Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2011 Regular Session of the 62nd Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate MARGARITA PRENTICE, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

January 21, 2011 - Friday 12TH DAY
SB 5344 By Senators Kastama, Chase, Sheldon, Hobbs, Conway, Keiser and Shin

Concerning an assessment of the department of transportation's management, accountability, and performance system.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5345 By Senators Swecker, Honeyford, Ericksen and Hewitt

Encouraging competition for collective bargaining agreements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5346 By Senators Swecker and Benton

Authorizing education vouchers.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5347 By Senators Swecker, Honeyford and Hewitt

Protecting the right to work.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5348 By Senators Nelson and Delvin

Concerning the taxation of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5349 By Senators Honeyford, Swecker, Morton and Hewitt

Eliminating collective bargaining for state employees and certain other groups.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5350 By Senators Honeyford, Morton, Swecker, Delvin and Schoesler

Concerning the unlawful dumping or depositing of solid waste.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5351 By Senators Honeyford, Swecker and Schoesler

Prohibiting certain registered sex offenders from entering school grounds.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5352 By Senators Honeyford, Regala and Swecker

Regarding providing eyeglasses to medicaid enrollees.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 5353 By Senators Conway, Delvin, Kilmer and McAuliffe; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board

Addressing the benefits of a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or Washington state patrol retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5354 By Senators Hargrove, Roach, Kilmer, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe and Conway; by request of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board

Adding heart attacks and strokes as presumptions of occupational disease for law enforcement officers and firefighters.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5355 By Senators Morton, Swecker and Honeyford

Regarding notice requirements for special meetings of public agencies.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5356 By Senators Morton, Swecker, Ericksen, Schoesler, Delvin, Hatfield and Roach

Establishing seasons for hunting cougars with the aid of dogs.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 5357 By Senators Morton and Baumgartner

Clarifying the definition of "qualifying utility" for the purposes of chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5358 By Senators Morton, Swecker, Honeyford and Delvin

Addressing the prevailing rate of wage for public building service maintenance contracts.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5359 By Senators Morton, Swecker, Honeyford and Schoesler

Concerning contiguous land under current use open space property tax programs.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5360 By Senators Swecker, Pridemore, Zarelli, Hatfield, Benton, Fraser, Haugen, Sheldon, Hobbs, Roach, Prentice, Fain, Shin, Parlette and Hewitt

Delaying or modifying certain regulatory and statutory requirements affecting cities and counties.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5361 By Senators Chase, Kastama, Shin, Nelson, Prentice and Conway

Concerning the obligations of associate development organizations and the department of commerce.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5362 By Senators Chase, Prentice, White, Nelson, Kastama, Fraser, Shin, Harper, Hatfield, Conway, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles

Authorizing public utility districts to request voluntary contributions to assist low-income customers with payment of water and sewer bills.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5363 By Senators Hobbs, Zarelli, Kline and Shin

Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for certified community development financial institutions.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 5364 By Senators Swecker, Pridemore, Fraser, Nelson, Honeyford, Shin and Morton; by request of Department of Health

Concerning public water system operating permits.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, WATER & ENERGY.

SB 5365 By Senators Nelson and Kohl-Welles

Authorizing the purchase of retirement pension coverage by certain volunteer firefighters and reserve officers.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5366 By Senators Delvin, Hewitt and Stevens

Authorizing the use of four-wheel, all-terrain vehicles on public roadways under certain conditions.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5367 By Senators Kastama, Chase, Holmquist Newbry, Shin and Kilmer

Authorizing the economic development finance authority to continue issuing bonds.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 5368 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Zarelli, Chase, Nelson, Keiser and Conway

Granting binding arbitration rights to certain juvenile court services and department of corrections employees.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 5369 By Senators Regala, Swecker, Fraser, Morton, Ranker, Hargrove and Shin; by request of Department of Health

Regarding commercial shellfish enforcement.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 5370 By Senators Keiser and Conway

Concerning the adverse health events and incident reporting system.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5371 By Senators Keiser and Conway

Addressing the needs for health insurance coverage for persons under age nineteen.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5372 By Senators Prentice, Honeyford, Fraser, Delvin, Murray and Shin

Concerning the taxation and permitting of vessels in Washington.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5373 By Senators Chase, Prentice, Shin and Nelson

Addressing fire suppression efforts and capabilities on unprotected land outside a fire protection jurisdiction.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5374 By Senators Becker and Hobbs

Making technical, nonsubstantive changes to various sections of the Revised Code of Washington that impact the department of agriculture.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5375 By Senators Hobbs and Benton

Allowing trust companies to be organized as, or convert to, limited liability companies under certain conditions.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 5376 By Senators Morton, Swecker, Schoesler, Parlette and Stevens

Regarding the disposal of lands by natural resource agencies.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 5377 By Senators Morton, Swecker and Stevens

Concerning developer control of homeowners' associations.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 5378 By Senators Prentice, Swecker, Hargrove, Stevens and Regala

Requiring cause of death to be recorded as assisted suicide for purposes of the death with dignity act.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5379 By Senators Benton, Hewitt, Stevens and Carrell

Identifying and incentivizing taxpayer savings and efficient delivery of government services.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SJR 8209 By Senators Shin and Keiser

Amending the Constitution to allow salary reductions for public officials during an economic crisis.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.