Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2008 Regular Session of the 60th Legislature

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate		ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate		PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008		4TH DAY

	SB 6470	By Senators Kauffman, Schoesler, Marr, Prentice, Tom, Rasmussen, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Kilmer and Roach Training medical students, nurses, and medical technicians and assistants to work with patients with developmental disabilities. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 6471	By Senators Weinstein, Kauffman, Tom, Fairley, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline Protecting consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act. Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING.
	SB 6472	By Senators Oemig, Weinstein and Kline Regulating commercial parking businesses. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6473	By Senators Carrell, McDermott, McCaslin, Benton, Stevens, Marr, Schoesler, Shin, Rasmussen, Hewitt, Haugen and Kilmer Concerning the property tax exemption income eligibility requirements for senior citizens and veterans with service-connected disabilities. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6474	By Senators Carrell, Stevens, Schoesler and Holmquist Modifying voter registration provisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6475	By Senators Oemig, Delvin, Rockefeller, Honeyford, Regala, Tom, Rasmussen and Roach Allowing joint use dock appeals before the shorelines hearings board to be heard by a short board. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6476	By Senators Hatfield, Morton, Haugen, McCaslin, Hargrove, Kastama, Zarelli, Delvin and Rasmussen Concerning the sales and use tax rate for public facilities in rural counties. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6477	By Senators Hobbs, Pridemore, Roach, Rasmussen, Hatfield, Stevens, Berkey, Eide, Sheldon, Honeyford, Shin, Keiser, Hewitt, Kline, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Benton and Kilmer Providing state property tax assistance to low-income homeowners. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6478	By Senators Oemig, Swecker, Pridemore, Kline, Spanel and Kohl-Welles Prohibiting bar codes or other unique identifying marks on ballots. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6479	By Senators Zarelli, Prentice, Rasmussen and Roach Establishing a program to screen and treat children with attachment disorders. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6480	By Senators Benton, Stevens, Delvin and Roach Requiring assessors to provide information on the basis of valuation when providing taxpayers notice of change in valuation of real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6481	By Senators Benton, Schoesler, Hewitt, McCaslin, Delvin, Morton, Stevens, Swecker, Pflug and Roach Excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.
	SB 6482	By Senators Prentice, Schoesler, Rasmussen and Holmquist Providing a state public utility tax exemption for the transportation of grain by motor vehicle. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6483	By Senators Hatfield, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Haugen, Swecker, Tom, Morton, Rockefeller, Fraser, Hargrove, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Brandland, Kilmer, Shin, McDermott, Kauffman, Murray, Hobbs, Kastama, Fairley, Pridemore, Regala, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Kline, Brown, Franklin, Hewitt, Spanel, Parlette, Oemig and Roach Enacting the local farms-healthy kids and communities act. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6484	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Murray, Brandland, Spanel, Tom and Kline Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6485	By Senators Hobbs and Roach Requiring fifty percent of the mathematics portion of the WASL to be short answer or multiple choice questions. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6486	By Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs and Rasmussen Regarding the career and technical education curricula advisory committee. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6487	By Senators Pridemore, Hargrove, Schoesler and Carrell Establishing standards for emergency preparedness kits. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6488	By Senators Regala, Hargrove, Brandland, Stevens, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton and Kilmer; by request of Governor Gregoire Providing for broader collection of biological samples for the DNA identification of convicted sex offenders and other persons. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6489	By Senators Hargrove, Regala, Brandland, Stevens, Carrell, Shin, Rasmussen, Delvin, Benton and Kilmer; by request of Governor Gregoire Including level I offenders who fail to maintain registration as required by RCW 9A.44.130 to the statewide notification web site. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6490	By Senator Hobbs Authorizing a branch campus of the University of Washington at Lake Stevens. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 6491	By Senators Brandland, McAuliffe, Regala, Delvin, Carrell and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Providing for vulnerable adult fatality review. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6492	By Senators McAuliffe, Stevens, Brandland, Carrell, Regala and Delvin; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Regarding public disclosure of civil confinement facility information. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6493	By Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Shin, Hatfield, Rasmussen and Kline Providing loans to small cities for certain appeals under the growth management act. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6494	By Senators Hobbs, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Swecker, Pridemore, Rasmussen and Marr Creating multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6495	By Senators McDermott, Marr, Fairley, Pridemore and Kline Requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing bodies. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6496	By Senators Marr, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt and Haugen Concerning craft distilleries. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6497	By Senators Delvin and Hewitt Financing regional centers in counties with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons that are acquired, constructed, financed, or owned by an existing city public facilities district with a population of at least forty-five thousand persons. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6498	By Senator Tom Modifying provisions concerning real estate licensure law. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6499	By Senators Weinstein, Delvin, Honeyford, Benton and Kline; by request of Attorney General Modifying provisions regulating spyware. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6500	By Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles, Stevens, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline, Spanel, Holmquist and Haugen; by request of Attorney General Authorizing leave sharing for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6501	By Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Morton, Hatfield and Rasmussen Regarding forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 6502	By Senators Oemig, Rasmussen and Kline Reducing the release of mercury into the environment. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6503	By Senators McDermott, Brandland, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Approving the segmented mathematics assessment as an alternative assessment. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6504	By Senators Hatfield, Swecker, Delvin, Regala, Schoesler, Morton, Pridemore and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Ecology Exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from SEPA. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6505	By Senator Tom Concerning nutrition labeling of food. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 6506	By Senators Marr, Carrell, Kastama and Parlette Creating a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 6507	By Senator McCaslin Allowing gifts under twenty dollars to municipal officers. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6508	By Senators Eide, Fraser, Murray, McDermott and Morton Authorizing the creation of beach management districts. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6509	By Senators Carrell and Morton Regarding leases of state-owned land for geoduck aquaculture. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 6510	By Senators Kastama, King, Shin and Rasmussen Providing a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 6511	By Senators Kastama, McAuliffe, Franklin, Rasmussen and Oemig Implementing the Washington state quality award program and/or the Baldridge national quality program as the public school accountability system. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 6512	By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Spanel, Shin and Tom Renaming Camano island's Livingston bay the "Floyd Jones flyway." Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 6513	By Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries, Department of Social and Health Services, Employment Security Department, Department of Licensing, Attorney General and Criminal Justice Training Commission Ensuring access to criminal justice information. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6514	By Senators Tom, McCaslin and Kline Regarding identifying real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6515	By Senators Pridemore, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Kastama, Kilmer, Rasmussen, Kline and Tom Modifying the tax treatment of energy savings performance contracts. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6516	By Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Swecker, Oemig, Murray, Hobbs, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Weinstein, Regala, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Prentice, McAuliffe, Kastama, Rasmussen, Franklin, Keiser, Kauffman, Fraser, Shin, Kline and Brandland; by request of Governor Gregoire Regarding greenhouse gases emissions and providing for green collar jobs. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6517	By Senators Schoesler, McCaslin, Sheldon, Carrell, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton and Roach Concerning the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6518	By Senators Schoesler, Carrell, Sheldon, Morton, Hewitt, Stevens, King, Benton and Roach Reducing business and occupation tax categories and rates. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6519	By Senators Parlette, Delvin, Hewitt, Stevens and McCaslin Establishing the duty of pharmacies to facilitate the delivery of lawfully prescribed drugs and devices to patients. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 6520	By Senators Tom, Oemig, McDermott and Kline Requiring additional information on property tax statements and notices of assessed value. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6521	By Senators McDermott, Fairley, Swecker, Kline and Oemig Concerning human remains. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6522	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Hargrove, Benton, Kauffman, Murray, Kline, Kilmer, Keiser, Tom, Shin, Delvin, Marr, Prentice, McAuliffe, Roach, Pridemore, Franklin, Rockefeller, Weinstein, Rasmussen and Eide Providing collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6523	By Senators Kline, McCaslin, Benton, Tom, Swecker, Pridemore, Kauffman, Carrell, Rasmussen and McAuliffe Establishing a Washington identity theft analysis center. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6524	By Senators Kline, Sheldon, Hobbs, Kauffman, Rasmussen and McAuliffe Authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6525	By Senators Kline, McCaslin, Tom, Weinstein and Swecker; by request of Department of Corrections Concerning the drug offender sentencing alternative. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6526	By Senators Kline, Tom, Pridemore, Swecker and Kohl-Welles Concerning firearms possession by persons who are involuntarily committed. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6527	By Senators Kastama and Kline Addressing the failure to transfer motor vehicle title and registration. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6528	By Senators Kastama and Kauffman Concerning the staffing and operational costs of the economic development commission. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 6529	By Senators Kastama, Pridemore, Shin and Rasmussen Providing incentives for economic development infrastructure projects. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.
	SB 6530	By Senators Regala, Oemig, Tom, Eide, Rockefeller, Kauffman, Keiser, Fraser, McDermott, Jacobsen, Shin, Fairley, Weinstein, Rasmussen, Kline, McAuliffe, Franklin, Kastama, Kohl-Welles and Kilmer Regarding the children's safe products act. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
	SB 6531	By Senator Haugen Addressing environmental mitigation in highway construction. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6532	By Senators Haugen and Keiser Authorizing city aquatic lands management agreements allowing cities to operate publicly owned marinas. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 6533	By Senators Kline, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Kauffman and McDermott Prohibiting discrimination based on lawful source of income. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6534	By Senators McAuliffe and Tom Regarding the revision of mathematics standards. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6535	By Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles Requiring an assessment of the need for teacher preparation programs for teachers of visually impaired and blind public school students. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6536	By Senators McAuliffe, King, Kauffman, Parlette, Franklin, Brandland, Murray, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Shin and Kohl-Welles Establishing best practices for students at risk. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6537	By Senator McAuliffe Imposing an admissions surcharge to fund extracurricular activities for middle and high schools. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6538	By Senators McAuliffe, Tom, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Kauffman, Kastama, Murray and Shin; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Creating programs to improve reading instruction. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6539	By Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Tom, Murray, Hobbs, Pridemore, Regala, Kastama, Fraser, Fairley, Hatfield and Eide Authorizing the higher education coordinating board to study the feasibility of a polytechnic college. Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 6540	By Senators Rasmussen, Swecker, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Jacobsen, Hargrove and Fairley Delaying requiring the reading and writing content areas of the WASL for high school graduation. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6541	By Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Franklin, Hobbs, Kastama, Swecker, Regala, McAuliffe and Jacobsen Allowing unpaid leaves of absence for military personnel needs. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6542	By Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Roach, Franklin, Marr, Shin, Kastama, Hatfield, Pflug, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Hargrove Providing a heating oil sales and use tax exemption. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6543	By Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles Creating a central Puget Sound regional tolling authority. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6544	By Senators Stevens, Honeyford, Pflug, Delvin, Holmquist, McCaslin, Swecker and Roach Increasing the sentencing range for first degree criminal mistreatment. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6545	By Senators Pflug, Carrell and Hewitt Requiring the reporting of traffic conditions during session meetings of the house and senate transportation committees. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6546	By Senators Brandland, Tom and Rasmussen Changing licensing provisions concerning driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6547	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton, Fairley, Delvin, Murray, Kastama, McDermott, Swecker, Keiser, Jacobsen, Regala, Franklin, McAuliffe, Fraser, Prentice, Shin, Rasmussen, Kline and Spanel Prohibiting discrimination in community athletics programs. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6548	By Senator Carrell Prohibiting patients at the special commitment center or less restrictive alternatives from having computer access. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6549	By Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, Tom, Weinstein, Franklin, Zarelli, Parlette, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles Creating the sustainable environment culminating project grant program. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SJM 8026	By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Kilmer, Hobbs, McCaslin, Morton, Rockefeller, Delvin, Kastama, King, Hatfield, Zarelli, Prentice, Fairley, Weinstein, Schoesler, Spanel, Eide, Tom, Brandland, Kauffman, Parlette, Regala, Hewitt, Oemig, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Haugen, McAuliffe, Shin, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Marr, Keiser, Pridemore, Sheldon, Kline and Franklin Requesting that the new Tacoma Narrows bridge be named the Bob Oke bridge. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SJM 8027	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Kauffman, Keiser, Shin, Murray, Pridemore, Spanel, Prentice, McAuliffe, Fairley, Fraser, Brown, Eide, Oemig, McDermott, Regala, Jacobsen, Kline and Haugen Acknowledging and reaffirming the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SJR 8224	By Senators Benton, Stevens, Carrell and Holmquist Providing a constitutional amendment to limit growth of assessed valuation of real property. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SJR 8225	By Senators Stevens, Benton, Honeyford, Morton, Delvin, Swecker, Holmquist, McCaslin, Roach and Carrell Requiring a sixty percent vote for emergency clauses. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	SHB 1102	By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Campbell, Green, McCune, Conway, Kirby, Appleton, McCoy, Ormsby, B. Sullivan, Hurst, Linville, O'Brien, Sullivan, Sells, Springer, Rolfes, Moeller, Wallace and Morrell) Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	HB 1127	By Representatives Morrell, Campbell, Green, VanDeWege, Sells, Takko, McDonald, Blake, Moeller, Kenney, Appleton, Flannigan, Hunt, Conway, Lantz, Kagi, Linville, Chase, Wallace, Ormsby, Haigh, Simpson, Hurst, Sullivan, Kelley, Rolfes, McCune, Haler and Santos Extending military leaves for public employees. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.