SECOND SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
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FIFTEENTH DAY
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House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, June 18, 2001
The House was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Speaker Ballard. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The flag was escorted to the rostrum by a Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, Pages Brenda Lee Juntti and Dave Whitmore. Speaker Ballard led the Chamber in the Pledge of Allegiance. Prayer was offered by Representative Val Ogden.
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
June 18, 2001
Mr. Speakers:
The President has signed:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1624,
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2138,
and the same are herewith transmitted.
Tony M. Cook, Secretary
There being no objection, the Rules Committee was relieved of House Bill No. 1926, and the bill was placed on the Second Reading calendar.
There being no objection, the Committee on Appropriations was relieved of House Bill No. 2244, and the bill was placed on the Second Reading calendar.
There being no objection, the Rules Committee was relieved of House Bill No. 2258, and the bill was placed on the Third Reading calendar.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the seventh order of business.
THIRD READING
HOUSE BILL NO. 2258, By Representatives Sommers and Sehlin
Funding drought and earthquake emergency relief.
Representatives Sommers and Sehlin spoke in favor of the passage of the bill.
Speaker Ballard stated the question before the House to be the final passage of House Bill No. 2258.
MOTIONS
On motion of Representative Santos, Representatives Grant, Haigh, Kessler, Poulsen, Quall, Rockefeller and Simpson were excused. On motion of Representative Schoesler, Representatives Ahern, Benson, B. Chandler, Pennington, Schindler, Schmidt and Van Luven were excused.
ROLL CALL
The Clerk called the roll on the final passage of House Bill No. 2258 and the bill passed the House by the following vote: Yeas - 84, Nays - 0, Absent - 0, Excused - 14.
Voting yea: Representatives Alexander, Anderson, Armstrong, Ballasiotes, Barlean, Berkey, Boldt, Buck, Bush, Cairnes, Campbell, Carrell, Casada, G. Chandler, Clements, Cody, Conway, Cooper, Cox, Crouse, Darneille, DeBolt, Delvin, Dickerson, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Edmonds, Edwards, Eickmeyer, Ericksen, Esser, Fisher, Fromhold, Gombosky, Hankins, Hatfield, Hunt, Hurst, Jackley, Jarrett, Kagi, Keiser, Kenney, Kirby, Lambert, Lantz, Linville, Lisk, Lovick, Marine, Mastin, McDermott, McIntire, McMorris, Mielke, Miloscia, Mitchell, Morell, Morris, Mulliken, Murray, O'Brien, Ogden, Pearson, Pflug, Reardon, Roach, Romero, Ruderman, Santos, Schoesler, Schual-Berke, Sehlin, Skinner, Sommers, Sump, Talcott, Tokuda, Veloria, Wood, and Woods, Speaker Ballard, and Speaker Chopp - 84.
Excused: Representatives Ahern, Benson, B. Chandler, Grant, Haigh, Kessler, Pennington, Poulsen, Quall, Rockefeller, Schindler, Schmidt, Simpson, and Van Luven - 14.
House Bill No. 2258, having received the necessary constitutional majority, was declared passed.
There being no objection, the House reverted to the sixth order of business.
SECOND READING
HOUSE BILL NO. 2244, By Representative Sommers
Pertaining to the higher education retirement plan.
The bill was read the second time.
Representative Sommers moved the adoption of the following amendment (385):
On page 2, line 24, strike "((retired))" and insert "retired"
On page 2, line 24, strike "retires" and insert "entered employment"
Representatives Sommers and Alexander spoke in favor of the adoption of the amendment.
The amendment was adopted.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Representatives Sommers, Alexander, Conway and McIntire spoke in favor of passage of the bill.
Speaker Ballard stated the question before the House to be the final passage of Engrossed House Bill No. 2244.
ROLL CALL
The Clerk called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed House Bill No. 2244 and the bill passed the House by the following vote: Yeas - 84, Nays - 0, Absent - 0, Excused - 14.
Voting yea: Representatives Alexander, Anderson, Armstrong, Ballasiotes, Barlean, Berkey, Boldt, Buck, Bush, Cairnes, Campbell, Carrell, Casada, G. Chandler, Clements, Cody, Conway, Cooper, Cox, Crouse, Darneille, DeBolt, Delvin, Dickerson, Doumit, Dunn, Dunshee, Edmonds, Edwards, Eickmeyer, Ericksen, Esser, Fisher, Fromhold, Gombosky, Hankins, Hatfield, Hunt, Hurst, Jackley, Jarrett, Kagi, Keiser, Kenney, Kirby, Lambert, Lantz, Linville, Lisk, Lovick, Marine, Mastin, McDermott, McIntire, McMorris, Mielke, Miloscia, Mitchell, Morell, Morris, Mulliken, Murray, O'Brien, Ogden, Pearson, Pflug, Reardon, Roach, Romero, Ruderman, Santos, Schoesler, Schual-Berke, Sehlin, Skinner, Sommers, Sump, Talcott, Tokuda, Veloria, Wood, Woods, Speaker Ballard, and Speaker Chopp - 84.
Excused: Representatives Ahern, Benson, B. Chandler, Grant, Haigh, Kessler, Pennington, Poulsen, Quall, Rockefeller, Schindler, Schmidt, Simpson, and Van Luven - 14.
Engrossed House Bill No. 2244, having received the necessary constitutional majority, was declared passed.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1926, By Representatives Sehlin, Sommers, Romero and Wood; by request of Secretary of State
Increasing the surcharge on county auditor recording fees.
The bill was read the second time. There being no objection, Substitute House Bill No. 1926 was substituted for House Bill No. 1926 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading calendar.
Substitute House Bill No. 1926 was read the second time.
There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Representatives Sehlin and Sommers spoke in favor of passage of the bill.
Speaker Ballard stated the question before the House to be the final passage of Substitute House Bill No. 1926.
ROLL CALL
The Clerk called the roll on the final passage of Substitute House Bill No. 1926 and the bill passed the House by the following vote: Yeas - 54, Nays - 30, Absent - 0, Excused - 14.
Voting yea: Representatives Alexander, Anderson, Armstrong, Ballasiotes, Barlean, Boldt, Buck, Clements, Cody, Conway, Cooper, Cox, Dickerson, Doumit, Dunn, Edmonds, Eickmeyer, Esser, Fisher, Fromhold, Hankins, Hatfield, Hunt, Hurst, Jarrett, Kagi, Keiser, Kenney, Kirby, Lisk, Mastin, McDermott, McIntire, Mielke, Mitchell, Morris, Murray, Ogden, Pearson, Pflug, Reardon, Romero, Ruderman, Santos, Schoesler, Schual-Berke, Sehlin, Skinner, Sommers, Tokuda, Veloria, and Woods - 54.
Voting nay: Representatives Berkey, Bush, Cairnes, Campbell, Carrell, Casada, G. Chandler, Crouse, Darneille, DeBolt, Delvin, Dunshee, Edwards, Ericksen, Gombosky, Jackley, Lambert, Lantz, Linville, Lovick, Marine, McMorris, Miloscia, Morell, Mulliken, O'Brien, Roach, Sump, Talcott, Wood, Speaker Ballard, and Speaker Chopp - 30.
Excused: Representatives Ahern, Benson, B. Chandler, Grant, Haigh, Kessler, Pennington, Poulsen, Quall, Rockefeller, Schindler, Schmidt, Simpson, and Van Luven - 14.
Substitute House Bill No. 1926, having received the necessary constitutional majority, was declared passed.
I intended to vote NAY on Substitute House Bill No. 1926.
JIM DUNN, 17th District
Speaker Ballard called upon Representative Mastin to preside.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
There being no objection, the House adjourned until 10:00 a.m., June 19, 2001, the 16th Legislative Day of the Second Special Session.
CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker FRANK CHOPP, Speaker
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk CYNTHIA ZEHNDER, Chief Clerk