TWENTY NINTH DAY

NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, February 9, 2015

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

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, 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

February 5, 2015

SB 5222 Prime Sponsor, Senator Angel: Concerning collection agency transaction fees for processing electronic payments.  Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5222 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.  Signed by Senators Benton, Chair; Angel, Vice Chair; Fain; Hobbs and Litzow.

MINORITY recommendation:  Do not pass.  Signed by Senators Mullet, Ranking Minority Member; Darneille and Pedersen.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the measure listed on the Standing Committee report was referred to the committee as designated.

MOTION

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

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 5880  by Senators Padden, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, Chase and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to human trafficking; adding a new section to chapter 9.68A RCW; creating new sections; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5881  by Senators Pearson, Chase and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to providing a group fishing permit for certain programs for at-risk youth; and amending RCW 77.32.550.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5882  by Senators Liias, McCoy, Conway, Miloscia, Hasegawa and Chase

AN ACT Relating to education and training for building officials; and adding new sections to chapter 49.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 5883  by Senators Kohl-Welles, Padden, Keiser, Conway, Chase and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to human trafficking informational posters in public restrooms; adding a new section to chapter 47.38 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5884  by Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Padden, Keiser, Conway, Chase and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to the trafficking of persons; amending RCW 7.68.350 and 7.68.801; adding a new section to chapter 7.68 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5885  by Senators Conway, Keiser, Hasegawa and Chase

AN ACT Relating to enhancing the safety of employees working for western state hospital and eastern state hospital through collective bargaining and binding interest arbitration; amending RCW 41.80.020; and adding new sections to chapter 41.56 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 5886  by Senator King

AN ACT Relating to the 1063 block replacement project; creating new sections; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5887  by Senators Pearson and Ranker

AN ACT Relating to lengthening the maximum terms of leases entered into by the director of enterprise services in certain counties; and amending RCW 43.82.010.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 5888  by Senators O'Ban and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to near fatality incidents of children who have received services from the department of social and health services; amending RCW 74.13.640; and adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5889  by Senators O'Ban and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services; and amending RCW 10.77.068.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5890  by Senators Rolfes, Hargrove and Frockt

AN ACT Relating to an educational employee salary allocation schedule; amending RCW 28A.150.410, 28A.400.200, 28A.400.205, and 84.52.0531; reenacting and amending RCW 84.52.0531; adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5891  by Senator Angel

AN ACT Relating to the sale and commercial display of human remains; amending RCW 68.50.130; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5892  by Senator Ericksen

AN ACT Relating to encouraging reliable distributed solar energy; amending RCW 82.16.120 and 80.28.005; adding new sections to chapter 82.16 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 80.28 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 80.60 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5893  by Senators Fain, Mullet, Litzow, Liias and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to the nonemployee status of athletes in amateur sports; amending RCW 49.12.005 and 49.17.020; and reenacting and amending RCW 49.46.010.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 5894  by Senators Sheldon, Warnick, King and Padden

AN ACT Relating to unlawful activities on certain properties; amending RCW 9A.52.070, 9A.52.090, 59.04.050, and 59.18.075; adding a new section to chapter 9A.52 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5895  by Senators Conway, Keiser, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Cleveland and Chase

AN ACT Relating to employers' responsibility for the medical assistance costs of employees; amending RCW 26.23.040; adding new sections to chapter 74.09 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.22 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 5896  by Senators Fraser, Parlette, Hatfield, Mullet, Warnick and Conway

AN ACT Relating to the distribution of liquor revenues to local jurisdictions; amending RCW 66.08.190 and 66.08.210; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5897  by Senators Cleveland, Darneille, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles and Chase

AN ACT Relating to providing funding for medical evaluations of suspected victims of child abuse; adding a new section to chapter 7.68 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5898  by Senator Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to the Washington homeless client management information system; amending RCW 43.185C.100 and 43.185C.180; reenacting and amending RCW 43.185C.010; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5899  by Senators Liias, Keiser, Ranker, Angel, Hobbs, Sheldon, Fain, Rivers, Roach, King, Ericksen and Honeyford

AN ACT Relating to small loans and small consumer installment loans; amending RCW 31.45.010, 31.45.020, 31.45.030, 31.45.040, 31.45.050, 31.45.060, 31.45.070, 31.45.090, 31.45.100, 31.45.105, 31.45.110, 31.45.150, 31.45.180, 31.45.190, and 31.45.200; adding new sections to chapter 31.45 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 31.45.073, 31.45.077, 31.45.079, 31.45.082, 31.45.084, 31.45.085, 31.45.086, 31.45.088, 31.45.093, 31.45.095, and 31.45.210; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing a contingent effective date.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 5900  by Senators Miloscia, Hasegawa and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations; and amending RCW 36.01.290, 35.21.915, and 35A.21.360.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5901  by Senator Benton

AN ACT Relating to headlight use requirements; and amending RCW 46.37.020 and 46.37.040.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5902  by Senator Benton

AN ACT Relating to the sale of department of transportation surplus property; and amending RCW 47.12.063 and 47.12.283.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5903  by Senators Bailey, Braun and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to restricting certain methods of selling marijuana; adding new sections to chapter 69.50 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 5904  by Senator Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to providing a public utilities tax credit for forest derived biomass used to produce energy; amending RCW 82.04.4494; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5905  by Senators McAuliffe and Billig

AN ACT Relating to special education services and programs; adding new sections to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5906  by Senator McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process; amending RCW 52.26.220, 52.26.230, 84.52.125, and 84.55.092; and reenacting and amending RCW 52.26.020.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 5907  by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Cleveland and Litzow

AN ACT Relating to creating a sales and use tax exemption for technology sold to, or used in, public schools; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5908  by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Cleveland, Billig, Kohl-Welles, Habib and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to restraint or isolation of students, including students with disabilities, in public schools; amending RCW 28A.155.020 and 28A.600.485; adding a new section to chapter 28A.345 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5909  by Senators Frockt, Becker, Pedersen, Habib and Keiser

AN ACT Relating to increasing the health care workforce and increasing health care access across Washington state through expansion of undergraduate medical and dental education, graduate medical education, and health professional scholarship and loan repayment programming; adding new sections to chapter 28B.20 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 70.112 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.115 RCW; creating new sections; and making appropriations.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 5910  by Senator Keiser

AN ACT Relating to waiver of the fundamentals of engineering examination; and amending RCW 18.43.040.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SJM 8012                by Senators Hargrove, King, Hobbs, Hill, Conway and Hatfield

Requesting the designation of U.S. Highway 101 to honor recipients of the Medal of Honor.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

MOTION

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

Senator Fraser announced a meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus immediately following adjournment.

MOTION

At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 o’clock noon Tuesday, February 10, 2015.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate

5222

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

5880

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

5881

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

5882

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

5883

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

5884

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

5885

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

5886

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

5887

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

5888

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

5889

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

5890

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5891

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5892

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5893

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5894

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5895

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5896

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5897

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5898

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5899

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5900

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5901

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5902

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5903

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5904

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5905

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

5906

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

5907

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

5908

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

5909

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

5910

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

8012

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