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SEVENTY-THIRD DAY
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MORNING SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Wednesday, March 24, 1993
The Senate was called to order at 11:30 a.m. by President Pritchard. 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.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
March 23, 1993
SHB 1019 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Local Government: Changing provisions relating to the conduct of meetings in cities and towns. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1020 Prime Sponsor, Representative Springer: Clarifying the authority of towns to manage property. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1021 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Local Government: Changing provisions relating to municipal ordinances. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1024 Prime Sponsor, Representative Rayburn: Extending the maturity date for general obligation bonds issued by fire protection districts. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1026 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Local Government: Excepting public defender services from county competitive bid requirements. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1036 Prime Sponsor, Representative H. Myers: Correcting a double amendment relating to funding bonds. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1037 Prime Sponsor, Representative Bray: Correcting a double amendment relating to auction sales of county property. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1061 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development: Modifying irrigation district mergers. Reported by Committee on Agriculture
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators M. Rasmussen, Chairman; Loveland, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Barr, Newhouse, and Snyder.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 22, 1993
SHB 1064 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Education: Requiring the adoption of a policy prohibiting corporal punishment in schools. Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Pelz, Chairman; McAuliffe, Vice Chairman; Gaspard, Moyer, M. Rasmussen, Rinehart, Skratek, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1097 Prime Sponsor, Representative Jacobsen: Consolidating the state capital historical association and the state historical society. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1119 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on State Government: Prohibiting state agencies from accepting advertising from unregistered sellers. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1184 Prime Sponsor, Representative Edmondson: Modifying the requirements for the formation of a less than county-wide port district. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1316 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Local Government: Authorizing city councilmembers to serve as reserve police officers. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, Owen, and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
HB 1347 Prime Sponsor, Representative Forner: Authorizing the department of agriculture to control diseases in alpacas and llamas. Reported by Committee on Agriculture
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators M. Rasmussen, Chairman; Loveland, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Barr, Newhouse, and Snyder.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
ESHB 1399 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Energy and Utilities: Prohibiting unauthorized liquified petroleum gas container use. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Sutherland, Chairman; Amondson, Hochstatter, McCaslin, Owen, Roach, Vognild, and West.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1787 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Natural Resources and Parks: Eliminating certain provisions about water resource inventory and planning areas. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Sutherland, Chairman; Jesernig, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Hochstatter, McCaslin, Owen, Roach, Vognild, West, and Williams.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1886 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Energy and Utilities: Authorizing the board of boiler rules to prescribe extended inspection schedules for power boilers. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Sutherland, Chairman; Jesernig, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Hochstatter, McCaslin, Owen, Roach, Vognild, and West.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 23, 1993
SHB 1977 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Natural Resources and Parks: Clarifying authorization for water right certificate holders to participate in acreage expansion programs. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Sutherland, Chairman; Jesernig, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Hochstatter, McCaslin, Owen, Roach, Vognild, West, and Williams.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
March 22, 1993
GA 9228 CYNTHIA L. RONEY, reappointed February 6, 1993, for a term ending July 1, 1993, as a member of the Board of Trustees for the State School for the Blind.
Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Pelz, Chairman; McAuliffe, Vice Chairman; Gaspard, Rasmussen, Rinehart, Skratek, and A. Smith.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
March 22, 1993
GA 9232 RUBY N. RYLES, reappointed February 5, 1993, for a term ending July 1, 1996, as a member of the Board of Trustees for the State School for the Blind.
Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Pelz, Chairman; McAuliffe, Vice Chairman; Gaspard, Rasmussen, Rinehart, Skratek, and A. Smith.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
March 22, 1993
GA 9134 KAY ADAMSON, reappointed February 1, 1993, for a term ending July 1, 1996, as a member of the Board of Trustees for the State School for the Deaf.
Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Pelz, Chairman; McAuliffe, Vice Chairman; Gaspard, Rasmussen, Rinehart, Skratek, and A. Smith.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
MOTION
At 11:35 a.m., on motion of Senator Jesernig, the Senate recessed for the purpose of a Joint Session and will reconvene at 1:30 p.m.
JOINT SESSION
The Sergeant at Arms of the House announced the arrival of the Senate at the bar of the House.
The Speaker instructed the Sergeant at Arms of the House and the Senate to escort the President of the Senate Joel Pritchard to his seat on the rostrum and to escort President Pro Tempore of the Senate R. Lorraine Wojahn, Vice President Pro Tempore of the Senate Al Williams, Majority Leader Marcus S. Gaspard and Republican Leader George L. Sellar to seats on the rostrum.
The Speaker invited the Senators to seats within the House Chamber.
The Speaker presented the gavel to President Pritchard.
The Secretary of the Senate called the roll of the Senate.
The Clerk of the House called the roll of the House.
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES
The President of the Senate appointed Senators Hochstatter and Loveland and Representatives Ruth Fisher and Silver as a special committee to advise His Excellency, Governor Mike Lowry, that the Joint Session had assembled and to escort him from this office to the House Rostrum.
The President of the Senate appointed Senators Franklin, Moore, Winsley, and West and Representatives Morris, Ogden, Sheahan and Foreman as a special committee to escort the Supreme Court Justices from the State Reception Room to seats within the House Chamber.
The President of the Senate appointed Senators Drew, Fraser, Hargrove, Bluechel, Erwin, and Roach and Representatives H. Myers. Veloria, Wolfe, Chandler, Schoesler and Thomas as a special committee to escort the State Elected Officials from the State Reception Room to seats within the House Chamber.
The President of the Senate introduced the Supreme Court Justices and the State Elected Officials.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS
The President of the Senate introduced the Austrian Ambassador to the United States Helmet Turk, Austrian Consul General Christian Prosol from the Los Angeles Consulate and Honorary Consul General Walter Weber from the Seattle Consulate, who were seated in the gallery.
INTRODUCTION OF GOVERNOR LOWRY'S FAMILY
The President of the Senate introduced Governor Lowry's wife Mary, his Mother Helen, and his daughter Diane, who were seated in the gallery.
The President of the Senate presented Speaker Ebersole to introduce Governor Lowry.
REMARKS BY SPEAKER EBERSOLE
Speaker Ebersole: "Thank you, Mr. President, there are many points in the life of our state that mark the crossroads of our history. Today is one of those points. Today the Governor will open both a legislative and a public discussion about how we shape our future by balancing our budget. The proposals we are about to hear will set the course of our state for years to come. How we deal with our budget is not just a matter of making the numbers add up. It is a matter of making choices. Choices about what we value most and where we want to go.
"The more difficult the budget--and this budget is extremely difficult--the more important the quality of leadership in the Governor's office. At this crossroad in our history, we are very fortunate. We have a Governor who is passionately optimistic, a Governor who has immense faith in the goodness of our citizens and a Governor who will work all day and all night to make his vision of our future come true. No matter how difficult the challenge, this Governor will rise to meet it, so now let all of us rise to meet him. Ladies and Gentlemen, the twentieth Governor of the state of Washington, the Honorable Mike Lowry."
GOVERNOR LOWRY'S BUDGET ADDRESS
Governor Lowry: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. President, distinguished members of the Supreme Court, distinguished state elected officials, distinguished members of the Legislature, my family and friends, hard working public employees and citizens of the state of Washington, thank you for this opportunity.
"I wish we met today under happier conditions for both the state government and for the state's economy. You've all read the bad news. In the next biennium, state government will face a shortfall of $1.8 billion and the private sector is not much better off. The national recession saved our state for the last, but not the least. The official estimate for the Washington State revenues for the next biennium dropped six hundred and ten million dollars in just the last four months.
"Washington's unemployment rate is running over nine percent, and we have over one hundred and fifty thousand of our neighbors out of work and looking for jobs. This is a terrible waste and it is a great challenge, but I am confident that we can meet this challenge and overcome these adversities.
"Let me tell you why I'm so optimistic about the future of this state. I'm optimistic because when you look beyond all the bleak headlines and statistics, you see the tremendous assets of Washington State--assets that we have only begun to tap. First, of course, there is our great beauty, the variety of Washington's natural resources. In Washington, you can find virtually every kind of environment, from deserts to ocean beaches, from farmlands to forests, from deepest gorges to the highest peaks. And most of it is still unspoiled. "Second, there is Washington's strategic location. We stand literally on the leading edge of the continent. On the Pacific Rim of the global economy, we stand in the best strategic position and we stand physically, intellectually, and economically on the frontier of the future.
"Third, Washington enjoys the great investments made by previous generations--public investments in our schools, and our ports, and our energy systems, and our highways, and our universities, and private investments in new technology and modern factories. These investments have created an infrastructure of opportunity for everything that exists today and is possible tomorrow.
"Fourth, in Washington we enjoy the freedom to think, to create, to experience different cultures and ideas, to apply our energies as we choose. Ours is still a very young state, barely a hundred years old. We are not gripped by the prejudices and intolerances, and rigid interest groups, and hostile classes, and the old elites and cliques that hobble so many other regions and states.
"Fifth, and most importantly, I'm optimistic about the future because of the quality of Washington's people--because of you--people who are good partners, good workers, good employees, good managers, good professionals, good citizens, good elected officials and a very good Legislature.
"I want to salute this Legislature for the tremendous progress it is making on health care reform, on education reform, on civil service reform, on law and justice reform, on consolidating and streamlining state government and in developing a state wide approach to our infrastructure needs. Each of these high priority items is an important component of getting our fiscal house in order and I thank you for your leadership in making that happen. History will record that the politics of avoidance ended with this Legislature.
"We have a great challenge and a great opportunity with this budget. We face some fundamental choices--not just between cuts and adds, but between reform and stagnation, between action and neglect, between progress and decay. We can choose to balance this budget without any new general fund revenues, but the deepness of the cuts required to do that would devastate our state's future and it would endanger the lives of our people and especially our children. Or we can choose a balanced combination of cuts and new revenues--a responsible budget that will move us to a bright future. That is the budget I have chosen.
"Some argue that projected revenues may grow nine hundred million dollars over the next two years and that should be enough. That sounds reasonable, except that those that argue that fail to note that costs that are out of our immediate control will increase twice that amount, just within four factors. K-12 enrollments--the fact that we are going to have more than fifty thousand more children in K-12 next biennium over this biennium, that cost alone is seven hundred and ninety-nine million dollars more next biennium than this biennium. That cost alone, K-12 increased enrollment, almost eats up that entire nine hundred million dollars. That seven hundred ninety-nine million dollars is not because of government inefficiency, it is because of the baby boom echo. There are more children--more kids in those schools. A tremendous thing for our state, but that costs that amount of money.
"Health care costs, next biennium, will be five hundred and thirty-four million dollars more than this biennium for the same level of health care as a result of this continuing escalating out-of-control health care costs. Now, you are working on a real solution to that. In the future, ten years from now, the future legislators aren't going to be sitting with that same type of problem, because of your leadership for health care reform, which I know we are going to pass this legislative session. The fact is in the next biennium it is going to cost five hundred and thirty-four million dollars more than this biennium, a cost out of your control.
"Corrections--prisons--are going to cost two hundred million dollars more next biennium than this biennium as that prison population continues to go up. Debt service on capital decisions already made before this legislative session got here are going to cost an additional one hundred fifty-nine million dollars more next biennium than this biennium. Just add up those four components of what's driving costs of this budget--those four components that are out of your immediate control--and you will see those are double that nine hundred million dollars. That's the answer why that those that say, 'Hey, you ought to be able to simply use a nine hundred million dollar revenue increase to handle this problem' are not telling the full story.
"Then, in addition to that, the fact that the national recession has now reached our state means that the projected growth in state revenues for the coming biennium is less than one-third the thirty-year average for state revenue growth. So we face, at the same time, rapidly escalating costs and significantly slower revenues. This is the challenge that this Legislature and I inherited, but this is the challenge that we ask for the opportunity to meet. I am confidant that the fortitude and the courage and the vision that this Legislature has already shown will mean that we will meet this challenge with great success.
"In preparing this budget, I committed to three fundamental principles: We would restructure, we would invest and we would save. We would restructure for the future by consolidating agencies and programs and eliminating functions and reforming civil service and reducing management and improving service delivery and bringing health care costs under control. We would invest in the future by protecting services for children, by reforming education, by expanding work force training, by increasing aid to low income students, by building local economic development capacity and by improving our stewardship of our state lands. We would save for the future by throwing away the old budget tricks and gimmicks and by building up our cash reserve to guard against future economic adversities. Before we achieved a single reform, before you came, before there was one reform, one investment, one savings, we faced a $1.8 billion shortfall over the next biennium.
"In this budget I am presenting to you today, we have eliminated that shortfall. Today I am presenting a balanced general fund budget totaling $16.3 billion for the next biennium. This budget is six hundred and thirty-four million dollars less than the one proposed by Governor Gardner in December--six hundred and thirty-four million dollars less general fund budget than the one proposed by Governor Gardner in December.
"We have cut programs and costs by six hundred and forty-two million dollars and many of those are tough cuts. We have identified two hundred and thirty-one million dollars in alternative sources to pay for vital services. We have intensified collections to cover another one hundred and three million dollars in service costs. We have eliminated the equivalent of twenty-one hundred full-time general fund state jobs, including five hundred managers. We have consolidated agencies such as Fisheries and Wildlife and Community Development and Trade and Economic Development. We have asked our hard-working and dedicated public employees to live for two years without a cost-of-living raise, which is really a net pay cut to them. It is a savings of over four hundred million dollars in this budget and we all need to thank our hard-working public employees for, again, shouldering such a large amount of handling this deficit.
"We have reduced higher education budgets by one hundred forty-eight million dollars. We have reduced K-12 administration programs by one hundred twenty-three million dollars. We have reduced general fund expenditures for social and health services programs by two hundred sixty-one million dollars. People will complain loudly and, in some cases, legitimately that these cuts to their programs are too deep. If you have a better way, tell me. Others will say I have cut too little. If you have a better way, tell me, but the fact is there are some cuts that cost too much.
"While it is important that we cut government spending and streamline operations and make government more efficient, it is also important that we invest for the future. In this budget, we have placed a high priority on investing in the future and in protecting programs for children. We have added funding to feed hungry school kids. We have paid for the first phase of education reform. We have increased spending on children's mental health and prenatal care. While we call for tough management savings in higher education, we refuse to make the penny-wise and pound-foolish mistake of some other states that are presently dismantling their higher education systems.
"We realize that the quality of education that's available to our work force is critical to our economic recovery, and we refuse to make the devastating higher education cuts that a 'no new taxes' budget would require. Because no qualified students should be stopped from achieving their education goals because of income limitations, we will double the number of students getting financial aid and significantly expand work study programs. Again, because of the importance to our economic vitality, we will put new money into retraining our work force and we will put new money into employing dislocated workers to help restore and maintain public lands.
"Now, no responsible budget would be complete without a saving's plan and I'm sure the people of this state agree with that. That's why I am proposing that we increase the state's 'rainy day' fund to one hundred forty-four million dollars and also to build an additional cash reserve to raise the state's total reserves to three hundred and sixty-six million dollars, which is more than two percent of the general fund budget. I know the State Treasurer, Dan Grimm, likes that and I suspect that the financial markets will like that, also, and that we will see that that fiscal prudence approach is very good for our state. Unfortunately, however, we cannot set aside this emergency reserve, maintain essential services and pay for new investments without additional revenues.
"After starting with a $1.8 billion shortfall and making significant and tough cuts, tuition increases, and increased fees for special services, we were still short eight hundred forty-eight million dollars. I am proposing to raise that short fall by closing loopholes on those that are exempted from paying sales taxes on services mostly used by the higher-income. I chose this alternative, because it has the least effect on middle-income and low-income people and families in this state. In choosing this alternative, I rejected tax alternatives, such as raising the general sales tax, which is unfair to consumers and very regressive, or raising the B and O tax, which is unfair to employers and hurts our small businesses. In fact, I proposed that we reduce B and O taxes to help small businesses and expand sales tax deferrals to help spur new business and investment.
"By closing loopholes as our choice by which to raise this necessary revenue, we are able to greatly reduce the tax effect on the general public. As a matter of fact, this revenue proposal will cost the average family of four only a little over two dollars a month. Let me repeat that--because we choose to raise this needed revenue by closing the loopholes on the high income, we are able to reduce the revenue impact of raising this money on the forty-five thousand dollar family of four to two dollars a month. In Seattle, that's the price of one latte--there went the Seattle vote. For the rest of us, that's less than the price of one 'Grand Slam Breakfast' at Denny's.
"In exchange, we will protect and enhance our most important resource, our children. We will be able to move forward with education reform. We will maintain our excellent higher education system, we will do a better job of stewarding our state lands, we will train and employ dislocated workers and teenagers and we will launch new strategies for economic development. This, I submit, is a grand slam for two dollars a month.
"I know that we will spend the coming weeks debating pennies on the dollar in the budget cuts and new reforms and the size and the fairness of various tax rates. That is part of the job that the people elected us to do, but it is not the whole task entrusted to us. People also expect us to look beyond politics. They ask us to be wise as well as smart; they ask us to be responsible as well as accountable.
"After the gavel falls Sine Die on this session of the Legislature, memory of who won and lost various debates will quickly fade into oblivion, but if we fail to maintain and fund vital services for this state, the people will not forget. If we fail to seize the unique opportunity for reform and investment which faces us today, the generations to come will not forgive us. More than a budget hangs in the balance today. The whole future of our state hangs in the balance. Join with me in this budget. Let's make it a great future. Thank you very much."
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort Governor Lowry to his office.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the Supreme Court Justices from the House Chamber.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the State Elected Officials from the House Chamber.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Peery, the Joint Session was dissolved.
The President of the Senate returned the gavel to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker instructed the Sergeant at Arms of the House and the Senate to escort the President of the Senate Joel Pritchard, President Pro Tempore R. Lorraine Wojahn, Vice President Pro Tempore Al Williams, Majority Leader Marcus S. Gaspard, Republican Leader George L. Sellar and members of the Senate from the House Chamber.
The Senate was called to order at 1:33 p.m. by President Pritchard.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Jesernig, the Senate advanced to the eighth order of business.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Gaspard, the following resolution was adopted:
SENATE RESOLUTION 1993-8625
By Senator Gaspard
WHEREAS, Dr. Vishnu N. Bhatia has dedicated forty-one years of his life in service to the people of the state of Washington as a distinguished member of the faculty of Washington State University; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bhatia currently serves as Director of the Honors Program, Assistant to the President, and Professor of Pharmacy, after previously serving as Director of Washington State University's Office of International Education, and will retire from his position this summer; and
WHEREAS, Among his many honors and accomplishments, Dr. Bhatia was bestowed the Danish Knighthood (Knight's Cross of the Order of Dannebrog) by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 1990 for his contributions to education, culture, and business in Denmark; and
WHEREAS, During his years at Washington State University, Dr. Bhatia has enhanced international relations and the intellectual atmosphere on campus through his vision and high standards for himself, his colleagues, his students, and his university; and
WHEREAS, Washington State University has recognized Dr. Bhatia by establishing the "V.N. Bhatia Lecture on Excellence in Education"; and
WHEREAS, The first V.N. Bhatia Lecture on Excellence in Education will be presented on the Pullman campus on Wednesday, March 24, 1993, by Dr. C. Peter Magrath, President of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate hereby honors Dr. Vishnu N. Bhatia for his work, and his years of dedicated service to Washington State University; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate joins with the people of our state in recognizing the legacy of Dr. Bhatia's academic labors and his unmatched contributions to understanding our place in the world.
MOTION
At 1:38 p.m., on motion of Senator Jesernig, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 25, 1993.
JOEL PRITCHARD, President of the Senate
MARTY BROWN, Secretary of the Senate