WHEREAS, The Washington State Legislature values and encourages excellence in all fields of endeavor; and

      WHEREAS, Participation in athletics inspires students to develop attitudes and skills necessary for scholastic and life success, such as perseverance, teamwork, loyalty, and sportsmanship; and

      WHEREAS, The Decatur High School Boys' Soccer Team is the 2000-2001 Class 4A Boys' Soccer Champion; and

      WHEREAS, The Golden Gators have distinguished themselves and brought honor to their school by winning their first-ever state title; and

      WHEREAS, Under the coaching and supervision of Jimmy McAlister, the team finished the season undefeated; and

      WHEREAS, The Golden Gators achieved their preseason goal of winning the state championship through a team effort where every player contributed; and

      WHEREAS, This team has deservedly, and through dedication, commitment, and sacrifice, achieved the title of Washington State Class 4A Boys' Soccer Champion;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Senate of the state of Washington recognize and honor the Decatur Boys' Soccer Team and Coach Jimmy McAlister for their accomplishments and hard work; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to Coach Jimmy McAlister, the members of the Decatur Boys' Soccer Team, and the principal and faculty of Decatur High School.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

      The President welcomed and introduced the members of the State Champion Class 4A Decatur High School Boys' Soccer Team and their Coach Jimmy McAlister, who were seated in the gallery.

MOTION

      At 10:15 a.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate was declared to be at ease.

      The Senate was called to order at 11:00 a.m. by President Owen.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUEST

      The President welcomed and introduced the Honorable Eduardo Zaplana, President of the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain, and his delegation, who were seated on the rostrum. In Spain, each province is considered autonomous and their governors are referred to as presidents.

      With permission of the Senate, business was suspended to permit President Zaplana to address the Senate.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate reverted to the sixth order of business.

SECOND READING

      SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1266, by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fisher and Mitchell) (by request of Governor Locke)

      Making supplemental transportation appropriations.

      The bill was read the second time.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Gardner, the rules were suspended, Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1266 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 Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1266, under suspension of the rules.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1266, under suspension of the rules, and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 45; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

     Voting yea: Senators Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, 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, Swecker, Thibaudeau, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 45.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Brown, Hewitt and Stevens - 4.

      SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1266, under suspension of the rules, 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 Thibaudeau: “A point of personal privilege, Mr. President. Mr. President and members of the Senate, I spend a lot of time these days feeling like the commentator on the Network, ‘I am mad as can be and I am not going to take it any more.’ Well, I guess I have to take it a little while longer. Just to say very briefly what I am angry about is, I am angry at people who refuse to compromise and anybody can identify anybody that they want to, but they are blocking our getting out of here. The reason I voted for this bill, in contrast to some of my votes, is because it does move to get us out of here.

      “Anger doesn’t solve the problem that I read in this morning’s paper. This is the twentieth year of the identification of the AIDS disease. In a second way, which is what our state health officer describes, where there are three times as many women and a huge percentage more of minorities in this country with AIDS now--not just in Africa--which we have always read. We’ve all heard about that. People are still dying. The miracle drugs only work in some instances and cost between ten and fifteen thousand dollars a year. I am proud to say that the Senate has not been accessed with the Gay issue. I need to say, and I hope I won’t offend anybody, but we haven’t seen Gays under every bed or in every bed. I did need to remind you that on the twentieth anniversary of the identification of AIDS that we still have a long way to go. This issue is worth getting worried about, worth doing something constructive about and the Senate and the Legislature, as a whole, have worked on this issue and have been supportive. Thank you.”

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate advanced to the seventh order of business.

THIRD READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 5130, by Senators Oke, B. Sheldon, T. Sheldon, Horn, Haugen, Swecker, McCaslin, Morton, Snyder, Hale, Kastama, Prentice, Regala, Jacobsen, Hargrove, Spanel, West, Finkbeiner, Long, McDonald, Winsley, McAuliffe and Costa

Clarifying toll procedures in public-private initiatives.

      The bill was read the third time.

      Debate ensued.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5130.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 5130 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 42; Nays, 3; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

     Voting yea: Senators Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 42.

     Voting nay: Senators Hochstatter, Roach and Thibaudeau - 3.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Brown, Hewitt and Stevens - 4.

      SENATE BILL NO. 5130, 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.

THIRD READING

      ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5743, by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Horn, Shin, Winsley, Oke and Kohl-Welles) (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

Investing in human resources for transportation.

      The bill was read the third time.

      Debate ensued.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5743.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5743 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 42; Nays, 1; Absent, 2; Excused, 4.

     Voting yea: Senators Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, 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, Spanel, Swecker, Winsley and Zarelli - 42.

     Voting nay: Senator Thibaudeau - 1.

     Absent: Senators Snyder and West - 2.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Brown, Hewitt and Stevens - 4.

      ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5743, 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.

MOTIONS

      On motion of Senator Eide, Senator Snyder was excused.

THIRD READING

      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5748, by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Horn, Shin, Winsley, Oke, Haugen, Kohl-Welles and Kastama) (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

Integrating transportation and land use planning.

      The bill was read the third time.

      Debate ensued.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5748.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5748 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 43; Nays, 1; Absent, 0; Excused, 5.

     Voting yea: Senators Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, 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, Spanel, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 43.

     Voting nay: Senator Thibaudeau - 1.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Brown, Hewitt, Snyder and Stevens - 5.

      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5748, 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.

THIRD READING

      SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5749, by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Horn, Winsley, Oke and Haugen) (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

Adopting cost-benefit analysis for transportation planning.

      The bill was read the third time.

      Debate ensued. 

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5749.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5749 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 44; Nays, 1; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

     Voting yea: Senators Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, 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, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 44.

     Voting nay: Senator Thibaudeau - 1.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Brown, Hewitt and Stevens - 4.

      SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5749, 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

      On motion of Senator Kastama, Senator Thibaudeau was excused.

THIRD READING

      ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5759, by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, McAuliffe, Shin, Finkbeiner, Winsley, Haugen, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Kastama) (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

Improving traffic chokepoints.

      The bill was read the third time.

      Debate ensued.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5759.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5759 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 45; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

     Voting yea: Senators Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, 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, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 45.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Hewitt, Stevens and Thibaudeau - 4.

      ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5759, 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.

THIRD READING

      SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5764, by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Horn, Winsley, Oke and Haugen) (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

Maintaining and preserving transportation facilities and assets.

      The bill was read the third time

      Debate ensued.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the roll call on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5764.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5764 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 44; Nays, 2; Absent, 0; Excused, 3.

     Voting yea: Senators Brown, Carlson, Constantine, Costa, Deccio, Eide, Fairley, Finkbeiner, Franklin, Fraser, Gardner, Hale, Hargrove, Haugen, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Long, McAuliffe, McCaslin, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Parlette, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen, Regala, Rossi, Sheahan, Sheldon, B., Sheldon, T., Shin, Snyder, Spanel, Swecker, West, Winsley and Zarelli - 44.

     Voting nay: Senators Roach and Thibaudeau - 2.

     Excused: Senators Benton, Hewitt and Stevens - 3.

       SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5764, 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 Franklin: “A point of personal privilege, Mr. President. We continue to make history in these chambers on this fifth day of June. We have passed again a series of transportation bills that will go the House. As many of you, if you are a little bit younger than I, will remember Pearl Bailey, who was the sister of the great dancer, Bill Bailey. She had a song that says, ‘I’m plain tired.’ So, I am plain tired of voting on the same bills over and over again that have been sent across the rotunda and they do not see any action.

      “Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, it is a very serious problem that all of us know. My district is the Twenty-ninth Legislative District. It is bisected by the I-5 corridor. It is a chokepoint. It is a chokepoint because now, for me, even to get to the freeway, I have to by-pass some of my streets in order to get to the freeway. The backup traffic is for miles in the morning and in the evening. My Port of Tacoma is at risk. It is a high risk. It is at risk for losing very high paying jobs. Our economy is at risk. We need to say, ‘It is not just the I-5 corridor,’ however. We have problems with transportation across the state, because of agriculture. When the agricultural producers cannot get their products to market, then that is a problem for eastern Washington.

       “So, I do hope that I don’t see these bills again in this form. I do hope that our colleagues across the rotunda and leadership will recognize that the problem is not a pipe dream. The problems are real and if we do not address the problems, that means, then, we are heading for a train wreck. That train, before it wrecks, I am going to hop off. Therefore, when these bills go across the rotunda, I think it behooves all of us--all of us--to say to our colleagues over there that it is time that we have real action and begin to resolve and work on the problem of transportation. It really has a long term effect on our economy and our way of life.

      “Thank you, Mr. President and ladies and gentlemen. I will close by saying, ‘I hope I do not see these bills again, because I am just plain tired.”

MOTION

      At 12:10 p.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2001.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate