AFTERNOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Senate was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by President Owen. The Secretary called the roll and announced to the President that all Senators were present with the exception of Senator Nelson.

The Sergeant at Arms Color Guard consisting of Senate Staff Michaela Kier and Gina Bull, presented the Colors. Reverend Jim Erlandson of Community of Christ Church of Olympia offered the prayer.

MOTION

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

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

The President welcomed and introduced The Honorable Dr. Askin Asan, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policies for the Republic of Turkey and Dr. Habip Asan, former Professor at Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey and President of the Turkish Patent Institute affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey who were present in the gallery and recognized by the Senate.

MOTION

At 2:07 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate was declared to be at ease subject to the call of the President.

The Senate was called to order at 4:56 p.m. by President Owen.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the Senate advanced to the seventh order of business.

THIRD READING

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5157, by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Pearson, Schoesler, Hill and Fain).

Regulating provision of child care. Revised for 1st Substitute: Regulating provision of child care. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Regulating child care subsidies. )

The bill was read on Third Reading.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Pearson, the rules were suspended and Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 was returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment.

SECOND READING

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5157, by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Pearson, Schoesler, Hill and Fain)

Regulating provision of child care. Revised for 1st Substitute: Regulating provision of child care. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Regulating child care subsidies. )

The measure was read the second time.

MOTION

Senator Pearson moved that the following striking amendment by Senator Pearson be adopted:

0.Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that child care providers positively contribute to local communities by offering important services that support the well-being of children and their families. The legislature further recognizes that most child care providers make every effort to ensure that subsidy payments received are correct and align with agency rules. When a child care provider is found to have fraudulently accepted subsidy payments, however, it is the legislature's intent to prohibit such a provider from receiving future child care subsidy payments.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.215 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The department must refer all suspected incidents of child care subsidy fraud to the department of social and health services office of fraud and accountability for appropriate investigation and action.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "fraud" has the definition in RCW 74.04.004.

(3) This section does not limit or preclude the department or the department of social and health services from establishing and collecting overpayments consistent with federal regulation or seek other remedies that may be legally available, including but not limited to criminal investigation or prosecution."

Senator Pearson spoke in favor of adoption of the striking amendment.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the striking amendment by Senator Pearson to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157.

The motion by Senator Pearson carried and the striking amendment was adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

There being no objection, the following title amendment was adopted:

On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "care;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 43.215 RCW; and creating a new section."

MOTION

On motion of Senator Pearson, the rules were suspended, Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

Senators Pearson and Darneille spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Mullet, Senator Nelson was excused.

POINT OF ORDER

Senator Fain: “Thank you Mr. President. I just wanted to make sure that members are speaking to legislation at hand.”

REPLY BY THE PRESIDENT

President Owen: “That is true. Members must speak to the legislation alone. Senator Darneille.”

POINT OF ORDER

Senator Frockt: “Mr. President, is it appropriate, is it permissible for members to speak about legislation in context of where it fits into other parts of the debate that we having about issues we’re having facing the legislature?”

REPLY BY THE PRESIDENT

President Owen: “Well, the President would have to take the comments as they are given, in context, to determine whether or not it is appropriate. To make a carte blanche statement would be very difficult on my part to do so but they must be relative to the issue before us, at any rate.”

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157.

ROLL CALL

The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5157 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 48; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 1.

Voting yea: Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton, Billig, Braun, Brown, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Eide, Ericksen, Fain, Fraser, Frockt, Hargrove, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfield, Hewitt, Hill, Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, O'Ban, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Ranker, Rivers, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Smith and Tom

Excused: Senator Nelson

SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5157, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the Senate advanced to the seventh order of business.

THIRD READING

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5718, by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Chase, Smith, Braun, Carrell, Schlicher and Frockt).

Providing monitoring of the development of a one-stop portal for Washington businesses.

The bill was read on Third Reading.

Senators Brown, Chase and Rolfes spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Harper, Senator Murray was excused.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5718.

ROLL CALL

The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5718 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 47; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 2.

Voting yea: Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton, Billig, Braun, Brown, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Eide, Ericksen, Fain, Fraser, Frockt, Hargrove, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfield, Hewitt, Hill, Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Mullet, O'Ban, Padden, Parlette, Pearson, Ranker, Rivers, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Smith and Tom

Excused: Senators Murray and Nelson

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5718, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

THIRD READING

SENATE BILL NO. 5904, by Senators Hill, Hargrove, Litzow and Billig.

Concerning high quality early learning.

The bill was read on Third Reading.

Senator Hill spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5904.

ROLL CALL

The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5904 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 46; Nays, 2; Absent, 0; Excused, 1.

Voting yea: Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Benton, Billig, Braun, Brown, Chase, Cleveland, Conway, Dammeier, Darneille, Eide, Ericksen, Fain, Fraser, Frockt, Hargrove, Harper, Hasegawa, Hatfield, Hewitt, Hill, Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Mullet, Murray, O'Ban, Parlette, Pearson, Ranker, Rivers, Roach, Rolfes, Schlicher, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin and Tom

Voting nay: Senators Padden and Smith

Excused: Senator Nelson

SENATE BILL NO. 5904, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

THIRD READING

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5679, by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Chase, King, Litzow, Dammeier, Schoesler, Rivers, Smith, Braun, Hewitt, Sheldon and Tom).

Improving the business climate and stimulating job creation by requiring certain agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules.

The bill was read on Third Reading.

Senator Brown spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5679.

ROLL CALL

The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5679 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 48; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 1.

Excused: Senator Nelson

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5679, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

THIRD READING

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5804, by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Baumgartner and Hill).

Addressing federal receipts reporting requirements.

The bill was read on Third Reading.

Senators Baumgartner, Schlicher and Rolfes spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5804.

ROLL CALL

The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5804 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 48; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 1.

Excused: Senator Nelson

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5804, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

MOTION

At 5:27 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 1 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2013.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

HUNTER GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate