VESSELS  (See BOATS; COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING)
VETERANS
	Access to services, department of veterans affairs to study ways to improve: HB 1051, SB 5035, * SSB 5035, CH 22 (2009)
	Afghanistan-Iraq war memorial: HB 1020
	Alternative route teacher certification program for veterans and national guard members: * HB 1156, CH 192 (2009)
	Assistance programs, county property tax levy: HB 1102
	Burials, liability regarding transfer of remains: * SSB 5481, CH 56 (2009)
	Burials, liability related to transfer of remains: HB 1001, SHB 1001, SB 5481
	Businesses owned by veterans, state contracts: HB 1648, SB 5041
	Disabled veterans assistance account, voluntary donations at time of vehicle registration to fund: EHB 1876
	Fishing licenses, special low-priced license for senior veterans with a service-connected disability: HB 1748
	Funerals, right to a live performance of Taps: SB 5711
	Higher education community and the department of veterans affairs, partnership: * HR 4625 (2009)
	Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children: HB 1075, SB 5248, * SSB 5248, CH 380 (2009)
	Japanese-American internees and WWII veterans from Washington state, recognizing: * HR 4617 (2009)
	Linked deposit program for veteran-owned businesses, setting interest rates of time certificate of deposits for: * EHB 1167, CH 385 (2009) PV
	Lottery, certain games to benefit veterans: HB 1070, SHB 1070
	Military children, interstate compact on educational opportunity: HB 1075, SB 5248, * SSB 5248, CH 380 (2009)
	Nisei veterans, postage stamp: * HJM 4005 (2009), SJM 8000
	Partnership between department of veterans affairs and higher education community, recognizing: * SR 8632 (2009)
	Preferred employment opportunities for veterans: * HR 4650 (2009)
	Preferred employment opportunities for veterans, reaffirming commitment to: * SR 8649 (2009)
	Property tax exemption for veterans with one hundred percent service-connected disability: HB 1284
	Property tax relief, disposable income limits for veterans: HB 1764
	Public employment, scoring criteria in competitive examinations: * HB 1050, CH 248 (2009), SB 5034
	Purple heart recipients, issuance of special license plates and exemption from licensing fees and motor vehicle excise tax: HB 1470
	Relief, definition of veteran: * EHB 1049, CH 35 (2009), SB 5036, SSB 5036
	Residential mortgage loan fees, financial institution authority to charge in connection with veterans administration home loan: HB 1588
	Service-connected disabled veterans, property tax exemptions for residences: SB 5663
	State contracts, veteran-owned businesses: HB 1648, SB 5041
	Taps, right to a live performance at veterans' funerals: SB 5711
	Tuition waivers, stepchildren to be included as eligible children of veterans and national guard members: * SB 5720, CH 316 (2009)
	Vehicles sold to or used by qualifying disabled veterans or surviving spouses, sales and use tax exemptions: SB 6050
	Veterans innovations program and program board, powers to be exercised by veterans affairs advisory committee: SSB 5589
	World War II veterans and Japanese-American internees: * SR 8631 (2009)
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT  (See VETERANS)
VETERINARIANS
	Companion animal spay/neuter assistance program, participation eligibility: HB 1406, SB 5329
	Dogs under twelve months of age, minimum proper veterinarian care standard: HB 2202
	Technician performance of certain drug preparation functions when delegated by licensed veterinarian: HB 1271, * SHB 1271, CH 136 (2009)
	Veterinary board of governors, administration and disciplining authority: HB 1176, SB 5532
VICTIMS OF CRIMES
	Child victims and witnesses, rights and proper interviewing of: HB 2304
	Compensation, changing definition of criminal act for purposes of: HB 1108
	Counseling for sex offense victim who testifies in civil commitment proceedings: HB 1221, SB 5209, SSB 5209
	Counseling for sex offense victim whose crime occurred in another state and who testifies in civil commitment proceedings: * SHB 1221, CH 38 (2009)
	Crime victims' compensation program, funds for counseling for sex offense victim who testifies in civil commitment proceedings: HB 1221, SB 5209, SSB 5209
	Crime victims' compensation program, funds for counseling for sex offense victim whose crime occurred in another state and who testifies in civil commitment proceedings: * SHB 1221, CH 38 (2009)
	Criminal act, changing definition for purposes of victim compensation: HB 1108
	Criminal proceedings before a court, statement of victim rights and availability of victim rights flier: HB 1476
	Notification of sex offender release into community to be sent to victim: HB 1277
	Notification of victims and witnesses, domestic violence court order violations added to list of eligible offenses: * HB 1790, CH 400 (2009), SB 5703, SSB 5703
	Right to present a statement at sentence review or clemency and pardons hearing: * HB 1281, CH 138 (2009), SB 5207
	Sex offender residence after release, proximity to victim: HB 1768
	Sex offenses against minor victims, prosecution until victim's twenty-eighth birthday to be allowed in certain cases: * SB 5832, CH 61 (2009)
	Special sentencing alternatives limited to offenses against an immediate family member: HB 2209
	Tenants who are victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or stalking by a landlord, legal protections: HB 1856, SB 5833
	Tenants who are victims of sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking by a landlord, legal protections: * SHB 1856, CH 395 (2009), SSB 5833
	Traffic offenses, victim impact panel requirements: HB 1408, SHB 1408
	Work release, crime victims to submit input: * HB 1076, CH 69 (2009), SB 5438
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
	College board worker retraining program, expanding: SB 6091
	Community and school partnerships, forming programs to help students develop saleable skills: SB 5660
	High-demand occupation training program funds, use by workforce development councils to help certain economically disadvantaged adults and unemployed workers: * E2SSB 5809, CH 566 (2009) PV
	Job skills program, funding and applications for: * SB 5554, CH 554 (2009)
	Lifelong learning account steering committee: HB 1129, SHB 1129, SB 5555, ESSB 5555
	Middle school students, career and technical education programs: HB 1356, SHB 1356, SB 5676, SSB 5676, * 2SSB 5676, CH 212 (2009)
	Opportunity internship program, career and technical education opportunities to be increased for low-income high school students: HB 1355, SHB 1355, * 2SHB 1355, CH 238 (2009), SB 5773, SSB 5773
	Washington award for vocational excellence program to be phased out: HB 2021
	Workforce and economic development, clarifying terms for: * HB 1395, CH 353 (2009), SB 5317, SSB 5317
	Workforce and economic development, coordination of: HB 1323, * SHB 1323, CH 151 (2009), SB 5048, SSB 5048
	Workforce training grants: SSB 5809
	Workforce training, state comprehensive plan for 2008-2018: HCR 4403, SCR 8404, * SSCR 8404 (2009)
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS, STATE BOARD
	Retired participant resumption of service, including volunteer firefighters, emergency workers, and reserve officers: SB 5632
VOTING  (See ELECTIONS)
VULNERABLE ADULTS
	Abandonment of a dependent person in the fourth degree, penalties: HB 1234, ESHB 1234, SB 5454
	Against vulnerable adults, additional times for certain felonies, including mandatory vulnerable adult enhancements: SSB 5639
	Christian Science treatment, exemption from neglect and abuse provisions: HB 1925
	Crimes against vulnerable adults, including abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and abandonment: HB 1788, SB 5639
	Estates, financial exploitation of vulnerable adult by an abuser: HB 1103, * SHB 1103, CH 525 (2009)
	Financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, provisions: HB 1788, SB 5639
	Long-term care facilities, requests for waiver of rights of residents prohibited: SB 5226
	Searchable electronic database of findings of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and abandonment, establishment and maintenance: HB 1788, SB 5639
	Unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, consumer credit reports on employees or volunteers who will or may have: SB 5936
	Waiver of rights of residents of long-term care facilities, requests prohibited: SB 5226