NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia

Monday, January 18, 2016

The Senate was called to order at 12:00 o’clock noon by President of the Senate, Lt. Governor 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

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the fourth order of business.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

January 15, 2016

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Speaker has signed:

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8406

and the same is herewith transmitted.

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 6336 by Senators Parlette, Keiser, Frockt, Becker and Carlyle

AN ACT Relating to health care provider credentialing; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 18.130 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6337 by Senators Darneille, Miloscia, McCoy, Hasegawa, Conway and Chase

AN ACT Relating to disposing tax foreclosed property to cities for affordable housing purposes; and amending RCW 36.35.150.

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

SB 6338 by Senators Padden, Billig and Baumgartner

AN ACT Relating to the rights of dissenting members of cooperative associations in certain mergers; and amending RCW 23.86.145.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6339 by Senators Roach, Hasegawa and Pearson

AN ACT Relating to recounts of statewide advisory measures; and amending RCW 29A.64.090.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6340 by Senators Fain, Billig, Roach, Hasegawa, Sheldon, Liias, Rivers, Pedersen, Mullet, Litzow, Carlyle, McAuliffe, Conway, Darneille, Chase, Frockt and Jayapal

AN ACT Relating to voter preregistration of persons seventeen years of age including the designation of voter registration locations and voter preregistration locations; amending RCW 28A.230.150, 29A.08.110, 29A.08.125, 29A.08.210, 29A.08.310, 29A.08.615, 29A.08.710, 29A.08.720, 29A.08.760, 29A.84.140, 46.20.155, and 42.56.250; adding new sections to chapter 29A.08 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing a contingent effective date.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6341 by Senators Rivers and Conway

AN ACT Relating to the provision of personal services and promotional items by cannabis producers and processors; and adding a new section to chapter 69.50 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6342 by Senators Miloscia and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to private activity bond allocation; and amending RCW 39.86.120, 39.86.140, and 39.86.190.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6343 by Senators Warnick, Takko, Hobbs and Chase

AN ACT Relating to modifying the powers and duties of the Washington dairy products commission to include research and education related to the economic uses of nutrients produced by dairy farms; and amending RCW 15.44.060.

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

SB 6344 by Senators Takko, Warnick and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to the mandatory nonbinding arbitration provisions of the Washington state seed act; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 15.49.071, 15.49.081, 15.49.091, 15.49.101, and 15.49.111.

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

SB 6345 by Senators Takko, Warnick and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to merging the state department of agriculture's fruit and vegetable inspection districts and accounts; amending RCW 15.17.240 and 15.17.020; and repealing RCW 15.17.230 and 15.17.247.

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

SB 6346 by Senators King, Conway, McAuliffe, Mullet and Chase

AN ACT Relating to creating a special permit by a manufacturer of beer to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling beer of its own production; and reenacting and amending RCW 66.20.010.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6347 by Senators Hobbs, Hargrove and Conway

AN ACT Relating to forest fire prevention and suppression; amending RCW 76.04.165, 76.04.167, 76.04.016, and 76.04.610; reenacting and amending RCW 76.04.005; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6348 by Senator Takko

AN ACT Relating to modernizing and clarifying existing county statutory authorities; amending RCW 36.32.210, 36.72.075, 52.26.070, 68.50.040, and 70.94.120; and repealing RCW 36.32.310.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6349 by Senators Benton and Mullet

AN ACT Relating to public funds and deposits; amending RCW 39.58.010, 39.58.050, 39.58.105, 39.58.108, 39.58.135, and 39.58.155; and repealing RCW 39.58.120 and 39.58.045.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6350 by Senators O'Ban, Padden, Miloscia, Roach, Hewitt, Schoesler and Dammeier

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle property offenses; amending RCW 9.94A.525 and 9.94A.515; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6351 by Senators Habib, McAuliffe, Carlyle, Jayapal, Keiser, Rolfes, Darneille, Frockt and Chase

AN ACT Relating to providing local authorities with the authority to regulate firearms in certain public places; and amending RCW 9.41.300.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6352 by Senators Frockt, Pedersen, McAuliffe, Carlyle, Jayapal, Keiser, Cleveland, Rolfes, Darneille, Liias, Chase and Habib

AN ACT Relating to creating an extreme risk protection order; amending RCW 9.41.047; adding new sections to chapter 10.79 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 26 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6353 by Senators Rivers, Rolfes, Billig, Pedersen and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid; amending RCW 84.52.0531; amending 2013 c 242 s 10, 2012 1st sp.s. c 10 s 10, 2010 c 237 ss 9, 8, and 10, and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 1905 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 84.52.0531; creating a new section; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.

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

SB 6354 by Senators Liias, Baumgartner, Carlyle, Frockt and Bailey

AN ACT Relating to adopting a higher education reverse transfer agreement plan; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

SB 6355 by Senators Frockt, Fain, Mullet, Rivers, Hobbs, Carlyle, Liias and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to reinstating tax preferences for certain high-technology research and development; amending RCW 82.63.010, 82.63.020, and 82.63.045; reenacting RCW 82.63.060 and 82.63.065; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.63 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates.

Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.

SB 6356 by Senators Roach, Ranker, Takko, McCoy, Hobbs, Litzow, Fain, Hasegawa and Chase

AN ACT Relating to disclosure of financial, commercial, and proprietary criminal background check information of employees of private employers; and amending RCW 42.56.270.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6357 by Senators King and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to vehicle maximum gross weight values; and amending RCW 46.44.041.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6358 by Senators King and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to rail fixed guideway system safety and security oversight; and amending RCW 35.21.228, 35A.21.300, 36.01.210, 36.57.120, 36.57A.170, 81.104.115, and 81.112.180.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6359 by Senators Hobbs and King

AN ACT Relating to the deposit of moneys from various advertising activities; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6360 by Senators O'Ban, Carlyle, Liias, Jayapal, Frockt, King, Pearson, Pedersen, Hasegawa and Chase

AN ACT Relating to the consolidation of traffic-based financial obligations through a unified payment plan system; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6361 by Senators Pedersen and Padden

AN ACT Relating to the uniform electronic legal material act; adding a new chapter to Title 1 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6362 by Senators Chase, Hasegawa and McCoy

AN ACT Relating to tribal cultural resources protection in the forest practices act; amending RCW 76.09.010; reenacting and amending RCW 76.09.020; and adding a new section to chapter 76.09 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6363 by Senators Takko, Ericksen, Hobbs and Parlette

AN ACT Relating to the design and construction of certain transportation facilities adjacent to or across a river or waterway; adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6364 by Senators Darneille and Cleveland

AN ACT Relating to expanding the categories of offenses eligible for the parenting program with the department of corrections; and amending RCW 9.94A.655.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6365 by Senators Darneille, Miloscia and Chase

AN ACT Relating to establishing a lower age limit for discretionary decline hearings in juvenile court; and amending RCW 13.40.110.

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

SB 6366 by Senators Darneille, Fain, Fraser, Miloscia, Cleveland, O'Ban, Mullet, Keiser, Conway and Chase

AN ACT Relating to submission of DNA markers to a database accessible only to qualified laboratory personnel; amending RCW 43.43.753, 43.43.735, 43.43.740, 43.43.754, 46.63.110, 43.43.690, and 43.43.759; adding new sections to chapter 43.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.48 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6367 by Senators Hewitt and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to the inheritance exemption for the real estate excise tax; amending RCW 82.45.197; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6368 by Senators Hobbs, Pearson, Jayapal, McCoy, Hasegawa, McAuliffe, Darneille and Chase

AN ACT Relating to creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day to promote accountability and responsibility; adding new sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

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

SB 6369 by Senators Hobbs, Rivers, Mullet, Litzow, Cleveland, Ranker, Fain, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Hill, Carlyle, Liias, Fraser, Conway, Keiser, Chase, Frockt, Habib, McCoy, Billig and Jayapal

AN ACT Relating to requiring private health insurers and the medicaid program to reimburse for a twelve-month supply of contraceptive drugs; amending RCW 74.09.520; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6370 by Senators Litzow, Billig, Mullet, Fain, Hobbs, Hill and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to the department of early learning's access to records and personal information for purposes of determining character and suitability of child care workers; amending RCW 13.50.100, 26.44.031, 26.44.100, 43.215.200, and 74.04.060; reenacting and amending RCW 13.50.010, 26.44.031, 43.43.832, and 43.215.215; and creating a new section.

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

SB 6371 by Senators Litzow, Mullet, Dammeier, Hargrove, Fain, Hobbs, Hill and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to the definition of agency for purposes of early learning programs; and amending RCW 43.215.010.

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

SB 6372 by Senators Darneille, Rivers, Hargrove and Braun

AN ACT Relating to counties providing and maintaining detention rooms or detention houses; and amending RCW 13.04.135.

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

SB 6373 by Senators King, Hobbs and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to modifying certain vehicle filing and service fees and fee distributions; amending RCW 46.17.005, 46.17.040, and 46.68.400; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6374 by Senators Dammeier, Becker, Cleveland, Warnick and Jayapal

AN ACT Relating to allowing physical therapists to perform dry needling; reenacting and amending RCW 18.74.010; and adding a new section to chapter 18.74 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6375 by Senators Rivers and Pedersen

AN ACT Relating to marijuana clubs; amending RCW 69.50.465; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6376 by Senators Fraser, Roach, McCoy, Conway, Hasegawa, Padden, Carlyle, Liias, Nelson, O'Ban, Darneille, Chase and Jayapal

AN ACT Relating to recognizing human trafficking awareness day; reenacting and amending RCW 1.16.050; and creating a new section.

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

SB 6377 by Senators Pearson, Jayapal, Rolfes, Takko, Dansel, Warnick, Hewitt and Chase

AN ACT Relating to administrative processes of the state parks and recreation commission that require a majority vote of the commission; amending RCW 79A.05.025 and 79A.05.175; and reenacting and amending RCW 79A.05.030.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6378 by Senators Chase, Roach, Conway, McCoy, Hasegawa, Liias and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to electronic product recycling; and amending RCW 70.95N.280 and 70.95N.290.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 6379 by Senators Jayapal, Roach, Ranker, McCoy, Fain, Fraser, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Billig, Frockt, Carlyle, Liias, McAuliffe, Keiser, Darneille, Chase and Habib

AN ACT Relating to providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies; amending RCW 29A.08.410, 29A.08.420, and 29A.08.720; adding a new section to chapter 29A.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 29A.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 29A.84 RCW; creating a new section; making an appropriation; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6380 by Senator Benton

AN ACT Relating to reducing conflicts and ambiguity of law by eliminating certain laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations; and adding a new section to chapter 1.08 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6381 by Senators Ericksen and Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to providing an alternative to Initiative Measure No. 732; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

MOTION

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

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the eighth order of business.

MOTION

Senator Dammeier moved adoption of the following resolution:

SENATE RESOLUTION

8692

By Senators Dammeier, Hewitt, Brown, Benton, Bailey, Angel, Becker, McCoy, Litzow, Braun, Jayapal, Rivers, Fain, Roach, Chase, Hill, King, Keiser, McAuliffe, Parlette, Miloscia, Mullet, Padden, Habib, Pearson, Takko, O'Ban, Sheldon, Hasegawa, Warnick, Schoesler, Ericksen, Honeyford, Liias, Cleveland, Ranker, Darneille, Conway, Rolfes, Billig, and Nelson

WHEREAS, Today, the third Monday in January, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a beacon of hope for equality in our nation; and

WHEREAS, Dr. King brought to light the realities facing many Americans and dedicated his life to bring historic change through nonviolent means; and

WHEREAS, Dr. King's unwavering support for the principles of racial justice and social equality changed America; and

WHEREAS, Through his life and in our remembrance of him, Dr. King called on others to make a personal commitment to serve the less fortunate by acting with kindness and compassion; and

WHEREAS, Service is a powerful way to commemorate Dr. King's life and mission by putting into action our reverence for his life and teachings while making the nation better; and

WHEREAS, Dr. King believed that a person's worth should not be measured by his or her color, culture, or class, but rather by one's commitment to making life better for all;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate, in recognition of the courageous leadership and legacy of hope demonstrated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., honor his memory by urging all citizens of our state to continue the legacy of Dr. King by treating all people as equal.

Senators Jayapal, McAuliffe and Hasegawa spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8692.

The motion by Senator Dammeier carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

The President welcomed and introduced a group of students with the Institute for Community Leadership. They were led by Karen Bohlke, the Director of the Institute for Community Leadership who were seated in the gallery.

The President also introduced Miss Althea Kerrick, Miss Tylar Alexander, Miss Gwen Keip, Miss Shanyce Hamilton, Miss Heather Hunt and Miss Lacey Hunt, with Girl Scout Troop No. 45297 in Lacey who were at the rostrum.

MOTION

At 12:25 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 o’clock noon, Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

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