Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2005 Regular Session of the 59th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005 29TH DAY
 
  SB 5768 By Senators Kastama, Roach, Rockefeller, Esser, Prentice, Weinstein, Kline, Delvin and Rasmussen

Regarding alternative public works contracting procedures.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5769 By Senators Fraser, Franklin and Rasmussen

Modifying requirements for voter-approved regular property tax levies.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5770 By Senator Berkey

Concerning forfeited property.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 5771 By Senators Thibaudeau, Keiser and Kohl-Welles

Requiring coverage for neurodevelopmental therapies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5772 By Senators Kastama, McCaslin, Berkey, Esser, Benton and Kline

Creating the growth management infrastructure account.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5773 By Senators Fraser, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Kline and Pridemore

Protecting homeowners who hire contractors to remodel or build their homes.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5774 By Senators Poulsen and Parlette

Modifying employee wage and benefit provisions.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5775 By Senator Mulliken

Providing funds for the maintenance and preservation of small city and town streets.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5776 By Senators Rasmussen, Deccio, Jacobsen, Mulliken, Shin, Zarelli, Hewitt, Morton and Honeyford

Extending the date when counties which have authorized facilities for agriculture promotion must allow a credit for city lodging taxes.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5777 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Shin, Franklin, Kastama, Regala, Kline, Poulsen, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Eide, Prentice and Berkey

Prohibiting the offshoring of work under state contracts.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5778 By Senators Pridemore, Zarelli and Prentice

Taxing the sale of food from vending machines in the same manner as other sales of food.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5779 By Senators Prentice, Rasmussen, Doumit and Kohl-Welles

Modifying the business and occupation taxation of slaughtering, breaking, and/or processing perishable meat products.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5780 By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Fairley and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Making technical improvements to the medicaid nursing home rate setting process.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5781 By Senators Fraser, Benton, Pflug, Regala, Zarelli, Rasmussen, Keiser, Kline, Haugen, Roach, Prentice, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles

Authorizing retired local government employees to receive benefits from the public employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5782 By Senators Shin, Prentice, Franklin, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Berkey; by request of Governor Gregoire

Modifying provisions of the linked deposit program.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5783 By Senators Sheldon, Delvin, Zarelli, Mulliken, Hewitt, Hargrove, Carrell and Benton

Restricting motorcycle helmet requirements only to persons under twenty-one.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5784 By Senators Fraser, Kastama, Haugen, Schmidt, Pridemore, Roach, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Kline and McAuliffe

Allowing eligible employees to receive remuneration for sick leave at time of separation or dismissal.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5785 By Senators Fairley, Kline, Keiser, Franklin, Prentice, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Stabilizing the cost of medical malpractice insurance.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 5786 By Senators Weinstein, Pridemore, Prentice, Franklin, Keiser, Kline and McAuliffe

Authorizing voter approved regular property tax levies for school purposes.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5787 By Senators Swecker, Kastama, Jacobsen, Oke and Sheldon

Streamlining the permit process for certain aquaculture projects.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5788 By Senators Doumit, Kastama, Mulliken, Haugen, Morton, Poulsen, Pridemore and Berkey

Improving recycling.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5789 By Senators Prentice and Parlette

Expanding the role of self-insurers in the workers' compensation system.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5790 By Senators Doumit, Schoesler and Pridemore

Modifying motor vehicle taxation.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5791 By Senators Honeyford, Benton, Deccio, Mulliken, Benson and McCaslin

Modifying economic development powers of counties and port districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5792 By Senators Honeyford, Johnson, Benton, Esser, Deccio, Benson, McCaslin and Mulliken

Restricting postretirement employment for members of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5793 By Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Haugen and Mulliken

Authorizing industrial insurance final settlement agreements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5794 By Senators Prentice, Swecker, Regala, Franklin, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Revenue

Authorizing the governor to enter into a cigarette tax agreement with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5795 By Senators Carrell, Sheldon, McCaslin, Mulliken, Hargrove, Benson, Berkey, Schoesler, Kastama, Honeyford, Esser, Schmidt and Oke

Regarding expenditures for works of art.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5796 By Senator Fairley

Regulating refund anticipation loans.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 5797 By Senators Benton, Stevens, Schoesler, Rasmussen, Johnson and Sheldon

Requiring school employee recommendations to include information of sexual misconduct, if any.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5798 By Senators Parlette, Shin, Jacobsen, Haugen, Finkbeiner, Kohl-Welles, Mulliken and Rasmussen

Using television advertising to promote tourism in Washington.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5799 By Senators Keiser, Benson, Poulsen, Zarelli, Schmidt, Esser, Franklin, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Kline and Rasmussen

Regarding payment of providers for medically needy consumers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5800 By Senators Regala, Roach, Franklin, Benson, Haugen, Zarelli, Keiser, Esser, Poulsen, Pridemore, Schmidt, Benton, Rockefeller, McAuliffe and Rasmussen

Exempting home care workers' personal information from public disclosure.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5801 By Senators Poulsen, Schmidt, Benton, Benson, Zarelli, Keiser, Esser, Pridemore, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles

Requiring a vendor rate study of home care agencies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5802 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Shin, Spanel, Carrell, Fairley, Keiser, Roach, Jacobsen, Poulsen, Kline, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Weinstein, Eide, Berkey, Rasmussen and Rockefeller

Requiring pay equity for community and technical college part-time faculty.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5803 By Senators McAuliffe, Weinstein, Berkey, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Schmidt, Thibaudeau, Eide, Kline, Keiser, Regala, Jacobsen and Rasmussen

Promoting internet safety.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5804 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Shin, Schmidt, Berkey, McAuliffe and Rasmussen

Changing enrollment forecasts and budgeting for institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5805 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Brown, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Jacobsen

Regulating preschools and kindergartens.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5806 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Rasmussen and Jacobsen

Requiring child care agencies to provide additional information to parents.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.