The House was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by the Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding).

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

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

INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING

HB 1078 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to requiring the ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners to be submitted at the next general election; and amending RCW 53.12.175.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1079 by Representatives Appleton and Freeman

AN ACT Relating to economic revitalization in urban growth areas; amending RCW 43.160.010, 43.160.020, 43.160.070, 43.160.076, and 43.160.080; and adding new sections to chapter 43.160 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Technology & Economic Development.

HB 1080 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to rendering criminal assistance; and amending RCW 9A.76.050 and 9.94A.535.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1081 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to annual reviews of commitment under chapter 71.09 RCW; and amending RCW 71.09.070 and 71.09.090.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1082 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to the reduction of Washington state ferries' fares; and amending RCW 46.68.090 and 47.60.315.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 1083 by Representatives Appleton, Roberts, Jinkins, Freeman and Hunt

AN ACT Relating to solemnizing marriages; and amending RCW 26.04.050.

Referred to Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.

HB 1084 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to the medical use of cannabis; amending RCW 69.51A.010, 69.51A.030, 69.51A.040, 69.51A.047, 69.51A.050, 69.51A.055, 69.51A.060, 69.51A.085, and 69.51A.110; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 69.51A.043.

Referred to Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight.

HB 1085 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to the Washington health security trust; amending RCW 41.05.130, 66.24.290, 82.24.020, 82.26.020, 82.08.150, 43.79.480, and 41.05.220; reenacting and amending RCW 41.05.120; adding new sections to chapter 82.02 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 82.04.260, 82.04.260, and 48.14.0201; providing contingent effective dates; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 1086 by Representative Appleton

AN ACT Relating to the vacation of certain driving-related convictions under limited circumstances; reenacting and amending RCW 9.96.060; and adding a new section to chapter 9.96 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1087 by Representatives Appleton, Roberts and Freeman

AN ACT Relating to allowing for more than one vacation of a misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor conviction; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.96.060.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1088 by Representatives Dunshee and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to state general obligation bonds and related accounts; amending RCW 43.99G.162; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

HB 1089 by Representatives Dunshee and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to the capital budget; making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements; amending RCW 28B.15.210, 28B.20.725, 28B.15.310, 28B.30.750, 28B.35.370, 28B.50.360, 79.17.010, and 79.17.020; reenacting and amending RCW 70.105D.070 and 79.105.150; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

HB 1090 by Representatives Shea, Reykdal, Crouse, Holy, Springer and Dahlquist

AN ACT Relating to increasing the dollar amount for construction of a dock that does not qualify as a substantial development under the shoreline management act; and reenacting and amending RCW 90.58.030.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 1091 by Representatives Shea, Overstreet, Taylor, Condotta and MacEwen

AN ACT Relating to presidential electors; amending RCW 29A.56.310, 29A.56.320, and 29A.56.340; repealing RCW 29A.56.300; and repealing 2009 c 264 s 1 (uncodified).

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1092 by Representatives Shea, Overstreet and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to providing a right of first repurchase for surplus transportation property; amending RCW 47.12.063; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 1093 by Representatives Shea, Overstreet and Taylor

AN ACT Relating to state agencies' lobbying activities; amending RCW 42.17A.635 and 42.17A.750; creating new sections; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1094 by Representatives Shea, Overstreet, Taylor, Condotta, MacEwen and Pollet

AN ACT Relating to reporting agreements between state agencies and the federal government; adding a new section to chapter 43.88 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1095 by Representatives Green, Cody, Morrell, Reykdal, Appleton, Ryu, McCoy, Bergquist and Pollet

AN ACT Relating to nursing staffing practices at hospitals; amending RCW 70.41.420; adding new sections to chapter 70.41 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 1096 by Representatives Hurst, Hope, Takko, Hayes, Klippert, Dahlquist, Holy, Sullivan, Haigh, Blake and Parker

AN ACT Relating to juvenile firearms and weapons crimes; and amending RCW 13.40.0357, 13.40.127, 13.40.193, and 13.40.160.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1097 by Representatives Hurst, Condotta, Takko, Hope, Clibborn, Dahlquist, Haigh, Parker, Morris and Fagan

AN ACT Relating to amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent; amending RCW 51.04.063; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

HB 1098 by Representatives Hope and Hurst

AN ACT Relating to adopting certain unanimous recommendations of the bail practices work group created in section 2, chapter 256, Laws of 2010; amending RCW 10.19.090, 10.19.100, 10.19.160, 18.185.010, 18.185.020, 18.185.040, 18.185.070, and 18.185.110; and adding a new section to chapter 10.19 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1099 by Representatives Overstreet, Taylor, Shea, Condotta, Rodne, Buys, Zeiger, Scott, Fagan and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to repealing the state estate tax; creating a new section; repealing RCW 83.100.040; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

HB 1100 by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, Taylor and Scott

AN ACT Relating to reducing the state sales and use tax rate; amending RCW 82.08.020; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

HB 1101 by Representatives Ryu, McCoy, Pedersen, Jinkins, Green, Morrell, Bergquist and Farrell

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 Government Accountability & Oversight.

HB 1102 by Representatives Van De Wege, Hunt, Stanford, Liias, Morrell, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Riccelli and Bergquist

AN ACT Relating to processing ballots; and amending RCW 29A.60.160.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1103 by Representatives Van De Wege, Hunt, Stanford, Liias, Hayes, Morrell, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Reykdal and Bergquist

AN ACT Relating to uniform ballot design; and amending RCW 29A.12.101 and 29A.36.111.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1104 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Springer, Green, Ryu, Maxwell, Roberts, Jinkins, Morrell, Pollet and Fey

AN ACT Relating to incentivizing up-front environmental planning and review; amending RCW 82.02.020; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 1105 by Representatives McCoy, Morris, Wylie, Ryu and Pollet

AN ACT Relating to modifying the renewable energy cost recovery program; amending RCW 82.16.110, 82.16.120, and 82.16.130; and adding new sections to chapter 82.16 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 1106 by Representatives McCoy, Morris, Ryu and Hudgins

AN ACT Relating to net metering of electricity; and amending RCW 80.60.010, 80.60.020, and 80.60.030.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 1107 by Representatives McCoy, Shea, Appleton, Orwall, Jinkins, Morrell, Ryu, Green and Freeman

AN ACT Relating to residential provisions for children of parents with military duties; amending RCW 26.09.260; reenacting and amending RCW 26.09.004; and adding a new section to chapter 26.09 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1108 by Representatives Goodman, Jinkins, Wylie, Pedersen, Green, Roberts, Pettigrew, Maxwell, Orwall, Appleton, Ryu, Morrell and Bergquist

AN ACT Relating to rape in the third degree and indecent liberties; and amending RCW 9A.44.060 and 9A.44.100.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1109 by Representatives Hansen, Haler, Magendanz, Shea, Klippert, Smith, Green, Ormsby, Morrell, Van De Wege, Ryu, Maxwell, Zeiger, Wilcox, Jinkins, Springer, Scott, Freeman, Bergquist, Hargrove and Parker

AN ACT Relating to early registration at institutions of higher education for eligible veterans and national guard members; adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

HB 1110 by Representatives Taylor and Manweller

AN ACT Relating to respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects; and adding a new section to chapter 49.17 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

HB 1111 by Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Short and Shea

AN ACT Relating to managing the real property assets of the state; amending RCW 77.12.210, 79A.05.175, 79.11.010, and 79.11.090; adding a new section to chapter 79.02 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 79.11 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.33A RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 8.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

HB 1112 by Representatives Short, Upthegrove, Springer, Pollet, Taylor, Zeiger and Wilcox

AN ACT Relating to standards for the use of science to support public policy; adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 1113 by Representatives Short, Upthegrove, Springer, Pollet, Taylor, Smith, Fagan, Dahlquist and Fey

AN ACT Relating to standards for the use of science to support public policy; adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 1114 by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, Morrell, Nealey, Green and Jinkins

AN ACT Relating to criminal incompetency and civil commitment; amending RCW 10.77.086, 10.77.0845, 10.77.088, 10.77.270, 71.05.235, 71.05.280, 71.05.320, 71.05.425, and 71.05.360; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1115 by Representatives Pedersen and Rodne

AN ACT Relating to the Uniform Commercial code; amending RCW 62A.4A-108, 62A.4A-103, 62A.4A-104, 62A.4A105, 62A.4A106, 62A.4A-202, 62A.4A-203, 62A.4A204, 62A.4A-205, 62A.4A-206, 62A.4A-207, 62A.4A-208, 62A.4A-209, 62A.4A-210, 62A.4A-211, 62A.4A-212, 62A.4A-301, 62A.4A-302, 62A.4A-303, 62A.4A-304, 62A.4A-305, 62A.4A-402, 62A.4A-403, 62A.4A-404, 62A.4A-405, 62A.4A-406, 62A.4A-501, 62A.4A-502, 62A.4A-503, 62A.4A-504, 62A.4A-506, and 62A.4A-507; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1116 by Representatives Pedersen, Hansen, Rodne and Nealey

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

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1117 by Representatives Hansen, Rodne and Pedersen

AN ACT Relating to the transfer of real property by deed taking effect at the grantor's death; amending RCW 11.07.010, 11.11.010, 11.18.200, 11.86.011, 11.86.031, 11.94.050, 82.45.010, 82.45.197, 82.45.150, and 84.33.140; reenacting and amending RCW 11.02.005 and 84.34.108; adding a new chapter to Title 64 RCW; and providing a contingent effective date.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1118 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Nealey, Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Hansen and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to revising the uniform interstate family support act; amending RCW 26.21A.010, 26.21A.015, 26.21A.020, 26.21A.100, 26.21A.110, 26.21A.115, 26.21A.125, 26.21A.130, 26.21A.135, 26.21A.140, 26.21A.150, 26.21A.200, 26.21A.215, 26.21A.220, 26.21A.225, 26.21A.230, 26.21A.235, 26.21A.245, 26.21A.250, 26.21A.260, 26.21A.275, 26.21A.280, 26.21A.285, 26.21A.290, 26.21A.350, 26.21A.415, 26.21A.420, 26.21A.430, 26.21A.500, 26.21A.505, 26.21A.510, 26.21A.515, 26.21A.520, 26.21A.525, 26.21A.530, 26.21A.535, 26.21A.540, 26.21A.545, 26.21A.550, and 26.21A.570; adding new sections to chapter 26.21A RCW; repealing RCW 26.21A.105, 26.21A.145, and 26.21A.600; and providing a contingent effective date.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1119 by Representatives Goodman, Ryu and Santos

AN ACT Relating to fees associated with service of writs of habeas corpus; and adding a new section to chapter 7.36 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1120 by Representatives Van De Wege, Ryu, Appleton, Roberts, Green, Fitzgibbon, Morrell and Freeman

AN ACT Relating to volunteer fire department and law enforcement chaplains membership in the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' retirement system; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.24.010.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

HB 1121 by Representatives Dunshee, Zeiger and Morrell

AN ACT Relating to the election of members of the house of representatives from house districts within each legislative district; and amending RCW 44.05.080 and 44.05.090.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1122 by Representatives Carlyle, Jinkins, Hunt and Pollet

AN ACT Relating to increasing revenues dedicated to basic education purposes; amending RCW 66.24.290 and 82.04.29002; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

HB 1123 by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist

AN ACT Relating to state agency debt collection; adding a new section to chapter 43.17 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 41.40 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight.

HB 1124 by Representatives Hurst and Condotta

AN ACT Relating to recommendations for streamlining reporting requirements for taxes and fees on spirits; adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight.

HB 1125 by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist

AN ACT Relating to adult family homes; amending RCW 9.94A.843 and 70.128.230; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.128 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1126 by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Hurst, Van De Wege, Warnick, Ryu and Smith

AN ACT Relating to state fire service mobilization; and amending RCW 43.43.960 and 43.43.961.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1127 by Representatives Klippert, Goodman, Warnick, Kristiansen, Van De Wege and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to prefire mitigation; amending RCW 43.43.934; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1128 by Representatives Takko, Rodne, Appleton, Johnson, Klippert, Fitzgibbon, Sullivan, Green, Clibborn, Nealey, Ryu, Walsh, Jinkins, Wylie, Moscoso, Sells, Angel, Seaquist, Hunt, Springer, Maxwell, Riccelli, Morrell, Hudgins, Bergquist and Fey

AN ACT Relating to public record request response actions by counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, and other local agency entities; and adding new sections to chapter 42.56 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

HB 1129 by Representative Morris

AN ACT Relating to ferry vessel replacement; amending RCW 47.60.322; adding a new section to chapter 46.17 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 1130 by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist

AN ACT Relating to the redemption of impounded vehicles; and amending RCW 46.55.120.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 1131 by Representatives Takko, Klippert, Moscoso, Pettigrew, Goodman and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to adding persons who serve legal process to assault in the third degree provisions; reenacting and amending RCW 9A.36.031; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

HB 1132 by Representatives Hayes, Seaquist, Smith, Van De Wege, Kristiansen, Takko, Haler, Rodne, Sells, McCoy, Dunshee, Moscoso, Tharinger, Ryu, Zeiger, Green, Wilcox, Jinkins, Riccelli, Hurst, Morrell, Scott, Freeman, Dahlquist, Bergquist, Hargrove and Parker

AN ACT Relating to gold star license plates; and amending RCW 46.18.245.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

HB 1133 by Representatives Hunt, Hurst, Appleton and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to have an endorsement to sell craft distillery products; and reenacting and amending RCW 66.24.371.

Referred to Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight.

HB 1134 by Representatives McCoy, Santos, Appleton, Lytton, Ryu, Stanford, Roberts, Jinkins, Haigh, Freeman and Hunt

AN ACT Relating to state-tribal education compact schools; amending RCW 49.60.400; adding a new section to chapter 28A.642 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.215 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 28A RCW; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.

HB 1135 by Representatives Overstreet, Moeller, Taylor, Shea, Condotta, Buys, Dahlquist, Hargrove and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to the annual gross sales limits for cottage food operations; amending RCW 69.22.070; and repealing RCW 69.22.050.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 1136 by Representatives Van De Wege, Hope, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Freeman and Fey

AN ACT Relating to providing for increased funding for emergency medical services by adjusting the emergency medical services' levy cap; and amending RCW 84.52.069.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

HB 1137 by Representatives Green, Takko, Springer, Moscoso, Walsh, Ryu and Hudgins

AN ACT Relating to the local government issuance of a certificate of stillbirth; adding a new section to chapter 70.58 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 1138 by Representatives Morris, Ryu, Hudgins and Freeman

AN ACT Relating to creating clean energy jobs in Washington through renewable energy incentives; amending RCW 82.16.110, 82.16.120, and 82.16.130; and adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Environment.

HB 1139 by Representatives Roberts, Walsh, Green, Moscoso, Jinkins, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Morrell, Ryu, Riccelli and Santos

AN ACT Relating to public notification of local health conditions; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.05 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

HB 1140 by Representatives Roberts, Pedersen, Moscoso, Reykdal, Rodne, Appleton, Kagi, Walsh, Warnick, Ryu, Jinkins, Freeman and Fagan

AN ACT Relating to sibling visitation after a dependency has been dismissed or concluded; adding a new section to chapter 13.34 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

HB 1141 by Representatives Smith, Tharinger, Short, Hunt, Stanford, Warnick and Ryu

AN ACT Relating to establishing a water pollution control revolving loan administration charge; amending RCW 90.50A.010; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092 and 43.84.092; adding a new section to chapter 90.50A RCW; providing a contingent effective date; and providing a contingent expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

HB 1142 by Representatives Dahlquist, Hurst, Haigh, Moeller, Orwall, Kochmar and Nealey

AN ACT Relating to establishing a pilot program for payment of past due property taxes; amending RCW 84.56.020; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Finance.

HB 1143 by Representatives Dahlquist, Hurst and Buys

AN ACT Relating to providing accountability to procurement policy; amending RCW 39.26.020, 39.26.050, 39.26.080, 39.26.090, 39.26.125, 39.26.140, and 43.19.011; and reenacting and amending RCW 39.26.010.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

HB 1144 by Representatives Dahlquist, Lytton, Fagan, Haigh, Moscoso, Magendanz, Liias, Ryu and Santos

AN ACT Relating to qualifications for educational interpreters; adding a new section to chapter 28A.410 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Education.

HJR 4203 by Representatives Shea, Overstreet, Taylor, Holy, Kristiansen, MacEwen, Condotta, Crouse, Scott, Buys, Rodne and Parker

Requiring a balanced budget.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

There being no objection, the bills and resolution listed on the day’s introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.

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

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

The Speaker announced the following changes to committee assignments: Representative Fagan and Representative Magendanz were appointed to the Committee on Rules and Representative Schmick was removed from the Committee on Rules.

The Senate appeared at the Chamber doors and requested admission. The Sergeant at Arms of the House and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate escorted President of the Senate Brad Owen, President Pro Tempore Tim Sheldon, Senators Rodney Tom and Ed Murray to seats at the rostrum. The Senators were invited to sit within the Chamber.

JOINT SESSION

Pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 4402, the Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) called the Joint Session to order. The Clerk called the roll of the House members. The Clerk called the roll of the Senate members. The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) declared a quorum of the Legislature present.

The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) called upon the President of the Senate, Lt. Governor Brad Owen, to preside over the Joint Session.

President Owen: “The purpose of the Joint Session is to administer the oaths of office to statewide elected officials and to receive the inaugural address from His Excellency, Governor Jay Inslee.”

The President appointed a committee of honor to escort the Chief Justice and the Justices of the State Supreme Court Justices to the House Chamber: Representatives Freeman and O’Ban; and Senators Fain and Mullet.

The President appointed a committee of honor to escort the statewide elected officials to the House Chamber: Representatives Appleton and Magendanz; and Senators Conway and Rivers.

The President appointed a committee of honor to advise His Excellency, Governor Jay Inslee, that the joint session had assembled and to escort him to the House Chamber: Representatives Hunt and Zeiger; and Senators Cleveland and Parlette.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House announced the arrival of the Chief Justice and the Justices of the State Supreme Court at the Chamber doors. The committee of honor escorted the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court to seats on the floor of the House Chamber and they were introduced: Chief Justice Barbara Madsen, Justice Charles W. Johnson, Justice Susan Owens, Justice Mary E. Fairhurst, Justice James M. Johnson, Justice Debra L. Stephens, Justice Charlie Wiggins, Justice Steven Gonzalez and Justice Sheryl Gordon-McCloud.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House announced the arrival of the statewide elected officials at the Chamber doors. The committee of honor escorted the statewide elected officials to the floor of the House Chamber and they were introduced: Secretary of State elect Kim Wyman, State Treasurer Jim McIntire, State Auditor elect Troy Kelley, State Attorney General elect Bob Ferguson, Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark.

The President introduced the special guests present in the Chambers: former Governor Mike Lowry; Secretary of State Sam Reed; Ms. Virginia Cross, Tribal Chairman, Muckleshoot Tribal Council; Mr. Melvin R. Sheldon, Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, Tulalip Tribes; Mr. Harry Smiskin, Chairman, Yakama Nation Tribal Council; and Mr. Brian Cladoosby, Chairman, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The President introduced members of the Suquamish Tribe. The President introduced the Honorable Lyle Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and minister responsible for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation, of Saskatchewan province of Canada, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Thunder Creek, Saskatchewan, and president of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) executive committee; the Honorable Alana DeLong, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Bow, Alberta and representative to PNWER; the Honorable Douglas Horne, the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, Province of British Columbia and representative to PNWER; the Honorable Deborah Boone of Canon Beach, Oregon, a member of the Oregon State House of Representatives serving the 32^nd Legislative District, and a representative to PNWER.

The President welcomed members and representatives of the State of Washington Consular Association who were present in the Gallery. The members of the Consular Association were joined by Consul General Gao Zhansheng of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco and Consul General Priya Guha of the British Consulate General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in San Francisco. The President introduced: Career Consul General-Head of Mission Kiyokazu Ota of Japan; Consul General Denis Stevens of Canada; Consul General Young Wan Song of the Republic of Korea; Consul General Andrey Yushmanov of the Russian Federation;. Career Consul-Head of Mission: Alejandro Garcia Moreno of the United States of Mexico; Consul Jessica Maria Reyes of the Republic of El Salvador; Honorary Consul General John Gokcen of the Republic of Turkey; Honorary Consul General Gary Furlong of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Honorary Consul General Helen Szablya of the Republic of Hungary; Honorary Consul General Miguel Angel Velasquez of the Republic of Peru; Honorary Consul H. Ronald Masnik of the Kingdom of Belgium; Honorary Consul Enid Dwyer of Jamaica; Honorary Consul Vytautas V. Lapatinskas of the Republic of Lithuania; Honorary Consul Daravuth Huoth of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Honorary Consul Frank Brozovich, DDS, of the Republic of Croatia; Honorary Consul Philippe Goetschel of the Swiss Confederation; Honorary Consul Kim Nesselquist of the Kingdom of Norway; Honorary Consul Stephen Zirschky of the Republic of Latvia; Honorary Consul Petra Walker of the Federal Republic of Germany; Honorary Consul Luis Esteban Fernandez of the Kingdom of Spain; Honorary Consul Jack Cowan of the French Republic; Honorary Consul Pedro Augusto Leite Costa of the Federative Republic of Brazil; Honorary Consul Franco Tesorieri of the Italian Republic; Honorary Consul Wayne Jehlik of the Czech Republic; Honorary Vice Consul: Kristiina Hiukka of the Republic of Finland; and Director General Chin Hsing of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle.

The Sergeant at Arms of the House announced the arrival of His Excellency Governor-elect Jay Inslee at the Chamber doors. The committee of honor escorted Governor-elect Inslee to his seat at the rostrum and he was introduced.

The flags were escorted to the rostrum by the Washington State Patrol Honor Guard, commanded by Trooper Pete Stock. The President led the Joint Session in the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was performed by Miss Lena Hou, a fourth grade student at Sierra Heights Elementary School in Renton. The prayer was offered by Reverend Doctor Dee Eisenhauer, Eagle Harbor Congregational Church, Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Reverend Doctor Dee Eisenhauer: “Holy One whom we call by many names. Out of our separate paths we have converged in this place on this day of new beginnings. Call us out of our separateness, out of our parties and caucuses, out of our interest groups and districts, help us for this moment to transcend all that divides us. Give us in these moments of prayer a spirit of true unity as we attune our souls to a Higher Power. God of grace, we come to this day of new beginnings with joy, celebrating the hard work, deep convictions and good intentions that brought all those who have run for public office into this temple of democracy. We thank you for inspiring Governor Inslee and all of his colleagues in government with a will to serve, and we celebrate their Yes! to the call to service, and the people’s Yes! to their abilities. We come to this day and this place with excitement and with some trepidation as well, mindful of the difficult tasks ahead for all those who hold public office. The complexities of the problems we undertake to solve are mind-boggling. The choices we are called upon to make are so often heart-wrenching as we juggle competing interests while struggling to discern greater goods and lesser evils. We do this juggling and struggling as imperfect beings. Creator, you know us to be creatures with speckled hearts. We long to do good and we relish being right. We are suitably proud of our skills and accomplishments, and at the same time often blind to our own faults and weaknesses. Keep all who lead vigilant against the powers and temptations that would corrupt the heart and cripple our democracy. Keep each one humble enough to confess a mistake and hopeful enough to begin again with the fresh insight that only failure can teach. We need your aid to see beyond our own narrow interests to a broad vision of the common good. We ask that you, champion of the poor and vulnerable, keep the voices of the voiceless heard in the ears of the heart. Kindle compassion for those whose ability to take care of themselves is compromised by unemployment, disability, illness, injury, or age. Especially we ask you to keep the future of our children and youth in minds and hearts as we strive to leave a better world for those who follow us. You have blessed Governor Inslee with a passion for preserving this green earth. Use his passion and vision to advance our state’s stewardship of the magnificent natural resources entrusted to us, that present and future generations might benefit from this term of leadership. Amidst the cacophony of conflict we anticipate as those elected set out to govern, we pray that you would provoke peace. Help each one seek the common ground that welcomes both conviction and compromise. Help us find the dynamic balance between continuity and change. Where we cannot reach unanimity, steer us away from futile dissonance and stir us instead to creative harmony. We lift your servant Jay Inslee into your light. Give him wisdom. Give him courage. Give him strength and patience. Nudge him to seek help when help is needed, from You, and from his community of friends and colleagues. Help him to listen as well as he speaks, to learn as well as he teaches, to follow as well as he leads. Guard his health, and protect him from all who would seek to harm him with weapons or words. Bless and strengthen his marriage to his best friend, confidant and partner, Trudi, as they walk this new road together. May the words of our mouths, the meditations of all of our hearts, the fruits of our labor, the effects of our policies, the legacy of our laws, the dynamics of our decisions be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Strength and our Redeemer. Amen.”

The Washington State Patrol Honor Guard retired from the Chamber.

OATHS OF OFFICE

The President called Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Charlie Wiggins thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Commissioner Goldmark. The President presented Commissioner Goldmark a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Charles Johnson thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Commissioner Kreidler. The President presented Commissioner Kreidler a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Debra Stephens thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Superintendent Dorn. The President presented Superintendent Dorn a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Mr. Bob Ferguson, State Attorney General-elect, to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Steven Gonzales thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Mr. Ferguson, State Attorney General-elect. The President presented State Attorney General Ferguson a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Mr. Troy Kelley, State Auditor-elect, to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Sheryl Gordon-McCloud thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Mr. Kelley, State Auditor-elect. The President presented State Auditor Kelley a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Treasurer Jim McIntire to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Mary Fairhurst thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Treasurer McIntire. The President presented Treasurer McIntire a certificate of election and he retired to his seat on the floor of the House.

The President called Ms. Kim Wyman, Secretary of State-elect, to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice Susan Owens thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Ms. Wyman, Secretary of State-elect. The President presented Secretary Wyman a certificate of election and she retired to her seat on the floor of the House.

The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) assumed the Chair.

The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) called Lt. Governor Brad Owen to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Justice James Johnson thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Lt. Governor Owen. The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) presented Lt. Governor Owen a certificate of election.

The President of the Senate resumed the Chair.

The President called Mr. Jay Inslee, Governor-elect, to the rostrum of the House to receive the Oath of Office. Chief Justice Barbara Madsen thereupon administered the Oath of Office to Mr. Inslee, Governor-elect. The President presented Governor Inslee a certificate of election and the Joint Session received the Governor’s inaugural address.

GOVERNOR’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Governor Inslee: “Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Madam Chief Justice, distinguished justices of the court, my fellow statewide elected officials, members of the Washington State Legislature, members of our armed forces and National Guard, members of the Consular Corps, Governor Christine Gregoire and my fellow Washingtonians. Our world is changing faster and more dramatically than ever before. Once-in-a-lifetime events now seem to happen with startling regularity. We’ve seen the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, natural disasters fueled by climate change and unimaginable human tragedies like Sandy Hook Elementary. But we also bear witness to rapid breakthroughs in technology, medicine and the fundamental understanding of our universe. Every day I am left in awe at how much we are able to achieve and heartbroken over the tragedies that we have had to endure. We truly live in extraordinary times. We also live in an extraordinary state, filled with extraordinary people. Where the world sees uncertainty, we see opportunity. And we all feel a profound responsibility to our children and our grandchildren. We have a spirit of innovation here in Washington that has changed the world, from aerospace to software to e-commerce. And you know what? We are not done. A new world economy is emerging from the depths of this recession. While its contours and relationships are not fully understood to us, we do know two things: One: With our uniquely powerful fusion of values and talents, Washington state has the potential to lead the next wave of world changing innovations. Two: The world will not wait for us. We face fierce and immediate global competition for the jobs of tomorrow. Leading this next wave of growth is our opportunity, not our entitlement. We must move, swiftly and boldly, to put this recession behind us and bring forward a unique economic strategy that brings the best of Washington state to the world. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.” Today, I’d like to share my vision of the path ahead. I know that to achieve this vision we must all work together. Democrat and Republican, House and Senate, East and West, to answer the challenges of our age. I have represented both sides of our state, first as a state representative from the Yakima Valley, then in Congress representing both Eastern and Western Washington. I want to thank the people of Washington for electing me your governor. I am truly humbled to represent all of Washington, and to deliver the change in Olympia you asked for last November. Now I would like to do something very difficult to do as a University of Washington Husky, and that is to honor a Washington State Cougar. I would like to introduce all of you to my wife of 40 years, Trudi Inslee. We met at Ingraham High School and raised our family in a century-old farmhouse in the Yakima Valley. I’d also like you to meet my three boys and their families: Connor; Joe; Jack and his wife, Megan; our grandson, Brody; and the newest Inslee, Zoe Ann. This is a very special day for my family. And this is a very special time in history for many other families. People all across Washington stood up for fairness and family in approving marriage equality last November. We should all be proud. The vote on Referendum 74 represents the best of who we are as a state. It should be an inspiration for the progress we can make toward equality, fairness and justice across all of Washington. It has been an amazing journey over the past year and a half, as I’ve traveled to all corners of the state. I am a fifth generation son of the state of Washington, and am proud to have roots in this state that are as wide as they are deep. My family came to this state as fishermen and gold miners. My grandmother raised four boys as a single mother working at Bartell drugstore. My uncles built the best airplanes in the world at Boeing, my dad was a biology teacher and I am proud that my mom and dad worked to restore the alpine meadows of Mount Rainier. I am proud of the working people of Washington, and I know their work, having driven bulldozers in Bellevue, painted houses in Burien, run the business end of a jackhammer, prosecuted drunk drivers and raised hay in the Yakima Valley. Washington has welcomed many people to our great state from all points of the compass, but no matter when you and your family arrived here, in our souls all of us in Washington are pioneers. That is what makes us unique. We push the world forward. We take risks. We take pride in what we do and who we are. I look forward to a true partnership with Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom and Minority Leader Ed Murray, and with House Speaker Frank Chopp and Minority Leader Richard DeBolt. I want us to collaborate early and often on a legislative agenda that benefits all of Washington. I want to work with every member of the Legislature too. Our economy draws its strength from a marketplace of ideas, and so should our state. I have called all 146 of you already to begin this partnership. If you received a message from me, that wasn’t a robocall. I need to talk to you about the future of our state. When the people of Yakima sent me here to Olympia more than two decades ago, Washington had just completed its first century. I sat and listened as former Governor Booth Gardner presented us with a challenge heading into Washington’s second century. He said, “Either we respond to international competition, or we doom ourselves and our children to a dramatic slide to second-rate status in the world.” We chose to answer this challenge with a unique formula for international success that has made us who we are today: businesses, entrepreneurs, state government, all working together. Now it’s 24 years later. I have a new job, a new vantage point, and the world looks much different. A once-vibrant and growing state economy was brought low by the gross irresponsibility of those on Wall Street. As a result we have suffered four years of recession, with almost 300,000 people in Washington looking for work. Too many of our families are on the brink of losing their home. Parents lie awake at night wondering how they can provide for their children’s future. But we remain an optimistic state, a visionary state and an innovative state. Time has not dimmed and the recession has not diminished our thirst for innovation and our talent for technological growth. We are the most creative, entrepreneurial group of businessmen and women, scientists, educators and workers on the planet. Companies such as Silicon Energy in Marysville are leading the world with some of the most durable solar cells ever built. Janicki Industries in Sedro Woolley is driving innovation in aerospace. Valve, a software company in Bellevue, has grown into a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment. And an across-the-board effort led to the re-opening of Grays Harbor Paper last year, putting 175 people back to work making 100 percent recycled paper. Innovation is in our genes. We create. We invent. We build. So now we must go forward, with both high ambition and a recognition that the power of innovation will fuel the next wave of job growth in Washington. Make no mistake: Our top priority today, tomorrow, and every day for the next four years, is jobs. We must build a working Washington, capable of sustained economic leadership in a rapidly changing world. During the campaign I put out a plan to get Washington back to work that grew to more than 100 points of action. My plan focuses on job growth in seven industry clusters: aerospace, life sciences, military, agriculture, information technology, clean energy technology and the maritime trades. These clusters represent both the present and the future key drivers of economic growth and job creation in our state. We must support innovators in these areas with incentives to take risks and bring ideas from dream to reality. I have proposed a tradable research and development tax credit to help early-stage companies to develop and commercialize their idea. It’s worked in other states, and it’s something we can do this session. I will work with the Legislature to make it more desirable for small and medium-size businesses to hire more people in Washington. We must also do a better job commercializing the technologies developed in our world-class research institutions, connecting the dots from the classroom to the laboratory to the marketplace. No economic strategy would be complete without a transportation plan that facilitates this growth. This session I expect to work with stakeholders who have already committed to a bipartisan plan to build an infrastructure for the next generation. In the next 10 years, our population will grow by approximately three-quarters of a million people, but we will not be adding one more square inch of dirt. To honestly address our infrastructure, we have to recognize that creativity is as important as concrete. I want us to turn our innovative spirit toward crafting a transportation package that includes roads, trains, light rail, buses, bike routes and other modes of transportation. We need ways to free capacity for freight and commerce, and rethink how we do the business of transportation in our state and how we use our transportation infrastructure. If we’re serious about long-term economic growth, innovation must become part of the culture of Olympia. I heard a clear and powerful message on Election Day. The people of Washington State are tired of a state government that doesn’t change with the times. They expect me, and all of us here, to be as innovative as the people we represent. Since the recession, the debate over the state budget seems to be stuck in the movie “Groundhog Day.” We have the same arguments and we revisit the same untenable options. It’s time we made it to a new day. Today we begin a multi-year effort to bring disruptive change to Olympia, starting with the very core of how we do business. With authentic, courageous leadership, we will bring the principles of Lean management to all of state government, following the lead of Boeing, Virginia Mason and a growing number of state and local governments. We will provide efficiency, effectiveness and transparency. We will introduce performance metrics where it counts, giving us the data we need to fix what’s broken, cut what we don’t need and replace rhetoric with quantifiable results. But this effort is about more than measurement. It’s about instituting a culture shift that will endure well beyond my administration. Moving forward, all state agencies will be rooted in the same three principles: First, we will measure success by the results we produce, not the money we put in. Second, we will know our customers and what they value. Third, every agency will adopt a unique process for continual improvement that engages our state employees. Change is coming to Olympia, and I want all state employees to be active partners in it. I know how much you have sacrificed. You are on the front lines, figuring out how to do more with less just like every family in Washington right now. You will be empowered as change agents, and we will need your ingenuity and dedication more than ever. I am serious about reform. In the weeks to come, I will be taking action to transition to a results- and data-driven government, with continuous quality improvement, employee engagement and clear accountability. And to honestly address our budget problems, we must admit the difficult truth that the road to a balanced budget and a fully funded educational system runs directly through health care reform. This means investing in preventive care and aligning incentives with patients to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. King County is already doing this, and it is working. We’ll improve the health of all of us in Washington as we move from “sick care” to the true health care system we deserve. We need to leverage our Medicaid and state employee health systems, and engage providers, carriers and community clinics, to find innovative payment models and health care delivery systems that incentivize quality over quantity. Effectively implementing the Affordable Care Act will save us money by removing the hidden tax of hundreds of dollars paid monthly by all our state’s insured citizens. We can do this for the health of our family and the health of our economy. When we make our health care system more efficient, we lower the cost of doing business in our state. The states that get this right will have a clear advantage in recruiting and retaining the jobs of tomorrow. This session, we must make sure Washington gets this right, first. We must also protect the quality and choice that we expect from a health care system that works. Washington women need the freedom and privacy to make the health care decisions that are best for themselves and their families. That’s why I look forward to the Legislature sending the Reproductive Parity Act to my desk, which I will sign. Let’s get this done. For Washington to be successful, our economy, our government and our schools must all work together, but before we continue, I want to take a moment to honor the courage and heroism of public school teachers, educators and all our public employees. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut showed us all that our nation’s educators put the welfare of their students above everything, even their own lives. You may have heard the story about the parent who was in the principal’s office when the sounds of gunshots began. That parent said she ran to get under the nearest desk, as most people would have done, but the educators in the room ran another way. They ran toward the sound of the gunfire. They did not return. It is my fervent hope that the country sees the sacrifices made at this one school, in this one state, as entirely consistent with what teachers and educators do every day, in every school, protect the children in their care. The tragedy at Sandy Hook was unimaginable, but not unfamiliar. We have lost too many loved ones in Washington state: in a Seattle café, in Lakewood, at the Seattle Jewish Federation, in a house in Carnation, all victims of a lethal combination of untreated mental illness, evil intent and easy access to deadly weapons. Any failure to address the issue of violence in our communities and our schools will be intolerable, and in the coming weeks I will work with the Legislature to address this crisis responsibly. I don’t have all the answers, but I know the sooner we reject the extremes and embrace common sense, the sooner we’ll be able to get a public health solution to this public health problem. And common sense tells us that this solution will involve mental health and keeping guns out of the wrong hands while respecting the right of my son to hunt and my uncle to defend his home. All of us have an obligation to provide for the well-being of our families, to ensure their safety and to make sure our children are prepared for the world. I am proud to live in a state where the education of our children is enshrined as the paramount duty of state government. I got my start in politics as a concerned parent, when Trudi and I led the effort to fund the construction of a new high school. I’m inspired by the pockets of excellence I have seen in schools all across Washington. In Pasco, they improved high school graduation rates through intervention teams they created. In Renton, they closed achievement gaps with a world-class approach that demands continuous quality improvement in how we educate our children. I visited TAF Academy where, thanks to a unique public-private partnership, young students are applying the latest technological tools to solve real-world problems. Across our state we need this kind of real innovation, real reform using proven models and real accountability. We need to increase the emphasis on STEM education. Science, technology, engineering and math are just as important to the next generation as the three R’s were to my generation. They are the essential tools for success in this new economy. We need to invest more where we get the biggest return, in high-quality early learning programs. We need a system that aligns from early learning to kindergarten to 12th grade to our universities. Accountability must be present at every level. We should continue the progress we are making on improving the teacher and principal evaluation system, and make it a significant part of personnel decisions. And yes, we need to meet the funding obligations set out by the McCleary decision, but we cannot continue to allow funding debates to mask deeper problems in our schools that demand innovation and reform. I want us to be able to look our children in the eyes, knowing that we honored our commitment to provide them a world-class education, not through gimmicks or blind allocation of money but through systemic, sustainable reform of our schools. It’s also critical for us to preserve the leading role our research institutions play in inventing the future, growing our economy and creating jobs. While we do this, we can no longer accept the misalignment between what our schools teach and what skills our employers need. This is something I will act on immediately to sharpen the relationship between our schools and the economy they are preparing our young people to enter. It will be hard work, but it is required work if we want Washington to rise to the challenges the world will present us. There is no challenge greater for Washington, with more opportunity for job growth and more suited to our particular brand of genius and ingenuity, than leading the world’s clean energy economy. It is clear to me that we are the right state, at the right time, with the right people. It’s also clear to me that we face grave and immediate danger if we fail to act. Nine of 10 of the hottest years on record happened in the past decade. We’ve had epic flooding, searing drought and devastating wildfires, including last summer’s fires in Central Washington and the rising tides along our coast. Our Pacific Northwest waters, especially in Puget Sound, are becoming too acidic, forcing parts of our shellfish industry to move last year. In Eastern Washington, our long tradition in agriculture could be threatened if snowpack declines. Water stored as snow is money in the bank for Washington’s rural economies, but the bank could fail if we don’t act. As a parent and a grandparent, I cannot consciously accept the dangers of climate change for my family or yours. As a Governor I can’t afford to look the other way or point fingers or deny these realities, and I cannot allow our state to miss the moment we are destined for. All of us in Washington will have to square up to both our responsibility and our opportunity on climate change, and when we do, I’d like us to remember what Dr. Martin Luther King once said: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” On climate change, we have settled the scientific controversy. What remains is how we respond to the challenge. Now I know Washington can’t solve this global problem alone, but we must embrace our role as first responders as our children’s health is in clear and immediate danger. We must also embrace our role as entrepreneurs and pioneers, ensuring that economic solutions to climate change begin here. Companies in this state are already moving forward, and we will not hand over our destiny to lead the world in clean energy to any state or to any nation. We don’t deny science in Washington; we embrace it. We do not follow technological innovation; we lead it. And we will not pass up a golden opportunity to create jobs. We need these clean energy jobs that work for the long haul. They will be in Bellingham at the Itec solar company, in Seattle at MacDonald-Miller, a great efficiency company, in Spokane at the McKinstry Company and at Boeing where we are making the world’s most fuel efficient jet. These jobs won’t just fall into our lap. Washington has what it takes to win, but the clean energy race is highly competitive. Germany, China and California are not waiting. Neither should we. Over the next four years, we need to show our commitment with policies to promote economic growth, research and development on clean energy, to lock in the next wave of growth and opportunity for the next generation. I look forward to having a real dialogue with the Legislature in the coming weeks on how we best put our ingenuity to work to meet the challenges before us — on creating jobs, educating our children, changing how we do business in state government and creating a culture of leading the world in energy independence. But as we move forward to determine what we will do, we must also remember who we are as a state. Washington is a state that embraces all people for who they are. A state that allows all to love who they will. A state that is never content with today, but is always leading the world in inventing tomorrow. A state whose very name commits itself to the preservation of its own beauty for its own grandchildren and its own great-grandchildren. The Evergreen State. Thank you. Now let’s get to work. Thanks a lot.”

The President thanked Governor Inslee for his remarks and called upon the committee of honor to escort Governor Inslee from the House Chamber and the Governor retired from the Chamber.

The President called upon the committee of honor to escort the statewide elected officials from the House Chamber and they retired from the Chamber.

The President called upon the committee of honor to escort the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court from the House Chamber and they retired from the Chamber.

On motion of Representative Sullivan, the Joint Session was dissolved. The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) assumed the chair.

The Speaker (Representative Moeller presiding) called upon the Sergeant at Arms of the House and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate to escort President of the Senate Brad Owen, President Pro Tempore Tim Sheldon, Senator Ed Murray and Senator Mark Schoesler and the Senate from the House Chamber and the Senate retired from the Chamber.

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

MOTION

On motion of Representative Sullivan, the House adjourned until 9:55 a.m., January 17, 2013, the 4^th Day of the Regular Session.

FRANK CHOPP, Speaker

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk