 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 25 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, February 17, 2014 | 36th Day - 2014 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=2014.
HB 1005-S3
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Wylie, Reykdal, Appleton, Ryu, Morrell, McCoy, Seaquist, Moscoso, Hudgins, Ormsby, and Pollet)
Requiring certain campaign reports to be filed electronically.
Requires certain agencies, lobbyists, and lobbyists' employers to file reports required by the fair campaign practices act electronically over the internet as provided by the public disclosure commission.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 12 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 28 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 1040-S3
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko and Upthegrove)
Concerning real property valuation notices.
Revises real property valuation notice requirements.
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 1 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 26 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 27 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 11 | FIN - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1210-S2
by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Fey, Upthegrove, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Jinkins, and Ryu)
Expanding the membership of the capital projects advisory review board.
Changes the composition of the capital projects advisory review board.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing, executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 25 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 28 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:30 AM. | |
| Feb 10 | CB - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1437-S3
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Blake, Haigh, Orcutt, Lytton, Van De Wege, and Zeiger)
Concerning small farms under the current use property tax program for farm and agricultural lands.
Requires the state conservation commission and the office of farmland preservation, in coordination with the department of revenue, to conduct a study to evaluate and make recommendations on improving the viability of small farms under the current use program and extending current use valuation for home sites for small farms.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 14 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 28 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Apr 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | FIN - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1820-S
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, and Hurst)
Determining average salary for the pension purposes of state and local government employees as certified by their employer.
Addresses average salary, for pension purposes of state and local government employees, as certified by their employer.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 1888-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Shea, Hurst, Condotta, Holy, Taylor, and Overstreet)
Regarding industrial hemp.
Permits the development of an industrial hemp industry and ensures that production of industrial hemp is in compliance with state law.Requires the director of the department of agriculture to charge a fee for each license granted to an industrial hemp grower.Authorizes Washington State University to undertake research of industrial hemp production in the state after receiving a license to grow hemp.Creates the industrial hemp account.
| Feb 21 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 8:30 AM. | |
| Apr 4 | Public hearing in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2070-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives O'Ban, Clibborn, and Zeiger)
Concerning Washington state department of transportation projects.
Creates an expedited environmental review and approval process for transportation projects that require preparation of an environmental impact statement under the national environmental policy act and requires the department of transportation to use the process.Requires certain state and local agencies to provide technical assistance to the department of transportation on accomplishing the project review and coordination activities.Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Streamline the permitting process;(2) Continue its efforts to improve training and compliance;(3) Use available technologies to minimize permit delays for, inform and interact with interested parties regarding, and optimize the effectiveness of proposed compensatory mitigation projects; and(4) Consult with the department of fish and wildlife, appropriate local government, and interested tribes to prioritize fish passage barriers that maximize the value of investment; correct multiple fish passage barriers in whole streams rather than through individual, isolated projects; and maximize habitat recovery through coordination.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2149-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Carlyle, Johnson, Jinkins, Morrell, and Santos)
Concerning medical marijuana.
Revises medical marijuana provisions.Changes the term "cannabis" to "marijuana."Requires the department of health to convene a work group of representatives of the medical quality assurance commission, the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the nursing care quality assurance committee, the board of naturopathy, and an association representing physicians to develop practice guidelines for health care professionals to consider when authorizing the medical use of marijuana for patients and consider appropriate training and practice standards for employees of a licensed marijuana retailer that holds a medical marijuana endorsement.
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2160-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Pollet, Appleton, S. Hunt, Buys, Haler, Warnick, Pettigrew, Manweller, Goodman, Clibborn, Santos, Harris, and Kagi)
Allowing physical therapists to perform spinal manipulation.
Authorizes physical therapists to perform spinal manipulation only after being issued a spinal manipulation endorsement by the secretary of the department of health.Prohibits a physical therapist from advertising that he or she performs chiropractic adjustment, spinal adjustment, maintenance or wellness manipulation, or chiropractic care of any kind.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
HB 2163-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Harris, Haler, and Morrell)
Establishing dextromethorphan provisions.
Requires a person making a retail sale of a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan to require and obtain proof of age from the purchaser before completing the sale.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2192-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Smith, Hansen, Haler, Buys, Hayes, Parker, Short, Seaquist, Pike, Scott, Zeiger, Hargrove, Manweller, Holy, Magendanz, Vick, and Wilcox)
Promoting economic development through enhancing transparency and predictability of state agency permitting and review processes.
Requires certain agencies to: (1) Track and record the time it takes to make permitting decisions with regard to business permit applications; and(2) Prepare and submit to the office of regulatory assistance an inventory of all the permits that it issues.Requires the office of the chief information officer in consultation with the office of regulatory assistance, in order to ensure that agencies can post required information online with minimal expenditure of agency resources, to establish a central repository of this information, hosted on the office of regulatory assistance's web site.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2198-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Appleton, Cody, and Haigh)
Providing tax relief to qualifying patients for purchases of marijuana for medical use.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on usable marijuana and marijuana-infused products to qualifying patients and their designated provider.Expires July 1, 2024.
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 6:00 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2201-S
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Pollet, Jinkins, Tharinger, Ormsby, Walkinshaw, and Hudgins)
Improving fiscal accountability and transparency standards with respect to state tax preferences.
Establishes consistent standards for the collection of data to improve analysis of tax preferences and their benefits and public policy objective outcomes for taxpayers and relevant industries.Makes the information subject to public disclosure wherever possible to enable and improve lawmakers' and the public's understanding of the benefits and costs of tax preferences and ensures that the release of the information does not cause economic harm to taxpayers claiming the preferences.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2202-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Pollet, Bergquist, Hudgins, and Riccelli)
Concerning the establishment of an open data policy to facilitate sharing and publication of government data.
Requires the chief information officer to coordinate implementation and expansion of an open data portal to facilitate the sharing and publication of government data in an open format.Requires certain agencies to provide to the office of the chief information officer a proposed compliance plan which shall include a catalog of the agency's public data sets and a timeline for making each data set publicly available as open data in an open format.Encourages local governments and other branches of state government to prepare a catalog and timeline for publication of public data sets and submit the data to the office of the chief information officer for inclusion in the open data portal.Prohibits the office of the chief information officer from making changes to the source data of a public data set posted by an agency on the open data portal.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2306-S
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Morris, and Blake)
Concerning current use valuation for farm and agricultural land.
Requires the department of revenue, in consultation with an agricultural current use stakeholder group, to conduct a study to evaluate and make recommendations on improving the current use program for farm and agricultural lands, with an emphasis on the viability of small farms.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
HB 2368-S
by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Sawyer, Walsh, Gregerson, Jinkins, Orwall, Robinson, Bergquist, Reykdal, Hansen, Van De Wege, Goodman, Sullivan, S. Hunt, Pettigrew, Ryu, Kagi, Lytton, Tarleton, Freeman, Ormsby, Walkinshaw, Morrell, Pollet, Appleton, and Riccelli; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce)
Concerning a surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance.
Makes the forty-dollar surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance permanent beginning July 1, 2015.Prohibits the department of commerce from expending funds from the surcharge if it fails to comply with certain reporting requirements.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 31 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
| Feb 10 | APP - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
HB 2540-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Stonier, Morrell, Magendanz, Fey, Bergquist, Haigh, Freeman, and Lytton; by request of Governor Inslee)
Establishing career and technical course equivalencies in science and mathematics.
Requires establishment of a standardized set of career and technical course equivalents through a process that assures the courses are both rigorous and relevant for students.Offers high school students the opportunity to access career and technical education course equivalencies for mathematics and science.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2558
by Representatives Fey, Jinkins, and Freeman
Disposing tax foreclosed property to cities for affordable housing purposes.
Requires a county legislative authority to give notice to a city in which any tax foreclosed property is located within at least sixty days of acquiring the property and prohibits the county from disposing of the property at public auction or by private negotiation before giving the notice.Requires the notice to offer the city the opportunity to purchase the property, if certain conditions are met, for no more than the amount of the unpaid taxes, including any tax-deferral lien amounts, interest, penalties, and costs.Authorizes a county selling property to a city for affordable housing purposes to negotiate with the city to defer payment for any period that the city owns the property.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | CDHT - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| CDHT - Majority; do pass. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 7 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | Floor amendment(s) adopted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
HB 2580-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Tarleton, Haler, Fey, Wylie, Seaquist, Pollet, Ryu, and Carlyle)
Fostering economic resilience and development in Washington by supporting the maritime industry and other manufacturing sectors.
Creates a joint select legislative task force on the economic resilience of maritime and manufacturing in Washington.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 2nd substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
HB 2787
by Representative Ormsby
Concerning compensation of nursing and assisted living facilities, adult residential care, and enhanced adult residential care by health care service contractors.
Addresses the compensation by health care service contractors of nursing and assisted living facilities, adult residential care, and enhanced adult residential care.
| Feb 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5859-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, and Hargrove)
Providing enhanced payment to small rural hospitals that meet the criteria of a sole community hospital.
Increases payments for recipients eligible for certain medical assistance programs when services are provided by a rural hospital certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as a sole community hospital.
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 5872-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Hill)
Creating a state agency innovation and efficiency grant program.
Creates the state agency innovation and efficiency grant program to allow state agencies to compete for funds to implement projects that redesign service delivery processes that result in improved service at reduced state cost.Creates the state agency innovation and efficiency grant program account.
| Jun 10 | Public hearing, executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:00 PM. | |
| Jun 11 | Executive action scheduled, but the report on the motion to move the bill out of committee did not receive sufficient signatures. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 5958-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Hargrove, Rolfes, Mullet, Hasegawa, Chase, McCoy, Fraser, Kline, Fain, Hill, Keiser, King, and Rivers)
Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish interagency agreements with the department of social and health services, the department of services for the blind, and other state agencies that provide high school transition services for special education students.Requires the education data center to monitor certain outcomes for individualized education plan eligible special education students after high school graduation.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6016-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Keiser, Cleveland, Tom, Kline, and McAuliffe)
Concerning the grace period for enrollees of the Washington health benefit exchange.
Requires the state health benefit exchange to provide electronic notification to the qualified health plan before the sixth of the month indicating an enrollee has not paid a premium.Requires an issuer of a qualified health plan to, under certain circumstances, provide a notice to a health care provider or health care facility that an enrollee is in a grace period.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| 1st substitute bill substituted. | ||
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
SB 6042-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Baumgartner, Brown, and Schoesler)
Establishing an incentive-based methodology of distributing state appropriations to public four-year institutions of higher education.
Creates an initial state funding enhancement equal to no less than twenty-five million dollars for distribution to the public four-year institutions of higher education for the purposes of incentive funding.Eliminates an accountability monitoring and reporting system for long-term performance goals.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6049-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Angel, Baumgartner, Benton, Brown, Rolfes, Rivers, Bailey, King, Padden, Becker, Honeyford, Roach, Sheldon, Dammeier, Parlette, and Conway)
Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans.
Provides employers with a credit against the business and occupation tax or public utility tax for hiring unemployed veterans.Expires July 1, 2023.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6052-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Hargrove, Schoesler, Sheldon, Brown, Rivers, Pearson, and Angel)
Concerning habitat and recreation land acquisitions.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Before acquiring real property for purposes of wildlife areas, water access sites, or other habitat or recreation purposes, submit certain information to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives, the office of financial management, and the recreation and conservation office; and(2) Before acquiring or developing real property, review the proposed acquisition or development project with the city or county with jurisdiction.Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Before acquiring real property for purposes of a natural area preserve, natural resources conservation area, community forest trust, or other habitat or recreation purposes, submit certain information to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives, the office of financial management, and the recreation and conservation office; and(2) Before acquiring or developing real property that is currently or to be managed as a natural area preserve, natural resources conservation area, community forest trust, or for other habitat or recreation purposes, review the proposed acquisition or development project with the city or county with jurisdiction.Requires the parks and recreation commission to: (1) Before acquiring real property, submit certain information to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives, the office of financial management, and the recreation and conservation office; and(2) Before acquiring or developing real property, review the proposed acquisition or development project with the city or county with jurisdiction.Expands required documentation for a capital appropriation requested for a state agency for certain acquisitions of land or certain capital improvements of land.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a study of the department of fish and wildlife, the department of natural resources, and the parks and recreation commission to evaluate agency compliance in implementing the requirements of this act.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6057-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Chase, Rivers, King, Angel, Bailey, Becker, Honeyford, Conway, Hatfield, Kline, and Roach)
Concerning tax credits for hiring individuals with developmental disabilities.
Provides employers with a business and occupation tax credit for hiring an individual with a developmental disability.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6096-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson, McCoy, Brown, and Roach)
Providing for property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in targeted urban areas.
Provides property tax exemptions to encourage new manufacturing and industrial uses on undeveloped or underutilized lands zoned for industrial and manufacturing uses in targeted urban areas.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 14 | 2nd substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 6121-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier, Ranker, and Eide)
Concerning the calculation and allocation of appropriations for alternative learning experience courses.
Authorizes the office of the superintendent of public instruction, for students enrolled in an approved alternative learning experience course in career and technical education besides online courses, to determine that the course requires specialized equipment or training to offer that justifies an enhanced funding allocation rate.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6126-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Darneille, Becker, Tom, Fraser, Pedersen, Kline, Pearson, Kohl-Welles, Braun, and Frockt)
Concerning representation of children in dependency matters.
Requires the court to appoint an attorney for a child in a dependency proceeding within seventy-two hours of granting a petition to terminate the parent and child relationship.Authorizes the state, if certain conditions are met, to pay up to one-half of the costs of legal services provided by the attorney.Requires the office of civil legal aid to administer money appropriated by the legislature for legal services provided by the attorney.Encourages counties to set caseloads as low as possible and account for the individual needs of the children in care.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6163-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Billig, Litzow, Frockt, Dammeier, McAuliffe, Rolfes, King, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser)
Concerning expanded learning opportunities.
Creates the expanded learning opportunities council to advise the governor, the legislature, and the superintendent of public instruction regarding an expanded learning opportunities system, with particular attention paid to solutions to summer learning loss.Requires the council to provide a report to the governor and the legislature that includes recommendations for a framework and action plan for a pilot program which will provide state funding for three years for twenty additional student learning days for up to ten schools.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 14 | 2nd substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 6192-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson, Brown, O'Ban, and Roach)
Requiring the department of corrections to supervise domestic violence offenders who have a conviction and were sentenced for a domestic violence felony offense that was plead and proven.
Addresses the supervision of domestic violence offenders by the department of corrections.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6214-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Hasegawa, Hewitt, and Chase)
Concerning industrial hemp production.
Provides that industrial hemp is an agricultural product that may be grown, produced, possessed, and commercially traded in this state.Requires Washington State University, subject to funding, to study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in this state.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6237-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, and Hobbs)
Concerning license issuance fees imposed on former contract liquor stores.
Addresses the payment of license issuance fees imposed on licensees who are owners of former contract liquor stores.
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6479-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Frockt, Fain, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Rivers, and Kline)
Providing caregivers authority to allow children placed in their care to participate in normal childhood activities based on a reasonable and prudent parent standard.
Authorizes caregivers to provide or withhold permission, without prior approval of the caseworker, the department of social and health services, or the court, to allow a child in their care who is at least twelve years old to participate in normal childhood activities based on a reasonable and prudent parent standard.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 6:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 11 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 6552-S2
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rolfes, Dammeier, Litzow, Rivers, Tom, Fain, Hill, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, McAuliffe, and Cleveland)
Improving student success by modifying instructional hour and graduation requirements.
Modifies instructional hour and graduation requirements.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| 2nd substitute bill substituted. | ||
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||