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TENTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Wednesday, January 20, 1993
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Pritchard in candlelight, because of a wind-caused power outage. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Jesernig, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5251 by Senators Bauer, Snyder, Sheldon, Moore, Prentice, Sutherland, Jesernig, Rinehart and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to the nonresident sales tax exemption; and amending RCW 82.08.0273.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5252 by Senator Winsley
AN ACT Relating to condominiums; adding a new section to chapter 64.32 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 64.34 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5253 by Senators Sutherland, Hochstatter and Williams (by request of Office of Financial Management)
AN ACT Relating to energy savings from efficiency projects at public facilities; and amending RCW 39.35C.120.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SB 5254 by Senators Fraser, Barr, Owen and Talmadge (by request of Office of Marine Safety)
AN ACT Relating to marine safety field operations; amending RCW 82.23B.020; adding a new section to chapter 88.46 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 88.44 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ecology and Parks.
SB 5255 by Senators Fraser, Barr, Talmadge, Bluechel and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to escheat lands suitable for operation for park and recreation purposes; and amending RCW 79.01.612.
Referred to Committee on Ecology and Parks.
SB 5256 by Senators Sutherland, McCaslin and Erwin
AN ACT Relating to annexation by cities and towns; amending RCW 35.13.350 and 35A.14.550; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5257 by Senators Sutherland and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to public utilities owned by cities or towns; and amending RCW 80.04.500.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SB 5258 by Senators Sutherland and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to local utility taxes, fees, and charges; and amending RCW 35.21.860, 35.21.865, and 35.21.870.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5259 by Senators Niemi, Wojahn, Williams, Pelz, Prentice and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to portability of public retirement benefits; amending RCW 41.54.061 and 41.54.040; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5260 by Senators Spanel, Owen, Oke, Haugen, Hargrove and Snyder
AN ACT Relating to salmon labeling for human consumption; adding new sections to chapter 69.04 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
SB 5261 by Senators Fraser, Deccio and Talmadge
AN ACT Relating to state background checks on persons providing services to physically disabled or mentally impaired persons; amending RCW 43.20A.710; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.
SB 5262 by Senators M. Rasmussen and Barr
AN ACT Relating to the beef commission; and amending RCW 16.67.040 and 16.67.050.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
SB 5263 by Senators M. Rasmussen, Anderson, Barr and Bauer
AN ACT Relating to the marketing of milk; and amending RCW 15.35.060, 15.35.080, 15.35.100, 15.35.105, 15.35.110, 15.35.115, 15.35.150, and 15.35.250.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
SB 5264 by Senators M. Rasmussen, Bluechel, Skratek, Erwin, Deccio, Roach, Sheldon, Williams, Moore, Loveland, Sutherland, Bauer and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to trade and economic development; and adding a new section to chapter 43.31 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Trade, Technology and Economic Development.
SB 5265 by Senators Snyder, Winsley, A. Smith, Bauer, Hochstatter, Gaspard, L. Smith, Loveland, Vognild, Skratek and Pelz
AN ACT Relating to funeral expenses of a deceased person; and amending RCW 74.08.125.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5266 by Senators Niemi, Pelz and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to first-time offenders; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.030.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5267 by Senators Niemi, A. Smith, Pelz and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to sentencing options for offenders convicted of nonviolent crimes with a presumptive sentence less than twelve months; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.030 and 9.94A.120; adding new sections to chapter 9.94A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 2.56 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 9.94A.380; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5268 by Senators Sutherland, Roach, Prentice, von Reichbauer and Skratek
AN ACT Relating to public employee collective bargaining; amending RCW 41.56.460; reenacting and amending RCW 41.56.030; and repealing RCW 41.56.495.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce.
SB 5269 by Senators Bauer, von Reichbauer, Sheldon, Sellar, Drew, Jesernig, Winsley and Erwin
AN ACT Relating to the governing board of the state's higher education institutions; amending RCW 28B.20.100, 28B.30.100, and 28B.35.100; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5270 by Senators Moore, Prentice and Amondson
AN ACT Relating to the creation of the department of financial institutions; amending RCW 43.17.010, 43.17.020, 43.19.010, 43.19.020, 43.19.030, 43.19.050, 43.19.080, 43.19.090, 43.19.095, and 43.19.112; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; repealing RCW 43.19.040, 43.19.100, and 43.19.110; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce.
SB 5271 by Senators Owen, Oke, L. Smith and McDonald
AN ACT Relating to the enhancement of Chinook salmon; adding a new chapter to Title 75 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
SB 5272 by Senator Oke
AN ACT Relating to public assistance award levels; and amending RCW 74.08.025.
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.
SB 5273 by Senators Oke, Pelz, Moyer, McDonald, West and Quigley
AN ACT Relating to cigarettes and tobacco products; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.
SB 5274 by Senator Oke
AN ACT Relating to exemptions from boiler regulations; and amending RCW 70.79.080.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce.
SB 5275 by Senators Oke, Haugen and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to abandoned cemeteries; and amending RCW 68.60.030.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5276 by Senators Snyder and Amondson
AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation tax on the sale of fish; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5277 by Senator Erwin
AN ACT Relating to health care reform; amending RCW 70.47.030, 70.47.040, 70.47.050, 70.47.060, 70.47.070, 70.47.080, 70.47.090, 70.47.100, 70.47.110, 70.47.115, 70.47.130, 70.47.150, 41.05.031, 42.17.2401, 43.20.050, 50.20.210, 51.28.090, 74.04.033, 48.21.010, 48.21.050, 48.30.300, 48.44.220, 48.46.370, 41.05.021, 41.05.065, 41.05.006, 41.05.011, 41.05.021, 41.05.050, 41.05.055, 41.05.065, 41.05.075, 41.05.140, 70.170.010, 70.170.020, 70.170.030, 70.170.040, 70.170.050, 70.170.080, 70.170.100, 70.170.110, 7.70.070, 4.22.070, 43.20.050, and 28B.125.010; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.400.350; adding new sections to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.46 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.84 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; adding a new section to Title 51 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.170 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 7.70 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 7.06 RCW; adding new chapters to Title 48 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; adding new chapters to Title 70 RCW; creating new sections; recodifying RCW 70.47.030, 70.47.040, 70.47.050, 70.47.060, 70.47.070, 70.47.080, 70.47.090, 70.47.100, 70.47.110, 70.47.115, 70.47.130, 70.47.140, 70.47.150, and 70.47.901; repealing RCW 43.131.355, 43.131.356, 70.47.010, 70.47.020, 70.47.120, and 70.47.900; making appropriations; prescribing penalties; providing effective dates; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.
POINT OF INQUIRY
Senator Gaspard: "Senator Snyder, being the historian around here, do you ever remember a power outage such as this that shut down the Legislature?"
Senator Snyder: "The only time I can remember that the Senate was shut down was for an earthquake."
MOTION
2 At 12:03 p.m., on motion of Senator Jesernig, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 21, 1993.
JOEL PRITCHARD, President of the Senate
MARTY BROWN, Secretary of the Senate