FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 6389

C 29 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Authorizing placement of United States flags on school buses.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, McAuliffe, Hewitt, Swecker, Roach, Morton, Haugen, Long, Stevens, McCaslin, Johnson, Snyder, Honeyford, Sheahan, Rossi, Rasmussen, Eide, Hale and Oke).

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background:  Currently, the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) has the authority to adopt and enforce rules governing the marking of school buses.  Current rules specify the color and limit the signs and markings that may be on the exterior and interior of school buses.

Summary:  The SPI must adopt rules which permit the display of the United States flag on all school buses.  The rules must address the size and placement of the flag so that it does not interfere with the safe operation of the school bus.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate450

House960

Effective:  June 13, 2002