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 1073-S by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Kelley, McCoy, Green, and Van De Wege) Authorizing persons designated by the decedent to direct disposition, if the decedent died while serving on active duty in any branch of the United States armed forces, United States reserve forces, or national guard. Addresses disposition of human remains when the decedent died while serving on active duty in any branch of the United States armed forces, United States reserve forces, or national guard.
HB 2390 by Representatives Hurst, Blake, Kelley, Takko, Orcutt, Eddy, Armstrong, Clibborn, and Morris Regarding the reissuance of a municipal storm water general permit. Increases the term for reissued municipal storm water general permits to three years.
HB 2391 by Representatives Appleton and Hurst 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.
HB 2392 by Representatives Chandler and Parker Regarding shared parental responsibility. Modifies provisions relating to shared parental responsibility.
HB 2393 by Representatives Rodne, Pedersen, Moscoso, and Condotta; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Concerning employer reporting to the state support registry. Addresses requirements for employers reporting to the state support registry.
HB 2394 by Representatives Seaquist and Angel Concerning sales and use taxes related to the state route number 16 corridor improvements project. Provides that sales and use taxes need not be repaid on the site preparation for, the construction of, the acquisition of any related machinery and equipment that will become a part of, and the rental of equipment for use in the state route number 16 corridor improvements project.
HB 2395 by Representatives Sells, Reykdal, Upthegrove, Ryu, Moscoso, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Darneille, Cody, Kenney, Santos, Roberts, Green, Miloscia, Pettigrew, Dickerson, Moeller, Appleton, Liias, Jinkins, Dunshee, Van De Wege, Goodman, Orwall, Hunt, Wylie, Billig, and Probst Regulating drayage truck operators. Defines drayage drivers as statutory employees to avoid litigation, increase safety to drivers and the public, insure drivers receive employment protections to which they are entitled, and facilitate collection of taxes.
HB 2396 by Representatives Hudgins, Hinkle, Hunt, Sells, Zeiger, Appleton, Armstrong, Seaquist, Miloscia, Green, Blake, Ryu, Stanford, Hasegawa, Reykdal, Kenney, Kirby, Upthegrove, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Billig, McCoy, Dunshee, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Moeller, Probst, Goodman, Sullivan, Lytton, Haigh, Dickerson, Cody, Moscoso, Tharinger, Ladenburg, Hope, Orcutt, Maxwell, and Kelley Clarifying the number of employees within certain classifications within the consolidated technology services agency. Provides that no more than twenty-five percent of the employees within the consolidated technology services agency may be exempt from the state civil service law.
HB 2397 by Representatives Hudgins, Hunt, and Ormsby Transferring programs to the state historical societies. Transfers certain programs to the state historical societies.Changes the names of the following: (1) The Washington state heritage center account to the Washington state heritage account;(2) The Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account to the Washington state legacy project account; and(3) The Washington state flag account to the Washington state flag, library, and archives account.
HB 2398 by Representatives Hudgins, Hunt, Ormsby, and Miloscia Transferring the state library from the office of the secretary of state to the University of Washington. Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the office of the secretary of state, pertaining to the state library, to the University of Washington.
HB 2399 by Representatives Hudgins, Hunt, Ormsby, and Miloscia Transferring jurisdiction of the state law library to the University of Washington. Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the Washington state supreme court, pertaining to the state law library, to the University of Washington.
HB 2400 by Representatives Hunt, Hudgins, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Green, Miloscia, and Moscoso Regarding cost savings and efficiencies in mailing notices of revocation to habitual traffic offenders. Requires the department of licensing, when mailing notices of revocation to habitual traffic offenders, to send the notice by first-class mail rather than by certified mail.
HB 2401 by Representatives Hunt, Hudgins, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Green, and Miloscia Regarding cost savings and efficiencies in mailing notices of possible license suspension for noncompliance with child support orders. Authorizes the department of social and health services, when mailing notices of possible license suspension for noncompliance with child support orders, to send the notice by first-class mail.
HB 2402 by Representatives Hudgins, Hunt, and Ormsby Transferring ethics enforcement responsibility. Eliminates the legislative ethics board and the executive ethics board.Transfers complaints or other matters under investigation or consideration by the legislative ethics board or the executive ethics board to the public disclosure commission.Changes the composition of the public disclosure commission.
HB 2403 by Representative Anderson Exempting industrial development sites from specified land use regulations. Exempts the siting and development of industrial development sites from the provisions of the growth management act and the state environmental policy act.
HB 2404 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Liias, Pedersen, Pollet, Carlyle, Reykdal, Moscoso, and Jinkins Reducing the use of disposable checkout bags. Requires retail stores to only provide certain types of checkout bags.Requires the department of ecology to develop guidelines identifying the specifications of checkout bags.Prohibits local governments from imposing a tax, fee, assessment, surcharge, or other charge on any product satisfying the definition of checkout bag.Provides a business and occupation tax exemption on amounts received by retail stores from customers who provide payment for the use of a recycled paper bag.
HB 2405 by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Hurst, Kelley, Pearson, Van De Wege, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Pollet, Miloscia, and Blake Ordering offenders convicted of vehicular homicide due to alcohol or drugs to pay child support for the victims' minor children. Allows restitution for the crime of vehicular homicide while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug to include payments to help support the minor children of the victim of the vehicular homicide.
HB 2406 by Representatives Takko, Angel, Rodne, Springer, Upthegrove, Haler, Moeller, Kagi, and Miloscia; by request of Attorney General and State Auditor Exempting video and audio recordings of closed executive session meetings from public inspection and copying. Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, video and audio recordings of any portion of an executive session from which the public is excluded.
HB 2407 by Representatives Roberts, Green, Ormsby, Reykdal, Moeller, Upthegrove, and Maxwell Restricting the use of information related to claims resolution structured settlement agreements. Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, all information related to individual claims resolution structured settlement agreements, other than final orders from the board of industrial insurance appeals.
HB 2408 by Representatives Johnson, Eddy, Rivers, Hinkle, Clibborn, Wilcox, Angel, Asay, Dickerson, Dammeier, Walsh, Taylor, Ross, Fagan, Chandler, Armstrong, Warnick, Morris, Blake, Takko, Haler, Hurst, Springer, and Parker Concerning options for addressing seasonal shortages of labor in agriculture. Provides options for addressing seasonal shortages of labor in agriculture, including strategies for assisting certain persons to work in agriculture and mechanisms for meeting the housing and transportation needs of such workers.
HB 2409 by Representatives Appleton and Moeller Concerning disclosures of semen donation. Requires entities that operate as sperm banks and donors to the bank to disclose certain information.
HB 2410 by Representatives Stanford, Tharinger, Lytton, Fitzgibbon, and Upthegrove Improving disclosure in real estate transactions of possible limits on reliance on permit exempt wells in future development. Expands the seller disclosure statement for unimproved residential real property and commercial real estate to include information on the reliability of permit exempt wells.
HB 2411 by Representatives Haigh, Santos, Hasegawa, Kenney, Upthegrove, McCoy, Hunt, and Ormsby Regarding high school graduation requirements. Focuses state high school graduation requirements on the core, foundational knowledge and skills that support career and college readiness, and leave decisions about additional requirements and course selection to local communities, parents, and students.
HB 2412 by Representatives Kenney, Sells, Reykdal, Moscoso, Miloscia, Green, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Roberts, Hudgins, Cody, and Moeller Increasing protections for employees under the Washington industrial safety and health act of 1973. Prohibits discharging or discriminating against an employee for reporting any injury, illness, or unsafe condition to the employer, agent of the employer, safety and health committee involved, or employee safety and health representative involved.Increases penalties for certain violations of the industrial safety and health act.Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to adjust certain civil penalty amounts to account for the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index.
HB 2413 by Representatives Reykdal, Sells, Appleton, Ladenburg, Ormsby, Hunt, Moscoso, Ryu, Roberts, Wylie, Green, Hasegawa, McCoy, Kenney, Hudgins, Cody, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Jinkins Protecting workers and other community members from pesticide drift. Prohibits the application of pesticides, in certain locations, by airplane, air-blast sprayer, fumigation, or other application method that poses a substantial risk of pesticide drift.Assigns duties to the department of labor and industries and the department of health relating to investigations and enforcement of violations.
HB 2414 by Representatives Cody, Hinkle, Kelley, Warnick, Green, Schmick, and Harris Regarding the certification of surgical technologists. Allows only individuals who meet and maintain minimum standards of competence and conduct to engage in the practice of surgical technology.
HB 2415 by Representatives Buys, Blake, Chandler, Hinkle, Overstreet, Lytton, Johnson, Moeller, Haler, and Parker Regarding water rights transfer protocols. Revises water rights transfer protocols to fairly accommodate de facto changes in irrigation practices from classic irrigation methods to the more conservation-minded microirrigation methods.
HB 2416 by Representative Takko Concerning equitable allocation of auditor costs. Allows county auditors and recording officers to charge, for searching records per hour, up to the actual cost as established and conspicuously posted by the auditor.
HB 2417 by Representatives Shea and Reykdal Increasing the dollar amount for construction of a dock that does not qualify as a substantial development under the shoreline management act. Increases the dollar amount for construction of a dock that does not qualify as a substantial development under the shoreline management act.
HB 2418 by Representatives Hinkle, Haigh, Darneille, Hunt, and Wilcox 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.
HB 2419 by Representatives Alexander, Hunt, and Ormsby; by request of Secretary of State Reducing costs and inefficiencies in elections. Reduces costs and inefficiencies in elections.
HB 2420 by Representatives Cody, Roberts, and Upthegrove; by request of Insurance Commissioner Repealing the requirement for a study and report concerning direct practices that the office of the insurance commissioner must provide to the legislature. Repeals the requirement of the insurance commissioner to submit a study and report on direct care practices.
HB 2421 by Representatives Orwall, Rodne, Ladenburg, Upthegrove, Tharinger, Maxwell, Kelley, Kenney, Kagi, Moscoso, and Jinkins; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce Modifying the foreclosure fairness act. Modifies provisions of the foreclosure fairness act.
HB 2422 by Representatives Billig, Haler, Stanford, McCoy, Maxwell, Eddy, Nealey, Crouse, Probst, Liias, Parker, Van De Wege, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Kenney, Morris, and Moscoso Revising provisions concerning regulation of aviation biofuels production. Supports the development of commercial-scale aviation biofuels production facilities in the state by facilitating and streamlining the permitting process for new facilities and the expansion of existing facilities and providing access to low-cost financing through the issuance of revenue bonds.Requires the housing finance commission to: (1) Issue bonds for financing project costs of facilities;(2) Make or purchase loans for financing the facilities; or(3) Enter into financing documents relating to the repayment of those loans or the provision of, or security for, debt service on the bonds.Requires Innovate Washington to convene a sustainable aviation biofuels work group.Terminates the work group on June 30, 2015.
HB 2423 by Representatives Hope, Hurst, and Kelley Addressing bail for felony offenses. Modifies provisions relating to bail and appearance bonds and bail bond agents.
HB 2424 by Representatives Angel, Ahern, Overstreet, Orcutt, Short, Fagan, McCune, Haler, and Hope Requiring drug testing for applicants for benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program. Requires the department of social and health services to require a drug test to screen each individual who applies for temporary assistance for needy families.
HB 2425 by Representatives Hunt and McCoy Concerning the shipping of spirits. Allows the shipping of spirits to residents of this state who are twenty-one years of age or older for that person's personal use and not for resale.
HB 2426 by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, McCoy, and Ormsby Prohibiting the issuance of spirits retail licenses to certain membership organizations. Prohibits the liquor control board from issuing spirits retail licenses to certain membership organizations.
HB 2427 by Representatives Pettigrew, Dammeier, Finn, Anderson, Probst, Eddy, Dahlquist, Springer, Haigh, Hinkle, Seaquist, Harris, Takko, Walsh, Rivers, Carlyle, Zeiger, Haler, Wilcox, Asay, Hargrove, Fagan, Kelley, Parker, Hurst, Armstrong, Jinkins, and Condotta Implementing revised teacher and principal evaluation systems. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish common components of the teacher and principal evaluation systems in order to assure fairness in the conduct of evaluations and comparability of evaluation results across the state.Requires teachers and principals to have an individual professional growth plan that is informed by the results of the evaluation and designed to assist the teacher or principal in increasing skills and competencies identified in the evaluation.
HB 2428 by Representatives Pettigrew, Anderson, Finn, Dahlquist, Eddy, Springer, Harris, Seaquist, Hinkle, Walsh, Zeiger, Haler, Wilcox, Hargrove, Fagan, and Condotta Establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools. Authorizes new school models with alternative forms of school governance that focus on improving academic achievement for educationally disadvantaged students.Authorizes charter schools.Establishes the Washington charter school commission as an independent state agency whose mission is to authorize high quality charter schools throughout the state, particularly schools designed to expand opportunities for educationally disadvantaged students.Establishes the transformation zone district as a statewide school district within the state.
HB 2429 by Representatives Carlyle, Goodman, Maxwell, Pollet, Billig, Appleton, Roberts, Hurst, Miloscia, and Jinkins Providing for religious objection to autopsy. Prohibits, under certain circumstances, a dissection or autopsy from being performed over the objection of a surviving relative or friend of the deceased that the procedure is contrary to the religious belief of the decedent, or if there is otherwise reason to believe that a dissection or autopsy is contrary to the decedent's religious beliefs.
HB 2430 by Representatives Overstreet, Armstrong, Clibborn, Buys, and Moscoso 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.
HB 2431 by Representatives Reykdal, Appleton, Ladenburg, Green, Ormsby, Moeller, and Kenney Addressing claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws. Addresses claim files and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
HB 2432 by Representatives Moscoso, Ladenburg, Haigh, Jinkins, Appleton, Hope, Orwall, Kirby, Armstrong, Lytton, Goodman, Pollet, Moeller, Reykdal, Hasegawa, Kenney, Maxwell, Tharinger, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Probst, Blake, Ryu, Hansen, McCoy, Upthegrove, Dunshee, Roberts, Stanford, Kagi, Miloscia, and Darneille Promoting local intervention and prevention programs for reducing gang violence. Requires the Washington state partnership council on juvenile justice, when funding is appropriated for this purpose, to award grants to carry out local projects focused on criminal street gang prevention and intervention programs.Creates the criminal street gang prevention and intervention grant program account.Makes an appropriation.
HB 2433 by Representatives Clibborn, Armstrong, Liias, Rodne, Maxwell, Moeller, Hurst, and Ormsby; 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.
HB 2434 by Representatives Hasegawa, Hudgins, Kenney, Goodman, Appleton, Santos, Ryu, Ladenburg, Dickerson, Sullivan, Green, Pollet, Haigh, Springer, Pettigrew, Cody, Orwall, Fitzgibbon, Roberts, Seaquist, Tharinger, Darneille, Moeller, Jinkins, Miloscia, Eddy, Van De Wege, Stanford, Reykdal, Takko, Ormsby, Maxwell, Kagi, Kirby, Sells, McCoy, Clibborn, Moscoso, Wylie, Lytton, Hunt, Liias, Upthegrove, and Blake Creating the Washington investment trust. Creates the Washington investment trust as a legacy institution that amasses sufficient capital reserves to address opportunities now and in the future.Creates the Washington investment trust commission as the primary governing authority of the trust.Creates the trust transition board and the investment trust advisory board.Exempts the trust from payment of all fees and taxes levied by the state or any of its subdivisions.
HB 2435 by Representatives Green, Harris, Appleton, Jinkins, Walsh, Lytton, Clibborn, Johnson, Dunshee, Rivers, Bailey, Wylie, Moeller, and Ormsby Limiting prescription drug cost-sharing obligations and out-of-pocket expenses. Requires health carriers that provide coverage for prescription drugs to provide a single limit on out-of-pocket expenses in all of their health plans.Requires the insurance commissioner to annually adjust the out-of-pocket limits.
HB 2436 by Representatives Haler and Pollet Requiring quarterly academic advising for students at institutions of higher education. Requires institutions of higher education, within allocated resources, to require students to meet with an academic advisor at least once per quarter for the purpose of assisting each student to articulate the student's educational program goals, identify program requirements, track the student's progress, and promote completion of the student's degree or certificate.
HB 2437 by Representatives Dickerson and Hinkle; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Repealing the early supplemental security income transition project. Repeals the early supplemental security income transition project.
HB 2438 by Representatives Jinkins, Van De Wege, Moeller, and Upthegrove Harmonizing state requirements regarding discrimination against health care providers with federal requirements. Harmonizes state requirements with federal requirements relating to discrimination against health care providers.
HB 2439 by Representatives Green, Warnick, Cody, Harris, Kelley, Clibborn, Jinkins, Roberts, and Hurst Allowing persons satisfying physical therapy clinical education requirements to be exempt from licensure while under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist assistant. Allows persons satisfying physical therapy clinical education requirements to be exempt from licensure under certain circumstances.
HB 2440 by Representatives Wilcox, Blake, Chandler, Van De Wege, Warnick, McCune, Johnson, Stanford, Hurst, Hinkle, and Moscoso; 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.
HB 2441 by Representatives Bailey and Alexander Limiting the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates by redefining excess compensation. Revises the definition of "excess compensation" to limit the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates.
HB 2442 by Representatives Bailey and Cody Clarifying when evidence of insurability may be required for medicare supplement insurance policies. Clarifies when evidence of insurability may be required for medicare supplement insurance policies.
HB 2443 by Representatives Goodman, Pedersen, Hurst, Kelley, Blake, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Hasegawa, and Miloscia Increasing accountability of persons who drive impaired. Increases accountability of persons who drive impaired.
HB 2444 by Representatives Morris, Lytton, Hansen, and Ryu Regarding establishing the Washington center for marine innovation. Requires the northwest center of excellence for marine manufacturing and technology to convene and staff a work group to develop a public-private entity to be known as the Washington center for marine innovation.Makes an appropriation.
HB 2445 by Representatives Ryu, Kirby, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Hansen, Roberts, Billig, Stanford, Ormsby, and Moscoso Regulating mileage-based insurance. Allows insurers authorized to sell automobile insurance to offer mileage-based insurance.Requires the insurance commissioner to provide information to the public regarding available options that enable consumers to save money on insurance premiums by driving fewer miles each year.
HB 2446 by Representatives Kagi, Roberts, Ormsby, and Kenney Extending the eligibility period for the working connections child care program. Extends the eligibility period for the working connections child care program.
HB 2447 by Representatives Dahlquist, Maxwell, Dammeier, Sullivan, and Moeller Defining a high school credit for graduation purposes based on the recommendations of the quality education council. Requires each school district board of directors that grants high school diplomas to adopt a policy that defines a high school credit for purposes of meeting state and local graduation requirements.
HB 2448 by Representatives Goodman, Walsh, Maxwell, Dammeier, Kagi, Hope, Haigh, Santos, Roberts, Sullivan, Orwall, Dahlquist, Pollet, Jinkins, Lytton, Haler, Dickerson, Moscoso, Appleton, Seaquist, Springer, Kelley, Billig, Ormsby, and Kenney Creating the high-quality early learning act. Establishes the high-quality early learning act.Requires the Washington preschool program to be implemented, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, to provide voluntary preschool opportunities for children three and four years of age.Requires funding for the Washington preschool program to be appropriated to the department of early learning.Requires the early learning advisory council to: (1) Establish a subcommittee to guide the development and implementation of the Washington preschool program; and(2) Establish a preschool readiness subcommittee, which shall be cochaired by the department of early learning and the nongovernmental private-public partnership.
HB 2449 by Representatives Goodman and Pedersen Addressing the applicability of statutes of limitation in arbitration proceedings. Modifies provisions relating to statutes of limitation in arbitration proceedings.
HB 2450 by Representatives Tharinger, Wylie, Zeiger, Lytton, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Pollet, Ormsby, Kenney, and Moscoso 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.
HB 2451 by Representatives Ahern, McCune, and Angel Regarding school employee workforce reductions. Addresses school employee workforce reductions.
HB 2452 by Representatives Wylie, Alexander, Kenney, Haigh, Hunt, Hudgins, Harris, McCoy, Ryu, Hasegawa, Springer, Billig, Maxwell, Upthegrove, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Enterprise Services Centralizing the authority and responsibility for the development, process, and oversight of state procurement of goods and services. Promotes open competition and transparency for all contracts for goods and services entered into by state agencies.Centralizes within one agency the authority and responsibility for the development and oversight of policies related to state procurement and contracting.Provides that the state develop procurement policies, procedures, and materials that encourage and facilitate state agency purchase of goods and services from Washington small businesses.
HB 2453 by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Orcutt, and Overstreet Regarding denials of forest practices applications. Prohibits, under certain circumstances, the department of natural resources from denying certain forest practices applications due to the presence of an archaeological object.
HB 2454 by Representatives Dickerson, Moeller, and Upthegrove Protecting qualifying patients of medical marijuana from prosecution for impaired driving when there is no actual impairment. Prohibits a qualifying patient from being found in violation of certain impaired driving laws or ordinances, based solely on the presence, or presence in a certain concentration, of components or metabolites of cannabis, without other evidence that the qualifying patient was actually impaired.
HB 2455 by Representative Kagi Concerning the covering of loads on public highways. Requires a vehicle operating on a paved public highway with a load of rocks, susceptible to being dropped, spilled, leaked, or otherwise escaping, to be covered.Prohibits a load of dirt, sand, rocks, or gravel from exceeding the freeboard within the bed.
HJR 4225 by Representatives Shea, Haler, Overstreet, Taylor, Kristiansen, Ahern, Alexander, Schmick, Condotta, Rodne, Crouse, Wilcox, Buys, Armstrong, Dahlquist, Rivers, Short, Ross, Warnick, Parker, Johnson, Nealey, Bailey, Hargrove, Angel, Fagan, Kretz, McCune, Zeiger, Orcutt, Hinkle, and Pearson Requiring a balanced budget. Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require a balanced budget.
SB 5244-S2 by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Nelson, and Delvin) 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, personally identifying information collected by law enforcement agencies pursuant to local security alarm system programs and vacation crime watch programs.
SB 5355-S2 by Senate Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Morton, Swecker, and Honeyford) Regarding notice requirements for special meetings of public agencies. Addresses requirements for and waivers of notice of special meetings of public agencies.
SB 6165 by Senators Hargrove, Swecker, Ranker, Pridemore, Nelson, and Rolfes Creating flexible conservation futures taxing districts. Authorizes counties to create a flexible conservation futures taxing district for the purpose of acquiring conservation futures and other rights and interests in real property and for maintaining and operating any property acquired with these funds.
SB 6166 by Senators Tom, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Hobbs, and Nelson Concerning cigarette tax revenue for tobacco usage prevention and treatment programs. Increases the tax on cigarettes.Requires 1.7 million dollars from cigarette tax revenue to be deposited each fiscal year into the tobacco prevention and control account to be used for tobacco use prevention and treatment programs.
SB 6167 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Padden Regarding criminal identification system information for entities providing emergency shelter, interim housing, or transitional housing. Allows businesses and organizations that provide emergency shelter, interim housing, or transitional housing for children, persons with developmental disabilities, and low-income or vulnerable adults to request criminal identification system information regarding a prospective client's or resident's conviction record.
SB 6168 by Senators Ranker, Litzow, Hargrove, and Hatfield Setting a deadline for developing guidance for the siting of renewable energy facilities in the state's marine waters. Sets a deadline of December 31, 2012, for the department of commerce to develop guidance for the siting of renewable energy facilities in the state's marine waters.
SB 6169 by Senators Ranker, Litzow, and Hargrove Establishing the ocean policy advisory council. Creates the ocean policy advisory council in the executive office of the governor to serve as a forum for communication in order to seek consistency of state, local, and tribal policies concerning ocean issues, including issues relating to resource management, marine and coastal hazards, ocean energy, and ocean research and education issues.
SB 6170 by Senators Ranker, Hargrove, King, and Hatfield Establishing the working waterfront redevelopment jobs act. Establishes the working waterfront redevelopment jobs act.Provides a voluntary alternative procedure for satisfying some of the state and local regulatory approvals for job-creating projects involving redevelopment on lands zoned for commercial and industrial uses and incorporating within the project design elements that will provide a net benefit for ecological functions on those lands.
SB 6171 by Senators Haugen and King Modifying the weight limitation for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act. Authorizes the board of pilotage commissioners to grant an exemption from the provisions of the pilotage act to a yacht that is not more than seven hundred fifty gross tons (international) and does not exceed two hundred feet in overall length.
SB 6172 by Senators Benton, Hobbs, Prentice, Keiser, and Fain; by request of Department of Financial Institutions Revising franchise investment protection provisions. Modifies provisions relating to franchise investment protection.
SB 6173 by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Prentice, Keiser, and Fain; 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.
SB 6174 by Senators Conway, Pflug, Keiser, and Pridemore 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.
SB 6175 by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, and Prentice Establishing a government-to-government relationship between state government and federally recognized Indian tribes. Establishes a government-to-government relationship between state government and federally recognized Indian tribes.
SB 6176 by Senators Kilmer, Hobbs, and Rolfes; by request of Governor Gregoire Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying state and local tax and licensing systems. Establishes the tax and licensing simplification act.Pursues a long-term vision of a single internet portal for business licensing, registration, and tax reporting, to include both state and local governments.Begins the tax and licensing simplification process by: (1) Reducing the number of state business and occupation tax classifications;(2) Requiring greater uniformity between local business and occupation taxes and the state business and occupation tax, with a goal of state-level administration of all local business and occupation taxes by January 1, 2015, or as soon thereafter as possible; and(3) Simplifying local business licensing to facilitate the transition to mandatory issuance and renewal of local business licenses through the state's business licensing system by July 1, 2014, or as soon thereafter as possible, for cities imposing a business and occupation tax, and by January 1, 2018, or as soon thereafter as possible, for all other cities and towns that have a business licensing requirement.
SB 6177 by Senators McAuliffe, Ranker, Shin, and Eide; by request of Governor Gregoire Regarding certificated employee evaluations. Modifies provisions relating to evaluations of certain certificated classroom teachers and support personnel.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, to develop and make available a professional development program to support the implementation of the evaluation systems.
SB 6178 by Senators Keiser, Conway, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire and Insurance Commissioner Implementing the affordable care act. Furthers state implementation of the health benefit exchange and related provisions of the affordable care act.
SB 6179 by Senators Kastama, Carrell, and Regala Concerning the possession and manufacture of equipment for public safety and military personnel. Addresses the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, and possession of switchblade knives by active military members, general law enforcement agencies, general law enforcement officers, fire or rescue agencies, firefighter or rescue members, and military agencies.
SB 6180 by Senators Swecker and Nelson; by request of Secretary of State Reducing costs and inefficiencies in elections. Reduces costs and inefficiencies in elections.
SB 6181 by Senators Keiser, Benton, and Hobbs; by request of Insurance Commissioner Regulating insurers and insurance products. Modifies provisions relating to insurers and insurance products.
SB 6182 by Senators Morton, Hargrove, Padden, Pflug, Delvin, and Ericksen Clarifying the circumstances when a confession, admission, or other statement of a criminal defendant may support a conviction. Clarifies the circumstances under which a confession of a criminal defendant can be supported.
SB 6183 by Senators Morton, Schoesler, and Ericksen Regarding bid requirements for schools purchasing Washington grown foods and other goods. Allows a farmer in this state to supplement his or her orders or contract with a school district with food grown outside the state, if the portion of out-of-state food does not exceed twenty-five percent of the total value of the annual orders or contract.
SB 6184 by Senators Morton, Baumgartner, Hill, Fain, Litzow, Swecker, and Padden Providing persons who pay a vehicle license fee with the opportunity to make a voluntary donation to support state parks. Requires the department of licensing to provide an opportunity to certain vehicle owners to make a voluntary donation of five dollars, at the time of initial or renewal registration, to be used for the operation and maintenance of state parks.
SB 6185 by Senators Hobbs, Keiser, Pridemore, Nelson, Chase, Kline, Frockt, Ranker, Harper, Tom, Conway, Kohl-Welles, and Murray Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. Requires a health plan that provides coverage for maternity care or services to also provide a covered person with substantially equivalent coverage to permit the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.
SB 6186 by Senator Swecker Concerning limitations on the taxing authority of counties for emergency medical services. Addresses limitations on the taxing authority of counties for emergency medical services.
SB 6187 by Senators Pflug and Harper; by request of Attorney General Concerning claims against the state and governmental entities arising out of tortious conduct. Removes the exemption of health care injuries from provisions relating to claims against the state and governmental entities arising out of tortious conduct.
SB 6188 by Senators Ranker, Morton, Chase, and Swecker; by request of Department of Ecology Clarifying procedures for appealing the adoption of a local shoreline master program by ensuring consistency with existing procedural provisions of the growth management act, chapter 36.70A RCW, the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, and the state environmental policy act, chapter 43.21C RCW. Clarifies procedures for appealing the adoption of a local shoreline master program by ensuring consistency with existing procedural provisions of the growth management act, the administrative procedure act, and the state environmental policy act.
SB 6189 by Senator Ericksen Concerning the taxation of amusement and recreation services involving amateur sports. Provides exemptions of business and occupation taxes and sales and use taxes for certain amusement and recreation services involving amateur sports.
SB 6190 by Senator Ericksen Addressing the designation of urban growth areas. Addresses the designation of urban growth areas.
SB 6191 by Senator Ericksen Concerning sales and use taxes related to state transportation projects. Provides that sales and use taxes due on the site preparation for, the construction of, the acquisition of any related machinery and equipment that will become a part of, and the rental of equipment for use in the state route number 16 corridor improvements project for which a deferral has been granted need not be repaid.
SB 6192 by Senator Ericksen Defining sprawl and low-density sprawl under the growth management act. Provides a definition for "sprawl" and "low-density sprawl" for purposes of the growth management act.
SB 6193 by Senator Ericksen Requiring counties to use the middle range population projection for growth management purposes. Requires counties, for growth management purposes, to use the middle range population projection.
SB 6194 by Senators Prentice and Swecker; by request of Office of Financial Management Concerning the administration of medical expense plans for state government retirees. Transfers certain duties, relating to medical expense plans for state government employees: (1) From the human resources director to the director of the state health care authority; and(2) From the director of personnel to the public employment relations commission.
SB 6195 by Senators Hatfield, Swecker, King, Regala, Ranker, Fraser, and Honeyford; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands Replacing encumbered state forest lands for the benefit of multiple participating counties. Authorizes the board of natural resources to: (1) Establish a state forest land pool for small, timber-dependent southwest Washington counties; and(2) If deemed appropriate after a required analysis, use revenue designated for replacement of encumbered state forest land in one county to be pooled with other counties' land replacement funds to purchase forest land within any of the participating counties.
SB 6196 by Senators Harper and Ericksen Concerning the identification of wineries, breweries, and microbreweries on private labels. Allows breweries and microbreweries to identify producers on private labels.
SB 6197 by Senators Conway, Parlette, Keiser, and Becker Including pharmacists in the legend drug act. Allows the sale, delivery, or possession of a legend drug when the drug is ordered or prescribed by a licensed pharmacist and authorized by the board of pharmacy.
SB 6198 by Senators Pridemore and Swecker; by request of Department of Enterprise Services Centralizing the authority and responsibility for the development, process, and oversight of state procurement of goods and services. Promotes open competition and transparency for all contracts for goods and services entered into by state agencies.Centralizes within one agency the authority and responsibility for the development and oversight of policies related to state procurement and contracting.Provides that the state develop procurement policies, procedures, and materials that encourage and facilitate state agency purchase of goods and services from Washington small businesses.
SB 6199 by Senators Roach and Kline Modifying the penalty for false swearing by a beneficiary. Modifies the penalty for false swearing by a beneficiary.
SB 6200 by Senator Nelson Reconvening a stock water working group. Reconvenes the stock water working group established in chapter 564, Laws of 2009, to review issues surrounding the use of permit-exempt wells for stock-watering purposes and develop recommendations for legislative action.Expires December 31, 2012.
SB 6201 by Senator Nelson Concerning the business and occupation taxation of newspapers and local interest web sites. Changes the amount of business and occupation taxes for newspapers and local interest web sites.
SB 6202 by Senators Tom, Litzow, Baumgartner, Kastama, Shin, Hobbs, Fain, Ericksen, Hill, Becker, Delvin, King, Hatfield, and Hewitt Establishing alternative forms of governance for certain public schools. Authorizes new school models with alternative forms of school governance that focus on improving academic achievement for educationally disadvantaged students.Authorizes charter schools.Establishes the Washington charter school commission as an independent state agency whose mission is to authorize high quality charter schools throughout the state, particularly schools designed to expand opportunities for educationally disadvantaged students.Establishes the transformation zone district as a statewide school district within the state.
SB 6203 by Senators Tom, Litzow, Hobbs, Kastama, Shin, Baumgartner, Fain, Hill, King, Parlette, Delvin, Hatfield, and Hewitt Implementing revised teacher and principal evaluation systems. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish common components of the teacher and principal evaluation systems in order to assure fairness in the conduct of evaluations and comparability of evaluation results across the state.Requires teachers and principals to have an individual professional growth plan that is informed by the results of the evaluation and designed to assist the teacher or principal in increasing skills and competencies identified in the evaluation.
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