 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 18, 2008 | 5th Day - 2008 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2008.
HB 2717
by Representatives Chandler, Grant, Blake, Condotta, Newhouse, and Armstrong
Aligning state law with federal law relating to overtime compensation for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries employees.
Aligns state law with federal law relating to overtime compensation for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries employees.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2816
by Representatives Campbell, Morrell, and Green
Regulating certain health care devices and procedures.
Requires the adoption of rules to identify those instruments or categories of instruments that are prohibited for use by a podiatric physician or surgeon, chiropractor, dentist, naturopath, osteopathic physician or surgeon, osteopathic physician's assistant, physician or surgeon, physician's assistant, physical therapist, or nurse practitioner.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2817
by Representatives Campbell, Green, Morrell, Hudgins, and McCune
Concerning motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.
Requires the disposal of motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.Makes it unlawful to sell motor vehicles, vehicles, and vessels contaminated with methamphetamines.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2818
by Representatives Campbell and Hudgins
Concerning the duties of the department of ecology's office of waste reduction and sustainable production.
Addresses the duties of the office of waste reduction and sustainable production within the department of ecology.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2819
by Representatives Condotta, Hinkle, McDonald, and Kristiansen
Increasing distributions of off-road vehicle moneys.
Increases distributions of off-road vehicle moneys.Takes effect July 1, 2008.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2820
by Representatives Condotta, Armstrong, Haler, and Williams
Concerning speed limits on state highways adjacent to certain cities and towns.
Addresses requests to lower speed limits on state highways adjacent to certain cities and towns.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2821
by Representatives Kagi, Dickerson, and Kenney
Changing hearing procedures for reinstatement of parental rights.
Changes hearing procedures for reinstatement of parental rights.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2822
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Lantz, Dickerson, Haler, Sullivan, Seaquist, and Kenney
Concerning the family and juvenile court improvement program.
Creates the family and juvenile court improvement grant program.Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to evaluate the implementation of the family and juvenile court improvement grant program.Makes an appropriation.Takes effect July 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2823
by Representatives Blake and Kretz
Regarding the Willapa harbor oyster reserve.
Addresses the needs of the Willapa harbor oyster reserve.Requires local governments, in consultation with the department of health, to use funds as grants or loans to individuals for repairing or improving their on-site sewage systems.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2824
by Representatives Green, Appleton, Sells, Hunt, Nelson, Conway, Morrell, Darneille, McIntire, Sullivan, Wood, Simpson, Hasegawa, and O'Brien
Regarding hours of labor for nurses.
Requires that employees of health care facilities shall be allowed scheduled meal and rest periods as specified in rules adopted by the department of labor and industries.Redefines "health care facility".
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2825
by Representatives Conway, Condotta, and Armstrong
Allowing certain alcohol permit holders to obtain alcohol in nonbeverage form directly from suppliers.
Allows medical, hospital, mechanical, manufacturing, or scientific entities or persons to obtain nonbeverage alcohol directly from suppliers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2826
by Representatives Priest, Ormsby, Sullivan, Haigh, Fromhold, Quall, Wallace, Kenney, Anderson, Conway, Haler, Wood, Roach, and Simpson; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Regarding secondary career and technical education.
Seeks to increase the quality and rigor of secondary career and technical education, improve links to postsecondary education, encourage and facilitate academic instruction through career and technical courses, and expand access to and awareness of the opportunities offered by high quality career and technical education.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2827
by Representatives Roberts, Kagi, Dickerson, Appleton, Darneille, Pedersen, Walsh, O'Brien, Sullivan, and Goodman
Expanding the department of community, trade, and economic development's housing pilot program.
Expands the department of community, trade, and economic development's housing pilot program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2828
by Representatives O'Brien, McCoy, Dickerson, and Simpson
Providing enhanced funding for crime victim services and prosecutorial costs.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to establish a grant program to enhance the funding, treatment, and services for victims of felony crimes and for enhanced local prosecutorial costs.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2829
by Representatives Kelley, Williams, Eddy, Rolfes, Lantz, Liias, Linville, Upthegrove, Green, Anderson, Nelson, Morrell, Fromhold, Kenney, Darneille, McIntire, Kirby, Haigh, Simpson, Hasegawa, O'Brien, and Ormsby; by request of Governor Gregoire
Expanding financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security.
Expands financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security.Requires the director to convene an interagency work group to identify current state funded efforts to support financial literacy, assess whether there are opportunities to create a centralized location of information regarding these existing state efforts, and to identify whether there are opportunities for expanding partnerships with other community entities also providing financial literacy services.Makes appropriations.Declares an emergency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection. | |
HB 2830
by Representatives Simpson, Green, Miloscia, Williams, Wood, and Ormsby
Promoting housing affordability through financial assistance programs.
Promotes the achievement of statewide growth management act housing affordability goals through grants and loans, transportation-oriented development, infrastructure projects, zoning ordinances, local improvement district or tax increment financing, and economic development.Expires June 30, 2011.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2831
by Representatives Anderson, Wallace, Priest, Quall, Sullivan, and Haigh
Creating a study regarding teacher preparation in Washington state.
Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to review and analyze teacher preparation in Washington state and identify possible strategies for improving the effectiveness of future teachers.Requires an interim report to the education committees of the legislature by December 1, 2008.Requires a final report including the results of the program evaluation and possible strategies for improvement by December 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2832
by Representatives Anderson, Fromhold, Priest, Haigh, Quall, Sullivan, Conway, and Haler
Recodifying the basic education act.
Recodifies the state's educational obligations under Article IX, sections 1 and 2 of the state Constitution.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2833
by Representatives Hunt, Appleton, Miloscia, and Williams
Adopting all mail voting.
Establishes all mail elections, but allows for designated in person voting centers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2834
by Representatives Roberts, Kagi, and Wood; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Modifying a foster parent license due to a change of residence.
Requires the department of social and health services, within thirty days following a foster-family home licensee's move to a new location, to amend the license to reflect the new location, provided the new location and the licensee meet minimum licensing standards.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2835
by Representatives Kagi, Roberts, Loomis, Morrell, Kenney, and Haigh; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Requiring federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.
Requires federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation.Authorizes a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2836
by Representatives Williams, Dickerson, Upthegrove, Rodne, Simpson, Dunshee, Morrell, Haigh, and Ormsby
Protecting animals from perpetrators of domestic violence.
Protects animals from perpetrators of domestic violence through court order.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2837
by Representatives Williams, Campbell, Hunt, Darneille, Ericks, Kirby, Roberts, Pedersen, Nelson, Hasegawa, Simpson, Dunshee, Flannigan, Dickerson, and Sells
Concerning real property.
Requires that any person or entity involved in the construction of improvements upon real property intended for residential use has a duty, which may not be waived, to exercise reasonable care in the construction of the improvement.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2838
by Representatives Williams, Roach, Kirby, Simpson, Ericks, and Haler
Regulating retention of personal information associated with access devices.
Requires any person or business that conducts business in this state or that owns or licenses computerized data that includes consumer personal information to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to Washington state residents whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.Creates a direct cause of action for financial institutions against data custodians that unnecessarily retain consumer personal information or fail to meet rudimentary precautions designed to protect consumer personal information.Takes effect January 1, 2009.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection. | |
HB 2839
by Representatives Williams, Rodne, Hunt, Wood, and Sells
Removing the ability of agencies to enjoin the examination of a specific public record.
Restricts an agency's access to superior court for the purposes of the public disclosure act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2840
by Representatives Upthegrove, Cody, Williams, Lantz, Nelson, Pedersen, Schual-Berke, Simpson, and Goodman
Creating the Maury Island aquatic reserve.
Protects Puget Sound water quality by creating an aquatic reserve near Maury Island.Requires the department of natural resources to develop a management plan for the aquatic reserve. The department may incorporate an existing management plan and policies previously adopted for the lands.Declares an emergency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2841
by Representatives Campbell and Morrell
Establishing a voluntary adult family home certification program.
Establishes a certification program for adult family homes.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2842
by Representatives Williams, Kretz, Loomis, and Ericks
Establishing responsibility for compensation paid to officers while enrolled in basic law enforcement training.
Establishes a formula for reimbursement of salary and benefits received by a law enforcement officer while he or she was enrolled in basic law enforcement training.Establishes in the criminal justice training commission a grant program to reimburse law enforcement training agencies for salary and benefits received by an officer in training.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2843
by Representatives Upthegrove, Sells, Wallace, Hasegawa, Hunt, Armstrong, and McIntire
Requiring ballot drop-off sites at institutions of higher education.
Regulates ballot deposit sites.Requires at least one unstaffed ballot drop-off site to be located at each institution of higher education.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2844
by Representatives Kagi, Priest, Upthegrove, Campbell, Simpson, Hunt, Blake, Jarrett, Nelson, Rolfes, Dickerson, Appleton, Takko, Loomis, Lantz, Pettigrew, Hunter, Moeller, Hudgins, Quall, O'Brien, Anderson, Kenney, Pedersen, and McIntire
Regarding urban forestry.
Supports city efforts to conserve, protect, improve, and expand Washington's urban forest in order to reduce storm water pollution in Puget Sound, flooding, energy consumption and greenhouse gases emission, air pollution, and storm impacts to utility infrastructure.Provides for development of uniform criteria for a statewide community and urban forest inventory and assessment.Limits grants or other forms of financial aid to cities and towns that are in compliance with this act.Requires the department to develop an evergreen cities recognition program whereby the department, the governor, and a statewide council representing urban and community forestry programs authorized under RCW 76.15.020 establish criteria for official state recognition and designation of evergreen cities.Creates a grant program and a competitive award program to provide financial assistance to cities, towns, and counties for the development, adoption, and implementation of evergreen cities management plans or ordinances.Requires certain cities, towns, and counties, to adopt an evergreen cities forest management plan and related ordinances.Authorizes the attorney general or any resident of a city, town, or county to appeal to the appropriate growth management hearings board issues of local government compliance or noncompliance with evergreen cities management plan or ordinance adoptions.Authorizes local governments to accept voluntary donations.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2845
by Representatives Schindler, Kristiansen, Crouse, Bailey, Pearson, Alexander, and McCune
Using existing revenue sources for highway purposes.
Creates the one Washington road account in the motor vehicle fund. Expenditures from the account shall be used only for highway purposes identified in the omnibus transportation budget and to pay the principal and interest on the bonds authorized for one Washington road account projects or improvements.Requires specified revenues to be deposited in the account.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2846
by Representatives Kagi, Kenney, and Dickerson
Establishing a process for entering voluntary out-of-home placement agreements for adoptive children in crisis.
Establishes a process for entering voluntary out-of-home placement agreements for adoptive children in crisis.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2847
by Representatives Ormsby, Schindler, Barlow, Simpson, Springer, Wood, and Santos
Creating a sales and use tax exemption of materials and services used in the weatherization assistance program.
Creates a sales and use tax exemption for materials and services used in the weatherization assistance program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2848
by Representatives Ormsby, Barlow, Springer, and Simpson
Concerning a voluntary contribution program for property owners taking the multifamily property tax exemption.
Requires cities with property owners taking the multifamily property tax exemption to establish a voluntary contribution program.Allows moneys received to be used for activities that provide housing opportunities for very low-income households with incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median income.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Housing. | |
HB 2849
by Representatives Ormsby, Miloscia, Morrell, Wood, and Santos
Concerning affordable housing financing.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to make grants to local governments to assist with financing affordable housing, based on specified criteria.Requires the department of revenue to report on implementation of the program designed to finance affordable housing.Allows local governments to impose sales and use tax.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Housing. | |
HB 2850
by Representatives Rolfes, Upthegrove, Williams, Pedersen, and Hunt
Regarding Puget Sound scientific research.
Specifies how expenditures from the Puget Sound scientific research account may be used.Orders the Puget Sound science panel to develop and implement an appropriate process for peer review of monitoring, research, and modeling conducted as part of the strategic science program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ecology & Parks. | |
HB 2851
by Representative Miloscia
Modifying campaign contribution limit provisions.
Modifies campaign contribution limits.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2852
by Representatives Miloscia and Haler
Prohibiting false and defamatory statements about candidates for public office.
Prohibits any political advertising or electioneering communication that contains a false statement of material fact about a candidate for public office, and is defamatory with regard to that candidate.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2853
by Representatives Miloscia, Green, and Ormsby
Providing living wages on public contracts.
Requires contractors with state agencies to pay employees a particular hourly wage, called a minimum living wage, established by the bill.Protects employees seeking to enforce their rights under the bill.Prescribes penalties for employers who fail to comply with minimum living wage provisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2854
by Representative Miloscia
Requiring the reporting of compliance with countywide planning policy requirements.
Requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to report annually on counties' compliance with countywide planning policy requirements under the growth management act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2855
by Representatives Miloscia and Santos
Requiring reports on county and city compliance with housing element requirements of the growth management act.
Requires reports on county and city compliance with housing element requirements of the growth management act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2856
by Representatives Miloscia and Simpson
Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs.
Requires yearly adjustment of the minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2857
by Representatives Miloscia, Priest, Haler, Hankins, and Pettigrew
Extending the date to finance public facilities district regional centers in cities with a population between eighty thousand and one hundred fifteen thousand.
Extends by one year the date to finance public facilities district regional centers in cities with a population between eighty thousand and one hundred fifteen thousand.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2858
by Representatives Morrell, Warnick, Campbell, Hurst, Newhouse, O'Brien, Green, Kelley, and Conway
Expanding metal property provisions.
Expands metal property provisions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2859
by Representatives Williams, Hinkle, Moeller, and Green
Establishing new requirements for licensing massage therapists.
Establishes new requirements for licensing massage therapists.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2860
by Representatives Alexander and McCune
Defining the near general fund and requiring revenue forecasts thereof.
Defines the near general fund.Requires revenue forecasts of the near general fund.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2861
by Representatives Hailey, Haler, Kretz, Schmick, and Blake
Regarding dangerous dogs.
Adds wolf-dog hybrids to the definition of dangerous dogs.Requires owners of dangerous dogs to identify their dogs as dangerous with microchips, tattoos, or clearly visible tags.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2862
by Representatives Simpson and Conway; by request of Gambling Commission
Regarding Washington state gambling commission revenue actions.
Provides increased and new fees for gambling activities regulated by the Washington state gambling commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2863
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Dickerson, Pettigrew, Haler, Roberts, Priest, Anderson, Jarrett, Darneille, Liias, Clibborn, Morrell, Simpson, Lantz, Goodman, Hurst, Conway, Kenney, Ormsby, and Wood
Providing for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.
Provides for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2864
by Representatives Ormsby, Wood, Barlow, Hasegawa, and Simpson
Requiring the filing of certified payroll records on public works projects.
Requires the filing of certified payroll records on public works projects.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2865
by Representatives Haler, Jarrett, and Hailey
Concerning motor carrier hours of service.
Requires Washington state patrol to adopt and enforce rules regarding motor carrier hours of service.Establishes penalties and fines for motor carriers and motor carrier drivers who violate the rules concerning hours of service.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2866
by Representatives Haler, Hailey, Dunn, and McCune
Permitting motor vehicles to be unattended when defrosting equipment is operating for certain conditions.
Permits motor vehicles to be unattended with the engine running and brakes set when defrosting equipment is operating to remove ice or snow from the vehicle.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2867
by Representatives Hailey, Haler, and Schmick
Modifying provisions related to the distribution of tax proceeds from thermal electric generating facilities.
Modifies provisions related to the distribution of tax proceeds from thermal electric generating facilities.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2868
by Representative McDonald
Modifies the definition of "relative" for the purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
Modifies the definition of "relative" for the purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2869
by Representatives Liias, Sullivan, Ericks, Williams, Loomis, Simpson, Ormsby, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Roberts, and Lantz
Extending the national board for professional teaching standards bonus to certificated principals.
Extends the national board for professional teaching standards bonus to certificated principals.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2870
by Representatives Liias, Sullivan, Ericks, Williams, Loomis, Simpson, Ormsby, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Roberts, Santos, Quall, and Nelson
Providing opportunities for professional development for instructional assistants.
Provides training opportunities classified for instructional assistants.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2871
by Representatives Kretz and McCune
Regarding penalties for small scale prospecting and mining violations.
Makes unlawfully undertaking hydraulic project activities involving small scale prospecting and mining a natural resources infraction.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2872
by Representatives Kenney, McIntire, Darneille, Lantz, and Ormsby
Strengthening the tax credit and modifying the governing board of a Washington motion picture competitiveness program.
Changes the tax credit for, and modifies the governing board of, the Washington motion picture competitiveness program.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2873
by Representatives Ormsby, Liias, McIntire, and Wood; by request of Governor Gregoire
Increasing the debt limit of the housing finance commission.
Increases the debt limit of the housing finance commission.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2874
by Representatives Ormsby and Wood; by request of Governor Gregoire
Addressing funding for certain transportation benefit district highway projects.
Authorizes a transportation benefit district to impose a sales and use tax for a period exceeding ten years if the transportation benefit district is located in a county that borders another state and has a population of more than four hundred thousand, and a portion of the sales tax is used to fund initial construction on a highway of statewide significance within the county.Declares the tax imposed and collected under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW, less any credits allowed under chapter 82.14 RCW, on initial construction for a highway of statewide significance to be constructed by a transportation benefit district in a county that borders another state and has a population of more than four hundred thousand, must be transferred to the highway project to defray the costs or pay debt service on that project. In the case of a toll project, this transfer or credit must be used to lower the overall cost of the project and thereby the corresponding tolls.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2875
by Representatives Loomis, Smith, Kagi, Kenney, Kirby, Williams, Sells, Wallace, Ericks, Clibborn, Fromhold, Conway, Liias, Hudgins, Springer, Miloscia, McCune, Upthegrove, Green, Morrell, Simpson, Lantz, and McIntire
Developing a twenty-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.
Requires development of a twenty-year statewide infrastructure investment strategy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2876
by Representatives Kelley, Orcutt, Kirby, Roach, Eddy, Green, McCune, Hurst, McCoy, Upthegrove, Liias, Morrell, Dunn, and Ormsby
Concerning sales tax incentives for highly energy efficient appliances and equipment.
Provides sales and use tax exemptions for highly energy efficient appliances and equipment and associated labor and services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2877
by Representatives Kretz and McCune
Concerning urban creeks.
Requires large cities to adopt creek restoration plans.Requires developers to assist in creek restoration when building major creekside development.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2878
by Representative Clibborn; by request of Office of Financial Management
Making 2008 transportation supplemental appropriations.
Makes supplemental transportation appropriations for 2008.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2879
by Representatives Morris, Ericksen, Hasegawa, Morrell, and Kelley; by request of Attorney General
Modifying provisions regulating spyware.
Modifies provisions regulating spyware.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2880
by Representatives Kenney, McIntire, Dickerson, Quall, Pettigrew, Cody, Roberts, Pedersen, Morrell, and Simpson
Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
Excludes car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2881
by Representatives Hinkle, Kenney, and Cody
Concerning the practice of dentistry.
Allows dentists who have practiced in another state for at least three years to obtain a license without examination.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2882
by Representatives Wood, Hudgins, Hasegawa, and Ormsby
Concerning the labeling of lead-containing products.
Requires the labeling of lead-containing products offered for sale in Washington.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2883
by Representatives Green, Roberts, and Morrell; by request of Governor Gregoire
Improving patient safety through increased regulation of health professionals.
Increases regulation of health professionals.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2884
by Representatives Pettigrew, Kagi, Dickerson, Appleton, Roberts, Haler, Darneille, Hasegawa, Santos, Goodman, McIntire, and Kenney
Requiring policies on and limiting the use of mechanical, chemical, and physical restraint of students.
Requires policies on and limiting the use of mechanical, chemical, and physical restraint of students.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2885
by Representatives Williams, Conway, Newhouse, Sells, Chandler, Condotta, and Moeller
Modifying industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
Modifies industrial insurance coverage for geoduck harvesters.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2886
by Representatives Seaquist, Priest, Sullivan, Haigh, Green, Quall, Haler, Jarrett, Santos, Kenney, Appleton, Moeller, Morrell, Barlow, Roberts, Liias, Simpson, Goodman, Lantz, McIntire, VanDeWege, Conway, and Nelson; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Increasing the number of school nurses.
Provides, by the 2013-14 school year, a ratio of one certificated nurse per seven hundred fifty full-time equivalent students.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, if funded, to establish the school nurse corps.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2887
by Representatives Fromhold, Crouse, Conway, Wood, and Kessler
Authorizing the purchase of an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.
Authorizes the purchase of an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2888
by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, Miloscia, Morris, Dunshee, Appleton, McCoy, and Upthegrove
Modifying the tax treatment of energy savings performance contracts.
Provides the tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.Provides the tax levied by chapter 82.12 RCW does not apply to performance-based contracted energy equipment and services and energy management systems.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2889
by Representatives Wallace, Rodne, Jarrett, Ericksen, Linville, Schindler, Armstrong, Santos, Appleton, Upthegrove, Pedersen, and Kagi
Excluding car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
Excludes car-sharing activities from the rental car tax.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2890
by Representatives Seaquist, Hinkle, Schual-Berke, Roberts, and Morrell
Regarding coordinated school health.
Creates a grant program to assist school districts to establish coordinated school health councils, develop coordinated school health programs, implement the school health advisory committee, nutrition, and physical activity goals and standards under RCW 28A.210.365, and meet physical activity requirements in rules of the state board of education and the health and fitness essential academic learning requirements established according to this act.Creates the Washington state school health advisory council.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2891
by Representative Hunter
Providing state budget appropriations in lieu of state sales and use tax credits for certain public facilities districts.
Provides state budget appropriations in lieu of state sales and use tax credits for certain public facilities districts.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 2892
by Representatives Hunter and McIntire
Concerning the administration of the property tax deferral program for households with income of fifty-seven thousand or less.
Provides for declarations to defer property taxes for years following the first year, the county assessor is not required to verify the information in the declaration on an annual basis; however, the assessor shall verify such information at least once every fourth year in which a declaration to defer property taxes is filed under this act.Allows the department to conduct audits of the administration by county assessors of the property tax deferral program under this chapter as it deems necessary.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2893
by Representatives VanDeWege, Kessler, Moeller, Sells, Hunt, Takko, McCoy, Liias, Conway, Haigh, Blake, Ormsby, Loomis, O'Brien, Eickmeyer, Hasegawa, Green, Pearson, and Nelson
Modifying the composition of the forest practices board.
Modifies the composition of the forest practices board.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2894
by Representatives Campbell, Williams, and Kagi
Adding questions about wood burning appliances to the seller's disclosure statement for residential real property transfers.
Amends the real estate seller disclosure statement to include wood burning appliances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2895
by Representatives Williams, Campbell, Jarrett, Dickerson, Liias, Hunt, and Ormsby
Addressing the practice of interior design.
Regulates the practice of interior design.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2896
by Representatives Darneille, Dickerson, Roberts, Williams, Kagi, Simpson, and Kenney
Increasing public assistance grants to account for cost-of-living increases.
Increases public assistance grants to account for cost-of-living increases.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2897
by Representatives Darneille, Williams, Haler, Pettigrew, Walsh, Sullivan, Miloscia, Ormsby, Roberts, Kagi, Simpson, Nelson, and Kenney
Changing resource limitations for public assistance eligibility.
Revises resource limitations for public assistance for the purpose of removing barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
HB 2898
by Representatives Darneille, Haler, Appleton, Miloscia, Pettigrew, O'Brien, Santos, Roberts, Hasegawa, Upthegrove, Kagi, Morrell, Simpson, Conway, and Kenney
Expanding asset building strategies.
Creates the Washington asset building coalition to provide statewide leadership on initiatives that foster financial self-sufficiency and economic security for low-income working families and foster youth.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2899
by Representatives Darneille, Santos, Roberts, Williams, Green, Kagi, Simpson, and Kenney
Promoting and providing resources for adult literacy education.
Requires the Washington state institute for public policy to study and, no later than December 1, 2008, report on the status of adult literacy education to the governor, the appropriate policy committees of the legislature, and the state board for community and technical colleges.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to conduct a media campaign to increase public awareness about the availability of adult, family, and workforce literacy services and resources, as well as the benefits from literacy which result, to the individual, the family, the community, and the workforce in the state.Requires, beginning December 1, 2010, and every two years thereafter, the state board for community and technical colleges to prepare and submit a status report to the governor and the appropriate legislative policy committees regarding state and national progress in increasing adult, family, and workforce literacy.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2900
by Representatives Dickerson, Walsh, Kagi, Roberts, Haler, Pettigrew, Quall, Santos, Priest, Hinkle, McCoy, Darneille, Cody, Linville, Morrell, Simpson, Goodman, Conway, Kenney, and Wood
Requiring the department of social and health services to contract with counties to provide early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities.
Requires, in coordination with other funding sources for early intervention services, the department to contract with each county through the employment and day program to provide funding for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age who have been identified as needing services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2901
by Representatives Springer, Orcutt, Ormsby, Wallace, Sells, Roberts, Kelley, Santos, and Goodman
Providing a limited property tax exemption for the use of facilities by artistic, scientific, and historical organizations.
Provides a limited property tax exemption for the use of facilities by artistic, scientific, and historical organizations.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2902
by Representative Wood
Conditioning the collection of the lemon law arbitration fee upon initial registration of new motor vehicles in Washington state.
Provides if the new motor vehicle will be initially registered in the state of Washington, a three-dollar arbitration fee shall be collected by either the new motor vehicle dealer or vehicle lessor from the consumer upon execution of a retail sale or lease agreement.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2903
by Representatives Lantz, Rodne, McCoy, Wallace, Moeller, Williams, O'Brien, and Goodman
Creating an access coordinator for the administrative office of the courts.
Requires the administrative office of the courts to create the position of court access and accommodations coordinator.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2904
by Representatives Haler and Hailey
Prohibiting county and city incumbent candidates from appearing on publicly funded television during the election.
Provides beginning June 1st of the year of an election for a county or city legislative or executive position and continuing through November 30th immediately after the general election, the incumbent county or city legislative member or executive who is a candidate may not appear on a publicly funded television station, except as provided in the act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2905
by Representatives Kelley, Schindler, Simpson, Eddy, Takko, Crouse, McCune, Sump, Pearson, Ericks, O'Brien, Warnick, VanDeWege, and Hurst
Requiring restitution to public safety agencies for costs incurred responding to criminal activity.
Requires restitution to public safety agencies for costs incurred responding to criminal activity.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2906
by Representatives Seaquist, Hinkle, and Moeller
Creating a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
Creates a system for enforcing discipline in medical professions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2907
by Representatives Campbell, Schual-Berke, Hinkle, Green, Morrell, Simpson, and Haler
Concerning operating agreements between the secretary of health and health care licensing and disciplinary boards and commissions.
Modifies operating agreements between the secretary of health and health care licensing and disciplinary boards and commissions.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2908
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Regarding forest practices regulations that apply to small forest landowners.
Declares that this act is intended to allow the small forest landowner office to begin the process of calculating the compensation that may be offered to a small forest landowner who is participating in the forest riparian easement program shortly after receipt of the landowner's application.Provides that the small forest landowner office shall, by the end of the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium, use any funding specifically made available to it for these purposes from the state's capital construction budget to complete the compensation estimates and execute the resulting easement contracts for forest riparian easement contracts received by the small forest landowner office prior to the effective date of this act.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2909
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Extending the study of the state's specialized forest product resources.
Extends the study of the state's specialized forest product resources.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2910
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Kretz, McCune, and VanDeWege
Establishing a task force on specialized forest products.
Establishes a task force on specialized forest products.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2911
by Representatives Chandler and Condotta
Removing the public records exemption for certain records addressing public sector collective bargaining.
Removes the public records exemption for certain records that address public sector collective bargaining.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2912
by Representatives Chandler and Condotta
Requiring public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
Requires public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 2913
by Representatives Chandler and Rodne
Requiring agreement by the affected agency before an obsolete rule may be removed from the Washington Administrative Code.
Requires agreement by the affected agency before an obsolete rule may be removed from the Washington Administrative Code.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2914
by Representatives Linville, Bailey, Sullivan, Skinner, Pettigrew, Haler, Chase, Kristiansen, Upthegrove, Morrell, Santos, Nelson, and Kenney
Providing a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
Provides a funding source to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization extension services.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development & Trade. | |
HB 2915
by Representatives Rodne, Ross, and Hurst; by request of Attorney General
Removing limit on ethics board penalties and costs.
Removes the limit on ethics board penalties and costs.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2916
by Representatives Campbell, Eickmeyer, Lantz, and Pearson; by request of Department of Ecology
Creating the cleanup settlement account.
Creates the cleanup settlement account.Provides that expenditures from the account may only be used to conduct remedial actions at specific facilities or to assess or address the injury to natural resources caused by the release of hazardous substances from those facilities for which moneys were deposited in the account.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Select Committee on Environmental Health. | |
HB 2917
by Representatives Upthegrove, Warnick, Wallace, Hasegawa, Roberts, and Liias
Regarding voter registration and informational activities at institutions of higher education.
Requires institutions of higher education to: (1) Put in place a prompt and link to the secretary of state's voter registration web site;(2) Make voter registration forms available in places of prominence within the premises of each campus;(3) In consultation with the secretary of state and the student government association, or its equivalent, develop and implement policies regarding distribution of voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each term and in campus housing facilities; and(4) Collaborate with the student government association, or its equivalent, to conduct nonpartisan voter information activities, which may include voter registration, candidate debates, and issue forums.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2918
by Representatives Wallace, Chase, Fromhold, Sells, Appleton, Darneille, Rolfes, Kelley, Green, VanDeWege, and Conway
Enacting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Creates the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.Seeks to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
| Jan 17 | First reading, referred to Education. | |