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EIGHTH DAY
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MORNING SESSION
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House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 15, 2001
The House was called to order at 9:55 a.m. by the Speaker (Representative Ogden presiding).
Reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was ordered to stand approved.
Speaker Chopp assumed the chair. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The flags were escorted to the rostrum by the Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, Pages Dominic Adams and Sarah Chambers. Speaker Chopp lead the Chamber in the Pledge of Allegiance. The prayer was offered by Dr. Don Shorter, pastor at Pacific Christian Center, Tacoma.
Speaker Chopp introduced students from the Institute for Community Leadership. The Institute is comprised of statewide youth and nonviolence leaders who study and practice the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King. The group was led by Roy Wilson and Karen Boehlke. Students Melissa Edwards, Jackie Lopez, Sequoya Hinman, Stephen Ball, Raychel Valentine, and Armando Martinez addressed the Chamber. Joining the students was former Representative Dawn Mason.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
January 12, 2001
Mr. Speakers:
The Senate has adopted:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8401,
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8402,
and the same are herewith transmitted.
Brad Hendrickson, Deputy Secretary
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
HB 1055by Representatives Haigh and Eickmeyer
AN ACT Relating to ad valorem taxation of certain property that would otherwise be subject to leasehold excise tax; amending RCW 84.36.451; adding a new section to chapter 82.29A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.40 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.55 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1056by Representatives Haigh, Cox, Hunt, Talcott, Rockefeller, Linville, Kagi, McDermott, Schual-Berke, Keiser, Anderson, Edwards, Kenney and Jackley
AN ACT Relating to gathering and maintaining teacher education and experience information; creating a new section; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 1057by Representatives Hatfield, Pennington, O'Brien, Carrell, DeBolt, Woods, Rockefeller, McMorris, Lovick, Delvin, Roach, Lambert, Dunshee, Poulsen, Buck, Quall, Cooper, Esser, Anderson, Mielke, Dunn, Wood, Clements, G. Chandler, Fisher, Hurst, Schmidt, Talcott, Alexander, Pflug and Marine
AN ACT Relating to motorcycles; amending RCW 46.68.065; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 1058by Representatives Ruderman, Campbell, Cody, Skinner, Linville, Barlean, Lovick, Doumit, Ballasiotes, Lambert, Cox, Gombosky, Schual-Berke, Darneille, Van Luven, Ogden, Conway, Keiser, O'Brien, Edmonds, Anderson, Edwards, McDermott, Haigh, Kenney, Kirby, Kagi, Hunt, Esser, McIntire and Jackley
AN ACT Relating to medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer treatment for low-income women; reenacting and amending RCW 74.09.510; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1059by Representatives Cox, Hatfield, Cairnes and Pflug
AN ACT Relating to personal property taxation; and amending RCW 84.48.080 and 84.40.190.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1060by Representatives Rockefeller, Ericksen, Barlean, Jackley, Doumit, Eickmeyer, Linville, Haigh and Esser
AN ACT Relating to reconveyance of state forest board transfer lands for drinking water protection; amending RCW 76.12.072, 76.12.073, and 76.12.074; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
HB 1061by Representatives Rockefeller, Barlean, Doumit, Eickmeyer, Edwards, McDermott, Haigh, Kenney and Jackley
AN ACT Relating to funding for forest fire protection; and amending RCW 76.04.167 and 76.04.610.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
HB 1062by Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Delvin, Lovick and Haigh (Requested by Criminal Justice Training Commission)
AN ACT Relating to certification of peace officers; amending RCW 43.101.010; adding new sections to chapter 43.101 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1063by Representatives Ballasiotes, O'Brien, Lovick, Haigh and Benson
AN ACT Relating to adding a victim notification system to the state jail booking and reporting system; amending RCW 36.28A.040; and adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1064by Representatives Delvin, Lovick, O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Hankins, Edwards and Haigh
AN ACT Relating to nonpartisan sheriffs; amending RCW 29.18.010, 29.21.010, 29.21.015, 29.21.070, and 29.30.025; and adding a new section to chapter 36.28 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.
HB 1065by Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Delvin, Lovick and Haigh
AN ACT Relating to law enforcement mobilization; and adding a new chapter to Title 38 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 1066by Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Delvin, Lovick, Keiser and Haigh (Requested by Criminal Justice Training Commission)
AN ACT Relating to the authority of the criminal justice training commission to own and operate training facilities; amending RCW 43.101.080; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1067by Representatives O'Brien, Ballasiotes, Delvin, Lovick and Haigh (Requested by Criminal Justice Training Commission)
AN ACT Relating to the commissioning and training of railroad police; and amending RCW 81.60.010, 81.60.020, 81.60.030, 81.60.040, 81.60.050, and 81.60.060.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1068by Representatives Delvin, Hankins, Grant and Benson (Requested by Administrator for the Courts)
AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.064; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 1069by Representatives Campbell, Cody and Edwards (Requested by Department of Health)
AN ACT Relating to the health professions' use of pro tem board members; and amending RCW 18.130.060.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1070by Representatives Delvin, Dickerson, Ogden, Conway, Haigh, Kagi and Hurst (Requested by Department of Social & Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to the juvenile offender basic training camp program; and amending RCW 13.40.320, 13.40.210, and 74.15.020.
Referred to Committee on Juvenile Justice.
HB 1071by Representatives Doumit, Buck, Sump, Ogden and Dunn (Requested by Interagency Commission for Outdoor Recreation)
AN ACT Relating to salmon recovery funding board grant application deadlines; and amending RCW 77.85.140.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
HB 1072by Representatives Sommers, Lambert, Doumit, Alexander, Van Luven, Ogden, Edmonds, Haigh, Kagi and Marine (Requested by Joint Commission on Pension Policy)
AN ACT Relating to establishing a law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' health and welfare risk assumption program; amending RCW 41.26.110, 41.26.150, 43.84.092, 43.84.092, 43.79A.040, 44.44.040, 48.62.031, and 48.62.051; adding new sections to chapter 43.63A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.45 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.79 RCW; creating a new section; providing effective dates; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 1073by Representatives Benson, Wood, McMorris, Dunn, Gombosky, Schoesler, Esser, Sump, Hunt, Crouse, Kenney, Schindler, Kagi, Edwards, Lantz and McDermott
AN ACT Relating to technology fees; and amending RCW 28B.15.051.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 1074by Representatives Benson, McMorris and Talcott
AN ACT Relating to student transportation allocation information; and amending RCW 28A.160.170 and 28A.160.190.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 1075by Representatives Miloscia, Mulliken, Dunshee, Simpson, Cairnes, Ogden and Pflug
AN ACT Relating to the board of commissioners of a water-sewer district; amending RCW 57.12.015; and repealing RCW 57.08.110.
Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.
HB 1076by Representatives Schual-Berke, Campbell, Cody, Skinner, Pennington, Ruderman, Kagi, Darneille, Edmonds, Marine, Edwards, McDermott, Haigh and Kenney
AN ACT Relating to a limited license to practice medicine; and amending RCW 18.71.095.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1077by Representatives Ruderman, DeBolt and Dunn
AN ACT Relating to promoting competition for broadband telecommunications service using cable modem technology; and adding a new section to chapter 80.36 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.
HJM 4001by Representatives Hatfield, Pennington, Eickmeyer, Benson, Wood, Doumit, Simpson, DeBolt, Bush, Cooper, Linville, Morris, Reardon, Darneille, Mielke, Lovick, Kessler, Dunshee, Kirby, Hurst, Campbell, Ogden, Grant, Keiser, O'Brien, Edwards, Haigh, Kagi, Alexander and Jackley
AN ACT Relating to requesting continuation of the blanket primary.
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Elections.
HJR 4202by Representatives Sommers, Sehlin, Benson, Hatfield and McIntire (Requested by State Investment Board)
AN ACT Relating to investing state investment board funds.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
HCR 4401by Representatives Rockefeller, Woods, Hunt and Lantz
AN ACT Relating to creating a joint select committee on the disposal of derelict vessels.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
SCR 8401by Representatives Snyder, West, Spanel, Hale and B. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to adopting joint rules.
Held on First Reading.
SCR 8402by Representatives Snyder, West, Spanel, Hale and B. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to establishing cutoff dates.
There being no objection, the bills, memorial and resolutions listed on the day's introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
There being no objection, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8402 was read the first time, the rules were suspended and the concurrent resolution was placed on the Second Reading calendar.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the sixth order of business.
SECOND READING
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8402 by Representatives Snyder, West, Spanel, Hale and B. Sheldon
Establishing cutoff dates.
The concurrent resolution was read the second time.
There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third, and the concurrent resolution was placed on final adoption.
The Speaker (Representative Ogden presiding) stated the question before the House to be the final adoption of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8402.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8402 was adopted.
RESOLUTION
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2001-4603 by Representatives Woods, Lovick, Cairnes, Wood, Jarrett, Clements, Skinner, Rockefeller, Miloscia, Morell, Santos, Ogden, Dunn, Veloria, Roach, Jackley, Sommers, Hunt, Lantz, Kenney, Fromhold, Anderson, Haigh, Keiser, Tokuda, Ahern, G. Chandler, Lambert, Carrell, Edmonds, Darneille, Kessler, Casada, Dickerson, Linville, Esser, Schmidt, Talcott, Hankins, Hatfield, Murray, Conway, Van Luven and Ruderman
WHEREAS, January 15, 2001, is the day on which we as a nation commemorate the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to instill freedom, unity, justice, and peace in the hearts of the American people and throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has become one of the world's best known advocates for nonviolent social change strategies; and
WHEREAS, This noble man fought for his vision of a better future, to uphold the principles established in the Declaration of Independence that all people are created equal; and
WHEREAS, The legacy left by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. serves as a reminder symbolizing the nation's dedication to peace through justice and a democratic society based on the standards of freedom, unity, equality, and justice for all people; and
WHEREAS, The state of Washington commends the youth from the Institute for Community Leadership who are continually striving to integrate the principles of nonviolence taught by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. within their schools and peer groups; and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress recognizes the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by creating a federal holiday; and
WHEREAS, The efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are also honored by the state of Washington by declaring a state holiday;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, on behalf of the citizens of Washington state, pause in our endeavors to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recommit ourselves to a society founded on the standard of dignity for all races and all people.
Representative Woods moved the adoption of the resolution.
Representatives Woods, Lovick, Skinner, Veloria, Pennington, Santos, Quall, DeBolt and Miloscia spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution. Representative Lovick asked that the names of Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carol Robertson be read into the record.
House Resolution No. 4603 was adopted.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2001-4604 by Representatives Marine, Ahern, Lambert, Edmonds, Sommers, Kessler, Casada, Edwards, Pflug, Esser, Schmidt, Talcott and Hankins
WHEREAS, It is the policy of the Washington state legislature to recognize excellence in all fields of endeavor; and
WHEREAS, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. was founded in 1942 to serve the needs of visually impaired people by providing Guide Dogs with the goal of raising well-trained Guide Dogs and responsible youth; and
WHEREAS, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. is a privately funded organization that relies on volunteers to train Guide Dog puppies and where families and individuals give their time and energy to offer loving homes to puppies in training and the gift of sight to the blind; and
WHEREAS, The first Guide Dog puppies came to Washington state in 1965 and today over one hundred thirty families in Benton, Chelan, Clark, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom, and Yakima counties share their home with a Guide Dog puppy; and
WHEREAS, These families are provided control training, socialization, and support by more than fifty adult and youth volunteer Guide Dog and 4-H leaders; and
WHEREAS, Guide Dog puppies move to Washington at eight weeks of age and live with raiser families until they are fourteen months old so that the families can "socialize" the puppies in all areas of the community and train them to behave in a controlled manner at all times; and
WHEREAS, Washington state offers many unique training opportunities for Guide Dog puppies as they "practice" shopping; visit the waterfront, beaches, and mountains; attend sporting events; learn to work with doors, elevators, wildlife, livestock, traffic, and travel on cars, buses, ferries, and trains; and
WHEREAS, Guides Dogs are placed throughout North America with Washington state having over one hundred thirty working Guide Dogs from Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. providing greater mobility for people who are visually impaired; and
WHEREAS, The 4-H Guide Dog Puppy Raising Program promotes positive youth development, through teamwork, leadership, problem solving, and teaching. The program also is where young people learn: The needs of people who are visually impaired; how to care and train puppies for guide work; how to teach their puppies proper self-control in public and at home; how to develop parenting skills; how to lead and teach youth and adult raisers; how to recruit raiser families; and how to educate the public about Guide Dogs and the challenges faced by the visually impaired;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the state of Washington honor Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. and the 4-H Organization and all their staff, volunteers, and supporters for their dedicated commitment to raising and training Guide Dogs and serving the needs of visually impaired people throughout the state of Washington; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives to Althea Cawley-Murphree, Assistant Guide Dog 4-H Leader and 4-H Alum.
Representative Marine moved the adoption of the resolution.
Representatives Marine and Haigh spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution.
House Resolution No. 4604 was adopted.
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., January 16, 2001, the 9th Legislative Day.
CLYDE BALLARD, SpeakerFRANK CHOPP, Speaker
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief ClerkCYNTHIA ZEHNDER, Chief Clerk