NOON SESSION
Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
MOTION
There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 25, 2011
SB 5063 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Concerning special license plates for motorcycles. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5063 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; White, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Eide; Hobbs; Litzow; Nelson; Ranker and Shin.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 26, 2011
SB 5085 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kline: Modifying provisions on personal property exempt from execution, attachment, and garnishment. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5085 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Kline, Chair; Harper, Vice Chair; Pflug; Kohl-Welles and Roach.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 25, 2011
SB 5121 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hobbs: Adopting the investments of insurers model act. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Prentice, Vice Chair; Fain; Haugen; Keiser and Litzow.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 26, 2011
SB 5195 Prime Sponsor, Senator Kline: Requiring information to be filed by the prosecuting attorney for certain violations under driving while license is suspended or revoked provisions. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5195 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Kline, Chair; Harper, Vice Chair; Pflug; Kohl-Welles and Roach.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
January 26, 2011
SB 5475 Prime Sponsor, Senator Murray: Regarding education funding. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Murray, Chair; Parlette; Zarelli; Baumgartner; Brown; Conway; Fraser; Hatfield; Hewitt; Holmquist Newbry; Honeyford; Keiser; Pflug; Regala; Schoesler and Tom.
Passed to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
January 26, 2011
SGA 9081 KATHLEEN D MIX, reappointed on July 13, 2010, for the term ending June 30, 2016, as Member of the Pollution Control/Shorelines Hearings Board. Reported by Committee on Environment, Water & Energy
MAJORITY recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Rockefeller, Chair; Nelson, Vice Chair; Honeyford; Chase; Delvin; Fraser; Holmquist Newbry; Morton and Ranker.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5487 by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, Hobbs, Delvin, Honeyford, Becker and Shin
AN ACT Relating to establishing a certification program for commercial egg laying chicken operations; amending RCW 69.25.150; adding new sections to chapter 69.25 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 5488 by Senators Hatfield and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to facilitating integration of behavioral health care into primary care by reducing regulatory barriers; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5489 by Senators Ericksen, Delvin and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to exempting public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements; reenacting and amending RCW 70.38.105 and 70.38.111; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5490 by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Shin, White and Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to the use of express toll lanes in the eastside corridor; amending RCW 47.56.810; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; adding new sections to chapter 47.56 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5491 by Senators Nelson, Swecker, Chase and Shin
AN ACT Relating to limiting the authority of boundary review boards to expand an annexation to twice the area of the proposed annexation; and amending RCW 36.93.150.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 5492 by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to the Washington beer commission; and amending RCW 15.89.020, 15.89.040, 15.89.050, 15.89.100, and 15.89.110.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 5493 by Senators Delvin and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to requirements that cities and towns with ambulance utilities allocate funds toward the total cost necessary to regulate, operate, and maintain the ambulance utility; and amending RCW 35.21.766.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 5494 by Senators Brown, Zarelli and Shin
AN ACT Relating to changing the default investment option for new members of the defined contribution portion of the plan 3 retirement systems; and amending RCW 41.34.130, 41.34.060, and 41.34.140.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 5495 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Pflug
AN ACT Relating to shareholder quorum and voting requirements under the Washington business corporation act; and adding a new section to chapter 23B.17 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5496 by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Honeyford and Carrell
AN ACT Relating to siting new mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities; reenacting and amending RCW 82.02.090; adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.
SB 5497 by Senators Sheldon, Pflug and Carrell
AN ACT Relating to the removal of a mobile home, manufactured home, or park model from a mobile home park after default; and amending RCW 59.20.074.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.
SB 5498 by Senators Kline, Shin, Conway, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Chase
AN ACT Relating to for hire vehicles and for hire vehicle operators; amending RCW 81.72.210; adding new sections to chapter 51.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 51.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.72 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 81.72 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.
SB 5499 by Senators Chase, Kohl-Welles and Shin
AN ACT Relating to utility donations to hunger programs; adding a new section to chapter 54.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.92 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.80 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 80.28 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Environment, Water & Energy.
SB 5500 by Senators Baumgartner, Chase, Kastama, Zarelli, Schoesler, Shin, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Parlette, Kilmer and Roach
AN ACT Relating to the rule-making process for state economic policy; and amending RCW 43.21H.020, 19.85.030, and 19.85.070.
Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation.
SB 5501 by Senators Murray, Kilmer, Schoesler, Conway, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Shin, Holmquist Newbry and White
AN ACT Relating to the taxation of employee meals provided without specific charge; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 5502 by Senators White, Nelson, Keiser, Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Murray, Litzow, Harper, Fain, Swecker, Delvin and Shin
AN ACT Relating to the regulation, operations, and safety of limousine carriers; amending RCW 46.72A.010, 46.72A.020, 46.72A.030, 46.72A.040, 46.72A.050, 46.72A.060, 46.72A.080, 46.72A.090, 46.72A.100, 46.72A.120, and 46.72A.140; adding new sections to chapter 46.72A RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing effective dates.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 5503 by Senator Pridemore
AN ACT Relating to reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government; amending RCW 43.17.010, 43.17.020, 42.17A.705, 42.17.2401, 43.19.011, 43.19.035, 43.19.125, 43.19.180, 43.19.185, 43.19.190, 43.19.1905, 43.19.1906, 43.19.1908, 43.19.1911, 43.19.1913, 43.19.1915, 43.19.1917, 43.19.1919, 43.19.19191, 43.19.1920, 43.19.19201, 43.19.1921, 43.19.200, 43.19.450, 43.19.455, 43.19.500, 43.19.501, 43.19.534, 43.19.538, 43.19.539, 43.19.560, 43.19.565, 43.19.585, 43.19.600, 43.19.620, 43.19.635, 43.19.710, 19.27.070, 19.27A.140, 39.34.055, 39.35.030, 39.35C.010, 39.35D.020, 43.19A.010, 43.19A.022, 39.32.035, 43.01.225, 43.19.025, 43.82.120, 43.82.125, 43.99H.070, 43.78.030, 43.78.070, 43.78.090, 43.78.100, 43.78.105, 1.08.039, 15.24.085, 15.62.190, 16.67.170, 28A.300.040, 28B.10.029, 40.04.030, 40.06.030, 40.07.050, 43.08.061, 41.06.020, 41.06.076, 41.06.080, 41.06.093, 41.06.110, 41.06.120, 41.06.142, 41.06.152, 41.06.167, 41.06.169, 41.06.170, 41.06.220, 41.06.260, 41.06.270, 41.06.280, 41.06.285, 41.06.350, 41.06.395, 41.06.400, 41.06.410, 41.06.420, 41.06.476, 41.06.490, 41.06.510, 41.06.530, 34.05.030, 41.04.340, 41.04.385, 41.04.395, 41.04.670, 41.04.680, 41.04.685, 41.04.720, 41.04.770, 41.07.020, 41.07.030, 41.60.015, 41.80.005, 41.80.020, 42.16.010, 42.17.370, 43.01.040, 43.01.135, 43.03.028, 43.03.120, 43.03.130, 43.06.013, 43.06.410, 43.06.425, 43.33A.100, 43.105.052, 43.130.060, 43.131.090, 48.37.060, 49.46.010, 49.74.020, 49.74.030, 49.90.010, 50.13.060, 43.41.290, 43.41.300, 43.41.310, 43.41.320, 43.41.330, 43.41.340, 43.41.360, 43.41.370, 43.41.380, 43.41.110, 4.92.006, 4.92.040, 4.92.130, 4.92.150, 4.92.160, 4.92.210, 4.92.270, 4.92.280, 10.92.020, 48.62.021, 48.64.010, 39.29.011, 39.29.016, 39.29.018, 39.29.025, 39.29.055, 39.29.065, 39.29.075, 39.29.090, 39.29.100, 39.29.110, 39.29.120, 43.88.580, 43.105.080, and 43.105.320; reenacting and amending RCW 41.06.070, 41.06.133, 41.06.150, 41.04.665, 42.17A.110, 49.46.010, and 39.29.068; adding new sections to chapter 43.19 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 41.06 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.41 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.80 RCW; creating new sections; recodifying RCW 43.78.030, 43.78.070, 43.78.090, 43.78.100, 43.78.105, 43.41.280, 43.41.290, 43.41.300, 43.41.310, 43.41.320, 43.41.330, 43.41.340, 43.41.350, 43.41.360, 43.41.370, 43.41.380, 43.105.080, 43.105.320, 43.105.374, and 43.105.410; decodifying RCW 43.19.123; repealing RCW 43.19.010, 43.19.1923, 43.19.1925, 43.19.590, 43.19.595, 43.19.615, 43.19.675, 43.19.680, 43.78.010, 43.78.020, 43.78.040, 43.78.050, 43.78.080, 41.06.030, 41.06.111, 41.06.130, 41.06.139, 41.06.155, 41.06.160, 41.06.480, 41.07.900, 43.105.300, and 43.105.360; repealing 2010 c 271 s 301; providing effective dates; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 5504 by Senators Eide, Kohl-Welles and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to unlicensed child care; amending RCW 43.215.300 and 43.215.370; adding a new section to chapter 43.215 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 5505 by Senators Hill, Chase, Fain, Pridemore, Stevens, Nelson, Litzow, Swecker, Honeyford and Schoesler
AN ACT Relating to allowing the use of federal census data to determine the resident population of annexed territory; and amending RCW 35.13.260 and 35A.14.700.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 5506 by Senators Sheldon and Morton
AN ACT Relating to metal detectors in Washington state parks; adding a new section to chapter 79A.05 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters.
SB 5507 by Senators Kilmer, White, Chase, Nelson, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Murray
AN ACT Relating to academic employee salary increments for community and technical colleges; adding new sections to chapter 28B.50 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
SB 5508 by Senators Parlette, Keiser, Becker, Murray, Zarelli, Hewitt, Kilmer and Shin
AN ACT Relating to continuation of the joint legislative select committee on health reform implementation; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 5509 by Senators Kline and Rockefeller
AN ACT Relating to mitigating carbon dioxide emissions resulting from fossil-fueled electrical generation; and amending RCW 80.70.010 and 80.70.020.
Referred to Committee on Environment, Water & Energy.
SB 5510 by Senators Rockefeller and Nelson
AN ACT Relating to null power; amending RCW 19.29A.010, 19.29A.060, and 80.80.040; and reenacting and amending RCW 80.80.010.
Referred to Committee on Environment, Water & Energy.
SB 5511 by Senators Rockefeller, Ranker, McAuliffe and Hobbs
AN ACT Relating to providing a limited exemption from school day and hour requirements in order to mitigate state funding reductions; creating a new section; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
SB 5512 by Senator Roach
AN ACT Relating to increasing access to public records; amending RCW 42.56.530; reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.550; adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 5513 by Senators Roach, Prentice, Hargrove, Stevens and Shin
AN ACT Relating to child protective services workers; and adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 28, 2011.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate
5063
Committee Report................................................................. 1
5085
Committee Report................................................................. 1
5121
Committee Report................................................................. 1
5195
Committee Report................................................................. 1
5475
Committee Report................................................................. 1
5487
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 1
5488
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 1
5489
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5490
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5491
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5492
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5493
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5494
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5495
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5496
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5497
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5498
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5499
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5500
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5501
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 2
5502
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5503
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5504
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5505
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5506
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5507
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5508
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5509
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 3
5510
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 4
5511
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 4
5512
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 4
5513
Introduction & 1st Reading..................................................... 4
9081 Kathleen Mix
Committee Report................................................................. 1