NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

Pursuant to Rule 46, on motion of Senator Eide, and without objection, the Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development was granted special leave and allowed to meet during the day’s floor session.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.

MOTION

There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

January 25, 2012

2ESSB 5251 Prime Sponsor, Committee on Transportation: Concerning electric vehicle license fees. Reported by Committee on Transportation

MAJORITY recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5251 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Ericksen; Hobbs; Prentice and Shin.

MINORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senator Hill.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6115 Prime Sponsor, Senator Keiser: Concerning the health care workforce. Reported by Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6115 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Keiser, Chair; Conway, Vice Chair; Becker; Frockt; Kline; Pflug and Pridemore.

Passed to Committee on Ways & Means.

January 25, 2012

SB 6155 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kilmer: Concerning the definition of debt adjusters. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6155 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Prentice, Vice Chair; Benton; Fain; Haugen and Keiser.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6160 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Allowing registered tow truck operators to pass the costs of tolls and ferry fares to the impounded vehicle's registered owner. Reported by Committee on Transportation

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Ericksen; Hill; Hobbs; Prentice; Rolfes and Shin.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6172 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Revising franchise investment protection provisions. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Prentice, Vice Chair; Benton; Fain; Haugen and Keiser.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6173 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hobbs: Concerning nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6173 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Prentice, Vice Chair; Benton; Fain; Haugen and Keiser.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6197 Prime Sponsor, Senator Conway: Including pharmacists in the legend drug act. Reported by Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6197 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Keiser, Chair; Conway, Vice Chair; Becker; Frockt; Kline; Pflug and Pridemore.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6206 Prime Sponsor, Senator Eide: Authorizing the Washington state patrol to confiscate license plates from a motor carrier who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a revoked registration. Reported by Committee on Transportation

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Ericksen; Hill; Hobbs; Prentice; Rolfes and Shin.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 24, 2012

SB 6208 Prime Sponsor, Senator Schoesler: Regarding license fees under the warehouse act. Reported by Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6208 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hatfield, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Honeyford; Becker; Delvin; Haugen; Hobbs and Schoesler.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6216 Prime Sponsor, Senator Padden: Providing immunity for nonprofit and charitable corporations that provide used eyeglasses for charitable purposes. Reported by Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6216 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Keiser, Chair; Conway, Vice Chair; Becker; Frockt; Kline; Pflug and Pridemore.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 25, 2012

SB 6237 Prime Sponsor, Senator Keiser: Creating a career pathway for medical assistants. Reported by Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6237 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Keiser, Chair; Conway, Vice Chair; Frockt; Kline; Pflug and Pridemore.

MINORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senator Becker.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

January 25, 2012

SGA 9197 JOHN GLENN, appointed on August 17, 2011, for the term ending July 1, 2016, as Member of the State School for the Blind Board of Trustees. Reported by Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education

MAJORITY recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Rolfes, Vice Chair; Litzow; Eide; Fain; Harper; Hobbs; King; Nelson and Tom.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the third order of business.

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

January 25, 2012

TO THE HONORABLE, THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have the honor to submit the following appointment, subject to your confirmation.

WILLIAM S. AYER, appointed January 17, 2012, for the term ending September 30, 2016, as Member, Board of Regents, University of Washington.

Sincerely,

CHRISTINE O. GREGOIRE, Governor

Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

January 25, 2012

TO THE HONORABLE, THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have the honor to submit the following reappointment, subject to your confirmation.

NATASHA K. PRANGER, reappointed January 1, 2012, for the term ending December 31, 2014, as Member of the Investment Board.

Sincerely,

CHRISTINE O. GREGOIRE, Governor

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, all appointees listed on the Gubernatorial Appointments report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fourth order of business.

January 26, 2012

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Speaker has signed:

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8407,

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8408.

and the same are herewith transmitted.

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

January 26, 2012

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Speaker has signed:

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4407.

and the same is herewith transmitted.

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT

The President signed:

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4407.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 6488 by Senator Harper

AN ACT Relating to certain reporting and training requirements for guardians; and amending RCW 11.88.127, 11.92.040, and 11.92.043.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6489 by Senator Harper

AN ACT Relating to the issuance of certain drivers' licenses; and amending RCW 46.20.385 and 46.20.391.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 6490 by Senators Pridemore, Carrell, Chase, Conway, Harper, Hobbs, Swecker, Hargrove, Hatfield and Shin

AN ACT Relating to clarifying the number of employees within certain classifications within the consolidated technology services agency; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.06.070.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6491 by Senator Nelson

AN ACT Relating to transferring the low-level radioactive waste site use permit program from the department of ecology to the department of health; amending RCW 43.200.015, 43.200.080, 43.200.170, 43.200.180, 43.200.190, 43.200.200, 43.200.230, 70.98.030, 70.98.085, 70.98.095, 70.98.098, and 70.98.130; adding a new section to chapter 70.98 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.200 RCW; repealing RCW 43.200.210; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

SB 6492 by Senators Hargrove, Stevens and Regala

AN ACT Relating to improving timeliness, efficiency, and accountability of forensic resource utilization associated with competency to stand trial; amending RCW 10.77.060, 10.77.065, 10.77.084, 10.77.086, and 71.05.310; adding new sections to chapter 10.77 RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6493 by Senators Regala, Hargrove, Stevens, Harper, Kline, Carrell and Shin

AN ACT Relating to sexually violent predator civil commitment cases; amending RCW 2.70.020, 71.09.040, 71.09.050, 71.09.080, 71.09.090, 71.09.120, and 71.09.140; adding a new section to chapter 2.70 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6494 by Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala and Carrell

AN ACT Relating to improving truancy procedures by changing the applicability of mandatory truancy petition filing provisions to children under seventeen years of age, requiring initial petitions to contain information about the child's academic status, prohibiting issuance of a bench warrant at an initial truancy status hearing, and modifying school district reporting requirements after the court assumes jurisdiction in a truancy case; and amending RCW 28A.225.030 and 28A.225.035.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6495 by Senators Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Kohl-Welles and Kline

AN ACT Relating to fiscal reform; amending RCW 82.03.130, 82.03.140, 2.10.180, 2.12.090, 6.13.030, 6.15.020, 41.24.240, 41.35.100, 41.40.052, 41.44.240, 43.43.310, 82.08.020, 84.52.065, 84.52.043, 84.52.043, 84.52.050, 36.58.150, 36.60.040, 36.69.145, 36.73.060, 36.83.030, 36.100.050, 67.38.130, 84.52.010, 84.52.010, 84.69.020, 39.89.020, and 43.99I.040; reenacting and amending RCW 41.32.052, 41.26.053, and 43.99H.060; adding a new title to the Revised Code of Washington to be codified as Title 82A RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 6.15.025; prescribing penalties; and providing contingent effective dates.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6496 by Senators Pridemore, Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Shin, Kline, Harper, Conway and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to improving accountability by requiring that new tax preferences have a net benefit to the state; and adding new sections to chapter 43.135 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6497 by Senators Chase, Nelson, Shin, Kline, Conway and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to requiring a net benefit to the state to claim the sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing machinery and equipment; and amending RCW 82.08.02565 and 82.12.02565.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6498 by Senator Swecker

AN ACT Relating to write-in voting; and amending RCW 29A.24.311 and 29A.60.021.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6499 by Senators Prentice, Sheldon, Schoesler and Chase

AN ACT Relating to regional transit authority boards; and amending RCW 81.112.040.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6500 by Senators Prentice, Sheldon and Schoesler

AN ACT Relating to ballot propositions for regional transit authorities; and adding a new section to chapter 81.112 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6501 by Senators Prentice, Sheldon and Schoesler

AN ACT Relating to the exclusion of cities from regional transit authority boundaries; and amending RCW 81.112.050.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6502 by Senators Kastama, Prentice, Sheldon, Tom, Litzow, Schoesler, Harper, Regala, Chase and Shin

AN ACT Relating to information disclosed on ballots and voters' pamphlets; amending RCW 29A.36.071 and 29A.32.241; and adding a new section to chapter 81.112 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6503 by Senators Prentice, Sheldon, Schoesler, Shin, Tom, Litzow, Regala, Harper and Chase

AN ACT Relating to explanatory statements for measures referencing another document; and amending RCW 29A.32.241.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6504 by Senators Keiser and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to noncompetition agreements for broadcasting industry employees; and amending RCW 49.44.190.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 6505 by Senators Keiser and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to assisting employees of self-insured employers entering claim resolution structured settlement agreements; amending RCW 51.32.242; and adding a new section to chapter 51.14 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 6506 by Senator Carrell

AN ACT Relating to the definition of worker for purposes of workers' compensation; and amending RCW 51.08.180.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 6507 by Senators Hewitt, Kilmer, Swecker, Shin and Roach

AN ACT Relating to creating the Walla Walla state veterans' home; adding a new section to chapter 72.36 RCW; and providing a contingent effective date.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6508 by Senator Pridemore

AN ACT Relating to department of social and health services waivers of overpayment recoveries; amending RCW 43.20B.030; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6509 by Senators Fraser and Parlette

AN ACT Relating to the consolidation of legislative support functions into an office of legislative support services; amending RCW 44.04.260 and 43.88.230; adding a new chapter to Title 44 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6510 by Senators Brown and Baumgartner

AN ACT Relating to exempting entry fees for certain running events and basketball tournaments from the sales and use tax; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6511 by Senators Stevens and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to court procedures for review of petitions for protection orders; and amending RCW 26.50.050, 26.09.060, 26.10.040, 26.26.130, and 10.14.070.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6512 by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Kastama and Morton

AN ACT Relating to irrigation and rehabilitation district administration; amending RCW 87.84.060, 87.84.070, and 87.84.071; and adding a new section to chapter 87.84 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 6513 by Senators McAuliffe, Hill, Rolfes, Hobbs, Ericksen, Roach, Shin and Delvin

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 Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6514 by Senators Hobbs, Fain, Kastama, Litzow, Hatfield and Harper

AN ACT Relating to publishing notice of owner-occupied real property foreclosure sales on the internet; and amending RCW 61.24.040.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.

SB 6515 by Senators Kline, Hobbs, Kastama, Fain, Litzow and Harper

AN ACT Relating to the rescission of a trustee's foreclosure sale; and amending RCW 61.24.050.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.

SB 6516 by Senators Tom, Zarelli, Hobbs and Hatfield

AN ACT Relating to plan year for the purposes of the public employees' benefits board; amending RCW 41.05.065; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.05.011.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SJM 8016 by Senators Kastama, Shin, Chase, Hatfield, Kilmer and Fraser

Encouraging the beyond the border action plan on perimeter security and economic competitiveness and the action plan on regulatory cooperation between the United States and Canada.

Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation.

SJM 8017 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Murray, Delvin, Conway, Pflug, Tom, Regala, Fain, Fraser and Kline

Requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration reclassify medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug.

Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

SJR 8224 by Senators Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

At 12:05 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate

4407

President Signed..................................................................... 3

Speaker Signed....................................................................... 2

5251-S

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6115

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6155

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6160

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6172

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6173

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6197

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6206

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6208

Committee Report.................................................................. 2

6216

Committee Report.................................................................. 2

6237

Committee Report.................................................................. 2

6488

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6489

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6490

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6491

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6492

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6493

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6494

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6495

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6496

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6497

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6498

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 3

6499