Washington State Senate
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2012 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
February 13, 2012 - Monday 36TH DAY
SB 6595 By Senators Ericksen, Stevens, Hatfield and Hobbs

Establishing volumetric taxes imposed upon liquor sales.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
SHB 1253 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rivers, Pedersen and Rodne; by request of Uniform Laws Commission)

Revising the uniform interstate family support act.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
ESHB 1256 By House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representative Appleton)

Concerning body art, body piercing, and tattooing.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
SHB 1518 By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Reykdal and Kenney)

Authorizing pretax payroll deductions for qualified transit and parking benefits.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
SHB 1552 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representative Goodman)

Concerning garnishment.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
ESHB 1983 By House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Parker, Kenney, McCune, Hunt, Johnson, Pearson, Ryu, Fagan and Nealey)

Increasing fee assessments for prostitution crimes.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
SHB 2010 By House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby and Bailey)

Addressing title insurance rate filings.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
EHB 2205 By Representatives Billig, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Hunt, Green, Sells, McCoy, Maxwell, Probst, Jinkins, Pettigrew, Darneille, Eddy, Upthegrove, Hope, Ormsby, Blake, Miloscia, Hansen, Goodman, Carlyle, Kagi, Van De Wege, Pedersen, Tharinger, Kenney, Orwall, Moeller, Wylie, Appleton, Ladenburg, Lytton, Reykdal, Stanford, Pollet and Hasegawa

Allowing eligible youth at least sixteen years of age to register to vote.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
ESHB 2228 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Appleton, Reykdal, Stanford, Ryu, Maxwell, Pollet, Ormsby, Cody, Upthegrove, Roberts, Kagi, Wilcox, Ladenburg and Hasegawa)

Allowing for redistribution of medications under certain conditions.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
HB 2232 By Representatives McCoy, Hunt, Morris, Haigh, Lytton, Billig, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Eddy, Sells, Jinkins, Stanford, Hasegawa, Pollet, Ormsby, Wylie, Santos, Roberts and Miloscia

Establishing a government-to-government relationship between state government and federally recognized Indian tribes.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
ESHB 2233 By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Hunt, Haigh, Pedersen, Appleton, Morris, Billig, Fitzgibbon, Eddy, Sells, Tharinger, Jinkins, Hasegawa, Pollet, Wylie, Upthegrove and Roberts)

Creating a procedure for the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian tribes and Indian country.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HB 2280 By Representatives Moeller, Pettigrew, Blake, Clibborn, Armstrong, Goodman, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Carlyle, Orcutt, Maxwell, Dickerson, Pollet, Tharinger and Pearson

Establishing a yellow dot program for motor vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SHB 2326 By House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Ladenburg, Darneille, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Seaquist, Moscoso, Green, Kagi, Billig, Tharinger, Pollet, Wylie, Reykdal, McCoy, Eddy, Hunt and Lytton)

Protecting air quality that is impacted by high emitting solid fuel burning devices.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
SHB 2349 By House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Billig, Short, Hinkle, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon and McCune)

Concerning the management of beavers.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.
SHB 2352 By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored 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.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
ESHB 2361 By House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Bailey, Kelley, Parker, Rivers, Buys, Blake, Hurst, Condotta and Pollet)

Concerning usage-based automobile insurance.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
ESHB 2366 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored 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.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
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.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
ESHB 2384 By House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Bailey, Kirby, Condotta, Pedersen, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Stanford, Upthegrove, Billig, Liias and Ladenburg)

Regulating personal vehicle sharing programs.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
SHB 2389 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representative Orcutt)

Modifying the submission dates for economic and revenue forecasts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2442 By Representatives Bailey and Cody

Clarifying when evidence of insurability may be required for medicare supplement insurance policies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
HB 2456 By Representatives Chandler, Blake and Fagan

Regarding disclosure of information relating to agriculture and livestock.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
EHB 2457 By Representatives Kirby and Bailey

Addressing specialty producer licenses.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
SHB 2458 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Ross and Johnson)

Concerning the existing authority to impose a sales and use tax for public facilities districts by providing flexibility in the submittal of the sales and use tax to voters by distressed public facilities districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
ESHB 2473 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Hinkle, Johnson, Van De Wege, Ryu and Roberts)

Creating a medication assistant endorsement for certified nursing assistants who work in nursing homes.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
ESHB 2502 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen and Appleton)

Modifying exceptions to the compensating tax provisions for removal from forest land classification to more closely parallel open space property tax provisions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
HB 2523 By Representatives Bailey, Cody and Kirby; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Regulating insurers and insurance products.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
ESHB 2553 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Billig, Sells, Appleton, Ryu and Roberts)

Concerning nonvoting labor members of public transportation governing bodies.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
ESHB 2567 By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representative Fitzgibbon)

Authorizing an optional system of rates and charges for conservation districts.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ESHB 2592 By House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Haler, Carlyle, Hinkle, Reykdal, Pettigrew, Walsh, Wylie, Kagi, Darneille, Kelley, Kenney and Tharinger)

Concerning extended foster care services.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
SHB 2601 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Eddy, Liias, Ryu, Ladenburg and Moscoso)

Improving public transit through the creation of transit service overlay zones.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SHB 2608 By House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Orwall, Sullivan, Haigh, Maxwell, Kenney and Tharinger; by request of Department of Early Learning)

Requiring the department of early learning to develop state early learning guidelines.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
SHB 2617 By House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Anderson and Haigh; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

Regarding school district financial insolvency.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
HB 2643 By Representatives Green, Hinkle, Dickerson, Springer, Goodman and Moeller

Concerning purchase of care in institutions for mental diseases.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
HB 2651 By Representatives Springer, Chandler, Blake, Upthegrove and Wilcox; by request of Department of Ecology

Changing the numeric limit for bacterial contamination for industrial storm water permittees with discharges to water bodies listed as impaired to a narrative limit.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
SHB 2668 By House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Hope, Hurst and Kelley)

Addressing bail practices.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
ESHB 2692 By House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Asay, Parker, Carlyle, Kelley, Hurst, Ormsby, Kagi, Dickerson, Upthegrove, Goodman, Pettigrew, Maxwell, Dahlquist, Dammeier, Moscoso, Pearson and Kenney)

Concerning the reduction of the commercial sale of sex.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2698 By Representatives Kelley and Rivers

Addressing the notice given to owners of life insurance policies about alternative transactions.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
HB 2725 By Representative Ryu

Concerning the agency council on coordinated transportation.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SHB 2748 By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Anderson and Hasegawa)

Transferring ferry and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to county legislative authorities in counties with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more.

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