 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 8 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 24, 2013 | 11th Day - 2013 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=2013.
HB 1305
by Representatives Hope, Moscoso, Klippert, Hayes, Takko, Pettigrew, Sells, Smith, Hurst, and Bergquist
Modifying vehicle prowling provisions.
Makes vehicle prowling in the second degree a class C felony upon a third or subsequent conviction of vehicle prowling in the second degree.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1306
by Representatives Wylie, Moeller, Harris, Pike, Johnson, Chandler, Sells, Pollet, Upthegrove, and Moscoso
Extending the expiration dates of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
Delays the expiration of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1307
by Representatives Goodman, Lytton, Wylie, Jinkins, Cody, Roberts, Santos, and Moscoso
Concerning sexual assault protection orders.
Modifies procedures governing sexual assault protection orders including permissible methods of service, the issuance and renewal of ex parte orders, and the modification or termination of orders.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1308
by Representatives Kirby, Harris, Blake, Klippert, Goodman, Rodne, and Takko
Addressing the disclosure of vehicle owner information.
Modifies provisions relating to disclosure of the name or address of an individual vehicle owner.Requires the department of licensing to: (1) Charge a fee of two dollars for each record returned pursuant to a request made by a business entity; and(2) Deposit the fee into the highway safety account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1309
by Representatives Upthegrove, Short, Magendanz, Nealey, Morris, Walsh, Takko, McCoy, Liias, Springer, Pollet, and Kagi
Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
Requires the department of ecology to coordinate and expend funds collected from the litter tax with priority given to products identified under RCW 82.19.020 and solely for the purposes of recycling, composting, and litter collection, reduction, and control programs.Changes the distribution of money from the waste reduction, recycling, and litter control account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1310
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rodne, Morris, Liias, Chandler, Nealey, Walsh, Springer, Magendanz, Hunt, Appleton, Cody, Jinkins, Tharinger, Maxwell, Pollet, and Pedersen
Reducing the littering of retail carryout bags.
Authorizes a local government, through its local legislative authority, to choose to regulate consumer access to retail carryout bags.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1311
by Representatives Chandler, Sells, and Moscoso
Making coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
Makes coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1312
by Representatives Wylie, Hunt, Takko, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, and Moscoso
Concerning transparency, accountability, and uniformity for county treasurers.
Provides transparency, accountability, and uniformity for county treasurers.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1313
by Representatives Jinkins, Farrell, Morrell, Green, Dunshee, Lytton, Sawyer, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Moeller, Appleton, Reykdal, Roberts, Ryu, Pollet, and Moscoso
Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment.
Provides minimum requirements for sick and safe leave from employment.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1314
by Representatives Green, O'Ban, Zeiger, Fey, Upthegrove, and Jinkins
Concerning municipally produced class A biosolids.
Exempts from the definition of "turf fertilizer," for purposes of chapter 15.54 RCW (fertilizers, minerals, and limes), a commercial fertilizer where the phosphorus component is derived solely from exceptional quality biosolids.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1315
by Representatives Hayes, Pettigrew, Van De Wege, Hurst, Hope, Dahlquist, Ormsby, Goodman, Chandler, Nealey, Scott, Pike, Holy, Parker, O'Ban, Riccelli, Reykdal, Roberts, Bergquist, Moscoso, Morrell, and Fey
Providing funding to continue standardized or mandatory criminal justice training associated with the criminal justice training commission.
Creates the criminal justice training account.Requires money received by the state treasurer and designated for the criminal justice training account from certain traffic infractions to be deposited in the account and must be used to provide standardized or mandatory criminal justice training.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1316
by Representatives Springer, Manweller, Roberts, Condotta, and Clibborn
Granting scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
Authorizes retrospective rating plan employers and groups to: (1) Assist the department of labor and industries in the processing of certain claims;(2) Schedule medical examinations and consultations; and(3) Schedule vocational rehabilitation assessments.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee's audit to include the scheduling authority granted to retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1317
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Overstreet, Condotta, and Hargrove
Concerning poll-site voting and voting identification requirements.
Allows registered voters of any county to submit an initiative to the county auditor to establish poll-site voting in that county.Sets out procedures for poll-site voting in the event an initiative to allow poll-site voting has passed in a county.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1318
by Representatives Taylor, Blake, Shea, and Overstreet
Concerning concealed pistol license renewal notices.
Requires the department of licensing to mail a renewal notice for a concealed pistol license approximately ninety days before the expiration date of the license.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1319
by Representatives Johnson, McCoy, Ross, Hunt, Rodne, Orwall, Green, Jinkins, Upthegrove, Chandler, Orcutt, Pedersen, Vick, Roberts, Alexander, Klippert, Holy, Short, Morrell, Smith, Buys, Kochmar, Liias, Moeller, Appleton, Angel, Zeiger, O'Ban, Wilcox, Hurst, Van De Wege, Shea, Fagan, Bergquist, Moscoso, Tarleton, Freeman, and Fey
Recognizing a welcome home Vietnam veterans day.
Declares that the thirtieth day of March be recognized as welcome home Vietnam veterans day.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1320
by Representatives Zeiger, Seaquist, Haler, Pollet, Magendanz, Bergquist, Moscoso, Morrell, and Tarleton
Requiring an online higher education transfer and student advising system.
Requires the student achievement council to establish and maintain a statewide online transfer and student advising system that integrates information related to programs, advising, registration, admissions, and transfer.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1321
by Representatives Jinkins, Cody, Green, McCoy, Moeller, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, and Kagi
Establishing food and beverage provision and service policies.
Requires all agencies and other interested organizations to adopt and begin implementation of a food and beverage service policy.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1322
by Representatives Seaquist, Kretz, Sells, Springer, Walsh, Roberts, Kagi, Moscoso, and Tarleton
Allowing nonprofit institutions recognized by the state of Washington to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
Allows certain nonprofit institutions to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1323
by Representatives Lytton, Morris, Blake, and Takko
Regarding the sea cucumber dive fishery.
Modifies sea cucumber dive fishery provisions relating to the collection and deposit of license surcharges and deductions and deposits of excise taxes.Changes the functions of the sea cucumber dive fishery account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1324
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Springer, Upthegrove, Ryu, Dahlquist, Maxwell, Kochmar, and Hargrove
Transferring ferry and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to county legislative authorities in counties with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more.
Transfers county ferry district and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to certain county legislative authorities.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1325
by Representatives Ryu and Kirby; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing fees and semiannual assessments, powers, lending limits, and technical amendments related to state-chartered banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.
Modifies provisions relating to state-chartered banks', savings banks', savings associations', and trust companies' fees and semiannual assessments, powers, and lending limits.Makes technical changes to laws that govern the department of financial institutions.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1326
by Representatives Ryu and Kirby; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing the consumer loan act.
Makes technical corrections and updates licensing and enforcement provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1327
by Representatives Kirby, Ryu, and Santos; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.
Modifies provisions relating to licensing and enforcement of money transmitters.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1328
by Representatives Kirby, Ryu, and Maxwell; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Regulating mortgage brokers.
Addresses the regulation of mortgage brokers by the department of financial institutions.Clarifies the department of financial institutions' existing regulatory authority regarding residential mortgage loan modification services.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1329
by Representatives Moeller, Alexander, Blake, Springer, Seaquist, Clibborn, Nealey, Orcutt, Vick, Kochmar, Warnick, Angel, Fagan, Buys, Smith, Manweller, Dahlquist, Harris, Magendanz, Hawkins, Haler, Pike, Taylor, Shea, Johnson, MacEwen, Santos, Hudgins, Parker, Overstreet, Schmick, Condotta, O'Ban, Morrell, and Kristiansen
Creating a sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and supplies.
Creates a back-to-school sales tax holiday.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) Conduct an economic impact study of the sales and use tax exemption; and(2) Evaluate the direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts of the exemptions and their impact on state general fund tax revenues.Expires July 1, 2016.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1330
by Representatives Moeller, Harris, Green, Cody, Tharinger, Pettigrew, Appleton, Springer, Roberts, Kagi, Pollet, Moscoso, and Morrell
Allowing dental hygienists and dental assistants to provide certain services under the supervision of a dentist.
Allows certain dental hygienists and dental assistants to apply topical anesthetic agents under the general supervision of a dentist.Allows certain dental hygienists to perform specified delegated acts on a homebound patient under the general supervision of a dentist if the patient has first been examined by the supervising dentist.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1331
by Representatives Riccelli, Zeiger, Tarleton, Seaquist, Buys, Sawyer, Tharinger, Stonier, Bergquist, Liias, Upthegrove, Freeman, Farrell, Springer, Roberts, Jinkins, Maxwell, Fagan, Magendanz, Santos, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Morrell, Fey, and Dahlquist
Authorizing student advisory committees at institutions of higher education.
Authorizes a student association at a four-year institution of higher education to form a student advisory committee to advise and assist the administration of that institution on issues that directly affect students' ability to access and succeed in their educational programs.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1332
by Representatives Kirby, Condotta, Hunt, Alexander, Takko, Manweller, Hurst, Shea, Blake, and Reykdal
Concerning limited on-premise spirits sampling.
Authorizes certain holders of a spirits retail license to provide single-serving samples of one-half ounce or less of spirits, and no more than a total of one and one-half ounces in spirits samples per person, for the purpose of sale promotion.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
HB 1333
by Representatives Pettigrew, Walsh, Pollet, Kagi, Green, Reykdal, Santos, Sawyer, Moscoso, and Morrell
Restoring payment rates for community residential providers and annually adjusting payment rates for community residential providers by the rate of inflation.
Requires benchmark rates, indirect client support/administrative rates, and other service rate components for providers of community residential services to persons with developmental disabilities to be adjusted by an inflation factor during the first month of each fiscal year.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1334
by Representatives Shea, Taylor, MacEwen, Schmick, Holy, Short, Kagi, Orcutt, Overstreet, Rodne, Klippert, Hargrove, Condotta, and Parker
Concerning conversion kits on motorcycles.
Revises the definition of "motorcycle" as a motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three wheels, not including any stabilizing conversion kits.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1335
by Representatives Shea, Rodne, Overstreet, and Kristiansen
Repealing unnecessary provisions concerning the Washington State Bar Association.
Repeals statutes establishing the bar association and regulation of members of the bar.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1336
by Representatives Orwall, Dahlquist, Pettigrew, Cody, Walsh, Green, Appleton, Freeman, Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Stonier, Kagi, Maxwell, Goodman, Moscoso, Roberts, Reykdal, Lytton, Santos, Fagan, O'Ban, Van De Wege, Jinkins, Bergquist, Pollet, McCoy, Ryu, Upthegrove, Tarleton, and Fey
Increasing the capacity of school districts to recognize and respond to troubled youth.
Increases the capacity for school districts to recognize and respond to troubled youth through additional training, more comprehensive planning, and emphasis on partnerships between schools and communities.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1337
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, and Short
Conditioning the classification of the gray wolf by the fish and wildlife commission.
Prohibits the fish and wildlife commission from classifying, or maintaining a classification for, the gray wolf as endangered or threatened in any area of the state where a similar listing is not simultaneously in effect for the same species under the federal endangered species act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1338
by Representatives Roberts, Moscoso, Pettigrew, Pedersen, Clibborn, Wylie, Jinkins, Kagi, Hunt, Springer, Farrell, Appleton, McCoy, Walsh, Moeller, Santos, and Freeman
Concerning juveniles sentenced to long terms of incarceration.
Modifies juvenile incarceration provisions relating to sentencing, sanctions, earned release time, and community custody.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1339
by Representatives Tharinger, Angel, Cody, Harris, Jinkins, Green, and Moscoso
Clarifying the scope of practice for East Asian medicine practitioners and removing certain referral requirements.
Revises the definition of "East Asian medicine" by including health care services using reflexology.Removes requirements with regard to a written plan for consultation, emergency transfer, or referral to another health care practitioner.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1340
by Representative Kirby; by request of Uniform Laws Commission
Addressing debt management services.
Establishes the uniform debt management services act.Repeals chapter 18.28 RCW (debt adjusting).
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1341
by Representatives Orwall, Goodman, Pollet, Jinkins, Carlyle, Roberts, Appleton, Hunt, Upthegrove, Green, Kagi, Seaquist, Moeller, Kirby, Santos, Ryu, Pedersen, and Moscoso
Creating a claim for compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Provides an avenue for those who have been wrongly convicted to redress the lost years of their lives.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1342
by Representatives Walsh, Kagi, Johnson, Goodman, Sawyer, Orwall, Farrell, Roberts, Freeman, Appleton, Jinkins, Maxwell, Santos, and Moscoso
Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.
Revises the definition of "work activity" for purposes of the WorkFirst program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1343
by Representatives Cody, Johnson, Moeller, Walsh, Morrell, Schmick, Green, and Moscoso
Removing the expiration for the additional surcharge imposed on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
Removes the June 30, 2013, repeal of the statute that imposes an additional surcharge on registered and licensed practical nurses.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services. | |
HB 1344
by Representatives Cody, Johnson, Moeller, Walsh, Morrell, Schmick, Green, Wilcox, and Roberts
Authorizing occupational therapists to participate in online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
Provides occupational therapists with online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1345
by Representatives Hayes, O'Ban, Hope, Dahlquist, and Magendanz
Regarding access to K-12 campuses for occupational or educational information.
Allows official recruiting representatives of the job corps, peace corps, and AmeriCorps access to certain K-12 campuses for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1346
by Representatives Manweller, Condotta, Shea, and Warnick
Regulating tipped employee wages and benefits.
Requires employers to: (1) Pay to each of his or her tipped employees, eighteen years of age or older, wages at a rate of not less than seven dollars and twenty-five cents per hour; and(2) Determine the average tipped wage rate for each tipped employee for the previous calendar month.Establishes a study group to assess the effectiveness of the act.Provides a January 1, 2024, expiration date for the study group.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1347
by Representatives Short, Takko, Kretz, Kristiansen, Klippert, Pike, Haler, Angel, Harris, Smith, Hayes, Magendanz, Vick, Buys, Schmick, Holy, Warnick, Dahlquist, Shea, Condotta, Fagan, and Parker
Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.
Authorizes a qualifying utility, under the energy independence act, to use certain eligible renewable resources to meet its compliance obligation with regard to annual targets.Prohibits a qualifying utility from transferring or selling these eligible renewable resources to another utility for compliance purposes.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HJR 4205
by Representatives Shea, Rodne, Overstreet, and Kristiansen
Requiring that all mandatory, regulatory, licensing, and disciplinary functions regarding the practice of law and administration of justice reside exclusively in the supreme court.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require that all mandatory, regulatory, licensing, and disciplinary functions regarding the practice of law and administration of justice reside exclusively in the supreme court.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5021-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Padden and Carrell)
Changing the crime of riot to the crime of criminal mischief.
Changes the name of the crime "riot" to "criminal mischief."
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 21 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5022-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Sheldon, and Carrell)
Changing retail theft with extenuating circumstances to retail theft with special circumstances.
Changes the name of the crime "retail theft with extenuating circumstances" to "retail theft with special circumstances."
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 21 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5183
by Senators Padden and Kline
Concerning financing statements to perfect security interests.
Modifies information required on certain financing statements used to perfect a security interest.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5184
by Senators Benton, Darneille, Roach, Nelson, and Hasegawa
Expanding the membership of the capital projects advisory review board.
Adds a member, to be selected by regional transit authorities, to the capital projects advisory review board.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5185
by Senators Roach, Benton, Conway, Chase, and Shin
Concerning the powers of water-sewer districts.
Modifies certain powers of water-sewer districts.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5186
by Senators Roach, Conway, Benton, Chase, and Shin
Concerning contractor's bond.
Modifies contractor bond provisions relating to water-sewer districts.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5187
by Senators Smith, Becker, Roach, Schoesler, and Honeyford
Protecting livestock against predator attacks.
Requires that rules established by the fish and wildlife commission allow an owner of livestock to kill a mammalian predator, regardless of state classification, without a permit or other form of permission.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5188
by Senators Smith, Becker, Roach, Schoesler, Honeyford, and Holmquist Newbry
Addressing imminent threats to commercial livestock caused by wolves.
Authorizes a county legislative authority to: (1) Declare that an imminent threat to commercial livestock, caused by wolves, exists under certain circumstances; and(2) Authorize the lethal removal of wolves by the county sheriff or an agent of the county without a permit or other form of permission from the department of fish and wildlife in order to abate the imminent threat.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5189
by Senators Smith, Benton, Braun, Becker, Padden, Hill, Bailey, Sheldon, Dammeier, Honeyford, and Roach
Concerning photovoltaic electrical systems.
Allows a person with a valid limited energy system electrician certificate or a valid telecommunications electrician certificate to obtain an endorsement from the department of labor and industries allowing the person to install, maintain, replace, or repair photovoltaic electrical systems.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5190
by Senators Eide, King, Frockt, Shin, and Schlicher
Concerning public contracts for transportation improvement projects.
Modifies contract retainage, bond, and prevailing wage provisions governing contracts for transportation improvement projects.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5191
by Senator Honeyford
Concerning the owner of a beneficial interest in real property.
Provides reporting requirements for the assignment and transfer of a real property encumbrance.Modifies provisions governing a trustee's sale.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5192
by Senator Honeyford
Concerning water-sewer district connection charges.
Requires a water-sewer district that charges a connection charge to deposit any revenue generated from the charge into a separate account to be used solely for expanding existing facilities and for new facilities.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5193
by Senators Smith, Roach, Honeyford, and Delvin; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Concerning large wild carnivore conflict management.
Creates Washington's wolves special license plates.Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife from: (1) Paying more than fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state wildlife account for claims and assessment costs for injury or loss of certain livestock; and(2) Expending any money deposited into the state wildlife account that is received from the sale of Washington's wolves license plates for the purposes of lethal wolf management.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5194
by Senator Honeyford; by request of Office of Financial Management
Reducing educational employee cost-of-living adjustments and bonuses.
Reduces cost-of-living adjustments and bonuses for educational and academic employees during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5195
by Senators Rolfes, Hill, Tom, Bailey, and Fain
Allowing nonprofit institutions recognized by the state of Washington to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
Allows certain nonprofit institutions to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5196
by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Schlicher, and Conway
Restoring payment rates for community residential providers and annually adjusting payment rates for community residential providers by the rate of inflation.
Requires benchmark rates, indirect client support/administrative rates, and other service rate components for providers of community residential services to persons with developmental disabilities to be adjusted by an inflation factor during the first month of each fiscal year.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5197
by Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Litzow, Billig, Mullet, Becker, Hill, Hargrove, Braun, Honeyford, Roach, and Hewitt
Requiring additional safety features in school construction and remodeling.
Requires every school district board of directors to require each school to have at least one silent alarm located in its administrative offices.Requires school buildings to: (1) Contain a mechanism by which the exterior building doors of the school may be electronically locked; and(2) Be designed or updated in such a way as to restrict the general public from entering the school through the administrative offices and electronically lock administrative office doors to prohibit access to the rest of the school building.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5198
by Senators Darneille, Dammeier, Harper, Billig, and Roach; by request of Department of Early Learning
Exempting personal information relating to children from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information for a child enrolled in licensed child care in any files maintained by the department of early learning.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5199
by Senators Ericksen and Holmquist Newbry
Concerning de facto changes in water rights for irrigation purposes that involved conversion to more efficient irrigation technologies.
Establishes that the standards for a change of use application for certain types of water rights are the laws in place at the time the change of use was implemented.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5200
by Senators Hatfield and Shin
Concerning consolidating a new exempt withdrawal of groundwater into an existing public water system.
Allows local governments to consolidate a new exempt withdrawal of groundwater into an existing public water system.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5201
by Senators Ranker, Ericksen, Harper, Hobbs, Keiser, Kline, Eide, and Hasegawa
Accelerating cleanup of hazardous waste sites.
Authorizes a greater emphasis in the allocation of state resources toward the cleanup and reuse of brownfield properties.Provides more flexible funding and oversight authority for local governments guiding the cleanup of brownfield properties.Modifies the state's cleanup program in ways that will accelerate the cleanup of hazardous waste sites throughout the state.Creates the brownfield redevelopment trust fund account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5202
by Senators Chase, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Shin, Nelson, Darneille, Frockt, McAuliffe, Keiser, Kline, Harper, and Rolfes
Creating the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program.
Establishes the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program to provide for spaying and neutering of feral and free-roaming cats and companion animals owned by low-income individuals.Provides that the department of health will administer the program.Creates the companion animal spay/neuter assistance account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5203
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Shin, Chase, Nelson, Conway, Delvin, Darneille, Frockt, Kline, and Harper
Preventing animal cruelty.
Prohibits selling, bartering, or auctioning of animals upon certain public property or upon certain private property open to the public.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5204
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Shin, Chase, Carrell, Conway, Nelson, Delvin, Darneille, Frockt, Keiser, and Kline
Preventing animal cruelty.
Modifies animal cruelty provisions relating to the crimes of animal cruelty in the first and second degree, animal fighting, and leaving and/or confining an animal in a motor vehicle or certain enclosed spaces.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5205
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Schlicher, Parlette, Shin, and Dammeier
Removing the expiration for the additional surcharge imposed on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
Removes the June 30, 2013, repeal of the statute that imposes an additional surcharge on registered and licensed practical nurses.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5206
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Schlicher, Parlette, and Conway
Authorizing occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, dieticians, and nutritionists to participate in online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
Provides occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, dieticians, and nutritionists with online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5207
by Senators Fain, Benton, Hobbs, Roach, Nelson, Mullet, Hatfield, and Keiser; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing the consumer loan act.
Makes technical corrections and updates licensing and enforcement provisions of the consumer loan act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5208
by Senators Benton, Hobbs, Nelson, Hatfield, Mullet, and Shin; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing fees and semiannual assessments, powers, lending limits, and technical amendments related to state-chartered banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.
Modifies provisions relating to state-chartered banks', savings banks', savings associations', and trust companies' fees and semiannual assessments, powers, and lending limits.Makes technical changes to laws that govern the department of financial institutions.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5209
by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Nelson, Mullet, and Hatfield; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.
Modifies provisions relating to licensing and enforcement of money transmitters.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5210
by Senators Nelson and Hatfield; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Regulating mortgage brokers.
Addresses the regulation of mortgage brokers by the department of financial institutions.Clarifies the department of financial institutions' existing regulatory authority regarding residential mortgage loan modification services.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5211
by Senators Hobbs, Eide, Kline, Ranker, Hatfield, Harper, Billig, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Shin, Keiser, Frockt, Rolfes, Hill, Conway, and Nelson
Concerning social networking accounts and profiles.
Prohibits employers, as a condition of employment or continued employment, from requiring an employee or prospective employee to submit or give access to social networking account information that is not in the public domain.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5212
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Becker, and Roach
Expanding membership of the Washington state horse park authority.
Changes the composition of the Washington state horse park authority.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5213
by Senators Becker, Tom, Bailey, Honeyford, and Frockt
Concerning prescription review for medicaid managed care enrollees.
Requires certain medicaid managed care enrollees to be placed in an annual prescription review process.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5214
by Senators Becker, Rivers, Benton, Honeyford, Holmquist Newbry, Carrell, Padden, and Schlicher
Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for donated medical services.
Provides a business and occupation tax deduction to health care providers for donated medical services.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5215
by Senators Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Ericksen, Dammeier, Honeyford, and Schlicher
Providing that health care professional licensees may not be required to participate in any public or private third-party reimbursement program.
Prohibits certain health care professional licensees from being required to participate, as a condition of licensure, in a public or private third-party reimbursement program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5216
by Senators Rolfes, Bailey, Mullet, Parlette, Keiser, Shin, and Conway; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Addressing long-term care insurance.
Decreases the time in which denials of long-term care insurance must be made.Requires the insurance commissioner to adopt by rule prompt payment requirements for long-term care insurance.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5217
by Senator Schoesler; by request of Office of Financial Management
Eliminating the Washington state quality award program.
Eliminates the Washington state quality award program.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5218
by Senators Dammeier, Benton, Conway, Roach, Darneille, and Billig
Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
Allows counties to adopt alternative procedures for the collection of sewer charges.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5219
by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Smith, Schoesler, Delvin, and Hewitt
Retaining water resources to assure the vitality of local economies.
Establishes a process to retain water rights when they are no longer used on state purchased lands and to make the water rights available for alternate uses by local economies rather than be permanently lost to the economy of the area through relinquishment.Requires the department of fish and wildlife, the parks and recreation commission, and the department of natural resources to each maintain an inventory of water rights appurtenant to lands purchased by their agencies.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5220
by Senators Conway and Shin
Addressing membership on city disability boards.
Addresses eligibility to vote for membership on city disability boards.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5221
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Carrell, and Darneille
Requiring notification of release of a person following dismissal of charges based on incompetence to stand trial.
Requires a facility conducting a civil commitment evaluation, that makes a determination to release a person instead of filing a civil commitment petition, to provide written notification to the prosecuting attorney within twenty-four hours of the determination.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5222
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Hobbs, Frockt, Chase, Hasegawa, and Kline
Concerning industrial hemp.
Requires Washington State University to study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in the state.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5223
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Carrell, Darneille, Frockt, Keiser, Chase, Hasegawa, Kline, Shin, Roach, Schlicher, McAuliffe, and Conway
Adding children victims of trafficking to the definition of abuse and neglect.
Revises the definition of "abuse or neglect" by including victimizing children by involving them in trafficking, for purposes of chapter 26.44 RCW (abuse of children).
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5224
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Murray, Keiser, Chase, Darneille, Nelson, Hasegawa, Kline, Frockt, and Conway
Concerning the Washington health security trust.
Creates the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.Abolishes the state health care authority and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the Washington health security trust.Requires state employers to pay a health security assessment to the department of revenue to fund the Washington health security trust.Requires certain residents to pay a standard monthly flat rate health security premium.Creates the reserve account, the benefits account, and the displaced worker training account.Deposits certain contributions, and reserves, dividends, and refunds currently in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account in the reserve account and benefits account.Transfers the state health care authority administrative account to the reserve account and the benefits account.Requires revenue from certain taxes to be deposited in the reserve account and the benefits account instead of the general fund.Requires money in the tobacco settlement account to be transferred to the reserve account and the benefits account instead of the general fund.Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Apply for a waiver from the provisions of the federal patient protection and affordable care act, as amended by the federal health care and education reconciliation act; and(2) Upon receipt of the waiver, promptly notify in writing the office of the code reviser and the appropriate committees of the legislature.Repeals RCW 82.04.260 (tax on manufacturers and processors of various foods and by-products).
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5225
by Senators Becker, Bailey, Ericksen, and Carrell
Exempting public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
Exempts public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5226
by Senators Becker, Bailey, Ericksen, and Carrell
Exempting public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
Exempts public hospital districts from certificate of need requirements.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5227
by Senators Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Hatfield, Shin, King, Hobbs, Sheldon, Padden, Honeyford, Dammeier, and Roach
Changing the corporate officer provisions of the employment security act.
Revises employment security act provisions relating to corporate officers.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5228
by Senators Shin, Chase, Keiser, Schlicher, and Conway
Concerning public notification of local health conditions.
Requires the department of health to: (1) Establish guidance for local health jurisdictions to consider while developing community health alert notification plans; and(2) Establish a temporary work group of public health officials, representatives of local media establishments, and the public.Requires each local board of health to adopt a community health alert notification plan and make it available to the public on its web site.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5229
by Senators Shin, Roach, Benton, Chase, Harper, Delvin, Honeyford, and Schlicher
Concerning the penalty schedule for alcohol and drug violators.
Addresses the responsibility of the court and the department of licensing with regard to the penalty schedule for alcohol and drug violators.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5230
by Senators Shin, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Schlicher
Prohibiting smoking in vehicles containing children.
Provides that a person who smokes a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette in a moving or parked motor vehicle containing any passengers under the age of eighteen years is guilty of a traffic infraction.Allows law enforcement officers to issue only verbal warnings for violations of the act, for the first six months after the act takes effect.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |