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SIXTIETH DAY
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MORNING SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Cherberg Building, Olympia, Thursday, March 8, 2001
The Senate was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by President Pro Tempore Franklin. The Secretary called the roll and announced to the President Pro Tempore that all Senators were present except Senators Finkbeiner, McDonald and Snyder. On motion of Senator Eide, Senator Snyder was excused. On motion of Senator Honeyford, Senators Finkbeiner and McDonald were excused.
The Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, consisting of Mike Fredricks and Denny Lewis, presented the Colors. Reverend John Stroeh, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Olympia, offered the prayer.
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
March 6, 2001
SB 5170 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Creating a temporary joint task force on telework enhancement. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5170 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Finkbeiner, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Benton.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
March 6, 2001
SB 5185 Prime Sponsor, Senator Thibaudeau: Developing a home and community-based waiver for persons in community residential settings. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5185 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair, Fraser; Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5395 Prime Sponsor, Senator Long: Changing provisions relating to the administrator for the courts. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5395 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5484 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Providing a limited sales tax exemption for certain sales of conifer seeds. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5484 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5494 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Clarifying noise laws for motor vehicles. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5494 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5610 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Regulating traffic safety cameras. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5610 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Oke, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Benton and Kastama.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5647 Prime Sponsor, Senator Regala: Requiring new energy efficiency measures. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5647 as recommended by Committee on Environment, Energy and Water be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5695 Prime Sponsor, Senator Eide: Creating alternative routes to teacher certification. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5695 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 5878 Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Revising procedures for setting garbage truck load limits. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 6, 2001
SB 6008 Prime Sponsor, Senator Eide: Providing commute trip reduction incentives. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
March 6, 2001
SJR 8206 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Requiring a geographic distribution of initiative petition signatures. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 8206 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Hewitt, Honeyford, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheahan, Snyder, Winsley and Zarelli.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Rossi.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, Senate Bill No. 5170 and Senate Bill No. 6008 were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5400, by Senators T. Sheldon, Franklin, Shin, Regala, Costa and Gardner (by request of Governor Locke)
Clarifying that the community economic revitalization board may make loans and grants to federally recognized Indian tribes.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Tim Sheldon, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5400 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 5400 and the substitute bill was placed on second reading and read the second time.
On motion of Senator Tim Sheldon, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5400 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5400.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5400 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 36; Nays, 10; Absent, 0; Excused, 3.
Voting yea: Senators Brown, Constantine, Costa, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Jacobsen, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Spanel, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 36.
Voting nay: Senators Benton, Carlson, Deccio, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Johnson, Parlette and Stevens - 10.
Excused: Senators Finkbeiner, McDonald and Snyder - 3.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5400, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5594, by Senators Gardner, Winsley, Prentice and Honeyford
Consolidating housing authorities.
The bill was read the second time.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Gardner, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 5594 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5594.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5594 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 48; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 1.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 48.
Excused: Senator Finkbeiner - 1.
SENATE BILL NO. 5594 having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
Senator Hewitt: “A point of personal privilege, Mr. President. Before we get too serious this morning, I would like to take this opportunity to enlighten you of what is in your package. It is at the behest of the great Senator--the elder Senator from the Fourth District. First, you will find a Lewis and Clark brochure. In 1805--October of 1805--Meriweather Lewis and Captain William Clark traveled through all five counties in the Sixteenth District. In fact, the city of Clarkston is named after William Clark.
“Also, in your pack, you will find a 'Save our Dams' sticker and there is some symbolism behind that. I am hoping that we have those four dams on the Lower Snake River--the Lower Granite, The Little Goose, Lower Monumental and the Ice Harbor Dam and they provide irrigation, navigation, recreation and economic vitalization to the district. I am hoping that the Senators from the Eleventh, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh and Forty-third Districts would proudly put these on their cars and maybe the city council could see the light.
“Also, in your pack, you should find a scratch pad from Key Technology. It is an industry in Walla Walla that is a leader in the world. They provide optical scan food processing equipment and if you have ever had a McDonald's French Fry, it has gone across the path of this screening process. You will also find some Wine Away, an insect repellant additive for paint. This was developed in Walla Walla. It is produced in Walla Walla and shipped from Walla Walla by my golf partner and he does very well with it.
“The gift from the Marcus Whitman Hotel--it is not a new hotel--it was build in 1928 and it was originally purchased by an entrepreneur in Walla Walla. It has been completely revitalized right up to the hand painted ceilings and he has something close to thirty million dollars in this hotel now, so if you ever get an opportunity to come to Walla Walla, I invite you to stay at the Marcus Whitman Hotel. It is absolutely a tremendous treat.
“The Walla Walla Area Chamber of Commerce, which I happen to be the executive director, sponsors or produces a Walla Walla Hot Area Balloon Stampede every year. This is the twenty-seventh year. It is the oldest balloon stampede in the Pacific Northwest and you have a champagne glass with a pin on the inside of it. I am sorry that the President of the Senate is not here this morning. I was not able--I didn’t have enough of the pads to go around but in speaking with his staff, I understand that he would rather enjoy some libation than take notes, so he has two glasses instead of a pad.
“Also, in your packs--I had to take them out unfortunately--there were tickets in your packs--an envelope, compliments of the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days, where my wife is the Executive Director. Somebody or someone passed some law some years ago that you can't accept anything over fifty dollars. So, unfortunately, this gift came out of the pack. I have called my wife and she is coming to Olympia to hand these out to each one of you personally, so it does not break the Ethics Law. So you will have rodeo tickets for the largest night rodeo on earth.
“You have a Walla Walla Sweet Onion pen. The Walla Walla Sweet Onions were brought from Italy in the nineteen hundreds. They only grow in the Walla Walla Valley, because of the type of soil. They are tremendous onions and you can eat them like an apple without crying and they are tremendous. I also want to talk to you about the four colleges in the Walla Walla Valley that are in the Sixteenth District. We have Columbia Basin College which is in Pasco, the Walla Walla Community College, which is in Walla Walla and Walla Walla College, which is a four year private college, also in Walla Walla, and then we have Whitman College, which is a four year private college. Three of the Senators in this room are graduates--Finkbeiner, Johnson and Thibaudeau, so they all had a little history of Walla Walla.
“Now for the fun part. There is a green--whatever we are calling this thing--gift certificate--attached to your bags as well. You can choose one of the three following: You can choose a great bottle of Walla Walla Wine. We have thirty commercial wineries in Walla Walla. They are all world-class, but we have three or four that are so well classed that they are unaccessible--you can't get the wine--unless maybe you are a Senator from Walla Walla. So, there is some available. You also could receive a gift box of Walla Walla Sweet Onions like in late July or excuse me late June or early July, if you choose that. Those will be shipped to you.
“Also, last week, I met with Mr. Lehman, the Secretary of Corrections, to see about an offer for a one night overstay at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary--and we actually have been able to offer a one night overstay at the Washington State Penitentiary. It is running at a hundred and twenty four percent of capacity. It holds about eighteen hundred members and we can't guarantee who your roommate will be, but there are a couple of guys there that are willing to take you. I actually--I don't know--if I should mention this, but I actually have one Senator who has taken me up on it. It is a little more serious that I thought.
“With that, I do want to thank you for allowing me to be in this body. I am very humbled and very proud to be here and I am hoping now that the good Senator from the Fourth District would see me as a Senator instead of someone who bears gifts. So, thank you very much.”
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
Senator McCaslin: “A point of personal privilege. I offer a sincere apology to the body for letting him know that was his first speech. I hope and pray that this is his last one.”
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
Senator West: “A point of personal privilege, Madam President. Just a note of caution to the good Senator from Walla Walla, you know some of us have come to appreciate the fact that you didn’t speak at all for weeks. We didn't realize how much we appreciated that until you just showed us. A couple more weeks of being quiet back there might be nice. Senator Johnson suggests six weeks would be just fine.”
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5997, by Senators Hochstatter, Rasmussen, Haugen, Honeyford, Gardner, Winsley, Prentice, Benton, Long, Franklin, Fairley, Patterson, Shin, T. Sheldon, Rossi, Snyder, Morton, Spanel, Stevens, McDonald, McCaslin, West, Parlette, Oke, Hewitt, Horn, Swecker, Kastama, Zarelli, Roach and Sheahan
Creating a special fair license plate.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Haugen, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5997 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 5997 and the substitute bill was placed on second reading and read the second time.
On motion of Senator Haugen, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5997 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5997.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5997 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5997, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5014, by Senators Costa, Long, Fraser, Carlson and Gardner
Harmonizing the definitions of sex and kidnapping offenders under the criminal and registration statutes.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Costa, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5014 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 5014 and the substitute bill was placed on second reading and read the second time.
On motion of Senator Costa, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5014 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5014.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5014 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5014, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5921, by Senators Kohl-Welles, Horn, Sheahan, McAuliffe, West, McCaslin, Carlson, Morton, Jacobsen, B. Sheldon, Shin and Parlette
Authorizing doctorate level degrees in physical therapy at Eastern Washington University.
The bill was read the second time.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Kohl-Welles, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 5921 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5921.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5921 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 46; Nays, 3; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 46.
Voting nay: Senators Jacobsen, Prentice and Thibaudeau - 3.
SENATE BILL NO. 5921, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5919, by Senators Morton, Fraser, Honeyford and Rasmussen
Providing for the assessment of potential site locations for water storage projects.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Morton, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5919 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 5919 and the substitute bill was placed on second reading and read the second time.
On motion of Senator Morton, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5919 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5919.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5919 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5919, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5299, by Senator Jacobsen
Allowing nonconsumptive wildlife activities on public lands.
The bill was read the second time.
MOTION
Senator Morton moved that the following amendment be adopted:
On page 2, at line 2, after "lands." insert the following:
Such lands shall not be open and available for wildlife activities when access could endanger crops on the land or when access could endanger the person accessing the land.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Morton on page 2, line 2, to Senate Bill No. 5299.
The motion by Senator Morton carried and the amendment was adopted.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Jacobsen, the rules were suspended, Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5299 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5299.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5299 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 5299, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5510, by Senators B. Sheldon, Winsley, Haugen, Constantine, Fairley, Long, Eide, Hale, Prentice, Jacobsen, Costa, Kastama, Fraser, Kline, McAuliffe, Shin, Stevens, Regala, Morton, Zarelli, Benton and Oke
Extending the prohibition on mandatory local measured telecommunications service.
MOTIONS
On motion of Senator Tim Sheldon, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5510 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 5510 and the substitute bill was placed on second reading and read the second time.
On motion of Senator Tim Sheldon, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 5510 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5510.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5510 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5510, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5220, by Senators Eide, Brown, West, Parlette, Thibaudeau, Patterson, Fairley and Kohl-Welles
Surveying multiple sclerosis patients.
The bill was read the second time.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Thibaudeau, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 5220 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5220.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5220 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 49; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 49.
SENATE BILL NO. 5220, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
SECOND READING
SENATE BILL NO. 5189, by Senators B. Sheldon, Fairley, Patterson, Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Thibaudeau, Costa, Eide, Spanel, Shin, Regala, Kline, Gardner, Haugen, Jacobsen, Brown, Fraser, Franklin and McAuliffe
Providing unemployment insurance benefits for victims of domestic violence or stalking.
The bill was read the second time.
MOTION
Senator Honeyford moved that the following striking amendment be adopted:
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. There is established in the employment security department the domestic violence unemployment insurance special benefits program. The commissioner shall administer the program using the funds appropriated by the legislature for this act. The expenses incurred by the commissioner in carrying out this chapter shall be paid entirely out of the funds appropriated by the legislature for this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. In order to be eligible for benefits under the domestic violence unemployment insurance special benefits program, an applicant must have been a victim of domestic violence, as defined in RCW 26.50.010, or stalking, as defined in RCW 9A.46.110, within two years before the application date for benefits, and must show that he or she is seeking safety or relief from the domestic violence by:
(1) Relocating to a residence that is separate from the perpetrator; and
(2) Filing a police report or obtaining a restraining order against the perpetrator.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. In addition to the requirements of section 2 of this act, in order to be eligible for benefits under the domestic violence unemployment insurance special benefits program, an applicant must either be unemployed based on a necessity to protect the applicant or the applicant's immediate family members from domestic violence, as defined in RCW 26.50.010, and have been denied unemployment insurance benefits under chapter 50.20 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. To the extent that funds are available, if a person establishes eligibility under sections 2 and 3 of this act, the commissioner shall provide unemployment insurance special benefits in the form of a weekly wage subsidy to the person beginning with the calendar week in which application was made for unemployment insurance benefits. The weekly wage subsidy will be an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount the applicant would have received if benefits had not been denied under chapter 50.20 RCW. However, the duration and amount of the weekly wage subsidy received by the applicant may not exceed the maximum unemployment insurance benefit amount established in RCW 50.20.120.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) The employment security department shall provide information to applicants for unemployment insurance special benefits regarding local services provided under chapter 70.123 RCW and the availability of protection orders under chapter 26.50 RCW.
(2) Weekly wage subsidies are not unemployment insurance benefits under this title and the issuance of wage subsidies shall not affect an employer's payment contribution determined under chapter 50.24 RCW, or an employer's experience rating determined under chapter 50.29 RCW.
(3) Information or records concerning an individual receiving or applying for a weekly wage subsidy under this program is subject to chapter 50.13 RCW and is not subject to discovery in any judicial proceeding unless the requirements of RCW 70.123.075 are satisfied.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the public safety and education account to the employment security department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to carry out the purposes of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. Sections 1 through 5 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 50 RCW."
Debate ensued.
Senate Sheahan demanded a roll call and the demand was sustained.
Further debate ensued.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the adoption of the striking amendment by Senator Honeyford to Senate Bill No. 5189.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll and the striking amendment was not adopted by the following vote: Yeas, 24; Nays, 25; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Benton, Carlson, Deccio, Finkbeiner, Hale, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, T., Stevens, Swecker, West and Zarelli - 24.
Voting nay: Senators Brown, Constantine, Costa, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hargrove, Haugen, Jacobsen, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheldon, B., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley - 25.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 5189 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.
Debate ensued.
POINT OF INQUIRY
Senator Roach: “Senator Sheldon, would a domestic violence victim who would fall under this program be required to show that they are in fact seeking for work? Right now, when we have individuals under the program for workers comp, in order to keep receiving benefits that unemployed worker must on a weekly or maybe monthly basis prove that they are out looking for new employment. The question is would the victim then have to make that same declaration of search?”
Senator Betti Sheldon: “The rules would apply as for any other applicant. The difference would be that this individual would have left their home community and sought work elsewhere. We would hope that their privacy would be protected.”
Senator Roach: “So, they would have to report?”
Senator Betti Sheldon: “They would have to report, yes”
Senator Roach: “Thank you, Senator Sheldon.”
Further debate ensued.
Senator Hochstatter asked Senator Betti Sheldon to yield to a question and Senator Sheldon would not yield.
Further debate ensued
Senators Snyder, Prentice and Betti Sheldon demanded the previous question and the demand was sustained.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the shall the main question be now put.
The demand for the previous question carried.
The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5189.
ROLL CALL
The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5189 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 26; Nays, 23; Absent, 0; Excused, 0.
Voting yea: Senators Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hargrove, Haugen, Jacobsen, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheldon, B., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley - 26.
Voting nay: Senators Benton, Deccio, Finkbeiner, Hale, Hewitt, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, T., Stevens, Swecker, West and Zarelli - 23.
SENATE BILL NO. 5189, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill will stand as the title of the act.
MOTION
At 10:36 a.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate was declared to be at ease.
The Senate was called to order at 7:34 p.m. by Senator Snyder.
There being no objection, Senator Snyder returned the Senate to the first order of business.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
March 7, 2001
SB 5162 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Allowing private entities to operate state-owned safety rest areas. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5162 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5166 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Allowing state financial aid to be used at Washington branch campuses of accredited out-of-state institutions of higher education. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5166 as recommended by Committee on Higher Education be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5182 Prime Sponsor, Senator Spanel: Ensuring a sustainable, comprehensive pipeline safety program in the state. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5182 as recommended by Committee on Environment, Energy and Water be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5201 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Creating the higher education for lifelong progress program. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5201 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Parlette, Rossi and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5211 Prime Sponsor, Senator Thibaudeau: Requiring comparable mental health benefits. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5211 as recommended by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5226 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Updating oversize load permits. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5226 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5264 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Prohibiting public employers from firing employees to avoid providing benefits. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5264 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Rossi.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5274 Prime Sponsor, Senator Gardner: Revising the appointment of vehicle licensing subagents. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5274 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5309 Prime Sponsor, Senator Constantine: Providing funding for local government criminal justice. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5309 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5336 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Creating the public interest attorney loan repayment program. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5336 as recommended by Committee on Higher Education be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Rossi and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5353 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Enforcing protection of archaeological sites. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5353 as recommended by Committee on State and Local Government be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5384 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Regulating labor relations in four-year institutions of higher education. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5384 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford and Rossi.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5401 Prime Sponsor, Senator Patterson: Eliminating boards and commissions. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5401 as recommended by Committee on State and Local Government be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5430 Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Requiring insurers to provide coverage for cranial hair prostheses. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Long, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
. MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Parlette, Rossi and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5447 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Modifying the forest fire protection assessment. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5447 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5566 Prime Sponsor, Senator Thibaudeau: Requiring uniform prescription drug information cards. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Rules without recommendation. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheldon, B., Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules without recommendation.
March 8, 2001
SB 5593 Prime Sponsor, Senator Gardner: Changing the public accountancy act. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5593 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5640 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Revising provisions for licensing of motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5640 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5652 Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Improving the quality of in-home long-term care services provided by state funded individual providers. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5652 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford and Rossi.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5681 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kastama: Permitting excess weight for fire-fighting apparatus. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5681 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Benton.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5688 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Requiring the department of health to publicize a list of recalled infant and child products. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5688 as recommended by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5733 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Adjusting day labor allowances for county road construction. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5733 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Horn, Kastama, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5741 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Testing managed competition. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5741 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5742 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Extending design-build for public works. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5742 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5743 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Investing in human resources for transportation. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5743 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Kastama and McAuliffe.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5748 Prime Sponsor, Senator McAuliffe: Integrating transportation and land use planning. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5748 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5749 Prime Sponsor, Senator McAuliffe: Adopting cost-benefit analysis for transportation planning. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5749 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice and Shin.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Benton, Finkbeiner, Horn, Johnson and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5750 Prime Sponsor, Senator Horn: Funding advance right-of-way acquisitions. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5750 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5755 Prime Sponsor, Senator Horn: Adjusting responsibilities of the transportation commission. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5755 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5759 Prime Sponsor, Senator Patterson: Improving traffic chokepoints. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5759 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5760 Prime Sponsor, Senator Patterson: Directing use of intelligent transportation systems and traffic system management. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5760 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Johnson and McDonald.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5764 Prime Sponsor, Senator Shin: Maintaining and preserving transportation facilities and assets. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5764 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5765 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Streamlining the environmental permit process for transportation projects. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5765 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5777 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Permitting retired and disabled employees to obtain health insurance. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5777 as recommended by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5782 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Enforcing seat belt laws as a primary action. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Eide, Jacobsen, Kastama, Oke, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Benton, Finkbeiner, Horn, McAuliffe and McDonald.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5820 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kastama: Providing assistance to treat breast and cervical cancer. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5820 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5826 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Authorizing collective bargaining for University of Washington employees who are enrolled in academic programs. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5826 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Honeyford, Rossi and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5837 Prime Sponsor, Senator T. Sheldon: Establishing a pilot project culturing shellfish on nonproductive oyster reserve land. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5837 as recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5860 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Increasing the fee for a surface mining reclamation permit. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder and Spanel.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Rossi, Sheahan and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5862 Prime Sponsor, Senator T. Sheldon: Streamlining the process of selling valuable materials from state lands. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5862 as recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5880 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Creating a forest products commission. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Rules without recommendation. Signed by Senators Brown, Constantine, Fairley, Fraser, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Sheldon, B., Snyder, Spanel and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules without recommendation
March 8, 2001
SB 5896 Prime Sponsor, Senator Constantine: Providing for DNA testing of evidence. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5896 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5909 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Revising financial responsibility requirements for vessels. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5909 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel and Thibaudeau.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Sheahan.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5912 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Siting energy facilities. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5912 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5935 Prime Sponsor, Senator Constantine: Prohibiting civil forfeitures of property unless the owner has been convicted of a crime. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5935 as recommended by Committee on Judiciary be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Rasmussen and Sheahan.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5936 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Providing funds for housing projects. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5936 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Rossi and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5937 Prime Sponsor, Senator Shin: Removing the limits on postretirement employment for teachers' retirement system plan 1 and public employees' retirement system plan 1 retirees. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5937 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5949 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Erecting and maintaining motorist information sign panels. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5949 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5965 Prime Sponsor, Senator Spanel: Authorizing local option real estate excise taxes for affordable housing purposes. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5965 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 5988 Prime Sponsor, Senator Snyder: Establishing compensation levels for certain employees of the state investment board. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5988 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 5993 Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Revising limitations on smoking in public places. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Pass to Committee on Rules without recommendation. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 6020 Prime Sponsor, Senator Thibaudeau: Addressing access to dental care. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6020 as recommended by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 6027 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Creating the diversification of electricity supply and demand management act. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6027 be substituted therefor, and the second substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 6033 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Authorizing a college savings plan. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6033 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 6053 Prime Sponsor, Senator Shin: Extending State Route No. 526. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6053 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Shin and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SB 6081 Prime Sponsor, Senator McDonald: Revising provisions for developmental disabilities endowment. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6081 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 6098 Prime Sponsor, Senator Constantine: Creating a committee to study Washington's tax structure. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6098 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SB 6113 Prime Sponsor, Senator Swecker: Allowing ultra-fuel-efficient vehicles to use HOV lanes. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6113 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Finkbeiner, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, T. Sheldon and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SJM 8008 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Requesting a joint Oregon-Washington committee on taxation be established. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 7, 2001
SCR 8404 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl-Welles: Adopting the update to the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Pass to Committee on Rules without recommendation Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Winsley
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
March 8, 2001
SHB 1125 Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Finance: Limiting the combined sales tax rate on lodging. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Brown, Chair; Constantine, Vice Chair; Fairley, Vice-Chair; Fraser, Hewitt, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, Parlette, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Spanel, Thibaudeau, Winsley and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
At 7:36 p.m., on motion of Senator Spanel, the Senate adjourned until 8:30 a.m., Friday, March 9, 2001.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate