STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
64th Legislature - 2015 Regular Session

FRANK CHOPP JIM MOELLER
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions

March 12, 2015 - Thursday 60TH DAY 2015 Regular Session
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
Added sponsor Pink Slips must be in the WORKROOM or on the Rostrum by 2:00 PM today.
SSB 5037 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban and Sheldon)
Modifying organized retail theft provisions.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
E2SSB 5057 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Ericksen)
Concerning the safe transport of hazardous materials.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
ESSB 5084 By Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Frockt, Conway, Keiser and Mullet; by request of Governor Inslee)
Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
ESB 5091 By Senators Brown, Hewitt and Sheldon
Including nuclear energy in the definition of a "qualified alternative energy resource" for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SB 5144 By Senators Dammeier, Becker, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, Parlette and O'Ban
Requiring all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative to be subject to the open public meetings act.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.
E2SSB 5179 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Litzow, Mullet, Hobbs and Dammeier)
Concerning paraeducators.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
ESB 5226 By Senators Becker, Braun, Warnick, Dammeier and Benton
Protecting public sector workers' rights through public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
Referred to Committee on LABOR.
ESSB 5321 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Mullet, Hobbs, Angel and Fain)
Concerning licensure of persons providing debt settlement services.
Referred to Committee on BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SSB 5328 By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Bailey and Chase)
Disseminating financial aid information.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
ESSB 5346 By Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Mullet, Darneille, Liias, Conway, McAuliffe, Keiser and Chase)
Providing first responders with contact information for subscribers of personal emergency response services during an emergency.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
SB 5379 By Senators Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Hatfield, McAuliffe, Chase, Keiser and Jayapal
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder to the terminal or debilitating medical conditions that qualify for the medical use of marijuana.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
2SSB 5404 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Darneille, Frockt, Miloscia, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Chase, Pedersen and Conway; by request of Governor Inslee)
Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection.
Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & HUMAN SERVICES.
SSB 5418 By Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Braun, Parlette, McAuliffe, Benton and Conway)
Creating a pilot program to improve care for catastrophically injured workers.
Referred to Committee on LABOR.
SSB 5451 By Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Keiser, Conway, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Labor & Industries)
Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.
Referred to Committee on LABOR.
E2SSB 5452 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Litzow, Billig, Fain, Dammeier, Hargrove, Hill, Rivers, Brown, Mullet, Frockt, Jayapal, Angel, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, McAuliffe and Habib)
Improving quality in the early care and education system.
Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & HUMAN SERVICES.
SSB 5487 By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Baumgartner, Billig, Rivers, Keiser, Schoesler, Hatfield, Angel, King, Liias, Mullet, Dansel, Ericksen, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Hasegawa, Hewitt and Chase)
Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
ESB 5510 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers and Angel
Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits by creating a working group to develop recommendations. )
Referred to Committee on LABOR.
ESB 5513 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Dammeier, Rivers, Bailey, Sheldon, Schoesler, Warnick and Honeyford
Creating the workers' recovery act by amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating the workers' recovery act by amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers. )
Referred to Committee on LABOR.
ESSB 5550 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Habib and Fain)
Regulating providers of commercial transportation services.
Referred to Committee on BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
ESB 5577 By Senators Braun and Cleveland
Concerning pharmaceutical waste.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
ESB 5624 By Senators Keiser, Honeyford and Conway
Concerning financing essential public infrastructure.
Referred to Committee on CAPITAL BUDGET.
ESSB 5656 By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Chase, Fain and Keiser; by request of Washington Traffic Safety Commission)
Enhancing public safety by reducing distracted driving incidents caused by the use of personal wireless communications devices.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SSB 5694 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Baumgartner and Billig)
Allowing assessments for nuisance abatement in cities and towns.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ESSB 5735 By Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen, Rivers, Angel, Baumgartner, Brown, Hewitt, Bailey, Schoesler, Parlette, Honeyford, Braun, Padden, Becker, Hatfield and Sheldon)
Providing incentives for carbon reduction investments.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
E2SSB 5737 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Miloscia and Chase)
Concerning government performance and accountability.
Referred to Committee on GENERAL GOVERNMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
ESSB 5743 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Fain, Hobbs, Benton, Mullet and Angel)
Addressing insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents activities with customers and potential customers.
Referred to Committee on BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SB 5768 By Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford and Fraser
Concerning county electronic public auctions.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ESB 5863 By Senators Jayapal, Rivers, Keiser, Miloscia, Conway, Angel, Liias, Pedersen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles and Hasegawa
Concerning highway construction workforce development.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
ESB 5871 By Senators Angel, Liias, Roach, McCoy and Chase
Creating appeal procedures for single-family homeowners with failing septic systems required to connect to public sewer systems.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ESSB 5899 By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Keiser, Ranker, Angel, Hobbs, Sheldon, Fain, Rivers, Roach, King, Ericksen and Honeyford)
Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans.
Referred to Committee on BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
ESB 5935 By Senators Parlette and Frockt
Concerning biological products.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
SSB 5965 By Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Pearson, Hobbs and Bailey)
Evaluating mitigation options for impacts to base flows and minimum instream flows.
Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
ESJR 8204 By Senators Keiser, Honeyford and Conway
Amending the Constitution to allow the state to guarantee debt issued on behalf of a political subdivision for essential public infrastructure.
Referred to Committee on CAPITAL BUDGET.