 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 6 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | 9th Day - 2011 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2011.
HB 1207
by Representative Overstreet
Complying with the constitutional requirement to set a starting time for regular legislative sessions.
Adds a regular session starting time of 12:00 p.m. to the applicable statute to comply with the constitutional requirement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1208
by Representatives Pearson, Hurst, Armstrong, Ross, Klippert, Schmick, Dammeier, Warnick, Haler, Smith, and Kristiansen
Requiring notification of sex offenders attending schools.
Modifies notification requirements of sex offenders attending schools.Requires a school district or department of public safety of an institution of higher education, that receives notice that a person who is required to register as a sex offender plans to attend the school, to notify certain parties.Requires school districts to collect residential addresses and e-mail addresses of parents, legal guardians, students who are eighteen years of age or older, and school district personnel.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1209
by Representatives Pearson, Ross, Armstrong, Klippert, Schmick, Warnick, Johnson, Haler, Smith, and Kristiansen
Improving the resources and tools community corrections officers and law enforcement need to perform their duties protecting the public.
Ensures the safety of the public while offenders are released into communities by: (1) Improving the monitoring of offenders on supervision;(2) Holding those who violate the conditions of supervision accountable for their actions; and(3) Providing community corrections officers increased flexibility in determining sanctions for supervision violations and in searches of offenders on community custody.Provides immunity from liability for community corrections officers under certain circumstances.Requires the department of corrections to develop a plan, using the existing staffing matrix, to reduce the supervision caseload of community corrections officers and increase partnerships such as the neighborhood corrections initiative.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1210
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Kretz, and Takko
Regarding the standardization of salmon fishing time for gill net gear and purse seine gear in Puget Sound.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission, upon authorizing commercial fishing for salmon with gill net or purse seine gear within certain waters, to adopt rules specifying weekly fishing schedules for both gear types that provide an equal amount of time opened during each week to take salmon with both gill net and purse seine gear types.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1211
by Representatives Rivers, Blake, Takko, Kretz, Van De Wege, Liias, Klippert, Smith, Chandler, Nealey, Fitzgibbon, Warnick, Moeller, Harris, and Condotta
Concerning utility donations to hunger programs.
Authorizes public utility districts, municipal utilities, code cities, gas companies, and electric companies to request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1212
by Representatives Lytton, Smith, Blake, and Warnick; by request of Department of Agriculture
Authorizing the department of agriculture to accept and expend gifts.
Authorizes the director of the department of agriculture to accept, expend, and retain certain gifts, grants, bequests, and contributions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
| Jan 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1213
by Representatives Asay, Miloscia, Armstrong, Hurst, Angel, Ladenburg, Fitzgibbon, and Warnick
Regulating pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers who deal with precious metal property.
Protects legitimate owners, consumers, pawnbrokers, and secondhand dealers by establishing and implementing stricter standards relating to transactions involving property consisting of gold and other precious metals.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1214
by Representatives Goodman and Rodne
Concerning private transfer fee obligations.
Establishes the private transfer fee obligation act.Declares that a private transfer fee obligation may not run with the title to property or otherwise bind subsequent owners of property under any common law or equitable principle.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1215
by Representatives Liias, Rodne, Goodman, and Kenney
Clarifying the application of the fifteen-day storage limit on liens for impounded vehicles.
Clarifies the application of the fifteen-day storage limit on liens for impounded vehicles.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1216
by Representatives Hudgins and Morris
Concerning digital copy machines used by public agencies.
Establishes rules for public agencies to follow when disposing of digital copy machines to protect consumer information and prevent identity theft.Requires the department of general administration to include in any digital copy machine contract a provision notifying the purchaser or lessor of their obligation to properly handle and dispose of any records stored on a digital copy machine before returning, selling, or disposing of the digital copy machine.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1217
by Representatives Ryu, Pedersen, Johnson, Klippert, Maxwell, Finn, Kenney, Santos, Springer, Ladenburg, Appleton, Liias, McCoy, Miloscia, Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Roberts, and Billig
Authorizing local authorities to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways.
Authorizes local authorities in their respective jurisdictions to establish a maximum speed limit of twenty miles per hour on a nonarterial highway that is within a residence district or business district.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1218
by Representatives Goodman and Rodne; by request of Statute Law Committee
Making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington.
Makes technical corrections to the RCW.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1219
by Representatives Rolfes and Appleton
Concerning license plates on the front of vehicles.
Authorizes the director of the department of licensing to furnish to persons making satisfactory application for a vehicle registration one license plate if the registered owner of the vehicle requests only one license plate.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1220
by Representatives Rolfes, Cody, Appleton, Frockt, Hinkle, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Hunt, Van De Wege, Moeller, and Kenney; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Regulating insurance rates.
Modifies insurance provisions relating to: (1) Public inspection of certain actuarial formulas, statistics, and assumptions;(2) Credit history and insurance scores; and(3) Certain items required to be filed with the insurance commissioner by insurers or rating organizations or by title insurers.Eliminates the insurance commissioner's authority to review and disapprove certain rates for individual products.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1221
by Representatives Finn, Rodne, Eddy, Shea, Klippert, and Kelley; by request of Washington State Bar Association
Regarding the rights of certain higher education students involved in military service.
Authorizes certain members of the Washington national guard or other military reserve component who is a student at an institution of higher education to make up classes, tests, examinations, laboratories, or events without prejudice to the final course grade or evaluation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1222
by Representatives Morris and Lytton
Authorizing limited expansions of urban growth areas into one hundred year floodplains in areas adjacent to a freeway interchange or interstate in counties wholly or partially bordering salt waters with more than one hundred thousand but fewer than one hundred fifty thousand residents.
Authorizes limited expansions of urban growth areas into one hundred year floodplains in certain areas.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1223
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Green, Darneille, Jinkins, Ladenburg, and Takko
Authorizing use of hearing officers for street vacation hearings.
Authorizes a legislative authority to appoint a hearing officer to conduct a public hearing to take testimony and evidence relating to a proposed street vacation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1224
by Representatives Green, Dammeier, Cody, Appleton, Darneille, Harris, and Roberts
Providing a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts related to the provision of mental health services.
Provides a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts received with respect to mental health services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1225
by Representatives Angel, Takko, Warnick, Van De Wege, and Fitzgibbon
Clarifying the method for calculating port commissioner compensation.
Clarifies the method of calculating public port district commissioner compensation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1226
by Representatives Dunshee, Fitzgibbon, Roberts, Hunt, Dickerson, Anderson, Ryu, Maxwell, Sullivan, Reykdal, Stanford, Haigh, Frockt, Appleton, Kenney, Cody, Santos, Green, and Rolfes
Creating the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program.
Creates the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program to provide for spaying and neutering of feral and free-roaming cats and companion animals owned by low-income individuals.Requires the department of social and health services to administer the program.Authorizes private veterinarians, private veterinary practices, animal care and control agencies, and nonprofit organizations whose services include performing spay and neuter surgeries on companion animals to apply to the department to participate in the program.Creates the companion animal spay/neuter assistance account.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1227
by Representatives Ross, Taylor, Chandler, Hinkle, Warnick, Armstrong, Johnson, Moeller, Harris, and Condotta
Concerning the waiver of restaurant corkage fees.
Allows wineries and restaurants to make agreements as to whether to charge a corkage fee without restriction or regulation under the tied-house laws.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1228
by Representatives Green, Jinkins, Schmick, Hinkle, and Appleton
Regarding naturopathic physicians.
Revises scope of practice provisions for naturopathic physicians.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1229
by Representatives Moscoso, Armstrong, and Kenney; by request of Department of Licensing
Concerning the certification of commercial driver's license holders and applicants.
Modifies commercial driver's license provisions relating to: (1) Applications for a license;(2) Medical variance certification;(3) Notification to commercial driver's license information system of certain required information; and(4) Definition of "type of driving" which includes excepted and nonexcepted interstate and excepted and nonexcepted intrastate.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1230
by Representatives Hudgins, Ormsby, Springer, Cody, Fitzgibbon, and Kenney
Authorizing public safety authorities.
Establishes regional public safety authority planning committees to create and propose to jurisdictions a regional public safety authority plan to design, finance, and develop police service projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1231
by Representatives Takko, Armstrong, Condotta, Warnick, Van De Wege, Crouse, Blake, and Rodne
Limiting liability for making certain land and water areas available for recreational use under a hydroelectric license.
Addresses hydroelectric project owners' liability for unintentional injuries.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1232
by Representative Appleton
Addressing secure community transition facilities.
Modifies provisions relating to secure community transition facilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1233
by Representatives Pearson, Chandler, Kristiansen, Harris, McCune, and Haler
Streamlining state environmental permitting through the elimination of the hydraulics project approval process.
Removes the hydraulic project approval process responsibilities from the department of fish and wildlife and relies on the government infrastructure and other environmental programs to provide the vital role of protecting fish life and habitat.Saves the state nearly nine million dollars in general fund moneys each biennium and allows the department of fish and wildlife to free the resources necessary to pursue its primary management responsibilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1234
by Representatives Moscoso, Hope, Klippert, Lytton, Johnson, Rivers, Jinkins, Ladenburg, Ryu, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, and Maxwell
Addressing law enforcement crime prevention efforts regarding security alarm systems and crime watch programs for residential and commercial locations.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, information collected by law enforcement agencies pursuant to local security alarm system ordinances or programs and vacation crime watch programs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1235
by Representatives Moscoso, Goodman, Appleton, Pettigrew, Liias, Darneille, Kenney, and Roberts
Concerning the privacy of nonconviction records.
Establishes the records privacy act of 2011.Provides clarity in the information publicly disseminated by the courts and other criminal justice agencies about individuals in order to protect people's privacy by having the courts and other criminal justice agencies provide information to the public that does not involve either an unfiled case or a case that resulted in an exonerating disposition.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1236
by Representatives Warnick, Hinkle, Condotta, Armstrong, Klippert, and Moeller; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of judges to be elected in Grant county.
Increases the number of judges to be elected in Grant county.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1237
by Representatives Haler, Clibborn, Klippert, and Moeller
Concerning federal selective service registration upon application for an instruction permit, intermediate license, driver's license, or identicard.
Provides an opportunity to register as required by the military selective service act when applying for certain drivers' licenses, permits, or identicards.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1238
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Rivers, Klippert, McCune, Kretz, Taylor, Haler, Takko, Short, and Condotta
Changing the age requirement for possession of pistols.
Authorizes a person eighteen years of age or older to possess a concealed pistol license.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1239
by Representatives Orcutt, Hunter, Johnson, and Rivers
Allowing the department of revenue to issue a notice of lien to secure payment of delinquent excise taxes in lieu of a warrant.
Authorizes the department of revenue, to secure payment of a tax warrant, to issue a notice of lien against real property in which the taxpayer against whom the warrant was issued has an ownership interest.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1240
by Representatives Orcutt, Rivers, Angel, Haler, Johnson, McCune, Kretz, Taylor, Harris, and Condotta
Establishing a moratorium on the imposition of impact fees.
Establishes a moratorium on the imposition of impact fees.Expires June 30, 2013.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1241
by Representatives Orcutt, Rivers, and Haler
Limiting the disclosure of death certificates.
Addresses the reproduction and disclosure of death certificates.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1242
by Representatives Orcutt and Rivers
Regarding annual backflow preventer inspections and tests.
Prohibits purveyors of public water systems from conducting annual backflow preventer inspections and tests required by certain rules.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1243
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Haigh, Smith, Johnson, Kelley, Finn, Warnick, Moeller, Harris, Roberts, McCune, Stanford, Haler, Taylor, and Condotta
Concerning crimes against animals belonging to another person.
Addresses the crime of killing or causing substantial bodily harm to certain wildlife or livestock belonging to another person.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5138
by Senators Hargrove and King
Requiring driver's license and instruction permit applicants to provide their social security number or proof of lawful presence in the United States.
Requires an applicant, in order to apply for a driver's license or instruction permit, to provide his or her social security number or, if the applicant has not been issued a social security number, proof that the applicant is lawfully within the United States.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5139
by Senators Hargrove and Shin
Creating a claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Provides redress for those who have been wrongly convicted and subsequently imprisoned.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5140
by Senators Hargrove, Tom, and King; by request of Department of Corrections
Allowing the department of corrections to deport criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence.
Authorizes deportation of criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5141
by Senators Rockefeller, Haugen, Delvin, Benton, Kilmer, Swecker, Hatfield, Sheldon, Shin, and Roach
Limiting the issuance of motorcycle instruction permits.
Limits the issuance of motorcycle instruction permits.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5142
by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Nelson, Shin, Pflug, Sheldon, King, and Roach
Regarding alternative learning programs.
Prohibits a school district from advertising or marketing full-time enrollment in an alternative learning experience as a home-based instruction program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5143
by Senators McAuliffe and Shin
Addressing the annexation of unincorporated areas served by fire protection districts.
Exempts annexations of territory within a fire protection district from potential review by a boundary review board.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5144
by Senators McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Nelson, Keiser, Tom, Shin, and Conway
Requiring registration of animal abusers.
Requires the registration of animal abusers and authorizes the release of certain information on animal abusers.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5145
by Senators White, Swecker, Shin, Nelson, and Harper
Concerning landscape conservation and local infrastructure.
Enables local governments to finance certain infrastructure investments and to incentivize development right transfers in the central Puget Sound.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5146
by Senator Honeyford
Concerning the disclosure of certain information regarding patented or trademarked fruit.
Addresses disclosure of the production, interstate trade, and export of patented or trademarked fruit.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5147
by Senators Hargrove and Shin
Removing the mandatory retirement age for judges.
Eliminates the mandatory retirement age for judges.Provides that the act takes effect January 1, 2012, if the proposed amendment to Article IV, section 3(a) of the state Constitution, eliminating the mandatory retirement age for judges, is approved by the voters at the next general election.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5148
by Senators Keiser, Becker, and Conway
Regarding statutory changes needed to implement a waiver to receive federal assistance for certain state purchased public health care programs.
Implements a waiver to receive federal assistance for certain state-purchased public health care programs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5149
by Senators Keiser, Becker, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Conway, and Kline
Requiring the department of health to collect current and past employment information in the cancer registry program.
Requires the department of health to report a patient's employment information in the cancer registry program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5150
by Senators Kohl-Welles and Hewitt
Creating a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores.
Requires the liquor control board to establish a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores to promote the sponsor's products.Expires December 1, 2012.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5151
by Senators Chase, Murray, Haugen, Nelson, Kline, Tom, Kohl-Welles, Shin, and Conway
Creating the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program.
Creates the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program to provide for spaying and neutering of feral and free-roaming cats and companion animals owned by low-income individuals.Requires the department of health to administer the program.Authorizes private veterinarians, private veterinary practices, animal care and control agencies, and nonprofit organizations whose services include performing spay and neuter surgeries on companion animals to apply to the department to participate in the program.Creates the companion animal spay/neuter assistance account.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5152
by Senators Pflug, Keiser, and Kohl-Welles
Regarding naturopathic physicians.
Revises scope of practice provisions for naturopathic physicians.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5153
by Senator Nelson
Expanding provisions relating to candidates appearing on the general election ballot.
Prohibits a primary from being held for any single position in any partisan primary if, after the last day allowed for candidates to withdraw, there are no more than two candidates filed for the position.Requires the county auditor to notify the affected candidates.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5154
by Senators Harper, Kline, Pflug, Hobbs, Ericksen, Rockefeller, Nelson, and Roach
Modifying vehicle prowling provisions.
Revises penalties for the crime of vehicle prowling in the second degree.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5155
by Senators Prentice, Keiser, and Chase
Authorizing public safety authorities.
Establishes regional public safety authority planning committees to create and propose to jurisdictions a regional public safety authority plan to design, finance, and develop police service projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5156
by Senators Kohl-Welles, King, Keiser, Delvin, and Conway
Concerning airport lounges under the alcohol beverage control act.
Authorizes a license to allow a VIP airport lounge operator to sell or otherwise provide spirits, wine, and beer solely for consumption on the premises of a VIP airport lounge.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5157
by Senators Murray, Prentice, White, Swecker, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, and Shin
Concerning the operation of foreign trade zones on property adjacent to but outside a port district.
Authorizes a port district to apply for permission to establish, operate, and maintain foreign trade zones on property adjacent to but outside the district under certain circumstances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5158
by Senators Ericksen and Sheldon
Regarding the forest practices permitting system.
Increases the amount of time an application to conduct a forest practice is effective.Authorizes renewal of an application for an additional five years under certain circumstances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5159
by Senators Schoesler, Conway, Fain, Holmquist Newbry, Carrell, Murray, Becker, Haugen, Hobbs, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Roach, McAuliffe, and Kilmer; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Authorizing the transfer of service credit and contributions into the Washington state patrol retirement system by members who served as commercial vehicle enforcement officers and communications officers and then became commissioned troopers in the Washington state patrol.
Authorizes the transfer of service credit and contributions into the Washington state patrol retirement system by certain members.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5160
by Senators Conway, Kohl-Welles, Schoesler, Murray, Hobbs, Rockefeller, and Kilmer; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Increasing the duty-related death benefit for public employees.
Increases the duty-related death benefit for public employees.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5161
by Senators Fain, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Conway, Delvin, Carrell, Murray, Hobbs, Pridemore, and Rockefeller; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Addressing the definition of employer for certain public corrections entities formed by counties or cities under RCW 39.34.030.
Includes certain public corrections entities in the definition of "employer" as used in chapter 41.37 RCW (Washington public safety employees' retirement system).
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5162
by Senators Murray, Schoesler, Conway, Hobbs, Carrell, and Rockefeller; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Addressing public employees' annuities and retirement plans.
Addresses public employees' annuities and retirement plans.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5163
by Senators Hobbs, Schoesler, Conway, Rockefeller, Murray, Kohl-Welles, Roach, and Kilmer; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Providing a partial lump sum benefit payment option for certain survivors of active members of the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
Provides a partial lump sum benefit payment option for certain survivors of active members of the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5164
by Senators Schoesler and Delvin
Concerning the registration of charitable organizations.
Revises the duration of a registration for a charitable organization.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5165
by Senators Schoesler, Pridemore, and Holmquist Newbry
Limiting changes to commissioner districts during commissioner elections and election filing periods.
Limits when the lines of a commissioner district may be changed.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5166
by Senators Schoesler, King, Hatfield, Morton, Honeyford, Hewitt, and Roach
Allowing off-road vehicles on public highways in certain areas.
Allows off-road vehicles on certain public highways.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5167
by Senators Schoesler, Murray, Honeyford, Pridemore, Kilmer, and Tom
Concerning tax statute clarifications and technical corrections.
Makes technical corrections and clarifications to certain tax statutes.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5168
by Senators Prentice, Kline, Regala, Chase, and Kohl-Welles
Reducing maximum sentences for gross misdemeanors by one day.
Reduces the maximum sentence for a gross misdemeanor.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5169
by Senators Rockefeller, Kilmer, and Shin
Encouraging economic development by exempting certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
Exempts certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 5170
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Parlette, Kohl-Welles, and Kline; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of judges to be elected in Grant county.
Increases the number of judges to be elected in Grant county.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5171
by Senators Hobbs, Roach, Swecker, Pridemore, Shin, King, Kilmer, Hill, Keiser, and McAuliffe; by request of Secretary of State
Facilitating voting for service and overseas voters.
Modifies voting provisions for service and overseas voters.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5172
by Senators Brown, Harper, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Kline
Authorizing the use of short-term, on-site child care for the children of facility employees.
Authorizes short-term, on-site child care for children of facility employees.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5173
by Senators Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Hewitt, King, Holmquist Newbry, and Tom
Concerning the waiver of restaurant corkage fees.
Allows wineries and restaurants to make agreements as to whether to charge a corkage fee without restriction or regulation under the tied-house laws.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5174
by Senators Chase, McAuliffe, Prentice, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, Shin, and Kline
Encouraging instruction in the history of civil rights.
Encourages school districts to prepare and conduct a program to commemorate the history of civil rights in our nation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5175
by Senators Haugen, King, White, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire
Making 2009-11 supplemental transportation appropriations.
Makes 2009-2011 supplemental transportation appropriations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5176
by Senators Haugen, King, White, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire
Making 2011-13 transportation appropriations.
Makes 2011-2013 transportation appropriations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5177
by Senator Carrell
Concerning the licensure of locksmiths.
Establishes a locksmith license.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5178
by Senators Carrell and Stevens
Addressing access to original birth certificates after adoption finalization.
Modifies provisions relating to noncertified copies of original birth certificates after adoption finalization.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5179
by Senator Carrell
Regulating real property transfer fees.
Regulates real property transfer fees.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5180
by Senators Prentice, Holmquist Newbry, Hatfield, Schoesler, and Shin
Clarifying the method for calculating port commissioner compensation.
Clarifies the method of calculating public port district commissioner compensation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5181
by Senators Parlette, Kilmer, Zarelli, Murray, Litzow, Rockefeller, Stevens, Becker, Baumgartner, and Hill
Creating a statutory limitation on state debts.
Establishes limitations on state debt.Requires the state finance committee to annually compute the amount required to pay principal of and interest on the state's outstanding debt.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5182
by Senators White, Tom, Hill, Zarelli, Murray, Ericksen, Prentice, Hobbs, and Nelson
Establishing the office of student financial assistance by eliminating the higher education coordinating board and transferring its functions to various entities.
Creates the student financial assistance advisory board.Creates the office of student financial assistance in the office of financial management to administer state and federal financial aid and other education services programs.Abolishes the higher education coordinating board and transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the board pertaining to: (1) Student financial assistance to the office of student financial assistance;(2) Adoption of statewide gender equity rules, adoption of minimum college admission standards, program approval, branch campus expansion, the education cost study, and the purchase or lease of major off-campus facilities to the office of financial management; and(3) Degree-granting institutions, approval of health sciences and services authorities, and the approval of veterans' programs to the workforce training and education coordinating board.Directs the office of financial management to produce an assessment every two years of the number and type of higher education and training credentials required to match employer demand for a skilled and educated workforce.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5183
by Senators White, Swecker, Prentice, Roach, Sheldon, Fain, Eide, Hobbs, Brown, Nelson, Haugen, Harper, Pridemore, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Regala, Hatfield, Kastama, Rockefeller, Kline, Kilmer, Murray, Ranker, Keiser, Shin, Parlette, and Hargrove
Recognizing "Native American Heritage Day."
Declares the fourth Friday in November as Native American Heritage Day.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5184
by Senators Schoesler, King, Carrell, Delvin, and Holmquist Newbry
Regarding compliance reports for second-class school districts.
Authorizes second-class school districts to annually submit a condensed compliance report to the superintendent of public instruction.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop a condensed compliance report form for second-class school districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5185
by Senators Delvin, Sheldon, Becker, Honeyford, Swecker, Stevens, Benton, Holmquist Newbry, Zarelli, Baumgartner, King, Schoesler, Hewitt, Ericksen, and Roach
Temporarily suspending certain motorcycle rules when operating in parades or public demonstrations.
Suspends certain motorcycle rules temporarily when operating in connection with a parade or a public demonstration.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5186
by Senators Kastama, Delvin, and Eide
Prohibiting skiing in areas closed to skiing.
Prohibits a person from skiing on a ski slope, trail, or area that is designated by a ski area operator as closed to the public and that has signs posted indicating the closure.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 5187
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Hargrove, Stevens, and Carrell
Concerning the accountability of mental health professionals employed by an evaluation and treatment facility for communicating with a parent or guardian about the option of parent-initiated mental health treatment.
Expands the duties of a mental health professional.Provides that failure to fulfill certain duties constitutes unprofessional conduct.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5188
by Senators Becker, Haugen, Swecker, Stevens, King, Fain, Delvin, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Harmonizing certain traffic control signal provisions relative to yellow change intervals and certain fine amount limitations.
Harmonizes and makes uniform certain legal provisions relating to traffic control signals.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SJR 8204
by Senators Hargrove, Rockefeller, and Fraser
Eliminating the mandatory retirement age for judges.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to eliminate the mandatory retirement age for judges.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SJR 8205
by Senator Carrell
Repealing a conflicting residency requirement for voting in a presidential election.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to repeal a conflicting residency requirement for voting in a presidential election.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |