 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 33 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, March 2, 2012 | 54th 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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2012.
HB 2815
by Representatives Jinkins and Johnson
Concerning the practice of denturism.
Expands the definition of "practice of denturism."
| Mar 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
SB 5808-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama and McAuliffe)
Concerning innovative industries for economic development.
Establishes the Washington innovation industries enabling act to: (1) Accelerate the growth of industry clusters;(2) Strengthen industry collaboration in innovation;(3) Create jobs;(4) Enhance public revenues; and(5) Further the continued commercialization and manufacture of innovative products in the state and the promotion of the state's products and services nationally and globally.Establishes the innovation industry program in the department of commerce.Provides a business and occupation tax credit for contributions to certain industry development organizations.
| Feb 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 17 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6277-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Becker, Kastama, Schoesler, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, and Regala)
Creating authority for counties to exempt from property taxation new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in certain unincorporated urban centers.
Allows counties to exempt from property taxation, new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in certain unincorporated urban centers.
| Jan 18 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 28 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6600-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Eide)
Extending property tax exemptions to property used exclusively by certain nonprofit organizations that is leased from an entity that acquired the property from a previously exempt nonprofit organization.
Extends property tax exemptions to property used by certain nonprofit organizations.
| Feb 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 29 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6607-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Frockt, Kastama, Hatfield, Harper, Hargrove, Hill, Murray, Becker, Hobbs, and Hewitt)
Instituting policies to reduce the central service costs of state government.
Requires the department of enterprise services to: (1) Develop a state policy on the purchasing and use of cellular telephone communications devices and services, the purchasing and use of state agency mailings, and the use of agency-based printing, to be applicable to all agencies of state government except institutions of higher education;(2) Develop a state policy on the acquisition of motor vehicles, to be applicable to all agencies and institutions of state government; and(3) Contract with commercial real estate brokers to negotiate new real estate leases and the renewal of existing leases on behalf of state agencies when the contracts will result in net savings in lease costs to the state and its agencies.Requires the office of financial management and the department of enterprise services to jointly establish a work group on central services rate methodology to examine the methods by which the costs of state agency central services are allocated among the agencies and institutions of state government.
| Feb 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6608-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Harper, Pflug, Frockt, Kline, and Eide)
Changing judicial stabilization trust account surcharges.
Changes judicial stabilization trust account surcharges.
| Feb 27 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||