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TWENTY-THIRD DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Tuesday, February 4, 1997
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by Vice President Pro Tempore Morton. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Johnson, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE
January 28, 1997
SB 5010 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Expanding the duties of the director of the Washington state pollution liability insurance agency. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5010 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Winsley, Chair; Benton, Vice Chair; Finkbeiner, Hale, Heavey and Prentice.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICES
STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
January 29, 1997
Mr. Michael O'Connell
Secretary of the Senate
P. O. Box 40482
Olympia, WA 98504-0482
Dear Mr. O'Connell:
Enclosed is the status report entitled "Determining the Value of Opiate Substitution Treatment." This report is required by 70.96A.420.
If you have questions about the report, please call Doug Allen at 438-8060.
Sincerely,
LYLE QUASIM, Secretary
The Report from the Department of Social and Health Services is on file in the Office of the Secretary of Senate.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5613 by Senators Winsley, Rasmussen, Haugen, Prince, Wood, Schow, Jacobsen, Heavey, Goings, Patterson and Finkbeiner
AN ACT Relating to parking places for persons living on or near an institution of higher education; and amending RCW 46.61.570.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5614 by Senators Franklin, Winsley, Fraser, Kline, Fairley, Jacobsen, Brown, Patterson, Kohl, Heavey, Prentice, McAuliffe, Haugen, Wood, Thibaudeau, Bauer, Rasmussen, Spanel and Goings
AN ACT Relating to incorporating environmental health into the public health improvement plan; and amending RCW 43.70.520 and 43.70.580.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5615 by Senators Haugen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to commercial bottom trawling; and amending RCW 75.12.390.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5616 by Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, Goings and Schow
AN ACT Relating to unincorporated area councils; adding new sections to chapter 36.105 RCW; and repealing RCW 36.105.010, 36.105.020, 36.105.030, 36.105.040, 36.105.050, 36.105.060, 36.105.070, 36.105.080, 36.105.090, and 36.105.100.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5617 by Senators Haugen and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to taxation of land owned by a fire company; and amending RCW 84.36.060.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5618 by Senators Haugen, Wood, Heavey, Winsley, Sheldon, Spanel, Oke and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 47.60 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5619 by Senators Haugen, Brown, Jacobsen, Finkbeiner, Goings, Kline, Winsley and Wood
AN ACT Relating to acquiring and maintaining conservation areas; amending RCW 82.45.060; adding a new section to chapter 82.45 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.99 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5620 by Senators Haugen and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to aquifer protection areas; and adding new sections to chapter 36.36 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5621 by Senators Long, Winsley, Patterson, Benton and Oke
AN ACT Relating to registration of criminals who have victimized children; amending RCW 4.24.550, 9A.44.130, 9A.44.140, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 70.48.470, and 72.09.330; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5622 by Senators Long, Strannigan and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for new construction of alternative housing for youth in crisis; amending RCW 82.08.02915 and 82.12.02915; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5623 by Senators Prince, Wood, Spanel, Fraser and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to higher education; amending RCW 28B.15.012 and 28B.15.725; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5624 by Senators Morton and Snyder
AN ACT Relating to mining and milling operations; amending RCW 78.56.010, 78.56.020, 78.56.030, 78.56.050, 78.56.060, 78.56.070, 78.56.080, 78.56.090, 78.56.100, 78.56.110, 78.56.120, 78.56.130, 78.44.131, and 78.44.161; adding new sections to chapter 78.56 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 78.44 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5625 by Senators Franklin, Deccio, Fairley, Winsley, Wood and Patterson
AN ACT Relating to health care quality protection; amending RCW 43.70.075; adding new sections to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.41 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.79 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.44 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5626 by Senators Morton, Hargrove, Swecker, Hochstatter, Stevens, Schow, Strannigan and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to transport tags for game; and amending RCW 77.32.320 and 77.32.340.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5627 by Senators Morton, Hargrove, Swecker, Hochstatter, Stevens, Schow, Hale and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to the parks and recreation commission; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5628 by Senators Hochstatter, Deccio, Brown and Strannigan
AN ACT Relating to the regulation of securities issuances by electrical and natural gas companies; and adding a new section to chapter 80.08 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SB 5629 by Senators Roach, Hargrove, Winsley, Long, Benton, Schow and Oke
AN ACT Relating to making domestic violence an aggravating circumstance for purposes of sentencing decisions; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.390.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5630 by Senators Roach, Zarelli, Heavey, Schow, Stevens, Strannigan, Swecker, Morton, Anderson and Oke
AN ACT Relating to the reimbursement of incarceration costs; adding a new section to chapter 72.01 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5631 by Senators Wood, Jacobsen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to imposition of the business and occupation tax on education loan guarantee services; and amending RCW 82.04.367.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5632 by Senators Fraser, Kline, McAuliffe, Patterson, Fairley, Kohl, Sheldon and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to protecting the marine environment and associated ecosystems through oil spill prevention, the protection, conservation, and enhancement of marine waters and of salmon habitat, and a ban on off-shore oil exploration and drilling; amending RCW 88.46.130, 82.23B.020, and 82.23B.030; adding new sections to chapter 90.71 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.21I RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.143 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 84.34 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 90.56 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 84 RCW; recodifying RCW 43.21A.705, 43.21A.710, 43.21A.715, and 43.21A.720; repealing RCW 88.46.921, 88.46.922, 88.46.924, 88.46.925, 88.46.926, and 88.46.927; creating new sections; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 5633 by Senators Strannigan, Long, Patterson and Benton
AN ACT Relating to performance audit of the department of transportation; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5634 by Senators Wojahn, Deccio, Winsley, Long, Horn and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to osteoporosis prevention and treatment education; adding new sections to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5635 by Senators Fraser and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to compensation for members of air pollution control authorities; and amending RCW 70.94.130.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 5636 by Senators Oke, Swecker, Rossi and Horn
AN ACT Relating to health inspection warrants; and amending RCW 70.118.030.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5637 by Senators Haugen, Horn, Rasmussen and Winsley (by request of County Road Administration Board)
AN ACT Relating to the residency of the county road engineer; and amending RCW 36.80.010.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 5638 by Senators Fraser, Fairley, McCaslin and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to traffic infractions that result in a fatality; amending RCW 46.52.100, 46.52.120, and 46.20.322; reenacting and amending RCW 46.52.130; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 5639 by Senators Finkbeiner, Strannigan, Rossi and Hochstatter
AN ACT Relating to the electric utility industry; amending RCW 80.12.020, 80.12.040, 80.24.010, 80.28.020, and 80.28.050; reenacting and amending RCW 42.17.310; and adding a new chapter to Title 80 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SB 5640 by Senators Newhouse, Long, Fraser and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to a county administrative officer's membership in the public employees' retirement system; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.40.023.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5641 by Senators Roach, Heavey and Fraser
AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle warranties; and amending RCW 19.118.021.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 5642 by Senators Spanel and Oke
AN ACT Relating to limiting the number of fishers eligible to commercially fish for Puget Sound dungeness crab; and amending RCW 75.30.130.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 5643 by Senators McAuliffe, Jacobsen and Long
AN ACT Relating to authorizing educational agencies to rent, sell, or transfer assistive technology for the benefit of individuals with disabilities and authorizing the creation of interagency cooperative agreements for the purpose of providing assistive technology for children with disabilities; amending RCW 28A.335.180; adding a new section to chapter 28A.335 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.155 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Johnson, the Committee on Law and Justice was relieved of further consideration of Senate Bill No. 5491.
On motion of Senator Johnson, Senate Bill No. 5491 was referred to the Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Johnson, the Committee on Government Operations was relieved of further consideration of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9125, Annette Sandberg, reappointed as Chief of the Washington State Patrol.
On motion of Senator Johnson, Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9125, Annette Sandberg, reappointed as Chief of the Washington State Patrol, was referred to the Committee on Transportation.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Johnson, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 5, 1997.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate