 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 13, 2012 | 5th Day - 2012 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.
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HB 2348
by Representatives Reykdal, Probst, Sells, Anderson, Ormsby, Kenney, Moscoso, Hunter, Ladenburg, and Tharinger
Strengthening Washington's workforce development system by providing greater focus and better alignment of roles and responsibilities, and transferring administration of title I-B of the workforce investment act to the workforce training and education coordinating board.
Transfers powers, functions, and duties of the employment security department's worksource standards and integration division, pertaining to the administration of title I-B of the workforce investment act, to the workforce training and education coordinating board.Requires workforce development councils to establish as their primary missions: (1) Developing a workforce with the skills most needed by top industries targeted for growth and recruitment including, but not limited to, aerospace, biotechnology, and information technology; and (2) Increasing the percentage of Washington households living in the middle-income bracket or higher.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2349
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Billig, Short, Hinkle, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, and McCune
Concerning the management of beavers.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Offer a beaver relocation permit at no charge;(2) If it undertakes the trapping of nuisance or problem-causing beavers, capture the beavers with a live trap and work with the holders of beaver relocation permits to relocate the beavers;(3) Keep records of all nuisance beaver calls, requests for relocation, and relocated beavers; and(4) Develop a beaver damage management plan.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2350
by Representatives Sullivan and Van De Wege
Merging plan 1 and plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.
Merges plan 1 and plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2351
by Representatives Taylor, Pearson, and McCune
Concerning compensation for wildlife damage.
Modifies wildlife damage compensation provisions relating to: (1) Duties of the department of fish and wildlife; and(2) Payment of claims for damage to commercial crops or commercial livestock.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2352
by Representatives Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Zeiger, Kenney, Maxwell, Haler, Green, Jinkins, Sells, Moscoso, Ormsby, Pollet, Billig, Anderson, Probst, Lytton, Wylie, Ladenburg, Kelley, Angel, and Hunt
Concerning institutions of higher education services and activities fees.
Prohibits the services and activities fee committee from being limited in the program or instructional activities they consider and recommend to the governing board that preserves educational program quality and the ability of students to complete their programs of study.Requires institutions of higher education, in coordination with the services and activities fee committee, to post services and activities fees expenditure information for the prior academic year on their web site.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2353
by Representatives Liias and Condotta
Allowing lunch breaks for registered tow truck operators while requiring reasonable availability.
Authorizes a registered tow truck operator to close the business office for a lunch break not to exceed one hour under certain circumstances.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2354
by Representatives Orwall, Asay, Hurst, Upthegrove, Armstrong, Ladenburg, and Kenney
Adding trafficking in stolen property in the first and second degrees to the six-year statute of limitations provisions.
Prohibits trafficking in stolen property in the first degree and second degree from being prosecuted more than six years after their commission or discovery, whichever occurs later.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2355
by Representatives Armstrong, Clibborn, Johnson, and Rivers
Concerning the use of alternative traction devices on tires under certain conditions.
Allows the use of alternative traction devices on tires when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 17 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2356
by Representatives Warnick, Dunshee, Haigh, Buys, Van De Wege, and Tharinger
Concerning state capital funding of health and safety improvements at agricultural fairs.
Authorizes the department of agriculture, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, to provide capital funding to local governments and nonprofit organizations, on a competitive basis, to support capital projects that make health or safety improvements to agricultural fair grounds or fair facilities.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2357
by Representatives Darneille, Kirby, Ladenburg, Green, Jinkins, Kagi, and Tharinger
Concerning sales and use tax for chemical dependency, mental health treatment, and therapeutic courts.
Modifies provisions relating to the sales and use tax for chemical dependency, mental health treatment, and therapeutic courts.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2358
by Representatives Reykdal, Angel, Moscoso, Dunshee, Ormsby, Sells, Van De Wege, Kenney, Hunt, and Santos
Requiring training for eligibility for certain electrician certifications.
Requires applicants for a journeyman certificate of competency or a specialty electrician certificate of competency to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department of labor and industries, completion of in-class education.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2359
by Representatives Reykdal, Ormsby, Pollet, Sells, Moscoso, Lytton, Wylie, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Kenney, and Santos
Addressing the industrial insurance medical provider network with respect to provider treatment or procedures ordered by the board of industrial insurance appeals or a court and provider appeals.
Prohibits the department of labor and industries from removing a provider from the industrial insurance medical provider network for failure to follow the department's coverage decisions or treatment guidelines or policies if the treatment or procedure performed by the provider was ordered by the board of industrial insurance appeals or a court.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2360
by Representatives Stanford, Rivers, and Ryu
Concerning deposit and investment provisions for the prearrangement trust funds of cemetery authorities and funeral establishments.
Modifies provisions relating to deposits and investments for prearrangement trust funds of cemetery authorities and funeral establishments.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2361
by Representatives Kirby, Bailey, Kelley, Parker, Rivers, Buys, Blake, Hurst, Condotta, and Pollet
Concerning usage-based automobile insurance.
Eliminates existing regulatory barriers to offering usage-based automobile insurance policies and authorizes the insurance commissioner to approve the offering of such policies.Exempts from public inspection, information associated with an auto insurance filing for a usage or mileage-based insurance product that constitutes a trade secret.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2362
by Representatives Haler, Blake, and Chandler
Regarding wine producer liens.
Provides that starting on the date a producer of vinifera grapes delivers vinifera grapes to a wine producer, the producer has a first priority statutory lien, referred to as a wine producer lien.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2363
by Representatives Goodman, Kenney, Orwall, Darneille, Ryu, Roberts, Appleton, Dickerson, Ladenburg, Reykdal, Jinkins, Santos, and Kagi
Protecting victims of domestic violence and harassment.
Modifies domestic violence and harassment provisions relating to: (1) Name change petitions;(2) Defendant's violation of court order, gross misdemeanor;(3) Issuance, reissuance, and extension of no-contact order;(4) Requirements for court appearance;(5) Disclosure of information in cases involving domestic violence or child abuse;(6) Regional domestic violence fatality review panels; and(7) Address confidentiality program participant information.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a statewide study to assess recidivism by domestic violence offenders and assess domestic violence perpetrator treatment.Provides that section 12 of the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2364
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Dunshee, Armstrong, Hinkle, Orcutt, Lytton, Van De Wege, Kretz, Wilcox, Tharinger, and McCune; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Regarding enforcement of fish and wildlife violations.
Modifies provisions relating to enforcement of fish and wildlife violations.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2365
by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Dunshee, and McCune; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Regarding large wild carnivore conflict management.
Defines "large wild carnivore" which includes wild bears, cougars, and wolves.Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife from paying more than fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state wildlife account for claims and assessment costs for injury or loss of commercial livestock caused by large wild carnivores.Prohibits a person from negligently or intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or negligently or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2366
by Representatives Orwall, Bailey, McCune, Jinkins, Upthegrove, Maxwell, Ladenburg, Kenney, Van De Wege, and Darneille
Requiring certain health professionals to complete education in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
Requires certain mental health professionals to: (1) Complete training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management prior to licensure; and(2) Engage in continued training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management as part of their continuing education requirements.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2367
by Representatives Buys, Lytton, Chandler, Blake, Fagan, Wilcox, and Overstreet
Regarding the dairy products commission.
Modifies provisions relating to the dairy products commission.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2368
by Representatives Seaquist, Hasegawa, Probst, Hunt, McCoy, Sells, Appleton, Moscoso, Maxwell, Kenney, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Finn, Lytton, Upthegrove, Dickerson, Moeller, Hudgins, Ladenburg, Darneille, Kagi, and Tharinger
Requiring that at least one member on each community college board of trustees be from labor.
Requires the boards of trustees in certain college districts to include at least one member from labor.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2369
by Representatives Sells and Dammeier
Authorizing regional transit authorities to use the job order contracting procedure.
Authorizes regional transit authorities to use the job order contracting procedure.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2370
by Representatives Billig, Jinkins, Cody, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Green, Lytton, Ryu, Moscoso, Ladenburg, Maxwell, Tharinger, Finn, Pedersen, Reykdal, Hansen, Hunt, Ormsby, Clibborn, Moeller, Kenney, and Santos
Including health in the state transportation system policy goals.
Expands the existing goals, objectives, and responsibilities related to the operation of an efficient statewide transportation system to include the health of the state's citizens.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2371
by Representatives Pearson, Kelley, Haler, Warnick, and McCune
Improving state agency risk management practices.
Establishes the risk management review process to evaluate claims information of state agencies with relatively high claim payments in order to identify claim trends and patterns, and opportunities for corrective action.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2372
by Representatives Pollet, Kenney, Reykdal, Dickerson, Jinkins, Wylie, Hasegawa, Pettigrew, Billig, Pedersen, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Blake, Finn, Eddy, and Kagi
Concerning fees and rates for tow truck services and vehicle storage.
Adds the definition of "voluntary tow" to chapter 46.55 RCW (towing and impoundment).Requires the department of licensing, in consultation with the utilities and transportation commission, to set the fee for each original tow truck operator registration and annual renewal to cover the costs of administration.Requires the utilities and transportation commission to make, fix, alter, and amend just, fair, and reasonable maximum rates for tow truck services and vehicle storage.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2373
by Representatives Van De Wege and Tharinger
Concerning the state's management of its recreational resources.
Repeals existing provisions relating to the discover pass, the day-use permit, and the recreation access pass account and creates new modified provisions.Changes the name of the parks and recreation commission to the parks and recreation department.Requires the director of the parks and recreation department to be appointed by the governor.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2374
by Representatives Kenney, Smith, Finn, Maxwell, Ryu, Orcutt, and Ahern
Concerning associate development organizations.
Modifies provisions relating to associate development organizations.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Housing. | |
| Jan 16 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Housing at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2375
by Representatives Appleton and Hunt
Making conforming amendments made necessary by reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Makes technical corrections relating to the reorganizing and streamlining of central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2376
by Representatives McCune and Santos
Requiring the labeling of ceremonially or religiously prepared foods.
Requires ceremonially or religiously prepared food, before it is sold or offered for sale, to be labeled as ceremonially or religiously prepared food.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2377
by Representatives McCune and Ahern
Enacting the American heritage act for Washington state.
Establishes the American heritage act for Washington state.Prohibits school districts from censoring or restricting instruction in United States or Washington state history or heritage based on religious references.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2378
by Representatives McCune, Orwall, Ahern, Finn, Kelley, and Ryu
Allowing for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses and identicards.
Authorizes a person to apply to the department of licensing to obtain a veteran designation on a driver's license or an identicard.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2379
by Representatives McCune, Ahern, Wilcox, and Pearson
Providing a sales and use tax exemption for mobility enhancing equipment used by disabled veterans in vehicle adaptations.
Exempts from sales and use taxes, mobility enhancing equipment for use in a motor vehicle registered to a disabled veteran or to charges made for labor and services rendered in respect to the mobility enhancing equipment.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2380
by Representative McCune
Modifying the goals of a basic education.
Modifies basic education provisions relating to goals of school districts.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2381
by Representative McCune
Concerning public access to instructional material used in public schools.
Requires the board of directors of each school district to make available to the public in a single location, a complete set of the textbooks, pamphlets, workbooks, and other instructional materials, including online materials, used for instruction in each classroom in each school in the district.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2382
by Representatives McCune, Overstreet, Shea, Angel, Ahern, and Klippert
Protecting the constitutionally guaranteed right to the lawful possession of firearms during an emergency.
Prohibits the governor or any governmental entity or political subdivision of the state, during the continuance of a state of emergency, from imposing any restriction on the possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition that is otherwise authorized or guaranteed by law.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2383
by Representatives Kelley, Dammeier, Kirby, Bailey, Ladenburg, Zeiger, and Jinkins
Concerning the definition of debt adjusters.
Exempts from the definition of "debt adjuster," independent entities that hold or administer a dedicated bank account.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2384
by Representatives Hudgins, Bailey, Kirby, Condotta, Pedersen, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Stanford, Upthegrove, Billig, Liias, and Ladenburg
Regulating personal vehicle sharing programs.
Regulates personal vehicle sharing programs.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2385
by Representatives Jinkins, Liias, Moeller, Reykdal, Pedersen, and Roberts; by request of Secretary of State
Concerning the disclosure of information of an address confidentiality program participant contained in state registered domestic partnership applications and records.
Prohibits the secretary of state from making available for inspection or copying, the name and address of a program participant, who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking, contained in state registered domestic partnership applications and records.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2386
by Representatives Walsh, Cody, Asay, Green, Armstrong, Schmick, Kelley, Roberts, Jinkins, Santos, Ryu, Wylie, Darneille, Dickerson, Bailey, Tharinger, Probst, Haler, Finn, Orcutt, Liias, Pollet, and Kenney
Allowing medicare supplemental insurance premiums to be deducted from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
Allows the deduction of medigap and medicare supplemental insurance premiums from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2387
by Representatives Kristiansen and Pearson
Allowing special year tabs for persons with disabilities on all special license plates.
Makes special license plates with a special year tab for persons with disabilities available on any special license plate.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2388
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, Takko, Short, Rivers, Hurst, Overstreet, and McCune
Exempting certain forest practices from the requirements of the hydraulic code.
Exempts certain forest practices from hydraulic code requirements.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2389
by Representative Orcutt
Modifying the submission dates for economic and revenue forecasts.
Changes the dates for submission of economic and revenue forecasts.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6123
by Senators Hatfield, Sheldon, Swecker, Hargrove, Carrell, Conway, Becker, King, Benton, Delvin, Fain, Ericksen, Ranker, Honeyford, Schoesler, Pridemore, Roach, Stevens, and Chase
Creating "National Rifle Association" special license plates.
Creates "national rifle association" special license plates.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6124
by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Schoesler, and Shin
Harmonizing certain agricultural terms to be consistent with other state laws.
Revises the definition of "agricultural activity" and "agricultural land" to provide consistency with other statutes.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6125
by Senators Regala, Swecker, Pridemore, Carrell, and Shin
Changing authority for contracts with community service organizations for public improvements.
Authorizes a port district to contract with certain community service organizations for public improvements.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6126
by Senators Frockt, Keiser, Chase, Nelson, Kline, and Murray
Concerning dental practitioners.
Addresses dental practitioners and dental hygiene practitioners.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6127
by Senators Prentice, Chase, Kline, Brown, Shin, Keiser, and Murray
Extending the time period for voter registration.
Allows election day registration to increase voter turnout.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6128
by Senators Prentice and Brown
Allowing eligible youth at least sixteen years of age to register to vote.
Allows a person who is at least sixteen years of age and who meets all requirements to vote except age to register to vote with the office of the secretary of state.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6129
by Senators Prentice, Chase, and Brown
Simplifying motor voter registration.
Enhances voter participation by simplifying motor voter registration.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6130
by Senators Rolfes, Swecker, Nelson, Ericksen, and Kline
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 12 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6131
by Senators Chase, Delvin, and Kline
Regarding the regulation of mercury.
Clarifies certain issues with regard to the regulation of bulk mercury.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6132
by Senators Morton, Carrell, Ericksen, Stevens, Chase, Sheldon, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Becker, Schoesler, Swecker, Honeyford, Conway, and Roach
Concerning small-scale ocean beach prospecting and mining.
Exempts ocean beach prospecting and mining activity, under certain circumstances, from the requirements of chapter 77.55 RCW (construction projects in state waters).
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6133
by Senators Conway, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Kline, and Keiser
Requiring training for eligibility for certain electrician certifications.
Requires applicants for a journeyman certificate of competency or a specialty electrician certificate of competency to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department of labor and industries, completion of in-class education.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6134
by Senators Delvin, Conway, Sheldon, and Hewitt
Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.
Changes the time in which service credit may be transferred for fish and wildlife enforcement officers.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6135
by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Rolfes, Delvin, Regala, Ranker, Shin, and Fraser; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Regarding enforcement of fish and wildlife violations.
Modifies provisions relating to enforcement of fish and wildlife violations.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6136
by Senators Morton, Schoesler, Delvin, and Hobbs
Concerning the regional management of mammalian apex predators.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission to: (1) Consider any petitions for removing a species from classification or changing the classification of the species on a regional basis, for mammalian apex predators only, if the commission has listed a species statewide as endangered, threatened, or sensitive; and(2) Suspend any management plan or planning process, under certain circumstances, for a mammalian apex predator species listed as endangered, threatened, or sensitive.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6137
by Senators Schoesler, Morton, Hatfield, Delvin, Honeyford, and Hobbs
Providing an affirmative defense to the unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife when the incident involves a gray wolf.
Provides an affirmative defense to the unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife when the incident involves a gray wolf.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6138
by Senator Ericksen
Increasing the allowable maximum length for vehicles operated on public highways.
Changes the allowable maximum length for vehicles from forty feet to forty-six feet.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6139
by Senators Rolfes, Ranker, Morton, and Shin; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Regarding large wild carnivore conflict management.
Defines "large wild carnivore" which includes wild bears, cougars, and wolves.Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife from paying more than fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state wildlife account for claims and assessment costs for injury or loss of commercial livestock caused by large wild carnivores.Prohibits a person from negligently or intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or negligently or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6140
by Senators Kilmer, Becker, King, Regala, Conway, Shin, and Chase
Concerning local economic development financing.
Permits the creation of local economic development finance authorities to act as a financial conduit that, without using state funds or lending the credit of the state or local governments, can issue taxable and nontaxable nonrecourse revenue bonds, and participate in federal, state, and local economic development programs to help facilitate access to needed capital by Washington businesses.Requires the economic development finance authority to coordinate its programs with those of local economic development finance authorities.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 6141
by Senators Kilmer, Tom, Shin, Kastama, Ericksen, Chase, and Frockt
Creating a lifelong learning program.
Establishes a lifelong learning program within the workforce training and education coordinating board to provide the opportunity for employees, with the support of their employers, to create educational savings accounts that may be used to fund approved education and training.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 6142
by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Rolfes, Hatfield, Kastama, Baumgartner, Eide, Fain, Hobbs, Shin, Parlette, Chase, and Frockt
Changing agency regulatory practices.
Adds requirements to regulatory agencies relating to technical assistance visits and first-time small business violations.Requires each regulatory agency to require its regulators to complete a self-assessment for each technical assistance visit.Requires the office of regulatory assistance to appoint a small business advocate and develop a customer service survey that regulated entities may complete after a technical assistance visit.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 6143
by Senators Eide, Litzow, Haugen, and Hobbs
Adding trafficking in stolen property in the first and second degrees to the six-year statute of limitations provisions.
Prohibits trafficking in stolen property in the first degree and second degree from being prosecuted more than six years after their commission or discovery, whichever occurs later.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6144
by Senators Ranker, Morton, Hargrove, Parlette, Fraser, Regala, Honeyford, Swecker, and Shin; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Authorizing the department of natural resources to provide wildfire protection services for public lands managed by state agencies.
Authorizes the department of natural resources to provide fire detection, prevention, presuppression, or suppression services on certain nonforested public lands.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6145
by Senators Chase, Swecker, Nelson, Rolfes, Fraser, Keiser, and Kline
Developing a paint stewardship program.
Creates an architectural paint recovery program that is enforced by the department of ecology.Creates the paint product stewardship account.Provides that the act is void if a federal law takes effect establishing a national program for the collection and recycling of architectural paints.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6146
by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Tom, and Hobbs
Clarifying restrictions on the use of the public records act for the purpose of obtaining records for commercial or profit-making purposes.
Strengthens and clarifies existing restrictions on the use of public records requests for commercial and profit-making purposes.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6147
by Senators Prentice, Pridemore, Swecker, Hargrove, Chase, Nelson, and Kline
Creating a procedure for the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian tribes and Indian country.
Creates a procedure for the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian tribes and Indian country.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6148
by Senators Nelson, Swecker, Pridemore, Chase, Rolfes, Keiser, Kline, Conway, and Frockt
Adopting the Washington small rechargeable battery stewardship act.
Establishes the Washington small rechargeable battery stewardship act.Provides that the act is void if a federal law takes effect that establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of both used small rechargeable and nonrechargeable batteries.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6149
by Senators Eide, King, Haugen, and Shin; by request of Department of Licensing
Concerning the period of validity and renewal of drivers' licenses and identicards.
Changes the period of validity and costs for certain drivers' licenses and identicards.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6150
by Senators Haugen, King, Eide, Hobbs, Shin, and Chase; by request of Department of Licensing
Authorizing the implementation of a facial recognition matching system for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.
Eliminates the biometric matching system and establishes a facial recognition matching system for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6151
by Senators Harper, Pflug, Kline, and Chase
Expanding consumer cooperative provisions under the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act.
Expands consumer cooperative provisions under the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6152
by Senators Hatfield and Honeyford
Streamlining water right permitting and appeals.
Enacts temporary water rights permitting reforms to enable the department of ecology's water permitting staff to focus on substantive permitting matters that do not duplicate other permit review procedures.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6153
by Senators McAuliffe and Chase
Regarding school attendance of children whose parents or guardians receive state assistance.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Review the rules of programs that provide state assistance; and(2) Require recipients of state assistance, who are parents or legal guardians of a school-aged child or whose school-aged child receives state assistance, to ensure regular school attendance by their children as a condition for receiving any state assistance.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6154
by Senators Hobbs, Pridemore, Swecker, Hargrove, Benton, Hatfield, and Schoesler
Changing filing fees and standing provisions relating to the growth management hearings board.
Establishes a four hundred dollar filing fee to be paid when an appeal is submitted to the growth management hearings board.Changes who may file appeals to the growth management hearings board.Creates the growth management appeals account.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6155
by Senators Kilmer, Carrell, Hobbs, Kastama, Regala, Fain, Conway, and Keiser
Concerning the definition of debt adjusters.
Exempts from the definition of "debt adjuster," independent entities that hold or administer a dedicated bank account.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6156
by Senators Delvin, Hatfield, Schoesler, Honeyford, Hewitt, Shin, and Parlette
Regarding wine producer liens.
Provides that starting on the date a producer of vinifera grapes delivers vinifera grapes to a wine producer, the producer has a first priority statutory lien, referred to as a wine producer lien.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6157
by Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Stevens, Benton, Ericksen, and Parlette
Requiring juvenile detention intake standards for juveniles who are developmentally disabled.
Requires development and implementation of detention intake standards and risk assessment standards to determine if a juvenile is developmentally disabled.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6158
by Senator Chase
Subjecting federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
Subjects federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6159
by Senators Hargrove, Regala, Harper, and Padden
Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts received with respect to dispute resolution services.
Authorizes a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts received with respect to dispute resolution services.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6160
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, and Roach
Allowing registered tow truck operators to pass the costs of tolls and ferry fares to the impounded vehicle's registered owner.
Allows registered tow truck operators to collect costs of tolls and ferry fares from the registered owner of an impounded vehicle.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6161
by Senators Conway and Schoesler
Allowing lunch breaks for registered tow truck operators while requiring reasonable availability.
Authorizes a registered tow truck operator to close the business office for a lunch break not to exceed one hour under certain circumstances.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6162
by Senators Regala, Kastama, Shin, and Frockt
Concerning missing endangered persons.
Requires the Washington state patrol to establish a missing endangered person clearinghouse.Imposes duties on local law enforcement agencies relating to missing endangered persons.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6163
by Senators Ericksen, Swecker, Hatfield, and Chase
Directing the department of ecology to coordinate discussions with the province of British Columbia to study the feasibility of providing new water supplies and storage to benefit residents of western Washington.
Requires the department of ecology to coordinate with the water stewardship division of the ministry of environment for the province of British Columbia, Canada, to study and evaluate the feasibility of providing new water supplies and storage to benefit residents of western Washington in the areas of water management, economic development, fishery resource management, and agricultural production.Expires January 1, 2013.
| Jan 12 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6164
by Senators Hobbs, Hill, Tom, Baumgartner, Pridemore, Benton, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Harper, Kilmer, Ranker, Haugen, Schoesler, Kastama, Conway, Chase, and Roach
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 are students 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 12 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |