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TWENTY-SECOND DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, February 1, 1999
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 28, 1999
SB 5012 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Administering the pollution liability insurance program trust account. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Benton, Deccio, Gardner, Hale, Heavey, Rasmussen, T. Sheldon and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 28, 1999
SB 5013 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Authorizing dissemination of criminal history record information to the gambling commission. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do Pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Gardner, Hale, Heavey, Rasmussen, T. Sheldon and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Benton.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 28, 1999
SB 5058 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Regulating certain financial institutions. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5058 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Benton, Gardner, Hale, Heavey, Rasmussen, T. Sheldon and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
January 29, 1999
GA 9041 MARILYN GLENN SAYAN, appointed January 28, 1997, for a term ending September 8, 2000, as Chair of the Public Employment Relations Commission.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Hochstatter, Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9042 JUDY SCHURKE, appointed January 28, 1997, for a term ending June 17, 1999, as a member of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Hochstatter, Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9063 DR. DARRELL HAMILTON, reappointed May 28, 1997, for a term ending December 5, 2000, as a member of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9067 DENNIS KARRAS, appointed January 15, 1997, for a term ending at the Governor's pleasure, as Director of the Department of Personnel.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Hochstatter, Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9075 LEONARD NORD, appointed December 23, 1997, for a term ending January 4, 2003, as a member of the Personnel Resources Board.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9090 DOROTHY BLAKE, appointed March 17, 1998, for a term ending December 5, 2001, as a member of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
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January 29, 1999
GA 9092 DR. DEAN K. BROOKS, reappointed March 10, 1998, for a term ending December 5, 2001, as Chair of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9104 GERALDINE A. COLEMAN, appointed July 14, 1998, for a term ending June 30, 2002, as a member of the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Hochstatter, Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9110 JUDGE THOMAS E. EAGAN, appointed July 20, 1998, for a term ending June 17, 2003, as Chair of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.
Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Hochstatter, Kline, Oke and Wojahn.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9122 SHIRLEY HAVENGA, appointed March 17, 1998, for a term ending December 5, 2001, as a member of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9142 SUZANNE LEICHMAN, appointed March 17, 1998, for a term ending December 5, 2001, as a member of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
January 29, 1999
GA 9142 ANI CLIPPER MAXFIELD, appointed March 17, 1998, for a term ending December 5, 2001, as a member of the Western State Hospital Advisory Board.
Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Patterson, Stevens and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
January 29, 1999
TO THE HONORABLE, THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have the honor to advise you that on January 29, 1999, Governor Locke approved the following Senate Bill entitled:
SENATE BILL NO. 5004
Relating to validation of school bond elections.
Sincerely,
EVERETT H. BILLINGSLEA, General Counsel
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5630 by Senators Prentice, Rasmussen, Sellar, Deccio, Fraser, Brown, Shin, Hargrove, Heavey, Kline, Bauer, Franklin, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Morton, Wojahn, Hale, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Costa and McAuliffe.
AN ACT Relating to authorizing the housing finance commission to provide a revenue source for farm worker housing through the auction sale of tax credits; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5631 by Senators Wojahn, Winsley, Fairley and Costa
AN ACT Relating to vocational rehabilitation compensation; and reenacting and amending RCW 51.32.095.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5632 by Senators Finkbeiner, Johnson, Rossi, Zarelli and Oke
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the state property tax; amending RCW 84.52.065, 84.52.043, 84.52.050, 36.58.150, 36.60.040, 36.69.145, 36.73.060, 36.83.030, 36.100.050, 67.38.130, and 84.52.010; reenacting and amending RCW 84.69.020; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5633 by Senators Finkbeiner, Zarelli, Deccio, Johnson, Oke, McDonald, Hochstatter, Swecker and Morton
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the arts, health, and fitness education requirements; amending RCW 28A.150.210 and 28A.630.885; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5634 by Senators Finkbeiner, Zarelli, Hale, Oke, Deccio, Johnson, Hochstatter, Rossi, McDonald, Horn, Swecker and West
AN ACT Relating to the retention and promotion of students; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5635 by Senators Zarelli, Finkbeiner, Hale, Deccio, Johnson, Rossi, Benton, Horn, McDonald, Oke, Swecker, Hochstatter, Sellar, Morton, Honeyford, Roach and West
AN ACT Relating to compensation for certificated instructional staff; creating a new section; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5636 by Senators Finkbeiner, Brown, Patterson, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Oke, Eide, Rasmussen and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to commercial telephone solicitation; adding a new section to chapter 19.158 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Technology and Telecommunications.
SB 5637 by Senators Spanel, Gardner and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to reconveyance of forest lands for municipal water supply protection purposes; and amending RCW 76.12.072.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5638 by Senators Hargrove, Oke, Morton and T. Sheldon (by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife)
AN ACT Relating to making corrections to the fish and wildlife enforcement code; amending RCW 75.08.011, 77.08.010, 77.15.030, 77.15.400, 77.15.410, 77.15.430, 77.15.170, 77.15.230, 77.15.460, 77.15.480, 77.15.600, 77.15.190, 77.15.550, 77.15.570, 77.15.300, 77.15.670, and 77.16.070; adding a new section to chapter 77.15 RCW; recodifying RCW 77.16.070; repealing RCW 75.25.160, 77.12.101, 77.15.200, 77.16.290, 77.21.020, 77.21.030, and 77.32.094; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5639 by Senators Kohl-Welles, McCaslin, Heavey, Franklin, Gardner, Goings, Roach, Rasmussen and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to investigations or interviews involving children; amending RCW 26.44.030, 26.44.035, and 26.44.080; reenacting and amending RCW 26.44.050; adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.101 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5640 by Senators Gardner and McCaslin (by request of Secretary of State Munro)
AN ACT Relating to elections; amending RCW 29.13.010, 29.13.020, 29.13.070, 29.15.020, 29.24.020, 29.24.035, 29.30.075, 29.36.010, 29.36.045, 29.36.060, 29.36.122, 14.08.304, 17.28.090, 27.12.370, 29.13.023, 29.13.024, 29.13.060, 29.36.121, 29.81A.010, 35.02.130, 35.13.174, 35.17.400, 35.27.090, 35A.02.050, 52.02.080, 52.04.071, 53.04.020, 53.04.080, 54.08.010, 54.08.070, 54.40.070, 57.04.050, 57.04.140, 57.24.190, 57.28.090, 68.52.250, 70.44.020, 80.52.050, 82.14.036, 82.46.021, and 82.80.090; reenacting and amending RCW 29.36.120 and 35.17.020; and repealing RCW 29.01.160.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5641 by Senators Haugen, Benton, Wojahn, Sellar and Costa
AN ACT Relating to "Help Kids Speak" license plates; amending RCW 46.16.301 and 46.16.313; adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5642 by Senators Rasmussen and Morton
AN ACT Relating to licensing consulting foresters; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5643 by Senators Gardner, Horn, McDonald and Oke (by request of Secretary of State Munro)
AN ACT Relating to the state voters' pamphlet; adding new sections to chapter 29.81 RCW; and repealing RCW 29.80.010, 29.80.020, 29.80.030, 29.80.040, 29.80.050, 29.80.060, 29.80.070, 29.80.080, 29.80.090, 29.81.010, 29.81.011, 29.81.012, 29.81.014, 29.81.020, 29.81.030, 29.81.040, 29.81.042, 29.81.043, 29.81.050, 29.81.052, 29.81.053, 29.81.060, 29.81.070, 29.81.080, 29.81.090, 29.81.100, 29.81.110, 29.81.120, 29.81.130, 29.81.140, 29.81.150, 29.81.160, and 29.81.180.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5644 by Senators Gardner, Horn, McDonald and Oke (by request of Secretary of State Munro)
AN ACT Relating to the voters' pamphlet; and adding a new section to chapter 29.81 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5645 by Senators Patterson, McCaslin, Winsley, Haugen, Jacobsen, Goings, Fraser, Spanel, Kline, Long, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Rasmussen, Honeyford, Swecker, Rossi, Franklin, Stevens, Costa, Oke, Eide and McAuliffe (by request of State Auditor Sonntag)
AN ACT Relating to whistleblowers; amending RCW 42.40.020, 42.40.040, and 42.40.050; adding new sections to chapter 42.40 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5646 by Senators Hale, Loveland, Deccio, T. Sheldon, Honeyford, Haugen, Rasmussen, McCaslin and Snyder
AN ACT Relating to outdoor burning; amending RCW 70.94.743; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources.
SB 5647 by Senators Costa, Roach, Heavey, Sheahan and Oke
AN ACT Relating to jails; amending RCW 70.48.020 and 10.01.160; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.145 and 9.94A.380; adding new sections to chapter 70.48 RCW; and repealing RCW 72.01.415.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5648 by Senator Haugen
AN ACT Relating to providing consistency in definitions regarding businesses furnishing lodging; and amending RCW 19.48.010.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5649 by Senators Haugen, Sellar and Goings
AN ACT Relating to notice of and payment of security for long-term vehicle impounds; and amending RCW 46.55.010, 46.55.080, 46.55.100, 46.55.110, 46.55.120, 46.55.130, 46.61.625, and 46.70.180.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5650 by Senators Goings, Oke, Kline, Winsley, Fairley, Heavey, Snyder, Honeyford, Eide, Prentice, Roach, Shin, Rasmussen, Gardner, Franklin, B. Sheldon, T. Sheldon, Morton, Kohl-Welles, West and Costa
AN ACT Relating to law enforcement officers for the state parks and recreation commission and the state liquor control board; reenacting and amending RCW 41.26.030; and adding new sections to chapter 41.40 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5651 by Senators Winsley and Loveland
AN ACT Relating to timber sales; and amending RCW 79.01.132.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5652 by Senators Bauer and Sellar
AN ACT Relating to statutory limits on appraiser fees in eminent domain proceedings; and amending RCW 8.25.020.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5653 by Senators Honeyford, Fairley, Oke, Rossi, Heavey, Benton, Kohl-Welles, Costa and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to providing entrepreneurial opportunities for disabled persons; adding new sections to chapter 39.19 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5654 by Senator Finkbeiner
AN ACT Relating to telecommunications users of public rights-of-way; amending RCW 35.21.860 and 36.55.010; and adding a new chapter to Title 80 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Technology and Telecommunications.
SB 5655 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Shin, Bauer, B. Sheldon, Fairley, Jacobsen and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to increasing access to education for recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; adding new sections to chapter 74.08A RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5656 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Fairley
AN ACT Relating to the humane trapping of animals; amending RCW 77.32.197; adding a new section to chapter 77.16 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5657 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen and Fairley
AN ACT Relating to the ownership of veterinary medical facilities by animal care and control agencies and nonprofit humane societies; amending RCW 18.92.010; and adding a new section to chapter 16.52 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Economic Development.
SB 5658 by Senators Spanel, Hargrove and Snyder
AN ACT Relating to sea urchin and sea cucumber dive fishery licenses and revenues; and amending RCW 75.30.210, 75.30.250, 82.27.020, and 82.27.070.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5659 by Senators Heavey, Roach, Kline, Johnson, Costa and Thibaudeau
AN ACT Relating to mandatory arbitration of civil actions; amending RCW 7.06.050 and 7.06.060; and reenacting and amending RCW 7.06.020.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5660 by Senators Fairley and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to placing aversive agents in antifreeze; and adding a new section to chapter 70.106 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Economic Development.
SB 5661 by Senators Rasmussen and Honeyford (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to leasehold excise tax clarification and administrative simplification; and amending RCW 82.29A.010, 82.29A.020, and 82.29A.130.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5662 by Senators Finkbeiner, Brown and Winsley (by request of Secretary of State Munro)
AN ACT Relating to a study of on-line voting; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5663 by Senators Johnson, Patterson, Finkbeiner, Morton, Swecker, Oke, McDonald, Rossi, McCaslin, Horn and Hale
AN ACT Relating to charter schools; amending RCW 41.59.080; adding a new section to chapter 41.56 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.59 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 28A RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5664 by Senators Costa, Long, Kline, Hargrove, Thibaudeau, Wojahn, Franklin and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to community service; amending RCW 7.80.130, 7.80.160, 7.84.110, 7.84.130, 9.94A.030, 9.94A.120, 9.94A.200, 9.94A.400, 10.98.040, 13.40.020, 13.40.0357, 13.40.080, 13.40.165, 13.40.180, 13.40.200, 13.40.205, 13.40.210, 13.40.250, 28A.225.090, 35.21.209, 35A.21.220, 36.16.139, 43.51.048, 46.16.381, 46.20.031, 46.30.020, 46.63.120, 66.20.200, 66.44.291, 66.44.325, 69.50.425, 70.93.060, 70.155.080, 72.09.060, 72.09.100, and 72.09.260; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.040, 9.94A.380, 13.40.160, and 70.93.250.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5665 by Senators Costa, Honeyford, Hargrove, Kline, Heavey, McCaslin and Long
AN ACT Relating to vacation of records of conviction; amending RCW 9.94A.230 and 13.50.050; and adding a new section to chapter 9.96 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5666 by Senators Rasmussen, Long, Goings, Johnson and Haugen
AN ACT Relating to acquisition of vehicles and parts by vehicle wreckers; and amending RCW 46.80.010, 46.80.080, and 46.80.090.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5667 by Senators West and Heavey
AN ACT Relating to boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, and wrestling; and amending RCW 67.08.050.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5668 by Senators West, T. Sheldon, Patterson, Heavey, Snyder, Oke, Costa and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to criminal records checks for school employees and volunteers; and amending RCW 43.43.832.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5669 by Senators Snyder and Brown
AN ACT Relating to conversion vending units and medical units; amending RCW 43.22.335, 43.22.340, 43.22.350, 43.22.370, 43.22.380, 43.22.390, 43.22.410, 43.22.420, and 43.22.434; reenacting and amending RCW 43.22.360; and adding a new section to chapter 43.22 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5670 by Senators Snyder and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to water pollution control; amending RCW 90.48.445; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5671 by Senators Kline, Fairley, Johnson and Thibaudeau
AN ACT Relating to anarchy and sabotage; and repealing RCW 9.05.010, 9.05.020, 9.05.030, 9.05.040, 9.05.050, 9.05.060, 9.05.070, 9.05.080, 9.05.090, 9.05.100, 9.05.110, 9.05.120, 9.05.130, 9.05.140, 9.05.150, and 9.05.160.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5672 by Senators Kline, Costa, Prentice, Fraser, Fairley, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Hargrove and McAuliffe.
AN ACT Relating to retaliatory action against a whistleblower; and amending RCW 42.40.050.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5673 by Senators Kline, Fairley, Kohl-Welles and Fraser
AN ACT Relating to the definition of shorelines on stream segments; and amending RCW 90.58.030.
Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, February 2, 1999.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate