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Identification documents, restriction on reading and handling: HB 2153
Radio frequency identification tag, notice to consumers: SB 6020
Retailers, allowance for sales and use tax collection costs: HB 1769
Retailers, business and occupation tax surcharge and credit: SB 6147
Retailers, interchange fees prohibited on state sales tax portion of transaction: SB 5885
Retailers, restriction on charging restocking fees on returned merchandise: HB 3250
Retailers, sales tax exemption for interchange fees: SB 5884
Theft, tax deductions for retail or wholesale proceeds lost due to: HB 1136
SALES TAX  (See TAXES - SALES TAX)
SALMON  SALMON RSS Feed
               (See also FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT; FISHING, COMMERCIAL; FISHING, RECREATIONAL)
Fishing guides, Columbia river: SB 6139
Puget Sound partnership, action agenda to achieve clean-up and restoration goals: HB 1374, SHB 1374, E2SHB 1374, SB 5372, * ESSB 5372, CH 341 (2007)
Recovery funding board, grant and loan conditions: * HB 1598, CH 257 (2007)
Recovery, forum on monitoring salmon recovery and watershed health: * SSB 5224, CH 444 (2007)
Recovery, salmon and watershed planning integration work group: SB 5567, SSB 5567
Salmon recovery office, governor's: * SSB 5224, CH 444 (2007)
Spawning beds, educational materials to provide protection: SB 5876, SSB 5876
Spawning beds, penalties for disturbing: HB 2301
Statewide salmon recovery office: HB 1577, SB 5224
SATELLITES  (See TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
SCHOLARSHIPS  SCHOLARSHIPS RSS Feed
               
American Indian endowed scholarship program, administration of funds: SB 5025
College bound scholarship program, Washington: * E2SSB 5098, CH 405 (2007)
Endowment funds, state investment board administration of: SB 5039, * SSB 5039, CH 73 (2007)
Food animal veterinarian conditional scholarship program: HB 2432, * SB 6187, CH 208 (2008)
Foster care youth, passport to college promise pilot program: HB 1131, * ESHB 1131, CH 314 (2007), HB 2072, SB 5155, SSB 5155, 2SSB 5155
Funding sources, study and identification: SSB 6820
Future teachers' conditional scholarships: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SB 6377, SSB 6377
GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SB 5555, SSB 5555
Guaranteed opportunities scholarship: SB 5098, SSB 5098
Math/science scholar high school diploma designation and scholarship: SB 5581, SSB 5581
Qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Survivors' endowed scholarship program for families of veterans' who lost their lives in service: SB 5040, ESSB 5040
Washington investment in student excellence scholarship program: SB 6820
WINaBRAIN, lottery commission to implement raffle that awards scholarships as prizes: SB 6459
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS  SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS; KINDERGARTENS, NURSERY SCHOOLS, AND PRESCHOOLS; TEACHERS)
Accountability, state board of education to examine the feasibility of other assessments: HB 3300
Accountability, Washington state quality award system and/or Baldridge national quality programs: SB 6511
African-American students, advisory committee to address achievement gap: HB 2722, SHB 2722, * 2SHB 2722, CH 298 (2008)
After-school care, community learning center program: HB 1550, SHB 1872, SB 5438
Allocations, high poverty districts: SB 5943
Allocations, urban school district: SB 5794
Anaphylactic policy, guidelines: HB 2632, SB 6556, * SSB 6556, CH 173 (2008)
Armed forces, diplomas for persons who left before graduation to serve: * EHB 1283, CH 185 (2008), SB 5255
Art programs, funding: HB 2192, HB 2500, SB 6065, SSB 6065, SB 6314
Arts programs, funding: SSB 6314
Autism awareness: * SSB 6743, CH 220 (2008) PV
Autism awareness instruction: HB 3152, SB 6743
Autism education centers: HB 2290
Basic education act recodified: HB 2832
Basic education allocation, certified instructional staff: HB 2458, SB 6376
Basic education costs, study: HB 1661
Basic education expenditures, prioritization within appropriation process: HB 1019, HJR 4200, HJR 4220
Basic education funding, formula revisions: SB 5670
Basic education funding, joint task force to review and develop options: SB 5627, SSB 5627, * E2SSB 5627, CH 399 (2007), SB 6879, * SSB 6879, CH 177 (2008)
Basic education program recodified: HB 1285
Bilingual instructional staff, salary bonus: SB 5942
Bilingual teachers, mentoring and training program: SHB 1907, HB 2303
Bureau of Indian affairs-funded schools, record checks for employees and applicants: HB 1326, * SB 5382, CH 35 (2007)
Buses, driver safety enhancements: 2EHB 2373
Buses, fuel tax exemptions: HB 2973
Buses, replacement incentive program: HB 1303, SHB 1303, * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV, SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Buses, seat belt requirement: SB 5103
Campaigns, use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office: * E2SSB 5278, CH 29 (2008)
Cancelled school days due to unforeseen natural causes or mechanical failures: SB 5395
Capital projects account, revenue transfer: * HB 2357, CH 503 (2007)
Career and technical education facilities, bond sales: HB 3330, SHB 3330
Career and technical education to prepare students for assessment system, advisory committee: * ESSB 6023, CH 354 (2007) PV
Career pathways programs in high-demand fields: HB 2064, SHB 2064, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV
Child abuse or neglect, duty to report: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Chinese and Spanish language instruction: SB 5714, ESSB 6466
Chinese and Spanish language instruction, pilot program: ESSB 5714
Civic education travel grant program: SB 5969
Classified staff, examination and recommendations of staffing and funding levels: HB 2061
Cleaning of facilities, products that minimize impacts to humans and the environment: HB 1464, ESHB 1464, EHB 2613
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)
College in high school program: SB 5105
College in the high school program: HB 2782
Community athletic programs, sex discrimination prohibited: SHB 3001, SSB 6547
Community learning center program: HB 1550, SHB 1872, HB 3109, SB 5438, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV, * SB 6369, CH 169 (2008)
Community schools act: HB 3291, SHB 3291, SB 6872
Compulsory school attendance and truancy, analysis: SB 6429, SSB 6429
Construction projects, sales and use tax exemptions: HB 3111
Construction specifications for newly constructed or substantially renovated buildings: HB 1904
Construction, joint legislative task force on school construction funding: HB 2400
Cost-of-living salary supplements, property tax levy: SB 5570
Counselors, purpose and role: * HB 1670, CH 175 (2007)
Curriculum, statewide common school : HB 2025
Cyberbullying, harassment prevention policies: SB 5288, * SSB 5288, CH 407 (2007)
Data and data systems, requirements: HB 1541, SB 5843, SSB 5843, * E2SSB 5843, CH 401 (2007)
Defibrillators, automatic external: HB 1429
Disabilities, early intervention services: HB 2083, HB 2230, SHB 2230
Disabilities, monitoring and addressing achievement of students: HB 3212, * SHB 3212, CH 165 (2008)
Disability history month: HB 2599, * SB 6313, CH 167 (2008)
Discipline of students, policies and limits on restraint of students: HB 2884, ESHB 2884, SB 6418, SSB 6418
District board of directors, performance audit: SB 5535
District board of directors, training: SB 5626
District treasurer, authority to invest school funds: HB 2954, SHB 2954, SB 6674, SSB 6674
Districts, authority to designate district treasurer: HB 2954, SHB 2954, SB 6674, SSB 6674
Districts, boundaries and organization: HB 2635, SHB 2635, * 2SHB 2635, CH 159 (2008)
Districts, changing boundaries: HB 2148, SHB 2148
Districts, dissolution of first-class districts: * SB 6183, CH 9 (2008)
Districts, financial health and monitoring system and education data center: HB 1871, SHB 1871, 2SHB 1871, SB 5842, SSB 5842
Driver training, students in home-based instruction: SB 5521
Dropout prevention and intervention program: HB 1573, SHB 1573, * 2SHB 1573, CH 408 (2007) PV, SB 5497, ESSB 5497
Dual credit programs, work group: HB 3263, SHB 3263
Education legacy trust account, distributions to: SB 5012, SB 5428
Education records of dependent students, release to social and health services department: SSB 6453
Education records of students in juvenile justice system, release to social and health services department: HB 2720, SB 6453
Educational service districts, authority to designate district treasurer: HB 2954, SHB 2954, SB 6674, SSB 6674
Educational service districts, authority to provide cooperative and informational services: SB 6285
Educational service districts, pilot programs for learning disabilities: HB 3041, SB 6388, SSB 6388
Educational staff associates, public employees' retirement system: HB 2159
Educational staff associates, salary schedules: HB 2222, SB 5728, SSB 5728
Educational staff associates, years of service: HB 1432, SHB 1432, * E2SHB 1432, CH 403 (2007)
Electronic weapons, penalties for possession: HB 1764
Emergency shelters, schools available as: HB 1933
Employees' children with disabilities allowed to enroll in programs in district where employee is assigned: * HB 2137, CH 192 (2008)
Employees' health benefits, retired or disabled employees: HB 1281, HB 3028, SB 6649
Employees' retirement, additional choice between plans 2 and 3: HB 3257
Employees' retirement, annual distribution to retired and terminated vested members of plan 3: HB 3258
Employees' retirement, gain-sharing provisions: HB 1771, HB 2116, SB 5668, SB 5779
Employees' retirement, military service credit: SB 6009
Employees' retirement, partial year service credit: * HB 3019, CH 204 (2008), SB 6654
Employees' retirement, past part-time service credit: HB 3182
Employees' retirement, plan 2 separated employees: HB 1284, HB 3027, SB 5427, SB 6648
Employees' retirement, service credit for periods of temporary duty disability: HB 1261, * SHB 1261, CH 49 (2007), SB 5172
Employees' retirement, transfer of members from public employees' retirement system plan 2: HB 3005, SB 6655
Employees' retirement, unreduced benefits for earlier age retirement: HB 1199
Employees' retirement, vesting after five years of service: HB 1941, HB 3022, SB 6651
Employees, cost-of-living salary supplements: SB 5570
Employees, dismissal or certificate revocation: HB 2772, HB 3103, SHB 3103
Employees, notification upon arrest for felony crimes: HB 2461
Employees, transfer of accumulated leave between common school and higher education systems: HB 2987, * SB 6588, CH 174 (2008)
English as a second language, demonstration projects: HB 1872, SHB 1872, SB 5841, SSB 5841, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV
English language learner students, resources and assistance: HB 2810, SHB 2810, HB 3079, SB 6673, SSB 6673, * E2SSB 6673, CH 321 (2008) PV
Enrollment targets, counting students: HB 3304
Entrepreneurial education and development, grants: SB 5368
Essential academic learning, requirements revised: HB 3169
Extended learning opportunities program: HB 3079, SB 6673, SSB 6673, * E2SSB 6673, CH 321 (2008) PV
Extracurricular activities, funding through surcharge to sporting and entertainment events: SB 6537
Facilities, high growth school district assistance account and funding: HB 2356
Facilities, regular property tax levies in excess of one percent growth: HB 2334
Field of dreams program, college tuition GET units for students working in agricultural jobs: HB 2082, SHB 2082, E2SHB 2082
Financial literacy, public-private partnership provisions: HB 1980, SHB 1980, * 2SHB 1980, CH 459 (2007), SB 5965
Firearms, accident prevention instruction: HB 2168
Firearms, hunter and firearm safety courses as an elective: SB 5791
First peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teacher certification: HB 1226, ESHB 1226, SB 5269, * ESSB 5269, CH 319 (2007)
First teacher parent mentor programs: HB 1619
Foods of minimal nutritional value, access: SB 5825
Foster children, programs to improve educational outcomes: HB 2679, * SHB 2679, CH 297 (2008) PV, SB 6454, SSB 6454
Foster children, school placement continuity: HB 1716, SHB 1716, 2SHB 1716
Freedom of press and speech for high school and college students: HB 1307, ESHB 1307
Freedom of student press and speech: SB 6449
Fruit and vegetable grants: HB 2798, SHB 2798, E2SHB 2798, SB 6483, SSB 6483, * 2SSB 6483, CH 215 (2008)
Funding, nonemployee costs study: HB 1615
Funding, one-time hold harmless allocation: HB 1612
Geography, endowment established: HB 2804
GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SHB 1882, SB 5555, SSB 5555, SB 5806, SSB 5806
Graduation ceremonies, Kevin's law: HB 1050, * ESHB 1050, CH 318 (2007), SB 5450, ESSB 5450
Graduation ceremonies, students with disabilities: HB 1050, * ESHB 1050, CH 318 (2007), SB 5450, ESSB 5450
Graduation requirements, certificate of academic achievement not required: HB 2343, * ESSB 6023, CH 354 (2007) PV, SB 6037
Graduation requirements, limited English proficient students: HB 2316, HB 2634
Graduation requirements, multiple measures high school assessment system: SB 6494
Graduation requirements, opportunities to assist students: HB 2808, SHB 2808, 2SHB 2808
Graduation requirements, standards: HB 1618
Graduation requirements, state and global economy course: HB 1778
Graduation requirements, state and local: HB 3113
Guidance and planning program, school counselors: HB 1614
Health reform, task force on comprehensive school: SHB 1071, SSB 5093, * 2SSB 5093, CH 5 (2007)
Health, advisory committees: HB 1071, SHB 1071, SB 5093, SSB 5093, * 2SSB 5093, CH 5 (2007)
Health, advisory council: SB 5415, SSB 5415
Health, advisory council and coordinated councils: HB 2890
Health, insurance information for students: SB 5100, * 2ESSB 5100, CH 302 (2008)
Health-related career academies grant program: HB 1872, SB 5841
Healthy student grant program: HB 2811, SHB 2811
Heating oil, sales and use tax exemptions: SB 5569
High demand fields, committee on the education of students in: SB 5731, * SSB 5731, CH 397 (2007)
High school completion programs, community and technical colleges: * HB 1051, CH 355 (2007) PV
High school students, enhanced counseling and learning opportunities: HB 2808, SHB 2808, 2SHB 2808
Home school, advertising and marketing to students prohibited: HB 3010
Home school, parental declaration of intent: HB 3009
Human papillomavirus disease and vaccine, information: HB 1802, * SHB 1802, CH 276 (2007)
Hunting, hunter and firearm safety courses as an elective: SB 5791
Impact fees for school facilities, exemption: HB 2169, HB 2356, HB 2400
Impact fees for school facilities, time limits: HB 3246, SB 6892
Improvement standards: HB 1610
Improving core subject instruction for all students, pilot program: HB 2136, SB 6094
In-demand scholars program, workforce training and education coordinating board to administer: SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SSB 6377
Instructional assistants, professional development: HB 2870, SHB 2870, * 2SHB 2870, CH 65 (2008), SB 6640
Instructional staff, bonuses if certified by the national board for professional teaching standards: HB 2775, SHB 2775
Instructional support services: HB 2773, SHB 2773
Interim pay for certificated employees during probable cause hearings: SB 5212
Juvenile offenders, job skills training programs: SB 5370
K-12 public schools, state funding: EHB 3117
K-3 foundations program, demonstration projects: HB 1872, SB 5841, SSB 5841, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV
Kindergarten, readiness assessment : HB 2597, SHB 2597, 2SHB 2597
Kindergartens, grants for full-day programs: HB 2322
Kindergartens, voluntary all-day programs: HB 1872, SHB 1872, SB 5841, SSB 5841, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV
Land acquisition for future school sites: SB 6088
Leadership academy: HB 1907, SHB 1907, 2SHB 1907, SB 5955, SSB 5955, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Leadership academy, school directors: HB 2983
Learning disabilities, resources and assistance for students: SB 6673, SSB 6673, * E2SSB 6673, CH 321 (2008) PV
Legislative youth advisory council: HB 1052, * ESHB 1052, CH 291 (2007), SB 5102, SSB 5102
Levies and bonds, additional approval from voters: HB 2332, SHB 2332
Levies and bonds, boundaries for excess property tax levies: HB 2492
Levies and bonds, fifty-five percent of voters voting to authorize: HJR 4221
Levies and bonds, maximum levy percentage increase: SB 5008
Levies and bonds, newly created property tax exemptions excluded from applying to: HB 1739
Levies and bonds, simple majority of voters voting: HJR 4201, * EHJR 4204 (2007), SB 5028, SJR 8202, SJR 8203, ESJR 8207
Levies and bonds, state levy for supporting education eliminated: HB 3353
Library programs: SB 6380, ESSB 6380, 2SSB 6380
Life science learning centers: HB 2355, SB 6148
Limited English proficient students, graduation requirements: HB 2316, HB 2634
Limited English proficient students, resources and assistance: HB 2810, SHB 2810
Local control to public schools, common school code repealed: SB 6929
Local effort assistance, state funding increase: SB 6080
Locally grown food, price preference: HB 2709, E2SHB 2709
Locally grown foods, price preference: SHB 2709
Lorraine Wojahn dyslexia pilot reading program, reporting: * E2SSB 6673, CH 321 (2008) PV
Low-income students, resources and assistance: SB 6673, SSB 6673, * E2SSB 6673, CH 321 (2008) PV
Low-income students, sales tax refund: SB 5168
Mathematics and science teachers: HB 2809, SHB 2809, E2SHB 2809, SB 6781, SSB 6781
Mathematics, advisory panel: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Mathematics, after-school math support program: HB 1906, SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), SB 5813, SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
Mathematics, comprehensive approach requirement: HB 3075
Mathematics, curriculum: HB 2030
Mathematics, fast track to math program for teachers: HB 1634
Mathematics, GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SB 5555, SSB 5555
Mathematics, grants to recruit teachers: SB 5396
Mathematics, high school requirements: HB 1634, HB 3299
Mathematics, improvement initiative: HB 2339
Mathematics, instructional coach demonstration project: HB 1906, SB 5813, SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
Mathematics, instructional coach program: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Mathematics, math/science scholar high school diploma designation and scholarship: SB 5581, SSB 5581
Mathematics, online curriculum: HB 2598, SHB 2598, * 2SHB 2598, CH 274 (2008)
Mathematics, placement and common college readiness tests: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Mathematics, professional development for teachers: HB 1907, SB 5955, SSB 5955, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Mathematics, qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Mathematics, readiness for college-level course work: HB 2109
Mathematics, review of WASL requirements: HB 2172, SB 5528, SSB 5528, E2SSB 5528
Mathematics, salary bonus for teaching: SB 5623
Mathematics, science, and targeted secondary reading improvement initiative: SHB 1907, 2SHB 1907, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Mathematics, science, and technology opportunities: SB 5814, SSB 5814
Mathematics, segmented alternative assessment: HB 2976, SB 5239, SSB 5239, SB 6503, SSB 6503
Mathematics, standards: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), HB 3189, * SB 6534, CH 172 (2008)
Mathematics, statewide director for math and science and technology: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), E2SSB 5813
Mathematics, students not passing WASL allowed to graduate: HB 1194, SHB 2327, 2SHB 2327, SB 5165, SSB 5165
Mathematics, timelines and process for approving standards and curriculum: EHB 3317
Mentoring program, partnership program between higher education institutions and students in grades eight through twelve: SB 5476, SSB 5476
Multiple measures high school assessment system: SB 6494
Notice of probable cause for discharge, compensation for certificated employees: HB 3037
Nurses, increase of: HB 2886, SB 6662
Online learning programs, college credit for high school students: HB 3129, SHB 3129, * 2SHB 3129, CH 95 (2008)
Out-of-state teachers, residency certification: HB 3363
Outdoor education and recreation grant program: HB 1677, SHB 1677, * 2SHB 1677, CH 176 (2007), SB 5265, SSB 5265
Paraeducators, pipeline for paraeducators conditional scholarship program: HB 1906, SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), SB 5813, SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
Paraeducators, professional development and compensation: HB 3364, SB 6942
Peace corps volunteers, leaves of absence: SB 5324
Performance audits, cost reimbursement: SB 6450, SB 6451
Performance-based compensation for teachers and other certified instructional staff: HB 1611
Performance-based compensation pilot project for staff: HB 2095
Permanent common school fund, investment of moneys: * HB 2396, CH 505 (2007)
Pesticides, limits on the use of high hazard pesticides: HB 1806, SHB 1806, 2SHB 1806, 3SHB 1806, E4SHB 1806
Pesticides, model child-friendly pest management policy: SHB 1806, 2SHB 1806, 3SHB 1806, E4SHB 1806
Physical activity opportunities for students: HB 1188, SHB 1188
Pledge of allegiance, annual teaching of meaning and history: SB 6908
Pledge of Allegiance, study included in graduation requirements: HB 2974
Principals, bonuses if nationally certified teachers prior to appointment: HB 2869, SHB 2869, 2SHB 2869, SB 6610
Principals, qualifications: SB 6581
Private, voluntary participation in WASL: HB 1772, SHB 1772
Progressive interventions, program: HB 1610
Public employees' benefits board programs, district requirements for participation: HB 2651
Public schools, common school code repealed: SB 6929
Public works projects, apprenticeship utilization: * EHB 1898, CH 437 (2007)
Qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Readiness for college-level course work: HB 2109
Reading, adolescent reading program: SB 6538, SSB 6538
Reading, intervention programs in secondary schools: HB 2723
Recess period for elementary students: SB 6042, SSB 6042
Recess time, requirement for K-6 public schools: HB 3247
Record checks for employees, exemption for certain contractors: HB 1469, SB 5371
Recruiter access to students and student records, requirements: HB 2026
Remedial postsecondary education, districts must provide or pay for costs: SB 5755
Rental housing for certain certified and classified employees: HB 2125
Report card for education, statewide goals for improvement of academic achievement: HB 1028, SB 6121
Residency certification, out-of-state teachers: HB 3363
Restraint of students, policies and limits: HB 2884, ESHB 2884, SB 6418, SSB 6418
Retooling to teach math, special education, English as a second language, and science conditional scholarship program: SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
Running start program: HB 2782
Safe school plans, requirements: HB 1979, SHB 1979, HB 2504, SB 5097, * SSB 5097, CH 406 (2007)
Safety advisory committee: SB 6720
Salary allocations, process to equalize: HB 1540, HB 2080, HB 2642, SB 5135, SSB 5135
Salary bonuses, earnable compensation for individuals certified by national board for professional teaching: HB 3021, * SB 6657, CH 175 (2008)
Sales and use tax exemptions: HB 2399
Scholar's designation for high school transcripts: SB 5051
Scholarships, GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SB 5555, SSB 5555
Scholarships, guaranteed opportunities scholarship: SB 5098, SSB 5098
Scholarships, math/science scholar high school diploma designation and scholarship: SB 5581, SSB 5581
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)
School buses, requirements for safety belts: HB 3222, HB 3340
School safety: HB 3131, ESHB 3131
School year, required number of days: SB 5976
Schoolwide academic achievement bonus program: HB 1613
Science, advisory panel: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Science, curriculum: HB 2030
Science, GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SB 5555, SSB 5555
Science, improvement initiative: HB 2339
Science, instructional coach demonstration project: HB 1906, SB 5813, SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
Science, instructional coach program: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Science, math, and technology opportunities: SB 5814, SSB 5814
Science, math/science scholar high school diploma designation and scholarship: SB 5581, SSB 5581
Science, mathematics, and targeted secondary reading improvement initiative: SHB 1907, 2SHB 1907
Science, professional development for teachers: HB 1907, SB 5955, SSB 5955, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Science, qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Science, salary bonus for teaching: SB 5623
Science, standards and curriculum: SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Science, statewide director for math and science and technology: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), E2SSB 5813
Science, WASL revisions: HB 1659
Scoliosis screening: EHB 2516, SB 6135
Secondary career and technical education: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SB 6377, SSB 6377, * 2SSB 6377, CH 170 (2008) PV
Secondary integrated basic education and skills training pilot project: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, HB 3079, SB 6377, SSB 6377, SB 6673
Select committee on repealing education statutes: SSB 6929
Sex education, medically and scientifically accurate: HB 1297, HB 1855, SHB 1855, SB 5297, * ESSB 5297, CH 265 (2007)
Sex offenses committed by education employees, disciplinary actions: SB 6443, SSB 6443
Sexual equality laws, compliance: HB 2340, SB 5837, SSB 5837
Skill centers facility enhancement act: HB 3330, SHB 3330
Skill centers, agreement with community or technical colleges: HB 2826, SHB 2826, E2SHB 2826, SB 6377, SSB 6377, * 2SSB 6377, CH 170 (2008) PV
Skills centers, regional career and technical education partnership: HB 1977, SHB 1977, SB 5790, SSB 5790, * 2SSB 5790, CH 463 (2007) PV
Spanish and Chinese language instruction: SB 5714, ESSB 6466
Spanish and Chinese language instruction, pilot program: ESSB 5714
Special education, grants to recruit teachers: SB 5396
Special education, provisions: * SB 5775, CH 115 (2007)
Special education, safety net: * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV, SB 6115
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists, salary bonuses for national certification: HB 2991
Staff to student ratio: SB 5479
Standards for high school graduation, college readiness, and college admission: HB 1618
State and global economy high school course requirement: HB 1778
State assessment system and WASL: HB 3166, * ESHB 3166, CH 163 (2008)
State history and government course requirement: * HB 2781, CH 190 (2008), SB 6611
Statewide academic assessment system, requirements revised: HB 3169
Student achievement fund, full funding through state property tax: HB 1617
Student enrollment, property suitable for development of affordable housing: SHB 1332, E2SHB 1332
Students at risk, best practices: SB 6536
Students with autism, development of programs and guidelines: SB 6742, SSB 6742
Students with disabilities, monitoring and addressing achievement: HB 3212, * SHB 3212, CH 165 (2008)
Students, accountability for students missing school: SB 6286
Students, certificate of individual achievement for students covered by 504 of federal rehabilitation act: SB 5451
Students, collection and submission of identifier data: SB 6890
Students, privacy regarding directory information: HB 2321, HB 2517, SB 6047
Superintendent of public instruction, world language supervisor: HB 2523, SHB 2523, 2SHB 2523
Supplies, annual sales and use tax holiday: HB 1012
Sustainable environment culminating project grant program: HB 3082, SHB 3082, SB 6549, SSB 6549
Teachers, autism awareness instruction: HB 3152, SB 6743
Teachers, bilingual instructional staff salary bonus: SB 5942
Teachers, bilingual teacher mentoring and training program: SHB 1907, HB 2303
Teachers, certification services: * SB 6740, CH 107 (2008)
Teachers, collection and submission of identifier data: SB 6890
Teachers, educator tuition reimbursement program: SB 5956
Teachers, funding for national board standards assessment fees: SB 5889, SSB 5889
Teachers, mathematics and science teacher preparation programs: SSB 6781
Teachers, mathematics and science teacher professional development: HB 1907, SB 5955, SSB 5955, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV, SB 6781
Teachers, performance-based compensation pilot project for staff: HB 2095
Teachers, preparation program study: HB 2831
Teachers, preparation programs for teachers of visually impaired and blind public school students: HB 2813, SB 6535, SSB 6535
Teachers, preparation to teach English language learner students: EHB 2607
Teachers, professional certification standards and performance assessment: HB 1907, SHB 1907, 2SHB 1907, HB 2333, SB 5955, SSB 5955, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Teachers, recruiting diverse Washington teachers program: SHB 1907, HB 2043
Teachers, recruiting Washington teachers program: SHB 1907, HB 2043, * 2SSB 5955, CH 402 (2007) PV
Teachers, retooling to teach math and science conditional scholarship program: HB 1906, SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), SB 5813
Teachers, salary bonus for maintaining national board standards certification: HB 1907, HB 2262, SHB 2262, * 2SHB 2262, CH 398 (2007)
Teachers, salary bonus for teachers who become principals or superintendents: SB 6930
Teachers, salary bonus for teaching math or science: SB 5623
Teachers, tuition waivers for seeking professional certification: HB 2298
Teachers, tuition waivers for teachers and certified instructional staff to meet continuing education requirements: SB 5101, * SSB 5101, CH 461 (2007)
Technology, essential academic learning requirements for literacy and fluency in technology: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
Technology, math, and science opportunities: SB 5814, SSB 5814
Technology, statewide director for math and science and technology: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), E2SSB 5813
Technology, use of capital projects funds: HB 1280, SHB 1280, * 2SHB 1280, CH 129 (2007), SB 5267, ESSB 5267
Transfer students from military families, certificate of academic achievement exemption: HB 1109, HB 1479
Transportation for students, funding: HB 1165, SHB 1165, HB 1616, SB 5114, SSB 5114, * 2SSB 5114, CH 139 (2007)
Transportation for students, tax incentives for alternative fuel: HB 1162
Truancy and compulsory school attendance, analysis: SB 6429, SSB 6429
Truancy court actions, fines levied: * SB 6398, CH 171 (2008)
Truancy proceedings, procedure: SSB 6600
Truancy, civil contempt proceedings: SB 6600
Truancy, district accountability for students missing school: HB 2306
Truancy, notice of hearings: ESB 5983
Vice principals, qualifications: SB 6581
Vocational certified instructors, salary schedules: SB 5728, SSB 5728
Washington learns, implementation: HB 1641, HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5501, SB 5806, SSB 5806
Washington state center for childhood deafness and hearing loss: HB 2629
WASL and state assessment system: HB 3166, * ESHB 3166, CH 163 (2008)
WASL, academic standards panel and revisions to statewide system: HB 1288
WASL, accountability plan and measures: SB 6023
WASL, additional alternatives: * ESSB 6023, CH 354 (2007) PV
WASL, certificate of academic achievement not required for graduation: SB 6037
WASL, conditional delay of graduation requirements: * ESSB 6023, CH 354 (2007) PV
WASL, coursework as alternative when standards not successfully met: HB 2343, SB 6023
WASL, delay of reading and writing content areas for graduation: SB 6540
WASL, end-of-course assessments in math and science: SHB 2327, 2SHB 2327
WASL, glossaries: HB 3060
WASL, math and science advisory panels: * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007)
WASL, math and science assessment review: HB 1906, SHB 1906, * 2SHB 1906, CH 396 (2007), SB 5813, SSB 5813, E2SSB 5813
WASL, math assessment requirements: HB 2030
WASL, math questions: SB 6485
WASL, math requirement review: HB 2172, SB 5528, SSB 5528, E2SSB 5528
WASL, mathematics system standards and instruction: HB 2327
WASL, private school students voluntary participation: HB 1772, SHB 1772
WASL, process to appeal elementary or middle school assessment score: SB 6108
WASL, proficiency requirements for high school graduation: HB 1352
WASL, reporting requirements: SB 6257
WASL, reviews and revisions: SB 5268
WASL, science assessment requirements: HB 2030
WASL, science assessment revisions: HB 1659
WASL, science system standards and instruction: HB 2327
WASL, segmented math alternative assessment: SB 5239, SSB 5239
WASL, short answer or multiple choice questions for math portion: SB 6485
WASL, statewide common school curriculum: HB 2025
WASL, student learning plans: HB 2988
WASL, students covered by section 504 of federal rehabilitation act: SB 5451
WASL, students not passing math assessment allowed to graduate: HB 1194, SHB 2327, 2SHB 2327, SB 5165, SSB 5165
WASL, students who pass granted exemption from intermediate driver's license restrictions: HB 1481
Waste reduction and recycling awards program, participation by private schools: * SB 6941, CH 178 (2008)
Weapons, possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities: HB 2268, ESHB 2268
World language instruction: HB 1517, * E2SSB 5841, CH 400 (2007) PV, SSB 6065
World language programs, task force: SB 6466, ESSB 6466
World language supervisor: HB 2523, SHB 2523, 2SHB 2523
Youth-oriented activities, grant program for facilities: HB 1948
SCIENCE  SCIENCE RSS Feed
               
Applied baccalaureate degree pilot projects for degrees in applied science and technology: HB 1885, SHB 1885, SB 5104
Geoduck aquaculture techniques and practices, scientific research studies: HB 1547, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007)
GET ready for math and science scholarship program: HB 1779, SHB 1779, * E2SHB 1779, CH 214 (2007), SB 5555, SSB 5555
Graduate fellowship trust fund program for the sciences: HB 1033
Health sciences and services program: HB 1705, SHB 1705, * E2SHB 1705, CH 251 (2007), SB 5616, SSB 5616
Human stem cell research advisory committee: HB 1163, HB 1336, HB 1732
Human stem cell research, life sciences discovery fund: HB 1730, SHB 1730
Life science learning centers: HB 2355, SB 6148
Life sciences research, commercialization: SB 5996, SSB 5996
Math and science technology student employees, tax credits for employers: HB 1969, SB 5486
Property tax exemption for organizations operated for art, scientific, or historic purposes: HB 2901, SB 6700
Puget Sound partnership, action agenda to achieve clean-up and restoration goals: HB 1374, SHB 1374, E2SHB 1374, SB 5372, * ESSB 5372, CH 341 (2007)
Puget Sound scientific research account: HB 1656, SHB 1656, * 2SHB 1656, CH 345 (2007) PV
Qualified professions conditional scholarship for math, science, and engineering: SB 5369, SSB 5369
Scholarships, math/science scholar high school diploma designation and scholarship: SB 5581, SSB 5581
Soil and wetland scientists, licensing: HB 3198, HB 3316
Washington state biological laboratories, rules: HB 3385
SEARCH AND SEIZURE  SEARCH AND SEIZURE RSS Feed
               
Offenders, standards in department of corrections field offices: HB 3232, SHB 3232, SB 6826
SECRETARY OF STATE  SECRETARY OF STATE RSS Feed
               
Address confidentiality program: HB 1421, * SHB 1421, CH 18 (2008), SB 5409
Archives and records management, division: HB 1900, SB 5603, SSB 5603
Certificates of discharge: * HB 1431, CH 171 (2007), SB 5407
Charitable organizations, advisory council and education program regarding solicitations: HB 1777, * SHB 1777, CH 471 (2007), SB 5662, SSB 5662, 2SSB 5662
Charitable organizations, registration: HB 3369
Domestic partnership registry, protection by granting certain rights and benefits: SB 5336, * SSB 5336, CH 156 (2007)
E-recording standards commission, uniform real property electronic recording act: HB 2104, * EHB 2459, CH 57 (2008), SB 5948
Jury service, notification when a person summoned does not meet juror qualifications: SB 6555
Oral history program transferred to legislature: HB 1741, ESHB 1741, 2SHB 1741, * 3SHB 1741, CH 222 (2008) PV
Political advertising, mailed advertising must be filed with secretary of state to be archived:: SB 5329
Washington state flag, account: HB 2578, SB 6254
Washington state heritage center, funding: HB 2060, SB 5882, * SSB 5882, CH 523 (2007)
SECURITY GUARDS AND FIRMS  SECURITY GUARDS AND FIRMS RSS Feed
               
Bouncers, exempt from security guard regulations: SB 5541
Crowd management and guest services, exemption from security guard regulations: * SB 6090, CH 154 (2007)
Definitions and exemptions, regulations: HB 1063
Training requirements: HB 1988, * SHB 1988, CH 306 (2007), SB 5845, SSB 5845
SECURITY INTERESTS  SECURITY INTERESTS RSS Feed
               
Uniform securities act: HB 1433
SEIZURES  (See SEARCH AND SEIZURE)
SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES  SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES RSS Feed
               
Late fees to be reasonable and stated in contract: HB 2661, * SHB 2661, CH 61 (2008), SB 6729
Lien on and sale of personal property: SB 5554, * SSB 5554, CH 113 (2007)
SENATE RESOLUTIONS  SENATE RESOLUTIONS RSS Feed
               
4-H youth development: * SR 8635 (2007), * SR 8711 (2008)
Achievers scholarship program: * SR 8702 (2008)
Adjournment, completion of work: * SR 8690 (2007)
Adoptive parents: * SR 8675 (2007)
Almquist, Dr. Jon R.: * SR 8696 (2008)
Apple blossom festival: * SR 8744 (2008)
Armed forces, members serving in Afghanistan: * SR 8651 (2007)
Arts day: * HR 4619 (2007), * SR 8622 (2007)
Asotin football team: * SR 8632 (2007)
Autism, individuals with: * SR 8681 (2007), * SR 8724 (2008)
Barnyard coalition: * SR 8606 (2007), * SR 8715 (2008)
Beach watchers: * SR 8718 (2008)
Bolin, Karen: * SR 8603 (2007)
Bowen, Imogene: * SR 8649 (2007)
Brain injury awareness month, national: * SR 8665 (2007)
British Columbia parliamentary and Washington state legislature internship programs: * SR 8641 (2007)
Catholic schools: * SR 8611 (2007), * SR 8706 (2008)
Chambers of commerce: * SR 8621 (2007)
Civic educators: * SR 8637 (2007)
Civilian conservation corps: * SR 8666 (2007)
Classified school employees: * SR 8656 (2007), * SR 8698 (2008)
Colorectal cancer awareness month: * SR 8734 (2008)
Commercial fishing fleet, Washington state: * SR 8642 (2007), * SR 8733 (2008)
Compton, Lynn D. "Buck": * SR 8646 (2007)
Congressman Metcalf, Jack: * SR 8686 (2007)
Conner, Paul: * SR 8725 (2008)
Cotton, Lois: * SR 8691 (2007)
Cowan, Linda: * SR 8742 (2008)
Cox, Steve: * SR 8643 (2007)
Crandall, Lieutenant Colonel Bruce P.: * SR 8639 (2007)
Crowley, Walt C.: * SR 8663 (2007)
Daffodil festival: * SR 8680 (2007), * SR 8737 (2008)
Dairy industry: * SR 8714 (2008)
Deck, Marlyta: * SR 8677 (2007)
Diabetes, actions to reduce the rate and complications: * SR 8615 (2007)
Donate life month: * SR 8732 (2008)
Douglass, Gordon: * SR 8617 (2007)
Eldredge, Bruce: * SR 8693 (2008)
Fallen servicemen and women: * SR 8682 (2007)
Foreign official representatives: * SR 8671 (2007)
Freemasons: * SR 8710 (2008)
Future farmers of America: * SR 8728 (2008)
Gifted and honor students: * SR 8647 (2007)
Girls and women in sports day: * SR 8627 (2007), * SR 8721 (2008)
Granges: * SR 8668 (2007), * SR 8712 (2008)
Gray, Dr. Edmund: * SR 8670 (2007)
Hansen, Kenneth C.: * SR 8667 (2007)
Heritage, Doris Brown: * SR 8660 (2007)
Hickok, Sergeant Paul D.: * SR 8626 (2007)
Historian, senate: SR 8620
Home education families: * SR 8612 (2007)
Hoquiam High School girls wrestling team: * SR 8684 (2007)
Human trafficking: * SR 8713 (2008)
Independent living: * SR 8614 (2007)
India day: * SR 8674 (2007)
Interim governance: * SR 8743 (2008)
Joel E. Ferris High School boys basketball team: * SR 8652 (2007)
Jonlin, Alex: * SR 8669 (2007)
Josephine sunset home: * SR 8741 (2008)
Josephson, Norm: * SR 8617 (2007)
KGY AM 1240, 85th anniversary: * SR 8659 (2007)
King Jr., Rev. Dr. Martin Luther: * SR 8602 (2007)
Korean polytechnic colleges and Washington technical colleges: * SR 8605 (2007)
La Conner High School volleyball champions: * SR 8613 (2007), * SR 8719 (2008)
Lake Forest Park community wildlife habitat project: * SR 8658 (2007)
Lewis and Clark High School girls basketball team: * SR 8653 (2007)
Marchioro, Karen: * SR 8701 (2008)
McCausland, Bob and Ruth: * SR 8623 (2007)
McEntee, Kathy: * SR 8717 (2008)
McInturff, Judge James "Ben": * SR 8687 (2007)
McIntyre, Dr. Jerilyn: * SR 8726 (2008)
Metropolitan Seattle sickle cell anemia task force: * SR 8679 (2007)
Molloy, Patrick: * SR 8617 (2007)
Morse, Karen: * SR 8723 (2008)
National guard: * SR 8610 (2007)
Navarre, Christopher: * SR 8685 (2007)
Oak Harbor High School football team: * SR 8636 (2007)
Oldfield, Fred: * SR 8730 (2008)
Optometry profession, service to infants: * SR 8648 (2007)
Organ donor awareness week: * SR 8678 (2007)
Osborne, Sarah: * SR 8695 (2008)
Patches, J.P.: * SR 8720 (2008)
Peace Corps: * SR 8638 (2007)
Pediatric cancer survivorship week: * SR 8676 (2007)
Perianesthesia nurses: * SR 8722 (2008)
Permanent rules: * SR 8601 (2007)
Peterson, Andrea: * SR 8735 (2008)
Philippine Consulate: * SR 8683 (2007)
Potato industry: * SR 8607 (2007), * SR 8699 (2008)
President Reagan: * SR 8629 (2007)
President's day: * HR 4620 (2007)
Recreational boating association of Washington: * SR 8624 (2007)
Red hat day: * SR 8640 (2007)
Representative Lantos, Tom: * SR 8727 (2008)
Rules, 41: * SR 8619 (2007)
Rules, permanent: * SR 8694 (2008)
Safe kids week: * SR 8707 (2008)
Scots and Scots-Irish heritage month: * SR 8655 (2007)
Senate organized, house notified: * SR 8600 (2007), * SR 8692 (2008)
Senator Clarke, George W.: * SR 8634 (2007)
Senator Deccio, Alex: * SR 8608 (2007)
Senator Thibaudeau, Pat: * SR 8628 (2007)
Shifty Sailors: * SR 8689 (2007)
Shinseki, General Eric: * SR 8662 (2007)
Skagit Valley tulip festival: * SR 8650 (2007), * SR 8739 (2008)
Spay day USA: SR 8736
St. John-Endicott football team: * SR 8631 (2007)
Standifer, Floyd: * SR 8618 (2007)
Stevenson, 100-year anniversary: * SR 8704 (2008)
Student conservation association: * SR 8644 (2007)
Sunnyside Christian High School boys' and girls' basketball teams: * SR 8672 (2007)
Sunnyside Christian high school boys' basketball team: * SR 8738 (2008)
Tahoma Senior High School's participation in "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" program: * SR 8700 (2008)
Third stryker brigade combat team: * SR 8709 (2008)
Toppenish, centennial celebration: * SR 8654 (2007)
Transpolar flight, 70th anniversary: * SR 8625 (2007)
United States Navy: * SR 8664 (2007)
University of Livingstonia: * SR 8731 (2008)
Utsalady ladies aid: * SR 8740 (2008)
Violent crime, impact: * SR 8729 (2008)
Walla Walla sister city committee: * SR 8609 (2007)
Wapato, centennial: * SR 8703 (2008)
Washington council of police and sheriffs: * SR 8716 (2008)
Washington history day: * SR 8616 (2007)
Washington national guard: * SR 8697 (2008)
Washington scholars: * SR 8630 (2007), * SR 8708 (2008)
Washington state senate civic education day: * SR 8705 (2008)
Washington State University men's basketball team: * SR 8688 (2007)
Wedes, Chris: * SR 8720 (2008)
White Salmon, 100-year centennial celebration: * SR 8661 (2007)
Williams, Walter B.: * SR 8673 (2007)
Women's suffrage: * SR 8604 (2007)
Women, celebrating women of Washington, the country, and the world: * SR 8645 (2007)
SENIOR CITIZENS  SENIOR CITIZENS RSS Feed
               
Adult day care services: HB 2789
Aging population, addressing needs within the growth management act: HB 3315
Area agencies, requirements revised: HB 2572, SB 6660, SSB 6660
Automobile insurance, premium reduction for older insureds completing an accident prevention course: HB 1953, * SHB 1953, CH 258 (2007)
Dental access projects: HB 2668, SHB 2668, SB 6222, SSB 6222, 2SSB 6222
Drivers' license renewal, age restrictions: SB 5802
Fall prevention program: HB 2668, SHB 2668, * E2SHB 2668, CH 146 (2008) PV, SB 6222, SSB 6222, 2SSB 6222
Hunting, small game license fees: SB 6424
Identity theft, grant program: HB 1274
Long-term care, expansion of programs: HB 2668, SHB 2668, * E2SHB 2668, CH 146 (2008) PV, SB 6222, SSB 6222, 2SSB 6222
Motor homes, exemption from certain licensing fees: HB 3370
Property tax deferral: HB 2039
Property tax exemption: SB 6473
Property tax exemption, exclusion of medical expenses: SB 6880
Property tax exemption, repairs to property required because of acts of nature: SB 6320
Property tax relief: HB 1107, HB 1156, HB 1364, SHB 1364, HB 1578, HB 1596, HB 1629, HB 2028, HB 2201, HB 3356, SB 5201, SB 5707, SB 5708, SB 5737, SB 6026, SB 6557, SB 6912, SJR 8218
Sales tax remittance for qualifying individuals: HB 1213
State park foster home pass: * ESSB 5010, CH 238 (2008)
SENTENCING  SENTENCING RSS Feed
               (See also CRIMINAL PROCEDURE)
Accurate sentencing provisions: * HB 2719, CH 231 (2008)
Alien firearm license, requirements and violations: HB 1011
Alternative sentencing, earned release credit in county programs: HB 1963, SB 5796, SSB 5796
Amber alert, false or misleading statement: HB 1537, * HB 2774, CH 91 (2008), SB 5929, SSB 5929
Animal abandonment, penalties: SB 5227, * SSB 5227, CH 376 (2007)
Arson offenders, registration requirements: SB 6052, SSB 6052
Assault against code enforcement officer, penalties: HB 1495
Auto theft, civil cause of action: * HB 2034, CH 393 (2007)
Auto theft, prevention authority created and penalties revised: HB 1001, SHB 1001, 2SHB 1001, * E3SHB 1001, CH 199 (2007)
Auto theft, task force program created and penalties revised: SB 5413
Body armor, possession by felons prohibited: HB 2362, HB 2711
Body armor, worn at time of offense: HB 2710
Civil disorder, definition: HB 3286, * SB 5868, CH 206 (2008)
Commercial sexual abuse of minor, penalties: HB 2291, SB 5718, * SSB 5718, CH 368 (2007) PV
Community custody, clarification and uniformity: SB 6842, SSB 6842
Community custody, converting existing facilities to house offenders: * SSB 6244, CH 30 (2008)
Community custody, court discretion: SB 6243, SSB 6243
Community custody, penalties for violations: HB 2084, HB 2377
Community supervision, converting existing facilities to house offenders: SB 6244
Controlled substances, marketing to minors: HB 2430, SB 6741
County supervised community options, credit for time served: HB 2265, SHB 2265
Crimes against persons, penalties: HB 2968, SHB 2968
Criminal mistreatment, sentencing range increased: SB 6544, * SSB 6544, CH 38 (2008)
Death penalty, DNA evidence required before imposition: HB 1890
Death penalty, sentences stayed and task force created to review statutes: HB 1518
Death penalty, task force created to review statutes: SHB 1518, SB 5786, SSB 5786
Disorderly conduct, penalties: * HB 1168, CH 2 (2007)
Drug crimes and violations in conjunction with other crimes, additional penalties: HB 2795
Drug offender sentencing alternative, adjustment to standard range: HB 2763, SB 6525
Drug offense, penalties: SB 6561
DUI, penalties to pay for chemical dependency and treatment prevention programs: SB 5615
DUI, felony when offender has two or more prior offenses: HB 1191
DUI, gross misdemeanor penalties: HB 2254
DUI, offender scoring: * SB 5711, CH 116 (2007)
DUI, vehicular assault and vehicular homicide convictions from other jurisdictions: HB 2704
Electronic communication devices, privacy protections and violations: HB 1031
Electronic weapons, penalties for possession on school property: HB 1764
Eluding a police vehicle, Guillermo "Bobby" Aguilar and Edgar F. Trevino-Mendoza act: * ESHB 1030, CH 219 (2008)
Eluding a police vehicle, penalties: HB 1030, * ESHB 1030, CH 219 (2008), HB 1198, SB 5060, SSB 5060
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, violations and penalties: HB 1719
Exceptional sentence, notice of possibility: SB 5347
Exceptional sentences, superior court authority to impanel a jury: * EHB 2070, CH 205 (2007), SB 6004, SSB 6004
Failure to register, sex offenders: SHB 2714, * 2SHB 2714, CH 230 (2008)
Failure to register, sex offenders and kidnappers: HB 2714
Felony, provisions revised: SB 6898, SSB 6898
Firearms, safe storage requirements and penalties: HB 1014
Furnishing liquor to minors, penalties: HB 1819
Gambling, underage: HB 1345, SB 5375
Gang-related offenses, penalties: HB 2215, HB 2224, SB 5987
Gang-related offenses, work group to evaluate: * SSB 5987, CH 389 (2007)
Homicide by abuse of child, penalties: HB 1428, SB 5584
Hunting, unlawfully hunting upon the property of another: HB 1078, SB 5129, SSB 5129
Identification devices, privacy protections and violations: * ESHB 1031, CH 138 (2008)
Identity crimes, portable electronic data storage device: HB 1763
Identity theft, individual offender to be classified and punished separately: HB 1272, SHB 1272
Identity theft, penalties revised: HB 2638, SHB 2638, SB 6672
Indecent exposure, penalties: HB 1751, SHB 1751
Information describing the locations where minors may be found, penalties: ESB 6386
Internet gambling, penalties for activities in primary residence for recreational purposes: HB 2127, HB 2320, SHB 2320
Legal financial obligations, collection: SB 5190, * SSB 5190, CH 91 (2007)
Legal financial obligations, interest rate: HB 1004, HB 1474
Livestock, killing or harming livestock belonging to another: HB 1775
Luring of a child with developmental disabilities, crimes included within each seriousness level: HB 2267, SB 6079
Mail, crimes related to: SB 6467
Malicious mischief, revocation of driving privilege: SB 5422
Malicious mischief, threshold property value increase: HB 2133
Metal theft, penalties for private metal property: HB 2858, * SHB 2858, CH 233 (2008)
Metal theft, protection and recovery of metal property: ESHB 1251, * ESSB 5312, CH 377 (2007), SB 6098
Methamphetamine, offender registry: HB 1754
Methamphetamine, penalties: HB 1814, HB 1954
Most serious offenses, out-of-state conviction for felony offense with sexual motivation: SB 5502, SSB 5964, SB 6184, * SSB 6184, CH 7 (2008)
Most serious offenses, robbery 2 removed from list: SB 5349
Motor vehicle theft, minimum sentences for juveniles: HB 2570
Motor vehicle theft, prevention authority created and penalties revised: HB 1001, SHB 1001, 2SHB 1001, * E3SHB 1001, CH 199 (2007), SB 5038
Motor vehicle theft, task force program created and penalties revised: SB 5413
Motor vehicles, penalties for convicted offenders chemical dependency and treatment prevention programs: SB 5615
Motor vehicles, taking without permission: SB 5061
Murder, aggravated first degree when victim eight or younger: SSB 5706
Murder, aggravated first degree when victim fourteen or younger: SB 5706
No-contact orders, violations and penalties: HB 1642, * SHB 1642, CH 173 (2007), SB 5697
Offender accountability act: SB 6842, SSB 6842
Partial confinement, time served as: HB 2069
Persistent offenders, assault 2 and robbery 2 excluded: SB 5964
Persistent offenders, task force on sentencing: SSB 5964
Possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities, penalties: HB 2268, ESHB 2268
Predatory perpetrators, definition revised: SB 6358
Property, threshold values for crimes against: SB 5343
Pseudoephedrine, fraudulent procurement: HB 1487
Public benefits, theft: SB 5897
Publishing personal information of a minor, penalties: ESB 6386
Reform act, study: HB 2214
Residential burglary, categorized as a crime against persons: HB 2308
Restitution for costs incurred by public safety agencies responding to criminal activity: HB 2905
Restitution for victims, provisions revised: HB 3235
Robbery in first degree, financial institutions: SB 5705
Sentencing guidelines commission, appointment of director: HB 1183, SB 5694
Sex offenders and kidnappers, failure to register: HB 2714
Sex offenders, accurate sentencing provisions: HB 2462
Sex offenders, failure to register: SHB 2714, * 2SHB 2714, CH 230 (2008)
Sex offense committed in school protection zone, penalties enhanced: HB 2715, SHB 2715
Sex offenses against minors: HB 3371
Sex offenses, sentencing guidelines commission review of statutes of limitation: SB 6362
Special sentencing alternative, establishing eligibility: SB 6551
Special sex offender sentencing alternative, elimination: SB 6550
Special sex offender sentencing alternatives, limited to immediate victim's family members: HB 1974
Stalking, protection for employees of correctional facilities: HB 1319, * SHB 1319, CH 201 (2007), HB 2170, SB 5307, SSB 5307
Statutes of limitation, sex offenses: SB 6362
Strangulation, penalties: HB 2119, * SB 5953, CH 79 (2007)
Theft, damages to victim greatly exceed value of stolen property: HB 1986, SB 6049
Theft, public benefits: SB 5897
Transporting vulnerable adults and persons with developmental disabilities, crimes committed while: HB 1097, * SHB 1097, CH 20 (2007), SB 5439
Vehicular assault, penalties: HB 1190, HB 2621, SHB 2621
Vehicular homicide while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug, penalties: HB 3153
Vehicular homicide, penalties: HB 1190, HB 2621, SHB 2621, HB 2705, SHB 2705
Victims whose immediate family member has died, penalties for crimes against: HB 2402
Viewing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, penalties: HB 2566, SB 6373, SSB 6373
Work release time, increase: HB 1729, SB 5306
SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ON-SITE  SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ON-SITE RSS Feed
               
Biological remediation technologies, registration exemption: HB 1821
Inspection of systems not located within a marine recovery area: HB 1650, SHB 1650
Large systems, regulations and authority: HB 2066, SHB 2066, SB 5894, * ESSB 5894, CH 343 (2007)
On-site sewage grant program, department of health to transfer funds: HB 2823
Treatment products for drain fields, registration exemption: HB 2012
SERVICE OF PROCESS  (See CIVIL PROCEDURE)
SEWAGE  SEWAGE RSS Feed
               (See also SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ON-SITE; WATER-SEWER DISTRICTS)
Hood Canal, extension or development of sewer systems: HB 1605, SHB 1605
Hood Canal, removal of nitrates and phosphates from sewer systems and treatment plants: HB 3227, SHB 3227, 2SHB 3227
On-site sewage disposal systems, authority of board with regard to small systems: HB 3379
On-site sewage disposal systems, authority of health department and board with regard to small systems: HB 2922
On-site sewage disposal systems, civil penalty provisions: HB 2522, SHB 2522, SB 6599
On-site sewage disposal systems, exemption for manufacturers of biological remediation technologies: HB 3014, HB 3312, SHB 3312, SB 6620, SSB 6620
On-site sewage disposal systems, inspection intervals: HB 3345
On-site sewage grant program, department of health to transfer funds: HB 2823, * SHB 2823, CH 202 (2008)
Puget Sound partners, clarification of entities: HB 3279
SEWER DISTRICTS  (See SPECIAL DISTRICTS; WATER-SEWER DISTRICTS)
SEX DISCRIMINATION  SEX DISCRIMINATION RSS Feed
               
Community athletic programs, discrimination prohibited: SHB 3001, SSB 6547
SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS  SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS RSS Feed
               (See also JUVENILE OFFENDERS)
Addresses, funding provided to local government: HB 2569
Addresses, state assistance provided to law enforcement agencies: HB 3243
Child dependency hearings, child is victim of rape by the parent: HB 2369
Child protective services investigations, sexual abuse involving a child: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Commercial sexual abuse of minor, penalties: HB 2291, SB 5718, * SSB 5718, CH 368 (2007) PV
Community corrections officers, immunity for damages during supervision of offenders: HB 3242
Community custody, converting existing facilities to house offenders: * SSB 6244, CH 30 (2008)
Community custody, court discretion: SB 6243
Community custody, penalties for violations: HB 2084, HB 2377
Community custody, supervision: HB 2393, HB 2415
Community notification, funding provided to local government: HB 2569
Community notification, information regarding certain offenders: HB 2442
Community notification, law enforcement use of risk level classification: SB 5865
Community supervision, converting existing facilities to house offenders: SB 6244
Community supervision, criminal liability: SB 6401
Computer access prohibited for offenders in special commitment center or less restrictive alternatives: SB 6548, SSB 6548
Defenses, affirmative when assisting and acting at discretion of law enforcement officers: HB 2565, SB 6372
DNA database, samples from registered sex offenders: HB 2508
DNA identification system, broader collection of biological samples: HB 1023, SHB 1023, HB 2445, HB 2713, SHB 2713, * 2SHB 2713, CH 97 (2008), SB 5095, SB 6488, ESSB 6488
E-mail addresses and web sites, offenders required to submit information regarding: HB 2444, SHB 2444
E-mail addresses or other internet communication names or identities, registration: SB 6210, SSB 6210
Education employee, disciplinary actions for offenses committed by: SB 6443, SSB 6443
Electronic monitoring, costs: HB 3161
Electronic monitoring, required for certain offenders: HB 2440
Electronic monitoring, study using radio frequency identification: HB 1133
Evidence, admissibility: HB 2622, SB 6363, SB 6933, * SSB 6933, CH 90 (2008)
Extraordinary prisoner medical expenses, local government assistance: SB 6788
Felons, supervision of offenders in community custody: HB 2393
Immigration laws, assistance compacts with the federal department of homeland security: HB 2441
Immigration status and deportation: HB 2439, SHB 2439
Incarcerated persons, moral guidance: SB 6400, * SSB 6400, CH 104 (2008)
Indecent exposure with sexual motivation, sex offender registration requirements: HB 2728
Indecent exposure, penalties: HB 1751, SHB 1751
Inmate postsecondary education, pilot program: SB 6790, SSB 6790
Inspections, community corrections officers authorized to perform random unannounced inspections: HB 2443
Internet access, offenders on community custody prohibited from: HB 2644
Juvenile offenders, length of confinement for parole violations: HB 1682, SHB 1682, SB 5243, * SSB 5243, CH 203 (2007)
Leave from employment for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking: HB 2602, * SHB 2602, CH 286 (2008), HB 2946, SHB 2946, SB 5900, SSB 5900, SB 6500, * SSB 6500, CH 36 (2008)
Level I offenders, failure to maintain registration: * HB 2786, CH 98 (2008), SB 6489, SSB 6489
Most serious offenses, out-of-state conviction for felony offense with sexual motivation: SB 5502, SSB 5964, SB 6184, * SSB 6184, CH 7 (2008)
Nursing and boarding homes, notification of offender status of residents or those seeking admission: SB 5980, SSB 5980
Offender education: SB 6406, SSB 6406
Partial confinement, time served as: HB 2069
Pedophilic acts, preventing conduct: SB 6301, SSB 6301
Persistent offenders, task force on sentencing: SSB 5964
Polygraph examinations, sexual assault victims: * HB 1520, CH 202 (2007)
Preconviction HIV testing in sexual assault cases: HB 2207
Public notification, persons who admit to committing sex offenses under oath: HB 3339
Public records, compensation for denials by agencies: HB 3219, SB 6294
Registration, penalty increased for failure to register: HB 2446, HB 2714, SHB 2714, * 2SHB 2714, CH 230 (2008)
Registration, subsequent offense that is not a sex or kidnapping offense: HB 1836
Restitution for victims, provisions revised: HB 3235
Risk level, classification: HB 2503
School protection zone, penalties enhanced for offense committed in: HB 2715, SHB 2715
Search and seizure, standards in department of corrections field offices: HB 3232, SHB 3232, SB 6826
Sentencing, accurate sentencing provisions: HB 2462
Sex offender policy board: SB 6596, * SSB 6596, CH 249 (2008)
Sex offenses against minors: HB 3371
Sex offenses against minors, statute of limitations extended for certain offenses: HB 2960
Sexual abuse involving a child, child protective services investigations: SB 6367, SSB 6367
Sexual assault protection orders, fees for petitioners: * HB 1437, CH 55 (2007), SB 5637
Sexual assault protection orders, victims who do not qualify for domestic violence protection orders: HB 1555, * SHB 1555, CH 212 (2007)
Sexual exploitation of children, reproduction of certain evidence: HB 1760
Sexually violent predators, less restrictive alternative requirements: SSB 6399
Signature gathering for imitative or referendum measures, sex offenders prohibited: SB 5636
Special commitment center, computer access prohibited: SB 6548, SSB 6548
Special commitment center, telephone call logs: HB 2756, SHB 2756
Special sentencing alternative, elimination: SB 6550
Special sentencing alternative, establishing eligibility: SB 6551
Special sentencing alternatives, limited to immediate victim's family members: HB 1974
Statute of limitations removed for certain offenses against minors: HB 2131, SB 5817
Statute of limitations, offenses against minors: HB 1320
Statutes of limitation, sentencing guidelines commission review: SB 6362
Treatment at state hospitals, clarification of state's ability to recover costs from defendants: HB 3003, * SB 6628, CH 318 (2008)
Viewing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, penalties: HB 2566, SB 6373, SSB 6373
Voting rights, restoration: HB 3092
SEXUAL HARASSMENT  SEXUAL HARASSMENT RSS Feed
               
State employees, policies and training programs: SB 5118, * SSB 5118, CH 76 (2007)
SEXUAL ORIENTATION  SEXUAL ORIENTATION RSS Feed
               
Civil marriage equality, gender neutrality: HB 1350, SB 5335
Domestic partners, retirement benefits: SB 5069, SB 5724
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)
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES  SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES RSS Feed
               
Sexual assault, preconviction HIV testing: HB 2207
Sexually transmitted infections in correctional facilities, study and plan to reduce: HB 1003
SHELLFISH  (See FISH; FISH AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT; FISHING, COMMERCIAL; FISHING, RECREATIONAL)
SHERIFFS  SHERIFFS RSS Feed
               
Arson offenders, registration requirements: SB 6052, SSB 6052
DNA identification system, broader collection of biological samples: ESSB 6488
Drug offenders, registration requirements: SB 6561
Island county sheriff's department, public patrol vessel: HB 2505
Offices, authority of civil service commissions: * SB 5620, CH 12 (2007)
Offices, five member civil service commissions: HB 2738, SB 5742
Spring blade knife, officer allowed to carry: SB 5202, * SSB 5202, CH 379 (2007)
Statewide notification web site, information about level I offenders who fail to maintain registration: SB 6489, SSB 6489
Statewide registered drug offender web site: SB 6561
Vehicles, window tint exemption: * HB 1344, CH 168 (2007), SB 5331
Workers' compensation benefits for surviving spouses: HB 1545
SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS, ASSOCIATION OF  SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS, ASSOCIATION OF RSS Feed
               
Auto theft, prevention authority created and penalties revised: * E3SHB 1001, CH 199 (2007)
Automated victim information and notification system, statewide: * SB 5332, CH 204 (2007)
Forest fires, access to property during a fire: SB 5315, * SSB 5315, CH 252 (2007)
Gang-related offenses, pilot projects and programs to prevent: HB 2712, SHB 2712, * E2SHB 2712, CH 276 (2008), SB 6608
Gang-related offenses, work group to evaluate: * SSB 5987, CH 389 (2007)
Identity theft, analysis center: HB 3233, SB 6523, SSB 6523
Mapping institutions of higher education: SHB 2507
Mapping institutions of higher education, study: * 2SHB 2507, CH 293 (2008)
Missing persons, investigation procedures: HB 1182, SHB 1182, SB 5191, * SSB 5191, CH 10 (2007)
Recreational boating enforcement programs, work group: 2SHB 2505
Sex offenders, study of electronic monitoring using radio frequency identification: HB 1133
SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT  SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT RSS Feed
               
Artificial vertical shoreline bank structures, removal encouraged: EHB 2734
Floodway, definition: * EHB 1413, CH 328 (2007), SB 5473
Islands in Puget Sound, shoreline master program provisions: HB 2249, SB 6012
Joint use dock appeals: SB 6475
Local governments, one year extension to complete master program or amendment: * HB 1412, CH 170 (2007), SB 5474
Noncommercial dock construction, exemption: SB 6559
Normal maintenance, exemption from substantial development: HB 1241
Permits, public notification and hearing requirements for issuance: EHB 3230
Private dock construction, exemption: SB 6559
Property taxes, exemption for decline in value due to shoreline or growth management regulation: HB 1860
Shoreline management act, moratoria and interim official controls: HB 2535, SHB 2535
SHORELINES HEARINGS BOARD  SHORELINES HEARINGS BOARD RSS Feed
               
Joint use dock appeals: SB 6475
SKAGIT COUNTY  SKAGIT COUNTY RSS Feed
               
Higher education institution in Snohomish-Island-Skagit county region: SB 5322
SKATEBOARDING  (See SPORTS)
SKILL CENTERS  (See VOCATIONAL EDUCATION)
SMALL BUSINESSES  (See BUSINESSES)
SMALL WORKS ROSTER  (See PUBLIC WORKS)
SMOKING  SMOKING RSS Feed
               
Medical assistance coverage for smoking cessation programs: * SB 6421, CH 245 (2008)
Smoking prohibited in motor vehicles containing children: HB 2519, SHB 2519, SB 6287
SNOHOMISH COUNTY  SNOHOMISH COUNTY RSS Feed
               
Higher education institution in Snohomish-Island-Skagit county region: SB 5322
Technical assistance, pilot project for statewide procurement program: HB 2211
SNOWMOBILES  SNOWMOBILES RSS Feed
               
Dealers, licensing requirements: HB 1955, SHB 1955, SB 5924
Registration requirements: HB 1403, SB 5179, * ESSB 5179, CH 52 (2008)
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT  SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)
Access to quality child care workforce act: HB 2449, SHB 2449, E2SHB 2449
Adoption, postadoption services pilot program for children adopted out of foster care system: HB 2252
Adult family homes, program to improve quality care and recruitment and retention of caregivers: HB 2354, SB 6123
Adult family homes, voluntary certification program: HB 1242, SHB 1242, 2SHB 1242, HB 2841, SB 5480
Applications for health services, identification required: HB 1848
Applications for heath services, data-sharing agreements with Oregon and Idaho to assure valid residence: * SHB 1848, CH 60 (2007)
Area agency on aging, secretary may designate: SB 6660, SSB 6660
Background checks for employees and service providers: HB 1854, SHB 1854, SB 5774, * ESSB 5774, CH 387 (2007) PV
Background checks for home care agencies: SB 6682, SSB 6682
Basic health plan, taxpayer health care fairness act: HB 2094, SHB 2094, SB 5977
Blue ribbon commission on health care costs and access: HB 2098, SHB 2098, 2SHB 2098, SB 5930, SSB 5930, * E2SSB 5930, CH 259 (2007) PV
Boarding homes, temporary management upon license suspension: * HB 1447, CH 162 (2007)
Challenge grant program, department to develop: HB 2789
Chemical dependency assessment protocols: HB 1340, SHB 1340
Child abuse or neglect, duty to report: SB 6367
Child abuse or neglect, mandatory reports: SB 6208, SB 6236
Child abuse or neglect, multiple reports: SB 6209
Child abuse or neglect, reviews: SSB 6206, * 2SSB 6206, CH 211 (2008)
Child abuse or neglect, search of statewide registered kidnapping and sex offender web site: SSB 6367
Child care center directors and workers, collective bargaining agreements: HB 2449, SHB 2449, E2SHB 2449
Child fatality and near fatality, reviews: SB 6206, SSB 6206, * 2SSB 6206, CH 211 (2008)
Child protective services, training pilot program: SB 5807, SSB 5807
Child support, deficit reduction act implemented: SB 5244, * SSB 5244, CH 143 (2007)
Child welfare services, team approach to casework: HB 1335
Children in families administration created within department: SSB 5754
Children's administration office, accreditation: SB 6766, SSB 6766
Children's administration, social worker standards: SB 6891
Children's administration, use of information services: SB 6928
Children, health care services: * 2SSB 5093, CH 5 (2007)
Civil confinement facilities, exemption from public disclosure requirements: HB 3004, SB 6492
Clubhouse rehabilitation services: * EHB 1217, CH 414 (2007), SB 5644, SSB 5644
Community justice facilities, siting: HB 1733, SHB 1733
Community options program, federal income tax payments excluded from resource eligibility requirements: SB 5970
Community service agencies, authority to adopt rules for medicaid certification: HB 2654, * SHB 2654, CH 22 (2008)
Dental care delivery, authority to develop with health care authority: SB 6359, SSB 6359
Dependent children, contracting for services: SB 6871, SSB 6871
Dependent children, placement provisions: * HB 1377, CH 412 (2007), SB 5246, SSB 5246
Developmental disabilities, contracts with counties for early intervention services: HB 2900, SB 6713
Developmental disabilities, enforcement standards for residential support services: HB 1246, SHB 1246, SB 5285, SSB 5285
Developmental disabilities, individual and family services program: HB 1548, SHB 1548, 2SHB 1548, SB 5467, SSB 5467, * 2SSB 5467, CH 283 (2007)
Developmental disabilities, intensive behavior support services: HB 2863, SHB 2863, SB 6448, SSB 6448
Developmental disabilities, lifelong services program: SB 6736, SSB 6736, 2SSB 6736
Developmental disabilities, office of the ombudsman for persons with: HB 1202, SB 5547, SSB 5547
Developmental disabilities, vendor rates for supported living providers: HB 2463, SB 6192
Disabilities, medical assistance buy-in program for children with disabilities: HB 1120
District-based foster care recruitment pilots, funding: * SHB 2679, CH 297 (2008) PV
Domestic violence, advocate pilot program: HB 1703, SHB 1703, HB 2520, SHB 2520, SB 6276, SSB 6276
Education records of dependent students, release to department: SSB 6453
Education records of students in juvenile justice system, release to department: HB 2720, SB 6453
Emergency response plans for long-term care facilities: EHB 1347
Family and children's services, department: SB 5506
Family policy council, director of department of early learning added as member: HB 2090
Family policy council, directors of department of early learning and office of public defense added as members: SB 5975
Family prosperity act, Washington asset building coalition: HB 2256, SHB 2256, 2SHB 2256
Family, children, and youth administration created within department: SB 5754
Fircrest school campus, exchange of land parcels: SB 6760
Fiscal audits, joint committee for audit and review of department: HB 2257
Foster care, notice prior to denial or termination of benefits: HB 1927, SB 5776
Foster care, funding for school district-based foster care recruitment pilots: SSB 6454
Foster care, placement provisions: * SHB 1287, CH 409 (2007) PV
Foster care, postadoption services pilot program for children adopted out of foster care system: HB 2252
Foster care, preschool tuition scholarships: HB 1560
Foster care, review process for modifications to maintenance payments: SSB 5776
Foster care, tiered classifications for licensing: * ESHB 1624, CH 413 (2007), HB 1926, SHB 1926, HB 3145, SHB 3145, * E2SHB 3145, CH 281 (2008), SB 5777
Foster care, youth community coordinator pilot program for youths reaching eighteen years of age: HB 2088, SB 5909, ESSB 5909
Foster care, youths reaching eighteen years of age: SHB 2088
Group care facilities, siting: E2SHB 1733
Guaranteed health benefit program, authority to seek waivers or amendments: HB 2640, SB 6603
Guardian ad litem, notification of child abuse or neglect allegations: SB 6207
Home care agencies, department to provide background checks: SB 6682, SSB 6682
Home care agencies, hiring practices regulated: HB 2686, SB 6601, SSB 6601
HOPE centers, eligibility requirements for youth placement: SB 6843
Incarcerated parents, programs and policies for children and families: HB 1422, SHB 1422, * E2SHB 1422, CH 384 (2007), SB 5643, SSB 5643, 2SSB 5643
Insulin monitoring system, department to develop: SHB 2667
Intensive case management, secretary to select and contract with counties: HB 2784, SHB 2784, SB 6665, * ESSB 6665, CH 320 (2008) PV
Juvenile offender programs, pilot program to increase family participation: SB 6430, SSB 6430
Juvenile offender reentry work group and study: HB 1803
Lead blood level assessments, department to provide coverage for eligible children: HB 3059, SHB 3059
Liability for selecting alternative course of action, individual of department or representative of state: HB 1624, SB 5997
Lifelong services program, authority to implement rules: SHB 3078
Living skills program, eligibility requirements for youth placement: SB 6843
Long-term care workers, training and certification: HB 2693, ESHB 2693
Medicaid eligible children, asthma care: HB 2481
Medicaid state plan amendment, department to submit: SB 6793
Medicaid, consumer-directed coverage demonstration program through health opportunity account: HB 1490
Medical services to persons with developmental disabilities grant program, report: SSB 6470
Mental health first aid course: SHB 2690
Mental health, delivery of services for children: HB 1088, SHB 1088, * 2SHB 1088, CH 359 (2007)
Mental illness treatment information required for billing and collection: HB 1852, * SB 5773, CH 191 (2007)
Newborns, additional transfer locations: ESB 5425
Nursing facility medicaid payment system: HB 3013, HB 3344, * ESB 6629, CH 263 (2008), SB 6909
Nursing facility medicaid payment system, proposal for simplified system: HB 2692, SB 6567
Patient-centered primary care collaborative program, expansion of assessment: * E2SHB 2549, CH 295 (2008)
Patient-centered primary care pilot projects: HB 2549
Patient-centered primary care, study: SSB 6282
Pharmacies, payment technical assistance program: HB 1970, SB 5880, SSB 5880
Possession of firearms, release of information for determining eligibility: ESHB 3148
Postadoption supports, families who have adopted children from foster care: HB 3187, SHB 3187
Prescription drugs, part D copayment program: * 2SHB 1095, CH 3 (2007)
Purchasers of medical services, vendor rates: HB 2653
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 disorder pilot program: SB 6479, SSB 6479, 2SSB 6479
Regional support networks, notice of changes: HB 2750, SHB 2750
Regional support networks, process for designation: * SSB 6404, CH 261 (2008)
Self-directed option for supported living program, department to work with advisory council: HB 3055, SB 6669
Sexually violent predators, less restrictive alternative requirements: SSB 6399
Special commitment center, authority to log telephone calls: HB 2756, SHB 2756
Special commitment center, less restrictive alternatives: SB 6399
TANF, oversight committee: HB 2312, SHB 2312
Traumatic brain injury strategic partnership advisory council: HB 2055, SHB 2055, * 2SHB 2055, CH 356 (2007)
Traumatic brain injury, care of individual in expanded community services program: HB 2310
Vendor overpayments: HB 2592, ESHB 2592, SB 6224, * SSB 6224, CH 53 (2008)
Vendor rates, cost shifting between public and private purchasers of medical services: HB 2653
Voter registration, availability: SHB 1363
Vulnerable adult fatality review: * E2SHB 2668, CH 146 (2008) PV, HB 2937, SHB 2937, SB 6491
Vulnerable adults, confidential information: HB 2936, SB 6590
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)
WorkFirst, oversight committee: HB 2312, SHB 2312
SOCIAL SECURITY  SOCIAL SECURITY RSS Feed
               
Insurance, medicare only health insurance benefits for political subdivision employees: * HB 2510, CH 142 (2008), SB 6446
Numbers, businesses must state that the request for a number is not mandatory: SB 5323
Numbers, county auditors prohibited from disclosing: HB 1932
Numbers, privacy protections: HB 2184
SOCIAL WORKERS  (See COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING)
SOFTWARE  (See COMPUTERS)
SOIL SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS  (See GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGISTS)
SOLID FUEL BURNING DEVICES  (See WOOD BURNING STOVES)
SOLID WASTE  SOLID WASTE RSS Feed
               
Discarded tires, beneficial use: SB 5186
Mobile home parks, private garbage collection in certain annexed parks: HB 1697
Outdoor burning, limitations: SB 6919
Private carriers, definition: HB 1402
Public works performance-based contracting conservation of water, wastewater, or solid waste: SB 5481, * SSB 5481, CH 39 (2007)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS  SPECIAL DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               (See also LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Drainage district commissioners, authority: * SB 6275, CH 77 (2008)
SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS  SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS RSS Feed
               
Commissioner per diem compensation: HB 1368, * ESHB 1368, CH 469 (2007), SB 5233, SSB 5233
Rail infrastructure, removal: ESSB 6800
Rail infrastructure, restrictions on removal: SB 6800
Web sites, required information: SB 5420, SSB 5420, SB 5672
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS  SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS RSS Feed
               
Assistants, regulations: HB 2372
School, salary bonuses for national certification: HB 2991
SPEEDING  (See TRAFFIC OFFENSES)
SPORTS  SPORTS RSS Feed
               
Adult and youth-oriented sports activities, financing regional special events centers: SB 6767
Athletic trainers, fees: SB 6952
Athletic trainers, licensing requirements and advisory committee: HB 1585, SB 5503, * SSB 5503, CH 253 (2007)
Boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and wrestling events: HB 1575, HB 1961, SHB 1961, HB 2681, HB 3238, HB 3297, SHB 3297, HB 3298, SB 5583
Commercial ticket seller, disclosure of services charges: HB 1978
Commercial youth athletic coaches, registration: SB 5151, SSB 5151
Discrimination prohibited in community athletic programs: HB 3001, SB 6547
Motorsports, public speedway authority: HB 2062, SB 6040, SSB 6040
Officials, exclusion from employment services: SB 6858
Physical fitness equipment, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1535
Physical fitness services, business and occupation tax rate: HB 1989, SB 6027
Physical fitness services, tax incentives for employers: HB 3000
Professional athletes, fee: HB 2401
Professional athletes, income tax: SB 5891
Sex discrimination prohibited in community athletic programs: SHB 3001, SSB 6547
Shooting ranges, liability protections noise and nuisance requirements: HB 2036
Sports/entertainment facilities, financial arrangements: HB 2189
Sports/entertainment facilities, financial arrangements regarding alcoholic beverages: SB 5721, * SSB 5721, CH 369 (2007)
Sports/entertainment facilities, recycling receptacles required: HB 2056, * SHB 2056, CH 244 (2007)
Sports/entertainment live events, admissions surcharge to fund school extracurricular activities: SB 6537
Student athletes' bill of rights, higher education: SB 5571
Youth soccer referees, employment criteria: * HB 1457, CH 464 (2007), SB 5559, SSB 5559
STADIUMS  (See SPORTS)
STALKING  (See CRIMES; HARASSMENT)
STATE ACTUARY  STATE ACTUARY RSS Feed
               
Mortality improvements, recommendations for retirement systems: SB 5946
STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS  STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS RSS Feed
               (See also STATE GOVERNMENT)
Actions, scope of actions under administrative procedure act: SB 5354
Alternative fuel requirements for vessels, vehicles, and construction equipment: * E2SHB 1303, CH 348 (2007) PV
Alternative fuel, information on the use of: EHB 1057
Boards and commissions, consolidation and elimination: HB 2235, SB 6021, SSB 6021
Branch offices, siting: SB 5792
Breaches of security that compromise personal information stored on computers, disclosure violations and penalties: SB 5341
Child welfare services, creation of department to elevate the importance of child well-being: HB 3061
Cleaning of facilities, products that minimize impacts to humans and the environment: HB 1464, ESHB 1464, EHB 2613
Collective bargaining, agency shop fees: HB 2975
Collective bargaining, master agreements: SB 6589, SSB 6589
Criminal history information, agency access: * HB 2955, CH 74 (2008), SB 6513
Criminal liability, community supervision of criminal offenders: SB 6401
Driving records, abstracts may be acquired if for employment and risk management purposes: HB 3262, * SB 6885, CH 253 (2008)
Efficiency hotline: * ESB 5513, CH 41 (2007)
Electricity, purchase of anaerobic digestion power: HB 1035
Electricity, purchase of renewable energy: HB 1036, SHB 1036, 2SHB 1036, SB 5287, SSB 5287
Employee whistleblower protection: HB 3193, SHB 3193, SB 6776, * ESSB 6776, CH 266 (2008)
Employees, use of state-owned resources: SB 6907
Energy, sustainable energy office: SHB 1062
Enforcement officers, assault against: HB 1495
Executive sessions: HB 3292
Gifts, acceptance of gifts by state officers or employees: HB 1157
Greenhouse gases, certain agencies required to report production: HB 1740
Health care, employee health program and demonstration project: SB 5665, SSB 5665
High demand, definition: HB 2317, SHB 2317
High-efficiency lighting, purchasing requirements: HB 2426, SHB 2426, 2SHB 2426
Homeowners' association ombudsman office: SSB 6744
Information regarding employees and volunteers, dates of birth exempt from disclosure: HB 1942
Information systems, department to establish statewide deployment of high-speed internet: SHB 2559
Information systems, department to map internet and computer resources for future economic development: SHB 2521
Land dispositions, notice to local governments: * HB 1940, CH 62 (2007)
Leave from employment for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking: SB 6500
Leave pool programs, leave transfer: HB 3077, SHB 3077
Management system for grants, contracts, and loans: HB 2931
Military leave of absence, paid: SB 6815
Open public meetings, civil penalty: HB 2567, SHB 2567
Open public meetings, definition of meeting: HB 2141, HB 2630
Overpayments, recovery audits: HB 1952
Payroll deductions, retiree organization dues: HB 2033, * SB 5879, CH 99 (2007)
Personally indentifiable information collected by agencies, registry of information systems: SB 5869, SSB 5869
Prescriptions, purchase of brand name drugs when cost-effective for all state programs: HB 1356, SB 5565
Public notices, languages other than English: HB 1675, SHB 1675
Public records, agency's ability to enjoin the examination of a specific record: HB 2839
Public records, requirements for disclosure when controversy: HB 3231
Public works, prevailing wage exemption: * HB 1370, CH 169 (2007), SB 5291, SSB 5291
Purchase of locally grown foods, exception for bidding: HB 2798, SHB 2798, E2SHB 2798, SB 6483, SSB 6483, * 2SSB 6483, CH 215 (2008)
Quality award, application for state award: HB 1197, SHB 1197
Quality award, council responsibilities: SB 5901
Real estate procurement and management, oversight: HB 2366, * SHB 2366, CH 506 (2007)
Register, electronic filing: * HB 1859, CH 456 (2007), SB 5638
Reports to legislature, electronic filing: SB 5916
Rules, small business economic impact statement criteria: HB 1330, * EHB 1525, CH 239 (2007)
Senate confirmation for certain commission and department appointments: SB 5703
Small-scale powered equipment, electrical equipment: HB 2425
Special meetings, notification: HB 3090, SB 5457, SSB 5457, SB 6704, SSB 6704
Telework enhancement funding board: SB 5162
Unions, disclosure of public sector unions' finances: HB 2912
Volunteer firefighters, agency employees allowed to respond when called to duty: SB 5511, * SSB 5511, CH 112 (2007)
Volunteer firefighters, paid leave from employment for employees: HB 3321, SB 6887
Volunteer work, industrial insurance disability pensions: SB 6883
Voter registration available at certain agencies: HB 1363, SHB 1363
WAC, removal of obsolete rules: HB 2913
Washington state department of energy: HB 3105
Web sites, required information: SB 5420, SSB 5420, SB 5672
STATE AUDITOR  STATE AUDITOR RSS Feed
               (See also AUDITORS AND AUDITING)
Contract audit and investigation of port districts, report: HB 2928, HB 2947
Efficiency hotline: * ESB 5513, CH 41 (2007)
Guaranteed health benefit program, authority to examine records: HB 2640, SB 6603
Inventory records of state property: SB 6621
New programs, review: HB 2223
Performance audits, repealing chapter 385, laws of 2005: SB 6718
Renewable fuel, administration of funds for low-income residents: HB 3357, SB 6914
STATE BUILDINGS  STATE BUILDINGS RSS Feed
               
Cleaning products that minimize impacts to humans and the environment: HB 1464, ESHB 1464, EHB 2613
Environmental health conditions, evaluation: HB 3167, SHB 3167
Full light of day act, skylights above the house and senate chambers: HB 2413
High-efficiency lighting, purchasing requirements: HB 2426, SHB 2426, 2SHB 2426
Naming: HB 3348
Specialty agricultural structures, exemption from building code requirements: SB 6609
Specialty agricultural structures, limitation on allowable permit charges: ESHB 2767, SSB 6609
Specialty agricultural structures, permits: HB 2767
Vesting laws: HB 3202, SHB 3202, SB 6784, SSB 6784
STATE EMPLOYEES  (See PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)
STATE FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS  (See PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS)
STATE GOVERNMENT  STATE GOVERNMENT RSS Feed
               (See also LEGISLATURE; STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS)
Amphibian, Pacific chorus frog designated as state amphibian: * HB 1069, CH 224 (2007)
Animal identification, prohibited use of technologies for national lists and databases: HB 3338
Appropriation bills to be made available prior to vote: HB 1834, HJR 4216
Boards and commissions, consolidation and elimination: HB 2235, SB 6021, SSB 6021
Budget information web site: HB 2342
Camano island, Livingston bay renamed Floyd Jones Flyway: SB 6512
Capitol campus, tourism task force: SSB 5163
Capitol park, state: SB 5163
Christmas tree, state: HB 1386
Coffee, state beverage: HB 3313
Community athletic programs, work group: SSB 6547
Construction projects, standards: HB 3343
Cougar, state mammal: SB 6918
Domestic partnership registry, protection by granting certain rights and benefits: HB 1351, SHB 1351, SB 5336, * SSB 5336, CH 156 (2007)
Economic development programs, provisions revised: HB 3266, SB 6855, SSB 6855, * 2SSB 6855, CH 327 (2008) PV
Efficiency hotline: * ESB 5513, CH 41 (2007)
Emergencies, command control and data system pilot project: HB 1840, SHB 1840
Emission reduction of state's motor vehicle fleets: SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Employees, tax relief to promote employer-assisted housing: HB 2625, SHB 2625, 2SHB 2625
Employees, use of state-owned resources: SB 6907
Energy policies and programs, implementation and coordination streamlined: HB 1062
Energy policies and programs, sustainable energy office: SHB 1062
Executive sessions: HB 3292
Expenditure information web site: * SB 6818, CH 326 (2008) PV, SSB 6818
Expenditure limit: HB 1835, HJR 4217, SB 6064
Expenditure limit, related funds definition: HB 2360
Fee increases, restrictions on authorization: HB 2371
Garry Oak, state oak tree: SB 5064
Gifts, acceptance of gifts by state officers or employees: HB 1157
Health care, Washington health security trust: HB 1886, SB 5756
High demand, definition: HB 2317, SHB 2317
High-speed internet deployment and adoption initiative: SB 6438, SSB 6438, * E2SSB 6438, CH 262 (2008)
House of representatives, four-year terms: HJR 4203
Income tax, state: SB 5150, SB 5887, SJR 8209
Information services, joint legislative task force on streamlining: HB 2289
Institutions review commission: HB 1584, SB 6013, SSB 6013
Lady Washington, state ship: * HB 1084, CH 351 (2007)
Legislative gift center: HB 1896, SHB 1896, * 2SHB 1896, CH 453 (2007)
Legislature, fiscal notes required prior to voting on final passage of certain bills: HB 2682
Legislature, number of seats changed: HB 1632
Lief Erickson day: SB 5962
Mammal, Olympic marmot designated as state indigenous mammal: SB 6957
Naming buildings, facilities, and infrastructure: HB 3348
New programs, review: HB 2223
Nordic Museum, official: SB 5857
Oath of office, Declaration of Independence: SB 5529
Office of regulatory assistance, provisions revised: HB 2631, SHB 2631, E2SHB 2631, SB 6690
Official state peace monument: HB 3094
Ornithologist, state: SB 5015, SSB 5015
Poet laureate program: HB 1279, * SHB 1279, CH 128 (2007), SB 5649
Poet laureate, state: SCR 8401
Public four-year institutions, prioritization of capital project requests: HB 3329, * ESHB 3329, CH 205 (2008), SB 6903, SSB 6903
Public infrastructure, joint task force to review large regional community facilities: HB 2200
Real estate procurement and management of state facilities, oversight: HB 2366, * SHB 2366, CH 506 (2007)
Small business incubators: HB 3115, SHB 3115, E2SHB 3115
Special meetings, notification: HB 3090, SB 5457, SSB 5457, SB 6704, SSB 6704
State expenditure limit committee, membership: HB 3177
Tax increases, restrictions: HB 1662, HJR 4213
Taxes, restriction and elimination of certain exemptions and deductions and credit in order to raise revenue: HB 2397
Transportation-related accounts, proportionate share of earnings from surplus balance investments deposited in : SB 5085, * SSB 5085, CH 513 (2007)
Unions, disclosure of public sector unions' finances: HB 2912
Vehicle electrification work group: SB 5586, SSB 5586, 2SSB 5586
Walla Walla sweet onion, state vegetable: * HB 1556, CH 137 (2007)
Washington businesses, regulatory reform: HB 3335
Washington state climatologist, office: SB 6308
Web sites, required information: SB 5420, SSB 5420, SB 5672
STATE HOSPITALS  (See HOSPITALS)
STATE INVESTMENT BOARD  STATE INVESTMENT BOARD RSS Feed
               
American Indian endowed scholarship program, administration of funds: SB 5025
Higher education permanent funds: HB 1784, * SHB 1784, CH 215 (2007), HJR 4215, * SHJR 4215 (2007), SB 5766
Permanent common school fund, investment of moneys: * HB 2396, CH 505 (2007)
Personnel, compensation: HB 3149, * SHB 3149, CH 236 (2008), SB 6755, SSB 6755
Rainy day reserve fund: SB 5000
Scholarship endowment funds, administration of: SB 5039, * SSB 5039, CH 73 (2007)
STATE LANDS  (See PUBLIC LANDS)
STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES  (See PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)
STATE PARKS  STATE PARKS RSS Feed
               (See also PARKS)
Disposal of unneeded park land: HB 1514, * SB 5259, CH 145 (2007)
Foster home pass: SB 5010, * ESSB 5010, CH 238 (2008)
Funding, motor vehicle license donation: * SHB 2275, CH 340 (2007) PV
Funding, motor vehicle license fee: HB 2205, HB 2275
Funding, state parks capital facilities account and bonds: HB 1770
Funding, state property tax levy: SB 5043, SSB 5043, 2SSB 5043, SJR 8204
Horse park, city may own land: EHB 3276
Lifeguards, funding through parks lifeguard account: HB 1766
Metal detectors allowed in parks, exceptions: SB 5205, SB 6253
Passes, denial and revocation: HB 1259, * SHB 1259, CH 441 (2007), SB 5260
Preservation of historical resources: SB 5209
Saint Edward seminary building future uses assessment committee: HB 3108, SB 6366, SSB 6366
Saint Edward state park, evaluation of seminary building: HB 1172, SB 6366, SSB 6366
Saint Edward state park, review of impact resulting from the expansion of Bastyr University: HB 1712
State parks and recreation commission, authority to disseminate information on orca whales: SHB 2514, * 2SHB 2514, CH 225 (2008), SSB 6395
Vendors, collection of sales tax: SB 6397
STATE PATROL  STATE PATROL RSS Feed
               
CBRNE response program: HB 1223, HB 2790, SB 5505
Collective bargaining, applying arbitration: HB 3002, * SHB 3002, CH 149 (2008), SB 6618, SSB 6618
DNA database, samples from registered sex offenders: HB 2508
DNA identification system, broader collection of biological samples: HB 1023, SHB 1023, HB 2713, SHB 2713, * 2SHB 2713, CH 97 (2008), SB 5095, SB 6488, ESSB 6488
Emergency responses to property, notification to property owner: HB 2365
Fire service training account, distribution and allocation: HB 2097, * SB 6119, CH 290 (2007)
Gang-related offenses, pilot projects and programs to prevent: HB 2712, SHB 2712, * E2SHB 2712, CH 276 (2008), SB 6608
High accident corridors, additional patrols: SB 5937, * SSB 5937, CH 424 (2007)
Highway account, motor vehicle fee increase to provide additional funding: * SB 6129, CH 155 (2007)
Identity crimes, call center and statewide web site for filing incident reports: HB 2054, SHB 2054
Identity theft unit: HB 3045
Investigative assistance, office of: HB 1219
Longevity bonuses: SB 5459, SSB 5459
Methamphetamine, offender registry: HB 1754
Missing persons, investigation procedures: HB 1182, SHB 1182, SB 5191, * SSB 5191, CH 10 (2007)
Motor carriers, authority to adopt rules regarding hours of service: HB 2865
National crime prevention and privacy compact, implementation: SB 6714
National instant criminal background check system improvement amendments act, work group: SB 6763
Registered sex offenders, information provided to department of social and health services upon request: SSB 6367
Retirement, age provisions: HB 1325, * SB 5313, CH 87 (2007) PV
Retirement, board of directors to adopt actuarial standards: HB 3211, SB 6455
Retirement, contribution rates: HB 1260, * ESHB 1260, CH 300 (2007), SB 5171, SSB 5171
Retirement, military service credit: HB 3008, SB 6645, SSB 6645
Sex offender e-mail addresses or other internet communication names or identities, maintaining info: SB 6210, SSB 6210
Spring blade knife, officer allowed to carry: SB 5202, * SSB 5202, CH 379 (2007)
Survivor benefits, reimbursement for payment of premium rates to health care authority: HB 1417, * SHB 1417, CH 488 (2007) PV, SB 5499
Unclaimed personal property, donations to nonprofit charitable organizations: HB 1268, SHB 1268, SB 5193, * SSB 5193, CH 219 (2007)
Vehicles, window tint exemption: * HB 1344, CH 168 (2007), SB 5331
Wages and wage-related matters, collective bargaining negotiations: HB 1736
Washington joint analytical center: HB 2506, SHB 2506
Workers' compensation benefits for surviving spouses: HB 1545
STATE ROUTES  (See ROADS AND HIGHWAYS)
STATE TOXICOLOGIST  (See TOXICOLOGIST)
STATE TREASURER  STATE TREASURER RSS Feed
               
City-county assistance account, transfer from state general fund: SB 6798
Extraordinary prisoner medical expenses, local government assistance: SB 6788
Linked deposit program, funding: HB 1512, * ESHB 1512, CH 500 (2007), SB 5666, SSB 5666
Nonpartisan office, state treasurer as: HB 2280, SB 5556
Time certificate of deposit investment program, availability of funds increase: * EHB 3360, CH 187 (2008)
Veteran-owned business linked deposit program, funding: HB 2940
STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE  STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE RSS Feed
               
Publication authority, electronic filing for state register: * HB 1859, CH 456 (2007), SB 5638
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS  (See LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS)
STEELHEAD  STEELHEAD RSS Feed
               (See also FISHING, RECREATIONAL)
Spawning beds, educational materials to provide protection: SB 5876, SSB 5876
Spawning beds, penalties for disturbing: HB 2301
STEM CELL RESEARCH  (See RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL  STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL RSS Feed
               
Charges to owners of farmland, exemption: HB 2623
STREETS  (See ROADS AND HIGHWAYS)
STRIKES  (See LABOR RELATIONS)
STUDIES  STUDIES RSS Feed
               
911 enhanced emergency radio network, work group to study delivery of emergency information: HB 2225, ESHB 2225
Adult family homes, study of system: HB 1964
Adult literacy education, study: HB 2899, SHB 2899
Aerospace manufacturing, joint legislative task force and review: HB 1375, HB 3076, SCR 8406
Aerospace product development businesses, tax relief study: SHB 1554
Age of consent, study to review: HB 1439
Airports, international airport expedited security screening task force and report: SB 5068
Apprenticeship programs, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Basic education costs: HB 1661
Basic education funding, joint task force: SB 5627, SSB 5627, * E2SSB 5627, CH 399 (2007)
Body piercing and tattooing, study: SSB 5180
Broadband technologies, survey on the deployment among households: SB 5120
Capitol campus, tourism task force: SSB 5163
Columbia river crossing project, study: SCR 8405, SSCR 8405
Commuter rail service between Everett and Leavenworth, feasibility study: SB 6068, SSB 6068
Commuter rail service, feasibility study: HB 3224, * SHB 3224, CH 127 (2008)
Compulsory school attendance and truancy, analysis: SB 6429, SSB 6429
Consumer protection web site and information line, study: * SHB 3144, CH 151 (2008)
Court-ordered services for families: HB 1780
Early learning programs and services, state board for community and technical colleges: * HB 2319, CH 395 (2007)
Electronic filing of disclosure reports: HB 1006, SHB 1006
Energy efficiency and renewable energy road map, Washington state: HB 1711
Environmental health conditions in state office buildings, study: HB 3167, SHB 3167
Environmentally certified residential and commercial construction tax incentives, study: * SHB 3120, CH 235 (2008)
Family and medical leave insurance, joint task force: * E2SSB 5659, CH 357 (2007)
Farm-based conservation markets, study: SB 6805, * SSB 6805, CH 133 (2008)
Fish and wildlife, review of departments governance structure: SB 6043
Geoduck aquaculture techniques and practices, scientific research studies: HB 1547, SHB 2220, * 2SHB 2220, CH 216 (2007)
Grants and scholarships, study and identification of funding sources: SSB 6820
Greenhouse gas, study panel: SB 5359
Health care insurance, study of requirements: HB 1538, SHB 1538, * E2SHB 1569, CH 260 (2007) PV, HB 3050
Helicopter access for emergencies, study: SB 6920
Higher education, faculty employment practices: SSB 5020
Home inspectors, department of licensing: * ESSB 5788, CH 388 (2007)
Homelessness costs, study: E2SHB 1115
Homeowners' association dispute resolution processes, study: ESB 6744
Hydraulic project approval process, study: HB 2530, SHB 2530, 2SHB 2530
Juvenile offender reentry work group and study: HB 1803
Kidney disease, joint legislative task force to study chronic disease: HB 2149
Language access problems: SB 6684, SSB 6684
Low-income housing, rental voucher program: HB 1359, SHB 1359
Mapping institutions of higher education, study: * 2SHB 2507, CH 293 (2008)
Mathematics, online curriculum study: * 2SHB 2598, CH 274 (2008)
Minority and women's business enterprises, study of office: HB 2132
Nonprofit hospital conversions, community impact study: SB 6762, SSB 6762
Oil spill prevention and response, funding study: * 2SHB 1488, CH 346 (2007)
Outcome of injured workers, study: SB 5908
Patient-centered primary care pilot projects, study: SHB 2549
Pesticides, pilot air monitoring project for collection of drift data: HB 1810, SHB 1810
Polytechnic college, study: SB 6539
Recreational boating enforcement programs, study: 2SHB 2505
Residential construction, committee to study construction defects: ESSB 5550
School data systems, office of the superintendent of public instruction: * E2SSB 5843, CH 401 (2007)
Schools, nonemployee costs: HB 1615
Sentencing reform act, study: HB 2214
Sex offenders, electronic monitoring using radio frequency identification: HB 1133
Shipping containers, study to evaluate fees on processing: SB 5207, * SSB 5207, CH 514 (2007)
Small loans, real-time data base to verify if consumer has an outstanding small loan: HB 2258, SHB 2258
Small scale mineral prospecting on coastal areas, pilot program to examine: HB 1083, SB 5704
Specialized forest products, legislative task force and review: HB 2910
Specialized forest products, work group and study extended: HB 2909
Sugar beets for production of biofuel: SB 6056
Teacher preparation programs, study: HB 2831
Veterans, access to services: SB 5441
Waiting week for unemployed individuals, study of options for suspension in emergencies or disasters: ESHB 2626
Workers' compensation appeals, study: * E2SHB 3139, CH 280 (2008)
Workers' compensation, permanent disability: HB 1792, SHB 1792, SB 5678
SUBDIVISIONS  SUBDIVISIONS RSS Feed
               
Land use permit applications, vesting: HB 1463, SB 5507
Testamentary provisions or laws of descent, division of lands created by: SB 5141, SSB 5141
Vesting of rights in land use actions: SB 5355
SUBSTITUTE CARE FOR CHILDREN  (See FOSTER CARE)
SUNSET REVIEW  SUNSET REVIEW RSS Feed
               
Intermediate drivers' license program, sunset application repealed: * SB 5036, CH 28 (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)
SUPERIOR COURT  SUPERIOR COURT RSS Feed
               
Civil inspection warrants, authority to issue: SB 6105
Exceptional sentences, superior court authority to impanel a jury: * EHB 2070, CH 205 (2007), SB 6004, SSB 6004
Family court, statewide: HB 1780
Judges, positions for San Juan and Island counties: HB 1269, * SB 5247, CH 95 (2007)
SUPREME COURT  SUPREME COURT RSS Feed
               
Evidence, admissibility in sex offense cases: HB 2622, SB 6363
Judges, appointment: HJR 4223, SHJR 4223
Judicial election reform act: HB 3336
Judicial nominating commission: HB 2150, SHB 2150
Marriages, supreme court and court of appeals commissioners to solemnize: * SB 5079, CH 29 (2007)
Nonpartisan commission for judicial nominees: SB 5326
Nonpartisan judicial commission: SB 5325
Vacancies filled according to statute: SJR 8214, SJR 8215
SURFACE MINING  (See MINES AND MINING)
SURPLUS PROPERTY  SURPLUS PROPERTY RSS Feed
               
Affordable housing, publicly owned land and buildings suitable for development: HB 1332, SHB 1332, E2SHB 1332
SURVEYORS  SURVEYORS RSS Feed
               
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