FIFTEENTH DAY
Senate Chamber, Olympia
Monday, January 25, 2016
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 o’clock noon by President of the Senate, Lt. Governor Owen. 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
There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 21, 2016
SB 6211 Prime Sponsor, Senator Dammeier: Concerning the exemption of property taxes for nonprofit homeownership development. Reported by Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators O'Ban, Chair; Miloscia, Vice Chair; Darneille, Ranking Minority Member and Padden.
Passed to Committee on Ways & Means.
January 21, 2016
SB 6376 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Recognizing human trafficking awareness day. Reported by Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing
MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators O'Ban, Chair; Darneille, Ranking Minority Member and Padden.
Passed to Committee on Law & Justice.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the third order of business.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER STATE OFFICERS
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MOTION
On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 6492 by Senators Pedersen and Roach
AN ACT Relating to filing documents with the corporations division of the secretary of state's office; amending RCW 43.07.173, 43.07.190, and 43.07.400; and repealing RCW 43.07.050, 43.07.090, 43.07.100, 43.07.110, and 43.07.205.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.
SB 6520 by Senators Ranker, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Conway, Keiser and Chase
AN ACT Relating to the presumption of occupational diseases for purposes of industrial insurance; amending RCW 51.32.185; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6521 by Senators Ericksen and Chase
AN ACT Relating to clarifying the application of chapter 81.77 RCW as it relates to recyclable materials collected from residential sources; and amending RCW 81.77.010 and 81.77.140.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
SB 6522 by Senators Hasegawa and Benton
AN ACT Relating to the regulation of employment agencies; reenacting and amending RCW 19.31.020; adding a new section to chapter 19.31 RCW; and repealing RCW 19.31.030, 19.31.040, 19.31.050, 19.31.060, 19.31.070, 19.31.080, 19.31.090, 19.31.100, 19.31.110, 19.31.120, 19.31.130, 19.31.140, 19.31.150, 19.31.160, 19.31.170, 19.31.180, 19.31.190, 19.31.210, 19.31.220, 19.31.230, 19.31.240, 19.31.245, 19.31.250, 19.31.260, 19.31.270, 19.31.900, and 19.31.910.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6523 by Senators Pearson, Hasegawa and Conway
AN ACT Relating to service credit for pension purposes for certain emergency medical services employees; adding a new section to chapter 41.40 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6524 by Senators Darneille, Jayapal, Hasegawa, Chase and Pedersen
AN ACT Relating to factors to be considered when sentencing youth in adult criminal court for crimes committed as minors; amending RCW 9.94A.535; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
SB 6525 by Senators Angel, Liias, Rolfes, Dammeier and Schoesler
AN ACT Relating to the state building code council; amending RCW 19.27.070, 19.27.074, 19.27A.020, and 19.27.085; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.
SB 6526 by Senators Benton, Hasegawa and Chase
AN ACT Relating to human trafficking definitions; and amending RCW 19.320.010.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6527 by Senators Brown, Rivers, Angel, Roach, Becker, Parlette, Schoesler, Bailey, Sheldon, Honeyford, Ericksen and Warnick
AN ACT Relating to incentivizing trade and economic development through state environmental policy reviews; adding new sections to chapter 43.21C RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
SB 6528 by Senators Brown, Sheldon, Dammeier, Parlette, Schoesler, Warnick, Honeyford, Braun, Angel, Hewitt, Miloscia, O'Ban, Becker, Rivers and Rolfes
AN ACT Relating to promoting economic development through protection of information technology resources; amending RCW 43.105.054; reenacting and amending RCW 43.105.020; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
SB 6529 by Senators Hargrove, Miloscia, Hewitt, Pedersen and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to strengthening opportunities for the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders; amending RCW 13.40.010, 13.40.127, 13.40.308, and 13.40.265; and reenacting and amending RCW 10.31.100.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
SB 6530 by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Keiser, McAuliffe, Conway and Jayapal
AN ACT Relating to providing public notices of public health, safety, and welfare in a language other than English; amending RCW 38.52.070; and adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.
SB 6531 by Senator Hargrove
AN ACT Relating to changing who the department of corrections is required to supervise; and reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.501.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
SB 6532 by Senators Chase, Benton, Cleveland, Conway, Hasegawa, McCoy, Keiser, Liias, McAuliffe, Fraser and Jayapal
AN ACT Relating to addressing workplace bullying by making it an unfair practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6533 by Senators McCoy, Ericksen, Sheldon and Takko
AN ACT Relating to improving the accuracy and transparency of the reporting and calculation of the fuel mix information to retail electric customers; amending RCW 19.29A.060, 19.29A.070, and 19.29A.080; and reenacting and amending RCW 19.29A.010.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
SB 6534 by Senators O'Ban and Becker
AN ACT Relating to establishing a maternal mortality review panel; and adding a new section to chapter 70.54 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
SB 6535 by Senators Warnick and Miloscia
AN ACT Relating to the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; and adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
SB 6536 by Senator Becker
AN ACT Relating to the filing and rating of group health benefit plans other than small group plans, all stand-alone dental plans, and stand-alone vision plans by disability insurers, health care service contractors, and health maintenance organizations; amending RCW 48.43.733; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
SB 6537 by Senators Warnick, Benton, Bailey, Becker, Takko, Angel, Schoesler, King, Brown, Honeyford and Hewitt
AN ACT Relating to irrigation under the federal Columbia Basin project; and amending RCW 90.44.510.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6538 by Senators Padden and Pedersen
AN ACT Relating to the superior court judges' association; amending RCW 2.16.010 and 9.94A.860; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
SB 6539 by Senators Chase and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to modifying the voter registration deadline for students at institutions of higher education; and amending RCW 29A.08.140.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Security.
SB 6540 by Senators Chase, Benton, Frockt, Nelson and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to ensuring safe playgrounds and turf fields; amending RCW 70.95.521, 70.95.530, and 28A.335.300; adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
SB 6541 by Senators Miloscia, Dammeier, O'Ban, Padden, Roach, Becker, Angel and Parlette
AN ACT Relating to the establishment of performance management systems at state hospitals; amending RCW 72.23.020 and 72.01.050; adding a new section to chapter 72.23 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW.
Referred to Committee on Accountability & Reform.
SB 6542 by Senators Benton, Pearson, Hargrove, Dansel, Hill and Litzow
AN ACT Relating to public disclosure and use of personal information; amending RCW 42.56.070 and 42.56.250; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
SB 6543 by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Roach, Becker, Miloscia and Rivers
AN ACT Relating to children and psychotropic medication; amending RCW 26.44.050; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
SB 6544 by Senators O'Ban and Darneille
AN ACT Relating to simplifying behavioral health regulations and aligning them with other health regulations to support clinical integration; and adding a new section to chapter 71.24 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
SB 6545 by Senator Ericksen
AN ACT Relating to creating a task force on Washington's clean energy economy; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
SB 6546 by Senators Roach and Hobbs
AN ACT Relating to actual utility costs of a landlord under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act; amending RCW 59.20.070; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.
SB 6547 by Senators Becker, Ranker, Miloscia, O'Ban, Dammeier, Schoesler, Angel, Roach, Litzow, Parlette, McAuliffe, Rolfes and Conway
AN ACT Relating to Washington state patrol officer recruitment and compensation; amending RCW 43.43.380, 46.68.030, 82.16.0496, and 82.04.4496; and adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SJM 8020 by Senator Rivers
Requesting Congress to expedite federal legislation that gives the United States extraterritorial jurisdiction over preclearance officers.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
SJR 8213 by Senators Hill, Fain, Parlette, Becker, Bailey, Miloscia, Braun, Angel, Brown, Schoesler, O'Ban, Warnick, Dammeier, Litzow, Honeyford, Ericksen, Sheldon, Rivers, Roach, Padden and Rolfes
Requiring the legislature to enact a four-year balanced budget.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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, and without objection, Senate Bill No. 6492 which had been held at the desk, on the previous legislative day, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations & Security.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Fain, and without objection, the Senate advanced to the eighth order of business.
MOTION
Senator Hasegawa moved adoption of the following resolution:
SENATE RESOLUTION
8693
By Senator Hasegawa
WHEREAS, Aviation pioneer Wong Tsoo became a naval cadet at age 12 in his native country of China and traveled to England in 1909 at age 16 to advance his naval studies before going on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study aeronautics; and
WHEREAS, Upon becoming one of the first graduates of MIT's aeronautics program, Wong Tsoo was hired as an engineer directly by Bill Boeing in 1916 at his newly incorporated "Pacific Aero Products Company" in Seattle, the predecessor to what would later become the Boeing Company; and
WHEREAS, Wong Tsoo extensively redesigned the company's Model C seaplane, a biplane trainer that had been passed over by the United States Navy until the government's World War I order for 56 of his redesigned aircraft established Boeing as a profitable production company; and
WHEREAS, Without Wong Tsoo's careful eye for detail on the Model C project it is uncertain if the Boeing Company would have become the corporate giant that it is today, employing more than 80,000 people in Washington and about 164,000 worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Wong Tsoo returned to China in 1917 to become who many consider to be the "father of aviation" in China, with a hand in designing about 30 planes and rising to the position of chief secretary of the China National Aviation Corporation and professor of aviation at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan before his death in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Wong Tsoo's legacy has been passed on through his students, many of whom went on to distinguished careers with some of the largest aerospace companies in the world; and
WHEREAS, United States aviation history may have largely forgotten the pioneering contributions of Wong Tsoo if not for the extensive research efforts of Key Donn, a Senior System Architect at Boeing and past president of the Boeing Asian-American Professional Association; and
WHEREAS, Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Donn, a permanent display paying tribute to Wong Tsoo is now in the historical "Red Barn" section of the Museum of Flight in Seattle;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate honor the 100th anniversary of Wong Tsoo's short, but remarkable, tenure with Boeing as its first engineer and his lifetime of achievements to the aviation industry as a whole; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the Museum of Flight and to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle for further transmission to the National Cheng Kung University Museum in Tainan, Taiwan.
Senator Hasegawa spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.
The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8693.
The motion by Senator Hasegawa carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.
MOTION
At 12:11 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 o’clock noon, Tuesday, January 26, 2016.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate
6211
Committee Report......................................... 1
6376
Committee Report......................................... 1
6492
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 2
Other Action.................................................. 4
6520
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 2
6521
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 2
6522
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 2
6523
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 2
6524
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6525
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6526
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6527
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6528
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6529
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6530
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6531
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6532
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6533
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6534
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6535
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6536
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6537
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6538
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 3
6539
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6540
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6541
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6542
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6543
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6544
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6545
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6546
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
6547
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
8020
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
8213
Introduction & 1st Reading.......................... 4
8693
Adopted........................................................ 5
Introduced..................................................... 4