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Adult family home providers, considered employees for collective bargaining purposes: HB 2158, SB 5787
AgJOBS legislation, requesting that the United States Congress enact: HJM 4017
Apprentices, labor hour requirements for public works projects by four-year higher education institutions: SB 5873, * ESSB 5873, CH 197 (2009)
Child care center directors and workers, collective bargaining over state support for centers: HB 1329, SHB 1329, SB 5572, SSB 5572
Community agricultural worker safety program: HB 2032, SB 5992
Community and technical college academic employees, modifying collective bargaining law to allow additional compensation: HB 1340, SB 5259
Community college boards of trustees, required appointment of at least one member from labor: HB 1941
Corrections officers and sergeants, mandatory overtime limits when employed by city or county jail: HB 1800, SB 5907
Corrections officers and sergeants, mandatory overtime limits when employed by county jail: SSB 5907
Discrimination law, impermissible motive element of a claim under: SB 5982
Domestic workforce, requiring a fee for each foreign worker hired through H-1B visa program to train domestic workers: SJM 8004
Employee termination for actions opposing employer violations of public policy, cause of action separate from wrongful discharge created: HB 2186
Employer communications about political or religious matters, prohibitions, violations, and penalties: HB 1528, SHB 1528, SB 5446, SSB 5446
Exempt state employees, protecting collective bargaining rights in certain cases: HB 2267, ESHB 2267
Family and medical leave act of 2007, repealed: SB 5558
Family and medical leave, provisions of family security act: HB 1609, SB 5679
Family leave insurance program, delaying implementation: HB 2353, * ESB 6158, CH 544 (2009), SSB 6158
Family leave insurance program, elimination: HB 1160
Farm labor contractors, licensing and related provisions: HB 1814
For-hire vehicle operators, mandatory industrial insurance coverage funded by public utility tax: HB 1625, SB 5785
Foreign workers, disclosure statement from employers and international labor recruitment agencies to be given to: SB 5850, SSB 5850, * E2SSB 5850, CH 492 (2009) PV
Health care employees, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Health care facility employees, meal and rest periods: HB 1642
Higher education institution employees, collective bargaining provisions: HB 1560, SHB 1560, 2SHB 1560
Lawful source of income, discrimination on basis of: HB 1766, SHB 1766, SB 5672, SSB 5672
Living wage requirement for state contracts with private contractors: HB 1716
Marine employees of the department of transportation, collective bargaining provisions: SB 6106
Minimum hourly wage, establishing a set wage: HB 1603, SB 5362
Minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints, good faith defense: HB 2176, SB 5463
Minimum wage rate, minors: HB 1928
Minimum wage, defining "employ" for purposes of: HB 2144, SB 5466
Minimum wage, increasing: HB 1735
Minors, minimum wage rate: HB 1928
Nurses, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Nurses, meal and rest periods when employed by health care facilities: HB 1642
Prevailing rate of wage to be paid on construction projects involving tax incentives, loans, or public land or property that is sold or leased: HB 1992
Prevailing wage, definition of independent contractor: HB 1786, SHB 1786, SB 5904, * SSB 5904, CH 63 (2009)
Public agency collective bargaining records, exceptions to exemption from disclosure: HB 1471
Public transit governing bodies, required appointment of organized labor member with full voting rights and privileges: HB 1590
Public transportation governing boards, appointment of nonvoting labor members: SB 5757
Service animal training, attendance by state agency employees with sensory disabilities: EHB 1965, * HB 2328, CH 294 (2009)
Symphony orchestras, operas, and performing arts theaters, public employment relations commission jurisdiction: HB 1276, SHB 1276, SB 5046
Taxicab and limousine operators, mandatory industrial insurance coverage funded by public utility tax: HB 1625, SB 5785
University of Washington, extension lecturers in English language programs permitted to engage in collective bargaining: SB 5986
Workers' compensation violations, department of labor and industries authority to issue stop work orders: HB 1554, SHB 1554, SB 5613, * SSB 5613, CH 196 (2009)
Working families' tax rebate, funding from temporary sales tax increase to be submitted to voters: HB 2377, SHB 2377
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT  LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               
Apprentice training agents, department to revoke agent's status if found to have more than one violation: SB 5873
Boiler and unfired pressure vessel statutes, technical changes: * HB 1366, CH 90 (2009), SB 5278
Construction trade worker licenses, certificates, and permits: HB 1055, * SHB 1055, CH 36 (2009)
Construction trades, department regulation: SB 5091
Contractors in the construction industry, identification and records requirements: HB 1555, * SHB 1555, CH 432 (2009), SB 5614, SSB 5614
Crane inspectors, restrictions: HB 2298
Crane safety, exemption for telecommunications trucks: HB 1111
Death benefit for public employees, duty-related: EHB 1547, SB 5312
Explosives licenses, expiration dates: HB 1280, * SHB 1280, CH 39 (2009)
Family and medical leave act of 2007, repealed: SB 5558
For-hire vehicle operators, mandatory industrial insurance coverage funded by public utility tax: HB 1625, SB 5785
Health care employees, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Health care facility employees, meal and rest periods: HB 1642
Home construction improvement, warranty protections and contractor registration: E2SHB 1393
Home construction improvement, warranty protections and contractor registration and worker certification requirements: HB 1393, SHB 1393
Industrial insurance appeals, restrictions on contact with medical providers after filing: HB 1402, * SHB 1402, CH 391 (2009), SB 5627
Industrial insurance final settlement agreements, requirements: HB 2145, SB 5465
Industrial insurance funds, proper and improper use of accident fund, medical fund, and supplemental pension fund: HB 1386, SB 5464
Interagency advisory committee on the underground economy, created: HB 1555, SB 5614
Joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry, recommendations: HB 1555, SB 5614, SSB 5614
Joint legislative task force on the underground economy, establishment and duties: * SHB 1555, CH 432 (2009)
Living wage requirement for state contracts with private contractors: HB 1716
Locksmith service providers, background checks: HB 1531
Manlifts, provisions for privately operated: HB 2184, SB 5793
Minimum hourly wage, establishing a set wage: HB 1603, SB 5362
Minimum wage, increasing: HB 1735
Nurses, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Nurses, meal and rest periods when employed by health care facilities: HB 1642
Ombudsman for workers of industrial insurance self-insured employers, abolished and superseded by office of the citizen advocate: SB 5456
Prevailing rate of wage to be paid on construction projects involving tax incentives, loans, or public land or property that is sold or leased: HB 1992
Prevailing wage, definition of independent contractor: HB 1786, SHB 1786, SB 5904, * SSB 5904, CH 63 (2009)
Residential real property construction, improving through multiple strategies: E2SSB 5895
Rule making by labor and industries, moratorium and mandatory review of current rules: SB 5243
Single-occupancy farm conveyances, definition and use: * SSB 5793, CH 128 (2009)
Statewide centers of occupational health and education program, department to create: SB 5949
Taxicab and limousine operators, mandatory industrial insurance coverage funded by public utility tax: HB 1625, SB 5785
Violations of certain workers' compensation provisions, department authority to issue stop work orders: HB 1554, SHB 1554, SB 5613, * SSB 5613, CH 196 (2009)
Wheelchair and stairway chair lifts, definitions and use: * SSB 5793, CH 128 (2009)
Wheelchair and stairway chair lifts, inspections: HB 2184, SB 5793
Workers' compensation, benefit award order process and appeals: SB 6008
LAKES AND RESERVOIRS  LAKES AND RESERVOIRS RSS Feed
               
Hydraulic project approval, enforcing chapter 77.55 RCW when construction commences without: HB 1117
Lake Whatcom, demonstration project to reduce phosphorus loading in: * SB 5944, CH 48 (2009)
Lakes management advisory committee and comprehensive lakes management strategic plan: HB 1635, SB 5486, SSB 5486
Olympia isthmus, designation as a shoreline of statewide significance under the shoreline management act: HB 2081, SB 5800, ESSB 5800
Phosphorus-containing turf fertilizer, restrictions on use to protect lake water quality: HB 1636, SB 5503
Spirit Lake, raffle-only limited recreational rainbow trout fishery in: HB 1838, SHB 1838
Vegetation management in freshwater lakes, public notice requirements: HB 1074
LAND USE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT  LAND USE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RSS Feed
               
Marine container ports, land use and transportation planning for: HB 1959, * ESHB 1959, CH 514 (2009), SB 5853
Office of regulatory assistance, procedures for improving function of environmental and business regulatory processes: HB 1730, * SHB 1730, CH 97 (2009), SB 5748
Office of regulatory assistance, program for improving function of environmental and business regulatory processes: SSB 5748
Transportation facilities, prohibition of development under local comprehensive plans: HB 1736, SB 5872
Vesting laws, applications for new land use projects: SB 5148
LANDLORD AND TENANT  LANDLORD AND TENANT RSS Feed
               (See also RENT)
Carbon monoxide alarms, building code council to require installation in certain residential occupancies: * SSB 5561, CH 313 (2009)
Carbon monoxide alarms, mandatory installation in all dwelling units: SB 5561
Carbon monoxide alarms, required installation in rental units: HB 1333
Deceased tenant's personal property, disposition: HB 1228
Inspections of rental housing, limitations: HB 1296, SHB 1296, SB 5495, SSB 5495
Liens against premises for utility charges when tenant is delinquent: SB 5281
Liens against premises for utility charges when tenant vacates or is delinquent: HB 1298, SB 5667
Local government crime-free rental housing programs: HB 1299, SB 5742, ESSB 5742
Manufactured home communities, compliance with notification requirements when community offered for sale: HB 1907, SB 5823
Manufactured home communities, minimum terms for closure or conversion notices: HB 1581, SHB 1581, SB 5550, SSB 5550
Manufactured housing and mobile home communities, dispute resolution program: HB 1140, SHB 1140
Manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program and account, provisions repealed: HB 1352
Manufactured/mobile home landlord tenant act, clarifications: HB 1908, SB 5822
Mobile home and manufactured housing communities, dispute resolution program: HB 1140, SHB 1140
Mobile home parks, compliance with notification requirements when park offered for sale: HB 1907, SB 5823
Mobile home parks, minimum terms for closure or conversion notices: HB 1581, SHB 1581, SB 5550, SSB 5550
Month to month and other periodic tenancies, termination of: HB 1773, SB 5549, SSB 5549
Nontransient tenants of places of transient lodging, relocation assistance rights when lodging shut down by government action: HB 1663, * SHB 1663, CH 165 (2009)
Personal property, disposition when tenant defaults and abandons tenancy: HB 1229
Personal property, disposition when tenant is deceased: HB 1228
Quieting title, prohibition of adverse possession claims: HB 1479
Security deposit accounts, funding affordable housing programs through interest accrued on residential landlord/tenant accounts: SB 5923
Tenant screening reports, establishing criteria for dissemination of credit and court record information contained in: SB 5922
Tenants who are victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or stalking by a landlord, legal protections: HB 1856, SB 5833
Tenants who are victims of sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking by a landlord, legal protections: * SHB 1856, CH 395 (2009), SSB 5833
Unauthorized occupation of rental units: HB 1064
LANDSCAPING  LANDSCAPING RSS Feed
               
Landscape architects, licensing: HB 1359, SHB 1359, SB 5273, * SSB 5273, CH 370 (2009)
Licensure board for landscape architects: HB 1359, SHB 1359, SB 5273, * SSB 5273, CH 370 (2009)
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS  LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RSS Feed
               (See also POLICE; SHERIFFS; STATE PATROL)
Additional law enforcement services, funding in unincorporated areas through tax on real estate sales in counties exceeding one million five hundred thousand people: HB 2262
Assault of law enforcement officer or other employee with firearm, special jury verdict and increased sentence range: HB 1381, HB 1440, * SB 5413, CH 141 (2009)
Boating safety and marine law enforcement, parks and recreation commission to develop plan to implement recommendations for: HB 1848, SB 5691
Community corrections officers, increasing supervision effectiveness through searches of offenders: HB 1840
Community corrections officers, increasing supervision effectiveness through searches of offenders and recommendations of sanctions for violations: HB 1839
Counties exceeding one million five hundred thousand people, funding police operations in unincorporated areas with tax on real estate sales: HB 2262
Criminal justice facility and agency employee personal information, release prohibited in various cases: HB 2259
Crisis services, criminal justice training commission to offer recognition and intervention services training for corrections and criminal justice personnel: HB 1194, SB 5131
Crisis services, criminal justice training commission to offer recognition and intervention services training for corrections, criminal justice, and other public safety personnel: * SSB 5131, CH 19 (2009)
DNA identification system, mandatory collection of sample at time of arrest for felony, misdemeanor, or patronizing a prostitute: HB 1382
DNA identification system, mandatory collection of sample from all adults lawfully arrested for sex offenses and certain other crimes: SHB 1382
Driver's license photographs, law enforcement access for identity verification: HB 1224, SB 5262, * ESSB 5262, CH 366 (2009)
Drug testing for peace officers, provisions: HB 1511, SB 5740
Electronic registry of emergency contact persons, to be accessed by health care providers or law enforcement officers: HB 1278
Emergency responses to properties, notification required to owners: HB 1537
Firearms, correctional officers and sergeants who have completed training exempt from certain restrictions: HB 1755, SB 5929
General authority peace officers employed by port districts and airports to be considered uniformed personnel for interest arbitration: HB 1822
Hearings, certification actions of peace officers: HB 1325, * SB 5156, CH 25 (2009)
Medication management in jails, jail medication management work group to develop a model policy: SB 5252, * SSB 5252, CH 411 (2009)
Motor vehicle impoundment, civil cause of action for damages abolished: HB 1795, SB 5780
Motor vehicle impoundment, civil cause of action for damages abolished under certain conditions: SSB 5780
Personal information, disclosure exemption when it can be used to locate employees of criminal justice agencies: HB 1317
Psychological examinations for peace officer certification: * HB 1324, CH 139 (2009), SB 5157
Reserve officers, retired participant resumption of service: SB 5632
Retired law enforcement officers, issuance of firearms certificate and annual qualification certificate to: HB 2065, HB 2226
Seizure under uniform controlled substances act, service of notice from law enforcement agencies: SB 5160, * SSB 5160, CH 364 (2009)
Sex offenders, electronic statewide unified sex offender notification and registration program: * SSB 5261, CH 31 (2009)
Sex offenders, electronic statewide unified sex offender registry program: HB 1223, SB 5261
Traffic stops, disclosure of notes and information compiled by law enforcement: SB 6186
Unlawful public transit conduct, law enforcement authority: SB 5513, * ESSB 5513, CH 279 (2009)
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' AND FIRE FIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' AND FIRE FIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM RSS Feed
               
Actuarial funding of state retirement systems: * SSB 6161, CH 561 (2009)
Death benefit for public employees, duty-related: EHB 1547, SB 5312
Domestic partners, pension benefits: * EHB 1616, CH 523 (2009)
Fish and wildlife enforcement officers allowed to transfer service credit from PERS to LEOFF plan 2: HB 1953, * SHB 1953, CH 157 (2009), SB 5309
Interruptive military service credit: * HB 1548, CH 205 (2009), SB 5313
Military service credit for retirement, transferred LEOFF plan 1 service credit in relation to: HB 2196, SHB 2196
Plan 1, lowering general salary increase assumption for actuarial funding of system: HB 1543, SB 5304
Plan 1, preserving fully funded status through state investment board policies and procedures: SB 6046
Plan 1, survivor's death benefits: SB 6078
Plan 2, access to catastrophic disability medical insurance: EHB 1679, SB 5541
Plan 2, minimum retirement allowance to members disabled in line of duty before January 1, 2001: * HB 1678, CH 95 (2009), * SB 5542 (2009) V
Surviving spouses of members, industrial insurance death benefits: HB 1212
Survivor benefits, employees who die while honorably serving in the national guard or military reserves during a period of war: * HB 1551, CH 226 (2009), SB 5314
Transfer of service credit from PERS to LEOFF plan 2, allowed for fish and wildlife enforcement officers: HB 1953, * SHB 1953, CH 157 (2009), SB 5309
LEAD  LEAD RSS Feed
               
Lead levels in blood, assessments for children younger than twenty-one years: HB 1345
Lead levels in blood, pilot program for screening children at risk for elevated levels: HB 1342
Lead-containing products, labeling requirements for manufacturers and wholesalers: HB 1346
Shot, protecting California condor and other vulnerable wildlife from poisoning: SB 5095
Wheel weights, environmentally preferred alternatives: HB 1033, * ESHB 1033, CH 243 (2009)
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE, JOINT  LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE, JOINT RSS Feed
               
City-county assistance account, recommendations for handling distribution of moneys: HB 1667, * SB 5511, CH 127 (2009)
Community and technical colleges, ethical audit of personnel management systems: SB 5089
Contracting out the state's retail sale of liquor, committee to study impact: SB 5729
State early childhood education and assistance and federal head start programs, committee to review and compare: SB 5865, SSB 5865
LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATURE RSS Feed
               
2009 legislative session, limiting business to budget work and natural emergencies: SCR 8402
Adjourning SINE DIE: * SCR 8408 (2009)
Advanced diagnostic imaging services, work group appointed by legislative leaders to identify best practice guidelines: HB 2105, * ESHB 2105, CH 258 (2009), SB 5981
Aerospace manufacturing, creation of a joint legislative task force on: HB 2324
Allotment revisions, office of financial management to notify legislative fiscal committees when revisions are significant: HB 1945
Appropriation and revenue bills, seventy-two hour budget review period prior to hearings or votes on: HB 2386
Ballot propositions, "normal and regular conduct" applied to legislators' discussion of: HB 2322
Bills, cutoff dates: * HCR 4402 (2009)
Bills, returning to house of origin: * SCR 8407 (2009)
British Columbia parliamentary internship participants, honoring: * SR 8651 (2009)
Budget, balanced legislative budget requirement: HB 1655
Campaign contributions prior to legislative sessions, restrictions removed: SB 5990
Commission to evaluate legislature: SCR 8405
Deceased former members, joint session to honor: * SCR 8401 (2009)
Emergency clauses, requiring a sixty percent vote for: HJR 4205
Ethics and integrity in state government, plans for improving: HB 1175
Fiscal notes, dynamic: SB 5741
Fiscal notes, joint legislative process for: HB 2336
Fiscal notes, requirements: HB 1458
House interim business: * HR 4653 (2009)
House organized, notification of senate: * HR 4601 (2009)
House rules, amending: * HR 4621 (2009)
House rules, temporary: * HR 4600 (2009)
House, permanent rules: * HR 4608 (2009)
Joint rules: * SCR 8400 (2009)
Joint sessions, four: * HCR 4401 (2009)
K-12 basic education and other programs, appropriations to be made separate from and before other omnibus appropriations legislation: HB 1657, HJR 4203
Legislative gift center, sales of wine and beer: SB 5158
Legislative investigation and oversight, state agency employees required to provide truthful information to legislature: SB 5520
Legislative web sites, ethical use: HB 1761, SHB 1761
Legislative web sites, legislator or legislative employee responsibility for nonlegislative material on nonlegislative web sites: HB 1729
Legislative youth advisory council, solicitation of grants and donations: HB 1783, SB 5229
Legislative youth advisory council, solicitation of grants and donations using existing staff and resources: * SSB 5229, CH 410 (2009)
Lobbying restrictions, threatening legislators with the relocation of manufacturing jobs prohibited in certain cases: HB 2316
Office holders during campaigns, permissible use of public resources: SB 5991, SSB 5991
Office of the citizen advocate created within the legislative branch: SB 5456
Omnibus appropriations bills, public and legislative review period: HB 1654, SB 5186
Organized, notification of governor: * HCR 4400 (2009)
Permanent rules: * SR 8601 (2009)
Public records, updating management and retention provisions: SB 6101
Reports to legislature and governor, mandatory electronic filing: HB 1753
Reports to legislature, mandatory electronic filing: HB 1438
Rules qualifying as significant legislative rules, governor's signature required: HB 1853
Senate interim business: * SR 8666 (2009)
Senate organized, notification of house: * SR 8600 (2009)
Senate rules, amending: * SR 8603 (2009)
Session, limiting 2010 legislative session to no more than forty-five days: HCR 4405
State expenditure information web site, legislative evaluation and accountability program committee to establish: SB 6105
Statutory construction, legislative task force: SB 5152, SSB 5152
WASL legislative work group, recommendations: SB 5414
WASL legislative work group, recommendations concerning statewide assessments and curricula: * ESSB 5414, CH 310 (2009) PV
LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY DISTRICTS  LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               
Annexation of a city or town by a library district, requirements: HB 1291, * SHB 1291, CH 40 (2009)
Intercounty rural library districts, withdrawal and governance provisions: HB 2200, SB 5999
Rural county library districts, certain districts required to have seven trustees: HB 1468, SB 5696
Rural county library districts, initial levy rates: * SB 5355, CH 306 (2009)
LICENSE PLATES  LICENSE PLATES RSS Feed
               
Amateur radio operator license plates: HB 2317
Attachment, exceptions to license plate attachment requirements: HB 2096
Purple heart recipients, issuance of special license plates and exemption from licensing fees and motor vehicle excise tax: HB 1470
Replacement fees, funding state route 2 highway projects: SB 5037
Replacement requirement, modified to allow retention during functional life of plates: HB 1368
Retention fee, elimination of: HB 1367
Special license plates, horseless carriage plates for trailers: SB 5020, SB 5697
Special license plates, In God We Trust license plates: HB 1877
Special license plates, issuance for persons with disabilities: SB 5081
Special license plates, volunteer firefighter plates: HB 2175
LICENSING, DEPARTMENT  LICENSING, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               (See also LICENSE PLATES)
"Conviction" defined for purposes of the uniform commercial driver's license act: * SB 6068, CH 181 (2009)
Alien firearm license, exception for a nonimmigrant alien hunting with a Washington-licensed hunter: SB 5193
Architects, registration provisions: HB 1634, SHB 1634, SB 5529, ESSB 5529
Boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and wrestling events, licensing: HB 1348, SHB 1348
Boxing, martial arts, and wrestling events, payment by department of certain event and license fees into business and professions account: * SB 6126, CH 429 (2009)
Businesses and professions, removing department oversight from certain: SB 6037, ESSB 6037
Child support license suspension program: HB 1771, SHB 1771, SB 5166
Child support, license suspension program for failure to pay: * SSB 5166, CH 408 (2009)
Collector vehicles, licensing and special license plates: HB 1802, SHB 1802
Commercial drivers, "conviction" defined for purposes of the uniform commercial driver's license act: * SB 6068, CH 181 (2009)
Corporate surety bail bonds, minimum premium fees and penalties imposed by director for violations: SB 6188
Criminal history record checks of employees issuing enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards: * HB 1844, CH 169 (2009), SB 5878
Documents of title, uniform commercial code article 7: SB 5154
Drivers' licenses, verification that applicant's presence in United States is lawful: HB 1026
Drivers, relicensing diversion program: SB 5732, * SSB 5732, CH 490 (2009)
Drivers, traffic infractions when licenses or privileges are suspended or revoked: SB 5732
Driving records, release of certified abstracts: EHB 1251, SB 5427
Driving records, release of certified abstracts to state-approved alcohol or drug assessment or treatment agencies: SB 5411
Electronic registry of emergency contact persons, to be accessed by health care providers or law enforcement officers: HB 1278
Employment opportunities for persons with criminal convictions, encouraging businesses through licensing process: SB 5142
Farm vehicle trip permit, extending time period covered by: HB 2282, * HB 2313, CH 452 (2009)
Financial responsibility requirements for drivers, random compliance sampling program and proof that driver meets requirements: SB 5392
Gambling commission, consolidation into department as office of gambling regulation: SB 6146
Home inspectors, responsibilities and instructional courses: SB 5644
Hulk hauling and scrap processing by unlicensed persons, department issuance of cease and desist orders and civil penalties: SB 5381, SSB 5381
Human remains, electronic approval of vital records by medical examiner, funeral director, and others: * HB 1515, CH 231 (2009), SB 5370
Identicards, verification that applicant's presence in United States is lawful: HB 1026
Interior design, registration provisions and creation of state board for registered interior designers: HB 1608, SB 5514
Kit vehicles, title and registration requirements: SB 5719, * SSB 5719, CH 284 (2009)
Landscape architects, licensing: HB 1359, SHB 1359, SB 5273, * SSB 5273, CH 370 (2009)
Licensure board for landscape architects: HB 1359, SHB 1359, SB 5273, * SSB 5273, CH 370 (2009)
Motor vehicle impoundment and towing, notice requirements: SB 5524
Motor vehicle owner information, requirement for notice of disclosure to an attorney or private investigator: HB 1900, SHB 1900
Motor vehicle owner information, requirement for notice of disclosure to an attorney or private investigator eliminated: HB 1991, SB 5215
Motor vehicle registration for United States armed forces members, determining registration year for deployed military personnel: * HB 1478, CH 159 (2009)
Motor vehicle registration, state parks system donation to be collected by department as part of: HB 2339, * SHB 2339, CH 512 (2009)
Off-road vehicles, department to adopt standards for and implement a comprehensive safety education and training program: SB 5586
Parent taught driver training education courses, department approval: SB 5371
Polygraph examiner's advisory committee, creation: HB 1929
Polygraph examiners, licensing: HB 1929
Replacement fees for vehicle license plates, funding state route 2 highway projects: SB 5037
Soil and wetland scientists, certification: SB 5698, SSB 5698
Soil and wetland scientists, licensing: HB 1881
State parks system donation, collection by department as part of vehicle registration: HB 2339, * SHB 2339, CH 512 (2009)
Studded tires, permit required for use: SB 5859
Tattooing, body art, body piercing, comprehensive regulations: SB 5391, * SSB 5391, CH 412 (2009)
Uniform commercial code, documents of title: SB 5154
Uniform commercial code, revisions: SB 5155
Vessel registration, fee collected with application to fund saltwater algae control account: HB 1231, SB 5412
Vessel registration, fees and surcharges: SB 6049
LIGHTING  LIGHTING RSS Feed
               
Exterior, light pollution and wasteful energy consumption reduction: HB 1069
Exterior, light pollution and wasteful energy consumption reduction through use of fully shielded luminaires: SHB 1069
Mercury-added general purpose lights, provisions for sales, recycling, and disposal: HB 1799, SHB 1799, HB 1809, SB 5813
Mercury-containing lights, establishment of product stewardship recycling programs with producer participation: HB 1469, SHB 1469, 2SHB 1469, SB 5543
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD  LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD RSS Feed
               
Alcoholic beverage regulation, licensing and licensee provisions: HB 1988, SB 5834, * SSB 5834, CH 373 (2009)
Cigarettes and tobacco products, liquor control board licensing administration authority: HB 1435, * SHB 1435, CH 154 (2009), SB 5366
Contracting out of liquor sales to contract liquor stores, process and store regulations: SB 5729
Director of board, position established: HB 2205, SB 6065
Liquor license fees, increases for various establishments: * EHB 2358, CH 507 (2009)
Liquor-related products, sale in state liquor stores: HB 2321, SB 5877
Malt liquor, sale in kegs or certain other containers by holders of certain retail licenses: HB 1462
Spirits, beer, and wine nightclub license created: HB 1434, SHB 1434, SB 5367, * SSB 5367, CH 271 (2009)
Spirits, limitation on purchase discounts for certain board-licensed establishments: SB 6119
Structure and authority of board, provisions: HB 2205, SB 6065
LIVESTOCK  LIVESTOCK RSS Feed
               
Anaerobic digesters for processing livestock manure and organic waste-derived material, requirements for exemption from solid waste handling permitting: HB 1135, SHB 1135, SB 5797, * SSB 5797, CH 178 (2009)
Beef cattle, certification and marketing as naturally raised: SB 5005, SSB 5005
Cloned animals, labeling required to identify food from: SB 5338
Crimes against when belonging to another person: HB 1849
Cruelty to animals, penalties: SB 5790
Cruelty to animals, violations and penalties: HB 1968, SB 5402, * SSB 5402, CH 287 (2009)
Grazing on public land, grazing privilege requirements on fish and wildlife department lands: HB 1306, SB 5781
Identification, voluntary participation in a state or national animal identification system: HB 2086, SB 5956
Live nonambulatory livestock, violations and penalties for knowingly transporting or accepting delivery of in certain situations: * SB 5974, CH 347 (2009)
Local agricultural slaughter stimulus outlay account, loans to eligible public applicants: SHB 2102
Manure, requirements for anaerobic digesters for processing: HB 1135, SHB 1135, SB 5797, * SSB 5797, CH 178 (2009)
Meat and poultry inspection program, establishment and requirements: HB 1613, SB 5517
Milk products used for animal food consumption, standards and licensing: SB 5678, SSB 5678
Mobile custom farm slaughtering unit loan program: HB 2102, SB 5004
Mobile slaughtering units and livestock and slaughtering and meat processing facilities, funding: SSB 5004
Nutrient management equipment and facilities, sales and use tax exemption: HB 2278, ESHB 2278, SB 6170, * ESSB 6170, CH 469 (2009)
Owners, rights when residing in unincorporated areas subject to annexation by a city or town: HB 1831, SHB 1831
Predatory wildlife damage, reimbursing commercial livestock owners for livestock injured or killed: HB 1354, SB 5274
Stock watering, definition for water rights purposes: HB 1509
Stock watering, exemption from public groundwaters withdrawal permit requirement: HB 1489, SHB 1489, SB 5578
Washington heritage livestock and poultry breed recognition program: SB 5002
Water, public groundwater withdrawal for stock-watering: HB 1091
Wildlife damage, compensation when crops damaged or livestock injured or killed by wildlife: HB 1626, SB 5272, SSB 5272
LOANS  LOANS RSS Feed
               
Check cashers and sellers, additional sixty day payment plan option for small loans: HB 1685
Check cashers and sellers, fee and installment plan assistance for borrowers at risk of default on small loans: HB 1709, * ESHB 1709, CH 510 (2009)
Check cashers and sellers, limiting small loan fees: HB 1805
Check cashers and sellers, limiting the amount of small loans: HB 1806
Check cashers and sellers, prohibiting small loan rollovers: HB 1807
Check cashers and sellers, providing flexibility in the repayment of small loans: SB 5750
Check cashers and sellers, requirement that lenders inform potential borrowers of alternatives to small loans: HB 1851
Check cashers and sellers, requiring lender to inform borrower of installment plan option under certain circumstances: SSB 5920
Check cashers and sellers, restricting and enforcing eligibility for small loans: HB 1684
Check cashers and sellers, restricting certain financial institutions from underwriting small loans through cap on borrower's aggregate balance: SB 5920, SSB 5920
Check cashers and sellers, restrictions on communications when collecting delinquent loans: HB 1310, * SB 5164, CH 13 (2009)
Check cashers and sellers, rollover violations and penalties: HB 1073
Check cashers and sellers, small loan interest or fees maximum rate: SB 5150
Consumer loan act, exemption from requirements for nonprofit housing organizations and for loans and persons making loans in certain cases: * SSB 5468, CH 311 (2009)
Consumer loan companies, compliance with the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act of 2008: HB 1621, * SHB 1621, CH 120 (2009), SB 5759, SSB 5759
Nonprofit housing organizations, exemption from consumer loan act: SB 5468, * SSB 5468, CH 311 (2009)
Nontraditional mortgages, definitions and guidelines: HB 1586
Repayment period, expanded for conservation project loans from municipal utilities and public utility districts: * HB 1184, CH 416 (2009)
Residential mortgage loan fees, financial institution authority to charge: HB 1588
Reverse mortgage loans and debt collection, requirements and limitations: ESSB 5400
Reverse mortgage loans, requirements and limitations: * EHB 1311, CH 149 (2009), SB 5400
Small loan monitoring system, director of financial institutions to develop and implement: HB 1684, SB 5862, SB 5920, SSB 5920
Small loans, additional sixty day payment plan option: HB 1685
Small loans, fee and installment plan assistance for borrowers at risk of default: HB 1709, * ESHB 1709, CH 510 (2009)
Small loans, interest or fees maximum rate: SB 5150
Small loans, limiting fees: HB 1805
Small loans, limiting the amount of: HB 1806
Small loans, prohibiting: HB 1425
Small loans, prohibiting rollovers: HB 1807
Small loans, providing flexible repayment: SB 5750
Small loans, requirement that lenders inform potential borrowers of alternatives to: HB 1851
Small loans, requiring lender to inform borrower of installment plan option under certain circumstances: SSB 5920
Small loans, restricting and enforcing eligibility: HB 1684
Small loans, restricting certain financial institutions from underwriting through cap on borrower's aggregate balance: SB 5920, SSB 5920
Small loans, restrictions on check cashers' and sellers' communications when collecting delinquent loans: HB 1310, * SB 5164, CH 13 (2009)
Small loans, rollover violations and penalties: HB 1073
LOBBYISTS  LOBBYISTS RSS Feed
               
Campaign contribution and disclosure laws, revisions: HB 2016, SHB 2016
Electronic report filing requirement for lobbyists, lobbyists' employers, and agencies: HB 1436, SHB 1436
Restrictions on lobbying, certain threats to relocate manufacturing jobs prohibited: HB 2316
LOCAL GOVERNMENT  LOCAL GOVERNMENT RSS Feed
               
Affordable housing development, use of surplus property owned by governmental entities for: EHB 2138
Affordable housing for all program: HB 1173, SHB 1173
Boundary review boards, authority to expand annexation limited: HB 1457, SHB 1457, SB 5420
Claims for damages against local governmental entities, procedures and claim forms: HB 1553, * ESHB 1553, CH 433 (2009)
Cleaning in government facilities, reducing environmental impact: HB 1168
Community revitalization financing, use of general obligation bonds for public improvements: SB 5045, SSB 5045, * 2SSB 5045, CH 270 (2009)
Community revitalization financing, use of tax allocation revenues for public improvements: HB 1285, HB 1525, SB 5045, SSB 5045, * 2SSB 5045, CH 270 (2009)
Community trail advisory authority, establishment and grant program: HB 1810, SB 5545, SSB 5545
Comprehensive plans and development regulations, department of community, trade, and economic development authority to approve: HB 2301
Dogs to be allowed in outdoor areas of bars and coffee shops, pilot project: SB 5336
Electric vehicles, local government role in infrastructure development and transition from combustion to electric vehicles: HB 1481, SHB 1481, * 2SHB 1481, CH 459 (2009), SB 5418
Emergency responses to properties, notification required to owners: HB 1537
Facilities, levy limitations and leasing of city land for construction: HB 1465, SB 5445
False claims against a governmental entity, procedures and penalties: SB 5144, SB 5224
Fiscal notes concerning local government, joint legislative process for: HB 2336
Greenhouse gases, comprehensive plan for reducing: HB 1718
High-speed internet, inventory of publicly owned infrastructure: HB 1700, SHB 1700, 2SHB 1700
House-banked social card games, local government authority to limit within jurisdiction: HB 2162, SHB 2162
Interjurisdictional funding of projects through interjurisdictional bonds to be repaid by allocating shared responsibility: SB 5334
Land surveying, definition and public agency requirements for professional land surveying: HB 1391, SB 5584
Local government archives account: SB 6101
Local government archives account, use of excess fund balance: HB 1374
Local government crime-free rental housing programs: HB 1299, SB 5742, ESSB 5742
Local improvement districts, railroad crossing protection device financing: HB 1081, SHB 1081, * 2SHB 1081, CH 435 (2009)
Local infrastructure financing and competitive project awards, provisions: HB 1651, SHB 1651
Local infrastructure financing tool, provisions: SB 5901, * ESSB 5901, CH 267 (2009)
Local infrastructure financing tool, use for downtown development and redevelopment: HB 1109, SB 6056
Local records committee created: SB 6101
Local sales and use tax, crediting against state sales and use tax extended: SB 5321, * ESSB 5321, CH 550 (2009)
Local toxics control account, priority consideration for loans and grants to be given to local governments: SB 5181
Military improvement zone pilot program to encourage high-quality development near military bases: HB 1756
Moratoria and interim official controls, local government authority to adopt under shoreline management act: HB 1379, * ESHB 1379, CH 444 (2009)
Navigational aids used to mark hazards, public agency immunity from liability for use of: HB 1989
New farm structures, permits and inspection fees: HB 1557
Nonprofit corporations, creation and registration with governmental body or agency as registered agent: * HB 1264, CH 202 (2009)
Parks, recreation, trails, and open space allocation, local sales and use tax to provide funding for: HB 1810, SB 5545, SSB 5545
Partnerships, creation and registration with governmental body or agency as registered agent: * HB 1264, CH 202 (2009)
Plants, impacts of projects when certain species identified by natural heritage program are present: HB 1136
Projects of statewide significance, qualifications and procedures for designation: SB 5473, * ESSB 5473, CH 421 (2009)
Property tax levies, adjustment of lid limits for certain local services: SB 5432
Public agency collective bargaining records, exceptions to exemption from disclosure: HB 1471
Public facilities districts, formation and authority: HB 1377, SHB 1377
Public facilities districts, formation and authority in certain cases: SB 5296, SSB 5296
Public facilities districts, formation, operation, and nonstate funding: * EHB 2299, CH 533 (2009)
Public facilities, definition modified in the case of local governments: HB 1450, SHB 1450, 2SHB 1450, SB 5239, SSB 5239
Public records requests, definition of per page cost: SB 5251
Public records requests, maximum per page copying charge: SB 5250
Public records, updating management and retention provisions: SB 6101
Public works projects, loans to local governments: HB 1164, SB 5132
Public works projects, payment of undisputed claims: * HB 1195, CH 193 (2009), SB 5399
Public works projects, prompt issuance of change orders for additional work: SSB 5399
Public works, local assistance funds: * HB 1569, CH 45 (2009), SB 5448, SSB 5448
Rail freight service, funding through grants from essential rail assistance account: HB 1512, * ESHB 1512, CH 160 (2009)
Railroad crossing protection devices, local improvement district financing: HB 1081, SHB 1081, * 2SHB 1081, CH 435 (2009)
Recording of closed executive session meetings, requirements and violations: HB 1676
Renewable energy systems, investment cost recovery incentives: HB 1399, SHB 1399
Residential infrastructure program, loans to eligible jurisdictions for transit-proximate areas: SB 5377, SSB 5377
Revenue options for local government in counties of one million five hundred thousand or more residents: HB 2249, SHB 2249
Rules of court, new rules creating or increasing certain programs and services to be unenforceable without specific appropriation: SB 5240
Self-insurance programs, public records claims liability and defense costs: HB 1107
Shopping bags, prohibition of charges for transfer of disposable paper bags: HB 1154
Shoreline location shifts, regulatory relief for property owners when shift is due to habitat restoration projects: * HB 2199, CH 405 (2009)
Shoreline management act, local government authority to adopt moratoria and interim official controls: HB 1379, * ESHB 1379, CH 444 (2009)
Signage on private property for public benefit, prohibiting local governments from requiring: HB 1827
Solar energy, community solar projects incentives: SSB 5161, SB 5185, SB 6170, * ESSB 6170, CH 469 (2009)
State funding for local projects, greenhouse gas emissions criteria: HB 2010, SHB 2010
Task forces for affordable housing and ending homelessness: HB 1173
Task forces for affordable housing convened by counties: SHB 1173
Tax revenue use flexibility during economic downturns. options: SB 6164
Taxes and tax rates, department of revenue to make publicly available through an online searchable database: SB 6105
Transportation facilities, prohibition of development under local comprehensive plans: HB 1736, SB 5872
Utility facilities, notice of necessary relocation from public agency: EHB 1499
Vesting laws, applications for building permits: SB 5148
Water banks, interlocal agreements for operation by watershed management partnerships: HB 1494, SB 5583
Watershed management partnerships, eminent domain authority granted: HB 1332, * SHB 1332, CH 504 (2009), SB 5254, SB 5910, SSB 5910
Watershed management partnerships, exercise of eminent domain authority in the case of the Lake Tapps water supply: * SHB 1332, CH 504 (2009)
Web sites of public agencies, required posting of certain information: SB 6098
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS  (See CITIES AND TOWNS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
LONG-TERM CARE  LONG-TERM CARE RSS Feed
               
Home care, modifying state payments to agencies by prohibiting payment for in-home care by agency employees living with or related to the client: HB 2361
Home care, modifying state payments to agencies by prohibiting payment for in-home care in certain cases: * SHB 2361, CH 571 (2009)
Initiative 1029, delaying implementation: HB 2373, HB 2376, SHB 2376
Medicaid acceptance policy, facility disclosure to residents: SB 6009, * SSB 6009, CH 489 (2009)
Training and background checks for long-term care workers, changes to provisions: * ESSB 6180, CH 580 (2009)
Training and credentialing of long-term care workers, changes to provisions: HB 2352
Workers, delaying implementation of initiative 1029: HB 2373, HB 2376, SHB 2376
Workers, peer mentoring implementation date delay: * HB 2359, CH 478 (2009)
LOTTERY  LOTTERY RSS Feed
               (See also GAMBLING)
Higher education loan program to receive lottery proceeds: SHB 2239
Lottery proceeds to be used for higher education financial aid: SB 6086
Multistate shared games account: HB 2300, SB 6108
Multistate shared games, state lottery authority to enter into agreement to conduct Powerball: SHB 2300, * ESSB 6108, CH 576 (2009)
Multistate shared games, state lottery authority to enter into contracts to conduct: HB 2300, SB 6108
Online keno game account, transfer of some proceeds to problem gambling account and state wildlife account: HB 2305
State wildlife account, funding from state lottery account: SB 6107
Tickets and shares, registration: HB 2141
Veterans, certain lottery games to benefit: HB 1070, SHB 1070
Washington investment in student excellence scholarship program, funding from state lottery account: SB 5606
LOW-INCOME PERSONS  LOW-INCOME PERSONS RSS Feed
               
Affordable housing development, use of surplus property owned by governmental entities for: EHB 2138
Affordable housing, additional county document recording surcharge to fund certain affordable housing and homeless purposes: HB 2166, SHB 2166
Building communities fund program, competitive application process: HB 1952, SHB 1952
Children in public schools, eliminating copayment for breakfast and reduced-price lunch and funding summer food service programs: HB 1416, SHB 1416, SB 5361, SSB 5361
Electric and gas utility rates, discounts for low-income and low-income senior customers: SB 5290, * SSB 5290, CH 32 (2009)
General assistance, modification of eligibility and other provisions: SB 6155
Health care, basic health plan eligibility revisions: SB 6154
Health care, basic health plan modified to include economic recovery enrollees: HB 2117, SB 6038, SSB 6038, 2SSB 6038
Health care, basic health plan program changes necessary to implement 2009-2011 operating budget: HB 2341, * SHB 2341, CH 568 (2009)
Health care, community health care collaborative grant program established: HB 1620, SB 5360, * SSB 5360, CH 299 (2009) PV
Housing development for low-income persons, affordable housing incentive programs: * EHB 1464, CH 80 (2009), SB 5544, SSB 5544
Housing everyone financing tool program, creation: HB 1973, SB 5856
Housing organizations receiving affordable housing funding required to pay employees and contractors according to housing self-sufficiency income standards: HB 1963
Housing self-sufficiency income standards, department of community, trade, and economic development to establish and maintain: HB 1963
Housing, funding from affordable housing account: SSB 6116
Housing, funding from housing trust fund to require a life-cycle cost analysis as part of evaluation of proposals: SB 5788, SSB 5788
Housing, funding from special county arts, regional center, low-income housing, and community development fund: HB 2252, ESHB 2252
Housing, funding from special purposes account: SB 6116
Legal services provided by nonprofit organizations, business and occupation tax exemption: * HB 1579, CH 508 (2009)
Low-income housing, state funding process: HB 2018
Personal hygiene and cleaning product program for low-income persons, department of community, trade, and economic development to conduct a pilot project to evaluate: SB 6053
Senior citizen housing, exemptions: * SB 5470, CH 483 (2009)
Sustainable residential weatherization: HB 1060, SHB 1060
Vacant homes, real estate excise tax exemptions to encourage sales to low-income buyers: HB 1495, SHB 1495, SB 5753, SSB 5753
Weatherization programs for low-income persons, expansion: SB 5649, SSB 5649, * E2SSB 5649, CH 379 (2009) PV
WorkFirst temporary assistance for needy families, encouraging parents to pursue available educational and training opportunities: HB 2071, * SHB 2071, CH 85 (2009) PV
Working families' tax rebate, funding from temporary sales tax increase to be submitted to voters: HB 2377, SHB 2377