 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 2 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | 3rd Day - 2012 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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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=2012.
HB 2239
by Representatives Pedersen, Goodman, Rodne, and Hudgins; by request of Washington State Bar Association
Establishing social purpose corporations.
Establishes social purpose corporations.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
| Jan 11 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
| Jan 12 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2240
by Representatives Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, and Miloscia
Concerning public improvement contracts involving federally funded transit facility projects.
Addresses public improvement contracts involving transit facility projects funded, in whole or in part, by federal transportation funds.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2241
by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Pollet, Roberts, Dickerson, and Kenney
Reducing the introduction of lead into the aquatic environment.
Prohibits the sale or purchase of prohibited lead products.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2242
by Representatives Ryu, Jinkins, and Miloscia
Requiring the department of licensing to adopt rules regarding online learning for training in cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, and instruction.
Supports and encourages online learning opportunities for the study of theory for cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, and instructor-training.Requires the director of the department of licensing to adopt rules regarding distance or online learning.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2243
by Representatives Eddy, Morris, McCoy, Moeller, and Hudgins
Concerning the net metering of electricity.
Revises the definition of "customer-generator" for purposes of chapter 80.60 RCW (net metering of electricity).Increases the allowable electric generating nameplate capacity of a net metering system.Increases the cumulative generating available to net metering systems.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2244
by Representatives Hargrove, Sullivan, and Moeller
Concerning the liability of landowners for unintentional injuries that result from certain public or private airstrip operations.
Provides immunity from liability to certain landowners for unintentional injuries to members of the public using the land for aviation activities including, but not limited to, the operation of airplanes, ultra-light airplanes, hanggliders, parachutes, and paragliders.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2245
by Representatives Bailey, Haler, and Blake
Regarding the preservation and conservation of agricultural resource lands.
Finds that: (1) Each year, a significant amount of the state's agricultural land is irrevocably converted from actual or potential agricultural use to nonagricultural use; and(2) The program and project actions of certain parties, in many cases, inadvertently result in the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses where alternative actions would be preferred.Declares that it is the policy of the state to identify and take into account the adverse effects of these actions.Requires the department of ecology to add certain questions to the state environmental policy act environmental checklist form to assist the state in implementing the policy.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2246
by Representatives Eddy, Jinkins, Dickerson, and Roberts
Concerning medicaid fraud.
Establishes the medicaid fraud false claims act to provide the state with another tool to combat medicaid fraud.Establishes the crime of medicaid theft as a class B felony.Creates the medicaid fraud penalty account.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2247
by Representatives Green, Cody, Billig, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Maxwell, Jinkins, Finn, Moeller, and Ryu
Expanding the types of medications that a public or private school employee may administer to include topical medication, eye drops, and ear drops.
Allows certain public and private school employees to administer topical medication, eye drops, and ear drops to students.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2248
by Representatives Pearson, Johnson, Smith, Wilcox, Schmick, Haler, and Harris
Removing the payment of vehicle license fees and taxes from the issuance of gold star license plates.
Requires gold star license plates to be issued without payment of any vehicle license fee or excise tax.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2249
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Cody, Ryu, and Kenney
Creating a senior center license.
Authorizes a senior center license to be issued to a nonprofit organization whose primary service is providing recreational and social activities for seniors on the licensed premises that will permit the licensee to sell spirits by the individual glass, including mixed drinks and cocktails mixed on the premises only, beer and wine, at retail for consumption on the premises.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2250
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Pedersen, Carlyle, and Reykdal
Ensuring statewide consistency in the regulation of retail store carryout bags.
Authorizes retail store operators who provide plastic carryout bags to customers to establish, in lieu of a local ordinance banning or restricting carryout bags, an in-store recycling program for carryout bags.Provides that only a county may enact a local ordinance that bans, restricts, or otherwise regulates, taxes, or requires fees for the use of carryout bags in any geographic area located within a county.Prohibits cities, towns, and code cities from enacting local regulations regarding retail store carryout bags.Provides a business and occupation tax deduction on reasonable costs incurred by retail stores that are required by an act of county government to provide carryout bags made of paper to customers instead of plastic carryout bags.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2251
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Pedersen, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Ryu, and Kenney
Removing provisions relating to subversive activities.
Repeals chapter 9.81 RCW (subversive activities).
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2252
by Representative Fitzgibbon
Concerning proof of payment for certain transportation fares.
Requires persons traveling on public transportation to provide proof of payment for certain transportation fares.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2253
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Billig, and Jinkins
Modernizing the functionality of the state environmental policy act.
Modifies provisions relating to the functionality of the state environmental policy act.Creates the categorical exemption board to ensure that categorical exemptions and the environmental checklist process are updated periodically to reflect current conditions, to reduce duplicative rules and regulations, and to contain avoidable costs while still meeting environmental review objectives.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
| Jan 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2254
by Representatives Carlyle, Kagi, Reykdal, Darneille, Maxwell, Jinkins, Pedersen, Seaquist, Roberts, Dickerson, and Kenney
Enacting the educational success for youth and alumni of foster care act.
Establishes the educational success for youth and alumni of foster care act.Modifies provisions relating to: (1) The passport to college promise program;(2) The college bound scholarship program; and(3) Reporting and other duties of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of social and health services, the office of student financial assistance, and the education data center.Repeals the expiration of chapter 28B.117 RCW (passport to college promise program).
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2255
by Representatives Kirby and Bailey; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Concerning nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions.
Makes technical corrections, modernizes statutes, and streamlines enforcement authorities of nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2256
by Representatives Kelley, Bailey, Kirby, Rivers, Ryu, Condotta, Buys, and Stanford
Regulating the licensing of escrow agents.
Revises the definition of "escrow" for purposes of the escrow agent registration act.Exempts certain entities licensed under the escrow agent registration act from the provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2257
by Representatives Takko, Armstrong, Clibborn, Johnson, Springer, Ryu, Kristiansen, Rivers, and Billig
Changing the expiration date of the current allowable vehicle documentary service charge.
Changes the expiration of the current allowable vehicle documentary service charge.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2258
by Representatives Zeiger, Probst, Haler, Reykdal, Seaquist, Hasegawa, Fagan, Wilcox, Moeller, Ryu, and Kenney
Requiring an online higher education transfer and student advising system.
Requires the higher education coordinating board, in conjunction with the state board for community and technical colleges, the workforce training and education coordinating board, and the four-year institutions of higher education, to establish and maintain a statewide online transfer and student advising system.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2259
by Representatives Zeiger, Seaquist, Haler, and Roberts
Eliminating certain duplicative higher education reporting requirements.
Minimizes the regulatory burden on institutions of higher education by eliminating reporting requirements that are duplicative of federal reporting requirements.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2260
by Representatives Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Wylie, Asay, Nealey, Rivers, Finn, Reykdal, Moeller, and Miloscia
Increasing penalties for littering.
Increases penalties for certain littering violations.Requires a court to distribute one-third of litter cleanup restitution payments to the Washington conservation corps.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2261
by Representatives Takko, Reykdal, Orcutt, Wilcox, Jinkins, Finn, and Hudgins
Providing limited immunity for organizations making charitable donations of eye glasses or hearing instruments.
Provides immunity from liability, under certain circumstances, to charitable organizations providing previously owned eyeglasses or hearing instruments.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2262
by Representatives Kagi, Hinkle, Darneille, Ladenburg, Walsh, Goodman, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Roberts, Ryu, and Kenney
Regarding constraints of expenditures for WorkFirst and child care programs.
Modifies funding provisions relating to the temporary assistance for needy families block grant, the child care development fund, the working connections child care program, child care quality programs, and child care licensing functions.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2263
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Carlyle, Ladenburg, Darneille, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Roberts, Ryu, and Kenney
Reinvesting savings resulting from changes in the child welfare system.
Recognizes the need to reinvest savings related to foster care caseload reductions into effective efforts that improve outcomes.Maximizes limited resources by continuing to focus on efforts to improve child safety, child permanency, and child well-being.Requires the department of social and health services, in collaboration with the office of financial management and the caseload forecast council, to develop a methodology for calculating the savings.Creates the child and family reinvestment account.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2264
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Hinkle, Carlyle, Darneille, Jinkins, Roberts, Dickerson, and Ryu
Concerning performance-based contracting related to child welfare services.
Modifies the current system of contracting for services needed by children and families in the child welfare system by creating a flexible, accountable community-based system of care.Requires the department of social and health services and provider networks, through their collaborative efforts, to achieve certain goals.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2265
by Representatives Probst, Haler, Haigh, Rivers, Zeiger, Seaquist, Sells, Jinkins, Roberts, Hunt, Santos, Kelley, Finn, and Ryu
Establishing Washington works payments to increase graduation rates, address critical skill shortages, increase student success, and narrow the educational opportunity gap.
Establishes Washington works indicators for the state and for local school districts, community and technical colleges, four-year institutions of higher education, and workforce development councils.Establishes the Washington works account to reward districts, colleges, institutions, programs, and councils for performance on the Washington works indicators.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2266
by Representatives Dickerson, Hudgins, Lytton, Reykdal, Eddy, Dunshee, Billig, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, McCoy, Hunt, Pollet, Maxwell, Jinkins, Pedersen, Liias, Hansen, Orwall, Ryu, Kenney, Stanford, and Hunter
Concerning children's safe products.
Prohibits manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in this state, a children's product containing TRIS (as defined in section 1 of the act) in amounts greater than fifty parts per million in any component.Requires certain manufacturers of children's products whose product contains TRIS to submit to the department of ecology an alternatives assessment.Requires the department of ecology to provide technical assistance to any manufacturer required to conduct an alternatives assessment that requests assistance.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2267
by Representatives Angel, Johnson, Haler, Asay, Wilcox, and Bailey
Concerning traditional and alternative sewer systems.
Authorizes: (1) Counties to construct or authorize the construction and use of traditional sanitary sewer systems within and outside of urban growth areas; and(2) Counties and cities to construct or authorize the construction and use of alternative on or off-site sanitary sewer systems or services within their jurisdictional boundaries.Directs the state board of health and the department of ecology to promote the proper and effective use of nontraditional sewer systems and services.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2268
by Representatives Angel, Haler, Zeiger, Reykdal, Darneille, Kelley, Jinkins, and Hargrove
Establishing financial literacy as a high school graduation requirement.
Requires the state board of education to establish as a high school graduation requirement that students complete at least one-half credit in financial literacy.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2269
by Representatives Angel, Armstrong, and Johnson
Modifying certain license plate requirements.
Addresses the number of license plates required on certain vehicles and reflectivity and replacement fees for passenger vehicle license plates.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2270
by Representatives Angel, Armstrong, Johnson, and Finn
Concerning signage for automated traffic safety camera locations.
Modifies duties of local legislative authorities by requiring the adoption of a definition of "clearly marked" with regard to signage for automated traffic safety cameras.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HCR 4407
by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
Calling for a joint session.
Calls for a joint session.
| Jan 6 | Prefiled for introduction. | |
| Jan 9 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
| Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
HCR 4408
by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
Establishing cutoff dates for the 2012 regular session.
Establishes cutoff dates for the 2012 regular session.
| Jan 6 | Prefiled for introduction. | |
| Jan 9 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
| Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | ||
SB 5620-S2
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Keiser, and Parlette)
Requiring the certification of dental anesthesia assistants.
Prohibits a person from practicing or representing himself or herself as a certified dental anesthesia assistant without being certified by the dental quality assurance commission as having met the standards established for certification.Prohibits a certified dental anesthesia assistant from practicing or representing himself or herself as a registered dental assistant without being registered by the dental quality assurance commission as having met the standards for registration.
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 16 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 9:00 AM. | |
| Jan 9 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 10 | HEA - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5977-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Litzow, Eide, Shin, Haugen, Rolfes, Swecker, Fain, Frockt, Hobbs, Schoesler, Fraser, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Hatfield, Nelson, Harper, Regala, Hargrove, Tom, Pridemore, Keiser, Conway, Kline, McAuliffe, Sheldon, Parlette, Hewitt, Honeyford, Roach, Carrell, and Pflug)
Making the discover pass transferable between two vehicles.
Makes the discover pass and vehicle access pass transferable between two vehicles.Prohibits a state agency from refunding money for a discover pass or vehicle access pass issued before the effective date of the act.
| Dec 14 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 9 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 10 | ENRM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5978-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Keiser, Frockt, Conway, and Kohl-Welles)
Concerning medicaid fraud.
Establishes the medicaid fraud false claims act.Enacts a state false claims act in order to provide the state with another tool to combat medicaid fraud.Establishes the crime of medicaid theft as a class B felony.Creates the medicaid fraud penalty account.
| Dec 8 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 9 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 10 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6055
by Senators Eide, King, Hobbs, Haugen, Rolfes, Delvin, Fain, Shin, and Conway
Changing the expiration date of the current allowable vehicle documentary service charge.
Changes the expiration of the current allowable vehicle documentary service charge.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6056
by Senators Swecker, Pridemore, and Shin
Concerning legal defense funds of candidates and public officials.
Establishes the legal defense funds act.Requires disclosure of, and provides limitations on, donations given to or raised by public officials and candidates to fund their legal defense.Provides that the legal defense funds act constitutes the sole authority for soliciting or accepting donations to a separate legal defense fund created by or for a candidate or public official.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6057
by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Becker, Schoesler, Shin, and Delvin
Permitting recreation rock collecting, subject to certain restrictions.
Authorizes recreational rock collecting on state lands managed by the department of fish and wildlife, the department of natural resources, and the state parks and recreation commission.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6058
by Senators Regala and Prentice
Specifically authorizing single-sex classes.
Authorizes single-sex classes.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6059
by Senators Conway, Kastama, Shin, Kohl-Welles, and Roach
Establishing the veterans' raffle.
Establishes the veterans' raffle.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6060
by Senators Keiser, King, Kline, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Schoesler, and Holmquist Newbry
Allowing day spas to offer or supply without charge wine or beer by the individual glass to a customer for consumption on the premises.
Authorizes the offering or supplying of wine or beer by the individual glass, without charge, to a customer for consumption on the premises of a day spa.
| Jan 10 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SCR 8407
by Senators Brown and Hewitt
Notifying the Governor that the Legislature is ready to conduct business.
Notifies the governor that the legislature is ready to conduct business.
| Jan 9 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
| Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
SCR 8408
by Senators Brown and Hewitt
Specifying the status of bills, memorials, and resolutions for the 2012 regular session of the Sixty-second Legislature.
Specifies the status of bills, memorials, and resolutions for the 2012 regular session.
| Jan 9 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||
| Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, adopted. | ||