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FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS  FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS RSS Feed
               
State trade fair fund, provisions: SB 5170, SSB 5170
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE  FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE RSS Feed
               
Child abuse or neglect, duty to report: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Volunteers, duty to report child abuse or neglect: SB 6367, SSB 6367
FAMILY COURT  (See COURTS)
FAMILY LEAVE  (See EMPLOYMENT)
FAMILY LIFE  FAMILY LIFE RSS Feed
               
At-risk youth, public access to hearings: HB 1565, * SHB 1565, CH 213 (2007)
Child in need of services, public access to hearings: HB 1565, * SHB 1565, CH 213 (2007)
Civil marriage equality, gender neutrality: HB 1350, SB 5335
Definition of relative, used for purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance: HB 2868
Dependency proceedings, court hearings: HB 1912, SHB 1912
Dependency proceedings, reunification: SB 5452, ESSB 5452
Dependency proceedings, rights of children: HB 2760, SHB 2760
Dependent children, visitation rights for relatives: SB 6306, * SSB 6306, CH 259 (2008)
Dissolution proceedings, provisions revised: SB 5470, SSB 5470, * 2SSB 5470, CH 496 (2007)
Domestic partners, senior citizen property tax exemption program: HB 2488
Domestic partnership registry, protection by granting certain rights and benefits: HB 1351, SHB 1351, SB 5336, * SSB 5336, CH 156 (2007)
Domestic partnerships, rights and responsibilities: HB 3104, SHB 3104, * 2SHB 3104, CH 6 (2008), SB 6716, SSB 6716
Family and children's services, department: SB 5506
Family and juvenile court improvement program: HB 2822, SHB 2822, * 2SHB 2822, CH 279 (2008)
Family court, statewide: HB 1780
Family leave insurance, implementation of joint legislative task force recommendations: HB 2665, HB 3305, SHB 3305, SB 6280
Family leave insurance, implementation of task force recommendations: SSB 6280
Family military leave act: * SB 6447, CH 71 (2008)
Family planning services: HB 1686, SB 5585, SSB 5585
Family preparation course: SB 5472, SSB 5472
Infant-friendly employers: SB 5153, SSB 5153
Parentage, preempting common law causes of action: HB 2347
Siblings, minors may seek petition for visitation: HB 2990
Veterans' caregiver act: SB 6541
FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL  (See SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT)
FARMS  FARMS RSS Feed
               
2007 floods, property tax relief for farm property damage: HB 3308
Agricultural commodities, public utilities tax deduction for transportation: * HB 1443, CH 330 (2007), SB 5431
Asparagus, exception to standards for fruits and vegetables: * HB 1416, CH 237 (2007), SB 5397
Biodiesel fuel, sales and use tax exemption: SB 5009, * SSB 5009, CH 443 (2007)
Biofuel economic development program: SB 6170
Brassica seed production: * HB 1888, CH 181 (2007), SB 5749
Business and occupation tax rate for custom farming services: HB 1587, SB 5059
Community agricultural worker safety grant program: 2ESB 5723
Conservation futures levy, farm and agricultural land: SB 5362, SSB 5362
Conservation markets, preservation and environmental restoration: SB 6805, * SSB 6805, CH 133 (2008)
Conservation, farms and forest conservation revolving fund: HB 1999
Crop rotation defined for water rights purposes: HB 1985
Dairies, exemption from shellfish protection district charges: HB 2676, SHB 2676, SB 6607, * SSB 6607, CH 250 (2008)
Dairies, purchase of carbon credits from methane-producing entities: SB 5237, SSB 5237
Dairies, tax credit to light and power businesses for purchase energy credits to reduce methane emissions: SB 5238, SSB 5238
Damage from 2007 floods, tax relief: HB 3308
Farmland preservation, office of: HB 1627, SHB 1627, SB 5108, * SSB 5108, CH 352 (2007) PV
Growth management, agricultural activities and critical areas: HB 1167, HB 1931, HB 2078, HB 2212, ESHB 2212, HB 2213, SB 5248, * SSB 5248, CH 353 (2007)
Heritage barn preservation program: HB 2115, * SHB 2115, CH 333 (2007), SB 5542, SSB 5542
Labor contractors, general provisions and transportation safety standards: HB 2106
Local farms-healthy kids act: SHB 2798, E2SHB 2798, SSB 6483, * 2SSB 6483, CH 215 (2008)
Local farms-healthy kids and communities act: HB 2798, SB 6483
Machinery and equipment, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 1757, HB 3114, SB 6780, SSB 6780
Machinery and equipment, sales and use tax exemptions for repairs: HB 1901, SHB 1901, * EHB 1902, CH 332 (2007), SB 5764, SSB 5764, SB 5765
Methane emissions, purchase of carbon credits from dairies: SB 5237, SSB 5237
Methane emissions, tax credit to light and power businesses for purchase of energy credits from dairies: SB 5238, SSB 5238
Organic foods commission act: SB 5160
Overtime compensation exemption for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries: HB 2717, SB 6564
Overtime compensation exemption for transport of agricultural commodities: HB 1920, SHB 1920, HB 2979
Propane fuel, sales and use tax exemption: SB 5077
Propane, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1376
Right to farm act: HB 1984
Shellfish, aquaculture regulatory committee: HB 1728, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007), SB 5645
Small farm direct marketing assistance program, expiration date removed: * HB 1311, CH 122 (2007), SB 5056
Tax exemptions for certain farming services: HB 2352, * ESHB 2352, CH 334 (2007), SB 5595
Transgenic organisms, collection of samples: HB 3358
Vegetation management services, taxation: SB 5761, SB 5781
Walla Walla sweet onion, state vegetable: * HB 1556, CH 137 (2007)
Wildlife damage claims, amount available for payment of claims: HB 1146, SHB 1146
Wildlife damage claims, owner may opt to retain deer and elk that damage crops : HB 1685
Women, infants, and children program: HB 2793
FAX  (See TELEPHONES)
FEES  FEES RSS Feed
               
Increases, restrictions on authorization: HB 2371
FERRIES  FERRIES RSS Feed
               
Commission, Washington state ferries commission: HB 2451
Alcoholic beverages, sale of prohibited: HB 1175
Charge to ride ferry, reduction in: HB 1134, HB 2454, SB 5680
Fares, expiration of monetary value: HB 2455, SHB 2455
Fares, multiple drivers for multiple discounted trips: HB 2453, SB 6689
Fares, reasonable fares for frequent users: HB 2718, SHB 2718, SB 6688
New vessels, restrictions on carrying motor vehicles: HB 3218, SHB 3218, SB 6794, * SSB 6794, CH 4 (2008)
Passenger-only, funding: HB 2273, SB 5862, SSB 5862, * E2SSB 5862, CH 223 (2007)
Passenger-only, required date for operations to begin on service between Vashon and Seattle: HB 2353
Passenger-only, sales and use tax exemption for fuel purchased by public transportation benefit area: SB 5862, SSB 5862, * E2SSB 5862, CH 223 (2007)
Port districts, grants for ferry service: * HB 2730, CH 45 (2008)
State, procurement of new vessels: HB 2378, * SHB 2378, CH 481 (2007)
State, survey and plan: HB 2358, * ESHB 2358, CH 512 (2007), SB 6127, ESSB 6127
State, time periods for collective bargaining by employees: HB 1693, * SHB 1693, CH 160 (2007), SB 5082, SSB 5082
Unauthorized proximity to ferries, person or vessel in water: HB 1282, SHB 1282
Vehicle idling in holding area, restrictions: SB 5739
Vehicles boarding ferries, traffic infractions for blocking driveways or moving in front of another vehicle: * SB 5088, CH 423 (2007)
Vessels and terminals, planning: SB 6932, * SSB 6932, CH 124 (2008)
FERTILIZERS  FERTILIZERS RSS Feed
               
Registration and administration: * HB 2467, CH 292 (2008), SB 6194
FINANCIAL AID  (See COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS  FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RSS Feed
               (See also BANKS AND BANKING; CREDIT UNIONS)
Community credit needs, microenterprise development needs: SB 5651, * SSB 5651, CH 240 (2008)
Credit cards, cap on transaction fees: SB 6825
Credit cards, information: HB 2620
Credit cards, interchange and associated fees: SB 5065
Credit cards, posting of time and date when paying in person: SB 6091
Credit cards, tax on interest rates that exceed usury rate: HB 1245
Debit cards, information: HB 2620
Electronically delivered financial information, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 1981, * ESHB 1981, CH 182 (2007), SB 5768, SSB 5768
Financial fraud and identity theft, pilot program of assistance for jurisdictions enforcing laws: SB 6103, SSB 6103
Fraud alert networks: HB 1273, SHB 1273
Homeownership security, improving protections for residential mortgage loan consumers: HB 2770, * SHB 2770, CH 108 (2008), SB 6728
Identity crimes, portable electronic data storage device: HB 1763
Interchange fees, prohibited on state sales tax portion of transaction: SB 5885
Interchange fees, sales tax exemption for retailers: SB 5884
Interstate branching: HB 2286, * SHB 2286, CH 167 (2007), SB 6029, SSB 6029
Manufactured/mobile home communities, tax credit for financial assistance: HB 2096, SHB 2096, SB 6073, SSB 6073
Microenterprise development program: SB 5652, SSB 5652, * 2SSB 5652, CH 322 (2007)
Residential mortgage loans, procedures: HB 3319, SHB 3319
Robbery in first degree, classification: SB 5705
Securities, safeguarding: * HB 3011, CH 234 (2008)
Statutes, published code reviser's notes in financial institutions and insurance titles of the RCW: SB 6038, SSB 6038
Uniform interest rate: HB 3280
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, DEPARTMENT  FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               
Certified capital companies: SHB 1721
Exchange facilitators, director to issue and deliver licenses: HB 2939, SB 6845
Fees, adjustment: * EHB 3381, CH 285 (2008), SHB 3381
Financial literacy, expansion through education and counseling to promote homeownership security: HB 2829, SHB 2829, 2SHB 2829, HB 3164, * SB 6272, CH 3 (2008)
Financial services intermediary: HB 3221, SHB 3221, 2SHB 3221
Real-time data base to verify if consumer has an outstanding small loan, study: HB 2258, SHB 2258
Residential mortgage loans, authority to adopt rules: HB 3319, SHB 3319
Smart homeownership choices program: SB 6711, * SSB 6711, CH 322 (2008)
Tax refund anticipation loans, facilitators: HB 3098, SB 6697
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, OFFICE  FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, OFFICE RSS Feed
               
Capital budget projects, analysis and scoring of requests: SSB 6903
Capital project requests, analysis and scoring: HB 3329, * ESHB 3329, CH 205 (2008)
Capital projects, administration of instructions: HB 3191
Chehalis river basin, flood hazard mitigation projects: * HB 3375, CH 180 (2008)
Criminal justice costs, fiscal notes and appropriations for bills increasing incarceration periods: SB 5872
Education data center: HB 2997
Government overpayments, recovery audits: HB 1952
Higher education data center: HB 2051
Homeless families services fund: * SB 6335, CH 2 (2008)
Information technology, management and planning for state agencies: SHB 2289
Information technology, strategic plan for state projects: HB 1296
Joint legislative infrastructure oversight committee, created: HB 2875, SB 6613, SSB 6613
Legislative evaluation and accountability program, access: HB 2931
Patient-centered primary care pilot projects, study: SHB 2549
Patient-centered primary care, study: SSB 6282
Purchase of locally grown foods, tracking: HB 2798, SHB 2798, SB 6483, SSB 6483, * 2SSB 6483, CH 215 (2008)
Real estate procurement and management of state facilities, oversight: HB 2366, * SHB 2366, CH 506 (2007)
Risk management division, report: SB 6696, SSB 6696
School districts, education data center: HB 1871, SHB 1871, 2SHB 1871, SB 5842, SSB 5842, * E2SSB 5843, CH 401 (2007)
State agencies, management system for grants, contracts, and loans: HB 2931
State budget information web site: HB 2342
State expenditure information web site: * SB 6818, CH 326 (2008) PV, SSB 6818
Statewide infrastructure investment strategy: HB 2875, SB 6613, SSB 6613
Student transportation, funding: * 2SSB 5114, CH 139 (2007)
Transportation agencies, objectives and performance measures: HB 2041, SHB 2041
Wrongful injury or death of a child, risk management division report: E3SHB 1873
FINE ARTS  (See ART WORKS)
FIRE PROTECTION  FIRE PROTECTION RSS Feed
               
Cigarette ignition propensity: HB 1822, SB 5642, SSB 5642, * 2SSB 5642, CH 239 (2008)
Districts, clarifying annexation procedures with cities: HB 2938, ESHB 2938
Fire service training account, distribution and allocation: HB 2097, * SB 6119, CH 290 (2007)
Forest fire, protection assessments: HB 1125, SHB 1125, SB 5463, * SSB 5463, CH 110 (2007)
Forest fires, access to property during a fire: SB 5315, * SSB 5315, CH 252 (2007)
Groundwater withdrawal for fire prevention purposes: SB 6198
Hospitals, standards: SB 6710, * SSB 6710, CH 155 (2008)
Impact fees, facilities authorized to use: HB 2110
Regional fire protection service authorities, board of commissioners to be elected: HB 3201, SHB 3201
Safety standards for upholstered furniture and electronic equipment: HB 1724
Volunteer fire departments, reimbursement for response to incidents on state highways: SB 5426
Wildfire prevention and protection work group: HB 1652, SHB 1652
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS  FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also SPECIAL DISTRICTS)
Commercial vessels, recovery of costs when incident occurs: HB 2726, SB 6445, SSB 6445
Commissioners, additional: SB 5432
Competitive bidding requirements, exemption for work performed by employees: SB 5433
Emergency responses to property, notification to property owner: HB 2365
Fire stations, threshold for construction projects without formal bidding : HB 1367, SB 5337
State capital funding assistance: HB 1470
FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS  FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS RSS Feed
               
Fitters, certification: HB 1968, * ESHB 1968, CH 435 (2007)
Nightclubs, requirements: HB 1811, SHB 1811, * 2SHB 1811, CH 434 (2007) PV, SB 5832, SSB 5832
Residential, model plan for private residential water charges: HB 1442
Residential, technical advisory group to research and review policies and procedures: HB 2292, ESHB 2292, HB 2575, * SHB 2575, CH 60 (2008)
FIREARMS  FIREARMS RSS Feed
               
Alien firearm license, requirements and violations: HB 1011
Concealed pistol licenses, age requirement: SB 6861
Concealed pistol licenses, applicants who are active duty members of armed forces: SB 6686, SB 6864
Concealed pistol licenses, late renewal penalty provisions: HB 1126
Concealed pistol licenses, license holders from other states: SB 6864
Department of fish and wildlife lands, restrictions on use: HB 3225, SB 6859
Electronic weapons, penalties for possession on school property: HB 1764
Emergency or natural disaster, right to lawful possession: HB 1633
Emergency or natural disaster, seizure or confiscation of unlawful firearms: SB 5516
Gun shows and events, sales regulations: HB 1026, SB 5197, SSB 5197
Involuntarily committed, possession of firearms by person who are: HB 3095, SHB 3095
Involuntary committed, possession of firearms by person who are: SB 6526
Nonimmigrant aliens, requirements and violations: HB 3148, ESHB 3148
Nonresidents' participation in hunting and shooting events: SB 5456, ESSB 5456
Pistol ammunition, coding requirements: HB 3359
Possession of deadly weapons, restrictions: HB 3229
Possession while hunting: HB 2956
Postshooting peace officer drug testing: HB 3178
Restoration of right to possess: SB 5465, SSB 5465
Safe storage requirements and penalties: HB 1014
Schools, accident prevention instruction: HB 2168
Schools, hunter and firearm safety courses as an elective: SB 5791
Schools, regulation of firearms on campus: HB 3131, ESHB 3131, SB 6304, SB 6841, SB 6860
Shooting ranges, liability protections noise and nuisance requirements: HB 2036
Weapon, definition: HB 2177, SHB 2177, HB 3229, SB 6322, * SSB 6322, CH 33 (2008)
FIREFIGHTERS  FIREFIGHTERS RSS Feed
               
Volunteer, state agency employees allowed to respond when called to duty: SB 5511, * SSB 5511, CH 112 (2007)
Occupational diseases: HB 3089
Occupational diseases, cardiovascular disease and cancer: HB 1833, * ESHB 1833, CH 490 (2007) PV, SB 5741
Occupational diseases, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: HB 3331
Relief and pensions, fireman changed to firefighter: HB 1824
Survivor benefits: HB 3020, SB 6650
Volunteer, paid leave from employment for state employees: HB 3321, SB 6887
Volunteer, sales and use tax exemption for equipment: SB 6089
Volunteer, vocational rehabilitation: HB 1878, HB 2147, * SHB 2147, CH 57 (2007), SB 5752
FIRST RESPONDERS  (See EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS)
FISCAL NOTES  FISCAL NOTES RSS Feed
               
Criminal justice costs, fiscal notes and appropriations for bills increasing incarceration periods: SB 5872
Fiscal notes required prior to voting on final passage of certain bills: HB 2682
FISH  FISH RSS Feed
               (See also SALMON; STEELHEAD)
Aquatic invasive species control and enforcement: SB 5923, SSB 5923, * E2SSB 5923, CH 350 (2007) PV
Food fish and shellfish, management authority: SB 6053
Geoduck aquaculture techniques and practices, scientific research studies: HB 1547, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007)
Geoduck harvesters, workers' compensation coverage: * HB 1949, CH 324 (2007)
Geoduck harvesters, workers' compensation coverage revised: HB 2885, * SHB 2885, CH 70 (2008)
Geoduck, intertidal commercial aquaculture: HB 3217, SB 6509
Geoduck, management of fishery and excise tax: HB 2456
Hydraulic project approval process, study to protect fish life: HB 2530, SHB 2530, 2SHB 2530
Inspections and sampling of fish and wildlife, authority of fish and wildlife employees to inspect vessels and facilities: HB 1075, HB 1646, * SHB 1646, CH 337 (2007), SB 5131
Puget Sound commercial salmon fishery, management: HB 2944, SB 6337, SSB 6337
Puget Sound, marine resources committees: HB 2049, * SHB 2049, CH 344 (2007)
Rockfish research and stock assessment program: HB 1076, SHB 1076, 2SHB 1076, * HB 1476, CH 442 (2007), SB 5127
Secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for harvest, recordkeeping requirements: SB 5128
Shellfish and food fish, management authority: SB 6053
Shellfish, aquaculture regulatory committee: HB 1728, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007), SB 5645
Shellfish, managing and regulating shellfish aquaculture: HB 2220
Shellfish, protection districts and program: HB 1595, SHB 1595, E2SHB 1595, HB 1928, HB 2676, SHB 2676, * SB 5778, CH 150 (2007), * SSB 6607, CH 250 (2008)
Willapa harbor oyster reserve: HB 2823, * SHB 2823, CH 202 (2008)
FISH AND WILDLIFE  FISH AND WILDLIFE RSS Feed
               
Environmental permits, enforcement affecting aquatic reserves: HB 2785
Feral dogs and wolf-dog hybrids, authority of officials to lethally remove if threat posed: HB 2861
Master hunter program: HB 3194
Small scale prospecting and mining, violations: HB 2871, SHB 2871
Title 77 RCW definitions, organization: HB 2788, * SHB 2788, CH 277 (2008)
Wood debris, interference with operation of dam: HB 3278
FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION  FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION RSS Feed
               
Biological information, pilot project to contract with independent biologists for assessment of deer and elk: HB 1250, SHB 1250
Department of fish and wildlife lands, restrictions on use: HB 3225, SB 6859
Enforcement code, authority for officers to issue noncriminal sanctions: HB 2493
Hunters and fishers with disabilities, authority to appoint advisory committee: * HB 2540, CH 294 (2008)
Master hunter program, authority to adopt rules for administration: HB 3194
Membership and appointment: SB 5117, SB 5747, SB 5793
FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT  FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               
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
Director, appointment: HB 1193, SB 5364
Emergency preparedness flood control and stream bank restoration pilot program: HB 1339
Endangered marine species, review: HB 2532
Endangered species, establishment of minimum time period for designation: HB 2753
Fisheries buy-back programs, purchase of vessels and licenses: SB 6419
Flood damage, mitigation: HB 2525, * SHB 2525, CH 272 (2008)
Food fish and shellfish, management authority: SB 6053
Funding for programs, redirecting certain moneys: HB 1248, SHB 1248, SB 5132
Geoduck aquaculture techniques and practices, scientific research studies: HB 1547, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007)
Geoduck, management of fishery and excise tax: HB 2456
Governance structure, joint legislative audit and review committee study and review: SB 6043
Hood Canal, pilot project to test effects of oxygenation: HB 1604, SHB 1604
Hunters and fishers with disabilities, advisory committee: * HB 2540, CH 294 (2008)
Hydraulic project approval process, study: HB 2530, SHB 2530, 2SHB 2530
Hydraulic project approvals or orders, department may adopt rules: HB 2785
Inspections and sampling, department employees authorized to partake in: HB 1075, HB 1646, * SHB 1646, CH 337 (2007), SB 5131
Lands, restrictions on use of firearms: HB 3225, SB 6859
Livestock predator control, matching funds for protection of calves from coyotes: SB 6007
Magnuson-Stevens fishery conservation and management reauthorization act, exemption from disclosure: HB 3195, * ESB 6821, CH 252 (2008)
Marine protected areas, work group: SB 6231, * SSB 6231, CH 243 (2008)
Nonindigenous species, data collection and program: HB 1738, SHB 1738, SB 5748, SSB 5748
Officers, authority to issue noncriminal sanctions for chapter 77.15 RCW violations: HB 2493
Officers, transfer of service credit: HB 3023, SB 6653
Orca whales, protection from vessel impact: HB 2514, SHB 2514, * 2SHB 2514, CH 225 (2008), SB 6395, SSB 6395
Orcas, interagency recovery team for southern resident whales: SB 5488, SSB 5488
Outdoor recreational opportunities for seriously ill children, authority to facilitate: SB 6260, * SSB 6260, CH 10 (2008)
Outer coast marine resources, administration of committee: SB 6227, SSB 6227, * 2SSB 6227, CH 242 (2008)
Predator control, appropriation: SB 6709, SB 6725
Public lands, habitat and recreation lands coordinating group: SB 5236, * SSB 5236, CH 247 (2007)
Puget Sound commercial salmon fishery, management: HB 2944, SB 6337, SSB 6337
Puget Sound Dungeness crab, catch record cards: HB 2561, * SB 6289, CH 244 (2008)
Rockfish research and stock assessment program: HB 1076, SHB 1076, 2SHB 1076, * HB 1476, CH 442 (2007), SB 5127
Sensitive fish and wildlife data, public disclosure exemption: * HB 1077, CH 293 (2007), SB 5126
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)
Spawning beds, educational materials to provide protection of salmon and steelhead: SB 5876, SSB 5876
Stabilization projects for landowners: HB 2628, SHB 2628
State wildstock geoduck resource, management: HB 3052, SHB 3052
State-owned housing, authority to approve private business activities: HB 2957, SB 6570, * ESSB 6570, CH 247 (2008)
Structure of department, task force to review: SHB 1193, SSB 6053
Watchable wildlife decals, authority to sell: SB 6230, SSB 6230
Watchable wildlife raffle, pilot project: SB 6230, SSB 6230
Wild horse coordinated resource management plan: HB 1889
Wildlife account: HB 1229, HB 2799, SB 6136
Wildlife damage claims, amount available for payment of damage to crops claims: HB 1146, SHB 1146
Wildlife damage claims, commercial livestock valuation and appeals committee: HB 1147, 2ESHB 1147, SB 6592
Wildlife rehabilitation advisory committee: HB 2452, SHB 2452
Wildlife rehabilitation program: SB 5188, SSB 5188, * 2SSB 5188, CH 246 (2007)
Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative: SB 5318, SSB 5318
FISHING, COMMERCIAL  FISHING, COMMERCIAL RSS Feed
               (See also SALMON)
Buy-back programs, purchase of vessels and licenses: SB 6419
Charter licenses, albacore tuna not included as a nonsalmon license designation: * HB 1476, CH 442 (2007)
Diesel fuel, sales and use tax exemption: SB 6086
Dungeness crab-coastal fishery, license buyback program: SB 5447, * SSB 5447, CH 479 (2007)
Geoduck, management agreements and harvesting restrictions in Hood Canal: HB 2071
Geoduck, management of fishery and excise tax: HB 2456
Overtime compensation exemption for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries: HB 2717, SB 6564
Secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for harvest, recordkeeping requirements: SB 5128
FISHING, RECREATIONAL  FISHING, RECREATIONAL RSS Feed
               (See also SALMON)
Fishing guides, Columbia river: SB 6139
Licenses, display of shellfish and seaweed license: HB 1082, * SHB 1082, CH 336 (2007)
Licenses, merging fishing and hunting fees for certain veterans and persons with disabilities: HB 1079, * SHB 1079, CH 254 (2007), SB 5125
Military personnel, temporary license at resident rate: * SB 6465, CH 35 (2008)
FITNESS CENTERS  (See HEALTH STUDIOS)
FLOOD CONTROL  FLOOD CONTROL RSS Feed
               
Catastrophic flood relief, funding: HB 3066, SB 6823
Centralia-Chehalis project, general obligation bonds: HB 2649, SB 6460
Chehalis basin, joint flood control district: SSB 6882
Chehalis river basin, appropriation of funds for flood hazard mitigation projects: * HB 3375, CH 180 (2008)
Emergency preparedness flood control and stream bank restoration pilot program: HB 1339
Flood damage, mitigation: HB 2525, * SHB 2525, CH 272 (2008)
Flood hazard mitigation projects, general obligation bonds: SSB 6460
Flood mitigation and facilities for career and technical education, general obligation bonds: HB 3374, * SHB 3374, CH 179 (2008), HB 3383
Floodway, definition in shoreline management act: * EHB 1413, CH 328 (2007), SB 5473
Gravel removal from waterways: HB 2677
Hydraulic project mitigation in response to flood event: HB 3136, SB 6906
Hydraulic project permit approval for projects intended to reduce or eliminate damage from floods: HB 1748, SHB 1748, SB 5733, SSB 5733
Storm water control, charges to owners of farmland: HB 2623
Upper Chehalis subbasin flood mitigation plan, work group: SB 6882
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS  FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also SPECIAL DISTRICTS)
Gravel removal from waterways: HB 2677
FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS  FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS RSS Feed
               (See also MEAT)
Alcohol content in food and confections: HB 1047, * ESHB 1047, CH 226 (2007)
Apple commission, membership: HB 2617, * SB 6283, CH 11 (2008)
Asparagus, exception to standards for fruits and vegetables: * HB 1416, CH 237 (2007), SB 5397
Automatic service charges paid to servers, disclosure for customer: HB 1583, * SHB 1583, CH 390 (2007), SB 5650, SSB 5650
Beverage containers, refund value: HB 1353
Chain food establishments required to provide nutrition labeling: SB 6505
Cloned animals, labeling on food from: SB 5161
Coffee, state beverage: HB 3313
Commercial food service establishment in Pritchard building, business enterprises program: HB 2003, SHB 2003
Dairy products, commission: HB 2568, * SB 6284, CH 12 (2008)
Food and beverage service worker's permit, tuberculosis testing requirements: HB 2803
Food contamination, review by department of health: HB 3351
Food lockers, regulations repealed: * HB 1305, CH 52 (2007), SB 5057
Food service rules, exemption to cold-holding standards for certain equipment: HB 2323
Fruit and vegetable processing and storage tax deferral, application deadlines: SB 6319
Fruit and vegetable processing and storage tax deferral, application process: * HB 2032, CH 243 (2007)
Fruits and vegetables, disclosure exemption: * EHB 1688, CH 177 (2007)
Grocery checkout bags, recyclable materials and litter tax credit: HB 2424
Huckleberries, specialized forest products permit: HB 2779, * SHB 2779, CH 191 (2008), SB 6232, SSB 6232
Labeling requirements: HB 2167, SHB 2167
Local farms-healthy kids act: SHB 2798, E2SHB 2798, SSB 6483, * 2SSB 6483, CH 215 (2008)
Local farms-healthy kids and communities act: HB 2798, SB 6483
Mandatory country-of-origin labeling for certain foods and commodities: HJM 4000
Meat and poultry inspection, programs: SB 6954
Milk products, wholesale sales of unprocessed milk exempted from business and occupation tax: * HB 1549, CH 131 (2007), SB 5641
Obesity, strategic plan to decrease rates: HB 1991
Organic foods commission act: SB 5160
Packaging, composting and recycling: HB 2423
Popcorn mixtures, sales and use tax exemption: SB 6351
Shellfish, aquaculture regulatory committee: HB 1728, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007), SB 5645
Vending machines, sales tax repealed: SB 5689
Walla Walla sweet onion, state vegetable: * HB 1556, CH 137 (2007)
FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS  (See TOXICOLOGIST)
FOREST FIRES  (See FIRE PROTECTION)
FOREST LAND  FOREST LAND RSS Feed
               (See also TIMBER AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES)
Ancestral trees, protections: HB 1600, SHB 1600
Climate change, response preparation for consequences on state forests: HB 1995, SB 5966, SSB 5966
Community and urban forests, department of natural resources: HB 2468, ESHB 2468, SB 6249
Conservation: HB 2590, SB 6251
Conservation markets, preservation and environmental restoration: * SSB 6805, CH 133 (2008)
Conservation, farms and forest conservation revolving fund: HB 1999
Consulting foresters, board and licensing: SB 5834
Conversion of forest land to nonforestry uses: HB 1408, SB 5883, SSB 5883, * 2SSB 5883, CH 106 (2007)
Designated forest lands and open space timber lands, statutes consolidated for ease of administration: HB 1580, SHB 1580, SB 5527
Fire protection assessments: HB 1125, SHB 1125, SB 5463, * SSB 5463, CH 110 (2007)
Forage and mulches, program: HB 3073, SB 6676
Forest fires, access to property during a fire: SB 5315, * SSB 5315, CH 252 (2007)
Forest health, three tier technical assistance system and scientific advisory committee: SB 6028, * SSB 6141, CH 480 (2007)
Forest health, two tier technical assistance system and scientific advisory committee: SB 6025
Forest practices board, member who is small forest landowner: * SHB 2893, CH 46 (2008)
Haulers of logs, advisory rates of compensation: SB 6069, SSB 6069
Haulers of logs, compensation system: HB 2247
Huckleberries, regulations: HB 1909, * SHB 1909, CH 392 (2007)
Huckleberries, specialized forest products permit: HB 2779, * SHB 2779, CH 191 (2008), SB 6232, SSB 6232
Management, information: SB 6259
Organic biomass, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 3328, HB 3354
Quinault Indian Reservation, timber harvest excise taxation: HB 2008, * SHB 2008, CH 69 (2007), SB 5903, SSB 5903
Specialized forest products, huckleberries: HB 1040, SHB 1040, SB 5214, SSB 5214
Specialized forest products, permitting process and theft protections: HB 1909, * SHB 1909, CH 392 (2007)
Specialized forest products, work group created and bill of lading requirements revised: SB 5844, SSB 5844
Urban forestry partnerships, evergreen cities recognition program: HB 2844, SHB 2844, * E2SHB 2844, CH 299 (2008) PV, SB 6469, SSB 6469
Wildfire prevention and protection work group: HB 1652, SHB 1652
Wood debris, interference with operation of dam: HB 3278
Working forest land base, maintenance: SB 6233
Working forest land board, grants and loans to protect lands: SB 5216, SSB 5216
FOREST PRACTICES  FOREST PRACTICES RSS Feed
               (See also TIMBER AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES)
Ancestral trees, protections: HB 1600, SHB 1600
Climate change, response preparation for consequences on state forests: HB 1995, SB 5966, SSB 5966
Community and urban forests, department of natural resources: HB 2468, ESHB 2468, SB 6249
Consulting foresters, board and licensing: SB 5834
Conversion of forest land to nonforestry uses: HB 1408, SB 5883, SSB 5883, * 2SSB 5883, CH 106 (2007)
Conversion-related practices, jurisdiction transferred to local government: HB 1409, * SHB 1409, CH 236 (2007)
Forest health, contract harvesting for silvicultural treatments: HB 1122, SHB 1122, SB 5461, * SSB 5461, CH 109 (2007)
Forest health, three tier technical assistance system and scientific advisory committee: SB 6028, * SSB 6141, CH 480 (2007)
Forest health, two tier technical assistance system and scientific advisory committee: SB 6025
Forest practices board, composition: HB 2893, * SHB 2893, CH 46 (2008), HB 3226, SB 6838
Huckleberries, regulations: HB 1909, * SHB 1909, CH 392 (2007)
Nuisance laws, protection from : * EHB 1648, CH 331 (2007), SB 5076, SSB 5076
Publicly beneficial activities, application: SB 6759
Residential interface forestry zone notification and development requirements: HB 2457
Small forest land owners, regulations: HB 2219, SHB 2219, HB 2908, SB 6501
Specialized forest products, huckleberries: HB 1040, SHB 1040, SB 5214, SSB 5214
Specialized forest products, legislative task force and review: HB 2910
Specialized forest products, permitting process and theft protections: HB 1909, * SHB 1909, CH 392 (2007)
Specialized forest products, work group and study extended: HB 2909
Specialized forest products, work group created and bill of lading requirements revised: SB 5844, SSB 5844
FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY  (See TIMBER AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES)
FOSTER CARE  FOSTER CARE RSS Feed
               
Adopted children, establishing systems to support families: HB 3187, SHB 3187
Basic health plan enrollment for foster parents: HB 1602
Educational outcomes for students in foster care, programs to improve: HB 2679, * SHB 2679, CH 297 (2008) PV, SB 6454, SSB 6454
Federal financial structure, reform: SJM 8025
Foster parent license, change of residence: HB 2834, SB 6435
Foster parent license, tiered classification program: HB 3145, SHB 3145, * E2SHB 3145, CH 281 (2008)
Foster youth community coordinator pilot program, youths reaching eighteen years of age: HB 2088, SB 5909, ESSB 5909
Foster-family homes, applicant requirements: SSB 6436
Licensing, tiered classifications: * ESHB 1624, CH 413 (2007), HB 1926, SHB 1926, SB 5777
Medicaid coverage for youth: HB 1201, SHB 1201, * 2SHB 1201, CH 315 (2007), SB 5305, SSB 5305
Passport to college promise pilot program: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Placement provisions, notices: HB 1287, * SHB 1287, CH 409 (2007) PV, SB 5245, SSB 5245
Postadoption services pilot program for children adopted out of foster care system: HB 2252
Postadoption supports, families who have adopted children from foster care: HB 3187, SHB 3187
Preschool tuition scholarships: HB 1560
Public assistance benefits, notice prior to denial or termination: HB 1927, SB 5776
Public assistance benefits, review process for modifications to maintenance payments: SSB 5776
Reactive child, department of social and health services requirements for disclosure: SB 5321, * SSB 5321, CH 220 (2007)
School placement continuity: HB 1716, SHB 1716, 2SHB 1716
State park foster home pass: SB 5010, * ESSB 5010, CH 238 (2008)
Voluntary out-of-home placement for adoptive children in crisis: HB 2846, SHB 2846
Youths reaching eighteen years of age: SHB 2088
FRAUD  (See CRIMES)
FUELS  FUELS RSS Feed
               (See also OIL AND GAS; TAXES - MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX; TAXES - SPECIAL FUEL TAX)
Alcohol fuel, definition: * SHB 1029, CH 309 (2007), HB 1055, ESHB 1055
Alternative fuel vehicles, preferential parking: HB 1132
Alternative fuel, availability at retail fuel stations: HB 1053, HB 1059
Alternative fuel, biofuel economic development grant program: SB 6170
Alternative fuel, clean energy initiatives and incentives: HB 1303, SHB 1303, * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Alternative fuel, definition: * SHB 1029, CH 309 (2007), ESHB 1055
Alternative fuel, green highways promoted in energy freedom program: HB 1160, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586, SB 5760, SSB 5760
Alternative fuel, information on the use of: EHB 1057
Alternative fuel, tax exemptions for fuel produced in Washington: SB 5671
Alternative fuel, tax exemptions for school transportation services : HB 1162
Benzene, limit on level in motor fuel: HB 2185
Biofuel economic development program: SB 6170
Biofuels irrigation, allocating water from Columbia and Lower Snake rivers: HB 3081, SB 6758
Biofuels, University of Washington to analyze availability in state: * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV
Carbon tax, climate action fund authority: HB 2420
Cellulosic ethanol production program: HB 1303, SHB 1303, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Clean fuel sales and use tax exemptions, effective and expiration dates: HB 1684
Diesel fuel, tax exemptions for commercial fuel users engaging in business: HB 1579
Distributors, business and occupation tax rates: HB 2188, SB 5799, SSB 5799, E2SSB 5799
E85 motor fuel, definition: HB 1029, * SHB 1029, CH 309 (2007), ESHB 1055
E85 motor fuel, pilot program for providing fuel along interstate routes: HB 1303, SHB 1303, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
E85 motor fuel, tax rate: HB 1895
Energy freedom program, methane and wastewater treatment gas: SHB 1160
Energy freedom program, transferred to department of community, trade, and economic development: SHB 1160, * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV
Farms, biodiesel fuel sales and use tax exemption: SB 5009, * SSB 5009, CH 443 (2007)
Farms, propane fuel sales and use tax exemption: HB 1376, SB 5077
Fossil fuel production, excise tax imposed and property tax exemption established: HB 2701, SHB 2701
Gas stations, backup power required for emergency preparedness: HB 1841, HB 2053, SHB 2053, E2SHB 2053
Gas stations, financial assistance to prevent release of petroleum products into environment: SB 5328
Gas stations, tax credit for purchase of alternative power generation for emergency preparedness: HB 1557
Methyl tertiary-ether, restrictions: HB 2007, * SHB 2007, CH 310 (2007)
Motor vehicle fuel, availability during electric power outage or interruption in electric service: * 3SHB 2053, CH 223 (2008)
Natural gas used in heat qualifying homes, sales and use tax exemption: SB 6558
Nonhazardous fuel, availability enhanced: HB 1058
Nonhazardous fuel, definition: * SHB 1029, CH 309 (2007), HB 1056
Nonhazardous motor fuel, definition: ESHB 1055
Oil and gas severance and conservation act, taxation of oil and gas production: SB 5158
Oil windfall profits, state tax for community reinvestment: HB 1510
Organic biomass, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 3328, HB 3354
Passenger vehicles, greenhouse gas excise taxation: SB 6923
Petroleum businesses, additional taxes: HB 2128
Propane used in heat qualifying homes, sales and use tax exemption : SB 6558
Purchases, agencies performing the metropolitan transportation function: HB 2746, * SHB 2746, CH 126 (2008)
Renewable fuel, content compliance: HB 2512, SHB 2512
Renewable fuel, grants for conversion: HB 3357, SB 6914
Retail sales of motor fuel, price at a fraction of one cent prohibited: SB 5991
School transportation services, tax exemptions for alternative fuel: HB 1162
SEPA, renewable fuel standards: * ESB 5669, CH 308 (2007)
Solid fuel burning devices, burn bans: HB 2768, * SB 6753, CH 40 (2008)
Sugar beets for production of biofuel, study: SB 6056
Tax rate indexing, funding for highway project account: HB 2138
Vehicle electrification work group: SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Vendors, operation of loading racks using alternative generated power: SB 5334
FUNDS  (See PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS)
FUNERALS  FUNERALS RSS Feed
               
Disorderly conduct, penalties: * HB 1168, CH 2 (2007)