote of the members elected: PROVIDED, That the proposed change or changes be submitted at least one day in advance in writing to the members together with notice of the consideration thereof.  Any standing rule may be suspended temporarily by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present except as provided in Rule 10.

Rules to Apply for Assembly

Rule 32.  The permanent house rules adopted at the beginning of the term are to govern all acts of the house during the course of the term unless amended or repealed.

Legislative Mailings

Rule 33.  The House of Representatives directs the house executive rules committee to adopt procedures and guidelines to ensure that all legislative mailings at public expense are for legitimate legislative purposes.

Representative Sullivan moved adoption of House Resolution No. 4650.

      Representatives Sullivan and Kretz spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4650 was adopted.

SPEAKER’S PRIVILEGE

Speaker of the House of Representatives Frank Chopp: “Welcome back to the People’s House! Before I get rolling, I’d like to introduce my wife, Nancy Long and my daughter, Ellie. Just last month, Nancy and I watched Ellie go through the graduation ceremonies at Western Washington University. We are so proud of her! By the way, Ellie just moved into a new place. So, Eric Pettigrew and Sharon Tomiko Santos, she’s your constituent now. Be forewarned, she’s opinionated. I have no idea how she got that way. Ellie’s got a bright future. But other people, young and old, are not finding their pathway to opportunity. We must re-dedicate ourselves, as Representatives of the people, to work for the best interests and highest ideals of our people as we confront the most challenging economic conditions since the Great Depression. As we begin another session, we should keep in mind five goals. Create jobs now! Fund basic education! Save the safety net! Ensure equality! Provide opportunity! First, create jobs now! Too many of our citizens are suffering from unemployment and underemployment, and all the problems that go with that. We must respond! When we faced another economic crisis ten years ago, I met together with a representative of an airplane company and one from a machinists union, who were working as partners in common purpose. We discussed a list of seven items for the legislature to consider to help save aerospace in Washington State. In the 2003 session, we accomplished those seven items and added a few more. Two years later, we corrected one of the original pieces of legislation, to make sure unemployment insurance benefits were fair for everyone. Back then, it was not easy. There were a lot of conflicting points of view. Whether you thought the list was too much or too little, in the final analysis, we got the job done. With the great news of the 737 MAX to be built in Renton, and the historic agreement between the company and the union to put planes in the air, not blood in the water --- the future is brighter for us all. And we didn’t just focus on aerospace. As part of One Washington, we developed an ag agenda, to help farmers and farm workers  to not just survive international challenges, but to actually thrive in the global marketplace. From aerospace to agriculture, and for many other accomplishments that have improved the lives of our citizens, I am proud of this House for doing our part. Whether our parents built planes in Everett, grew wheat in Walla Walla, or overhauled ships in Bremerton, we recognize that we are a state of innovation and productivity. The people of this state make things, create things, grow things, and build things! Right now, there is a draft proposal being circulated that would create 25,000 jobs in the construction industries. Now this year putting our people to work by: renovating schools, building public works, creating housing, cleaning up the environment and meeting a number of other needs in concrete, tangible projects. By the way, for those who say that government doesn’t create jobs, let me remind you that this idea continues in the tradition of the hydropower and irrigation projects in eastern Washington, which have provided decades of benefit to people all across our state. When you consider this proposal, remember the veteran returning home from war and looking for a job. Remember the young apprentice learning a skilled craft. Remember the unemployed parent who will now bring home a paycheck. With the House and Senate working together, with business and labor support, we can enact this proposal. And everyone will benefit, all across the state. Jobs now! Let’s get it done! Let’s also take action on proposals to increase the number of students graduating with college degrees and certificates in high demand fields like aerospace, high-tech manufacturing, health care and other industries. Jobs now! Let’s get it done. Our next goal:  fund basic education.  Last week, the State Supreme Court issued a ruling. They stated what we already knew about our paramount duty in the state constitution. Even in tough times, we need to fund Basic Education, our common schools. At the same time, the Court recognized the work the legislature had already begun to address this problem; work initiated by this House. Based on the hard work of many, many of you, we enacted House Bill 2261 in 2009, followed by House Bill 2776 in 2010, both prime sponsored by our Majority Leader, Pat Sullivan. These two legislative acts outlined a path forward and a time schedule to increase and reform funding of our schools.  With our creation of the Quality Education Council, we have already started the journey for better funding of Basic Education. In addition to tackling funding, we have a lot of other work to do in Basic Education. We need to promote quality teaching and successful learning, with better training and evaluation of our teachers and principals. We need to improve and integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math into the curriculum and teacher preparation. We need to improve high school graduation rates, and share best practices among local school districts. And we need to build on your work to foster financial education and literacy. By the time they graduate from high school, our young people need to know how to get decent terms on a home mortgage, how to take out a car loan without getting taken, and how to weigh the cost and time needed to repay a student loan. This should be a practical part of our core curriculum. The overwhelming cause of the Great Recession was abject greed on Wall Street and banks that jettisoned the time-honored principles of responsible banking.  But had we done a better job on financial education and consumer protection, some of the damage could have been averted. In our budget deliberations, we should not make a false choice between funding education and fighting poverty.   The best way up and out of poverty is getting an education. And schools can only be successful if students are not battling the pressures of poverty. Also, as we re-define Basic Education, let’s remember that in order to succeed in school, a kid should be healthy and ready to learn. The investments we have made in children’s health have brought us national recognition and additional federal funding for our Apple Health program. We received a Performance Award for Apple Health, which currently serves over 730,000 kids all across Washington. It’s a complete “win-win.” Apple Health not only helps kids with health care, it also helps their families make ends meet in hard times. Your commitment to early learning programs --- the most productive investment we can make in education --- also brought us national recognition and funding. This session, we can take early learning to the next level. We can adopt the bi partisan recommendations of the Quality Education Council, and strengthen early learning programs from birth to age 5 and prepare more children to get the most out of K-12. Washington is one of only four states to receive recognition for both children’s health care and early learning. We are national leaders! Next goal: save the safety net! The state budget is much more than a spreadsheet, it is a moral statement. As we consider home care for the elderly, lifelines for the disabled, food for the hungry, and the Basic Health Plan for working families, we should keep in mind that funding these programs is not only morally right, it is very popular. Just like our safety net tradition of Social Security and Medicare. When asked what state programs should be protected, recent opinion polls show that 70 to 80% of our citizens support safety net services like home care, Basic Health, and assistance for people with disabilities. By saving two of these popular programs, the Basic Health Plan and Disability Lifeline Medical, we not only provide critical care to those most in need, but we bring over $300 million in federa l funds to our Washington. And, by saving these programs, we are saving over 10,000 jobs in clinics and hospitals across the state. It is important to remember that these two programs form the infrastructure we will need when Medicaid is expanded in 2014, when all those living in poverty will receive the medical care they need. For those with incomes above the poverty line, the new Health Care Exchange will provide access for people of all incomes to affordable care. As we work to save the safety net, we must objectively examine the best ways to spend the available dollars. If we don’t have a well-managed safety net, we incur costs in other settings, in hospital emergency rooms and in public safety as well. An effective safety net not only makes moral sense, it makes financial sense. Nearly every family includes someone who has relied on basic social and health services at some point in their lives. That is why the public expects us to save the safety net. Another goal: ensure equality! The principle of equality made us a great nation. It inspires people all over the world. It’s a very powerful notion. Nobody likes to be discriminated against. Everyone wants a fair shake. Whether it’s equal opportunity when you apply for a job, or equal rules when you apply for a home loan, or equal justice under the law, or equal representation in re-districting, or equalization of property taxes for schools, equality is one of our most fundamental ideals. As we consider the next call for equality, just ask my daughter’s generation about marriage equality, and you’ll see the future. Ellie’s middle name is Rosa, after Rosa Parks. By taking a seat on a bus, Rosa Parks stood up for the cause of civil rights and equality. On that day there were people who said it was not time to act. But for Rosa Parks that was the time. As was the case more than fifty years ago, some will say that this year isn’t the time to consider this issue --- that there are more important concerns. I respect that there are strong views on both sides of this issue. But this is the right time to be fair to people --- and choose equality. Last goal: provide opportunity! Which brings me back to my daughter, once again. Ellie worked hard at Western Washington University.  She got good grades, and even became a teaching assistant in some of her classes. But she is also lucky. She is graduating without a student loan debt. And she already has a full-time job in a nonprofit that funds health care for the poor. Many of our young people are not so lucky. They are bearing the burden of the Great Recession. We want our sons and daughters to be the best they can be. But we are not doing our best for them. We must ask some tough questions: How are we going to finance opportunities for the next generation? How can we increase the number of graduates with degrees and certificates in careers like aerospace, high-tech, and health care? Can we launch a focused effort for tax reform to create more resources for higher education? How do we ensure greater accountability in institutions of higher learning? Will the private sector rally to raise money for the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, which we created last session, to help provide state need grants? And, tell me, why is it that I can get a loan for a new car today at 0% interest, but young people pay 7% on a student loan; particularly when I only paid 3% when I graduated from the U Dub back in the last century? Luckily, many of you are working to answer these questions and more. And despite our budget woes, last year you increased financial aid for students. This session, we can create an Investment Trust that will lower interest rates on student loans, and help provide our businesses with the educated workforce they need. You have proposed ways to make sure that students are getting their money’s worth --- for example, LEAN management to streamline administration. With these efforts, we can promote jobs and opportunity for all! The five goals I’ve outlined are challenging to achieve. I know we face very difficult decisions. And I know how much you and your families sacrifice so you can serve in this House. I thank all the members and their families for that sacrifice.  But let us also remember how lucky we are. None of us go without a paycheck. None of us go hungry. None of us are homeless. None of us lack health care. None of us lack the opportunity to get an education. So, as we go about the work before us, let us remember that the people we represent just want what we have. Jobs! Education! Security! Equality! Opportunity! Let’s get to work. Thank you very much.”

POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Representative DeBolt:  “Thank you Mr. Speaker. I just want to say first off it’s not the same here without Sergeant At Arms Ron Finley, and if he’s watching at home I hope he is feeling better, and he is in our thoughts and prayers. It seems like we were just here less than a month ago, oh wait we were. This is one of those things that when we came back here, less than a month ago, our caucus put a proposal in front of us that we would not have to be here today. That we would actually go and do the peoples work, solve a budget problem, the supplemental budget and cancel this session all together. That proposal was met with no interest. So as I listen to your speech today Mr. Speaker and I listened intently because I got notes all over it, looks like one of your notebooks right now. You know one of the things about it we all want jobs now, we all want jobs now. But I have to look back at the last eight years and say what have we done to create jobs in Washington? What have we done to make it cheaper to live in Washington State than it was eight years ago? What have we done to provide more access for a better education than we did eight years ago? We have to look at our own score card at this point folks and realize that we are failing. We can do more. If we want jobs now, we put out a package eight years ago of ten bills that would change the course of our state and create jobs. We got none of those bills heard, simple bills and I heard you mention hydro power, and how hydro power made the state great. But every state around us considers our hydro green but us, and if we considered that hydro green it would lower instantly the cost of electricity to all those working families in Washington State, they would not have to pay an inflated price for power. Think about what we could do in industry if we had power that was cheaper, that’s what our State was founded on. We accepted more rules and regulations and a different quality of life because we had inexpensive power and manufacturing was our backbone and our backbone has been broken Mr. Speaker. We believe in education, fully funding education. You’ve heard us, we actually agree with the court decision; there is a lack of transparency in our education system today. So we are glad to hear that you agree with us, because we need to fund education first Mr. Speaker. First, make children our first priority not our last priority. Give them our first dollar not our last dollar and quit holding kids hostage for a tax increase. We have a plan to do that, in fact, I don’t know how many of you noticed, but we came in early, before session started as a caucus, to sit down and finish our Priorities of Government. We are redefining basic education. We’re looking at who our vulnerable citizens are. We want to make sure that we have our three priorities straight. Fund education first and fund the fundamentals, protect public safety and protect our vulnerable. That is what we feel the core services of government are. We have gotten so far away from our core folks; you know, how many of you think about how many people we could help if we just did our job correctly and the quality of help we could give those people? Mr. Speaker, our parties have remained the same, we want jobs now. We could have avoided this disaster that we are in right now, we could have worked together in a bi partisan fashion to make reforms along with moving forward to bring down the price of energy. We could have made sure that the safety net was taken care of, because we would have more people investing in our state rather than leaving our state. If you remember when you mentioned Boeing many years ago, after the end of that speech they left. They moved their headquarters to Chicago because they found this state not to be the friendly business state they need. We don’t want anyone else to leave Mr. Speaker, we want people to stay. Then we think of the people around the kitchen table, those are the people that I am worried about.  The people who have worked their whole lives to provide for their families that are struggling and all we are going to do, our plan seems to be, take the most regressive tax we can and increase it on everybody. Mr. Speaker that’s not a plan, that’s another Band-Aid on the severed arm. We have got to come up with a way to reshape our government, refocus our government and make our government accountable to the people that pay for it. When we talk about jobs and innovation in Washington State the one thing that we have learned is that an overtaxed industry stifles innovation. You cannot tax your way out of a recession. We want jobs too, we want jobs now, we want public jobs and private jobs, we think there are opportunities for us to work together to find solutions. If you think we can create more bloated bureaucracy and get jobs out of that, we cannot do that Mr. Speaker. We do believe that we can get people back to work, and we are willing to help you with your plan because we know that if we can come together in agreement out of this body, I think it’s something the people of Washington State would support. They are tired of one party control and they are tired of partisan bickering. What they want are solutions and so we are being solution oriented this year by bringing more and more solutions to the fore front to protect the most vulnerable, protect public safety, fund education first and fund the fundamentals. We have got to break the addiction to the federal government Mr. Speaker. The federal government cannot run itself, we can no longer count on them. They tell us they are going to deliver dollar after dollar for programs and then we put the program into place and when the program disappears because they can’t keep their promise, we are stuck holding the bag. Every time we bite by saying oh we are going to get matching dollars from the Feds we need to stop doing that and we need to move Medicare to block grants. We need to move Medicare to block grants; we need to put pressure on our federal government to give us the flexibility that we need to make decisions in the State of Washington. If we can work together on these solutions we can create those three hundred thousand jobs we have lost in the last eight years, three hundred thousand jobs in the last eight years. Look around, think about it, everybody knows somebody who is unemployed right now and suffering.  Do you think raising taxes is going to help them? Do you think raising taxes is going to help them?  I don’t. Do we think innovation and reform will help them? Yes. Do you think creating more industry will help them?  Yes.  Do you think creating more jobs will help them? Yes. When you create more jobs you create more revenue and you lower caseloads, thus you create a positive economy. It’s a simple solution to a complicated problem Mr. Speaker, and we are ready to work. Thank you Mr. Speaker.”

INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING

HB 2178  by Representatives Takko, Angel, Eddy, Fitzgibbon, Asay, Upthegrove and Rodne

AN ACT Relating to political subdivisions in the intrastate mutual aid system; and amending RCW 38.56.010.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 2179  by Representatives Morris, Lytton and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to objections to liquor licenses by local governments; and amending RCW 66.24.010.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 2180  by Representatives Morris, Eddy and Upthegrove

AN ACT Relating to the use of an energy storage facility to meet annual targets under RCW 19.285.040; and amending RCW 19.285.030 and 19.285.040.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 2181  by Representatives Dammeier, Orwall, Bailey, Finn, McCune, Sullivan, Klippert, Hudgins, Hope, Hunt, Taylor, Jinkins, Ladenburg, Hansen, Ryu, Maxwell, Asay, Kelley, Kenney, Hurst and Shea

AN ACT Relating to extending the age for service in the Washington state guard; and amending RCW 38.16.015.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2182  by Representatives Appleton, Reykdal, Ladenburg, Ryu and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to vehicle headlights; and amending RCW 46.37.020.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 2183  by Representatives Springer, Smith, Seaquist, Armstrong, Green, Takko, Kelley, Walsh, Stanford, Angel, Ryu, Orcutt, Blake, Moscoso, Sells, Pettigrew, Dammeier, Liias, Moeller, Kenney, Hurst and Hudgins

AN ACT Relating to the property taxation of mobile homes and park model trailers; amending RCW 46.44.170; and adding a new section to chapter 84.56 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

HB 2184  by Representatives Dunshee, Warnick and Santos

AN ACT Relating to adjustments to the school construction assistance formula; amending RCW 28A.525.162; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.525.166; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

HB 2185  by Representatives Stanford, Rivers and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to deposit and investment provisions for the prearrangement trust funds of cemetery authorities; and amending RCW 68.46.040 and 18.39.250.

Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.

HB 2186  by Representatives Bailey, Cody, Schmick, Darneille, Ahern, Green, Kelley and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to improving the ability of licensed midwives to work with registered nurses and licensed practical nurses; and amending RCW 18.79.040, 18.79.060, 18.79.260, and 18.79.270.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2187  by Representatives Blake, Orcutt, Takko, Short, Taylor, Hurst, McCune and Kristiansen

AN ACT Relating to providing that the vehicle access pass provide access to the department of natural resources' recreation sites; and amending RCW 79A.80.040.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 2188  by Representatives Ryu and Parker

AN ACT Relating to air rescue or evacuation services; and amending RCW 48.01.280.

Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.

HB 2189  by Representatives Hunt, Reykdal, Kenney and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to computing the rate of vacation leave accrual for employees formerly employed by a school district; and amending RCW 43.01.040.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2190  by Representatives Clibborn, Armstrong, Billig and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to transportation funding and appropriations; amending 2011 c 367 ss 101, 103, 105, 106, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 502, 503, 505, 603, and 608 (uncodified); adding new sections to 2011 c 367 (uncodified); repealing 2011 1st sp.s. c 50 ss 718, 719, 720, and 721 (uncodified); making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 2191  by Representatives Rivers, Blake, Klippert, Hurst, Haler, Takko, Alexander, Hope, Harris and Reykdal

AN ACT Relating to police dogs; amending RCW 16.08.040 and 9A.76.200; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

HB 2192  by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Haler, Wilcox, Takko, Hinkle, Kretz, Johnson, Fagan, Orcutt, Warnick, Schmick, Armstrong, Condotta, Nealey, Springer, Klippert, Short, Walsh, Taylor and Van De Wege

AN ACT Relating to water resource management on the main stem of the Columbia and Snake rivers to promote the production of biofuel crops and organic crops; and adding a new section to chapter 90.90 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 2193  by Representatives Pedersen, Nealey, Kagi, Rivers, Orwall, Walsh, Eddy, Goodman, Roberts, Fagan, Ladenburg, Green, Ormsby and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to third-party visitation; amending RCW 26.10.160; adding a new chapter to Title 26 RCW; and repealing RCW 26.09.240.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2194  by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, Goodman and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to modifying the manufactured/mobile home landlord tenant act and other related provisions; amending RCW 59.20.060, 59.20.070, 59.20.073, 59.20.080, and 59.20.200; and reenacting and amending RCW 59.30.020.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2195  by Representatives Rivers, Pedersen, Rodne, Goodman and Kelley

AN ACT Relating to the uniform interstate depositions and discovery act; and adding a new chapter to Title 5 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2196  by Representatives Eddy, Rodne, Pedersen, Nealey, Goodman, Jinkins, Kelley and Upthegrove

AN ACT Relating to collaborative law; and adding a new chapter to Title 7 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2197  by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne and Eddy

AN ACT Relating to the Uniform Commercial Code; amending RCW 62A.1- 101, 62A.1-102, 62A.1-103, 62A.1-104, 62A.1-105, 62A.1-106, 62A.1-107, 62A.1-108, 62A.1-201, 62A.1-202, 62A.1-203, 62A.1-204, 62A.1-205, 62A.1-206, 62A.7-101, 62A.7102, 62A.7-103, 62A.7-104, 62A.7-105, 62A.7201, 62A.7202, 62A.7-203, 62A.7204, 62A.7205, 62A.7206, 62A.7207, 62A.7-208, 62A.7209, 62A.7210, 62A.7-301, 62A.7-302, 62A.7-303, 62A.7-304, 62A.7-305, 62A.7-307, 62A.7-308, 62A.7-309, 62A.7401, 62A.7-402, 62A.7403, 62A.7-404, 62A.7-501, 62A.7-502, 62A.7-503, 62A.7-504, 62A.7-505, 62A.7-506, 62A.7-507, 62A.7-508, 62A.7-509, 62A.7-601, 62A.7-602, 62A.7-603, 62A.2-103, 62A.2-104, 62A.2-202, 62A.2-310, 62A.2-323, 62A.2-401, 62A.2-503, 62A.2-505, 62A.2-506, 62A.2-509, 62A.2-605, 62A.2705, 62A.2A-103, 62A.2A103, 62A.2A-501, 62A.2A-514, 62A.2A-518, 62A.2A-519, 62A.2A526, 62A.2A-527, 62A.2A-528, 62A.3-103, 62A.4-104, 62A.4-210, 62A.4A-105, 62A.4A-106, 62A.4A-204, 62A.5-103, 62A.8-102, 62A.8-103, 62A.8103, 62A.9A-102, 62A.9A102, 62A.9A-203, 62A.9A-207, 62A.9A-208, 62A.9A-301, 62A.9A-310, 62A.9A310, 62A.9A-312, 62A.9A-313, 62A.9A313, 62A.9A-314, 62A.9A-317, 62A.9A317, 62A.9A-338, 62A.9A338, 62A.9A-601, and 62A.9A601; adding new sections to chapter 62A.1 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 62A.7 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 62A.1-109, 62A.1-207, 62A.1-208, 62A.2-208, 62A.2A-207, and 62A.10-104; repealing 2011 c 74  s 801; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2198  by Representatives Morris, Eddy, McCoy and Hudgins

AN ACT Relating to modifying provisions concerning renewable energy system cost recovery; and amending RCW 82.16.110 and 82.16.120.

Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

HB 2199  by Representatives Kelley, Dahlquist, Maxwell and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to changing compulsory school attendance requirements for children six and seven years of age; amending RCW 28A.225.010, 28A.225.020, 28A.225.025, 28A.225.030, 28A.225.035, 28A.225.090, and 28A.200.010; and repealing RCW 28A.225.015.

Referred to Committee on Education.

HB 2200  by Representatives Ahern, Miloscia, McCune, Klippert, Crouse, Shea, Short, Warnick and Kristiansen

AN ACT Relating to establishing the woman's right to know act of 2012; adding a new section to chapter 9.02 RCW; creating new sections; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2201  by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Springer and Upthegrove

AN ACT Relating to the use and governance of hearing examiners; amending RCW 36.70B.060, 35.63.130, 35A.63.170, 36.70.970, and 58.17.330; adding a new section to chapter 36.70B RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 2202  by Representatives Takko, McCune, Finn, Armstrong, Blake, Wilcox, Schmick, Shea, Angel, Parker, Taylor, Overstreet, Zeiger, Dammeier, Hurst, Kelley, Van De Wege, Seaquist, Sullivan, Tharinger, Haigh, Bailey, Alexander, Ahern, Springer, Pearson, Sells and Upthegrove

AN ACT Relating to "National Rifle Association" special license plates; amending RCW 46.68.425 and 77.15.425; reenacting and amending RCW 46.18.200, 46.17.220, and 46.18.060; and adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 2203  by Representatives Hudgins, Billig, Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Miloscia, Goodman, Hansen, Carlyle, Pedersen, Ormsby, Wylie, Tharinger, Ladenburg, Lytton, Reykdal, Appleton, Moeller, Jinkins, Pollet, Hasegawa, Maxwell, Upthegrove and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to simplifying motor voter registration; amending RCW 29A.08.340 and 46.20.155; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2204  by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Billig, Hudgins, Hunt, Miloscia, Goodman, Hansen, Carlyle, Orwall, Kagi, Pedersen, Ormsby, Reykdal, Appleton, Jinkins, Stanford, Ladenburg, Pollet, Hasegawa, Maxwell, Darneille, Upthegrove and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to extending the time period for voter registration; amending RCW 29A.08.140; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2205  by Representatives Billig, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Hunt, Green, Sells, McCoy, Maxwell, Probst, Jinkins, Pettigrew, Darneille, Eddy, Upthegrove, Hope, Ormsby, Blake, Miloscia, Hansen, Goodman, Carlyle, Kagi, Van De Wege, Pedersen, Tharinger, Kenney, Orwall, Moeller, Wylie, Appleton, Ladenburg, Lytton, Reykdal, Stanford, Pollet and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to voter registration for sixteen and seventeen year olds; amending RCW 29A.08.210, 29A.08.330, and 46.20.155; adding a new section to chapter 29A.08 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2206  by Representatives Clibborn, Armstrong, Billig, Hargrove, Reykdal, Johnson, Ladenburg, Rivers, Klippert, Appleton, Asay, Ryu, Jinkins and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to the issuance of drivers' licenses and identicards; amending RCW 46.20.049, 46.20.117, 46.20.120, 46.20.161, 46.20.181, and 46.20.505; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 2207  by Representatives Springer and Condotta

AN ACT Relating to independent medical exam and consultation and vocational rehabilitation assessment scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups; amending RCW 51.04.1101; and adding a new section to chapter 51.18 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

HB 2208  by Representatives Short, Seaquist, Finn, Blake, Smith, Hunt, Buys, Orwall, Shea, Taylor, Nealey, Walsh, Overstreet, Klippert, Kretz, Bailey, Hinkle, Kristiansen, Rodne, Warnick, Orcutt, Schmick, Haler, Asay, Fagan, Johnson, Upthegrove, Hurst and McCune

AN ACT Relating to designating the honor and remember flag as Washington's emblem of the service and sacrifice by our military personnel; adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2209  by Representatives Haigh, Dammeier, Santos, Dahlquist, Probst, Maxwell and Kenney

AN ACT Relating to addressing issues of accountability and funding for alternative learning experience programs; amending RCW 28A.150.325; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.150.260; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Education.

HB 2210  by Representatives Billig, Carlyle, Lytton, Dahlquist, Asay, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Warnick, Klippert, Hurst, Stanford, Kelley, Goodman, Ryu, Hudgins, Ormsby, Nealey, Hunt, Haigh, Hargrove, Finn, Tharinger, Santos, Moeller, Takko, Armstrong, McCoy, Jinkins, Probst, Van De Wege, Maxwell, Green, Sells, Reykdal, Ladenburg, Hasegawa, Pollet, Kenney and Kagi

AN ACT Relating to extending contribution limits to school board candidates; and reenacting and amending RCW 42.17A.405.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2211  by Representatives Orwall, Ormsby, Upthegrove and Hunt

AN ACT Relating to adoptees' access to information, including original birth certificates; and amending RCW 26.33.330, 26.33.340, 26.33.345, and 26.33.020.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2212  by Representatives Blake and Chandler

AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date of RCW 90.90.030; amending RCW 90.90.030; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 2213  by Representatives Chandler, Van De Wege and Johnson

AN ACT Relating to modifying certain definitions for the purpose of firefighting services for unprotected lands; and amending RCW 52.12.160.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 2214  by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Takko, Kretz, Taylor, Short, Schmick, McCune and Kristiansen

AN ACT Relating to the regional management of mammalian apex predators; amending RCW 77.12.020; adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 2215  by Representatives Klippert, McCoy, Hargrove, Hunt, Fagan, Billig and Angel

AN ACT Relating to waivers from school year requirements for purposes of economy and efficiency; and amending RCW 28A.305.141.

Referred to Committee on Education.

HB 2216  by Representatives Hurst, Pearson, Van De Wege, Dahlquist, Tharinger, Goodman, Johnson, Dammeier, Sells, Kelley, McCune and Kristiansen

AN ACT Relating to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault sentences; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2217  by Representatives Hurst, Dahlquist and Kristiansen

AN ACT Relating to the discover pass; and amending RCW 79A.80.020, 79A.80.030, 79A.80.040, and 77.32.050.

Referred to Committee on General Government Appropriations & Oversight.

HB 2218  by Representatives Kirby and Schmick

AN ACT Relating to service contracts; and amending RCW 48.110.020.

Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.

HB 2219  by Representatives Alexander, Ormsby, Hunt, Haler, Miloscia, McCoy, Seaquist and Appleton

AN ACT Relating to the powers and duties of the gambling commission; and amending RCW 9.46.070.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2220  by Representatives Orwall, Bailey, Jinkins, Green, McCoy, Maxwell, Sells, Appleton, Ormsby, Wylie, Upthegrove, Hunt, Roberts and McCune

AN ACT Relating to requiring certain health professionals to complete continuing education in suicide assessment, treatment, and management; amending RCW 18.19.020, 18.19.090, 18.19.100, 18.205.020, 18.205.090, 18.225.010, 18.225.090, 18.225.150, 18.83.010, 18.83.070, 18.83.090, 18.79.020, 18.79.160, 18.79.210, 18.57.001, 18.57.020, 18.57.050, 18.71.010, 18.71.050, and 18.71.080; adding a new section to chapter 18.205 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2221  by Representatives Orwall, Appleton, Jinkins, Pollet, Upthegrove, Roberts and Kagi

AN ACT Relating to creating a claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment; adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 4 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2222  by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Probst, Zeiger, Hunt, Dammeier, Stanford, Armstrong, Appleton, Jinkins, Ryu, Rivers, Ormsby, Darneille, Kelley, Upthegrove, Kenney and Hudgins

AN ACT Relating to state library research requests; and amending RCW 27.04.045.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2223  by Representatives Takko, Morris, Armstrong and Angel

AN ACT Relating to modifying the effective date of RCW 19.122.130 from 2011's underground utility damage prevention act; amending RCW 19.122.130; and amending 2011 c 263 s 27 (uncodified).

Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

HB 2224  by Representatives Nealey and Pedersen

AN ACT Relating to Washington estate tax apportionment; and amending RCW 83.110A.020.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2225  by Representatives Ryu, Appleton, Jinkins, Ladenburg, Green and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to designating July 25th as patient safety day; and adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2226  by Representatives Cody, Kenney, Darneille, Jinkins, McCoy, Moscoso, Green, Santos, Pettigrew, Hasegawa and Appleton

AN ACT Relating to dental practitioners; amending RCW 18.32.030, 18.32.0351, 18.120.020, 18.130.040, 18.260.010, 18.260.040, 18.260.070, 18.260.080, and 69.41.010; reenacting and amending RCW 69.41.030; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2227  by Representatives Cody and Jinkins

AN ACT Relating to medical assistants; amending RCW 18.130.040 and 18.135.055; and adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2228  by Representatives Jinkins, Appleton, Reykdal, Stanford, Ryu, Maxwell, Pollet, Ormsby, Cody, Upthegrove, Roberts, Kagi, Wilcox, Ladenburg and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to medication access for the uninsured; adding a new chapter to Title 69 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2229  by Representatives Jinkins, Hasegawa, Darneille, Wylie, Cody and Roberts

AN ACT Relating to reporting of compensation for certain hospital employees; and amending RCW 43.70.052.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 2230  by Representatives Jinkins, Ladenburg, Ryu, Pollet, Ormsby, Wylie, Cody and Roberts

AN ACT Relating to requiring certain health agencies to use administrative law judges from the office of administrative hearings; amending RCW 18.130.050, 18.130.095, 18.130.100, 69.45.080, 69.50.305, and 70.05.120; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2231  by Representatives McCoy, Morris, Eddy, Haigh, Hunt, Sells, Darneille, Tharinger, Appleton, Dunshee, Hasegawa, Ormsby and Roberts

AN ACT Relating to reducing costs by reducing state assessment requirements; amending RCW 28A.150.315, 28A.155.170, 28A.165.025, 28A.195.010, 28A.200.010, 28A.230.090, 28A.230.125, 28A.230.125, 28A.305.130, 28A.600.310, 28A.655.061, 28A.655.066, 28A.655.068, 28A.655.185, 28A.655.200, 28A.655.070, and 28B.15.067; creating a new section; repealing RCW 28A.155.045, 28A.180.100, 28A.600.405, 28A.655.0611, 28A.655.063, 28A.655.065, 28A.655.220, and 28B.50.534; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Education.

HB 2232  by Representatives McCoy, Hunt, Morris, Haigh, Lytton, Billig, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Eddy, Sells, Jinkins, Stanford, Hasegawa, Pollet, Ormsby, Wylie, Santos, Roberts and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to establishing a government-to-government relationship between state government and federally recognized Indian tribes; and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2233  by Representatives McCoy, Hunt, Haigh, Pedersen, Appleton, Morris, Billig, Fitzgibbon, Eddy, Sells, Tharinger, Jinkins, Hasegawa, Pollet, Wylie, Upthegrove and Roberts

AN ACT Relating to creating a procedure for the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian tribes and Indian country; and adding a new section to chapter 37.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 2234  by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist

AN ACT Relating to commercial driver's license suspension; amending RCW 46.25.090 and 74.20A.320; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 2235  by Representatives Kirby and Bailey

AN ACT Relating to franchise investment protection; and amending RCW 19.100.010, 19.100.020, 19.100.030, 19.100.040, 19.100.070, 19.100.080, 19.100.090, 19.100.184, 19.100.130, and 19.100.248.

Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.

HB 2236  by Representative Upthegrove

AN ACT Relating to creating a categorical exemption for certain electrical facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 2237  by Representatives Hudgins and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to the compensation of port district employees; and amending RCW 53.08.170.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 2238  by Representatives Wilcox, Clibborn, Armstrong, Billig, Takko, Rivers, Angel, Hinkle, Schmick, Orcutt, Johnson, Warnick, Dahlquist, Blake and Chandler

AN ACT Relating to pairing required investments in compensatory environmental mitigation, including the mitigation of transportation projects, with existing programs currently referenced in Title 76 RCW that enhance natural environmental functions; amending RCW 47.01.300, 90.74.005, 90.74.010, 90.74.020, and 90.74.030; adding new sections to chapter 90.74 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 76.09 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HJR 4223        by Representatives Appleton, Reykdal, Ladenburg, Ryu, Hansen and Hunt

Amending the state Constitution by appointing the legislative district committee to fill legislative vacancies.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HCR 4407       by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz

Calling for a joint session.

HCR 4408       by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz

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.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

January 9, 2012

MR. SPEAKER:

The Senate has passed:

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8407

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8408

and the same are herewith transmitted.

Thomas Hoemann, Secretary

There being no objection, the House revert to the fourth order of business.

There being no objection, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8407 was read the first time, and under suspension of the rules was placed on the second reading calendar.

There being no objection, the House advanced to the sixth order of business.

SECOND READING

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8407, by Senators Brown and Hewitt

      Notifying the Governor that the Legislature is ready to conduct business.

The concurrent resolution was read the second time.

There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.

Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the passage of the resolution.

The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8407.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8407 was adopted.

DELIGATION APPOINTED

The Speaker appointed Representatives Probst and Fagan to notify the Governor that the Legislature was organized and ready to conduct business.

There being no objection, the House reverted to the fourth order of business.

There being no objection, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8408, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO 4407 and HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO 4408 were read the first time, and under suspension of the rules were placed on the second reading calendar.

There being no objection, the House advanced to the sixth order of business.

SECOND READING

      SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8408, by Senators Brown and Hewitt

      Specifying the status of bills, memorials, and resolutions for the 2012 regular session of the Sixty-second Legislature.

The concurrent resolution was read the second time.

There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.

Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the passage of the resolution.

The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8408.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8408 was adopted.

      HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4407, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz

      Calling for a joint session.

The concurrent resolution was read the second time.

There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.

The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4407.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4407 was adopted.

      HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4408, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz

      Establishing cutoff dates for the 2012 regular session.

The concurrent resolution was read the second time.

There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.

Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the passage of the resolution.

The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4408.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4408 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Sullivan, the remaining bills, memorials and resolutions listed on the day’s introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.

The Sergeant at Arms announced that the delegates to the Governor’s office had returned. The delegates were escorted to the rostrum and Representatives Probst and Fagan reported to the body. Representative Probst: “Mr. Speaker the Governor reports that she is looking forward to working with us, and looks forward to everyone working together to serve the future of Washington State.” Representative Fagan: “As this is the final time this body will go to the Governor, she is leaving office, she wishes us well and intends to work with us throughout the process.”

There being no objection, the House advanced to the eighth order of business.

There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1559 and HOUSE BILL NO. 1652, and the bills were referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

There being no objection, the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources was relieved of HOUSE BILL NO. 1474, and the bill was referred to the Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

The Speaker announced the following committee appointments:

Representative Finn was appointed to the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Representative Hudgins was appointed to the Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

Representative Pollet was appointed to the Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight, Environment & Higher Education.

There being no objection, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., January 10, 2012, the 2nd Day of the Regular Session.

FRANK CHOPP, Speaker

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

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Other Action....................................................................................... 16

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Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2179

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2180

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2181

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2182

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2183

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2184

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 10

2185

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2186

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2187

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2188

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2189

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2190

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2191

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2192

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2193

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2194

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2195

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2196

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2197

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 11

2198

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2199

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2200

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2201

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2202

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2203

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2204

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2205

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2206

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2207

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 12

2208

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2209

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2210

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2211

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2212

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2213

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2214

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2215

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2216

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2217

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2218

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2219

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2220

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 13

2221

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2222

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2223

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2224

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2225

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2226

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2227

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2228

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2229

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2230

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2231

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2232

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 14

2233

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

2234

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

2235

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

2236

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

2237

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

2238

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

4223

Introduction & 1st Reading................................................................ 15

4407

Introduction & 1st Reading.......................................................... 15, 16

Second Reading.................................................................................. 16

Third Reading Adopted...................................................................... 16

4408

Introduction & 1st Reading.......................................................... 15, 16

Second Reading.................................................................................. 16

Third Reading Adopted...................................................................... 16

4650

Introduced............................................................................................ 9

Adopted................................................................................................ 9

8407

Introduction & 1^st Reading................................................................. 15

Second Reading.................................................................................. 15

Third Reading Adopted...................................................................... 16

Messages............................................................................................ 15

8408

Introduction & 1^st Reading................................................................. 16

Second Reading.................................................................................. 16

Third Reading Adopted...................................................................... 16

Messages............................................................................................ 15

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Committee Appointments.................................................................. 16

Personal Privilege, Representative DeBolt........................................ 10

Personal Privilege, Representative Hurst............................................. 1

Speakers Privilege................................................................................ 9