 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 15 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, February 4, 2013 | 22nd 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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2013.
HB 1600
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, and Chandler
Helping to ensure the viability of small forest landowners.
Provides small forest landowners with incentives to keep their land in long-term forestry.Provides regulatory certainty and removes disincentives in order to encourage ownership tenure for generations to come.Requires the department of natural resources to monitor certain harvests conducted by small forest landowners and provide an annual report to the forest practices board on the miles of stream negatively impacted by these harvests.Prohibits small forest landowners, choosing to conduct a certain harvest, from participating in the forestry riparian easement program for the affected harvest units.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1601
by Representatives Goodman, Pettigrew, Moscoso, Habib, Pedersen, Jinkins, Roberts, Orwall, Appleton, Upthegrove, Pollet, Freeman, and Ryu
Providing alternatives for penalties stemming from traffic infractions.
Allows entry into a community restitution plan in lieu of paying a monetary penalty for certain traffic infractions.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1602
by Representatives Springer, Pike, Takko, and Ryu
Concerning fuel usage of publicly owned vehicles, vessels, and construction equipment.
Exempts from certain fuel usage requirements, police, fire, and other emergency response vehicles; engine retrofits that would void warranties; and conventional vehicles and equipment owned before June 1, 2018.Requires local government subdivisions to determine whether meeting fuel usage requirements is practicable.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1603
by Representatives Hope, Van De Wege, Tharinger, and Ryu
Concerning renewal of licenses and the status of licenses to practice dentistry.
Provides that licenses issued to practice dentistry remain unexpired and in full force and effect for thirty days beyond the scheduled renewal date.Requires a health carrier, for purposes of payment, to treat a licensed dentist as continuing to be licensed, and the license as unexpired and in full force and effect, for thirty days after the scheduled renewal date of the license.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1604
by Representatives Angel, Springer, Nealey, Blake, Orcutt, Smith, and Ryu
Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes.
Allows changes to local sales and use taxes only on the first of January or July.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1605
by Representatives Springer, Rodne, Takko, Buys, Schmick, and Ryu
Expanding the membership of the state building code council.
Changes the composition of the state building code council.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1606
by Representatives Springer, Rodne, Schmick, Takko, and Buys
Concerning carbon monoxide alarms.
Extends the deadline in which carbon monoxide alarms are required in buildings classified as residential occupancies.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1607
by Representative Rodne
Providing alternative means of service in forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer actions.
Provides alternative means of service in forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer actions.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1608
by Representatives Appleton, Angel, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Seaquist, Ryu, Stanford, and Hansen
Concerning the marine employees' commission.
Removes the June 30, 2013, expiration of the marine employees' commission.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 7 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1609
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, and Ryu
Renaming the board of pharmacy.
Changes the name of the state board of pharmacy to the pharmacy quality assurance commission.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1610
by Representatives Hunt, Haler, Jinkins, Springer, Lytton, Seaquist, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, and Ryu
Calculating service credit for school administrators for alternate early retirement eligibility.
Modifies provisions relating to the calculation of service credit for school administrators for alternate early retirement eligibility.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1611
by Representatives Liias, Condotta, Pollet, Moscoso, Freeman, and Ryu
Allowing lunch breaks for registered tow truck operators while requiring reasonable availability.
Allows a registered tow truck operator to close the business office for a lunch break not to exceed one hour if certain conditions are met.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1612
by Representatives Hope, Pedersen, Hayes, Buys, Dahlquist, Hargrove, O'Ban, Holy, Goodman, Fagan, Smith, Magendanz, Orcutt, Klippert, Kretz, Warnick, Roberts, Moscoso, Ryu, and Bergquist
Concerning information on firearm offenders.
Requires firearm offenders to register with the county sheriff.Requires the county sheriff to forward registration information, photographs, and fingerprints to the Washington state patrol.Requires the Washington state patrol to maintain a central registry of firearm offenders.Creates the crime of failure to register as a firearm offender.Adds definitions for "firearm offense" and "firearm offender" for purposes of chapter 9.41 RCW (firearms and dangerous weapons).Exempts the central registry of firearms offenders from public inspection and copying under the public records act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1613
by Representatives Hudgins, Parker, Maxwell, Hayes, Moscoso, Ryu, and Stanford; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission
Establishing the criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account.
Creates the criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account and requires expenditures from the account to be used only for the maintenance and development of the commission's firing range facilities, property, and equipment.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government. | |
HB 1614
by Representatives Reykdal, Lytton, Seaquist, Pollet, Zeiger, Sells, Springer, Roberts, Maxwell, Ryu, and Stanford; by request of Western Washington University
Authorizing applied doctorate level degrees in audiology at Western Washington University.
Authorizes the board of trustees of Western Washington University to offer applied doctorate level degrees in audiology.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1615
by Representatives Angel, Shea, Schmick, Fagan, Kochmar, O'Ban, Hayes, Zeiger, Morrell, and Freeman
Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire unemployed veterans.
Provides a business and occupation tax credit of two thousand dollars for each qualified employment position filled by a veteran who is receiving unemployment benefits at the time of initial employment.Provides that the joint legislative audit and review committee is not required to conduct a review for the tax credit.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1616
by Representatives Angel, Manweller, and Johnson
Addressing contractor liability for industrial insurance premiums.
Modifies provisions relating to the liability of a contractor for industrial insurance premiums.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1617
by Representatives McCoy, Warnick, Orwall, Ryu, Smith, Maxwell, Moscoso, and Freeman; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Concerning the administrative costs for the allocation, management, and oversight of housing trust fund investments.
Modifies administrative cost requirements for the allocation, management, and oversight of housing trust fund investments.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1618
by Representatives Ormsby, Morris, Takko, Hunt, Liias, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, Fey, Moscoso, and Ryu
Concerning the building code council account.
Authorizes the building code council, to the extent that funds are not expended from the building code council account at the end of each fiscal year, to maintain an operating contingency fund of up to six months' average expenditure.Imposes a residential building permit fee of five dollars and a nonresidential building permit fee of eight dollars.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government. | |
HB 1619
by Representatives Short, Schmick, and Warnick
Suspending the growth management act in counties with significant and persistent unemployment.
Suspends the growth management act for counties and cities if the average rate of total unemployment in the county, seasonally adjusted, as determined by the employment security department, exceeds seven percent for three consecutive months.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1620
by Representatives Stanford, Zeiger, Takko, Haler, Blake, Liias, Clibborn, Jinkins, Wilcox, Ryu, Ormsby, Sells, Appleton, Pedersen, Upthegrove, Magendanz, Pollet, Orcutt, Johnson, Angel, Condotta, Carlyle, Kristiansen, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Morrell, and Santos
Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees.
Revises the definition of "passenger-carrying vehicle" for purposes of chapter 81.61 RCW (railroads--passenger-carrying vehicles for employees).Revises minimum standards for safe maintenance and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1621
by Representatives Haler, Blake, Ryu, Sells, Manweller, Takko, Ormsby, Zeiger, Liias, Sawyer, Haigh, Jinkins, Appleton, Wilcox, Pedersen, Rodne, Angel, Upthegrove, Stanford, Pollet, Vick, Condotta, Kristiansen, Moeller, Moscoso, and Santos
Regulating the hours of service for certain railroad employees.
Limits a railroad yardmaster's hours of service.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1622
by Representatives Hayes, Haler, Walsh, Pettigrew, Freeman, Roberts, and Kirby
Concerning tax credits for hiring individuals with developmental disabilities.
Provides a business and occupation tax credit equal to one thousand dollars per fiscal year for each full-time employment position filled by an individual with a developmental disability.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1623
by Representatives Harris, Green, and Moscoso
Providing statutory support for medical specialty technicians in Washington state.
Recognizes the valuable contribution of medical specialty technicians and provides statutory support for medical specialty technicians in the state.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1624
by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Seaquist, Walsh, Zeiger, Goodman, Farrell, Sells, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Roberts, Kirby, Fey, Freeman, Ryu, and Magendanz
Restricting tuition increases for resident undergraduate students at four-year institutions of higher education.
Makes higher education accessible and affordable for all families and sets a long-term goal for tuition at institutions of higher education to be no higher than ten percent of the median household income.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1625
by Representatives Pollet, Clibborn, Kagi, Pedersen, Hunt, Riccelli, Appleton, Hudgins, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Morrell, Sells, and Bergquist
Concerning certain tow truck operator requirements and rates.
Changes licensing requirements for registered tow truck operators.Places limitations on private impounds performed by a registered tow truck operator using tow trucks classified by the state patrol as class A, E, or D only.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1626
by Representatives Santos, Haigh, Upthegrove, Pollet, and Ryu
Aligning the higher education financial aid process with in-state tuition requirements.
Aligns the higher education financial aid process with in-state tuition requirements.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1627
by Representatives Morrell, Nealey, Zeiger, Jinkins, and Ryu
Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations.
Addresses the appointment of a qualified expert or professional person to evaluate and report upon the mental condition of a defendant.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1628
by Representatives Habib, Scott, Green, Appleton, Tarleton, Carlyle, Springer, Hunter, Bergquist, Ormsby, Morris, Tharinger, Rodne, Kirby, Vick, Ryu, Santos, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Sells, Kochmar, Farrell, Angel, Cody, Liias, Reykdal, Clibborn, Zeiger, Fey, Goodman, Moscoso, Upthegrove, Lytton, Jinkins, Kagi, Smith, Maxwell, Pollet, Morrell, and Freeman
Allowing nurses and physicians to satisfy a portion of their continuing education credits through providing services to medicaid enrollees or the uninsured.
Requires the nursing care quality assurance commission and the medical quality assurance commission to: (1) Adopt rules to allow a person renewing a license to satisfy up to twenty-five percent of his or her continuing education credits by providing medical services to people enrolled in medicaid or, at no cost, to people who are uninsured; and(2) Recognize the satisfaction of one continuing education credit for each hour spent providing direct care to patients.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1629
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Jinkins, Tharinger, Green, Pollet, Morrell, Santos, and Ryu
Concerning credentialing and continuing education requirements for long-term care workers.
Changes certification requirements for long-term care workers.Exempts licensed practical nurses and registered nurses from certain continuing education requirements.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1630
by Representatives Appleton, Pollet, Santos, and Ryu
Concerning nurse delegation in adult day services.
Revises the definition of "community-based care settings," for purposes of delegation of tasks and activities allowed by registered nurses, to include adult day health services administered or provided by contract by the department of health.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1631
by Representatives Tharinger, Johnson, Green, Harris, Cody, Riccelli, Jinkins, Morrell, Appleton, Hope, Maxwell, Pollet, Moscoso, Santos, and Ryu
Concerning planning measures to provide long-term care services and supports needs of the aging population.
Establishes a joint legislative executive committee on aging and disability issues to: (1) Establish a profile of the current elderly and disabled population and its needs;(2) Establish an inventory of the services and supports currently available to the elderly and disabled; and(3) Assess the areas of the current system where the additional support is needed for the current elderly population.Expires December 15, 2014.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1632
by Representatives Shea, Blake, Kristiansen, Sells, Warnick, Upthegrove, Wilcox, Scott, and Moscoso
Regulating the use of off-road vehicles in certain areas.
Increases opportunities for safe, legal, and environmentally acceptable motorized recreation.Generates funds for use in maintenance, signage, education, and enforcement of motorized recreation opportunities.Stimulates rural economies by opening certain roadways to use by motorized recreationists.Requires all wheeled all-terrain vehicles to obtain a metal tag.Creates the multiuse roadway safety account.
| Feb 1 | Held on first reading. | |
HB 1633
by Representatives Magendanz, Haigh, Dahlquist, Santos, Pollet, Smith, Wylie, Takko, Angel, Clibborn, Condotta, and Scott
Modifying school district bidding requirements for improvement and repair projects.
Revises bidding requirements for improvement and repair projects of school districts.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
SB 5506
by Senators Billig, Eide, Frockt, Cleveland, Schlicher, Rolfes, Hobbs, Nelson, Fain, Parlette, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Hill, Shin, Murray, McAuliffe, and Conway
Concerning funding for the safe routes to school program.
Ensures the continuation of the safe routes to school program by codifying federal funding at the level provided in the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium and state funding commitments made as part of the 2012 transportation fee increases.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5507
by Senators Billig, Benton, Rolfes, Rivers, Hatfield, Harper, Ranker, Hasegawa, Frockt, Schlicher, Smith, Fraser, Sheldon, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Shin, Murray, McAuliffe, Kline, and Conway
Increasing transparency of donors to candidates and ballot measures.
Increases transparency and ensures that voters are provided easy access to accurate information about the sources of money supporting or opposing candidates and ballot measures by printing the public disclosure commission's web site on voters' pamphlets and ballots for each primary and general election.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5508
by Senators Hatfield and Shin
Restricting prevailing wages on certain rural school district projects.
Exempts public works and public building service maintenance contracts of rural school districts from prevailing wage requirements.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5509
by Senators Becker and Keiser; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning electronic timekeeping for in-home personal care or respite services.
Authorizes the department of social and health services to establish limited exemption criteria in rule to address electronic timekeeping requirements of home care agencies when a landline phone is not available.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5510
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, and Conway; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the abuse of vulnerable adults.
Revises the definition of "neglect" by including an act or omission by a person or entity with a duty of care that demonstrates a serious disregard of consequences of such a magnitude as to constitute a clear and present danger to a vulnerable adult's health, welfare, or safety.Requires the department of social and health services or law enforcement, in conducting an investigation of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, self-neglect, or neglect, to, upon request, have access to all relevant records related to a vulnerable adult that are in the possession of mandated reporters and their employees.Authorizes the department of social and health services, the certified professional guardian board, and the office of public guardianship to share information contained in reports and investigations of the abuse, abandonment, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5511
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, Shin, and Kline
Creating the Washington state preservation of liberty act condemning the unlawful detention of United States citizens and lawful resident aliens under the national defense authorization act.
Establishes the Washington state preservation of liberty act condemning the unlawful detention of United States citizens and lawful resident aliens under the national defense authorization act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5512
by Senators Conway, Hobbs, Nelson, Delvin, Schlicher, McAuliffe, Hatfield, and Shin
Calculating service credit for school administrators for alternate early retirement eligibility.
Modifies provisions relating to the calculation of service credit for school administrators for alternate early retirement eligibility.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5513
by Senators Rolfes, Delvin, Becker, Ranker, King, Sheldon, Ericksen, Benton, and Roach
Regulating the use of off-road vehicles in certain areas.
Increases opportunities for safe, legal, and environmentally acceptable motorized recreation.Generates funds for use in maintenance, signage, education, and enforcement of motorized recreation opportunities.Stimulates rural economies by opening certain roadways to use by motorized recreationists.Requires all wheeled all-terrain vehicles to obtain a metal tag.Creates the multiuse roadway safety account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5514
by Senators Roach and Benton
Concerning utility rates and charges for vacant mobile home lots in manufactured housing communities.
Prohibits rates, charges, noncapital fees, and other costs from being charged to certain mobile home lots in a manufactured housing community.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5515
by Senators Eide and Benton
Concerning fees for certain vehicle title, registration, and permitting services.
Authorizes county auditors to collect fees for certain vehicle title, registration, and permitting services.Allows a county, by majority vote of its governing board, to disapprove collection of the service fee by its county auditor or other agent.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5516
by Senators Keiser and Fain; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission
Establishing the criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account.
Creates the criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account and requires expenditures from the account to be used only for the maintenance and development of the commission's firing range facilities, property, and equipment.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5517
by Senators Hobbs, Hewitt, Hatfield, Honeyford, and Shin
Changing the criteria for the beer and wine tasting endorsement for grocery stores.
Changes requirements for grocery stores regarding an endorsement to offer beer and wine tasting.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5518
by Senators Roach, Darneille, Sheldon, and Hatfield; by request of Secretary of State
Making nonsubstantive changes to election laws.
Makes nonsubstantive changes to election laws.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5519
by Senators Bailey, Darneille, Dammeier, Keiser, Litzow, Kohl-Welles, and Conway
Concerning planning measures to provide long-term care services and supports needs of the aging population.
Implements caregiver goals for long-term family caregiver respite services.Requires the aging and disability services administration of the department of social and health services to report to the legislature on certain issues pertaining to providing long-term care services and supporting the needs of the aging population.Requires the office of financial management to evaluate options to support families as they prepare for the cost of long-term services and supports needs.Creates a joint legislative executive committee on aging and disability issues. Expires December 15, 2014.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5520
by Senators Billig, Conway, Fain, and Delvin
Establishing a regional fire protection service authority formation process for cities.
Establishes a regional fire protection service authority formation process for cities.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5521
by Senators King, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Schlicher, Keiser, Frockt, Shin, and Kline
Protecting children under the age of eighteen from the harmful effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation associated with tanning devices.
Prohibits persons under eighteen years of age from using an ultraviolet tanning device.Prescribes penalties for tanning facilities that violate the act.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5522
by Senators Sheldon, Benton, and Shin
Concerning rental agreement renewal requirements for manufactured housing communities.
Specifies that rental agreement renewals for manufactured housing communities must include a minimum term of one year.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5523
by Senators Benton and Roach
Concerning the property taxation of mobile homes and park model trailers.
Addresses outstanding property tax obligations of a landlord of a mobile home park who takes ownership of a mobile home or park model trailer with the intent to resell or rent the mobile home or park model trailer.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5524
by Senators Cleveland, Schlicher, Benton, Baumgartner, Keiser, Shin, and Kline
Authorizing Washington pharmacies to fill prescriptions written by physician assistants in other states.
Revises the definition of "practitioner," for purposes of the uniform controlled substances act, to include a physician assistant and an osteopathic physician's assistant.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5525
by Senator Keiser
Providing statutory support for medical specialty technicians in Washington state.
Recognizes the valuable contribution of medical specialty technicians and provides statutory support for medical specialty technicians in the state.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5526
by Senators Conway, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Hasegawa, Ranker, Fraser, Nelson, Harper, Rolfes, Hatfield, Hobbs, Shin, and Kline
Ensuring fairness to employers by protecting employees.
Finds that improving compliance with wage-related laws will help address the problems of the underground economy, level the playing field for honest employers and contractors, and protect workers.Establishes the employee fair classification act.Creates the employee fair classification act account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5527
by Senators Hobbs, Mullet, and Baumgartner
Concerning debt adjusting services.
Modifies provisions relating to debt adjusting services.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5528
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Litzow, Kline, Darneille, Keiser, and Murray
Concerning the medical use of cannabis.
Makes technical corrections to medical use of cannabis provisions made necessary by the partial veto of E2SSB 5073 (chapter 11, Laws of 2011).
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5529
by Senators Rivers, Harper, Benton, Cleveland, Hobbs, Padden, Holmquist Newbry, Kohl-Welles, Shin, and McAuliffe
Creating a sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and supplies.
Creates a back-to-school sales tax holiday.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) Conduct an economic impact study of the sales and use tax exemption; and(2) Evaluate the direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts of the exemptions and their impact on state general fund tax revenues.Expires July 1, 2016.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5530
by Senators Conway, Becker, Keiser, Parlette, and Shin
Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal.
Requires physicians and physician assistants to provide demographic information requested by the medical quality assurance commission at the time of license renewal.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5531
by Senators Darneille, Litzow, Hargrove, Murray, Nelson, Carrell, Pearson, Fain, Mullet, Harper, Tom, Rivers, Hewitt, Hill, and Keiser
Measuring performance of the child welfare system.
Implements indicators of safety, permanency, and well-being to be used to measure the delivery of appropriate services for the children and families served by the child welfare system, to identify areas for future improvements to the child welfare system, and to maintain public accountability.Requires a university-based child welfare research entity to develop measurements for each of the indicators using existing and available data.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5532
by Senators Rolfes, Hobbs, Billig, Darneille, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Kline
Requiring crisis intervention training for peace officers.
Requires the criminal justice training commission to provide crisis intervention training to new full-time law enforcement officers employed by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5533
by Senators Rolfes, Chase, and Braun
Fostering economic development through revitalization of abandoned and vacant properties.
Expands the objectives of the community economic revitalization board to include encouraging the revitalization of abandoned and vacant properties to maximize the number and type of businesses, services, and employment opportunities available in a community.Establishes a revitalization program and authorizes the board to make direct loans to municipalities for financing the cost of public facilities.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5534
by Senators Rolfes and Billig
Assessing a penalty on certain motor vehicle-related violations to provide funding for the Washington state strategic highway safety plan.
Establishes a penalty that will hold convicted motor vehicle offenders accountable and help to offset the costs of effective programs created to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries.Creates the target zero account.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5535
by Senators Rolfes, Honeyford, and Nelson
Concerning the recording of real property encumbrance transfers and assignments.
Requires every transfer and assignment of a real property encumbrance to be recorded in the office of the recording officer of the county where the property is situated.Specifies information to be included in the recording and timelines by which to record.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5536
by Senators Conway, Litzow, Hewitt, Bailey, and Holmquist Newbry
Concerning the marine employees' commission.
Removes the June 30, 2013, expiration of the marine employees' commission.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5537
by Senators Keiser, Schlicher, Frockt, Shin, Mullet, Rolfes, Murray, Kline, and Conway
Improving the quality and value of health care with greater transparency of price and quality data.
Requires health insuring entities to submit price and quality data to the insurance commissioner and to large group purchasers that includes the information for each provider and facility.Requires the insurance commissioner to adopt rules to clarify the required data and format for submission.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5538
by Senators Keiser, Schlicher, Frockt, Mullet, Murray, McAuliffe, Kline, and Conway
Addressing transparency, accountability, and affordability in the provision of essential health care services.
Requires the office of the insurance commissioner and the department of health to communicate with health plans, health care facilities, providers, and other entities as appropriate to identify and annually brief the legislature regarding current and emerging practices in the health care industry that show promise in advancing certain goals.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5539
by Senators Becker, Schlicher, Bailey, Keiser, Frockt, Ericksen, and Shin
Concerning the provision of prescription drugs by direct practice providers.
Addresses the provision of prescription drugs by direct practice providers.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5540
by Senators Parlette, Schlicher, Becker, Bailey, Dammeier, Keiser, and Rolfes
Expanding opportunities to purchase health care coverage from out-of-state carriers.
Expands opportunities to purchase health care coverage from out-of-state carriers by: (1) Exempting qualified reciprocal plans from certain statutory requirements; and(2) Authorizing the insurance commissioner to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states.
| Feb 1 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |