 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 10 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, January 28, 2013 | 15th Day - 2013 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 1010-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Hunt, and Haigh)
Concerning antifreeze products.
Changes exemptions from aversive agent additive requirements.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 23 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1012-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford, Kirby, Ryu, and Hudgins)
Increasing the penal sum of a surety bond required to be maintained by an appraisal management company.
Increases the penal sum of a surety bond, from twenty-five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars, required to be maintained by an appraisal management company.Allows the director of the department of licensing, if he or she determines that surety bonds are not readily available to appraisal management companies, to accept a cash bond or other security in lieu of the surety bond.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1033-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford and Chandler)
Regulating the settling of certain insurer transactions.
Regulates the settling of certain insurer transactions.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1038-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Ryu, Kagi, Bergquist, Reykdal, and Jinkins)
Requiring the department of licensing to adopt rules regarding online learning for training in cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, and instruction.
Requires the department of licensing to: (1) Adopt rules regarding distance or online learning in the areas of cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, and instructor-training; and(2) Provide an evaluation review to the committees of the legislature that oversee the licensing of those professions.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 23 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1074-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Angel, Takko, Buys, and Pike)
Concerning requirements governing and associated with plat approvals.
Changes certain time limitations governing and associated with plat approvals.
| Jan 24 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
HB 1393
by Representatives Hunt, Chandler, Takko, Kristiansen, Blake, Warnick, Sells, Van De Wege, and Wylie; by request of Employment Security Department
Providing information to assist in unemployment insurance overpayment recovery.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to disclose personally identifying information, including social security number, to the employment security department for the purpose of unemployment insurance overpayment recovery.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1394
by Representatives Reykdal, Manweller, Sells, Hunt, Green, Van De Wege, and Appleton; by request of Employment Security Department
Changing the employment security department's settlement authority.
Changes the settlement authority of the employment security department.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1395
by Representatives Sells, Manweller, Reykdal, Wylie, Chandler, Condotta, Hunt, Van De Wege, Green, Warnick, Appleton, and Morrell; by request of Employment Security Department
Implementing the unemployment insurance integrity provisions of the federal trade adjustment assistance extension act of 2011.
Implements the unemployment insurance integrity provisions of the federal trade adjustment assistance extension act of 2011.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1396
by Representatives Manweller, Sells, Chandler, Reykdal, Condotta, Hunt, Wylie, Van De Wege, Green, Appleton, and Morrell; by request of Employment Security Department
Changing the unemployment insurance shared work program by adopting short-time compensation provisions in the federal middle class tax relief and job creation act of 2012.
Adopts short-time compensation provisions in the federal middle class tax relief and job creation act of 2012 to change the unemployment insurance shared work program.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1397
by Representatives Orcutt, Santos, Dahlquist, Pike, Vick, Haler, Hargrove, Buys, Magendanz, and Bergquist
Adding a requirement to sexual health education to include elements of and consequences for conviction of sexual offenses where the victim is a minor.
Requires public schools that offer sexual health education to include age-appropriate information about the legal elements of sexual offenses where a minor is a victim and the consequences upon conviction.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1398
by Representatives Alexander, Hurst, Haigh, Schmick, Cody, Hunt, Moscoso, Condotta, and Morrell
Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing commission.
Requires money in the state lottery account to be used for distribution to the state fair fund and the horse racing commission operating account to support youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing commission.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1399
by Representatives Stanford, Tharinger, Moscoso, Takko, Appleton, Bergquist, Liias, and Reykdal
Giving general law enforcement authority to natural resource investigators.
Gives natural resources investigators general law enforcement authority.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1400
by Representatives Bergquist, Kochmar, and Jinkins; by request of Office of Administrative Hearings
Clarifying that service includes electronic distribution of hearing notices and orders in administrative proceedings.
Revises the definition of "service" by including electronic distribution of hearing notices and orders for purposes of the administrative procedure act.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1401
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Dahlquist, Takko, Fey, Wilcox, Kochmar, Magendanz, O'Ban, Morrell, and Jinkins
Addressing the timing of penalties under the growth management act.
Revises growth management act penalty provisions.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1402
by Representatives Stanford and Morrell; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Adopting the insurer state of entry model act.
Adopts the insurer state of entry model act.Repeals chapter 48.35 RCW (alien insurers).
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1403
by Representatives Smith, Morris, Short, Ryu, Magendanz, Blake, Walsh, Hansen, Dahlquist, and Maxwell
Promoting economic development by providing information to businesses.
Increases the number of agencies required to participate in implementing the business license center act.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1404
by Representatives Liias, Walsh, Goodman, Roberts, and Jinkins
Preventing alcohol poisoning deaths.
Establishes limited immunity from prosecution for people under the age of twenty-one who seek medical assistance in alcohol poisoning situations.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1405
by Representatives Liias, Ryu, Carlyle, Stanford, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Zeiger, Maxwell, Clibborn, Tarleton, Bergquist, Parker, Roberts, Moscoso, Farrell, Pedersen, Lytton, Sells, Kagi, Jinkins, Sawyer, Ormsby, Freeman, Morrell, Santos, and Pollet
Creating a competitive grant program for informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
Creates a competitive grant program to assist nonprofit organizations in acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating science or technology center, zoo, and aquarium facilities.Gives the department of commerce certain duties relating to the program.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1406
by Representatives Goodman, Pedersen, Rodne, and Nealey; by request of Uniform Laws Commission
Creating the uniform correction or clarification of defamation act.
Establishes the uniform correction or clarification of defamation act which requires a person to make a timely request for a correction or clarification from the publisher of a defamation in order to maintain an action for defamation.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1407
by Representative Condotta
Regarding the ability of a local legislative authority to regulate genetically modified organisms.
Allows local governments, through their legislative authority, to regulate genetically modified organisms.
| Jan 25 | Held on first reading. | |
HB 1408
by Representatives Moscoso, Kristiansen, Reykdal, and Hargrove
Providing cities and towns with the local options to permit digital outdoor advertising signs.
Provides cities and towns with the local option to permit static digital outdoor advertising signs along state highways.Requires the department of transportation to establish standards for the allowable brightness, size, and change of copy for digital outdoor advertising signs.Requires certain owners of digital outdoor advertising signs to coordinate with law enforcement and emergency management authorities to display regional emergency information.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1409
by Representatives Tharinger, Schmick, Cody, Clibborn, Ross, and Jinkins; by request of Department of Health
Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure.
Revises allopathic physician licensure provisions.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1410
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Hope, Harris, and Morrell
Addressing wellness programs under the insurance code.
Revises insurance code provisions relating to wellness programs.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1411
by Representatives Kirby and Condotta
Removing spirits from wholesale distributors and suppliers of malt beverages provisions.
Removes spirits from provisions relating to wholesale distributors and suppliers of malt beverages.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1412
by Representatives Bergquist, Zeiger, Maxwell, Reykdal, Kagi, Riccelli, Santos, Fitzgibbon, Tarleton, Lytton, Pollet, Farrell, Freeman, Ryu, Stonier, Stanford, Hunt, Van De Wege, Kochmar, Buys, Magendanz, Hayes, O'Ban, Fey, Morrell, and Jinkins
Making community service a high school graduation requirement.
Includes a student's completion of community service in high school graduation requirements.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1413
by Representatives Moscoso, Hunt, Santos, Liias, Ryu, Fey, Upthegrove, Dunshee, Tarleton, Pedersen, Bergquist, Hudgins, McCoy, Maxwell, Cody, Jinkins, Appleton, Sawyer, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, Habib, Reykdal, Pollet, Ormsby, Green, Kagi, Freeman, Riccelli, and Farrell
Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2013.
Establishes the Washington voting rights act of 2013 to promote equal voting opportunities in certain political subdivisions.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1414
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Warnick, Tharinger, Stanford, McCoy, and Ross; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning Yakima river basin water resource management.
Authorizes the department of ecology to: (1) Implement the integrated water resource management plan in the Yakima river basin;(2) Develop water supply solutions that provide concurrent benefits to both instream and out-of-stream uses; and(3) Address a variety of water resource and ecosystem problems affecting fish passage, habitat functions, and agricultural, municipal, and domestic water supply in the Yakima river basin, consistent with the integrated plan.Creates the Yakima integrated plan implementation account, the Yakima integrated plan implementation taxable bond account, and the Yakima integrated plan implementation revenue recovery account.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
| Jan 29 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1415
by Representatives Haler, Warnick, and Hayes
Allowing hydroelectric energy generation on irrigation district facilities to qualify for renewable energy credit.
Requires certain generation of electricity by an irrigation district to be considered an eligible renewable resource that qualifies for renewable energy credit as provided in the energy independence act.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1416
by Representatives Warnick, Manweller, Takko, Fagan, and Schmick
Regarding the financing of irrigation district improvements.
Revises irrigation district provisions relating to financing of improvements.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1417
by Representatives Manweller, Fagan, and Warnick
Regarding irrigation district administration.
Revises irrigation district provisions relating to administration.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1418
by Representatives Hunt, Buys, Manweller, and Warnick
Regarding hours of availability of cities, towns, and special purpose districts for inspection and copying of public records.
Requires cities, towns, and special purpose districts that maintain uncustomary office hours to post, on the agency headquarters location or their web site, instructions on how to contact agency personnel to inspect or copy public records.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1419
by Representatives Warnick and Manweller
Expanding membership of the Washington state horse park authority.
Changes the composition of the Washington state horse park authority.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1420
by Representatives Liias, Orcutt, Clibborn, and Fey
Concerning public contracts for transportation improvement projects.
Modifies contract retainage, bond, and prevailing wage provisions governing contracts for transportation improvement projects.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1421
by Representatives Tharinger and Nealey; by request of Department of Revenue
Protecting the state's interest in collecting deferred property taxes.
Protects the state's interest in deferred property tax collection.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1422
by Representatives Condotta and Hurst
Changing the criteria for the beer and wine tasting endorsement for grocery stores.
Changes requirements for grocery stores with regard to an endorsement to offer beer and wine tasting.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1423
by Representatives Haigh, Fagan, Seaquist, Magendanz, and Hargrove
Providing for a single set of laws and procedures governing online learning.
Provides a single, consistent set of laws, rules, and procedures for schools and school districts seeking to offer online learning for students.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1424
by Representatives Haigh, Santos, Sullivan, Maxwell, Ryu, Freeman, Stonier, Seaquist, McCoy, Fey, Roberts, Morrell, Kagi, Bergquist, and Jinkins
Enhancing the statewide K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system.
Takes steps to enhance the current statewide K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system by clarifying the laws pertaining to the statewide system and the state-level work group charged with overseeing the system.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1425
by Representatives Appleton, Springer, Ryu, Haler, Manweller, McCoy, Maxwell, Lytton, Kagi, and Takko
Removing the requirement that housing organizations apply to the Washington state quality award program.
Removes the requirement that housing organizations apply to the Washington state quality award program for an independent assessment of its quality management, accountability, and performance system.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1426
by Representatives Nealey, Morris, Chandler, Fey, Pike, Short, and Crouse
Allowing utilities serving customers in Washington and in other states to use eligible renewable resources located within the western electricity coordinating council area to comply with chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Authorizes qualifying utilities serving retail customers to use eligible renewable resources located within the western electricity coordinating council area to comply with the energy independence act.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1427
by Representatives Orcutt, Carlyle, Nealey, Vick, and Wilcox
Addressing the evasion of taxes by the use of certain electronic means.
Addresses the evasion of taxes by the use of certain electronic means.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1428
by Representatives Upthegrove, Rodne, Seaquist, Hope, Appleton, Morrell, and Orwall
Concerning the veterans innovation program and the use of moneys in the state lottery account.
Requires the lottery commission, in cooperation with the department of veterans affairs, to communicate the veterans innovations program as a beneficiary of lottery games.Eliminates the termination and repeal of the veteran lottery raffle and the veterans innovations program under the sunset act.Adjusts the functions of the state lottery account.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1429
by Representatives Seaquist, Roberts, Pollet, Goodman, Takko, Walsh, Maxwell, Hunter, Appleton, Kagi, Bergquist, Santos, Freeman, and Jinkins
Addressing the implementation of inmate postsecondary education degree programs to reduce recidivism.
Offers appropriate postsecondary opportunities to inmates.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
SB 5293
by Senators Cleveland, Rivers, King, Hobbs, Harper, Billig, Ericksen, Ranker, Eide, Fain, Keiser, and Tom
Extending the expiration dates of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
Delays the expiration of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5294
by Senators Ericksen, Holmquist Newbry, Roach, Sheldon, Becker, Rivers, Bailey, Padden, Delvin, Smith, Honeyford, Pearson, King, Braun, Parlette, Schoesler, Hewitt, and Carrell
Recognizing hydroelectricity as an eligible renewable resource in the energy independence act.
Revises the energy independence act by recognizing hydroelectricity as an eligible renewable resource.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5295
by Senators Ericksen and Schoesler
Addressing appeal and permit procedures under the shoreline management act.
Revises the shoreline management act to reduce the burden on permit applicants when the part of a project within shoreline jurisdiction is appealed to the shorelines hearings board.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5296
by Senators Ericksen, Baumgartner, Rivers, Bailey, Delvin, and Honeyford
Concerning the model toxics control act.
Prioritizes the spending of revenues under the model toxics control act, on cleaning up the most toxic sites, while also providing jobs in communities around the state.Requires the state treasurer, for the biennium ending June 30, 2015, to transfer twenty-five million dollars from the state toxics control account and seventy-five million dollars from the local toxics control account to the special category E account.Creates the special category E account.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5297
by Senators Braun, Ericksen, and Carrell
Concerning coal transition power.
Addresses coal transition power with regard to qualifying utilities under the energy independence act.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5298
by Senators Braun and Ericksen
Regarding coal transition power.
Modifies the energy independence act by revising the definition of "load" and adding a definition for "coal transition power."
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5299
by Senators Ranker and Rolfes
Concerning the creation of a special license plate dedicated to raising revenue to fund preventative wolf management efforts at the department of fish and wildlife.
Creates Washington's wolves special license plates.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5300
by Senators Ranker, Rolfes, Hargrove, and Frockt
Enhancing wolf management efforts through the promotion of cooperative agreements.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to develop and maintain a process to offer, negotiate, and enter into cooperative agreements with livestock owners to prevent or minimize damage to livestock caused by wolves.Prohibits owners of commercial livestock from receiving compensation for damage to commercial livestock caused by wolves unless they have a cooperative agreement with the department of fish and wildlife in effect at the time the damage occurred.Authorizes the fish and wildlife commission, the director of the department of fish and wildlife, and the department of natural resources to, under certain circumstances, enter into a lease, renew a lease, or otherwise permit the use of department-managed real property within the estimated range of a confirmed wolf pack for grazing or other commercial livestock purposes.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5301
by Senators Rolfes, Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Mullet, Rivers, Billig, and Keiser
Regarding student suspension and expulsion.
Implements accessibility, disaggregation, and review requirements for student suspension and expulsion data collected by the K-12 data governance group.Requires the K-12 data governance group to examine the data collected under the behavior infraction subgroup and create at least four additional behavior infraction codes including defiance, disruption, cell phone violations, and gang activity.Requires the superintendent of public instruction and the state school directors' association to meet with a group of stakeholders to develop a handbook and model policy for school districts to implement changes to suspension and expulsion policies.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 28 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5302
by Senators Benton and Hobbs
Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments.
Modifies provisions relating to credit unions' corporate governance and investments.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5303
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.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5304
by Senators King, Shin, Fain, Harper, Hatfield, Eide, Ericksen, Keiser, and Tom
Providing cities and towns with the local options to permit digital outdoor advertising signs.
Provides cities and towns with the local option to permit static digital outdoor advertising signs along state highways.Requires the department of transportation to establish standards for the allowable brightness, size, and change of copy for digital outdoor advertising signs.Requires certain owners of digital outdoor advertising signs to coordinate with law enforcement and emergency management authorities to display regional emergency information.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5305
by Senators Becker, Schlicher, Kline, Dammeier, Delvin, Ericksen, Parlette, and Carrell
Requiring hospitals to report when providing treatment for bullet wounds, gunshot wounds, and stab wounds to all patients.
Requires a hospital to report to a local law enforcement authority when the hospital provides treatment to any patient for a bullet wound, a gunshot wound, or a stab wound.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5306
by Senators Benton, Carrell, and Hobbs
Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
Requires a tenant, upon written request of a landlord, to: (1) Provide the landlord with the name, address, and telephone number of a designated person to contact in the event of the tenant's death; and(2) Sign a statement authorizing the landlord, in the event of the tenant's death, to settle all matters relating to the decedent's rental of the property.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5307
by Senators Hobbs and Benton
Expanding the definition of unlawful detainer to include a provision governing at-will tenancies.
Revises landlord and tenant provisions to expand the definition of "unlawful detainer" by including a provision governing at-will tenancies.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5308
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Carrell, Darneille, Padden, Kline, Hargrove, Fraser, Chase, Keiser, Conway, Cleveland, and Tom
Establishing the commercially sexually exploited children statewide coordinating committee.
Establishes the commercially sexually exploited children statewide coordinating committee to address the issue of children who are commercially sexually exploited.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5309
by Senators Roach, Chase, Benton, Rivers, and Kline
Authorizing certain water-sewer districts to use the job order contracting procedure.
Authorizes certain water-sewer districts to use the job order contracting procedure.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5310
by Senators Nelson, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Harper, Keiser, and Conway
Creating a senior center license.
Creates a senior center license which is a license issued to a nonprofit organization whose primary service is providing recreational and social activities for seniors on the licensed premises and permits the licensee to sell spirits.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5311
by Senators Rolfes, Murray, and Hatfield
Removing the requirement that housing organizations apply to the Washington state quality award program.
Removes the requirement that housing organizations apply to the Washington state quality award program for an independent assessment of its quality management, accountability, and performance system.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5312
by Senators Hobbs, Harper, Eide, Benton, Hatfield, Chase, Frockt, Schoesler, Roach, Keiser, Mullet, and Tom
Authorizing small consumer installment loans.
Establishes the small consumer installment loan act.Authorizes licensed longer term loans with a maximum authorized interest rate of thirty-six percent per year.Provides that if any portion of the act is vetoed by the governor, the entire act is null and void.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5313
by Senator Carrell
Modifying the criteria for public works assistance.
Encourages the use of low-cost alternatives to traditional construction methods, including the use of pipe bursting technology for sewer, storm water, and water delivery infrastructure.Encourages the use of these alternatives through the public works assistance account by giving preference to projects that use low-cost alternatives to traditional construction.Requires the public works board, in assigning a priority to a project, to consider whether the project includes low-cost alternatives to traditional construction techniques.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5314
by Senators Becker, Dammeier, Rivers, Braun, Ericksen, Delvin, and Honeyford
Identifying public schools as essential public facilities for the purposes of the growth management act.
Revises the growth management act to include public schools as essential public facilities.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5315
by Senators Becker, Dammeier, Rivers, Padden, and Roach
Implementing the recommendations made by the Powell fatality team.
Requires a court that orders that a child be placed with a caregiver over the objections of the parent, to articulate, on the record, his or her reasons for ordering the placement.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) When there is an active criminal investigation against a parent or sibling who desires visitation with a child, make a concerted effort to consult with the assigned law enforcement officer in the criminal case before recommending any changes in parent/child or child/sibling contact;(2) Include in its policies and protocols concerning visitation for dependent children, consultation with the assigned law enforcement officer in the event of an active criminal investigation of the parent; and(3) In the event a judge orders a parent to undergo a psychosexual evaluation, reassess visitation duration, supervision, and location, if appropriate.Provides ongoing domestic violence training and consultation to caseworkers.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5316
by Senators Becker and Carrell
Adopting a model policy to require a third person to be present during interviews.
Requires the Washington state school directors' association to adopt a model policy regarding the presence of a third party while interviewing a child during the course of an investigation of alleged abuse or neglect.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5317
by Senators Becker, Bailey, and Honeyford
Concerning the tabulation and receipt of ballots.
Modifies provisions relating to the tabulation and receipt of ballots for elections by mail.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5318
by Senators Bailey, Becker, Roach, Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Hill, Chase, Billig, Kline, Cleveland, and Carrell
Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.
Expands the definition of "resident student," for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition, to remove the one-year waiting period for veterans and active members of the military.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5319
by Senators Bailey, Padden, Becker, and Honeyford
Regarding access to state recreation lands by disabled veterans.
Requires a complimentary discover pass to be provided to a person who possess a lifetime veteran's disability pass from the parks and recreation commission.Waives certain penalties for persons that show that they either possess a lifetime veteran's disability pass or are eligible for the pass.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5320
by Senators Becker, Benton, Roach, Ericksen, and Honeyford
Requiring the county auditor to establish a minimum number of ballot drop boxes for counties and cities.
Requires county auditors to establish a minimum of one ballot drop box per twenty thousand residents or one ballot drop box per city with a population greater than one thousand, whichever is greater.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5321
by Senator Ericksen
Harmonizing state greenhouse gas reporting requirements with federal requirements.
Harmonizes state greenhouse gas reporting requirements with federal requirements.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5322
by Senators Carrell, Becker, Dammeier, and Billig
Concerning municipally produced class A biosolids.
Exempts from the definition of "turf fertilizer," for purposes of chapter 15.54 RCW (fertilizers, minerals, and limes), a commercial fertilizer where the phosphorus component is derived solely from exceptional quality biosolids.
| Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |