STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
68th Legislature - 2024 Regular Session

LAURIE JINKINS TINA ORWALL
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
BERNARD DEAN, Chief Clerk

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

February 5, 2024 - Monday 29TH DAY 2024 Regular Session
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
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HB 2494 By Representatives Bergquist and Rude
Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
ESSB 5010 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Wilson, L., Holy, Wilson, J., Braun, Schoesler, King, Short, Fortunato, Padden, Torres, Dozier, Gildon, Rolfes, Wagoner and Warnick)
Updating the endangerment with a controlled substance statute to include fentanyl or synthetic opioids.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY SAFETY, JUSTICE, & REENTRY.
ESB 5032 By Senators Padden, Lovick, Conway, Dhingra, Kuderer, Liias, Wagoner and Wilson, L.
Extending the felony driving under the influence lookback to 15 years while providing additional treatment options through the creation of a drug offender sentencing alternative for driving under the influence. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning impaired driving. )
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY SAFETY, JUSTICE, & REENTRY.
SB 5180 By Senators Hunt, Hawkins and Mullet
Adopting the interstate teacher mobility compact.
Referred to Committee on POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION & WORKFORCE.
ESSB 5271 By Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Robinson, Kuderer, Nobles, Wellman and Wilson, C.; by request of Department of Health)
Protecting patients in facilities regulated by the department of health by establishing uniform enforcement tools.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
ESSB 5334 By Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Senators Lovelett, Kuderer, Frame, Hasegawa, Nguyen, Nobles and Wilson, C.)
Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ESSB 5368 By Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, King, Conway, Schoesler, Randall, Torres and Wilson, C.)
Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKPLACE STANDARDS.
ESSB 5481 By Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Law Commission)
Concerning the uniform law commission's uniform telehealth act.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
SB 5508 By Senators Short, Shewmake, Warnick, Wilson, J. and Wilson, L.
Promoting local agriculture through greenhouses.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SSB 5588 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Nobles, Wagoner, Dhingra, Lovelett, Pedersen, Saldaña, Wellman and Wilson, C.)
Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY SAFETY, JUSTICE, & REENTRY.
ESSB 5690 By Senate Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Senators Dhingra, Nobles, Saldaña and Wilson, C.; by request of Department of Corrections)
Concerning conditional release transition teams.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY SAFETY, JUSTICE, & REENTRY.
SSB 5787 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Padden, Mullet, Nobles and Salomon; by request of Uniform Law Commission)
Enacting the uniform electronic estate planning documents act.
Referred to Committee on CIVIL RIGHTS & JUDICIARY.
ESSB 5788 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Wagoner, Kuderer, Mullet and Saldaña)
Concerning service animal training.
Referred to Committee on CIVIL RIGHTS & JUDICIARY.
SB 5800 By Senators Wilson, C., Torres, Billig, Kuderer, Mullet, Nobles and Shewmake; by request of Department of Licensing
Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
SSB 5804 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kuderer, Wellman, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Hunt, Liias, Lovelett, Nguyen, Nobles, Stanford, Valdez and Wilson, C.)
Concerning opioid overdose reversal medication in public schools.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
SB 5805 By Senators Frame, Boehnke, Kuderer, Nguyen, Nobles, Trudeau and Wilson, C.
Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings.
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, YOUTH, & EARLY LEARNING.
SSB 5815 By Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Muzzall, Conway, Dhingra, Holy, Padden, Rivers and Wagoner)
Adopting the physician assistant compact.
Referred to Committee on POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION & WORKFORCE.
ESB 5824 By Senators Hunt, Keiser, Kuderer, Liias and Nobles; by request of Secretary of State
Concerning the dissolution of libraries and library districts.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL RELATIONS.
SSB 5835 By Senate Committee on State Government & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Wilson, L., Dozier, Gildon, Mullet and Wilson, J.)
Concerning transparency in rule making.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL RELATIONS.
SSB 5841 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Lovick, Boehnke, Braun, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, McCune, Padden, Randall and Valdez)
Requiring individuals convicted of offenses related to driving under the influence to pay financial support to minor children and dependents when the offense results in the death or disability of a parent.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY SAFETY, JUSTICE, & REENTRY.
SSB 5880 By Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senator Muzzall)
Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
SB 5884 By Senators Trudeau, Pedersen, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford and Valdez
Concerning court-ordered restitution in environmental criminal cases.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY.
SB 5886 By Senators Braun, Keiser, Nobles and Van De Wege; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Adding purposes for the use of existing firefighter safety funding.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKPLACE STANDARDS.
SB 5887 By Senators Stanford, Dozier, Conway and Mullet
Modifying the public accountancy act.
Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & BUSINESS.
ESSB 5890 By Senate Committee on State Government & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Valdez, Hunt, Dhingra, Kuderer, Nguyen, Nobles and Pedersen)
Reducing ballot rejection rates through updates to ballot curing, canvassing, reporting, and outreach processes.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL RELATIONS.
SSB 5936 By Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Dozier, Frame, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Nobles, Rivers and Salomon)
Convening a palliative care benefit work group.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
SB 5982 By Senators Cleveland, Robinson, Keiser, Dhingra, Van De Wege, Conway, Frame, Kuderer, Liias, Mullet, Nobles, Salomon, Trudeau, Valdez and Wellman; by request of Department of Health
Updating the definition of "vaccine" in RCW 70.290.010 to include all federal food and drug administration-approved immunizations recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
ESSB 5985 By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hansen, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Hunt, Kuderer, Liias, Lovick, Nguyen, Pedersen, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, Wellman and Wilson, C.; by request of Washington State Patrol)
Concerning firearms background check program.
Referred to Committee on CIVIL RIGHTS & JUDICIARY.
SSB 6053 By Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Holy, Lovick, Mullet, Nguyen, Shewmake, Valdez and Wilson, C.; by request of Student Achievement Council)
Improving equitable access to postsecondary education.
Referred to Committee on POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION & WORKFORCE.
SJM 8007 By Senators Kauffman, Hasegawa and Hunt
Requesting Congress to fully fund 40 percent of the costs of IDEA.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
SJM 8008 By Senator Wilson, J.
Designating mileposts 45 to 51 of state route number 6 as the Washington state patrol trooper Justin R. Schaffer memorial highway.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.