WHEREAS, Coretta Scott was born April 27, 1927, near Marion, Alabama to humble beginnings, walking five miles from the family farm to a one room schoolhouse and persevering in her studies, nonetheless; and

      WHEREAS, As a young woman studying on a scholarship at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Coretta Scott met the young divinity student Martin Luther King Jr., marrying him two years later; and

      WHEREAS, As her husband Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rose to eminence as the most influential civil rights leader in America, Coretta Scott King shared in the triumphs and difficulties of the struggle for equal rights in this country in the 1950s and 1960s, withstanding long hours, political pressures, and even fire bombings of the Kings' home; and

      WHEREAS, Coretta Scott King, devoted wife and mother, became a symbol of extraordinary grace, strength, and dignity after her husband's assassination in 1968; and

      WHEREAS, Coretta Scott King continued her husband's vital work toward equal rights for all Americans, remaining a noble public figure and an important leader in the civil rights movement, training and inspiring many thousands of civil rights activists in the use of nonviolent methods, thus opening the doors for interracial and social change across this nation; and

      WHEREAS, The scope of her influence for peace and social justice knew no boundaries as Coretta Scott King devoted the rest of her life to keeping alive the flame her husband had lit, continuing to stand up with courage and ferocity against the death penalty for juveniles and for nuclear disarmament, and leading goodwill missions to many nations around the world; and

      WHEREAS, Coretta Scott King fought successfully for the induction of the national holiday on the third Monday of each January, honoring her late husband as a day for education and lobbying for civil rights, and since the introduction of this holiday in January of 1986, it has been recognized internationally in more than one hundred countries, mightily preserving the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That Washington State mourns the death of Coretta Scott King, an inspiration to people around the world; and this state is inspired by her exemplary diligence in times of asperity as a long-time leader of social change; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for NonViolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.

      Senators Jacobsen and Franklin spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8718.

      The motion by Senator Jacobsen carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

At 10:14 a.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate was declared to be at ease subject to the call of the President.

The Senate was called to order at 11:15 a.m. by President Owen.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

      The President welcomed and introduced representatives of Filipino World War II Veterans who were seated in the gallery.

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Prentice: “Sitting in the galleries, Mr. President, is a group that we just recognized. I think this is a part of our history that we need to remember and it’s not ancient history. Its history during my life time. When there was the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, at the same time there were attacks on many other parts of Pacific and focused particularly in the Phillippines. Without any hesitation some of these men rose and fought along side. At that time the Filipines was part of the United States, commonwealth. They fought loyally, bravely and many were on the Bataan death march and I would urge some of you younger folks to read up on that. The brutality was simply incomprehensible to us today. In 1946, the Phillippines got it’s independence but these veterans were acknowledged to have been fighting along side our soldiers. However, at the end of the war they had been denied benefits that they earned at that time because they were citizens and it’s been gone. It’s been ignored and neglected and, as you can see, these are not young people. They are even older than I am and it’s one of the things that we need to consistently fight for. I would say that we need to rise up and be there with our brothers in arms. Thank you very much.”

MOTION

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

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6241, by Senators Haugen, Benson and Jacobsen

      Making 2006 supplemental transportation appropriations.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Haugen, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6241 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

MOTION

Senator Jacobsen moved that the following amendment by Senator Jacobsen be adopted.

      On page 51, after line 25, insert the following:

      "(9) The entire multimodal transportation account--state appropriation provided under this section is contingent on the failure of Initiative Measure No. 917, as filed on January 9, 2006. This appropriation shall be held in reserve status until November 14, 2006. If Initiative Measure No. 917 passes, the entire multimodal transportation account--state appropriation provided under this section shall lapse."

      Senator Jacobsen spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senators Haugen and Benson spoke against adoption of the amendment.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Mulliken, Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin, Oke, Carrell and Schoesler were excused.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Jacobsen on page 51, line 25 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241.

The motion by Senator Jacobsen failed and the amendment was not adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Haugen, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senators Haugen and Benson spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6241 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 45; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, Weinstein and Zarelli - 45

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin and Oke - 4

      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6241, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6386, by Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Fairley, Fraser, Rockefeller, Shin and Brandland

      Making 2006 supplemental operating appropriations.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Prentice, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6386 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

MOTION

Senator Honeyford moved that the following amendment by Senator Honeyford be adopted.

      On page 103, line 30, strike "$7,655,000" and insert "$7,686,000"

      On page 104, line 12, strike "$209,346,000" and insert "$209,320,000" 

      On page 104, line 15, strike "$208,179,000" and insert "$208,174,000"

      On page 106, line 18, after "(12)", strike everything through "appropriation are" on line 19, and insert "$31,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 is"

      Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

      Senator Honeyford spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senator Doumit spoke against adoption of the amendment.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Honeyford on page 103, line 30 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386.

The motion by Senator Honeyford failed and the amendment was not adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

Senator Honeyford moved that the following amendment by Senator Honeyford be adopted.

      On page 22, line 16, decrease the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 by $4,600,000 and adjust the totals accordingly.

      On page 31, lines 13 - 19, decrease each of the appropriations by 66 percent.

      On page 109, line 35, increase the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 by $4,600,000 and adjust the totals accordingly.

      On page 116, after line 18, insert the following:

      "$6,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 is provided solely to double the number of uninsured and under-insured low income women screened for breast and cervical cancer.

      Senator Honeyford spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senator Doumit spoke against adoption of the amendment.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Honeyford on page 22, line 16 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386.

The motion by Senator Honeyford failed and the amendment was not adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

Senator Schoesler moved that the following amendment by Senator Schoesler be adopted.

      On page 95, after line 3, insert the following:

      "(25) No funds appropriated in this section shall be expended upon gender reassignment surgery or treatment."

      Senator Esser demanded a roll call.

      The President declared that one-sixth of the Senate support the demand. The demand is sustained.

      Senators Schoesler, Pflug, Stevens and Benson spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senators Keiser and Brown spoke against adoption of the amendment.

POINT OF ORDER

Senator Esser: “I believe the word grandstanding amounts to impugning….”

      Senator Brown: "I apologize. I sincerely apologize."

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Schoesler on page 95, line 3 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the adoption of the amendment by Senator Schoesler and the amendment was adopted by the following vote: Yeas, 32; Nays, 12; Absent, 1; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Berkey, Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Franklin, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Stevens, Swecker and Zarelli - 32

      Voting nay: Senators Brown, Fairley, Fraser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Poulsen, Prentice, Regala, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Weinstein - 12

      Absent: Senator Benton - 1

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin and Oke - 4

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Prentice, the rules were suspended, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senators Prentice, Doumit and Brown spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

      Senators Zarelli and Pflug spoke against passage of the bill.

      Senator Schoesler spoke on passage of the bill.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 26; Nays, 19; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brown, Doumit, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Haugen, Jacobsen, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Shin, Spanel, Thibaudeau and Weinstein - 26

      Voting nay: Senators Benson, Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Esser, Hewitt, Honeyford, Johnson, Kastama, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Stevens, Swecker and Zarelli - 19

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin and Oke - 4

      ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6386, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6386 was immediately transmitted to the House of Representatives.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6896, by Senators Prentice, Doumit, Brown, Regala, Rockefeller and Kohl-Welles

      Providing for state funding stabilization.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Prentice, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6896 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, further consideration of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896 was deferred and the bill held its place on the second reading calendar.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6368, by Senators Haugen, Benson, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Carrell and Fairley

      Discontinuing the nursing facility bed tax.

      The measure was read the second time.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Prentice, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 6368 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senators Prentice, Benson, Haugen and Shin spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

      Senators Carrell and Parlette spoke against passage of the bill.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Senate Bill No. 6368.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 6368 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 45; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Kline, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, Weinstein and Zarelli - 45

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin and Oke - 4

      SENATE BILL NO. 6368, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6604, by Senators Prentice, Rasmussen and McAuliffe

      Providing excise tax relief for aerospace businesses.

MOTIONS

      On motion of Senator Prentice, Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6604 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6604 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

      On motion of Senator Prentice, the rules were suspended, Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6604 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senators Prentice and Shin spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Mulliken, Senator Parlette was excused.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6604.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6604 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 37; Nays, 6; Absent, 1; Excused, 5.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Franklin, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker and Zarelli - 37

      Voting nay: Senators Fairley, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Thibaudeau and Weinstein - 6

      Absent: Senator Kline - 1

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin, Oke and Parlette - 5

      SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6604, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6874, by Senators Doumit, Zarelli, Hargrove, Morton, Sheldon and Rasmussen

      Providing tax incentives for persons who extract, manufacture, or process timber. Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing tax incentives for the timber and timber products industries.

MOTIONS

      On motion of Senator Doumit, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6874 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6874 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

      On motion of Senator Doumit, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6874 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senator Doumit spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6874.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6874 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 40; Nays, 4; Absent, 0; Excused, 5.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Franklin, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Kline, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau and Zarelli - 40

      Voting nay: Senators Fairley, Fraser, Kohl-Welles and Weinstein - 4

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, McCaslin, Oke and Parlette - 5

      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6874, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

      The Senate resumed consideration of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896 which was deferred earlier in the day.

MOTION

Senator Mulliken moved that the following amendment by Senator Mulliken be adopted.

      On page 2, on line 30, strike "1.29" and insert "4.05".

      On page 2, on line 35, strike "0.87" and insert "3.44".

      On page 3, on line 4, strike "January 1, 2007" and insert "July 1, 2006".

      On page 3, on line 4, strike "1.77" and insert "3.44".

      Senator Mulliken spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senator Doumit spoke against adoption of the amendment.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Mulliken on page 2, line 30 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896.

The motion by Senator Mulliken failed and the amendment was not adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

Senator Zarelli moved that the following amendment by Senator Zarelli be adopted.

      On page 1, line 1 of the title, strike "state funding stabilization" and insert "gaming the people's spending limit to permit a seventeen percent increase in spending and avoid making deposits into the emergency reserve fund"

      Senator Zarelli spoke in favor of adoption of the amendment.

      Senator Prentice spoke against adoption of the amendment.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of the amendment by Senator Zarelli on page 1, line 1 to Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896.

The motion by Senator Zarelli failed and the amendment was not adopted by voice vote.

POINT OF ORDER

Senator Zarelli: “Thank you Mr. President. Senate Rule 25 states that no bill shall embrace more than one subject and that shall be expressed in the title. This rule is taken from article two, section nineteen of the state constitution. According to long-standing case law in this state, at a minimum, the title of the bill must give such notice as should reasonably lead to an inquiry into the body of the act itself or indicates to an inquiry in mind the scope and purpose of the law. The title of this bill, ‘An act relating to state funding, stabilization' does not give any indication that hidden within the bill is the provision to increase the spending limit under Initiative 601. Instead of funding stabilization the bills main purpose appears to be to raise the current spending limit by 1.2 billion to accommodate more spending than permitted under current law and to avoid otherwise scheduled deposits into the emergency reserve fund. As you know, the expenditures from the emergency reserve fund require a two-thirds vote of this body. Our supreme court has made a distinction between general titles and restrictive titles. A general or broad title is liberally construed and may embrace all matters which are naturally and reasonably connected with it. A restrictive title, however, carves out a selective subject and the subject of the bill must be confined to only the subject expressed in the title. I submit that this title is restrictive. It limits the subject of the bill to stabilization of funds. This clearly does not include other legislative spending issues such as increasing the state spending limit and avoiding the deposits in the emergency reserve fund. In the past, when we’ve considered bills to make changes to the expenditure limit, that fact has been reflected in the title. Mr. President, I have a few examples I’d like to share. In 2004, Senate Bill No. 6687, ‘An act relating to the state expenditure limit,’ 2003 ‘An act relating to the state expenditure limit,' 2003 ‘An act relating to strengthening the state expenditure limit and so forth. There are several of those examples. Mr. President, I believe this bill is out of order and will remain so until such time as the title is amended to reflect the content of the bill. I would ask the President to rule such.”

REMARKS BY SENATOR BROWN

Senator Brown: “The bill is, ‘An act relating to state funding stabilization’ and I believe, Mr. President, as you examine the bill that you will find that that is exactly what the interrelated elements of it do. One piece of the bill relates to state funding stabilization through funding a pension stabilization account. One piece of the bill relates to state funding stabilization by paying forward into the school construction account. One piece of the bill relates to state funding stabilization by paying forward into the health services account. Mr. President, I would argue that all of these pieces of the bill, in fact, fall within the title of the bill and relate to state funding stabilization.' The good gentleman also raises the concern about removing funds from the emergency reserve account. However, this bill does not do that. Instead, this bill places funds in state savings accounts for the purposes of funding stabilization. It’s essential to the architecture, further more, of overall budget that we put together. The amendment that is in, that we were about to take up, related to 601, is essentially not connected to this bill. Mr. President, I believe, if you would find both the supreme court and your rulings in the past have found such interrelated elements part of a bill like this to be perfectly appropriate in a budget bill necessary to implement the budget. Thank you Mr. President.”

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, further consideration of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6896 and the bill held its place on the second reading calendar.

      The President Pro Tempore assumed the chair.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6385, by Senators Prentice, Doumit, Rasmussen, Fairley, Zarelli, Rockefeller, Brandland, Fraser, Pflug and Sheldon

      Providing excise tax relief by modifying due dates and eliminating an assessment penalty. Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing administrative excise tax relief for taxpayers.

MOTIONS

      On motion of Senator Prentice, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6385 was substituted for Senate Bill No. 6385 and the substitute bill was placed on the second reading and read the second time.

      On motion of Senator Prentice, the rules were suspended, Substitute Senate Bill No. 6385 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senator Prentice spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Regala, Senator Kline was excused.

      The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6385.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6385 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 44; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 5.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau, Weinstein and Zarelli - 44

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, Kline, McCaslin and Oke - 5

      SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6385, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

SECOND READING

      SENATE BILL NO. 6704, by Senators Rasmussen, Prentice, Doumit, Schoesler, Honeyford, Brandland, Sheldon, Morton and Mulliken

      Modifying the excise taxation of the manufacturing, selling, and processing of certain food products.

      The measure was read the second time.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Rasmussen, the rules were suspended, Senate Bill No. 6704 was advanced to third reading, the second reading considered the third and the bill was placed on final passage.

      Senator Rasmussen spoke in favor of passage of the bill.

      The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the final passage of Senate Bill No. 6704.

ROLL CALL

      The Secretary called the roll on the final passage of Senate Bill No. 6704 and the bill passed the Senate by the following vote: Yeas, 40; Nays, 4; Absent, 0; Excused, 5.

      Voting yea: Senators Benson, Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Doumit, Eide, Esser, Franklin, Hargrove, Haugen, Hewitt, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, McAuliffe, Morton, Mulliken, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Thibaudeau and Zarelli - 40

      Voting nay: Senators Fairley, Fraser, Kohl-Welles and Weinstein - 4

      Excused: Senators Deccio, Finkbeiner, Kline, McCaslin and Oke - 5

      SENATE BILL NO. 6704, having received the constitutional majority, was declared passed. There being no objection, the title of the bill was ordered to stand as the title of the act.

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Prentice: “I neglected earlier to thank the Ways & Means staff. If I’m inappropriate, please don’t chastise me but we owe so much. Would you folks please? I can’t tell you the kind of work that they do for us and how rapidly the turn arounds are. They follow absolutely every bump of what we’re doing and this committee could not function without them and see how bashful they are, because of having to drag them on? So, please, round of applause for the Ways & Means staff.”

MOTION

At 1:03 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate was declared to be at ease subject to the call of the President.

The Senate was called to order at 1:11 p.m. by President Pro Tempore.

MOTION

      At 1:12 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 20, 2006.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate

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MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICES

DSHS - Community Protection Issues Report

DSHS-Expanded Community Services Proviso Report

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

Intro. Special Guest, Filipino World War II Heroes

WASHINGTON STATE SENATE

Personal Privilege, Senator Prentice

Point of Order, Senator Esser

Point of Order, Senator Zarelli

Remarks by Senator Brown