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CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS  (See TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
CAMANO ISLAND  CAMANO ISLAND RSS Feed
               
Livingston bay renamed Floyd Jones Flyway: SB 6512
CAMPAIGNS  CAMPAIGNS RSS Feed
               
Advertising, mailed advertising must be filed with secretary of state to be archived: SB 5329
Agency facilities, use of: HB 2447
Books of account, requests to close candidate, campaign, or political committee: HB 3040
Candidates, city and county incumbents prohibited from appearing on publicly funded television during election: HB 2904, SHB 2904
Candidates, filing when two or more candidates have same or similar names: SB 5562
Candidates, general revisions: HB 1534, SHB 1534, SB 5604
Contributions, agency shop fees: * HB 2079, CH 438 (2007), SB 5921
Contributions, citizens public campaign fund and voluntary limits on contributions: HB 1360, SB 5510
Contributions, limits: HB 1362, HB 1714, HB 2851
Contributions, time limit for state officials to solicit or accept: HB 1018, SHB 1018
Finance reform, citizens public campaign fund and voluntary limits on contributions: HB 1360, SB 5510
Finance reform, contribution limits: HB 1362
Finance report, time frame for preelection report: * HB 2448, CH 73 (2008), SB 6186
Funding and disclosure laws recodified: HB 1734, SHB 1734, 2SHB 1734
Judicial elections reform act: HB 1186, SHB 1186
Judicial independence act: HB 1589, SB 5226, SSB 5226
Limited liability companies, regulations: EHB 1189
Local, use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office: EHB 1551, SHB 1551, SB 5278, SSB 5278, * E2SSB 5278, CH 29 (2008)
Persons authorized to make expenditures on behalf of candidate or committee, disclosure requirements: * ESB 6128, CH 358 (2007)
Political, use of public resources: HB 3042
Primaries, costs associated with partisan primaries: SB 5096
Public records for political campaigns, exemptions: HB 1951
Public resources for political campaigns, violations: HB 3042
CAMPERS  (See RECREATIONAL VEHICLES)
CANADA  CANADA RSS Feed
               
Border crossing, enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards: HB 1289, * ESHB 1289, CH 7 (2007), SB 5366, SSB 5366
CANCER  CANCER RSS Feed
               
Chemotherapy and anticancer drugs, business and occupation tax exemption: HB 1786
Colorectal cancer screening, insurance coverage: HB 1337, * SHB 1337, CH 23 (2007), SB 5494
Tanning facilities to post warning signs: SB 5580
CANDIDATES  (See CAMPAIGNS; ELECTIONS)
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT  (See DEATH PENALTY)
CAPITOL CAMPUS  CAPITOL CAMPUS RSS Feed
               
Commercial food service establishment in Pritchard building, business enterprises program: HB 2003, SHB 2003
Full light of day act, skylights above the house and senate chambers: HB 2413
Legislative gift center: HB 1896, SHB 1896, * 2SHB 1896, CH 453 (2007)
State capitol park: SB 5163
Tourism task force: SSB 5163
CASELOAD FORECAST COUNCIL  CASELOAD FORECAST COUNCIL RSS Feed
               
Powers and duties, developmentally disabled programs: SB 5549
CASINOS  (See GAMBLING)
CATS  (See ANIMALS)
CATTLE  (See LIVESTOCK)
CELL PHONES  CELL PHONES RSS Feed
               
Driving a motor vehicle, restrictions for holders of instruction permits and intermediate licenses: HB 1153
Driving a motor vehicle, text messaging prohibited: * EHB 1214, CH 416 (2007)
Driving a motor vehicle, traffic infraction for cell phone use: HB 1868, SB 5037, * ESSB 5037, CH 417 (2007)
Hands-free equipment, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1536
Phone numbers, subscribers' consent to disclosure: HB 2479, SHB 2479, * 2SHB 2479, CH 271 (2008), HB 2702, SB 6374
Privacy protections regarding electronic communication devices: HB 1031
Service providers, access to customers profile data: HB 2102
CEMETERIES  CEMETERIES RSS Feed
               (See also FUNERALS; HUMAN REMAINS)
District, establishment in a county: * HB 3200, CH 96 (2008)
Eastern Washington state veterans' cemetery: * HB 1292, CH 43 (2007), HB 1567, SB 5058
Funerals, disorderly conduct: * HB 1168, CH 2 (2007)
Private cemeteries, provisions revised: HB 2740
CEMETERY DISTRICTS  CEMETERY DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also SPECIAL DISTRICTS)
Establishment procedures: HB 2251
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY  CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY RSS Feed
               
Honorary doctoral degrees, authorization to confer: SSB 6910
Operating fee waiver: HB 1497, * ESHB 1497, CH 130 (2007), SB 5466
CHARITABLE DONATIONS  CHARITABLE DONATIONS RSS Feed
               
City attorneys and county prosecutors may not dismiss charges in exchange for charitable donations: SB 6100, * SSB 6100, CH 367 (2007)
Raffles, public employees: * HB 1599, CH 452 (2007), SB 5693
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS  CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS RSS Feed
               (See also NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS)
Registration, secretary of state: HB 3369
Solicitations, advisory boards and education program: HB 1777, * SHB 1777, CH 471 (2007), SB 5662, SSB 5662, 2SSB 5662
CHARITABLE TRUSTS  (See TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES)
CHARTER BOATS  (See BOATS)
CHECKS AND CHECK CASHING  CHECKS AND CHECK CASHING RSS Feed
               
Cashers and sellers, additional payment plan: HB 1817, SHB 1817
Cashers and sellers, postdated checks or drafts as security: HB 2027, SHB 2027
Cashers and sellers, rollovers: HB 1020, HB 1021, HB 2385
Cashers and sellers, surcharge on small loans to fund compliance: HB 2294
Check cashers and sellers, fee and amount limits: HB 2384
Check cashers and sellers, fee on small loans to fund financial literacy and investigation: SHB 2231
Check cashers and sellers, minimum term for repayment of small loans: HB 2293
Check cashers and sellers, payment plans: HB 2392
Check cashers and sellers, surcharge on small loans to fund financial consumer education: HB 2231
Dishonored checks, attorneys' fees: SB 5482, SSB 5482
Dishonored checks, notice of: HB 1143
Family prosperity act, tax on small loans: HB 2256, SHB 2256, 2SHB 2256
Fraud, deception, and unlicensed internet lending: HB 1027, * SB 5199, CH 81 (2007)
Real-time data base to verify if consumer has an outstanding small loan, study: HB 2258, SHB 2258
Rollovers, violations and penalties: HB 1020, HB 1021, HB 2385
Small loans, interest limitation: HB 3284
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY  (See ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE)
CHILD ABUSE  CHILD ABUSE RSS Feed
               
Agency reviews and reports: SSB 6206, * 2SSB 6206, CH 211 (2008)
Child protective services, training pilot program: SB 5807, SSB 5807
Children in families administration created within department of social and health services: SSB 5754
Commercial sexual abuse of minor, penalties: HB 2291, SB 5718, * SSB 5718, CH 368 (2007) PV
Council for children and families: HB 2761, SB 6415
Council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect renamed children's trust of Washington: * SSB 5830, CH 466 (2007)
Council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, membership : HB 1791, * SB 5258, CH 144 (2007)
Definitions revised, report and record requirements: SB 5321, * SSB 5321, CH 220 (2007)
Family and children's services, department: SB 5506
Family, children, and youth administration created within department of social and health services: SB 5754
Guardian ad litem task force: SB 6721, SSB 6721
Guardian ad litem, notification of child abuse or neglect allegations: SB 6207
Home visitation services for improving parenting skills and outcomes for children: HB 1365, SB 5830, * SSB 5830, CH 466 (2007)
Homicide by abuse of child, penalties: HB 1428, SB 5584
Law enforcement officer instruction on handling child abuse or neglect complaints, Sirita's law: HB 1333, * SHB 1333, CH 410 (2007), SB 5381, SSB 5381, 2SSB 5381
Long-term well-being: HB 3205, SHB 3205, * E2SHB 3205, CH 152 (2008)
Multiple reports: SB 6209
Protective services investigations: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Reactive attachment disorders, screening and treatment: SB 6479, SSB 6479, 2SSB 6479
Reporting, false: * SSB 5839, CH 118 (2007)
Reporting, mandatory: SB 6208, SB 6236
Reporting, nonmandatory: SB 5839
Reporting, office of family and children's ombudsman: SB 6209
Sexual exploitation of children, reproduction of certain evidence: HB 1760
Sirita's law, law enforcement officer instruction on handling child abuse or neglect complaints: * SHB 1333, CH 410 (2007), 2SSB 5381
Washington state center for childhood deafness and hearing loss, investigations: HB 2629
CHILD CARE  (See DAY CARE)
CHILD CUSTODY  CHILD CUSTODY RSS Feed
               
Dependency hearings, child may petition: SB 6792, * ESSB 6792, CH 267 (2008)
Dissolution proceedings, provisions revised: SB 5470, SSB 5470, * 2SSB 5470, CH 496 (2007)
Grandparents, visitation rights: HB 1108, SB 5071
Military, parents deployed in: HB 2478
Parentage, preempting common law causes of action: HB 2347
Parental rights, hearing procedures for reinstatement: HB 2821
Parenting plans, designation of residential time: SB 6747
Parenting plans, shared parental responsibilities: HB 2345, SB 5234
Parenting plans, temporary changes if based on the military service of a parent: SB 6331
Visitation rights for nonparents: SB 5277
Visitation rights for siblings: HB 2990
Visitation, out of state transfer of offenders: SHB 2688
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES  (See SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT)
CHILD SUPPORT  CHILD SUPPORT RSS Feed
               
Economic table, inflation adjustment: HB 2315
Failure to comply, department of licensing to issue restricted licenses: HB 3084, SB 6803
Health insurance coverage, deficit reduction act implemented: HB 1329, SHB 1329, SB 5244, * SSB 5244, CH 143 (2007)
Support schedule, work groups to review and update: HB 1009, SHB 1009, * 2SHB 1009, CH 313 (2007)
CHILDREN  CHILDREN RSS Feed
               (See also CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD SUPPORT; FOSTER CARE; JUVENILE OFFENDERS)
Adoptive children, voluntary out-of-home placement for children in crisis: HB 2846, SHB 2846
Age of consent, study to review: HB 1439
Amber alert, false or misleading statement: HB 1537, * HB 2774, CH 91 (2008), SB 5929, SSB 5929
Asthma care, medicaid-eligible children: HB 2481
At-risk youth, definition to include mental health problems: HB 1007
At-risk youth, energy efficient worker training program: SB 6605, SSB 6605
At-risk youth, public access to hearings: HB 1565, * SHB 1565, CH 213 (2007)
Athletic coaches, registration of commercial youth coaches: SB 5151, SSB 5151
Autism spectrum disorder: HB 3041, SB 6388, SSB 6388, SB 6812
Chemical dependency disposition alternative: SB 5974, SSB 5974
Child in need of services, public access to hearings: HB 1565, * SHB 1565, CH 213 (2007)
Child protective services, training pilot program: SB 5807, SSB 5807
Children in motor vehicles, smoking prohibited: HB 2519, SHB 2519, SB 6287
Children's administration, social worker standards: SB 6891
Children's administration, use of information services: SB 6928
Council for children and families: HB 2761, SB 6415
Day care, capital grants for child care facilities: HB 3318
Day care, licensing actions: SB 6661, SSB 6661
Day care, voluntary quality rating and improvement system for child care centers: * E2SSB 5828, CH 394 (2007)
Day care, window blind cords prohibited: HB 1256, * SHB 1256, CH 299 (2007)
Deaf and hearing impaired, delivery of educational services: HB 2629
Deafness, Washington state center: HB 2246, ESHB 2246
Dependency hearings, child is victim of rape by the parent: HB 2369
Dependency hearings, court filed petition when parent fails to contact child or indicates unwillingness to care: HB 2074, HB 2075, SHB 2075
Dependency proceedings, court hearings: HB 1912, SHB 1912
Dependency proceedings, documentation provided by petitioner : HB 1334, SHB 1334, * 2SHB 1334, CH 411 (2007)
Dependency proceedings, legal representation pilot program: HB 3048, SHB 3048, SB 6896
Dependency proceedings, permanency plan hearings for subsequent removal of child from home: HB 1425
Dependency proceedings, permanency plan hearings for termination of parental rights: HB 3205, SHB 3205, * E2SHB 3205, CH 152 (2008)
Dependency proceedings, Raphael Gomez act: SHB 1334, * 2SHB 1334, CH 411 (2007)
Dependency proceedings, reunification: SB 5452, ESSB 5452
Dependency proceedings, rights: HB 2760, SHB 2760
Dependent children, contracting for services: SB 6871, SSB 6871
Dependent children, independent youth housing program: HB 1922, SHB 1922, * 2SHB 1922, CH 316 (2007)
Dependent children, placement provisions: * HB 1377, CH 412 (2007), SB 5246, SSB 5246
Dependent children, returning home provisions: HB 1333, * SHB 1333, CH 410 (2007), 2SSB 5381
Dependent children, returning home provisions and review of services identified in federal safe adoption and safe families act: SB 5381, SSB 5381, 2SSB 5381
Dependent children, Sirita's law: * SHB 1333, CH 410 (2007), 2SSB 5381
Dependent children, visitation rights for relatives: SB 6306, * SSB 6306, CH 259 (2008)
Developmental disabilities, intensive behavior support services: HB 2863, SHB 2863, SB 6448, SSB 6448
Developmental disabilities, reallocation of existing lodging taxes for heritage and arts programs: SB 6935
Disabilities, early intervention services: HB 2083, HB 2230, SHB 2230
Disabilities, medical assistance buy-in program for children with disabilities: HB 1120
Disabilities, tax credit for educational opportunities: HB 3112, SB 6764
Dog bites, provocation as a defense: HB 3179, SHB 3179
Early learning and child care, growing skills for kids pilot program: HB 1465, SHB 1465
Emergency assistance program: * SB 6950, CH 181 (2008)
Environmental health and protection advisory council: HB 1601, SHB 1601, 2SHB 1601, 3SHB 1601, SB 5279, SB 5379
Family and children's services, department: SB 5506
Family and juvenile court improvement program: HB 2822, SHB 2822, * 2SHB 2822, CH 279 (2008)
Family child care providers, collective bargaining: HB 1916, * ESHB 1916, CH 278 (2007), SB 5783, SSB 5783
Fatality, reviews: SB 6206, SSB 6206, * 2SSB 6206, CH 211 (2008)
Foster-family homes, applicant requirements: SSB 6436
Hiring preferences, children of deceased veterans and veterans with disabilities: HB 2806
HIV testing, infants placed in out-of-home care: HB 3119
HOPE centers, eligibility requirements for placement: SB 6843
Infant-friendly employers: SB 5153, SSB 5153
Insurance, policies to cover dependents: SB 5223, SSB 5223
Juvenile offenders, minimum sentences for motor vehicle theft: HB 2570
Labor, exemption for nonagricultural employment: HB 2586
Labor, exemption for working with parents: SB 6197
Lead blood level assessments, coverage by department of social and health services: HB 3059, SHB 3059
Lead, mobile lead testing unit to test children for elevated blood levels: HB 2696
Lead, pilot program for screening children at risk for elevated blood levels: HB 2695, SHB 2695
Learning disabilities, pilot programs: HB 3041, SB 6388, SSB 6388
Living skills program, eligibility requirements for placement: SB 6843
Mental health, delivery of services: HB 1088, SHB 1088, * 2SHB 1088, CH 359 (2007)
Mental health, parent not liable for payment of treatment if parent did not join in consent: HB 2140
Mental health, treatment: HB 2552, SHB 2552
Military children, interstate compact on educational opportunity: HB 2918, SB 6426, * SSB 6426, CH 189 (2008)
Military children, interstate compact on educational opportunity task force: SHB 2918, 2SHB 2918
Motorcycles, age restriction for child to ride as a passenger: SB 5152, SSB 5152
Near fatality, reviews: SB 6206, SSB 6206, * 2SSB 6206, CH 211 (2008)
Newborn screening, assessments for infants who fail hearing screening: HB 2238
Newborn screening, fees: HB 2023, ESHB 2023
Newborns, additional transfer locations: ESB 5425
Parentage, preempting common law causes of action: HB 2347
Personal information, publication prohibited: ESB 6386
Placement in out-of-home care, federal name-based criminal history record checks: SSB 6436
Placement in out-of-home care, federal name-based criminal history record checks required: * HB 2835, CH 232 (2008) PV, SB 6436
Placement in out-of-home care, HIV testing: HB 3119
Product safety: HB 2647, SHB 2647, * E2SHB 2647, CH 288 (2008) PV, SB 6444, SSB 6444, SB 6530, SSB 6530
Public assistance, health care services for children: HB 1071, SHB 1071, SB 5093, SSB 5093, * 2SSB 5093, CH 5 (2007)
Publication of minor's information, prohibited: ESB 6386
Racial disproportionality and disparity in child welfare and juvenile justice, advisory committee: HB 1472, * SHB 1472, CH 465 (2007), SB 5971, SSB 5971
Reactive attachment disorders, screening and treatment: SB 6479, SSB 6479, 2SSB 6479
Recess time, requirement for K-6 public schools: HB 3247
Roving early interventional specialist pilot program: HB 3269, SHB 3269, 2SHB 3269, SB 6813
Safe products: HB 2647, SHB 2647, * E2SHB 2647, CH 288 (2008) PV, SB 6444, SSB 6444, SB 6530, SSB 6530
Sentencing, motor vehicle theft: HB 2570
Seriously ill, outdoor recreational opportunities afforded by the department of fish and wildlife: SB 6260, * SSB 6260, CH 10 (2008)
Siblings, minors may seek petition for visitation: HB 2990
Teen pregnancy, prevention: HB 2698, SHB 2698, ESB 6305
Toxins in households or dwellings, disclosure: SB 6852
Washington head start program, department of early learning to establish: HB 3168, SHB 3168, * 2SHB 3168, CH 164 (2008)
Welfare services, creation of department to elevate the importance of child well-being: HB 3061
Welfare services, disclosure of reactive child: SB 5321, * SSB 5321, CH 220 (2007)
Welfare services, out-of-home placement information requirements: SB 5321, * SSB 5321, CH 220 (2007)
Welfare services, team approach to casework: HB 1335
Women, infants, and children program: HB 2793
Wrongful injury or death of a child, requirements and recoveries: ESHB 1873, 2SHB 1873, E3SHB 1873
Youth soccer referees, employment criteria: * HB 1457, CH 464 (2007), SB 5559, SSB 5559
Youth-oriented activities, grant program for facilities: HB 1948
CHIROPRACTORS  CHIROPRACTORS RSS Feed
               
Devices and procedures, regulation: HB 2816, SHB 2816
Insurance contracts, discrimination: HB 1631, SB 5596
Insurance contracts, fair payment: SSB 5596, * 2SSB 5596, CH 304 (2008) PV
Insurance contracts, requirements: HB 1630, SB 5597, SSB 5597, * 2SSB 5597, CH 502 (2007)
Worker's compensation, chiropractic advisory committee: HB 1562, SHB 1562, SB 5290, * ESSB 5290, CH 282 (2007)
CHRISTMAS TREES  (See TIMBER AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES)
CHURCHES  CHURCHES RSS Feed
               
Unemployment claim of exemption, notice to certain employees: * SSB 5702, CH 386 (2007)
CIGARETTES  CIGARETTES RSS Feed
               (See also TOBACCO)
Cigar rooms: HB 2020
Employment decisions based upon consumption of lawful tobacco products: HB 1154, SHB 1154
Ignition propensity, standards: HB 1822, SB 5642, SSB 5642, * 2SSB 5642, CH 239 (2008)
Medical assistance coverage for smoking cessation programs: * SB 6421, CH 245 (2008)
Stamped and unstamped cigarettes, tax: * HB 2542, CH 226 (2008), SB 6270
Tax agreements, Shoalwater Bay Tribe: * SB 6216, CH 241 (2008)
Tax agreements, Spokane Tribe: * HB 1674, CH 320 (2007), SB 5380
Tax agreements, Yakama Nation: * HB 2650, CH 228 (2008), SB 6414
CIGARS  (See TOBACCO)
CITIES AND TOWNS  CITIES AND TOWNS RSS Feed
               (See also LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS; PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICTS)
Affordable housing developments, discrimination prohibited: HB 2279, * SHB 2279, CH 118 (2008)
Affordable housing, authority of local governments to use incentives for commercial and industrial development: HB 3214
Affordable housing, financial assistance programs requirements: HB 2830
Affordable housing, incentive programs: HB 3213
Annexation, ad hoc review board processes: HB 2484, SB 6239
Annexation, areas within urban growth boundary: HB 2006
Annexation, assessed valuation requirements: HB 2483, SB 6238
Annexation, clarifying procedures with fire districts: HB 2938, ESHB 2938
Annexation, petition requirements: HB 2005, HB 2482, * SHB 2482, CH 196 (2008), SB 5594, SB 6240
Annexation, territory within a code city: SB 6668, SSB 6668
Antifreeze, rules for placement of averse agents: * ESHB 2996, CH 68 (2008)
Aquifer conservation zones: HB 1135, * SHB 1135, CH 159 (2007)
Assistance, funding increase for city-county assistance account: HB 2022, SB 6798
Attorneys for the city may not dismiss charges in exchange for charitable donations: SB 6100, * SSB 6100, CH 367 (2007)
Boundary review boards, authority: 2SHB 1622
Bridges, maintenance and replacement requirements: HB 2969, SB 6808, SSB 6808
Building code, cause of action for county or city negligence to enforce state code: HB 3272, SB 5892, SSB 5892
Building communities fund program: HB 3125, SHB 3125, E2SHB 3125
Building permit moratoriums for cities with unprocessed water right permit applications, phase out: HB 2002, SB 5073
Business and occupation taxes, state administration and collection of local taxes: HB 2965
Business licensure, business not physically located in city: SB 5471
Campaigns, use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office: * E2SSB 5278, CH 29 (2008)
City hardship assistance program, funds for street maintenance: HB 1482, SHB 1482, SB 5483, * SSB 5483, CH 148 (2007)
Code cities, annexation of territory: SB 6668, SSB 6668
Code cities, apportionment of investment funds: * HB 2161, CH 64 (2007)
Community development fund, joint legislative committee: HB 1441, SHB 1441
Community preservation and development authorities: HB 1992, SHB 1992, 2SHB 1992, * SSB 6156, CH 501 (2007) PV
Community renewal law, modifications: HB 2921, SB 6595
Correctional industries services, contracts: HB 1762, SHB 1762
Criminal justice costs, fiscal notes and appropriations for bills increasing incarceration periods: SB 5872
Criminal justice costs, medical costs in the reimbursement of extraordinary costs: HB 1808
Criminal justice services, local sales and use tax for funding: HB 1851
Critical areas, management recommendations: HB 3252
Customer location, defined for purposes of municipal taxes: HB 3244, SB 6894
Disincorporation, process simplified: SB 6926
Driving records, abstracts may be acquired if authorized to self-insure: HB 3262, * SB 6885, CH 253 (2008)
Economic development infrastructure projects, local tax on public and private utilities as incentive for grants and loans: SB 6529
Elections, ranked choice voting: HB 2202, SB 6000
Emergency responses to property, notification to owner: HB 2365
Federal new markets tax credit program: * HB 1430, CH 230 (2007), SB 5630
Fire departments, recovery of costs when incident occurs involving a commercial vessel: HB 2726, SB 6445, SSB 6445
First-time buyer housing affordability index, impact fee elimination: HB 1861
Forest land, conversion of land to nonforestry uses: HB 1408, SB 5883, SSB 5883, * 2SSB 5883, CH 106 (2007)
Gifts, acceptance of gifts by municipal officers: SB 6507
Golf cart and snowmobile zones, development: HB 3228
Growth and development, assistance to small communities: HB 2777, SHB 2777, 2SHB 2777
Growth management hearings board, recommendations for critical areas: HB 3252
Growth management, addressing needs of aging population: HB 3315
Growth management, annexation of areas within urban growth boundary: HB 2006
Growth management, comprehensive plan to ensure sufficient land and densities: SB 6727, SSB 6727
Growth management, comprehensive plans for sufficient land and density availability: HB 1727, ESHB 1727, HB 2657
Growth management, cooperation regarding designation and modification of urban growth areas: HB 2045, SB 6137
Growth management, environmental policy act exemptions within urban growth areas: HB 2285
Growth management, hearings boards membership and powers: HB 2077
Growth management, infrastructure account: HB 1361
Growth management, manufactured housing community development in rural areas: SB 6171
Growth management, marine transportation of sand and gravel: HB 2349, HB 2364, SB 6109
Growth management, population accommodation requirements: HB 1726, SHB 1726, SB 5913
Growth management, small city loans for certain appeals: SB 6493, SSB 6493
Growth management, transportation concurrency and impact fees: HB 2950, SB 6566
Health sciences and services program: HB 1705, SHB 1705, * E2SHB 1705, CH 251 (2007)
High-capacity transportation corridor areas, provisions established: HB 3068, SHB 3068, SB 6667
Homelessness, programs for ending: HB 1115, SHB 1115, E2SHB 1115
Horse park, ownership of land: EHB 3276
House-banked card games, relocation zoning ordinances: HB 1477, SB 5558, ESSB 5558
Housing developments, resident notification: HB 1628
Indigent defense grants, number of cities eligible: * HB 1793, CH 59 (2007)
Jails, contracts for services with counties and cities in adjacent states: SB 5625, * SSB 5625, CH 13 (2007)
Libraries, annexation of rural county library district: HB 1702, SB 5522, SSB 5522
License and tax, interaction of streamlined sales and use tax legislation: HB 3126, * SHB 3126, CH 129 (2008), SB 6917
Liquor licenses, issuance objections: * EHB 2113, CH 473 (2007)
Local infrastructure financing tools projects: HB 1277, SHB 1277, * 2SHB 1277, CH 229 (2007), HB 2485, SB 5115, SSB 5115, E2SSB 5115, * SB 6196, CH 209 (2008)
Local sales and use, credited against state tax and used to offset services to annexed areas: HB 1139, 2ESHB 1139, SB 5330
Local taxes, state administration and collection of business and occupation and public utility taxes: HB 2260
Mandatory drug testing, peace officers: HB 3178
Manufactured and mobile homes, location restriction ordinances prohibited: HB 1148, SHB 1148
Manufactured and mobile homes, regulations for manufactured home parks or housing communities: HB 1150, SB 5524, * SSB 5524, CH 117 (2008)
Marinas, city aquatic lands management agreements to operate publicly owned marinas: * ESSB 6532, CH 132 (2008)
Marinas, lease agreements to operate publicly owned marinas: SB 6532
Medical coverage for elected officials: HB 1392, SHB 1392, * SB 5525, CH 42 (2007)
Military leave of absence, paid: SB 6815
Mobile home parks, financial assistance programs: ESB 6868
Mobile home parks, private garbage collection in certain annexed parks: HB 1697
Mobile home parks, storm or surface water sewer system service rate restriction: HB 1228
Monorail transportation authority, dissolution provisions: SB 5690, SSB 5690
Municipal business and occupation tax, definition of customer location: HB 3244, SB 6894
Municipal business and occupation tax, model gross receipts: HB 2368, SHB 2368
Municipal business and occupation tax, uniformity and fairness: HB 3327
Municipal court, part-time judge selection process and nominating commissions: SSB 5353
Municipal officers, beneficial interest in contracts: HB 1255, * SHB 1255, CH 298 (2007)
Off-road vehicles, authorization to operate on designated roadways: HB 3016
On-site septic systems, inspection of system not located in marine recovery area: HB 1650, SHB 1650
Optional municipal code, dividing cities into wards: HB 2151, SHB 2151
Parks and recreational facilities, funding: SB 5531, SSB 5531
Property taxes, accrual of revenues: HB 2031, SHB 2031, SB 5836
Property taxes, boundaries for taxing districts: * ESSB 5836, CH 285 (2007)
Public defense office, sunset review and termination date extended: HB 2926
Public defense office, termination repealed and provisions modified: HB 2588, SHB 2588, SB 6442, * ESSB 6442, CH 313 (2008)
Public facilities districts, state sales and use tax credit: HB 3208, SB 6795
Public hospital districts, alternative method for withdrawal: HB 2035, SB 5818
Public works assistance account, guidelines for reimbursement of projects: HB 3302
Radiological baselines, department of health authorized to develop: HB 2581
Raffles, limitations: HB 3220
Rail transit safety plans, updates to comply with federal regulations: HB 1643, * SB 5084, CH 422 (2007)
Real estate excise tax, proceeds used for equipment and software: HB 1232, SHB 1232, 2SHB 1232
Regional centers, financing: HB 2605, SB 6497, SB 6767
Regional centers, financing date extension: HB 2857, SB 6368
Regional transportation authority: SB 6772
Regional transportation investment districts, elimination: SB 6771
Second class, councilmember eligible to fill mayor vacancy: * HB 1391, CH 50 (2008)
Shopping cart recovery, program: HB 3325
Shoreline master program, one year extension: * HB 1412, CH 170 (2007), SB 5474
Small-scale powered equipment, electrical equipment incentive grants: HB 2425
Special excise tax, collection: SB 6848
Speed limits: HB 2820, SHB 2820
Streets as part of state highways, population threshold for state highway maintenance responsibility: * SB 5086, CH 84 (2007)
Streets, city hardship assistance program funds for maintenance: HB 1482, SHB 1482, SB 5483, * SSB 5483, CH 148 (2007)
Tax relief for certain limited purpose public corporations, commissions, and authorities: HB 1323, SHB 1323, * SB 5572, CH 381 (2007)
Toll bridges, authority to build and maintain and charge: SB 6355, SSB 6355
Tourism promotion areas: HB 3035, SHB 3035
Transit, authority to establish schedule of fines and penalties for civil infractions for fares: * ESHB 2480, CH 123 (2008), SSB 6353
Transportation authority, dissolution provisions: SB 5690, SSB 5690
Transportation improvement districts, legislative authority may create: HB 3158
Transportation, city planning and growth program and account: ESHB 2331
Transportation, jurisdictional route transfers: HB 2502, SB 6321
Urban creeks: HB 2877
Urban forestry partnerships, evergreen cities recognition program: HB 2844, SHB 2844, * E2SHB 2844, CH 299 (2008) PV, SB 6469, SSB 6469
Utilities, electronic payment: HB 1034, SHB 1034
Utilities, environmental mitigation: HB 1929, * SHB 1929, CH 349 (2007), SB 6046, SSB 6046
Utilities, local improvement districts for underground facilities that transmit electricity or communications: HB 2961
Utility services: HB 3130
Water supply comprehensive plans, water-sewer districts: HB 1239
Water-efficient products, application for grants: SB 6810
Water-sewer district, assumption of district by city: HB 1864
Water-sewer districts, annexation of city territory: HB 1238, SHB 1238, SB 5231, * SSB 5231, CH 31 (2007)
Water-sewer districts, removal of assumption of district by city: HB 2618
Web sites, required information: SB 5420, SSB 5420, SB 5672
Welfare tax payments, voter authorization: SB 6291
Zoning ordinances, motor vehicle collection and restoration: SB 6403
CIVIL LIABILITY, IMMUNITY FROM  (See IMMUNITY)
CIVIL PROCEDURE  CIVIL PROCEDURE RSS Feed
               
Account receivable definition modified for purposes of commencing an action: * HB 1145, CH 124 (2007)
Auto theft, civil cause of action: * HB 2034, CH 393 (2007)
Construction contracts, clause which waives claim rights of contractor based on failure to submit claim: HB 1765, ESHB 1765
Design professional, claim filed against: SB 5833
Health and environmental laws, citizen may commence action against violator: SB 6104, SB 6833
Land use decisions, awards of fees and costs: HB 1798
Parentage, preempting common law causes of action: HB 2347
Seat belts and child car seats, failure to use may be admissible as evidence of negligence: SB 5198
Service of process, attorneys allowed to recover actual costs: HB 2269, * SB 6059, CH 121 (2007)
Service of process, domestic violence cases: * ESB 6357, CH 287 (2008)
Settlement agreements, effect: HB 2287, SB 6058
Statutory costs, provisions: HB 1142
Wrongful conviction and imprisonment, payment of claims: HB 2122
Wrongful injury or death of a child, requirements and recoveries: ESHB 1873, 2SHB 1873, E3SHB 1873, SB 6696, SSB 6696
Wrongful injury or death, requirements and recoveries: HB 1873, SB 5816
CIVIL RIGHTS  (See DISCRIMINATION)
CIVIL SERVICE  CIVIL SERVICE RSS Feed
               
Employee assistance program, confidentiality: HB 1673, SB 5538
Reclassifications, class studies, and salary adjustment provisions: * HB 1671, CH 489 (2007), SB 5537
Sheriffs' offices, authority of civil service commissions: * SB 5620, CH 12 (2007)
Sheriffs' offices, five member commissions: HB 2738, SB 5742
Unions, financial negotiations with higher education institutions: HB 3332, SHB 3332
CLALLAM COUNTY  CLALLAM COUNTY RSS Feed
               
Higher education needs, assessment: HB 2295, SB 5978, SSB 5978
CLAMS  (See FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT; FISHING, COMMERCIAL; FISHING, RECREATIONAL)
CLEAN AIR ACT  (See AIR POLLUTION)
CLIMATE  CLIMATE RSS Feed
               
Climate action fund authority, carbon tax: HB 2420
Climate change mitigation and comprehensive state assessment: SHB 1303, * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Climate change, mitigation of impacts through growth management act: HB 2797, SHB 2797, 2SHB 2797, SB 6580, * ESSB 6580, CH 289 (2008) PV
Global warming adaptation pilot program: HB 2797, SB 6580
Global warming mitigation and adaptation program: SHB 2797, 2SHB 2797, * ESSB 6580, CH 289 (2008) PV
Greenhouse gas, reporting study panel: SB 5359
Northwest weather and avalanche center: SB 5219, * SSB 5219, CH 141 (2007)
Office of Washington state climatologist: SB 6110
Science on human caused climate change, report by department of ecology: HB 2815, SHB 2815, * E2SHB 2815, CH 14 (2008), SB 6516, SSB 6516
State forests, response preparation for consequences of climate change: HB 1995, SB 5966, SSB 5966
Weatherization assistance program, tax exemptions for materials and services: HB 2847, * ESHB 2847, CH 92 (2008), HB 3239, SB 6746
COASTAL AREAS  COASTAL AREAS RSS Feed
               
Outer coast marine resources committee: SB 6227, SSB 6227, * 2SSB 6227, CH 242 (2008)
Small scale mineral prospecting on coastal areas, pilot program to examine: HB 1083, SB 5704
Small scale mineral prospecting, pilot program: * SSB 6343, CH 83 (2008)
CODE REVISER  CODE REVISER RSS Feed
               
Family court, reviser to prepare bill for 2008 session regarding reorganization and references: HB 1780
Gender references in RCW: * ESB 5063, CH 218 (2007), SB 6413
Published code reviser's notes in financial institutions and insurance titles of the RCW: SB 6038, SSB 6038
Register, electronic filing: * HB 1859, CH 456 (2007), SB 5638
Terminology in RCW, consistency: SB 6819
WAC, removal of obsolete rules: HB 2913
COLLECTION AGENCIES  COLLECTION AGENCIES RSS Feed
               
Definition of collection agency does not include person assisting judgment holders: HB 2114
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RSS Feed
               
Access to quality child care workforce act: HB 2449, SHB 2449, E2SHB 2449, SSB 6522, 2SSB 6522
Adult family home caregivers, provisions: HB 2354, SB 6123
Adult family home providers, governor as public employer: HB 2111, * ESHB 2111, CH 184 (2007), SB 5949
Child care center directors and workers: HB 2449, SHB 2449, E2SHB 2449, SB 6522, SSB 6522, 2SSB 6522
Civil service unions and higher education institutions, financial negotiations: HB 3332, SHB 3332
Disaster, agreements and rules suspended to provide emergency services: HB 1839
Family child care providers, interest arbitration: HB 1916, * ESHB 1916, CH 278 (2007), SB 5783, SSB 5783
Higher education institutions and civil service unions, financial negotiations: HB 3332, SHB 3332
Higher education institutions and related boards, certain employees: HB 1399, HB 2361, * SHB 2361, CH 136 (2007), SB 5622, SSB 5622
Labor and management relations, rights: SSB 6835
Long-term care providers, training requirements: HB 2284, SHB 2284, * E2SHB 2284, CH 361 (2007), SB 6066
Master collective bargaining agreements: SB 6589, SSB 6589
Nuclear plants, employees working under a site certificate: HB 2203
Public employee organizations, agency shop fees: HB 2975
Public employee organizations, certification: HB 1913, SHB 1913, SB 5772, SSB 5772
Public employee organizations, records exempt from disclosure: HB 2326
Public employee organizations, sessions shall be open public meetings: HB 2042
Public employment labor relations material, records exempt from disclosure: HB 2348, SHB 2348
Public records exemption removed, public sector collective bargaining: HB 2911
Religious objectors, protection of liberties: HB 3369
State ferry employees, time periods: HB 1693, * SHB 1693, CH 160 (2007), SB 5082, SSB 5082
State patrol, arbitration: HB 1736, HB 3002, * SHB 3002, CH 149 (2008), SB 6618, SSB 6618
Term of existence: * ESB 5251, CH 75 (2007), SB 5661
Washington state labor management relations act: SB 6835
Washington State University employees enrolled as students: HB 2963, * SHB 2963, CH 203 (2008), SB 6737, SSB 6737
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES  COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RSS Feed
               (See also COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES)
Access to higher education, complementary and coordinated policies around tuition, financial aid, and student transition: 2SHB 1882, HB 2072
Apprenticeship programs, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Bereavement leave, employees: HB 2646, SB 6639
Capital project requests, prioritization: HB 3329, * ESHB 3329, CH 205 (2008), SB 6903, SSB 6903
Child care program for students with children, grant provisions: HB 1856, HB 2582, * SHB 2582, CH 162 (2008), SB 5782, SB 6730, ESSB 6730
Collective bargaining, certain employees of higher education institutions and related boards: HB 1399, HB 2361, * SHB 2361, CH 136 (2007), SB 5622, SSB 5622
College credit, online learning programs for high school students: HB 3129, SHB 3129, * 2SHB 3129, CH 95 (2008)
College in high school program: SB 5105
Commute trip reduction program, students: HB 2011
Construction projects, threshold for public works bid requirements: HB 1914, HB 2232, SB 5646, SB 5770, * ESSB 5770, CH 495 (2007)
Consumer report card, data for consumers to assess educational quality: HB 2051
Course materials, disclosure of certain information: EHB 3047
Course materials, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1531, SB 5784, SSB 5784
Data, acquisition and dissemination: HB 2591, SHB 2591, 2SHB 2591
Disability history month: HB 2599, * SB 6313, CH 167 (2008)
Driving records, abstracts may be acquired: HB 3262, * SB 6885, CH 253 (2008)
Dual credit programs, work group: HB 3263, SHB 3263
Early learning and child care grant program: HB 1905, SHB 1905, SB 5769
Educational loans and student loan revenue bonds, higher education facilities authority: EHB 1436, * ESB 5385, CH 36 (2007)
Electronic learning, work group: HB 3306, SHB 3306, E2SHB 3306
Employees, transfer of accumulated leave between common school and higher education systems: HB 2987, * SB 6588, CH 174 (2008)
Faculty, associate members: SB 6888
Faculty, plan to achieve certain amount of full-time equivalent positions: HB 1875, SSB 5020, SB 5514
Faculty, study of faculty employment practices: SSB 5020
Field of dreams program, college tuition GET units for students working in agricultural jobs: HB 2082, SHB 2082, E2SHB 2082
Financial aid, complementary and coordinated policies around tuition, financial aid, and student transition: 2SHB 1882, HB 2072
Financial aid, part-time students allowed state need grants: HB 1179, * ESHB 1179, CH 404 (2007)
Financial aid, passport to college promise pilot program for foster care youth: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Financial aid, state need grant calculation: HB 1222, SB 5411
Financial aid, state need grant residency restrictions: HB 2157
Financial negotiations with civil service unions: HB 3332, SHB 3332
Firearms on campus, regulation: SB 6304, SB 6841, SB 6860
Foster care youth, passport to college promise pilot program: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Freedom of press and speech for high school and college students: HB 1307, ESHB 1307
Freedom of student press and speech: SB 6449
Governing boards, full-time faculty member: SB 6070
Governing boards, including full-time or emeritus faculty members: HB 2948
Governing boards, modifications: SB 6390
Grants and scholarships, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Higher education data center: HB 2051
Higher education investment district: SB 6149
Higher education, accountability: HB 2997
Historically Black college fund pilot project: SB 5365
Honorary doctoral degrees, authority of regional universities to confer: SSB 6910
Intellectual diversity: SB 6893
Life transitions multipurpose programs: HB 3065
Mapping institutions of higher education: HB 2409, HB 2507, SHB 2507, * 2SHB 2507, CH 293 (2008)
Math and science technology student employees, tax credits for employers: HB 1969, SB 5486
Mathematics, college placement exam: HB 1559
Mathematics, placement and common college readiness tests: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Multiple-unit housing, campus facilities master plans: HB 2164, * ESHB 2164, CH 185 (2007)
North Puget Sound region, new institution: HB 2814, SB 6352
Performance agreements: HB 2375
Performance agreements, pilot program: * EHB 2641, CH 160 (2008)
Polytechnic college, study: SB 6539
Prior learning, work group: HB 2933, SHB 2933
Qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Readiness for college-level course work: HB 2109
Resident student, classification: HB 3288, SB 6849
Running start program: HB 2782
Safety and security, campus plan: HB 2648, SHB 2648, SB 6328, * SSB 6328, CH 168 (2008)
Scholarships, guaranteed opportunities scholarship: SB 5098, SSB 5098
Scholarships, qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Scholarships, Washington college bound scholarship program: * E2SSB 5098, CH 405 (2007)
Science, graduate fellowship trust fund program for the sciences: HB 1033
Snohomish-Island-Skagit county region, new institution: SB 5322
Strategic direction for higher education: HB 1385
Student athletes' bill of rights: SB 5571
Student loans, business and occupation tax credit for qualified employers: HB 2673
Student loans, low-interest program: HB 1354
Student loans, tax exemptions for certain nonprofit organizations: HB 2643
Textbooks, publishers' requirements: HB 2300, * SHB 2300, CH 186 (2007), SB 6077, SSB 6077
Transfer and articulation between institutions: HB 2783, SHB 2783, * E2SHB 2783 (2008) V
Tuition and fee waivers, families of veterans: SB 6371, * ESSB 6371, CH 188 (2008)
Tuition and fees, exemption: SB 6394
Tuition fees, adjustment: SHB 3381
Tuition waivers, dollars for military scholars program for veterans and national guard: SB 5280, SSB 5280
Tuition waivers, national guard members and families: SB 6936
Tuition waivers, veterans and national guard: HB 1454, HB 2065, SB 5002, * SSB 5002, CH 450 (2007), SB 5442, SSB 5442
Tuition, economic development and diversification incentive program: HB 3100, SB 6262
Tuition, limits on increases: 2SHB 1882, SB 5013, SSB 5013, * 2SSB 5806, CH 151 (2007), SB 6133
University stadium renovation projects, financing: SB 6848
Voter registration and informational activities, availability: SSB 6698
Voter registration, availability: HB 2917, SHB 2917, SB 6698
Washington investment in student excellence scholarship program: SB 6820
Washington learns, implementation: HB 1641, HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5501, SB 5806, SSB 5806, * 2SSB 5806, CH 151 (2007)
COLUMBIA RIVER  COLUMBIA RIVER RSS Feed
               
Fishing guides, areas: SB 6139
Water rights, changes in point of diversion regarding the Columbia and Snake rivers: HB 1453, ESHB 1453, SB 5519, SSB 5519
COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING  COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING RSS Feed
               (See also BOATS)
Aquatic invasive species control and enforcement: SB 5923, SSB 5923, * E2SSB 5923, CH 350 (2007) PV
Ballast water, discharge requirements: HB 1299
Ballast water, program to address nonballast water ship vectors as a source of nonindigenous species: HB 1738, SB 5748
Ballast water, standards and exemptions for discharge: SHB 1738, SSB 5748, SB 5923, SSB 5923, * E2SSB 5923, CH 350 (2007) PV
Derelict vessels, provisions: SB 6044, SSB 6044, * E2SSB 6044, CH 342 (2007)
Fire protection and public safety services, recovery of costs when incident occurs: HB 2726, SB 6445, SSB 6445
Freight congestion relief account, study to evaluate fees on processing shipping containers: SB 5207, * SSB 5207, CH 514 (2007)
Inspections and sampling of fish and wildlife, authority of fish and wildlife employees: HB 1075, HB 1646, * SHB 1646, CH 337 (2007), SB 5131
Nonindigenous species, data collection and program: HB 1738, SHB 1738, SB 5748, SSB 5748
Registration, surcharge to fund the removal of derelict vessels: SB 6044, SSB 6044, * E2SSB 6044, CH 342 (2007)
COMMODITIES  (See AGRICULTURE)
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES  COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES RSS Feed
               (See also COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES)
Access to higher education, complementary and coordinated policies around tuition, financial aid, and student transition: 2SHB 1882, HB 2072
Applied baccalaureate degree pilot program: * SSB 5104, CH 166 (2008)
Applied baccalaureate degree pilot projects for degrees in applied science and technology: HB 1885, SHB 1885, SB 5104
Apprenticeship programs, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Associate transfer degrees from public technical colleges: HB 3285, SB 6675, SSB 6675
Bellevue Community College, pilot program to establish student position on board of trustees: HB 3015, SB 6699
Capital project requests, prioritization: HB 3329, * ESHB 3329, CH 205 (2008), SB 6903, SSB 6903
Child care program for students with children, grant provisions: HB 1856, HB 2582, * SHB 2582, CH 162 (2008), SB 5782, SB 6730, ESSB 6730
Collective bargaining, certain employees of higher education institutions and related boards: HB 1399, HB 2361, * SHB 2361, CH 136 (2007), SB 5622, SSB 5622
College and career readiness centers, completion of high school diploma: HB 2162
College credit, online learning programs for high school students: HB 3129, SHB 3129, * 2SHB 3129, CH 95 (2008)
Commute trip reduction program, students: HB 2011
Construction projects, threshold for public works bid requirements: HB 1914, HB 2232, SB 5770
Course materials, cost savings: * HB 1224, CH 457 (2007), SB 5183, SSB 5183
Course materials, disclosure of certain information: EHB 3047
Course materials, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1531, SB 5784, SSB 5784
Data, acquisition and dissemination: HB 2591, SHB 2591, 2SHB 2591
Disability history month: HB 2599, * SB 6313, CH 167 (2008)
Driving records, abstracts may be acquired: HB 3262, * SB 6885, CH 253 (2008)
Dual credit programs, work group: HB 3263, SHB 3263
Early learning and child care grant program: HB 1905, SHB 1905, SB 5769
Economic development, clarification of term: EHB 2608, SB 6264, SSB 6264
Educational loans and student loan revenue bonds, higher education facilities authority: EHB 1436, * ESB 5385, CH 36 (2007)
Electronic learning, work group: HB 3306, SHB 3306, E2SHB 3306
Employees, transfer of accumulated leave between common school and higher education systems: HB 2987, * SB 6588, CH 174 (2008)
Employment, opportunities: HB 2528, SHB 2528
Executive state officers, boards of trustees of technical colleges: * SB 5759, CH 15 (2007)
Faculty, associate members: SB 6888
Faculty, medical services training to treat patients with developmental disabilities: SB 6470, SSB 6470
Faculty, opportunities: SB 6393
Faculty, plan to achieve certain amount of full-time equivalent positions: HB 1875, SB 5514
Faculty, salary increments: HB 1384, SB 5495
Field of dreams program, college tuition GET units for students working in agricultural jobs: HB 2082, SHB 2082, E2SHB 2082
Financial aid, complementary and coordinated policies around tuition, financial aid, and student transition: 2SHB 1882, HB 2072
Financial aid, part-time students allowed state need grants: HB 1179, * ESHB 1179, CH 404 (2007)
Financial aid, passport to college promise pilot program for foster care youth: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Financial aid, state need grant calculation: HB 1222, SB 5411
Financial aid, state need grant residency restrictions: HB 2157
Financial negotiations with civil service unions: HB 3332, SHB 3332
Firearms on campus, regulation: SB 6304, SB 6841, SB 6860
Foster care youth, passport to college promise pilot program: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Freedom of press and speech for high school and college students: HB 1307, ESHB 1307
Freedom of student press and speech: SB 6449
Grants and scholarships, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Grants, long-term care worker training: HB 3039
Grants, opportunity program: HB 1096, SHB 1096, * 2SHB 1096, CH 277 (2007), SB 5410
High school completion programs: * HB 1051, CH 355 (2007) PV
Higher education investment district: SB 6149
Higher education, accountability: HB 2997
Industry skill panels, grants: SB 5254, * SSB 5254, CH 103 (2008)
Intellectual diversity: SB 6893
Life transitions multipurpose programs: HB 3065
Long-term care worker training: HB 3039, SB 6804, * SSB 6804 (2008) V
Mapping institutions of higher education: HB 2409, HB 2507, SHB 2507, * 2SHB 2507, CH 293 (2008)
Mathematics, placement and common college readiness tests: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Multiple-unit housing, campus facilities master plans: HB 2164, * ESHB 2164, CH 185 (2007)
North Puget Sound region, new institution: HB 2814, SB 6352
Opportunity grant program: HB 2072, SB 6832, SSB 6832
Part-time faculty, associate faculty positions: HB 1452, SB 5019
Part-time faculty, health care eligibility: * HB 1644, CH 302 (2007), SB 5609
Part-time faculty, salary increment awards: HB 1647, SB 5021
Part-time faculty, salary schedule: HB 1660, SB 5020
Performance agreements: HB 2375
Performance agreements, pilot program: * EHB 2641, CH 160 (2008)
Polytechnic college, study: SB 6539
Prior learning, work group: HB 2933, SHB 2933
Public technical colleges, offering associate transfer degrees: HB 3285, SB 6675, SSB 6675
Readiness for college-level course work: HB 2109
Resident student, classification: HB 3288, SB 6849
Safety and security, campus plan: HB 2648, SHB 2648, SB 6328, * SSB 6328, CH 168 (2008)
Scholarships, guaranteed opportunities scholarship: SB 5098, SSB 5098
Scholarships, Washington college bound scholarship program: * E2SSB 5098, CH 405 (2007)
Secondary career and technical education: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SB 6377, SSB 6377, * 2SSB 6377, CH 170 (2008) PV
Skill centers, agreement: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SB 6377, SSB 6377, * 2SSB 6377, CH 170 (2008) PV
Strategic direction for higher education: HB 1385
Student athletes' bill of rights: SB 5571
Student loans, low-interest student loan program: HB 1354
Student loans, tax exemptions for certain nonprofit organizations: HB 2643
Students, medical services training to treat patients with developmental disabilities: SB 6470, SSB 6470
Textbooks, publishers' requirements: HB 2300, * SHB 2300, CH 186 (2007), SB 6077, SSB 6077
Transfer and articulation between institutions: HB 2783, SHB 2783, * E2SHB 2783 (2008) V
Tuition and fee waivers, families of veterans: SB 6371, * ESSB 6371, CH 188 (2008)
Tuition and fees, exemption: SB 6394
Tuition waivers, national guard members and families: SB 6936
Tuition waivers, veterans and national guard: HB 1454, HB 2065, SB 5002, * SSB 5002, CH 450 (2007), SB 5442, SSB 5442
Tuition, economic development and diversification incentive program: HB 3100, SB 6262
Tuition, limits on increases: 2SHB 1882, SB 5013, SSB 5013, * 2SSB 5806, CH 151 (2007), SB 6133
Voter registration and informational activities, availability: SSB 6698
Voter registration, availability: HB 2917, SHB 2917, SB 6698
Washington investment in student excellence scholarship program: SB 6820
Washington learns, implementation: HB 1641, HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5501, SB 5806, SSB 5806
Workforce, clarification of term: EHB 2608, SB 6264, SSB 6264
COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES, BOARD  COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES, BOARD RSS Feed
               
Adult literacy education, media campaign: HB 2899, SHB 2899
Applied baccalaureate degree pilot program: * SSB 5104, CH 166 (2008)
Applied baccalaureate degree pilot projects for degrees in applied science and technology: HB 1885, SHB 1885, SB 5104
Child care program for students with children, administration: * SHB 2582, CH 162 (2008), SB 6730, ESSB 6730
College in high school program: SB 5105
College in the high school program, authority to develop and adopt rules: HB 2782
Data for institutions of higher education, acquisition and dissemination: 2SHB 2591
Early learning programs and services, inventory and survey: * HB 2319, CH 395 (2007)
Electronic learning at institutions of higher education, work group: HB 3306, SHB 3306, E2SHB 3306
Funding formula, assessment: HB 3107
Grants, opportunity program: HB 1096, SHB 1096, * 2SHB 1096, CH 277 (2007), SB 5410
High demand fields, committee on the education of students in: SB 5731, * SSB 5731, CH 397 (2007)
High demand, definition: HB 2317, SHB 2317
Higher education capital facility financing study: HB 3329, * ESHB 3329, CH 205 (2008), SB 6903, SSB 6903
Job skills program, economic clusters and quality management practices: SB 5743, SSB 5743, 2SSB 5743, 3SSB 5743
Long-term care worker training, report: * SSB 6804 (2008) V
Mathematics, college placement exam: HB 1559
Opportunity grant program: HB 2072
Performance agreements: HB 2375
Regional opportunity grant program: SHB 1882, SB 5806, SSB 5806
Standards for high school graduation, college readiness, and college admission: HB 1618
Strategic direction for higher education: HB 1385
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT  (See COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT)
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION BOARD  COMMUNITY ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION BOARD RSS Feed
               
Capital projects, applications required to answer funding questions: HB 3191
Dedicated funding provisions: SB 5762, SSB 5762, 2SSB 5762
Local infrastructure financing tools projects: HB 1277, SHB 1277, * 2SHB 1277, CH 229 (2007), HB 2485, SB 5115, SSB 5115, E2SSB 5115, * SB 6196, CH 209 (2008)
Public facilities construction loan revolving account, funding from real estate excise tax: SHB 1790
Public works projects, support for affordable housing: HB 3314
State economic development programs, provisions revised: SSB 6855, * 2SSB 6855, CH 327 (2008) PV
COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT  COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               
Affordable housing and community facilities rapid response loan program: SB 6712, SSB 6712, 2SSB 6712
Affordable housing for all: HB 1359, SHB 1359, * E2SHB 1359, CH 427 (2007), HB 2683, SHB 2683, 2SHB 2683
Affordable housing land acquisition revolving loan fund program: SHB 1401, * 2SHB 1401, CH 428 (2007)
Affordable housing, housing everyone financing tool program: HB 2849
Affordable housing, surplus publicly owned land and buildings suitable for development: HB 1332, SHB 1332, E2SHB 1332
Anaerobic digestion power, clean streams grant program: SHB 1035, E2SHB 1035
Asset building coalition: HB 2256, SHB 2256, 2SHB 2256, HB 2898, SHB 2898
Associate development organizations, contracts for services: HB 1178, SHB 1178, 2SHB 1178, SB 5092, SSB 5092, * 2SSB 5092, CH 249 (2007)
Broadband technologies, survey on the deployment among households: SB 5120
Building communities fund program: HB 3125, SHB 3125, E2SHB 3125
Capital projects, applications required to answer funding questions: HB 3191
Certified capital companies: HB 1721, SB 5309, SB 5621
Child care facilities, solicitation of proposals and prioritization of projects: HB 3318
Climate change mitigation and comprehensive state assessment: * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Community development fund, grants for local economic development and services: HB 2325, SHB 2325
Community development fund, joint legislative committee: HB 1441, SHB 1441
Community revitalization partnership program: HB 1080, SB 5455, SSB 5455, 2SSB 5455
Community schools act: HB 3291, SHB 3291, SB 6872
Competitive grant program, department to support community safety activities: SB 6563, SSB 6563
Criminal offender transitional housing assistance program: HB 2827, SHB 2827
Criminal offenders, community transition and reentry programs: HB 1874, SHB 1874, SB 5070, SSB 5070, E2SSB 5070, * ESSB 6157, CH 483 (2007), SB 6172
Dependent children, independent youth housing program: HB 1922, SHB 1922, * 2SHB 1922, CH 316 (2007)
Director appointed ex officio nonvoting member of workforce training and education coordinating board: SB 5400
Early learning and child care grant program: HB 1905, SB 5769
Economic development and diversification tuition incentive program: HB 3100, SB 6262
Economic development strategic reserve account, business and occupation tax credit for contributions to: SB 5496
Economic development, clarification of term: EHB 2608, SB 6264, SSB 6264
Educational outreach program for water-efficient products, department to establish: SB 6810
Electricity, purchase of renewable energy: SHB 1036, 2SHB 1036
Energy efficiency standards, adoption: ESHB 2758
Energy efficient worker training program: SB 6605, SSB 6605
Energy freedom program: SHB 1160, SHB 1303, * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV
Entrepreneurial and small business development online curriculum: SB 5612, SSB 5612
Environmentally certified residential and commercial construction tax incentives, review: * SHB 3120, CH 235 (2008)
Export assistance services, partnerships with local organizations: SB 5829
Export assistance services, rural manufacturer outreach program: SSB 5829, SB 6087
Family prosperity act, Washington asset building coalition: HB 2256, SHB 2256, 2SHB 2256
Financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program: * 2SHB 1273, CH 290 (2008)
Financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program, administration: SB 6850
Financial fraud and identity theft, pilot program of assistance for jurisdictions enforcing laws: SB 6103, SSB 6103
Financial services intermediary: HB 3221, SHB 3221, 2SHB 3221
Forestry carbon offset program: SB 6679, SSB 6679
Gang relocation assistance program: HB 2712, SHB 2712
Global warming mitigation and adaptation program, administration: * ESSB 6580, CH 289 (2008) PV
Global warming mitigation and adaptation program, report: SHB 2797, 2SHB 2797
Greenhouse gas emissions, report: SHB 2815
Growth management, buildable lands requirements: HB 2092, SHB 2092
Growth management, director to develop program for the loan of city costs for certain appeals: SB 6493, SSB 6493
High-speed internet, statewide deployment and adoption: * E2SSB 6438, CH 262 (2008)
Homeless housing and assistance, recodifying statutes relating to: HB 1117, SHB 1117
Homelessness, programs for ending: HB 1115, SHB 1115, E2SHB 1115
Homeowners' association dispute resolution processes, study: ESB 6744
Homeowners' association ombudsman office, study: SSB 6744
Housing communities program: E2SHB 3180
Housing everyone financing tool program: HB 2849
Housing infrastructure program: E2SHB 3180
Housing trust fund floating loan program: HB 3180, SHB 3180, E2SHB 3180
Hydrokinetic energy, work group: HB 2538, HB 3216, SHB 3216, E2SHB 3216
Incarcerated parents, programs and policies for children and families: HB 1422, SHB 1422, * E2SHB 1422, CH 384 (2007), SB 5643, SSB 5643, 2SSB 5643
Industry clusters, work group to support: SB 5399
Innovation partnership zones to promote research based firms and industries: HB 1091, * SHB 1091, CH 227 (2007), SB 5090, SSB 5090, 2SSB 5090
International trade, trade corps fellowship program: SB 5367, SSB 5367, 2SSB 5367
ISO-9000 quality standards assistance program: SB 5744
Job development fund program, termination: HB 2338, SHB 2338
Light bulbs, federal minimum energy efficiency standards: SHB 2703, E2SHB 2703
Local agricultural products, working conference on enhancing marketing opportunities: SB 6956
Low-income households, sustainable residential weatherization: HB 3141
Manufactured/mobile home communities, loans and grants and tax credits for preservation of affordable housing: SB 6073, SSB 6073
Manufactured/mobile home communities, tax credits for preservation of affordable housing: HB 2096, SHB 2096
Manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution, registration of communities: HB 1461, SB 5477, SSB 5477, 2SSB 5477
Manufactured/mobile home installation, powers and duties transferred to department of labor and industries: HB 2118, * SHB 2118, CH 432 (2007) PV
Methamphetamine task forces: HB 2539, SHB 2539
Microenterprise development program: SB 5652, SSB 5652, * 2SSB 5652, CH 322 (2007)
Microenterprise development program, low-income entrepreneurs: HB 1074
Military improvement zone, pilot program: HB 3163, SHB 3163, 2SHB 3163, SB 6802
Natural gas and electric utilities, systems benefit charge and sustainable energy trust: HB 1032, SHB 1032
Neighborhood organizations: SB 6563, SSB 6563
Nonprofit equity account program: HB 3180, SHB 3180, E2SHB 3180
Nonprofit organizations, assistance: HB 3265, SB 6854
Prostitution prevention and intervention services, expansion: SB 6683, SSB 6683
Public facilities loans and grants, dedicated funding: SB 5762, SSB 5762, 2SSB 5762
Regional industry cluster growth, provisions revised: SB 6774, SSB 6774
Regional transfer of development rights program: HB 1636, SHB 1636, * 2SHB 1636, CH 482 (2007), SB 5656, SSB 5656
Renewable fuel, content compliance: SHB 2512
Small business incubator program definitions: HB 1576
Small business incubators, certification program: HB 3115, SHB 3115, E2SHB 3115
Small communities infrastructure planning grant program: HB 2777, SHB 2777, 2SHB 2777
Small manufacturers, modernization services and assistance: SB 6510, * SSB 6510, CH 315 (2008)
Smart grid energy technology, strategic plan and tax exemptions: SB 6112
State trade fair fund, provisions: SB 5170, SSB 5170
Sustainable energy technologies, clear sky program: SHB 1036, 2SHB 1036
Technical assistance, pilot project for statewide procurement program in Snohomish county: HB 2211
Temporary witness assistance grant program: * E2SHB 2712, CH 276 (2008)
Tidal and wave energy, siting and operation review: SB 6111, SSB 6111
Tourism, public-private partnerships and tourism commission: HB 1276, * SHB 1276, CH 228 (2007), SB 5116, SSB 5116
Urban forestry partnerships, evergreen cities recognition program: HB 2844, SHB 2844, * E2SHB 2844, CH 299 (2008) PV, SB 6469, SSB 6469
Vehicle electrification demonstration grant program: * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV
Victims of crimes, grant program to enhance funding for services and prosecutorial costs: HB 2828
Washington manufacturing innovation and modernization extension service program, administration: HB 2914, SHB 2914
Washington state department of energy: HB 3105
Workforce, clarification of term: EHB 2608, SB 6264, SSB 6264
COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE  (See PUBLIC TRANSIT; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION)
COMMUTING  COMMUTING RSS Feed
               
Commute trip reduction program, higher education students: HB 2011
Telework enhancement funding board: SB 5162
COMPUTERS  COMPUTERS RSS Feed
               (See also INTERNET)
Breaches of security that compromise personal information stored on computers, direct cause of action: HB 2838, SHB 2838, SB 6425
Breaches of security that compromise personal information stored on computers, disclosure violations and penalties: SB 5341
Broadband technologies, survey on the deployment among households: SB 5120
Cable and video services, state-issued authorization for competitive providers: HB 1983, SB 6003
Call centers, business and occupation tax credit: HB 2155
Computer resources, mapping for future economic development: HB 2521, SHB 2521
Fire safety standards for electronic equipment: HB 1724
Identity crimes, portable electronic data storage device: HB 1763
Privacy protections regarding electronic communication devices: HB 1031
Server equipment, partial sales and use tax exemptions: HB 3260, SHB 3260, SB 6666
Spyware, regulations: HB 2879, * SHB 2879, CH 66 (2008), SB 6499, SSB 6499
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS  CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS RSS Feed
               
Aerospace manufacturing, joint legislative task force and review: SCR 8406
Bills, returned to house of origin: * HCR 4406 (2008), * HCR 4409 (2008), * SCR 8408 (2007)
Columbia river crossing project, study: SCR 8405, SSCR 8405
Cutoff dates, 2007 regular session: * HCR 4401 (2007)
Cutoff dates, 2008 regular session: * SCR 8411 (2008)
Deceased former members, joint session to honor: * HCR 4403 (2007)
Equal pay for equal work: HJR 4210
Higher education, statewide strategic master plan: HCR 4408, * ESHCR 4408 (2008), SCR 8412, SSCR 8412
House of representatives, four-year terms: HJR 4203
Joint rules: * SCR 8400 (2007)
Joint sessions: * HCR 4402 (2007), * HCR 4407 (2008)
Latino-Americans, joint select committee on accessibility to higher education: SCR 8403
Legislature organized, governor notified: * HCR 4400 (2007), * HCR 4405 (2008)
Legislature, commission on the evaluation of: SCR 8402
Liquor laws: SCR 8407, * 2ESSCR 8407 (2008)
Poet laureate, state: SCR 8401
Sine Die, regular session: * SCR 8409 (2007), * SCR 8413 (2008)
Sine Die, special session: * SCR 8410 (2007)
Workforce training, 2006 update to state comprehensive plan: HCR 4404, * SCR 8404 (2007)
CONDEMNATION  (See EMINENT DOMAIN)
CONDOMINIUMS  CONDOMINIUMS RSS Feed
               
Associations, reserve accounts and studies: HB 2541, SHB 2541, * SB 6215, CH 115 (2008)
Condominium act governance task force: SB 6875
Conversion condominiums, protection of tenants: SB 5031, SSB 5031
Conversion condominiums, regulations: HB 2014, * SHB 2014, CH 113 (2008), SB 6411
Liability insurance task force: SB 6724, SSB 6724
Political signage: SB 6681
Reserve accounts and studies for associations: HB 2541, SHB 2541, * SB 6215, CH 115 (2008)
Termination, statute harmonization: HB 3071, * SHB 3071, CH 114 (2008)
CONFIDENTIALITY  (See PRIVACY; PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS; PUBLIC DISCLOSURE)
CONSERVATION  CONSERVATION RSS Feed
               
Aquifer conservation zones: * SHB 1135, CH 159 (2007)
Conservation futures program, funding increase: SB 5217, SSB 5217
Easements, provisions: SB 5692
Public works performance-based contracting conservation of water, wastewater, or solid waste: SB 5481, * SSB 5481, CH 39 (2007)
Special assessments, population requirements: SB 6834
Veterans conservation corps program: HB 1767, SB 5164, SSB 5164, * 2SSB 5164, CH 451 (2007)
Washington state conservation commission, farm-based conservation markets study : SB 6805, * SSB 6805, CH 133 (2008)
Washington state conservation commission, upper Chehalis subbasin flood mitigation work group: SB 6882
Water conservation development strategies, rural areas: HB 1635
Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative: SB 5318, SSB 5318
CONSERVATION COMMISSION  CONSERVATION COMMISSION RSS Feed
               
Farmland preservation, office of: HB 1627, SHB 1627, SB 5108, * SSB 5108, CH 352 (2007) PV
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS  CONSERVATION DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also SPECIAL DISTRICTS)
Special assessments, amount: SB 5861
Special assessments, population: SB 6834
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS  (See JOINT RESOLUTIONS)
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY  (See CONTRACTORS)
CONSUMER LOANS  (See LOANS)
CONSUMER PROTECTION  CONSUMER PROTECTION RSS Feed
               
Actions, procedures: HB 1937, SHB 1937
Antitrust laws, protection of indirect purchasers for injuries arising from violations of: HB 1177, SB 5228, * SSB 5228, CH 66 (2007)
Background checks, fair credit reporting act provisions applied to reports: SB 5274
County prosecutors and city attorneys, authority to enforce certain provisions in consumer protection act: SB 6840
Dog purchaser protection: SB 6735
Fees to implement programs: * EHB 3381, CH 285 (2008)
Loans, regulations: * SB 6471, CH 78 (2008)
Paper billing fees: HB 1713
Unfair business practices, civil actions for damages: SB 5815
Used vehicle sales, task force: SSB 6768
Violations, civil action provisions: SB 6382
Web site and information line: HB 3144, * SHB 3144, CH 151 (2008)
CONTRACTORS  CONTRACTORS RSS Feed
               
Advertising, registration number omitted from print news media: HB 1389
Construction contractors advisory board created, licensing requirements established: HB 1936, SB 5045, SSB 5045
Construction contractors, licenses and certificates to be in possession while working: ESHB 1597
Construction contractors, licenses, certificates, or permits to be in possession while working: HB 1597
Construction contractors, regulations and provisions modified: HB 1843, * SHB 1843, CH 436 (2007), SB 5735, SSB 5735
Construction contracts, clause which waives claim rights of contractor based on failure to submit claim: HB 1765, ESHB 1765
Construction defects, duty to exercise reasonable care in construction of improvements: HB 2837, SB 6385, SSB 6385
Construction defects, statute of limitations: SB 5044, SB 5048
Construction projects, application of chapter 39.12 RCW: HB 3337, SB 6938
Construction trades, regulation by department of labor and industries: SB 6106, SSB 6106
Construction, state route number 520 bridge replacement financing: HB 3096, * ESHB 3096, CH 270 (2008), SB 6754
Disadvantaged contractors, assistance program: HB 2221, SHB 2221
Display of licenses and certificates: HB 1013
Drywall installation and finishing businesses, mandatory industrial insurance coverage: HB 2989
Environmentally certified residential and commercial construction tax incentives, study: * SHB 3120, CH 235 (2008)
Environmentally certified residential and commercial construction, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 3120, SB 6773
Home inspectors, licensing: HB 3132, SB 6606, * ESSB 6606, CH 119 (2008)
Home inspectors, study: SB 5788, * ESSB 5788, CH 388 (2007)
HVAC/R and gas piping, mechanic certification: HB 1876, HB 2966, SHB 2966, 2SHB 2966, * ESSB 5831, CH 254 (2008)
HVAC/R and gas piping, trade coordination panel and review of laws: SHB 1876
HVAC/R mechanics and contractors, regulations integrated into plumbers provisions: HB 1917, SB 5875
HVAC/R, joint legislative task force: SB 5831
Liens, construction: SB 6036, SSB 6036
New home construction or sale, warranty requirements: HB 1935, SHB 1935, SB 5550, ESSB 5550
New home warranties: SB 5049
Public works projects, certified payroll records: ESHB 2864
Residential construction contractors advisory board created, licensing requirements established: SSB 5045
Residential construction, cause of action for defects: SB 5046
Residential construction, committee: SB 5890
Residential construction, committee to study construction defects : ESSB 5550
Residential construction, duty to exercise reasonable care in construction of improvements: HB 2837, SB 6385, SSB 6385
Residential contractors, sunrise review for licensing: SHB 3349, 2SHB 3349
Residential contractors, sunset review for licensing: HB 3349
Small-scale powered equipment, retailer requirements: HB 2425
State construction projects, standards: HB 3343
Surety bond requirements: SB 5047
Underground economy in construction industry, joint legislative task force : HB 2086, HB 3121, SHB 3121, 2SHB 3121, * SB 5926, CH 288 (2007), SB 6732, SSB 6732, * 2SSB 6732, CH 120 (2008) PV
Use of another contractor's registration number, penalties: HB 1388
Violations, subcontract to or employ an unregistered contractor: SB 5453
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES  (See DRUGS)
CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTERS  CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTERS RSS Feed
               
Heritage and arts program, financing options: SHB 3380
Temporary medical housing by a health or social welfare organization, tax: * HB 2544, CH 137 (2008), SB 6623
CORPORATIONS  CORPORATIONS RSS Feed
               (See also NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS)
Annexation petitions, officer of corporation owning land in the area involved may provide signature: * SHB 2482, CH 196 (2008)
Asbestos-related liabilities: HB 1302, SB 5804
Directors, consideration of best interest of corporation: SB 5294
Duties of corporate directors, determining best interest of corporation: HB 1111
Investment income, business and occupation taxation: HB 1511
Plurality voting for directors: HB 1041, * SHB 1041, CH 467 (2007)
Significant business transactions, share acquisition time period: * HB 1042, CH 45 (2007)
Tax relief for certain limited purpose public corporations, commissions, and authorities: * SB 5572, CH 381 (2007)
Unemployment insurance, personal liability for failure to pay taxes: SB 5252
Washington business corporation act, notice: * HB 2499, CH 59 (2008)
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES  (See PRISONS AND PRISONERS)
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT  CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               
Chaplains, state institutions: SB 5801
Community corrections officers, immunity for damages during supervision of offenders: HB 3242
Community corrections officers, immunity when providing assistance to law enforcement officers: HB 2259, HB 2415
Community custody, court discretion: SB 6243, SSB 6243
Correctional industries services, contracts with local governments: HB 1762, SHB 1762
Corrections personnel training requirements: HB 1607, SHB 1607, SB 5634, * SSB 5634, CH 382 (2007)
Criminal offenders, community transition and reentry programs: HB 1874, SHB 1874, SB 5070, SSB 5070, E2SSB 5070, * ESSB 6157, CH 483 (2007), SB 6172
Drug offender sentencing alternative, adjustment to standard range: HB 2763, SB 6525
Employees of correctional facilities, stalking protection: HB 1319, * SHB 1319, CH 201 (2007), HB 2170, SB 5307, SSB 5307
Facilities on state hospital grounds, restrictions: HB 1484
Facilities, housing offenders violating community custody: * SSB 6244, CH 30 (2008)
Facilities, housing offenders violating community supervision: SB 6244
Incarcerated parents, programs and policies for children and families: HB 1422, SHB 1422, * E2SHB 1422, CH 384 (2007), SB 5643, SSB 5643, 2SSB 5643
Incarcerated persons, moral guidance oversight committee: SB 6400, * SSB 6400, CH 104 (2008)
Inmate labor, limitations on the use of: * SJR 8212 (2007)
Inmate postsecondary education, pilot program: SB 6790, SSB 6790
Liability for selecting alternative course of action, individual of department or representative of state: SB 5997
Offender education: SB 6406, SSB 6406
Offenses eligible for notification, domestic violence court order violation: HB 2764, SB 6422
Ombudsman, office of corrections: SB 5295, SSB 5295, 2SSB 5295
Out of state transfer of offenders, department authority: HB 2688, SHB 2688
Public hospital districts, correctional industries program contracts: HB 1455
Search and seizure of offenders, standards: HB 3232, SHB 3232, SB 6826
Sex offenders, costs of electronic monitoring: HB 3161
Sex offenders, immigration status and deportation: HB 2439, SHB 2439
Work release facilities, siting: HB 1733, SHB 1733, E2SHB 1733
Work release, crime victims to submit input: HB 2436
COSMETICS  COSMETICS RSS Feed
               
Washington safe cosmetics act: HB 2166
COSMETOLOGY  COSMETOLOGY RSS Feed
               
Apprenticeship program: HB 2427, * SHB 2427, CH 20 (2008)
Apprenticeships: SB 6279
Licensing requirements and inspection provisions: HB 1842, SHB 1842
COUGARS  COUGARS RSS Feed
               
Dog hunting, pilot project made permanent: HB 2438, * ESHB 2438, CH 8 (2008)
Hound hunting cougar season pilot program: HB 1756, HB 2438
State mammal: SB 6918
COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING  COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING RSS Feed
               
Chemical dependency professional trainee credential: HB 1993, SHB 1993, E2SHB 1993, HB 2674, SHB 2674, * 2SHB 2674, CH 135 (2008), SB 6456, SSB 6456
Child abuse or neglect, duty to report: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Credentialing standards revised and provisions for associates and trainees created: SHB 1993, E2SHB 1993
Credentialing standards revised and provisions for interns and trainees created: HB 1494, HB 1993, SB 5579
Credentialing standards revised and provisions for interns and trainees created, advisory committee: HB 2674, SHB 2674, SB 6456
Family preparation course: SB 5472, SSB 5472
Genetic counselors, licensing: HB 2015, SHB 2015, SB 6756
Home visits by mental health professionals and crisis intervention workers, backup: HB 1456, * SHB 1456, CH 360 (2007), SB 5563
Hypnotherapist, registration: HB 1494, HB 1993, SHB 1993, E2SHB 1993, HB 2674, SHB 2674, * 2SHB 2674, CH 135 (2008), SB 5579, SB 6456, SSB 6456
Social worker, defined: HB 2112, SB 5950
Social workers, supervised experience requirements: HB 2474, * SHB 2474, CH 141 (2008)
Washington state certified counselors and hypnotherapist advisory committee: SHB 2674, * 2SHB 2674, CH 135 (2008), SSB 6456
COUNTIES  COUNTIES RSS Feed
               (See also GROWTH MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICTS)
Accessible communities, authority to establish advisory committee: HB 2794, SHB 2794
Affordable housing developments, discrimination prohibited: HB 2279, * SHB 2279, CH 118 (2008)
Affordable housing task force: SHB 2683, 2SHB 2683
Affordable housing, authority of local governments to use incentives for commercial and industrial development: HB 3214
Affordable housing, financial assistance programs requirements: HB 2830
Affordable housing, incentive programs: HB 3213
Agricultural promotion facilities, lodging tax provisions: HB 1657, SB 5568, * SSB 5568, CH 189 (2007)
Antifreeze, rules for placement of averse agents: * ESHB 2996, CH 68 (2008)
Assistance, funding increase for city-county assistance account: HB 2022, SB 6798
Beach management districts, counties authorized to create: HB 3186, SHB 3186, * E2SHB 3186, CH 301 (2008) PV, SB 6035, SSB 6035, SB 6508, SSB 6508
Boards of equalization, reconvening: HB 1581
Boundary review board decisions, expansion of objectives: SB 6934
Boundary review boards, authority: HB 1622, SHB 1622, 2SHB 1622
Bridge and viaduct projects, sales and use taxes: SB 5022
Bridges, maintenance and replacement requirements: HB 2969, SB 6808, SSB 6808
Building code, cause of action for county or city negligence to enforce state code: HB 3272, SB 5892, SSB 5892
Building communities fund program: HB 3125, SHB 3125, E2SHB 3125
Campaigns, use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office: * E2SSB 5278, CH 29 (2008)
Car-sharing activities, sales and use tax exemption: SB 6830
Cemetery districts, ballot proposition may be provided through ordinance or resolution: * HB 3200, CH 96 (2008)
Chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services, sales and use tax: SB 6791, * SSB 6791, CH 157 (2008)
Clark, reactive attachment disorder pilot program: SB 6479, SSB 6479, 2SSB 6479
Climate change, mitigation of impacts through growth management act: HB 2797, SHB 2797, 2SHB 2797, SB 6580, * ESSB 6580, CH 289 (2008) PV
Commissioners, election by district: SB 5701, SSB 5701
Community development fund, joint legislative committee: HB 1441, SHB 1441
Community justice facilities, siting: HB 1733, SHB 1733
Community preservation and development authorities: HB 1992, SHB 1992, 2SHB 1992, * SSB 6156, CH 501 (2007) PV
Competitive bid limits, purchase of materials and equipment: HB 2274, * SB 6075, CH 88 (2007)
Conservation districts, special assessments: SB 6834
Conservation futures levy, farm and agricultural land: SB 5362, SSB 5362
Conservation futures program, funding increase: SB 5217, SSB 5217
Correctional industries services, contracts: HB 1762, SHB 1762
Cowlitz county, number of district court judges: * HB 2762, CH 63 (2008)†, SB 6252
Criminal justice costs, extraordinary criminal justice revolving fund for aggravated murder cases: SB 5896
Criminal justice costs, fiscal notes and appropriations for bills increasing incarceration periods: SB 5872
Criminal justice costs, medical costs in the reimbursement of extraordinary costs: HB 1808
Criminal offenders, community transition and reentry programs: HB 1874, SHB 1874, SB 5070, SSB 5070, E2SSB 5070, * ESSB 6157, CH 483 (2007), SB 6172
Critical areas, management recommendations: HB 3252
Day labor project requirements, small county exemption: SB 6347, SSB 6347
Developmental disabilities, contracts with department of social and health services for early intervention: SB 6713
Developmental disabilities, contracts with social and health services department for early intervention services: HB 2900
Dialysis stations, certificates of need: SB 6916
Driving records, abstracts may be acquired if authorized to self-insure: HB 3262, * SB 6885, CH 253 (2008)
Economic development offices, local sales and use tax to finance: * HB 1543, CH 250 (2007), SB 5388, SSB 5388
Elected officials, keeping offices at county seat: HB 3372, SB 6927
Election officials, notification when a person summoned for jury service does not meet qualifications: SB 6555
Elections, ranked choice voting: HB 2202, SB 6000
Emergency management, animal emergency operations guidance: SSB 5106, E2SSB 5106
Emergency preparedness flood control and stream bank restoration pilot program: HB 1339
Emergency responses to property, notification to property owner: HB 2365
Ex parte orders, legislative authority to authorize via the clerk: SB 6937
Excise tax on sale of real property, provisions: HB 1161
Federal new markets tax credit program: * HB 1430, CH 230 (2007), SB 5630
Financial fraud and identity theft, pilot program of assistance for jurisdictions enforcing laws: SB 6103, SSB 6103
First-time buyer housing affordability index, impact fee elimination: HB 1861
First-time buyer housing affordability index, single-family residential development outside urban growth areas: HB 1862
First-time home buyer sales tax exemption on construction labor and services: HB 1863
Forest land, conversion of land to nonforestry uses: HB 1408, SB 5883, SSB 5883, * 2SSB 5883, CH 106 (2007)
Forest practices, jurisdiction of conversion-related practices transferred to local government: HB 1409, * SHB 1409, CH 236 (2007)
Gifts, acceptance of gifts by municipal officers: SB 6507
Golf cart and snowmobile zones, development: HB 3228
Governance options: HJR 4212
Gravel, sand, and rock purchase: HB 2981
Growth management hearings board, recommendations for critical areas: HB 3252
Growth management, accommodating projected urban growth by wage decile: HB 2093
Growth management, addressing needs of aging population: HB 3315
Growth management, agricultural activities occurring on agricultural lands: HB 1931, HB 2078, HB 2212, ESHB 2212, HB 2213
Growth management, best available science: HB 1781
Growth management, best available science for protection of environmentally critical areas: HB 2046
Growth management, buildable acreage within urban growth areas: HB 1918
Growth management, buildable lands requirements: HB 2092, SHB 2092
Growth management, community and work release facilities: HB 1733, SHB 1733
Growth management, comprehensive plan energy element: SB 5871
Growth management, comprehensive plan for affordable housing: HB 2576, SHB 2576
Growth management, comprehensive plan housing element compliance evaluation: HB 2855
Growth management, comprehensive plan to ensure sufficient land and densities: SB 6727, SSB 6727
Growth management, conservation easements: SB 5692
Growth management, cooperation regarding designation and modification of urban growth areas: HB 2045, SB 6137
Growth management, cost assessment for burying power lines: HB 2108
Growth management, county-wide planning policy compliance reporting: HB 2854, SHB 2854
Growth management, critical areas nonregulatory measures and voluntary activities: SB 5301, SSB 5301
Growth management, environmental policy act exemptions within urban growth areas: HB 2285
Growth management, exemption for regional growth centers from concurrency requirements: HB 2577, SHB 2577
Growth management, hearings boards membership and powers: HB 2077
Growth management, industrial development on reclaimed surface coal mine sites: * SB 6014, CH 194 (2007)
Growth management, industrial land bank termination date: HB 1925
Growth management, infrastructure account: HB 1361
Growth management, intensive development outside of urban growth areas: HB 1699
Growth management, major industrial development within industrial land banks: HB 1965, * SHB 1965, CH 433 (2007)
Growth management, major industrial developments: HB 1752, SB 5684
Growth management, manufactured housing community development in rural areas: SB 6171
Growth management, marine transportation of sand and gravel: HB 2349, HB 2364, SB 6109
Growth management, new regulations may not prohibit legally existing uses: SB 5734
Growth management, performance and reasonable measures: HB 1358, HB 2091, SB 5914
Growth management, regional transfer of development rights program: HB 1636, SHB 1636, * 2SHB 1636, CH 482 (2007), SB 5656, SSB 5656
Growth management, rural villages: HB 1998, SHB 1998, SB 5852
Growth management, single-family residential development outside urban growth areas: HB 1862
Growth management, task force on needs and priorities: HB 1558, SHB 1558
Growth management, transportation concurrency: SB 5210
Growth management, transportation concurrency and impact fees: HB 1753, HB 2950, SB 5683, SB 6566
Growth management, urban growth area capital facilities plans: HB 1698, SHB 1698
Growth management, voluntary environmental management and incentive zone plans: SB 5449, SSB 5449
Health sciences and services program: HB 1705, SHB 1705, * E2SHB 1705, CH 251 (2007)
Heritage and arts programs, reallocation of existing lodging taxes: SB 6935
High-capacity transportation corridor areas, provisions established: HB 3068, SHB 3068, SB 6667
Higher education investment district: SB 6149
Historic property leased to counties, property tax exemption: HB 1746
House-banked card games, relocation zoning ordinances: HB 1477, SB 5558, ESSB 5558
Housing developments, resident notification: HB 1628
Intensive case management: HB 2784, SHB 2784, SB 6665, * ESSB 6665, CH 320 (2008) PV
Island county, public patrol vessel: HB 2505
Juvenile offender programs, pilot program to increase family participation: SB 6430, SSB 6430
Land use permit applications, vesting: HB 1463, SB 5507
Law libraries, public access: HB 1317
Liquor licenses, issuance objections: * EHB 2113, CH 473 (2007)
Local health board, composition: SB 6939
Local infrastructure financing tools projects: HB 1277, SHB 1277, * 2SHB 1277, CH 229 (2007), HB 2485, SB 5115, SSB 5115, E2SSB 5115, * SB 6196, CH 209 (2008)
Local option motor vehicle taxes to fund highway construction projects: SB 5414
Local project review, vesting of rights in land use actions: SB 5355
Local public works assistance funds: EHB 2985
Local public works assistance funds, property tax levy: HB 1159
Lodging tax, facilities for agricultural promotion: HB 1657, SB 5568, * SSB 5568, CH 189 (2007)
Mandatory drug testing, peace officers: HB 3178
Manufactured and mobile homes, location restriction ordinances prohibited: HB 1148, SHB 1148
Manufactured and mobile homes, regulations for manufactured home parks or housing communities: HB 1150, SB 5524, * SSB 5524, CH 117 (2008)
Manufactured and mobile homes, siting new parks and communities: HB 1640
Manufactured housing communities, siting: SB 6633