NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 31, 2011

The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Rockefeller, 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 28, 2011

SB 5170 Prime Sponsor, Senator Holmquist Newbry: Increasing the number of judges to be elected in Grant county. Reported by Committee on Judiciary

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Kline, Chair; Harper, Vice Chair; Pflug; Carrell; Hargrove; Regala and Roach.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 27, 2011

SB 5252 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Streamlining the process applicable to reducing speed limits on state highways. Reported by Committee on Transportation

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5252 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; White, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Hill; Hobbs; Litzow; Nelson; Prentice; Ranker; Shin and Swecker.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 27, 2011

SB 5260 Prime Sponsor, Senator King: Modifying combination of vehicle provisions. Reported by Committee on Transportation

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; White, Vice Chair; King; Fain; Delvin; Hill; Hobbs; Litzow; Nelson; Prentice; Ranker; Shin and Swecker.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Rockefeller, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Rockefeller, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 5558 by Senators Hargrove, Regala and Harper

AN ACT Relating to the dissemination of juvenile records by consumer reporting agencies; and adding a new chapter to Title 13 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5559 by Senators Morton and Hewitt

AN ACT Relating to county use of moneys collected from certain county sales and use taxes; and amending RCW 82.14.460.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5560 by Senator Morton

AN ACT Relating to authorizing the issuance of one license plate upon request of the vehicle owner; and amending RCW 46.16A.200.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5561 by Senators Swecker and Shin

AN ACT Relating to designating the state rock; adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 5562 by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, Schoesler, Becker, Stevens, Honeyford and Shin

AN ACT Relating to creating a task force on construction crane safety review; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5563 by Senators Delvin, Schoesler, Hewitt, Stevens, Honeyford and Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to temporarily suspending provisions of the energy independence act during periods of economic downturn; amending RCW 19.285.040; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Environment, Water & Energy.

SB 5564 by Senators Delvin, Carrell, Morton, Stevens, Hewitt, Ericksen, Honeyford, Zarelli, Roach and Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to promoting the development and construction of nuclear energy facilities; amending RCW 80.50.075; adding a new section to chapter 43.21F RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Environment, Water & Energy.

SB 5565 by Senators Fraser and Shin

AN ACT Relating to retired local government employees; amending RCW 41.05.011, 41.04.208, and 41.05.022; reenacting and amending RCW 41.05.080 and 41.05.120; adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5566 by Senators Kohl-Welles and Kline

AN ACT Relating to reducing long-term disability for injured workers and resulting costs to Washington's workers' compensation system; amending RCW 51.04.110, 51.32.060, 51.32.067, 51.32.080, 51.32.160, and 51.36.010; reenacting and amending RCW 51.32.090; adding a new section to chapter 49.17 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 51.32 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5567 by Senators Regala, Hobbs and White

AN ACT Relating to adjusting the property tax levy lid limits for certain local services; amending RCW 84.55.050, 84.55.0101, 71.20.110, 73.08.080, 84.52.069, 84.52.043, and 84.52.010; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 5568 by Senators Eide, Hobbs, McAuliffe and Shin

AN ACT Relating to equity in school district salary allocations; reenacting and amending RCW 84.52.0531; adding new sections to chapter 28A.150 RCW; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5569 by Senator Honeyford

AN ACT Relating to postretirement employment at institutions of higher education; amending RCW 41.32.570; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

SB 5570 by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens, Parlette, King, Schoesler and Becker

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting the impoundment of farm vehicles under certain conditions; amending RCW 46.55.113; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5571 by Senator Rockefeller

AN ACT Relating to the permitting of anaerobic digestion under the clean air act; amending RCW 70.94.161; adding a new section to chapter 70.94 RCW; and creating a new section.

SB 5572 by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Shin, Haugen, Hobbs and Conway

AN ACT Relating to the running start program; and amending RCW 28A.600.310.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

SB 5573 by Senators Pridemore, Kline, Delvin and Shin

AN ACT Relating to shared parenting and out-of-home placement program; adding a new chapter to Title 71A RCW; and repealing RCW 74.13.350.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5574 by Senators Harper and Kline

AN ACT Relating to collection agencies; amending RCW 19.16.500; reenacting and amending RCW 19.16.250; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 5575 by Senators Hatfield, Delvin, Eide, Schoesler, Haugen, Shin, Kilmer, Hobbs, Becker, Honeyford, Conway and Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to promoting and sustaining investment and employment in economically distressed communities dependent on agricultural or natural resource industries by recognizing certain biomass energy facilities constructed before March 31, 1999, as an eligible renewable resource; amending RCW 19.285.030; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5576 by Senators Kilmer, Zarelli, Tom and Shin

AN ACT Relating to capital construction and building purposes at the University of Washington and Washington State University; amending RCW 28B.20.382, 28B.20.720, 28B.20.721, 28B.20.725, 28B.20.800, 28B.20.810, 43.79.080, 28B.30.700, 28B.30.710, 28B.30.720, 28B.30.741, 28B.30.742, 28B.30.750, 43.79.110, 43.79.130, and 28B.30.740; and reenacting and amending RCW 28B.15.210 and 28B.15.310.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5577 by Senators Delvin, Hatfield, Haugen and Shin

AN ACT Relating to food and beverage service worker's permits; and adding a new section to chapter 69.06 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5578 by Senator White

AN ACT Relating to the frequency of meetings of the motorcycle safety education advisory board; and amending RCW 46.20.520.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5579 by Senators Kline and Pflug

AN ACT Relating to harassment; amending RCW 10.14.150, 10.14.020, and 10.14.080; adding a new section to chapter 10.14 RCW; and repealing RCW 10.14.055.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 5580 by Senators Regala and Kline

AN ACT Relating to orders of disposition for juveniles; and amending RCW 13.40.127, 46.20.270, 46.20.270, 9.41.040, 13.04.155, and 13.40.180.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5581 by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Hargrove, Shin, Conway and Kline

AN ACT Relating to a nursing home safety net assessment for increased nursing home payments to improve health care access for the citizens of Washington; amending RCW 74.46.024, 74.46.431, 74.46.433, 74.46.435, 74.46.437, and 74.46.521; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; adding a new section to chapter 76.46 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 74 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5582 by Senators Conway and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program; amending RCW 51.04.030, 51.04.082, 51.16.140, 51.24.060, 51.32.073, 51.32.240, 51.48.120, 51.48.150, and 51.52.050; and adding a new section to chapter 51.14 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5583 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, Keiser, Conway and Kline

AN ACT Relating to recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation; amending RCW 51.32.095 and 51.32.099; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5584 by Senators Harper, Kohl-Welles and Kline

AN ACT Relating to conforming with federal labor standards for apprenticeship programs; amending RCW 49.04.010, 49.04.030, 49.04.040, 49.04.050, and 49.04.060; and adding a new section to chapter 49.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5585 by Senator Carrell

AN ACT Relating to street rod and custom vehicles; amending RCW 46.16A.060 and 46.12.560; adding new sections to chapter 46.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 46.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW; repealing RCW 46.04.3815, 46.04.571, 46.12.705, and 46.12.710; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5586 by Senators Carrell and Becker

AN ACT Relating to the effect of zoning ordinances on motor vehicle collection and restoration; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.70 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 5587 by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Zarelli, King, Tom, Delvin, Honeyford and Hewitt

AN ACT Relating to terminating the low-income property tax deferral program; and amending RCW 84.37.030.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5588 by Senators Schoesler, King, Pridemore, Tom, Zarelli, Ericksen, Honeyford and Hewitt

AN ACT Relating to repealing the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit; and repealing RCW 82.08.0206 and 82.08.02061.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5589 by Senator Morton

AN ACT Relating to heavy haul industrial corridors; and amending RCW 46.44.0915.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5590 by Senator Benton

AN ACT Relating to lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales; amending RCW 61.24.127; and adding a new section to chapter 64.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.

SB 5591 by Senator Benton

AN ACT Relating to the dissemination of information pertaining to a deferred prosecution; and amending RCW 10.05.010.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 5592 by Senators Shin, Chase and Kline

AN ACT Relating to weapons apparently capable of producing bodily harm in or on the premises of an institution of higher education, or at a college-sponsored event; and amending RCW 9.41.270.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 5593 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Murray and Prentice

AN ACT Relating to the regulation of tanning facilities; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5594 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Prentice, Conway, Kline and Murray

AN ACT Relating to handling of hazardous drugs; adding new sections to chapter 49.17 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5595 by Senator Parlette

AN ACT Relating to distribution of the public utility district privilege tax; amending RCW 54.28.090; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 5596 by Senators Parlette, Zarelli, Becker and Hewitt

AN ACT Relating to creating flexibility in the medicaid program; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

SB 5597 by Senators Delvin, McAuliffe, Parlette and Roach

AN ACT Relating to staying an order terminating parental rights; and adding a new section to chapter 26.33 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5598 by Senators Prentice and Kline

AN ACT Relating to regulating the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis; amending RCW 66.08.026, 66.08.030, 66.08.050, 66.16.010, 66.16.041, 66.16.060, 66.16.070, 66.16.090, 66.16.120, 66.20.150, 66.20.170, 66.20.180, 66.20.190, 66.20.200, 66.20.210, 66.36.010, 69.50.101, 69.50.201, 69.50.204, 69.50.4013, 69.50.410, 69.50.435, 66.44.010, 10.31.100, 66.44.040, 66.44.170, 66.44.240, 9.94A.518, 9A.16.120, 9.94A.650, 9.94A.660, 9.94A.734, 9.92.070, 13.04.155, 38.38.762, 36.27.020, 46.09.470, 46.61.5249, 69.50.102, 69.50.4121, 66.32.030, 66.32.040, 66.32.070, 66.32.090, 35A.66.020, 66.40.110, 28B.10.575, 43.19.19054, 81.04.530, 69.04.480, and 66.98.010; reenacting and amending RCW 66.04.010, 66.16.040, 13.40.0357, 69.50.505, and 69.50.505; adding a new section to chapter 43.23 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 66.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.96A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 66.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 66.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.66 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 66.40 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 66 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 69.50.4014; prescribing penalties; providing effective dates; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

SB 5599 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, Kline, Nelson and Harper

AN ACT Relating to the underground economy by addressing the loss in state revenue through misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry; adding a new section to chapter 18.27 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Rockefeller, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated with the exception of Senate Bill No. 5559 which was referred to the Committee on Human Services & Corrections; Senate Bill No. 5571 which was held at the desk; and Senate Bill No. 5581 which was referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.

MOTION

At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Rockefeller, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate

5170

Committee Report................................................................. 1

5252

Committee Report................................................................. 1

5260

Committee Report................................................................. 1

5558

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5559

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

Other Action.......................................................................... 4

5560

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5561

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5562

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5563

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5564

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

5565

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5566

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5567

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5568

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5569

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5570

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5571

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

Other Action.......................................................................... 4

5572

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5573

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5574

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5575

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5576

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5577

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 2

5578