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THIRTY-SECOND DAY
MORNING SESSION
House Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, February 11, 1999
The House was called to order at 9:55 a.m. by Speaker Pro Tempore Ogden.
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
HB 1828 by Representatives H. Sommers, Thomas, Ogden, Carlson, Quall, Lantz, Keiser, Veloria, Murray, Stensen, Schual-Berke, Rockefeller, Edwards, Lovick, McIntire, Gombosky, Doumit, Dunshee, O'Brien, Poulsen, Cody, Wolfe, Kenney, Santos, Edmonds, Linville, Wood, Haigh, Regala, Conway, Dickerson, Tokuda, Kessler, Hurst, Miloscia and Ruderman
AN ACT Relating to lowering the emergency reserve fund balance to provide additional education construction funds.
Held on first reading from February 8, 1999.
HB 1930 by Representatives Santos, Kenney, Veloria, Reardon, Murray, Dunshee, Ogden, Schual-Berke, Wolfe, Lovick, Kessler, Rockefeller, Hurst, Ruderman and Lantz
AN ACT Relating to deferral of business and occupation taxation for new small businesses in impacted areas; and adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.
HB 1931 by Representatives Santos, Veloria, Reardon, Eickmeyer, Murray, Ogden, Schual-Berke, Wolfe, Lovick, Kessler, Ruderman and Lantz
AN ACT Relating to community development financial institutions; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.14 RCW; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
HB 1932 by Representatives Reardon, Scott, Morris, Wood, McIntire, Linville and Santos
AN ACT Relating to multifamily housing in urban centers; and amending RCW 84.14.010.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.
HB 1933 by Representatives Romero, McMorris, Kessler and Santos; by request of Governor Locke
AN ACT Relating to agricultural worker protection regulatory duties; amending RCW 70.114A.020, 70.114A.060, 70.114A.081, and 43.70.335; adding new sections to chapter 70.114A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 49.17 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 43.70.330 and 70.54.110.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 1934 by Representatives Romero, Mielke, Hatfield, Rockefeller, Sullivan, Koster, Miloscia, DeBolt, Kastama, Delvin, Carrell, McMorris, Dunn, Crouse, Clements and Constantine
AN ACT Relating to fuel taxes attributable to marine and nonhighway uses; and amending RCW 43.99.070, 46.09.170, and 46.10.170.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 1935 by Representatives Tokuda, Boldt, Ogden, Schual-Berke, Lovick, Kessler, Kenney, Rockefeller, Murray, Scott, Edmonds, Conway, Kagi, Santos, Poulsen, Veloria and Lantz
AN ACT Relating to eligibility for early childhood assistance programs; and amending RCW 28A.215.110.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 1936 by Representatives Tokuda, Boldt, D. Sommers and Santos
AN ACT Relating to employability screens for recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; and adding a new section to chapter 74.08A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 1937 by Representatives Anderson, Haigh, Constantine, Kenney, Edmonds, Wood, Lantz, Schual-Berke, Murray, Santos, Conway, Miloscia, Tokuda, Veloria, Stensen, Edwards, Keiser and Ogden
AN ACT Relating to allowing residents of long-term care facilities to return to their home; adding a new section to chapter 48.46 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1938 by Representatives Carrell, Clements, Boldt, Talcott, Lambert, Campbell, Pflug and Delvin
AN ACT Relating to truancy provisions; and amending RCW 28A.225.020 and 28A.225.035.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 1939 by Representatives Lambert, Lovick, Cox, Bush and Kenney
AN ACT Relating to theft by public officers or employees; and adding a new section to chapter 9A.56 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1940 by Representatives Reardon, Cooper, Stensen, Scott, Anderson, Wolfe, Kessler, Sullivan, Hurst, Conway, Santos, Poulsen and Veloria
AN ACT Relating to emergency mortgage and rental assistance for aerospace workers; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.
HB 1941 by Representatives Reardon, Lovick, Scott, Cooper, Conway, Stensen, Anderson, O'Brien, Hatfield, Campbell, Kessler, Kenney, Murray, Sullivan, Edmonds, Cairnes, Eickmeyer, Hurst, Kagi, Santos, Ruderman, Linville, Poulsen, Veloria, Keiser and Lantz; by request of Governor Locke
AN ACT Relating to additional unemployment benefits; amending RCW 50.22.090 and 50.29.020; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1942 by Representatives Ruderman, Poulsen, Kessler, Rockefeller, Hurst, Conway, Kagi and Lantz
AN ACT Relating to unauthorized charges of a subscriber's telecommunications company; and adding a new section to chapter 80.36 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.
HB 1943 by Representatives Ogden, Carlson, H. Sommers, Conway, Lambert, D. Sommers, Wolfe, Alexander and Eickmeyer
AN ACT Relating to membership in the public employees' retirement system for the chief administrative officer of a public utility district, port district, or a county; amending RCW 41.40.023; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 1944 by Representatives Parlette, Cody and Ogden
AN ACT Relating to health plan medical director licensure and accountability; and adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1945 by Representatives O'Brien and Koster
AN ACT Relating to collection agencies; and amending RCW 19.16.100 and 19.16.250.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
HB 1946 by Representatives Wensman, Wolfe, Skinner, Ballasiotes, Radcliff, Van Luven, Santos, Veloria, Eickmeyer and Ogden
AN ACT Relating to exemption of property taxes for federally assisted housing; adding a new section to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1947 by Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Lovick, Delvin, Kastama, Tokuda, Crouse, Sullivan, H. Sommers, Wood, Benson, Grant, Radcliff, Lambert, Schoesler, Kenney, Mastin and D. Sommers
AN ACT Relating to the benefits of an ex spouse in the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system; and amending RCW 41.26.160 and 41.26.162.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 1948 by Representatives Huff, Conway, Crouse, Hurst, McIntire, Sullivan, O'Brien, Constantine, Benson, Ballasiotes, Cody, Veloria and Kenney
AN ACT Relating to financing unemployment insurance; amending RCW 50.29.020 and 50.29.025; creating a new section; repealing RCW 50.20.015; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1949 by Representatives Conway, Keiser, Cooper, McIntire, Veloria, Kastama, Gombosky, Wood, Rockefeller, Reardon, Santos and Constantine
AN ACT Relating to occupation safety and health actions; adding new sections to chapter 49.17 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1950 by Representatives McMorris, Miloscia and Romero; by request of Secretary of State
AN ACT Relating to electronic transfer of voter registration information; and adding a new section to chapter 29.10 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 1951 by Representatives Lantz, DeBolt, Miloscia, McDonald, Stensen and Santos
AN ACT Relating to abandoned cemeteries; and amending RCW 68.24.090 and 68.50.200.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 1952 by Representatives Kessler, Cody, Wolfe, Lovick, Kenney, Murray, Conway, Santos and Veloria
AN ACT Relating to the basic health plan; amending RCW 70.47.010, 70.47.020, 41.05.140, 43.84.092, and 43.84.092; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1953 by Representatives Quall, Carlson, Gombosky, Kenney and Santos
AN ACT Relating to the state work-study program; adding a new section to chapter 28B.12 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 1954 by Representatives Fisher, Mulliken and Scott
AN ACT Relating to special purpose districts participating in growth management planning; and amending RCW 36.70A.210.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 1955 by Representatives McIntire, Clements and Conway
AN ACT Relating to the transfer of data for operational, evaluation, and research purposes; amending RCW 42.17.310 and 43.20A.080; reenacting and amending RCW 50.13.060; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 1956 by Representatives Regala, Clements, Constantine, Eickmeyer and Conway
AN ACT Relating to dangerous dogs; and amending RCW 16.08.070 and 16.08.100.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1957 by Representatives G. Chandler, Linville, Mastin, Reardon, Sump, Schoesler and Ericksen
AN ACT Relating to water right transfers, changes, and amendments; amending RCW 90.03.290, 90.03.380, 90.03.390, 90.44.100, 90.80.010, 90.80.040, and 90.80.120; and adding a new section to chapter 90.03 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
HB 1958 by Representatives Conway, Clements, Wood and Cairnes
AN ACT Relating to transfers of funds from the public works administration account; and amending RCW 39.12.070 and 39.12.080.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1959 by Representatives Sump, Doumit, Pennington, Grant, Eickmeyer, Hatfield, Buck, G. Chandler, Linville, Clements, Schoesler, Koster, Kessler and Mulliken
AN ACT Relating to public safety and the control of bears and cougars; amending RCW 77.16.360; adding new sections to chapter 77.16 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Kessler, the bills listed on the day's introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
February 8, 1999
HB 1179 Prime Sponsor, Representative Kastama: Enacting the school violence reduction and emergency preparedness act. Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Quall, Democratic Co-Chair; Talcott, Republican Co-Chair; Haigh, Democratic Vice Chair; Keiser; Rockefeller; Santos; D. Schmidt; Schual-Berke and Stensen.
MINORITY recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Representatives Schindler, Republican Vice Chair; Carlson; Cox and Wensman.
Voting yea: Representatives Quall, Talcott, Haigh, Keiser, Rockefeller, Santos, D. Schmidt, Schual-Berke and Stensen.
Voting nay: Representatives Schindler, Carlson, Cox and Wensman.
Excused: Representative Sump.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
February 9, 1999
HB 1192 Prime Sponsor, Representative Morris: Adding to the definition of economic development activities. Reported by Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Van Luven, Republican Co-Chair; Veloria, Democratic Co-Chair; Dunn, Republican Vice Chair; Eickmeyer, Democratic Vice Chair; Ballasiotes; Gombosky; Miloscia; Morris; Radcliff; Skinner and D. Sommers.
Voting yea: Representatives Veloria, Dunn, Eickmeyer, Ballasiotes, Gombosky, Miloscia, Morris, Radcliff, Skinner and D. Sommers
Excused: Representative Wolfe.
Passed to Rules Committee for Second Reading.
February 9, 1999
HB 1247 Prime Sponsor, Representative Dunn: Extending veterans' exemptions from higher education tuition. Reported by Committee on Higher Education
MAJORITY recommendation: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Representatives Carlson, Republican Co-Chair; Kenney, Democratic Co-Chair; Lantz, Democratic Vice Chair; Radcliff, Republican Vice Chair; Dunn; Edmonds; Esser and Gombosky.
Voting yea: Representatives Carlson, Kenney, Lantz, Radcliff, Dunn, Edmonds and Esser.
Excused: Representative Gombosky.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
February 8, 1999
HB 1321 Prime Sponsor, Representative Ericksen: Requiring stops at intersections with nonfunctioning signal lights. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Fisher, Democratic Co-Chair; K. Schmidt, Republican Co-Chair; Cooper, Democratic 1st Vice Chair; Edwards, Democratic 2nd Vice Chair; Ericksen, Republican Vice Chair; Hankins, Republican Vice Chair; Buck; G. Chandler; DeBolt; Haigh; Hurst; Lovick; McDonald; Mielke; Mitchell; Murray; Ogden; Pflug; Radcliff; Romero; Schindler; Schual-Berke; Scott and Wood.
MINORITY recommendation: Without recommendation. Signed by Representatives Hatfield and Morris.
Voting yea: Representatives Fisher, Schmidt, K, Cooper, Edwards, Ericksen, Hankins, Buck, G. Chandler, DeBolt, Hurst, Lovick, McDonald, Mielke, Mitchell, Murray, Ogden, Pflug, Radcliff, Romero, Schindler, Schual-Berke, Scott and Wood.
Voting nay: Representatives Hatfield and Morris.
Excused: Representatives Fortunato, Haigh and Skinner.
Passed to Rules Committee for Second Reading.
February 8, 1999
HB 1322 Prime Sponsor, Representative Mitchell: Adding information to motorist information signs. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Fisher, Democratic Co-Chair; K. Schmidt, Republican Co-Chair; Cooper, Democratic 1st Vice Chair; Edwards, Democratic 2nd Vice Chair; Ericksen, Republican Vice Chair; Hankins, Republican Vice Chair; Buck; G. Chandler; DeBolt; Haigh; Hatfield; Hurst; Lovick; McDonald; Mitchell; Morris; Murray; Ogden; Pflug; Radcliff; Romero; Schindler; Schual-Berke; Scott and Wood.
MINORITY recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Representative Mielke.
Voting yea: Representatives Fisher, Schmidt, K, Cooper, Edwards, Ericksen, Hankins, Buck, G. Chandler, DeBolt, Hatfield, Hurst, Lovick, McDonald, Mitchell, Morris, Murray, Ogden, Pflug, Radcliff, Romero, Schindler, Schual-Berke, Scott and Wood.
Voting nay: Representative Mielke.
Excused: Representatives Fortunato, Haigh and Skinner.
Passed to Rules Committee for Second Reading.
February 8, 1999
HB 1323 Prime Sponsor, Representative Mitchell: Strengthening the Scenic Vistas Act. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Representatives Fisher, Democratic Co-Chair; K. Schmidt, Republican Co-Chair; Cooper, Democratic 1st Vice Chair; Edwards, Democratic 2nd Vice Chair; Hankins, Republican Vice Chair; Haigh; Hatfield; Hurst; Lovick; Mitchell; Morris; Murray; Ogden; Radcliff; Romero; Schual-Berke; Scott and Wood.
MINORITY recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Representatives Buck; G. Chandler; DeBolt; McDonald; Mielke; Pflug and Schindler.
Voting yea: Representatives Fisher, Schmidt, K, Cooper, Edwards, Hankins, Hatfield, Hurst, Lovick, Mitchell, Morris, Murray, Ogden, Radcliff, Romero, Schual-Berke, Scott and Wood.
Voting nay: Representatives Ericksen, Buck, G. Chandler, DeBolt, McDonald, Mielke, Pflug and Schindler.
Excused: Representatives Fortunato, Haigh and Skinner.
Passed to Rules Committee for Second Reading.
There being no objection, the bills listed on the day's committee reports under the fifth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
MOTION
On motion of Representative Kessler, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 12, 1999, the 33rd Legislative Day.
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker
DEAN R. FOSTER, Chief Clerk FRANK CHOPP, Speaker
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1932
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1933
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1934
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1935
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1936
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1937
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1938
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1939
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1945
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1946
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1948
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1950
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1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957
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