 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 12 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 30, 2013 | 17th 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 1480
by Representatives Green, Schmick, Cody, Harris, and Jinkins
Concerning the provision of prescription drugs by direct practice providers.
Addresses the provision of prescription drugs by direct practice providers.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1481
by Representatives Appleton, Angel, Sells, Liias, Takko, Seaquist, Hansen, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Moeller, and Ryu
Removing the expiration date from RCW 47.64.280 regarding the marine employees' commission complaint and dispute procedure.
Removes the expiration of the complaint and dispute procedure of the marine employees' commission.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1482
by Representatives Goodman, Habib, Kirby, Orwall, Hurst, Moscoso, Takko, Seaquist, Bergquist, Ryu, Fey, Appleton, McCoy, Green, Lytton, Pollet, Liias, and Stonier
Modifying provisions that address impaired driving.
Revises impaired driving provisions.Authorizes municipalities to operate DUI courts.Clarifies a court's jurisdiction and authority in the execution of sentencing.Addresses the use of separate alcohol monitoring devices.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1483
by Representatives Hunt, Johnson, Appleton, Pollet, Reykdal, Moscoso, Van De Wege, Alexander, McCoy, Ryu, Kagi, and Jinkins
Concerning public and private airport parking facilities.
Requires a public or private airport parking facility's primary advertised rate to reflect the actual amount a consumer will pay when claiming his or her vehicle from the parking facility.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1484
by Representatives Stanford and Warnick; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Concerning the public works board.
Declares that the state intends to: (1) Strategically invest resources to address a significant backlog of projects to build, repair, and improve local public infrastructure systems; and(2) Promote certain priority policy objectives.Changes the composition and duties of the public works board.Changes the functions of the public works assistance account.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1485
by Representatives Fey, Sawyer, Jinkins, Liias, Fitzgibbon, and Ryu
Increasing the vehicle fee limit under a transportation benefit district's councilmatic authority.
Increases the limit of a transportation benefit district's annual vehicle fee.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1486
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Stanford, Bergquist, Roberts, Van De Wege, Ryu, and Santos
Concerning voter-approved benefit charges for regional fire protection service authorities.
Modifies provisions relating to voter-approved benefit charges for regional fire protection service authorities.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1487
by Representatives Parker, Kirby, MacEwen, Goodman, Kochmar, Upthegrove, Ryu, Angel, Maxwell, and Bergquist
Clarifying the terminology and duties of the real estate agency relationship law to be consistent with other existing laws.
Clarifies the terminology and duties of the laws governing the real estate agency relationship to make them consistent with other existing laws.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1488
by Representatives Liias, Sawyer, Cody, Farrell, Roberts, Fey, Stanford, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Van De Wege, Tarleton, Santos, and Bergquist
Modifying the percentage of votes required to approve benefit charges for fire protection districts.
Changes the percentage of votes required to approve benefit charges for fire protection districts.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1489
by Representatives Tharinger and Van De Wege
Concerning the sales and use taxation of florists.
Revises the definition of "florist" for purposes of sales and use taxes.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1490
by Representatives Sells, Reykdal, Tharinger, Pollet, Walsh, Green, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, Hope, Moscoso, Freeman, Lytton, Ormsby, Stanford, Ryu, Liias, Fey, and Bergquist
Applying the public employees' collective bargaining act to department of corrections employees.
Applies the public employees' collective bargaining act to the state with respect to employees working for the department of corrections.Requires collective bargaining negotiations between the state and bargaining units of employees working for the department of corrections to commence no later than July 1, 2014.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1491
by Representatives Ryu, O'Ban, Parker, Santos, Sullivan, Habib, Kochmar, Stanford, and Pollet
Concerning debt adjusting services.
Modifies provisions relating to debt adjusting services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1492
by Representatives Klippert, McCoy, Haler, Pettigrew, Moscoso, Hayes, Hargrove, Buys, and Hawkins
Concerning waivers from school year requirements for purposes of economy and efficiency.
Addresses certain waivers from school year requirements.Removes the August 31, 2014, expiration date for waivers of the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1493
by Representatives Springer, Warnick, Hansen, Short, Orcutt, Tharinger, Seaquist, Zeiger, Hunt, Wilcox, Nealey, Morrell, Moscoso, Liias, Stanford, Hudgins, Green, Pettigrew, Moeller, Appleton, Ryu, Bergquist, and Stonier
Concerning the property taxation of mobile homes and park model trailers.
Addresses outstanding property tax obligations of a landlord of a mobile home park who takes ownership of a mobile home or park model trailer with the intent to resell or rent the mobile home or park model trailer.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1494
by Representatives Pollet, Moscoso, Hunt, McCoy, Farrell, Bergquist, Reykdal, Appleton, Ryu, Roberts, Jinkins, and Fey
Providing additional funding for the state's higher education institutions and their students.
Provides additional funding for higher education institutions and their students.Increases the estate tax.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1495
by Representatives Sawyer, Liias, McCoy, Fey, Hunt, Riccelli, Appleton, Santos, Dunshee, Stanford, Ryu, O'Ban, Ormsby, and Pollet
Concerning access of tribal members to state land.
Prohibits the department of natural resources from restricting access to federally recognized tribe members to certain open and unclaimed lands.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1496
by Representatives Sawyer, McCoy, Hunt, Appleton, Santos, Liias, Riccelli, Dunshee, Stanford, Ormsby, and Pollet
Concerning hunting-related enforcement actions involving tribal members.
Requires a fish and wildlife officer, under certain circumstances, to refer any inspection, investigation, or other enforcement action related to the hunting activity of certain tribal members to the enforcement authority of the tribe.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1497
by Representatives Moscoso, Freeman, Roberts, Orwall, Reykdal, Appleton, McCoy, Hunt, Upthegrove, Ryu, Kagi, Santos, and Bergquist
Concerning the use of nonconviction records for employment and housing opportunities.
Requests the supreme court to adopt court rules that limit public access to nonconviction records.Prohibits certain employers and landlords from considering nonconviction data on employment and rental applications.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1498
by Representatives Upthegrove, Short, and Ryu
Improving reports on electronic waste collection.
Requires additional information in the annual electronic product recycling reports prepared by the Washington materials management and financing authority.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1499
by Representatives Jinkins, Harris, Cody, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Roberts, Fey, and Pollet
Concerning the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Establish rules to authorize long-term care clients enrolled in a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) to elect to continue their enrollment in the program regardless of improved status related to functional criteria for nursing facility level of care;(2) Develop and implement a coordinated plan to provide education about PACE program site operations; and(3) Identify a private entity that operates PACE program sites in the state to provide the required training at no cost to the state.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1500
by Representatives Lytton, Kretz, Ryu, and Bergquist
Concerning the creation of a special license plate dedicated to raising revenue to fund preventative wolf management efforts at the department of fish and wildlife.
Creates Washington's wolves special license plates.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1501
by Representatives Lytton, Kretz, and Ryu
Building upon the existing wildlife interaction program to establish the mechanisms behind an uncapped funding source for implementing the provisions of the Washington wolf conservation and management plan adopted by the fish and wildlife commission in 2011 in a way that does not change the management provisions of the plan.
Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Pay up to fifty thousand dollars per fiscal year from the state wildlife account for claims and assessment costs for injury or loss of livestock due to wolf predation; and(2) Accept and expend money from other sources to address losses or damage to livestock or other property.Requires the value of livestock killed or injured by a gray wolf to be set at the market value of the lost livestock.Creates Washington's wolves special license plates.Creates the wolf interaction conflict account.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to transfer to the account the balance of unexpended state funds authorized to be used for livestock claims and assessment costs and appropriated for mitigation, claims, and assessment costs for injury to or loss of livestock.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1502
by Representatives Carlyle and Ryu; by request of Department of Revenue
Imposing fees for reseller permits.
Imposes a twenty-five dollar fee on reseller permits.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1503
by Representatives Carlyle and Ryu; by request of Department of Revenue
Increasing excise tax revenue with liquor license renewals.
Increases excise tax revenue with liquor license renewals.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1504
by Representatives Carlyle, Orwall, Pedersen, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Cody, Ormsby, Hudgins, Tarleton, Wylie, Riccelli, Moscoso, Farrell, Kagi, Appleton, Ryu, Walsh, Habib, Maxwell, Santos, and Pollet
Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
Eliminates the death penalty in favor of a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1505
by Representatives Pedersen, Carlyle, Warnick, Lytton, Pollet, Maxwell, Santos, Dunshee, Farrell, Sullivan, Hunter, Fitzgibbon, Cody, Kagi, Van De Wege, Tharinger, Bergquist, Hudgins, Tarleton, Goodman, Pettigrew, Springer, Ryu, and Morrell
Raising the minimum state funding assistance percentage for the school construction assistance program.
Increases the minimum state funding assistance percentage for the school construction assistance program.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1506
by Representatives Pedersen, Nealey, Goodman, Fagan, Kagi, Jinkins, Hope, Walsh, Orwall, Green, Hansen, Ryu, Ormsby, Roberts, Johnson, and Pollet
Concerning third-party visitation.
Establishes a procedure for a third party to petition the court for visitation with a child if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1507
by Representatives Pike, Upthegrove, and Ryu
Concerning electronic product recycling.
Revises the definition of "manufacturer" and adds a definition for "licensor" for purposes of electronic product recycling provisions.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1508
by Representatives Moeller and Ryu
Concerning small estate guardian reporting intervals and training reporting requirements.
Revises reporting and training requirements for small estate guardians.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1509
by Representative Appleton
Concerning one candidate primaries.
Prohibits a primary from being held for any single position in any partisan primary, if, after the last day allowed for candidates to withdraw, only one candidate files for the position.Requires county auditors to notify the candidate that the office for which he or she filed will not appear on the primary ballot.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1510
by Representative Appleton
Modifying write-in voting provisions.
Changes the time in which a write-in candidate must file a declaration of candidacy.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1511
by Representatives Goodman, Kirby, Rodne, and Ryu
Concerning court reporters, communication access real-time translation, and real-time captioning services.
Regulates the certification and practice of court reporters, communication access real-time translation providers, and real-time captioning service providers.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1512
by Representatives Takko, Kochmar, Fitzgibbon, Buys, Sullivan, Magendanz, Springer, Van De Wege, and Ryu
Concerning fire suppression water facilities and services provided by municipal and other water purveyors.
Determines appropriate methods of organizing public services and the authority of water purveyors with respect to critical public services.Clarifies the authority of water purveyors to provide fire suppression water facilities and services and to recover the costs for those facilities and services.Provides liability protections appropriate for water purveyors engaged in this vital public service.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1513
by Representatives Green, Cody, Jinkins, Moeller, Ryu, Roberts, Morrell, Ormsby, Fey, Pollet, and Bergquist
Concerning outpatient commitment.
Addresses outpatient commitment.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1514
by Representatives Cody, Moeller, Green, Jinkins, Appleton, and Pollet
Concerning advanced function dental auxiliaries.
Regulates advanced function dental auxiliaries.Changes the composition of the state dental quality assurance commission.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1515
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Green, Morrell, and Ryu
Concerning medical assistants.
Revises medical assistant provisions.Authorizes the department of health to delay the July 1, 2013, implementation of the medical assistant-registered credential to the extent necessary to comply with the act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1516
by Representatives Cody, Walsh, Moscoso, Jinkins, Stonier, Green, Roberts, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, and Pollet
Concerning mid-level dental professionals.
Attempts to increase access to dental care and disease prevention by introducing an evidence-based mid-level dental provider that is geared towards oral health disparities in the state's communities with the greatest need.Creates the professions of dental practitioner and dental hygiene practitioner.Changes the composition of the state dental quality assurance commission.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1517
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Ryu, and Pollet; by request of Department of Revenue
Concerning a business and occupation tax exemption for the Washington health benefit exchange established under chapter 43.71 RCW.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption on amounts received by the Washington health benefit exchange from this state or the federal government.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1518
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Ryu, and Pollet
Providing certain disciplining authorities with additional authority over budget development, spending, and staffing.
Modifies provisions relating to an evaluation of the effect of granting additional authority over budget development, spending, and staffing to the state chiropractic quality assurance commission, the state medical quality assurance commission, and the nursing care quality assurance commission.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1519
by Representatives Cody, Green, Jinkins, Ryu, and Pollet
Establishing accountability measures for service coordination organizations.
Establishes accountability measures for service coordination organizations.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1520
by Representatives Shea, Rodne, Pedersen, O'Ban, and Ryu
Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
Requires a tenant, upon written request of a landlord, to: (1) Provide the landlord with the name, address, and telephone number of a designated person to contact in the event of the tenant's death; and(2) Sign a statement authorizing the landlord, in the event of the tenant's death, to settle all matters relating to the decedent's rental of the property.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1521
by Representatives Zeiger, Fey, Warnick, Manweller, Kristiansen, and Ryu
Removing certain requirements for vehicle registration certificate applicants.
Repeals certain requirements for vehicle registration certificate applicants.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1522
by Representatives Green, Ryu, and Morrell; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state.
Improves behavioral health services provided to adults.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1523
by Representatives Moeller, Cody, Appleton, Ryu, Ormsby, Jinkins, and Pollet; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the abuse of vulnerable adults.
Revises the definition of "neglect" by including an act or omission by a person or entity with a duty of care that demonstrates a serious disregard of consequences of such a magnitude as to constitute a clear and present danger to a vulnerable adult's health, welfare, or safety.Requires the department of social and health services or law enforcement, in conducting an investigation of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, self-neglect, or neglect, to, upon request, have access to all relevant records related to a vulnerable adult that are in the possession of mandated reporters and their employees.Authorizes the department of social and health services, the certified professional guardian board, and the office of public guardianship to share information contained in reports and investigations of the abuse, abandonment, neglect, self-neglect, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1524
by Representatives Roberts, Clibborn, Goodman, Maxwell, Kagi, Orwall, Appleton, Ryu, Ormsby, Jinkins, Fey, and Bergquist
Providing for juvenile mental health diversion and disposition strategies.
Provides diversion and disposition strategies for youth who face mental health challenges and barriers.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1525
by Representatives Orwall, Pedersen, Goodman, Hunt, Roberts, Upthegrove, Ryu, and Jinkins
Concerning birth certificates and other birth-related information.
Revises adoption provisions with regard to: (1) Mandatory disclosure of nonidentifying information of a birth parent, an adoptee, or an adoptive parent;(2) Allowing an adult adoptee to obtain uncertified copies of his or her original birth certificate under certain circumstances; and(3) The expiration of affidavits of nondisclosure.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1526
by Representatives Orwall, Reykdal, Santos, Goodman, Upthegrove, Maxwell, Seaquist, Freeman, Bergquist, Lytton, Ryu, Kagi, Tarleton, Jinkins, Fey, and Pollet
Creating a pilot project to increase enrollment of underrepresented students in the running start program.
Establishes a partnership pilot project involving middle schools, high schools, and participating institutions aimed at increasing enrollment of underrepresented students in running start programs.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to contract with a northwest educational research organization to conduct an evaluation of the pilot project to identify successful practices in improving enrollment of underrepresented students in the running start program.Expires August 1, 2021.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1527
by Representatives Appleton, Green, and Johnson
Concerning residential habilitation center residents' transition to the community.
Authorizes the department of social and health services to ensure, within sixty days of admission to a residential habilitation center, that each resident's individual habilitation plan includes a plan for discharge to the community.Prohibits the secretary of the department of social and health services from redetermining the eligibility of a current eligible adult person, except where a comprehensive assessment of the person shows a significant increase in the functional abilities of the person such that he or she will no longer benefit from certain developmental disabilities services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1528
by Representatives Cody, Harris, Morrell, and Ryu
Concerning the prescription of biological products and interchangeable biosimilar products.
Addresses prescriptions for biological products and interchangeable biosimilar products.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1529
by Representatives Stanford, Jinkins, McCoy, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Reykdal, Pollet, Orwall, and Roberts
Concerning the disclosure of certain information when screening tenants.
Prohibits a tenant screening service provider from disclosing: (1) A tenant's, applicant's, or household member's status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or(2) That a tenant or applicant has previously terminated a rental agreement.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1530
by Representatives McCoy, Angel, Ryu, Sawyer, Santos, Ormsby, Van De Wege, and Bergquist; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission
Promoting a balanced financing system for state parks programs and services in order to facilitate resource stewardship, interpretative activities, cultural events, and works of art in state parks.
Facilitates resource stewardship, interpretative activities, cultural events, and works of art in state parks by promoting a balanced financing system for state parks programs and services.Requires the office of financial management to consult with the director of the parks and recreation commission and deliver a report to the legislative fiscal committees that presents a detailed forecast of the fiscal opportunity cost incurred by the commission in complying with fee reductions and exemptions for the upcoming fiscal biennium.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
SB 5384
by Senators Bailey, Keiser, Becker, Ericksen, Dammeier, Parlette, Darneille, Schlicher, and Frockt
Making the board of denturists the disciplining authority for licensed denturists.
Changes the disciplining authority for licensed denturists from the secretary or department of health to the state board of denturists.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5385
by Senators Bailey, Keiser, Becker, Ericksen, Parlette, Darneille, and Schlicher
Concerning the practice of denturism.
Revises the definition of "practice of denturism" by including nonorthodontic removable oral devices and teeth whitening services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5386
by Senators Mullet, Benton, Hatfield, Hobbs, and Delvin
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 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5387
by Senators Pearson, Conway, Hasegawa, and Roach
Applying the public employees' collective bargaining act to department of corrections employees.
Applies the public employees' collective bargaining act to the state with respect to employees working for the department of corrections.Requires collective bargaining negotiations between the state and bargaining units of employees working for the department of corrections to commence no later than July 1, 2014.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5388
by Senators Parlette, Keiser, and Schlicher
Reducing the financial loss to emergency medical care and transportation services by ensuring direct payment for emergency transportation services.
Ensures direct payment for emergency transportation services to reduce the financial loss to emergency medical care and transportation services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5389
by Senators Billig, Fain, Hargrove, Litzow, Murray, Tom, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, Harper, and Chase
Concerning sibling visitation for children in foster care.
Recognizes the importance of ensuring frequent and meaningful contact for siblings separated due to involvement in the foster care system.Ensures appropriate facilitation of sibling visits by enumerating the specific and appropriate limitations for such visits for the information of case managers, caregivers, birth families, and youth.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5390
by Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Ranker, Murray, Harper, and Conway
Establishing the educational achievement and tuition reduction incentive program.
Establishes the educational achievement and tuition reduction incentive program to provide new incentive funding to four-year institutions of higher education that demonstrate improvement on existing performance measures and to control resident undergraduate tuition growth.Requires the office of financial management to convene a technical incentive funding model task force to design an incentive funding model to support the incentive program.Provides an August 1, 2015, expiration for the task force.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5391
by Senators Bailey, Benton, Carrell, Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, Delvin, Fain, and Padden
Concerning an exemption from discover pass requirements for off-road vehicles.
Exempts vehicles with a valid off-road vehicle permit from discover pass requirements.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5392
by Senators Bailey, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Tom, Fain, Honeyford, and Schoesler
Limiting the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates.
Limits the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5393
by Senators Keiser, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Kline, McAuliffe, Cleveland, and Chase
Extending apprenticeship utilization requirements.
Extends apprenticeship utilization requirements to all work, construction, alterations, repairs, or improvements other than ordinary maintenance that is subsidized by the public.Requires the lessor or owner of a qualified building to comply with the apprenticeship utilization requirements in order to be eligible for certain tax deferrals.Requires the lessor or owner of a warehouse or grain elevator to comply with the apprenticeship utilization requirements in order to be eligible for the warehouse and grain elevator sales tax exemption.Requires any person establishing or operating an anaerobic digester to treat primarily livestock manure to comply with the apprenticeship utilization requirements in order to be eligible for the anaerobic digester retail sales tax exemption.Requires a person taking the biodiesel blend or E85 sales and use tax exemptions to comply with the apprenticeship utilization requirements.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5394
by Senators Hasegawa, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Keiser, Cleveland, and Chase
Requiring use of resident workers on public works.
Requires specifications for public works contracts to contain a provision requiring that at least seventy-five percent of the labor hours be performed by Washington residents.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5395
by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Keiser, Cleveland, and Chase
Extending the application of prevailing wage requirements.
Defines "public work" for the purposes of prevailing wage requirements and extends the application of such requirements to publicly subsidized work.Requires every contractor and subcontractor on a subsidized public works project to file a surety bond with the department of labor and industries.Requires specified entities to comply with the prevailing wages on public works requirements to receive certain tax deferrals and exemptions.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5396
by Senators Hewitt, Holmquist Newbry, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Hobbs, Schoesler, Delvin, and Kline
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 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5397
by Senators Keiser, Schlicher, McAuliffe, and Conway
Establishing outcome measures for the community mental health service delivery system.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Establish procedures for measuring client outcomes and delivery system attributes for the community mental health service delivery system; and(2) Propose an incentive system that rewards superior performance relating to client outcome measures and delivery system attributes.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5398
by Senators Darneille, Kline, Shin, and McAuliffe; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Concerning the provision of and reimbursement for certain court interpreter services.
Modifies provisions governing the appointment of and reimbursement for certain court interpreter services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5399
by Senators Dammeier, Becker, Conway, Fraser, Rivers, and Nelson
Addressing the timing of penalties under the growth management act.
Revises growth management act penalty provisions.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5400
by Senators Honeyford, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Allowing utilities serving customers in Washington and in other states to use eligible renewable resources located within the western electricity coordinating council area to comply with chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Authorizes qualifying utilities serving retail customers to use eligible renewable resources located within the western electricity coordinating council area to comply with the energy independence act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5401
by Senators Carrell and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Health Care Authority
Concerning the ability of the department of social and health services, the department of early learning, and the health care authority to establish and enforce debts against vendors who attempt to avoid responsibility for satisfying overpayment debts by creating new entities.
Authorizes the department of social and health services, the department of early learning, and the state health care authority to: (1) Determine that a successor entity is liable for a vendor overpayment;(2) Enforce the liability against the successor entity; and(3) Assess and enforce a vendor overpayment against a successor entity when an audit or other agency review discovers that the overpayment could have been assessed against the original vendor.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5402
by Senators Carrell and Pearson; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Allowing residents of total confinement facilities and secure community transition facilities to engage in therapeutic occupational assignments within the confines of McNeil Island.
Authorizes the secretary of the department of social and health services to designate residents of the total confinement facility or residents of a secure community transition facility who may participate in therapeutic occupational assignments outside the secure perimeter of the total confinement facility or the secure community transition facility but within the confines of McNeil Island.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5403
by Senators Carrell and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the enforcement powers of the office of financial recovery.
Modifies revenue recovery provisions for the department of social and health services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5404
by Senators Carrell, Hargrove, Pearson, and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the introduction of contraband into or possession of contraband in a secure facility.
Includes in the crime of introducing contraband in the first, second, or third degree, knowingly providing a deadly weapon to a person confined in a secure facility under chapter 71.09 RCW (sexually violent predators).
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5405
by Senators Murray, Tom, Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Hobbs, Harper, and Frockt
Concerning extended foster care services.
Modifies provisions relating to extended foster care services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5406
by Senator Ericksen
Concerning local government compliance with the growth management act.
Limits the use of sanctions under the growth management act when a local government shows that it is working toward compliance with the act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5407
by Senator Ericksen
Concerning electronic filing of pollutant discharge elimination permit system applications.
Requires the department of ecology to provide for electronic filing of pollutant discharge elimination permit system applications, updates, and revisions thereof, and data reporting.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5408
by Senator Ericksen
Modifying the definition of nonpower attributes in the energy independence act.
Provides exclusions for the definition of "nonpower attributes" for purposes of the energy independence act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5409
by Senators Ericksen, Ranker, Litzow, Cleveland, Fain, Carrell, and Holmquist Newbry
Extending the sales and use tax exemption of machinery and equipment that generate electricity from specified sources.
Delays, until June 30, 2015, the expiration of the sales and use tax exemption on machinery and equipment that generate electricity from specified sources.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5410
by Senator Schlicher
Concerning metropolitan park district property tax levies.
Allows certain metropolitan park districts to submit a ballot proposition to voters of the district authorizing the protection of the district's tax levy from prorationing for taxes levied for collection in 2014 and thereafter.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5411
by Senators Rolfes, Holmquist Newbry, Hatfield, Honeyford, and Conway
Requiring the ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners to be submitted at the next general election.
Removes special elections as an option for submission of a ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5412
by Senators Ericksen, Smith, Sheldon, and Carrell
Adding incremental hydroelectricity that is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to the definition of an eligible renewable resource for the purposes of chapter 19.285 RCW.
Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resource" for purposes of the energy independence act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5413
by Senators Eide, Fain, Litzow, Chase, Hobbs, Conway, Delvin, Roach, Keiser, and Sheldon
Expanding metal theft provisions.
Expands metal theft provisions relating to costs to repair physical damage, penalties, and seizure and forfeiture.Requires the sheriff of each county to issue a nonferrous metal permit to applicants who have met certain requirements.Prohibits a scrap metal business from entering into a transaction for nonferrous metal material with a person who does not have a nonferrous metal permit.Establishes the Washington wire theft task force to investigate and prosecute wire theft.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5414
by Senators Schlicher, Becker, Bailey, and Keiser; by request of Department of Health
Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure.
Revises allopathic physician licensure provisions.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5415
by Senators Schlicher, Becker, Bailey, and Keiser; by request of Department of Health
Updating and aligning with federal requirements hospital health care-associated infection rate reporting.
Updates and aligns hospital health care-associated infection rate reporting with federal requirements.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5416
by Senators Bailey, Schlicher, Becker, and Keiser; by request of Department of Health
Concerning prescription information.
Revises requirements for electronic communication of prescription information.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5417
by Senators Mullet, Fain, Hasegawa, and Roach
Concerning the annexation of unincorporated territory within a code city.
Revises annexation provisions with regard to unincorporated territory within a code city.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5418
by Senators Bailey, McAuliffe, Shin, Chase, and Harper
Concerning county property tax levies.
Addresses county property tax levies.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5419
by Senators Benton, Shin, and Roach
Increasing the cap on small loans.
Changes the number of loans, from eight to twelve, that a borrower is allowed to receive.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5420
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Murray, McAuliffe, Fraser, Ranker, Rolfes, Kline, Conway, and Chase
Creating a two-year freeze on tuition rates at four-year institutions of higher education.
Freezes tuition increases for resident undergraduate students for the 2013-2015 biennium, provided that no less than two hundred twenty-five million dollars is appropriated and proportionally divided among the six public baccalaureate institutions of higher education.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5421
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Murray, McAuliffe, Fraser, Ranker, Kline, Conway, and Chase
Changing enrollment forecasts and budgeting for institutions of higher education.
Finds that there is increasing demand for postsecondary educational opportunities for citizens of the state.Declares that the policy of the state is to: (1) Improve the access to and the quality of this state's postsecondary educational system; and(2) Provide a level of fiscal commitment to the postsecondary educational system commensurate with the responsibility of the state to the educational and professional improvement of its citizens and work force.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |