SIXTY FOURTH LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
FIRST DAY
House Chamber, Olympia, Monday, January 11, 2016
The House was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by the Speaker. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
The flags were escorted to the rostrum by the Henry Foss High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Corps in Tacoma. The Speaker led the Chamber in the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was performed by the Spanaway Lake High School Music Company, led by Sara Forte. The prayer was offered by Pastor Fred Williams, Snohomish Community Church, Snohomish, Washington.
Pastor Fred Williams: “Our Heavenly Father, you and no other sit as King of kings and Lord of lords. You sit above us knowing all and directing all. Not one small detail escapes your knowledge. And yet, even while you have this perfect knowledge you also call on those who follow you to speak to you and to even plead with you.
That is our aim this morning.
It is the great state of Washington and fellow elected representatives that takes center stage in our hearts today. As servant-leaders of this state we recognize that we are blessed more than most. And we are part of a union that is blessed more than any nation on earth. I stand with and among the many here that proudly call themselves Washington residents. And yet, we are ever mindful that while these are here doing the job they were called on to do that real life is taking place outside these walls. Please keep their families well and safe. Be especially with the representative here who has recently lost his son. Comfort him with the comfort that only you can provide.
God, you know well that there are issues and agendas represented in this room that will, in some cases bind people together, and in other cases, threaten this house with division. Father, would your view of those issues be loudest opinion. And as your will is observed and recognized would you bless this room with peace and unity.
I am concerned though Father that our state finds herself adrift morally and spiritually. I fear that our blessed state is in trouble and while I know that no mere man or woman, and no political party or politician is the answer I would plead with you that you would work in the hearts of all those present… work in such a way that your just demands are clear and respected. Exert your righteous and loving will in this room all session long in such a way that it is unmistakable.
May this legislature be historic in that they did not ignore your Word; that they refused to call evil good and good evil. But it is here that these servants need your presence and even intervention in the most powerful and gracious way.
They are tugged at from all sides. Every assembly person in the room has the unenviable task of knowing that when they say yes to one they so no to another. Such a difficult responsibility.
Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Washington and who have been ordained by You to govern this great state. Grant them Your wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your will.
I ask it in the name of your son, the living savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.”
The Spanaway Lake High School Music Company performed “The World is Ours”.
SPEAKER’S PRIVILEGE
The Speaker introduced former Secretary of State Ralph Munro to the Chamber and asked the members to acknowledge him.
MESSAGES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE
PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION INITIATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE NO. 732
Pursuant to Article II, Section 1, of the Washington State Constitution and RCW 29A.72.230, prior to the deadline of December 31, 2015, the Office of the Secretary of State received signature petitions submitted in support of Initiative to the Legislature No. 732, "Carbon Pollution Tax Act."
The Office of the Secretary of State is currently examining signatures. Article II, Section 1, of the Washington State Constitution requires 246,372 valid signatures.
I hereby attach a true and correct copy of Initiative to the Legislature No. 732.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State of Washington this 6th day of January, 2016.
Kim Wyman
Secretary of State
PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION INITIATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE NO. 735
Pursuant to Article II, Section 1, of the Washington State Constitution and RCW 29A.72.230, prior to the deadline of December 31, 2015, the Office of the Secretary of State received signature petitions submitted in support of Initiative to the Legislature No. 735, "Government of, by, and for the People Act."
The Office of the Secretary of State is currently examining signatures. Article II, Section 1, of the Washington State Constitution requires 246,372 valid signatures.
I hereby attach a true and correct copy of Initiative to the Legislature No. 735.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State of Washington this 6th day of January, 2016.
Kim Wyman
Secretary of State
CANVASS OF THE RETURNS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015
I, Kim Wyman, Secretary of State of the state of Washington, do hereby certify that, according to the provisions of RCW 29A .60.260, I have canvassed the returns of the 1,528,272 ballots cast by the 3,974,971 registered voters of the state for and against the initiatives and advisory measures which were submitted to the vote of the people at the state General Election held on the 3rd day of November 2015, as received from the County Auditors.
Initiatives to the People
Initiative Measure No. 1366
Initiative Measure No. 1366 concerns state taxes and fees. This measure would decrease the sales tax rate unless the legislature refers to voters a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds legislative approval or voter approval to raise taxes, and legislative approval for fee increases. Should this measure be enacted into law?
Yes 760,518
No 715,684
Initiative Measure No. 1401
Initiative Measure No. 1401 concerns trafficking of animal species threatened with extinction. This measure would make selling, purchasing, trading, or distributing certain animal species threatened with extinction, and products containing such species, a gross misdemeanor or class-C felony, with exemptions for certain types of transfers. Should this measure be enacted into law?
Yes 1,043,773
No 441,170
Advisory Votes
Advisory Vote No. 10 - Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1449
The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, oil spill response and administration taxes to apply to crude oil or petroleum products transported by railroad, costing $17,000,000, for government spending. This tax increase should be:
Repealed 699,275
Maintained 737,273
Advisory Vote No. 11- Second Substitute Senate Bill 5052
The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, the marijuana excise tax on medical marijuana sales, costing an amount that cannot currently be estimated, for government spending. This tax increase should be:
Repealed 599,324
Maintained 852,735
Advisory Vote No. 12 - Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987
The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, additional taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels costing an estimated $3,707,000,000 in the first ten years, for government spending. This tax increase should be:
Repealed 928,324
Maintained 513,742
Advisory Vote No. 13 - Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6138
The legislature increased business and occupation tax revenues and excluded certain software manufacturers from a retail sales tax exemption, without a vote of the people, costing
$1,449,000,000 for government spending. This tax increase should be:
Repealed 903,222
Maintained 521,096
I further certify that according to the provisions of RCW 29A.60.250, I have canvassed the returns of the ballots cast for candidates of all those legislative and judicial offices whose districts extend beyond the limits of a single county in the General. Election held on the 3rd day of November 2015, as received from the County Auditors, and that the votes cast for candidates for these offices are as follows:
Legislative District 9
State Representative Pos. 1
Mary Dye (Prefers Republican Party) 16,019
Richard Lathim (Prefers Republican Party) 9,282
Legislative District 30
State Representative Pos. 2
Teri Hickel (Prefers Republican Party) 12,652
Carol Gregory (Prefers Democratic Party) 10,431
Benton, Franklin Superior Court
Judge Pos. 3
Alexander Carl Ekstrom 29,674
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the state of Washington on this 2nd day of December 2015.
Kim Wyman
Secretary of State
RESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE ROSS HUNTER
September 7, 2015
The Honorable Jay lnslee
Governor, State of Washington
Legislative Building, Olympia, WA 98504
Dear Governor lnslee,
Thank you for appointing me to the position of Director of the Department of Early Learning, a job I start on Tuesday September 8th, 2015. I look forward to serving the citizens of Washington in this important role. We have an opportunity to change the trajectory of tens of thousands of at-risk children and to improve their academic, social and financial futures in unimaginable ways.
As a state employee I am unable to serve in the Legislature, so please accept this letter as my formal resignation from the Washington State House of Representatives, effective midnight September 7th, 2015.
It has been an honor to serve our state with you and to represent the people of the 48th legislative district for these last 13 years. I'm proud of the work I did with the budget and look forward to the next phase of my service.
Sincerely,
Ross Hunter
MESSAGE FROM THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the 48th legislative district of the Washington state House of Representatives.
WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the position of state representative for the 48th legislative district, due to the resignation of Ross Hunter, and
WHEREAS, the 48th legislative district Democrats have met to consider possible replacements for this position, and
WHEREAS, the King County Democratic Central Committee has submitted the names of three nominees to fill the vacancy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
Patricia Kuderer is hereby appointed to the position of state representative from the 48th legislative district.
LARRY PHILLIPS, CHAIR
KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
RESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE DEAN TAKKO
October 22, 2015
Dear Governor lnslee,
I have been elected by the county commissioners in the 19th district and sworn in to fill the vacancy previously held by Senator Hatfield. I hereby resign my position in the House of Representatives, 19th district position 1. It has been my pleasure to serve in the House of Representatives and look forward to serving in the Senate.
Sincerely,
Dean Takko
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISIONERS
JOINT RESOLUTION 10-22-15-2
OF COWLITZ, GRAYS HARBOR, LEWIS, PACIFIC ANO WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES FILLING VACANT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
POSITION IN 19rH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Senator Brian Hatfield has submitted his resignation for his position as senator for the 19th Legislative District and that position is now vacant; and
WHEREAS, the State Democratic Central Committee has submitted a list of three names for consideration by the Joint Boards of Commissioners for Cowlitz County, Grays Harbor County, Lewis County, Pacific County, and Wahkiakum County; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Boards of County Commissioners for Cowlitz County, Grays Harbor County, Lewis County, Pacific County, and Wahkiakum County have convened in joint session and duly considered the three names submitted by the State Democratic Central Committee, now, therefore;
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by Joint Boards of County Commissioners for the counties of the 19th Legislative District meeting in special session, that JD Rossetti be and is hereby appointed to fill the vacant position of Representative for the 19th Legislative District.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the clerk of the joint board forward this resolution to the Governor and the Secretary of State.
Approved this 22nd day of October, 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Michael A. Kamofski, Chairman
Dennis P. Weber, Commissioner
Joe Gardner, Commissioner
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Wes Cormier, Chairman
Frank Gordon, Commissioner
Vickie L. Raines, Commissioner
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PACIFIC COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Steve Rogers, Chairman
Frank Wolfe, Commissioner
Lisa Ayers, Commissioner
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Edna Fund, Chairman
P.W. Bill Schulte, Commissioner
Gary Stamper, Commissioner
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mike Backman, Chairman
Daniel L. Cothren, Chairman
Blair Brady, Commissioner
RESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE REUVEN CARLYLE
January 7, 2016
The Honorable Jay Inslee
Governor
State of Washington
Olympia, WA 98504
Dear Governor lnslee:
It is with a profound sense of gratitude and appreciation to the people of the 36th Legislative District that I hereby resign from Position 1 from the 36th District in the House of Representatives concurrent with my appointment to the 36th District State Senate seat.
I have accepted the appointment today by the King County Council to the vacancy in the Washington State Senate for the 36th Legislative District.
Serving in the House of Representatives since 2009 has been deeply rewarding and meaningful personally and professionally. My family and I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to be of service to our community in this capacity.
Thank you for your assistance in this important matter.
Your partner in service,
Reuven M. Carlyle
State Representative
36th Legislative District
MESSAGE FROM THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL
January 7, 201 6
A MOTION making an appointment to fill the vacancy in the position of state representative for the 36th legislative district.
WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the position of state representative for the 36th legislative district due to the resignation of Representative Reuven Carlyle following his appointment as state senator for the 36th legislative district, and
WHEREAS, the 36th legislative district Democratic precinct committee officers have met to consider candidates for the position, and
WHEREAS, the King County Democratic Central Committee has submitted the names of three nominees to fill the vacancy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County: Noel Frame is hereby appointed to the position of state representative for the 36th legislative district.
Joe McDermott, Vice Chair
KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
SPEAKER’S PRIVILEGE
The Speaker asked the body to welcome its new members.
The Speaker further introduced his wife, Nancy Long, and asked the members to acknowledge her.
Mr. Speaker: “Welcome back to the people’s House! I want to thank all the House members for their dedication to being citizen legislators! I want to thank Dan Kristiansen for his work! Let us also thank the families and loved ones who are making a sacrifice for all of us. And of course, please recognize my wife, Nancy Long, for her many years of support!
In our line of work, there are many positive experiences, but also a lot of difficulties and challenges. Long hours, long committee meetings, long sessions. So it is appropriate as we begin this session, to mention a few examples of what we accomplished last year for the people of Washington.
To prepare our kids to learn and succeed, we approved the largest expansion of early childhood education in state history, $160 million over the next two years. And we enacted the Early Start Act to improve the quality of care in early learning and child care centers. To improve basic education as a path to a better life, we invested $1.3 billion in new funding for K-12 schools, expanded full-day kindergarten, and reduced class sizes in kindergarten through 3rd grade. We carried out the commitments we made a few years ago with House Bills 2261 and 2776, as part of our “paramount duty” to our schools. And we provided teachers and public school workers with a wage increase above the cost of living, recognizing the value of their work, and helping to catch up after several years without an increase.
To help students pursue opportunity, we increased College Bound Scholarships, an incentive for low-income students to graduate from high school and then attend a public college, tuition-free. We also expanded Opportunity Scholarships for middle class and low-income students who are earning degrees in high-demand fields, with matching contributions from the private sector.
To provide health care for all, we expanded Washington Apple Health, which now covers 1.6 million people, including 800,000 kids. We invested over $100 million for improvements in mental health care, providing community-based treatment, more inpatient beds, and better crisis intervention across the state. We approved important reforms, including Joel’s Law, which empowers families when a loved one is in crisis. And we maintained our national leadership role linking people to health care by continuing the State Health Care Exchange.
To strengthen the safety net for people who have fallen on hard times, we increased assistance for families, restored the State Food Assistance Program, and expanded services and support for children in foster care.
And we adopted a new Home Care contract, providing workers with the first-in-the-nation retirement benefit. They care so well for our elderly and people with disabilities. They deserve a secure retirement.
To create jobs for a recovering economy, our transportation package was the largest state investment in public works in state history. It will fix aging infrastructure, increase public transit, and create tens of thousands of jobs over the next decade. In addition, we created jobs by approving the largest capital budget in state history, with increased funding for school construction and projects that strengthen communities across the state.
The House of Representatives led the way on each of these accomplishments. But our pride in what we accomplished does not give us an excuse to sit back. We need to keep moving forward. Together we can find practical solutions to meet the next set of challenges. There will be many issues we will review: Department of Corrections, State Auditor, and Court decisions.
But for this session, let us focus on the basics:
Basic education. We must continue investing in our public schools, not because the Supreme Court says so, but because it’s our job! This includes working to reform the school employee compensation system and addressing the shortage of teachers. And we must build the classrooms to carry out the decision we already made to reduce class sizes. All of these actions will provide hope for a better future through education.
Basic Health. We should continue our progress towards the simple notion that health care is a fundamental human right. Who among us would deny care to a child? Who among us would turn our backs on those who are ill, or old, or disabled? There is no doubt that we have made major progress in extending health care. But we have so much more to do. Even though we enacted mental health parity years ago, we need to stop separating the brain from the body in our funding formulas and health coverage. And we must have a heart. It is imperative that we improve mental health care, which suffered during the Great Recession. We need accountability and more resources. We must provide our state mental health hospitals with the staff and the tools to care for those we are committed to help.
Basic emergencies. We must help communities devastated by some of the worst fires in our history. And we should use our rainy day fund to cover the costs of the drought and work to prevent these disasters. But there are other emergencies as well. There are many fires we face. In particular, tens of thousands of young people are homeless. That is a moral tragedy.
We cannot look away from the fact that many young people are dying from suicide, abuse, and other tragedies. Solving youth homelessness is basic: we need to get them off the streets and into a safe home. The same is true for people with mental illness. We can prescribe drugs and treatment, but that is for naught if the person leaves the clinic and is left to spend the night on the street.
When you add it all up, these three basics are really about having hope, health, and a home. One of the most powerful truths about America is our capacity for change and improvement. There was a time when children went to work, instead of school. There was a time when hard-working families had no access to health care. There was a time when people with mental illness faced shame, instead of hope. But over time, things changed.
If we continue to make progress there will be a time when we can be proud of our mental health system, with parity for all. There will be a time when a doctor can write a prescription for a home, as part of a treatment plan for mental illness. There will be a time when high school graduation rates will be close to 100%, with opportunity for all. And there will be a time, and that time must be SOON, when we fulfill our paramount duty to the education of our kids!
We don’t have a lot of time this session, so let’s make the most of it. Thank you.”
POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
Representative Kristiansen: “Thank you Mr. Speaker. First of all I would like to thank you. I want to thank you for the words, it is always hard following someone else who gives a nice speech like that when you are supposed to talk about the same things, so thank you for doing most of my speech. Let’s hear it for the Speaker. And now that we know you are really good at karaoke we expect you to show up.
On a personal note, I would like to thank you Mr. Speaker for the time we have been able to spend together. Over the course of the last few years, when it comes to talking about and negotiating the tough issues that you mentioned in your speech, you know we all know that we are under a tremendous amount of pressure down here not just by the courts predominately by our citizens. The citizens send us down here and they hire us to do this job. They are given opportunities to vote for us and somebody else, we were chosen, we were the ones who were chosen to represent them and the question that I guess I have every time I come down here and every time I face an issue is how am I going to serve my constituents best. One of the things for those of you who have never done it, I would encourage you to go to the fourth floor of the building and walk through the halls, I do it every year two or three times actually. It’s the class pictures of those legislative bodies that have gone before us and I like to go through that hall because as a state we were founded in 1889, and I like to walk up there and I like to look at key dates in time and take a look at the faces of the people who were there dealing with challenges not dissimilar to what we are doing but in many cases far more serious challenges. Who were those legislators who were dealing with the 1929 crash in our economy, who were those legislators who were there post December 7, 1941, and so on and so on and so on. I’m kind of a history buff, but I do think it is important for us to learn from our history. I do also think it is important for us to acknowledge that despite those tremendous challenges that were before them, they made it. They became unified at a time when it was very difficult and we can get really focused in on what divides us down here and I hate to say it but that is part of politics, but my hope and my prayer is that we will also find and we will make it a bigger priority on those areas that unite us and unify us. Every one of us in here are Americans and I am proud of that. I am proud not only that I am an American, but everybody in here, we serve together because this constitution has put together a system in place that we can do this. We have a representative form of government and the people that hire us to do this job are expecting us to come down here and govern.
We all know, as mentioned by Pastor Willams, and I want to thank the pastor too for his kind prayer and words this morning, but when he was talking about your making enemies and friends, when you push that yes button or that no button, this is my fourteenth session and I got to tell you it is always difficult pushing those buttons but we were hired to do that job. And sometimes we are going to be faced with very difficult personal decisions that we are going to have to make. I’ve said before that I encourage every legislator to come down here and draw that line in the sand, draw that line in the sand that represents your moral compass, your ethical compass, and don’t cross over that line. You don’t need to but you do need to work with people on the other issues, and my hope and my prayer, is that as we come together for this legislative session, sixty days right, or less, absolutely well you told me 105 last year I’m going to hold you to 60 this year. But my point is that my prayer, as we move forward, is that we will come together on these tough issues like classes, like legislators before us that had tremendous challenges, we’ve got some tremendous challenges ahead of us but I do believe that the system works. People complain about the system all the time, but I don’t know if you’re like me when I have looked at other systems of government around the world, as bad and as complicated and sometimes stinky as this place can be it is still in my opinion the best form of government in the world. Because it truly reflects, I believe, the public. Because that is why we were sent here. Every one of us represents approximately 137,000 people. Think about that. Have you always agreed with or condoned the actions of your own family members? And yet these people are hopefully going to agree with you and condone your actions most of the time, and that’s the challenge before us Mr. Speaker. I want to thank you for the comments and all the statistics and all the great work that we have done over the past few years, because we haven’t always agreed on those things but that’s part of politics. But there are some tremendous challenges before us, not unlike education. We’ve got a lot of things we’ve got to do on education, not just on the funding end, but on reform. We want to make sure that the outcomes of these kids is first and foremost our priority. That our kids get a world class education period. That we create safer atmospheres for our families. That we have job opportunities for those students when they come out of school, more than half of our college graduates are unemployed. That is wrong. We have 39 counties in Washington State and only two, two of thirty nine counties, have below the national average of unemployment. Two. Thirty seven counties are operating at above and sometimes double or more the national average of unemployment. That is great for Seattle and the Bellevue metropolitan area but it really excuse me sucks for the rest of the state. I’m becoming more politically incorrect, is sucked ok? Yeah it is going to have to be. TVW can you edit that out for me. My point being, is that we need to take a look at, it’s been talked about one Washington, but one Washington just isn’t a ten mile corridor. Its 300 miles approximately from the ocean to the Idaho border and its 300 miles approximately. from Idaho excuse me from Oregon to Canada. Ten miles isn’t doing it. We’ve got to do better in the rest of the state and that’s one of the things we want to make sure that we unite with you Mr. Speaker and colleagues across the aisle to make sure that the rest of Washington is being treated properly as well.
Mental health, we’ve got a lot of things going on in the greater metropolitan area on mental health, which you know Mr. Speaker we’ve talked about, this is a huge focus of mine personally but the things we are doing for mental health and other social programs in Seattle is not happening in the rest of the state
Transportation, while we made the largest transportation investment last year, most of the state is just going to be paying, and not receiving. We’ve got to take that into consideration. So my hope is to move forward Mr. Speaker, as if we are going to be able to look at the whole state, because the whole state is represented in this body. Seven million people are represented by us and my challenge to all of us is that we are going to be able to find those areas that we can unite, that we can do the best we can for the citizens of the state of Washington at all levels Mr. Speaker. I want to thank you so much for your service. Despite our differences, I truly enjoy working with you and my colleagues here, all 97 of you. You’re actually a sharp looking bunch by the way, but I do enjoy working with all of you despite our differences. I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge life happens away from this place. Former member Carol Gregory lost her husband right after the election, and my condolences, our condolences to her and her family. I’ve got a member, I know we are not supposed to name names, but Norm Johnson lost his son. Sometimes we can get so caught up in this legislative process, in this beautiful building, that we forget life is happening around here. So let’s try and be patient with each other. Let’s realize that real life is happening to us in the process of doing this job and with that Mr. Speaker lets move forward. 59 days and counting, right? Thank you very much.”
There being no objection, the House advanced to the fourth order of business.
INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING
There being no objection, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4413 and HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4414 were read the first time, and under suspension of the rules were placed on the second reading calendar.
RESOLUTION
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2016-4647, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
BE IT RESOLVED, That a committee consisting of two members of the House of Representatives be appointed by the Speaker of the House to notify the Governor that the House is organized and ready to conduct business.
Representative Sullivan moved adoption of HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4647.
Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4647 was adopted.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the sixth order of business.
SECOND READING
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4413, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
Specifying the status of bills, resolutions, and memorials.
The concurrent resolution was read the second time.
There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.
Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the passage of the bill.
The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4413.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4413 was adopted.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4414, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
Convening the House of Representatives and Senate in Joint Session to receive the State of the State message of Governor Jay Inslee.
The concurrent resolution was read the second time.
There being no objection, the rules were suspended, the second reading considered the third and the concurrent resolution was placed on final passage.
Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the passage of the bill.
The Speaker stated the question before the House to be the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution No. 4414.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4414 was adopted.
RESOLUTION
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2016-4648, by Representatives Sullivan and Kretz
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives adopted permanent rules for the Sixty-Fourth Legislature under House Resolution No. 2015-4607;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That Rule 23 as set forth in House Resolution No. 2015-4607 is amended to read as follows:
PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE 2015-2016
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Definitions
Rule 1. "Absent" means an unexcused failure to attend.
"Term" means the two-year term during which the members as a body may act.
"Session" means a constitutional gathering of the house in accordance with Article 2 § 12 of the state Constitution.
"Committee" means any standing, conference, joint, or select committee as so designated by rule or resolution, and also means any standing committee subcommittee.
"Fiscal committee" means the appropriations, capital budget, finance, general government & information technology, and transportation committees.
"Bill" means bill, joint memorial, joint resolution, or concurrent resolution unless the context indicates otherwise.
Chief Clerk to Call to Order
Rule 2. It shall be the duty of the chief clerk of the previous term to call the house to order and to conduct the proceedings until a speaker is chosen.
Election of Officers
Rule 3. The house shall elect the following officers at the commencement of each term: Its presiding officer, who shall be styled speaker of the house; a speaker pro tempore, who shall serve in absence or in case of the inability of the speaker; a deputy speaker pro tempore, who shall serve in absence or in case of the inability of the speaker and speaker pro tempore; and a chief clerk of the house. Such officers shall hold office during all sessions until the convening of the succeeding term: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That any of these offices may be declared vacant by the vote of a constitutional majority of the house, the members voting viva voce and their votes shall be entered on the journal. If any office is declared vacant, the house shall fill such vacant office as hereinafter provided. In all elections by the house a constitutional majority shall be required, the members shall vote viva voce and their votes shall be entered on the journal. (Art. II § 27)
Powers and Duties of the Speaker
Rule 4. The speaker shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) The speaker shall take the chair and call the house to order precisely at the hour appointed for meeting and if a quorum be present, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read and shall proceed with the order of business.
(B) The speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct within the chamber or legislative area, shall order the sergeant at arms to suppress the same and may order the sergeant at arms to remove any person creating any disturbance within the house chamber or legislative area.
(C) The speaker may speak to points of order in preference to other members, arising from the seat for that purpose, and shall decide all questions of order subject to an appeal to the house by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once without leave of the house.
(D) The speaker shall sign all bills in open session. (Art. II § 32)
(E) The speaker shall sign all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the house, all of which shall be attested to by the chief clerk.
(F) The speaker shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall neither extend beyond adjournment nor authorize the representative so substituted to sign any documents requiring the signature of the speaker.
(G) The speaker, in open session, shall appoint committee chairs as selected by the majority party caucus, and shall appoint members to committees in the same ratio as the membership of the respective parties of the house, unless otherwise provided by law or house rules.
(H) The speaker shall serve as chair of the rules committee.
(I) The speaker shall have charge of and see that all officers, attaches, and clerks perform their respective duties.
(J) The speaker pro tempore shall exercise the duties, powers, and prerogatives of the speaker in the event of the speaker's death, illness, removal, or inability to act until the speaker's successor shall be elected.
Chief Clerk
Rule 5. The chief clerk shall perform the usual duties pertaining to the office, and shall hold office until a successor has been elected.
The chief clerk shall employ, subject to the approval of the speaker, all other house employees; the hours of duty and assignments of all house employees shall be under the chief clerk's directions and instructions, and they may be dismissed by the chief clerk with the approval of the speaker. The speaker shall sign and the chief clerk shall countersign all payrolls and vouchers for all expenses of the house and appropriately transmit the same. In the event of the chief clerk's death, illness, removal, or inability to act, the speaker may appoint an acting chief clerk who shall exercise the duties and powers of the chief clerk until the chief clerk's successor shall be elected.
Duties of Employees
Rule 6. Employees of the house shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the chief clerk. Under no circumstances shall the compensation of any employee be increased for past services. No house employee shall seek to influence the passage or rejection of proposed legislation.
Admission to the House
Rule 7. It shall be the general policy of the house to keep the chamber clear as follows:
(A) The sergeant at arms shall admit only the following individuals to the wings and adjacent areas of the house chamber for the period of time beginning one-half hour prior to convening and ending one-half hour following the adjournment of the house's daily session:
The governor or designees, or both;
Members of the senate;
State elected officials;
Officers and authorized employees of the legislature;
Former members of the house who are not advocating any pending or proposed legislation;
Representatives of the press;
Other persons with the consent of the speaker.
(B) Only members, pages, sergeants at arms, and clerks are permitted on the floor while the house is in session.
(C) Lobbying in the house chamber or in any committee room or lounge room is prohibited when the house or committee is in session unless expressly permitted by the house or committee. Anyone violating this rule will forfeit his or her right to be admitted to the house chamber or any of its committee rooms.
Absentees and Courtesy
Rule 8. No member shall be absent from the service of the house without leave from the speaker. When the house is in session, only the speaker shall recognize visitors and former members.
Bills, Memorials and Resolutions - Introductions
Rule 9. Any member desiring to introduce a bill shall file the same with the chief clerk. Bills filed by 10:00 a.m. shall be introduced at the next daily session, in the order filed: PROVIDED, That if such introduction is within the last ten days of a regular session, it cannot be considered without a direct vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to each house with such vote recorded and entered upon the journal. (Art. II § 36)
Any returning member or member-elect may prefile a bill with the chief clerk commencing the first Monday in December preceding any regular session or twenty (20) days before any special session. Prefiled bills shall be introduced on the first legislative day.
All bills shall be endorsed with a statement of the title and the name of the member or members introducing the same. The chief clerk shall attach to all bills a substantial cover bearing the title and sponsors and shall number each bill in the order filed. All bills shall be printed unless otherwise ordered by the house.
Any bill introduced at any session during the term shall be eligible for action at all subsequent sessions during the term.
No house bill may be introduced that is identical to any other pending house bill.
Reading of Bills
Rule 10. Every bill shall be read on three separate days: PROVIDED, That this rule may be temporarily suspended at any time by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present; and that on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, this rule may be suspended by a majority vote.
A bill may be returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment by a suspension of the rules: PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, this rule may be suspended and a bill returned to second reading for the purpose of amendment by a majority vote.
(A) FIRST READING. The first reading of a bill shall be by title only, unless a majority of the members present demand a reading in full.
After the first reading the bill shall be referred to an appropriate committee.
Upon being reported out of committee, all bills shall be referred to the rules committee, unless otherwise ordered by the house.
The rules committee may, by majority vote, refer any bill in its possession to a committee for further consideration. Such referral shall be reported to the house and entered in the journal under the fifth order of business.
(B) SECOND READING. Upon second reading, the bill number and short title and the last line of the bill shall be read unless a majority of the members present shall demand its reading in full. The bill shall be subject to amendment section by section. No amendment shall be considered by the house until it has been sent to the chief clerk's desk in writing, distributed to the desk of each member, and read by the clerk. All amendments adopted during second reading shall be securely fastened to the original bill. All amendments rejected by the house shall be passed to the minute clerk, and the journal shall show the disposition of such amendments.
When no further amendments shall be offered, the speaker shall declare the bill has passed its second reading.
(C) SUBSTITUTE BILLS. When a committee reports a substitute for an original bill with the recommendation that the substitute bill do pass, it shall be in order to read the substitute the first time and have the same printed. A motion for the substitution shall not be in order until the second reading of the original bill.
(D) THIRD READING. Only the last line of bills shall be read on third reading unless a majority of the members present demand a reading in full. No amendments to a bill shall be received on third reading but it may be referred or recommitted for the purpose of amendment.
(E) SUSPENSION CALENDAR. Bills may be placed on the second reading suspension calendar by the rules committee if at least two minority party members of the rules committee join in such motion. Bills on the second reading suspension calendar shall not be subject to amendment or substitution except as recommended in the committee report. When a bill is before the house on the suspension calendar, the question shall be to adopt the committee recommendations and advance the bill to third reading. If the question fails to receive a two-thirds vote of the members present, the bill shall be referred to the rules committee for second reading.
(F) HOUSE RESOLUTIONS. House resolutions shall be filed with the chief clerk who shall transmit them to the rules committee. If a rules committee meeting is not scheduled to occur prior to a time necessitated by the purpose of a house resolution, the majority leader and minority leader by agreement may waive transmission to the rules committee to permit consideration of the resolution by the house. The rules committee may adopt house resolutions by a sixty percent majority vote of its entire membership or may, by a majority vote of its members, place them on the motions calendar for consideration by the house. House resolutions are not subject to debate, except for resolutions necessary for the operation of the house, and resolutions commemorating Children's Day, Day of Remembrance, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Guard Day, and President's Day.
(G) CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS. Reading of concurrent resolutions may be advanced by majority vote.
Amendments
Rule 11. The right of any member to offer amendments to proposed legislation shall not be limited except as provided in Rule 10(E) and as follows:
(A) AMENDMENTS TO BE OFFERED IN PROPER FORM. The chief clerk shall establish the proper form for amendments and all amendments offered shall bear the name of the member who offers the same, as well as the number and section of the bill to be amended.
(B) COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. When a bill is before the house on second reading, amendments adopted by committees and recommended to the house shall be acted upon by the house before any amendments that may be offered from the floor.
(C) SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS. A house bill, passed by the senate with amendment or amendments which shall change the scope and object of the bill, upon being received in the house, shall be referred to the appropriate committee and shall take the same course as for original bills unless a motion not to concur is adopted prior to the bill being referred to committee.
(D) AMENDMENTS TO BE GERMANE. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment; and no bill or resolution shall at any time be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein any other bill or resolution pending before the house.
(E) SCOPE AND OBJECT NOT TO BE CHANGED. No amendment to any bill shall be allowed which shall change the scope and object of the bill. This objection may be raised at any time an amendment is under consideration. The speaker may allow the person raising the objection and the mover of the amendment to provide brief arguments as to the merits of the objection. (Art. II § 38)
(F) NO AMENDMENT BY REFERENCE. No act shall ever be revised or amended without being set forth at full length. (Art. II § 37)
(G) TITLE AMENDMENTS. The subject matter portion of a bill title shall not be amended in committee or on second reading. Changes to that part of the title after the subject matter statement shall either be presented with the text amendment or be incorporated by the chief clerk in the engrossing process.
Final Passage
Rule 12. Rules relating to bills on final passage are as follows:
(A) BUDGET BILLS. No final passage vote may be taken on an operating budget, transportation budget, or capital budget bill until twenty-four (24) hours after the bill is placed on the third reading calendar. The twenty-four (24) hour requirement does not apply to conference reports, which are governed by Joint Rule 20, or to bills placed on the third reading calendar by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present.
(B) RECOMMITMENT BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE. A bill may be recommitted at any time before its final passage.
(C) FINAL PASSAGE. No bill shall become a law unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered on the journal of each house, and a majority of the members elected to each house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor. (Art. II § 22)
(D) BILLS PASSED - CERTIFICATION. When a bill passes, it shall be certified to by the chief clerk, said certification to show the date of its passage together with the vote thereon.
Hour of Meeting, Roll Call and Quorum
Rule 13. (A) HOUR OF MEETING. The speaker shall call the house to order each day of sitting at 10:00 A.M., unless the house shall have adjourned to some other hour.
(B) ROLL CALL AND QUORUM. Before proceeding with business, the roll of the members shall be called and the names of those absent or excused shall be entered on the journal. A majority of all the members elected must be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, seven members with the speaker, or eight members in the speaker's absence, having chosen a speaker pro tempore, shall be authorized to demand a call of the house and may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner provided in Rule 21(B). For the purpose of determining if a quorum be present, the speaker shall count all members present, whether voting or not. (Art. II § 8)
(C) The house shall adjourn not later than 10:00 P.M. of each working day. This rule may be suspended by a majority vote.
Daily Calendar and Order of Business
Rule 14. The rules relating to the daily calendar and order of business are as follows:
(A) DAILY CALENDAR. Business of the house shall be disposed of in the following order:
First: Roll call, presentation of colors, prayer, and approval of the journal of the preceding day.
Second: Introduction of visiting dignitaries.
Third: Messages from the senate, governor, and other state officials.
Fourth: Introduction and first reading of bills, memorials, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions.
Fifth: Committee reports.
Sixth: Second reading of bills.
Seventh: Third reading of bills.
Eighth: Floor resolutions and motions.
Ninth: Presentation of petitions, memorials, and remonstrances addressed to the Legislature.
Tenth: Introduction of visitors and other business to be considered.
Eleventh: Announcements.
(B) UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The unfinished business at which the house was engaged preceding adjournment shall not be taken up until reached in regular order, unless the previous question on such unfinished business has been ordered prior to said adjournment.
(C) EXCEPTIONS. Exceptions to the order of business are as follows:
(1) The order of business may be changed by a majority vote of those present.
(2) By motion under the eighth order of business, a bill in the rules committee may be placed on the calendar by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the house.
(3) House resolutions and messages from the senate, governor, or other state officials may be read at any time.
Motions
Rule 15. Rules relating to motions are as follows:
(A) MOTIONS TO BE ENTERTAINED OR DEBATED. No motion shall be entertained or debated until announced by the speaker and every motion shall be deemed to have been seconded. A motion shall be reduced to writing and read by the clerk, if desired by the speaker or any member, before it shall be debated and by the consent of the house may be withdrawn before amendment or action.
(B) MOTIONS IN ORDER DURING DEBATE. When a motion has been made and seconded and stated by the chair, the following motions are in order, in the rank named:
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(C) THE EFFECT OF POSTPONEMENT - MOTIONS TO POSTPONE OR COMMIT. Once decided, no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely shall again be allowed on the same day and at the same stage of the proceedings. When a question has been postponed indefinitely, it shall not again be introduced during the session. The motion to postpone indefinitely may be made at any stage of the bill except when on first reading.
(D) MOTIONS DECIDED WITHOUT DEBATE. A motion to adjourn, to recess, to lay on the table and to call for the previous question shall be decided without debate.
All incidental motions shall be decided without debate, except that members may speak to points of order and appeal as provided in Rule 22.
Motions to adopt house resolutions shall be decided without debate, except as provided in Rule 10(F).
A motion for suspension of the rules shall not be debatable except that the mover of the motion may briefly explain the purpose of the motion and one member may briefly state the opposition to the motion.
(E) MOTION TO ADJOURN. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except when the house is voting or is working under the call of the house; but this rule shall not authorize any member to move for adjournment when another member has the floor.
Members Right to Debate
Rule 16. The methods by which a member may exercise his or her right to debate are as follows:
(A) RECOGNITION OF MEMBER. When any member desires to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the house, the member shall rise and respectfully address the speaker and pause until recognized.
(B) ORDER OF SPEAKING. When two or more members arise at once, the speaker shall name the one who is to speak.
(C) LIMITATION OF DEBATE. No member shall speak longer than ten (10) minutes without consent of the house: PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day any bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, no member shall speak more than three (3) minutes without the consent of the house. No member shall speak more than twice on the same question without leave of the house: PROVIDED, That the chair of the committee or the mover of the question may close debate if it is consistent with Rule 18 (Previous Question).
Rules of Debate
Rule 17. The rules for debate in the house are as follows:
(A) QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Any member may rise to a question of privilege and explain a personal matter, by leave of the speaker, but the member shall not discuss any pending question in such explanations.
(B) WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION, BILL, ETC. After a motion is stated by the speaker or a bill, memorial, resolution, petition, or remonstrance is read by the clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the house, but may be withdrawn by consent of the house at any time before decision or amendment.
(C) READING OF A PAPER. When the reading of any paper is called for and is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by a vote of the house.
(D) DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS. Any materials of any nature distributed to the members' desks on the floor shall be subject to approval by the speaker and shall bear the name of at least one member granting permission for the distribution. This shall not apply to materials normally distributed by the chief clerk.
(E) ORDER OF QUESTIONS. All questions, whether in committee or in the house, shall be propounded in the order in which they are named except that in filling blanks, the largest sum and the longest time shall be put first.
(F) DIVISION OF POINTS OF DEBATE. Any member may call for a division of a question which shall be divided if it embraces subjects so distinct that one being taken away a substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the house; but a motion to strike out and to insert shall not be divided. The rejection of a motion to strike out and to insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and to insert a different proposition.
(G) DECORUM OF MEMBERS. While the speaker is putting the question, no member shall walk across or out of the house; nor when a member is speaking shall any member entertain private discourse or pass between the speaking member and the rostrum.
(H) REMARKS CONFINED. A member shall confine all remarks to the question under debate and avoid personalities. No member shall impugn the motive of any member's vote or argument.
(I) EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN IN DEBATE. If any member be called to order for words spoken in debate, the person calling the member to order shall repeat the words excepted to and they shall be taken down in writing at the clerk's table. No member shall be held in answer or be subject to the censure of the house for words spoken in debate if any other member has spoken before exception to them shall have been taken.
(J) TRANSGRESSION OF RULES - APPEAL. If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the house the speaker shall, or any member may, call the member to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide the case without debate; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall prevail.
If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, the member shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, and the case shall require it, the member shall be liable to the censure of the house.
Ending of Debate - Previous Question
Rule 18. The previous question may be ordered by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present on all recognized motions or amendments which are debatable.
The previous question is not debatable and cannot be amended.
The previous question shall be put in this form: "Representative __________ demands the previous question. As many as are in favor of ordering the previous question will say 'Aye'; as many as are opposed will say 'No'."
The results of the motion are as follows: If determined in the negative, the consideration goes on as if the motion had never been made; if decided in the affirmative it shall have the effect of cutting off all debate and bringing the house to a direct vote upon the motion or amendment on which it has been ordered: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That when a bill is on final passage or when the motion to postpone indefinitely is pending, one of the sponsors of the bill or the chair of the committee may have the privilege of closing debate after the previous question has been ordered.
If an adjournment is had after the previous question is ordered, the motion or proposition on which the previous question was ordered shall be put to the house immediately following the approval of the journal on the next working day, thus making the main question privileged over all other business, whether new or unfinished.
Voting
Rule 19. (A) PUTTING OF QUESTION. The speaker shall put the question in the following form: "The question before the house is (state the question). As many as are in favor say 'Aye'; and after the affirmative vote is expressed, "as many as are opposed say 'No'."
(B) ALL MEMBERS TO VOTE. Every member who was in the house when the question was put shall vote unless, for special reasons, excused by the house.
All motions to excuse a member shall be made before the house divides or before the call for yeas and nays is commenced; and any member requesting to be excused from voting may make a brief and verbal statement of the reasons for making such request, and the question shall then be taken without further debate.
Upon a division and count of the house on the question, only members at their desks within the bar of the house shall be counted.
(C) CHANGE OF VOTE. When the electric roll call machine is used, no member shall be allowed to vote or change a vote after the speaker has locked the roll call machine. When an oral roll call is taken, no member shall be allowed to vote or change a vote after the result has been announced.
(D) PRIVATE INTEREST. No member shall vote on any question which affects that member privately and particularly. A member who has a private interest in any bill or measure proposed or pending before the legislature shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon. (Art. II § 30)
(E) INTERRUPTION OF ROLL CALL. Once begun, the roll call may not be interrupted. No member or other person shall visit or remain at the clerk's desk while the yeas and nays are being called.
(F) YEAS AND NAYS - RECORDED VOTES. Upon the final passage of any bill, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and shall be recorded by the electric voting system: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That an oral roll call shall be ordered when demanded by one-sixth (1/6) of the members present. (Art. II § 21)
The speaker may vote last when the yeas and nays are called.
When the vote is by electric voting machine or by oral roll call on any question, it shall be entered upon the journal of the house. A recorded vote may be compelled by one-sixth (1/6) of the members present. A request for a recorded vote must be made before the vote is commenced.
(G) TIE VOTE, QUESTION LOSES. In case of an equal division, the question shall be lost.
(H) DIVISION. If the speaker is in doubt, or if division is
called for by any member, the house shall divide.
(I) STATEMENT FOR JOURNAL. A member whose recorded vote does not accurately reflect his or her intent may submit a written statement for the journal clarifying their intent to vote aye or nay. The statement must be submitted to the chief clerk on the same day the vote is taken. A member who is excused for one or more days of recorded votes may submit a written statement for the journal explaining the reason for his or her absence. The statement may not exceed fifty words and must be submitted to the chief clerk on the same day the member returns.
Reconsideration
Rule 20. Notice of a motion for reconsideration on the final passage of bills shall be made on the day the vote to be reconsidered was taken and before the house has voted to transmit the bill to the senate.
Reconsideration of the votes on the final passage of bills must be taken on the next working day after such vote was taken: PROVIDED, That on and after the fifth day prior to the day of adjournment sine die of any session, as determined pursuant to Article II, Section 12 of the state Constitution, or concurrent resolution, or on and after the third day prior to the day a bill must be reported from the house as established by concurrent resolution, then reconsideration of votes on the final passage of bills must be taken on the same day as the original vote was taken.
A motion to reconsider an amendment may be made at any time the bill remains on second reading.
Any member who voted on the prevailing side may move for reconsideration or give notice thereof.
A motion to reconsider can be decided only once when decided in the negative.
When a motion to reconsider has been carried, its effect shall be to place the original question before the house in the exact position it occupied before it was voted upon.
Call of the House
Rule 21. One-sixth (1/6) of the members present may demand a call of the house at any time before the house has divided or the voting has commenced by yeas and nays.
(A) DOORS TO BE CLOSED. When call of the house has been ordered, the sergeant at arms shall close and lock the doors, and no member shall be allowed to leave the chamber: PROVIDED, That the rules committee shall be allowed to meet, upon request of the speaker, while the house stands at ease: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the speaker may permit members to use such portions of the fourth floor as may be properly secured.
(B) SERGEANT AT ARMS TO BRING IN THE ABSENTEES. The clerk shall immediately call a roll of the members and note the absentees, whose names shall be read and entered upon the journal in such manner as to show who are excused and who are absent without leave.
The clerk shall furnish the sergeant at arms with a list of those who are absent without leave, and the sergeant at arms shall proceed to bring in such absentees; but arrests of members for absence shall not be made unless ordered by a majority of the members present.
(C) HOUSE UNDER CALL. While the house is under a call, no business shall be transacted except to receive and act on the report of the sergeant at arms; and no other motion shall be in order except a motion to proceed with business under the call of the house, a motion to excuse absentees, or a motion to dispense with the call of the house. The motion to proceed with business under the call of the house and the motion to excuse absent members shall not be adopted unless a majority of the members elected vote in favor thereof. The motion to dispense with the call of the house may be adopted by a majority of the members present.
Appeal from Decision of Chair
Rule 22. The decision of the chair may be appealed from by any member, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once unless by leave of the house. In all cases of appeal, the question shall be: "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the house?"
Standing Committees
Rule 23. The standing committees of the house and the number of members that shall serve on each committee shall be as follows:
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Agriculture & Natural Resources....................................................................................................................................................... 13 |
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Appropriations................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 |
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Business & Financial Services........................................................................................................................................................... 11 |
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Capital Budget...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 |
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Commerce & Gaming.......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 |
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Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.......................................................................................................................... 7 |
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Early Learning & Human Services..................................................................................................................................................... 11 |
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Education........................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 |
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Environment....................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 |
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Finance.................................................................................................................................................................................... (( |
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General Government & Information Technology................................................................................................................................. 7 |
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Health Care & Wellness..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 |
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Higher Education............................................................................................................................................................................... 13 |
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Judiciary............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 |
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Labor & Workplace Standards............................................................................................................................................................. 7 |
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Local Government................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 |
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Public Safety........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 |
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Rules.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 |
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State Government................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 |
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Technology & Economic Development.............................................................................................................................................. 13 |
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Transportation.................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 |
Committee members shall be selected by each party's caucus. Membership on appropriations subcommittees is restricted to the membership of the appropriations committee. The majority party caucus shall select all committee chairs.
Duties of Committees
Rule 24. House committees shall operate as follows:
(A) NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING. The chief clerk shall make public the time, place and subjects to be discussed at committee meetings. All public hearings held by committees shall be scheduled at least five (5) days in advance and shall be given adequate publicity: PROVIDED, That when less than eight (8) days remain for action on a bill, the Speaker may authorize a reduction of the five-day notice period when required by the circumstances, including but not limited to the time remaining for action on the bill, the nature of the subject, and the number of prior hearings on the subject.
(B) COMMITTEE QUORUM. A majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(C) SESSION MEETINGS. No committee shall sit while the house is in session without special leave of the speaker.
(D) DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
(1) Only such bills as are included on the written notice of a committee meeting may be considered at that meeting except upon the vote of a majority of the entire membership of the committee to consider another bill.
(2) A majority recommendation of a committee must be signed by a majority of the entire membership of the committee in a regularly called meeting before a bill, memorial, or resolution may be reported out: PROVIDED, That by motion under the eighth order of business, a majority of the members elected to the house may relieve a committee of a bill and place it on the second reading calendar.
Majority recommendations of a committee can only be "do pass," "do pass as amended," or that "the substitute bill be substituted therefor and that the substitute bill do pass."
(3) Members of the committee not concurring in the majority report may prepare a written minority report containing a recommendation of "do not pass" or "without recommendation," which shall be signed by those members of the committee subscribing thereto, and submitted with the majority report.
(4) All committee reports shall be spread upon the journal. The journal of the house shall contain an exact copy of all committee reports, together with the names of the members signing such reports.
(5) Every vote to report a bill out of committee shall be taken by the yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against, as well as the names of members absent, shall be recorded on the committee report. Any member may call for a recorded vote, which shall include the names of absent members, on any substantive question before the committee. A copy of all recorded committee votes shall be kept by the chief clerk and shall be available for public inspection.
(6) All bills having a direct appropriation shall be referred to the appropriate fiscal committee before their final passage.
(7) No standing committee shall vote by secret written ballot on any issue.
(8) During its consideration of or vote on any bill, resolution, or memorial, the deliberations of any standing committee of the house of representatives shall be open to the public.
(9) A standing committee to which a bill was originally referred shall, prior to voting the bill out of committee, consider whether the bill authorizes rule-making powers or requires the exercise of rule-making powers and, if so, consider:
(a) The nature of the new rule-making powers; and
(b) To which agencies the new rule-making powers would be delegated and which agencies, if any, may have related rule-making powers.
(10) Standing committee subcommittees established in Rule 23 have the same powers and duties as standing committees.
(11) Insofar as practicable, testimony in public hearings should be balanced between those in support of and in opposition to proposed legislation, with consideration given to providing an opportunity for members of the public to testify within available time.
Standing Committees - Expenses - Subpoena Power
Rule 25. Regardless of whether the legislature is in session, members of the house may receive from moneys appropriated for the legislature, reimbursement for necessary travel expenses, and payments in lieu of subsistence and lodging for conducting official business of the house.
The standing committees of the house may have the powers of subpoena, the power to administer oaths, and the power to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses in accordance with the provisions of chapter 44.16 RCW. Before a standing committee of the house may issue any process, the committee chairperson shall submit for approval of the executive rules committee a statement of purpose setting forth the name or names of those subject to process. The process shall not be issued prior to approval by the executive rules committee. The process shall be limited to the named individuals.
Vetoed Bills
Rule 26. Veto messages of the governor shall be read in the house and entered upon the journal. It shall then be in order to proceed to reconsider the bill, refer it, lay it on the table, or postpone its consideration to a day certain.
The merits of the bill may be debated before the vote is taken, but the vote on a vetoed bill cannot be reconsidered.
In case of a bill containing several sections or items, one or more of which has been objected to by the governor, each section or item so objected to shall be voted upon separately by the house. Action by the house upon all vetoed bills shall be endorsed upon the bill and certified by the speaker.
Vetoed bills originating in the house, which have not been passed notwithstanding the veto of the governor, shall remain in the custody of the officers of the house until the close of the term, after which they shall be filed with the secretary of state.
Suspension of Compensation
Rule 27. (1) Any member of the house of representatives convicted and sentenced for any felony punishable by death or by imprisonment in a Washington state penal institution shall, as of the time of sentencing, be denied the legislative salary for future service and be denied per diem, compensation for expenses, office space facilities, and assistance. Any member convicted of a felony and sentenced therefor under any federal law or the law of any other state shall, as of the time of sentencing, be similarly denied such salary, per diem, expenses, facilities, and assistance if either (a) such crime would also constitute a crime punishable under the laws of Washington by death or by imprisonment in a state penal institution, or (b) the conduct resulting in the conviction and sentencing would also constitute a crime punishable under the laws of Washington by death or by imprisonment in a state penal institution.
(2) At any time, the house may vote by a constitutional majority to restore the salary, per diem, expenses, facilities, and assistance denied a member under subsection (1). If the conviction of a member is reversed, then the salary, per diem, and expense amounts denied the member since sentencing shall be forthwith paid, and the member shall thereafter have the rights and privileges of other members.
Smoking
Rule 28. Smoking of cigarettes, pipes, or cigars shall not be permitted at any public meeting of any committee of the house of representatives or within House facilities.
"No smoking" signs shall be posted so as to give notice of this rule.
Liquor
Rule 29. The House of Representatives shall strictly adhere to the liquor laws of the state of Washington, including provisions relating to banquet and special occasion permits. The proper permits must always be obtained before consumption of liquor in any house facility.
Parliamentary Rules
Rule 30. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Reed's Parliamentary Rules shall govern all cases in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the house.
Standing Rules Amendment
Rule 31. Any standing rule may be rescinded or changed by a majority vote of the members elected: PROVIDED, That the proposed change or changes be submitted at least one day in advance in writing to the members together with notice of the consideration thereof. Any standing rule may be suspended temporarily by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present except as provided in Rule 10.
Rules to Apply for Assembly
Rule 32. The permanent house rules adopted at the beginning of the term are to govern all acts of the house during the course of the term unless amended or repealed.
Legislative Mailings
Rule 33. The House of Representatives directs the house executive rules committee to adopt procedures and guidelines to ensure that all legislative mailings at public expense are for legitimate legislative purposes.
Representative Sullivan moved adoption of HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4648.
Representative Sullivan spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4648 was adopted.
There being no objection, the House reverted to the fourth order of business.
INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING
HB 2290 by Representative MacEwen
AN ACT Relating to limiting out-of-state requests for public records; amending RCW 42.56.010, 42.56.520, and 42.56.550; reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.080; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2291 by Representative MacEwen
AN ACT Relating to ensuring business vitality by allowing for total compensation when calculating the minimum wage rate and providing for youth wages; amending RCW 49.46.020 and 49.46.010; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
HB 2292 by Representative MacEwen
AN ACT Relating to circumstances under which the name of a candidate for elective office may appear on the ballot more than once; and amending RCW 29A.36.201.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2293 by Representative MacEwen
AN ACT Relating to presidential electors; and amending RCW 29A.56.310, 29A.56.320, and 29A.56.340.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2294 by Representatives Taylor, G. Hunt, Young, McCaslin, Shea, Scott, McCabe, Rodne, Chandler, Buys, Haler, Griffey, Short, Holy, MacEwen, Pike, Harris, Condotta, Van Werven and Klippert
AN ACT Relating to restricting public funds from being used for elective abortions; amending RCW 9.02.100, 9.02.160, 9.02.170, and 43.70.040; reenacting and amending RCW 74.09.659; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2295 by Representatives Rossetti, Orcutt and Blake
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the reduction in state basic education funding that occurs in counties with federal forest lands; amending RCW 28A.150.250 and 28A.520.020; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2296 by Representatives Rossetti, Orcutt and Blake
AN ACT Relating to the taxing authority of public facilities districts; and amending RCW 82.14.390.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2297 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to surname changes; amending RCW 9A.44.130; adding a new section to chapter 26.04 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2298 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to survivor benefits from the public employees' retirement system for survivors of members in registered domestic partnerships prior to December 2012; and amending RCW 41.40.188, 41.40.660, and 41.40.845.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2299 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to the public disclosure commission concerning responsibilities and funding; adding a new section to chapter 42.17A RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2300 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to protecting the personal information of a person acting as a guardian ad litem; adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2301 by Representatives Hargrove and Reykdal
AN ACT Relating to increasing the number of state need grant recipients by awarding the community and technical college rate in certain financial aid programs for a student's first two years of postsecondary credit; amending RCW 28B.92.020, 28B.92.060, and 28B.118.010; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 2302 by Representative Muri
AN ACT Relating to the election of county prosecutor as a nonpartisan office; amending RCW 29A.04.110, 29A.52.231, 36.16.110, 36.16.115, and 42.12.040; and repealing 2013 c 11 s 45.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2303 by Representatives Van De Wege, Dunshee, Tharinger, Pettigrew and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to the international wildland urban interface code; and amending RCW 19.27.031.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 2304 by Representatives DeBolt, Schmick, Cody, Tharinger and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to prescriptive authority of naturopaths; amending RCW 69.43.135; reenacting and amending RCW 18.36A.020, 69.41.030, 69.45.010, and 69.50.101; and adding a new section to chapter 18.36A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2305 by Representatives Ryu, Vick and Zeiger
AN ACT Relating to the handling of certain personal property in a self-service storage facility; and amending RCW 19.150.060 and 19.150.160.
Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.
HB 2306 by Representative Sawyer
AN ACT Relating to the prohibition of racially offensive school names; adding a new section to chapter 28A.642 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2307 by Representatives Farrell, Senn, Riccelli, Appleton, Wylie, Robinson, Tarleton, Goodman, Ormsby, Tharinger, Gregerson, Pollet, Sullivan, Stanford, Jinkins, Kuderer, Ortiz-Self and S. Hunt
AN ACT Relating to providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women; amending RCW 49.60.030 and 49.60.180; and adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
HB 2308 by Representative Van De Wege
AN ACT Relating to applications for forest practices on lands located within the boundaries of master planned resorts established under chapter 36.70A RCW; and amending RCW 76.09.050 and 76.09.240.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2309 by Representatives Smith, Stanford and Griffey
AN ACT Relating to increasing the available term of water pollution control revolving fund program loans to reflect the 2014 amendments to the federal clean water act allowing such an increase; and amending RCW 90.50A.010, 90.50A.020, 90.50A.030, 90.50A.040, and 90.50A.050.
Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.
HB 2310 by Representatives Van De Wege, Dunshee and Pettigrew
AN ACT Relating to fire prevention in 2016; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2311 by Representatives Blake, Scott, Hargrove, Hurst, McCaslin, Griffey, Rodne, Manweller, Buys and Holy
AN ACT Relating to the validity of administrative rules; and adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2312 by Representatives Harmsworth, Bergquist, Buys, Stambaugh, Hayes, Magendanz, Zeiger, Stanford, Orcutt, Rodne, Manweller, Shea, McCaslin, Stokesbary, Caldier, Wilcox and Young
AN ACT Relating to operation of the Interstate 405 express toll lanes; amending RCW 47.56.880; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2313 by Representatives Orwall, Magendanz, S. Hunt, Harris, Cody, Johnson, Stanford, Nealey, Haler, Goodman, Riccelli, DeBolt, Pollet, Short, Kagi, Jinkins and Stokesbary
AN ACT Relating to protecting youth from tobacco products and vapor products by increasing the minimum legal age of sale of tobacco and vapor products; and amending RCW 70.155.005, 26.28.080, 70.155.010, 70.155.020, 70.155.030, 70.155.110, and 70.155.120.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2314 by Representatives Goodman, Hayes and Pettigrew
AN ACT Relating to the manufacture, sale, distribution, and installation of motor vehicle air bags; amending RCW 46.37.640, 46.37.650, 46.37.660, 46.63.020, and 9.94A.515; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
HB 2315 by Representative Kirby
AN ACT Relating to the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account; amending RCW 43.320.140 and 36.22.181; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.
HB 2316 by Representative Kirby
AN ACT Relating to clarifying, and making department of financial institutions technical regulatory changes to, the securities act of Washington; amending RCW 21.20.040, 21.20.110, 21.20.120, 21.20.140, 21.20.270, 21.20.275, 21.20.280, 21.20.300, 21.20.325, 21.20.340, 21.20.360, 21.20.390, 21.20.710, 21.20.727, and 21.20.883; and reenacting RCW 21.20.400.
Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.
HB 2317 by Representatives Van De Wege, Tharinger, Pettigrew and Moeller
AN ACT Relating to expanding the use of neighborhood and medium-speed electric vehicles; amending RCW 46.61.723 and 46.61.725; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2318 by Representatives Van De Wege and Tharinger
AN ACT Relating to adding an additional exception to chapter 16.30 RCW that applies to possessors of potentially dangerous wild animals that are licensed by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act; and amending RCW 16.30.020.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2319 by Representatives Jinkins, DeBolt and Tharinger
AN ACT Relating to prescription drug insurance continuity of care; and amending RCW 48.43.515.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2320 by Representatives Stokesbary, Hurst and Peterson
AN ACT Relating to providing that the horse racing commission operating account is a nonappropriated account; and amending RCW 67.16.280.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
HB 2321 by Representatives Stokesbary, Reykdal and Peterson
AN ACT Relating to removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process; amending RCW 52.26.030, 52.26.230, 84.52.043, 84.52.043, 84.52.125, and 84.55.092; reenacting and amending RCW 52.26.020, 84.52.010, and 84.52.010; adding a new section to chapter 52.26 RCW; creating a new section; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 2322 by Representative Zeiger
AN ACT Relating to the vehicle license cost recovery fee charged for certain rental car transactions; and reenacting and amending RCW 47.04.310.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2323 by Representatives Kilduff and Walsh
AN ACT Relating to the creation of the Washington achieving a better life experience program; amending RCW 43.33A.190; reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040; adding new sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.
HB 2324 by Representative Van De Wege
AN ACT Relating to educational interpreters; amending RCW 28A.410.271; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.155 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2325 by Representative Muri
AN ACT Relating to an elective firearms safety and hunter education course for high school students; amending RCW 77.32.155; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2326 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to streamlining the independent review organization process by transferring regulatory authority over independent review organizations from the department of health to the insurance commissioner and requiring independent review organizations to report decisions and associated information directly to the insurance commissioner; amending RCW 43.70.235, 41.05.017, and 70.47.130; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; creating a new section; and recodifying RCW 43.70.235.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2327 by Representative Appleton
AN ACT Relating to the protection of horses and other equines from slaughter for human consumption; amending RCW 16.68.140; reenacting and amending RCW 16.68.010; adding a new section to chapter 16.52 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2328 by Representative Appleton
AN ACT Relating to providing women with timely information regarding their breast health; and adding a new section to chapter 70.54 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2329 by Representatives Haler, Reykdal, Zeiger and Pettigrew
AN ACT Relating to including certain residents who do not have a high school diploma or credential and the number of students expected to enroll in basic education for adults courses at community and technical colleges in caseload forecast council forecasting; amending RCW 43.88C.010; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 2330 by Representative Muri
AN ACT Relating to parking spaces with electric vehicle charging stations; amending RCW 46.08.185; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2331 by Representatives Chandler, Stanford, Blake, Kretz, Wilcox and Walkinshaw
AN ACT Relating to the expiration date of the invasive species council and account; and amending RCW 79A.25.310 and 79A.25.370.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2332 by Representative Kirby
AN ACT Relating to the filing and public disclosure of health care provider compensation; reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.400; reenacting RCW 48.46.243; creating a new section; repealing RCW 48.44.070; and repealing 2015 c 122 s 24, 2015 c 17 s 16, and 2013 c 277 s 6 (uncodified).
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2333 by Representative Reykdal
AN ACT Relating to providing a choice between membership in the public employees' retirement system plans 2 and 3 for employees age twenty-five or less in subsequent terms of employment; and amending RCW 41.40.785 and 41.54.010.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2334 by Representative Ryu
AN ACT Relating to the excise taxation of martial arts; amending RCW 82.04.050; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 2335 by Representative Cody
AN ACT Relating to health care provider credentialing; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 18.130 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2336 by Representative Manweller
AN ACT Relating to implementing joint legislative audit and review committee recommendations to improve claims management and efficiencies in workers' compensation; amending RCW 51.14.120; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
HB 2337 by Representative Manweller
AN ACT Relating to implementing joint legislative audit and review committee recommendations to improve claims management and efficiencies in workers' compensation; amending RCW 51.32.090; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
HB 2338 by Representative Manweller
AN ACT Relating to implementing joint legislative audit and review committee recommendations to improve claims management and efficiencies in workers' compensation; amending RCW 51.32.090; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
HB 2339 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to health coverage for residential treatment; and amending RCW 41.05.600, 48.20.580, 48.21.241, 48.41.220, 48.44.341, 48.46.291, and 70.47.200.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2340 by Representative Schmick
AN ACT Relating to the Washington state health insurance pool; and amending RCW 48.41.100 and 48.41.160.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2341 by Representative Orwall
AN ACT Relating to DNA biological samples; and amending RCW 43.43.754.
Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
HB 2342 by Representative Hurst
AN ACT Relating to performance of personal services by members of the liquor industry to retailers; and amending RCW 66.28.310.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
HB 2343 by Representative Cody
AN ACT Relating to granting limited licenses to medical school graduates who are not participating in a residency program; amending RCW 18.71.095; adding new sections to chapter 18.57 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 18.71 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2344 by Representative Morris
AN ACT Relating to county ferry districts; amending RCW 36.54.110, 36.54.120, and 36.54.200; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
HB 2345 by Representatives Morris and Smith
AN ACT Relating to the deployment of combined heat and power systems; and adding a new section to chapter 80.28 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Technology & Economic Development.
HB 2346 by Representatives Morris and Smith
AN ACT Relating to promoting a sustainable, local renewable energy industry through modifying renewable energy system tax incentives and providing guidance for renewable energy system component recycling; amending RCW 82.16.120, 82.16.130, 82.08.962, 82.08.963, 82.12.962, and 82.12.963; adding new sections to chapter 82.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.95N RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Technology & Economic Development.
HB 2347 by Representative Hurst
AN ACT Relating to reducing the tax on useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products; and amending RCW 69.50.535.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
HB 2348 by Representatives Hawkins, Gregerson, Kilduff, Peterson, Dent, Johnson, Wylie, Haler, Manweller, Dye, Riccelli, Magendanz, Harris, Ortiz-Self, Fey, Klippert, Orwall, Nealey, Kuderer, Muri, Appleton, Smith, Reykdal, Zeiger, Ormsby, Robinson, McCabe, Stanford, Walsh and Hayes
AN ACT Relating to providing local governments with flexibility regarding local fireworks ordinances; amending RCW 70.77.250; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 2349 by Representative Haler
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the term "branch" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 28B.12.030, 28B.15.0139, 28B.45.010, 28B.45.012, 28B.45.014, 28B.45.020, 28B.45.0201, 28B.45.030, 28B.45.040, 28B.45.080, 28B.50.820, 34.05.514, 44.28.816, 43.41.393, 43.88D.010, and 84.14.010.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 2350 by Representative Cody
AN ACT Relating to defining the administration of medication by medical assistants; and amending RCW 18.360.010.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2351 by Representative Stanford
AN ACT Relating to providing consumer notice regarding cinnamon sources that naturally contain high levels of coumarin; adding a new section to chapter 69.04 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2352 by Representative Stanford
AN ACT Relating to riparian restoration and planting on farmlands; and amending RCW 79A.15.130.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
HB 2353 by Representatives S. Hunt, Stokesbary, Gregerson, Johnson, Haler and Pollet
AN ACT Relating to civil penalties for knowing attendance by a member of a governing body at a meeting held in violation of the open public meetings act; amending RCW 42.30.120; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on State Government.
HB 2354 by Representative Moeller
AN ACT Relating to assault weapons and large capacity magazines; amending RCW 9.41.010 and 9.94A.515; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2355 by Representatives Kirby and Vick
AN ACT Relating to registered service contract and protection product guarantee providers; and amending RCW 48.110.030, 48.110.050, 48.110.055, 48.110.073, 48.110.130, and 48.110.902.
Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.
HB 2356 by Representatives Kirby and Vick
AN ACT Relating to employer agreements to reimburse certain employee costs for the use of personal vehicles for business purposes; and reenacting and amending RCW 48.110.015.
Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.
HB 2357 by Representatives Peterson, Young and S. Hunt
AN ACT Relating to the authority of the pollution liability insurance agency; amending RCW 70.148.020, 70.148.900, 70.149.900, 82.23A.020, and 82.23A.902; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092 and 43.84.092; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; making an appropriation; providing an effective date; providing a contingent effective date; providing expiration dates; and providing a contingent expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Environment.
HB 2358 by Representatives Kochmar and Gregerson
AN ACT Relating to water-sewer districts; amending RCW 57.08.016 and 70.95A.020; adding a new section to chapter 57.20 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 57.08 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
HB 2359 by Representative Goodman
AN ACT Relating to updating obsolete provisions and making technical corrections; amending RCW 6.21.040, 6.23.030, 9.96.020, 10.14.085, 10.37.040, 11.28.090, 11.28.140, 11.68.110, 11.88.140, 12.04.020, 12.04.030, 12.04.100, 12.04.201, 12.04.203, 12.04.204, 12.04.205, 12.04.206, 12.04.207, 12.40.110, 17.28.090, 18.44.251, 19.120.040, 26.04.090, 26.18.100, 26.50.085, 35.22.110, 35.58.090, 35A.08.120, 36.24.110, 36.60.020, 36.68.470, 41.50.590, 43.20B.040, 58.09.080, 60.08.020, 61.12.020, 64.04.030, 64.04.040, 64.04.050, 64.08.060, 64.08.070, 65.12.035, 65.12.125, 65.12.230, 65.12.235, 65.12.255, 65.12.270, 67.38.030, 84.40.320, 85.28.060, 88.32.070, 88.32.140, 91.08.380, 49.12.450, and 70.95G.030; amending 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 1905 (uncodified); reenacting RCW 28B.15.069 and 43.19.501; repealing RCW 19.27A.035; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2360 by Representatives Lytton, Magendanz and Sullivan
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the quality education council; amending RCW 28A.175.075, 28A.230.090, 28A.300.136, and 28A.400.201; and repealing RCW 28A.290.010 and 28A.290.020.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2361 by Representatives Lytton, Magendanz and Sullivan
AN ACT Relating to delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid; amending RCW 84.52.0531; amending 2013 c 242 s 10, 2012 1st sp.s. c 10 s 10, 2010 c 237 ss 9, 8, and 10, and 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 1905 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 84.52.0531; creating a new section; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Education.
HB 2362 by Representatives Hansen, Pettigrew and Nealey
AN ACT Relating to video and/or sound recordings made by law enforcement or corrections officers; amending RCW 42.56.120; reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.240 and 42.56.080; adding a new chapter to Title 10 RCW; creating new sections; and providing expiration dates.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2363 by Representatives Cody and Harris
AN ACT Relating to pharmaceutical drug cost and utilization transparency; amending RCW 43.371.060; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.371.010.
Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
HB 2364 by Representative Wylie
AN ACT Relating to the licensing of marijuana-related businesses involving a partnership, employee cooperative, association, nonprofit corporation, corporation, or limited liability company; and amending RCW 69.50.331.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
HB 2365 by Representatives Wylie and Hurst
AN ACT Relating to allowing marijuana retailers to sell marijuana merchandise; amending RCW 69.50.357, 69.50.342, and 69.50.345; reenacting and amending RCW 69.50.101; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
HB 2366 by Representatives Lytton, Magendanz and Sullivan
AN ACT Relating to basic education obligations; creating new sections; making appropriations; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2367 by Representatives Magendanz, Springer and Stokesbary
AN ACT Relating to public schools that are not common schools; amending RCW 28A.150.310, 28A.185.040, 28A.193.080, 28A.205.070, 28A.215.060, 28A.715.040, and 28B.76.526; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.710.010, 28A.710.020, 28A.710.030, 28A.710.040, 28A.710.050, 28A.710.060, 28A.710.070, 28A.710.080, 28A.710.090, 28A.710.100, 28A.710.110, 28A.710.120, 28A.710.130, 28A.710.140, 28A.710.150, 28A.710.160, 28A.710.170, 28A.710.180, 28A.710.190, 28A.710.200, 28A.710.210, 28A.710.220, 28A.710.230, 28A.710.250, 28A.150.010, and 28A.315.005; reenacting RCW 28A.710.240, 28A.710.260, 41.32.033, 41.35.035, 41.40.025, 41.05.011, 41.56.0251, and 41.59.031; adding new sections to chapter 28A.710 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 28A.710.005; making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Education.
There being no objection, the bills listed on the day’s introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eighth order of business.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1182
HOUSE BILL NO. 1341
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1654
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1685
HOUSE BILL NO. 1742
HOUSE BILL NO. 1755
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1836
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1106
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1109
HOUSE BILL NO. 1152
HOUSE BILL NO. 1169
HOUSE BILL NO. 1230
HOUSE BILL NO. 1345
HOUSE BILL NO. 1395
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1439
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1682
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1696
HOUSE BILL NO. 1704
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1725
HOUSE BILL NO. 1732
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1737
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1740
HOUSE BILL NO. 1775
HOUSE BILL NO. 1863
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2109
SECOND ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 2214
HOUSE BILL NO. 2221
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2239
HOUSE BILL NO. 2268
HOUSE BILL NO. 2269
HOUSE BILL NO. 2270
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1048
HOUSE BILL NO. 1062
HOUSE BILL NO. 1065
HOUSE BILL NO. 1171
HOUSE BILL NO. 1176
HOUSE BILL NO. 1212
HOUSE BILL NO. 1249
HOUSE BILL NO. 1329
HOUSE BILL NO. 1336
HOUSE BILL NO. 1415
HOUSE BILL NO. 1475
HOUSE BILL NO. 1579
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1761
HOUSE BILL NO. 1871
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2131
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Business & Financial Services.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1634
HOUSE BILL NO. 1693
HOUSE BILL NO. 2035
HOUSE BILL NO. 2146
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Capital Budget.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bill:
HOUSE BILL NO. 2001
and the bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce & Gaming.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1511
HOUSE BILL NO. 1631
HOUSE BILL NO. 1997
HOUSE BILL NO. 2114
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1150
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1436
HOUSE BILL NO. 1481
HOUSE BILL NO. 1672
HOUSE BILL NO. 1728
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1735
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1800
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1999
HOUSE BILL NO. 2100
HOUSE BILL NO. 2113
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1121
HOUSE BILL NO. 1142
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1149
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1295
HOUSE BILL NO. 1331
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1408
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1495
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1541
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1562
HOUSE BILL NO. 1666
HOUSE BILL NO. 1714
HOUSE BILL NO. 1771
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1783
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1790
HOUSE BILL NO. 1804
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1855
HOUSE BILL NO. 1865
HOUSE BILL NO. 2023
HOUSE BILL NO. 2048
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Education.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1472
HOUSE BILL NO. 1487
HOUSE BILL NO. 1715
HOUSE BILL NO. 1833
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1845
HOUSE BILL NO. 1891
HOUSE BILL NO. 2061
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 4009
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Environment.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1107
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1551
HOUSE BILL NO. 1678
HOUSE BILL NO. 1689
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 2084
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2156
HOUSE BILL NO. 2211
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Finance.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1008
HOUSE BILL NO. 1055
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1391
HOUSE BILL NO. 2125
and the bills were referred to the Committee on General Government & Information Technology.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1005
HOUSE BILL NO. 1042
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1053
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1103
HOUSE BILL NO. 1134
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1135
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1186
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1190
HOUSE BILL NO. 1403
HOUSE BILL NO. 1437
HOUSE BILL NO. 1626
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1667
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1762
HOUSE BILL NO. 1852
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1916
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1956
HOUSE BILL NO. 2044
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1236
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1238
HOUSE BILL NO. 1445
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1644
SECOND ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1825
HOUSE BILL NO. 1880
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2041
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1034
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1037
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1070
HOUSE BILL NO. 1071
HOUSE BILL NO. 1092
HOUSE BILL NO. 1111
HOUSE BILL NO. 1120
HOUSE BILL NO. 1129
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1257
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1258
HOUSE BILL NO. 1260
HOUSE BILL NO. 1407
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1448
HOUSE BILL NO. 1476
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1536
HOUSE BILL NO. 1567
HOUSE BILL NO. 1574
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1713
HOUSE BILL NO. 1726
HOUSE BILL NO. 1731
HOUSE BILL NO. 1917
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2060
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1195
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1211
HOUSE BILL NO. 1231
HOUSE BILL NO. 1354
HOUSE BILL NO. 1355
HOUSE BILL NO. 1356
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1646
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1651
HOUSE BILL NO. 1930
HOUSE BILL NO. 1987
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1197
HOUSE BILL NO. 1310
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1368
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1417
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1420
HOUSE BILL NO. 1529
HOUSE BILL NO. 1605
HOUSE BILL NO. 1702
HOUSE BILL NO. 1707
HOUSE BILL NO. 1799
HOUSE BILL NO. 1802
HOUSE BILL NO. 1815
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1850
HOUSE BILL NO. 1911
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Local Government.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1499
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1632
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1668
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1729
HOUSE BILL NO. 1744
HOUSE BILL NO. 2098
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1089
HOUSE BILL NO. 1136
HOUSE BILL NO. 1143
HOUSE BILL NO. 1217
HOUSE BILL NO. 1235
HOUSE BILL NO. 1364
HOUSE BILL NO. 1635
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1745
HOUSE BILL NO. 1849
HOUSE BILL NO. 1866
HOUSE BILL NO. 1920
HOUSE BILL NO. 1942
HOUSE BILL NO. 2133
and the bills were referred to the Committee on State Government.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1265
HOUSE BILL NO. 1670
HOUSE BILL NO. 1843
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1998
HOUSE BILL NO. 2002
HOUSE BILL NO. 2064
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Technology & Economic Development.
There being no objection, the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. 1007
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1087
HOUSE BILL NO. 1112
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1159
HOUSE BILL NO. 1218
HOUSE BILL NO. 1221
HOUSE BILL NO. 1298
HOUSE BILL NO. 1393
HOUSE BILL NO. 1396
HOUSE BILL NO. 1404
HOUSE BILL NO. 1585
HOUSE BILL NO. 1757
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1808
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1822
HOUSE BILL NO. 1882
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1892
HOUSE BILL NO. 1993
HOUSE BILL NO. 1995
HOUSE BILL NO. 2127
HOUSE BILL NO. 2142
and the bills were referred to the Committee on Transportation.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
The Speaker announced the following committee appointments:
Representative Appleton is appointed Chair of the Committee on Local Government and removed from the Committee on State Government.
Representative Berquist is appointed to the Committee on Rules.
Representative Dunshee is appointed Chair of the Committee on Appropriations and removed from the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
Representative Fitzgibbon is appointed to the Committee on Appropriations and removed from the Committee on Finance.
Representative Frame is appointed to the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Higher Education, and the Committee on State Government.
Representative Harmsworth is appointed Assistant Ranking Member to the Committee on Transportation.
Representative Harris is appointed to the Committee on Education and removed from the Committee on Rules.
Representative Hawkins is removed from the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
Representative Hickel is appointed to the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs, the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Transportation.
Representative Johnson is appointed to the Committee on General Government & Information Technology and removed from the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
Representative Kuderer is appointed to the Committee on Education, the Committee on Judiciary and the Committee on General Government & Information Technology as Vice Chair.
Representative Lytton is appointed Chair of the Committee on Finance, removed from the Committee on Education and the Committee on Rules, and removed as Vice Chair of the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.
Representative McCabe is removed from the Committee on General Government & Information Technology.
Representative Moscoso is appointed to the Committee on State Government and removed from the Committee on Community Development, Housing &Tribal Affairs.
Representative Parker is removed from the Committee on Education.
Representative Riccelli is appointed to the Committee on Rules.
Representative Robinson is appointed to the Committee on Appropriations and is appointed Vice Chair of the Committee on Finance.
Representative Rossetti is appointed to the Committee on Education, the Committee on Technology & Economic Development and the Committee on Transportation.
Representative Ryu is appointed to the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs, as chair, and removed from the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Technology & Economic Development, and removed as Vice Chair of the Committee on Business and Financial Services.
Representative Senn is appointed Vice Chair of the Committee on Early Learning & Human Services and removed as the Vice Chair of the Committee on General Government & Information Technology.
Representative Stambaugh is appointed to the Committee on Transportation.
Representative Stanford is appointed Vice Chair of the Committee on Business & Financial Services.
Representative Tharinger is appointed to the Committee on Capital Budget, as Chair, and removed from the Committee on Finance.
Representative Walkinshaw is appointed to the Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources, as Vice Chair, removed from the Committee on Judiciary, and removed as Vice Chair of the Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.
Representative Wilson is appointed Ranking Member of the Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs and removed from the Committee on Transportation.
Representative Zeiger is removed from the Committee on Transportation.
There being no objection, the House adjourned until 9:55 a.m., January 12, 2016, the 2nd Day of the Regular Session.
FRANK CHOPP, Speaker
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk
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Other Action........................................ 24
4413
Second Reading.................................. 7
Third Reading Adopted....................... 7
Other Action.......................................... 7
4414
Second Reading.................................. 7
Third Reading Adopted....................... 7
Other Action.......................................... 7
4647
Introduced............................................. 7
Adopted.................................................. 7
4648
Introduced........................................... 15
Adopted............................................... 15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Committee Appointments................. 27
Personal Privilege, Representative Kristiansen 5
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE