NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia

Thursday, January 14, 2016

The Senate was called to order at 12:00 o’clock noon by the President of the Senate, Lt. Governor Owen presiding. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the fourth order of business.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

January 14, 2016

MR. PRESIDENT:

The House has adopted:

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8406, and the same is herewith transmitted.

BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 6279 by Senators Hill and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to the caseload forecast council; amending RCW 43.88C.010, 43.88C.020, and 43.88C.050; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6280 by Senator Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to forest practices board rules to decrease risks to public safety from potentially unstable slopes; amending RCW 76.09.370; reenacting and amending RCW 76.09.020; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6281 by Senators Fain, Pedersen, Baumgartner and Frockt

AN ACT Relating to athlete agents; amending RCW 19.225.010, 19.225.020, 19.225.030, 19.225.040, 19.225.050, 19.225.060, 19.225.070, 19.225.080, 19.225.090, 19.225.100, and 19.225.120; and adding a new section to chapter 19.225 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6282 by Senators Benton, Hasegawa, Mullet and Angel

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 Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6283 by Senators Benton, Mullet and Angel

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 Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6284 by Senators Takko and Roach

AN ACT Relating to preventing water-sewer districts from prohibiting multipurpose fire sprinkler systems; and adding a new section to chapter 57.02 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6285 by Senators Fain, Hobbs and Roach

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 & Labor.

SB 6286 by Senators Pearson, Roach, Padden, Takko, Hargrove, Billig, Hewitt and Conway

AN ACT Relating to reimbursement of correctional employees for offender assaults; and amending RCW 72.09.240.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6287 by Senators Honeyford, Ericksen, Dansel, Pearson, Bailey, Schoesler, Brown, Parlette, Roach, Hobbs and Hewitt

AN ACT Relating to the definition of hydraulic project in relation to the hydraulic project approval permits; and reenacting and amending RCW 77.55.011.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6288 by Senators Baumgartner, Billig, Frockt, Pedersen, Darneille, Mullet, Conway and Liias

AN ACT Relating to extending the motion picture competitiveness program; and amending RCW 82.04.4489.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6289 by Senators Baumgartner and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to employing certain independent contractors through the use of a digital platform; amending RCW 51.12.020; and adding a new section to chapter 51.08 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6290 by Senators Honeyford, Hobbs and Parlette

AN ACT Relating to the apple commission; amending RCW 15.24.010, 15.24.020, 15.24.030, 15.24.035, 15.24.073, 15.24.080, 15.24.090, 15.24.100, 15.24.110, 15.24.120, and 15.24.900; and repealing RCW 15.24.033, 15.24.040, 15.24.060, 15.24.086, and 15.24.170.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 6291 by Senators Braun, Becker, Angel, Rivers, Sheldon and Liias

AN ACT Relating to using weighted grade point averages for accelerated courses; amending RCW 28A.230.125; and creating a new section.

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

SB 6292 by Senators Braun, Becker, Rivers and Sheldon

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 Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6293 by Senators Braun, Bailey, Rivers, Conway and Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to student volunteers; and amending RCW 51.12.170.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6294 by Senators Hasegawa, McCoy, Pedersen and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to collecting data regarding occasions of justifiable homicide or use of deadly force; and adding a new section to chapter 10.93 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6295 by Senators Hasegawa and McCoy

AN ACT Relating to clarifying the venue in which coroner's inquests are to be convened and payment of related costs; and amending RCW 36.24.020.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6296 by Senators Parlette, Ranker and Fraser

AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date of the habitat and recreation lands coordinating group; amending RCW 79A.25.260; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6297 by Senators King and Takko

AN ACT Relating to the disposition of penalties paid for failure to comply with recreational site or lands pass/permit requirements; amending RCW 7.84.100; and reenacting and amending RCW 3.62.020.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6298 by Senators Frockt, Litzow, O'Ban, Fain, Mullet, Dammeier, Jayapal, Billig, Rivers, Pedersen, Rolfes, Darneille, McAuliffe, Hasegawa, Carlyle, Habib, Keiser, Conway and Liias

AN ACT Relating to homeless student stability and opportunities; amending RCW 28A.300.540; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.185C RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; creating new sections; and making appropriations.

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

SB 6299 by Senators King and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to correcting certain manifest drafting errors in chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. (transportation revenue); amending RCW 46.20.202 and 82.70.040; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6300 by Senators O'Ban, Hobbs, Fain, Dammeier and Conway

AN ACT Relating to pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families; and adding new sections to chapter 43.10 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6301 by Senators Benton and Mullet

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 Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6302 by Senators Rivers and Conway

AN ACT Relating to establishing crimes related to minors entering, remaining in, or being served by a marijuana retail outlet; amending RCW 69.50.357; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6303 by Senators Rivers, Conway and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to allowing for proper disposal of unsellable marijuana by a licensed marijuana retail outlet; amending RCW 69.50.357; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6304 by Senators Rivers, Conway and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to the sale of marijuana to regulated cooperatives; amending RCW 69.50.325 and 69.51A.250; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6305 by Senators Rivers and Conway

AN ACT Relating to the authority of liquor enforcement officers; and amending RCW 66.44.010.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6306 by Senator Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to creating a fossil fuel carbon pollution tax; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; adding a new chapter to Title 82 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 6307 by Senators King, Hobbs and Liias

AN ACT Relating to transportation funding and appropriations; amending RCW 46.20.202 and 81.53.281; amending 2015 1st sp.s. c 10 ss 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 201-211, 213-223, 301-311, and 401-407 (uncodified); amending 2015 3rd sp.s. c 43 s 606 (uncodified); amending 2015 3rd sp.s. c 4 ss 728-735 (uncodified); adding new sections to 2015 1st sp.s. c 10 (uncodified); repealing 2015 3rd sp.s. c 43 ss 201-207, 301-309, and 401 (uncodified); making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6308 by Senators Takko, Warnick and Ranker

AN ACT Relating to migratory bird hunting fees; amending RCW 77.32.350; and adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 6309 by Senators Angel and Hobbs

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 Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 6310 by Senators Jayapal, Pedersen, Carlyle, Frockt, Ranker, Cleveland, Fraser, Hasegawa, Habib and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to promoting the safety of children and communities through responsible storage of firearms; amending RCW 9.41.010; adding new sections to chapter 9.41 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6311 by Senators Keiser, Darneille, Takko, Hobbs and Conway

AN ACT Relating to providing a property tax exemption for certain property within an affordable housing incentive zone; and adding new sections to chapter 84.36 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 6312 by Senators Keiser, Roach and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to the core legislative powers of elected commissioners of a public hospital district; amending RCW 70.44.007; adding new sections to chapter 70.44 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6313 by Senators Fain and Mullet

AN ACT Relating to modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents; amending RCW 27.12.190; and adding a new section to chapter 27.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6314 by Senators Fain and Mullet

AN ACT Relating to county road administration and maintenance; amending RCW 35.21.790, 35A.21.210, 36.87.120, 36.80.015, 36.80.030, 36.80.040, 36.80.050, 36.80.060, and 36.32.235; adding a new section to chapter 36.75 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6315 by Senators Roach, Takko, Fain and Mullet

AN ACT Relating to local government modernization; amending RCW 19.360.020, 19.360.030, 19.360.040, 19.360.050, 19.360.060, and 36.32.245; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6316 by Senator Parlette

AN ACT Relating to designated disaster area financing; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 39 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.

SB 6317 by Senators Padden, Takko, Dammeier, Hargrove and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to the establishment of an office of superior courts; and adding a new chapter to Title 2 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6318 by Senators Baumgartner, Conway, Litzow and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry; amending RCW 18.32.020; and adding a new section to chapter 18.32 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6319 by Senators Jayapal, Litzow, Billig, Mullet, Hobbs, Fain, Hasegawa and Habib

AN ACT Relating to civil service qualifications; amending RCW 41.08.070, 41.12.070, 41.14.100, 43.101.080, and 43.101.095; and adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6320 by Senators Habib, Liias, Jayapal, Keiser, Conway and Frockt

AN ACT Relating to prescription drugs and capping consumer costs; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, pursuant to Rule 48, the rules were suspended and without objection the Committee on Rules was relieved of the following measures which were referred to the committees as designated: Senate Bill No. 5041, relating to sexual exploitation, Senate Bill No. 5124, relating to electronic smoking devices and Senate Bill No. 5277, relating to patronizing a prostitute, which were referred to the Committee on Law & Justice; Senate Bill No. 5245, relating to substance abuse programs, which was referred to the Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing; Senate Bill No. 5509, relating to occupational disease claims, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce & Labor; Senate Bill No. 5526, relating to bullying, etc., in schools, which was referred to the Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education; Senate Bill No. 5604, relating to countywide planning policies, which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations & Security; Senate Bill No. 5778, relating to ambulatory surgical facility, Senate Bill No. 5443, relating to provider compensation disclosure and Senate Bill No. 5947, relating to integrated care psychiatry, which were referred to the Committee on Health Care; and Senate Bill No. 5816, relating to traffic safety education, which was referred to the Committee on Transportation.

MOTION

At 12:01 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 o’clock a.m., Friday, January 15, 2016.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

HUNTER GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate

6279

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

6280

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

6281

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

6282

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

6283

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

6284

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

6285

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

6286

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

6287

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

6288