Bills introduced in the Washington State Legislature - 1/12/2011 - House introduces 34 new bills and two resolutions; Senate introduces 32.
POSTED ON JANUARY 13, 2011
Please note that the following legislative actions have been taken.
House Bill 1095 (Regarding property taxes for lands managed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife)Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, allows counties to reduce or eliminate tax payments on lands owned by the Department of Fish and Wildlife on which the Department maintains private grazing leases. This act also requires the Department to pay property taxes on lands not used in private grazing leases, including lands transferred to the Department from other state agencies. http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122551
House Bill 1096 (Concerning health care financing)Introduced by Rep. Sherry Appleton, (D-Poulsbo) (D) on January 12, 2011, abolishes the Health Care Authority and creates the Washington Health Security Trust. The Trust will be governed by a board of nine members, all of whom will be initially appointed by the Governor by December 31, 2011. Members of the board cannot have any financial interest in any business subject to regulation by the board. The board will manage the state’s public health care program, maintaining a single funding source for state health care. This act also requires self-employed and nonemployed individuals to pay monthly premiums to the Department of Revenue. Trust and reserve accounts for various purposes are also created by diverting portions of current tax revenues, like those from alcohol and tobacco sales. http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122552
House Bill 1097 (Changing offender registration periods for crimes committed by juveniles)Introduced in the House on January 12, 2011, modifies the registration requirements, including registering as a sex offender, for a person who commits certain felonies while under the age of eighteen. The duty to register ends after a certain amount of time passes after release from confinement, or a shorter amount of time passes after sentencing for anything less than confinement if no new offense is committed. http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122553
House Bill 1098 (Limiting the use of automated traffic safety cameras)Introduced by Rep. Christopher Hurst, (D-Enumclaw) (D) on January 12, 2011, modifies current pilot programs for traffic safety cameras. This act requires local government entities to make provisions in their ordinances for a maximum number of cameras and to put the proposed ordinance to a public vote. No changes may be made to the ordinances without voter approval. This act also clarifies that infractions of such ordinances are simply infractions and not part of a driver’s official driving record and cannot be made available to the driver’s insurance company or employer. http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122555
House Bill 1099 (Limiting the use of automated traffic safety cameras) Introduced by Rep. Christopher Hurst, (D-Enumclaw) (D) on January 12, 2011, modifies current pilot programs for traffic safety cameras. This act requires local government entities to make provisions in their ordinances for a maximum number of cameras and to put the proposed ordinance to a public vote. No changes may be made to the ordinances without voter approval. This act also clarifies that infractions of such ordinances are simply infractions and not part of a driver’s official driving record and cannot be made available to the driver’s insurance company or employer.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122556
House Bill 1100 (Clarifying the law concerning medical marijuana use)
Introduced by Rep. Jim Moeller, (D-Vancouver) (D) on January 12, 2011, to amend and clarify the law on the medical use of cannabis (marijuana) so that qualifying patients and designated providers who comply with thelaw will not be subject to arrest or prosecution, other criminal sanctions, or civil consequences based solely on their medical use of cannabis; and that patients will have access to an adequate, safe, consistent, and secure source of medical quality marijuana. The bill defines, and clarifies the provisions related to prescribing, selling, and using medical marijuana. (Companion: SB 5073).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122557
House Bill 1101 (Providing patients with information on options for breast reconstruction) Introduced by Rep. Jim Moeller, (D-Vancouver) (D) on January 12, 2011, requires medical facilities to provide patients information about various breast reconstruction options following a mastectomy, lymph node dissection, or lumpectomy, including risks and benefits of each option.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122558
House Bill 1102 (Concerning landowner liability associated with forest roads)
Introduced by Rep. Brian Blake, (D-Aberdeen) (D) on January 12, 2011, relieves private landowners of liability for physical constructions used to block access to certain areas on forest roads.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122559
House Bill 1103 (Modifying the use of television viewers in motor vehicles)
Introduced by Rep. Dan Kristiansen, (R-Snohomish) (R) on January 12, 2011, prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while a television monitor in view of the driver is in use.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122560
House Bill 1104 (Providing for the protection of vulnerable adults)
Introduced by Rep. Jim Moeller, (D-Vancouver) (D) on January 12, 2011, to expand and clarify the definitions of "vulnerable adult" and "financial exploitation," to include various acts such as accepting payment for servvices not provided; inducing a person to make gifts or bequests , or solicting gofts, loans or use of property. The bill also authorizes the department of social and health services to share certain reports with federal, state or local agencies and tribes, and authorizes the department of social and health services' adult protective services division to enter into agreements with federally recognized tribes to investigate reports of abuse. (Companion: SB 5042).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122561
House Bill 1105 (Providing child fatality review in child welfare cases) Introduced by Rep. Ruth Kagi, (D-Lake Forest Park) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide for child fatalilty review in cases where a fatality is suspected to be caused by child abuse or neglect. The bill authorizes the secretary of the department of social and health services to examine and obtain copies of reports and records of autopsies or post mortems in child fatality review cases and requires the department to consult with the office of the family and children's ombudsman to determine if a child fatality review is required. It also authorizes the department to conduct a review of a near fatality at its discretion and makes a child fatality review subject to public disclosure. (Companion: SB 5043).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122562
House Bill 1106 (Authorizing disposal of property within the Seashore Conservation Area to resolve boundary disputes) Introduced by Rep. Dean Takko, (D-Longview) (D) on January 12, 2011, allows the Parks and Recreation Commission to dispose of land, less than five contiguous acres in area, without public auction to resolve trespass issues, property ownership disputes, and boundary adjustments with adjacent property owners. The disposal of such property must be for fair market value, in the best interest of the state, and with the Governor’s consent. Proceeds will be used to purchase property in Seashore Conservation Areas.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122563
House Bill 1107 (Concerning diseases carried by wolf populations) Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Health, and the State Veterinarian to develop a program to address the diseases carried by wolves that could impact human health care in the state. The program will include reporting, alerts, and public outreach. The Department of Health must fund the program through grants without any money from the general fund.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122564
House Bill 1108 (Concerning the state's management of wolves)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, declares null and void any current conservation plans regarding gray wolves, including any between the State and the United States. This act declares that Washington no longer recognizes gray wolves as a protected species. This act requires that any future wolf management plans be approved by the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the chair of the appropriate committee in the House and the Senate, the State Veterinarian, the Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Director of the Department of Agriculture. This act also requires certain conditions be met prior to any conservation agreements are entered into for the gray wolves.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122565
House Bill 1109 (Concerning legislative review of gray wolf conservation and management)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires that the legislature accept or reject in its entirety the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s final environmental impact statement and the gray wolf conservation and management. If rejected, the Department must reconvene the wolf working group and submit a new plan by the following legislative session.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122566
House Bill 1110 (Requiring certain state agencies to coordinate their land management with local governments)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Department of Natural Resources to coordinate with local governments in management of state-owned lands.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122567
House Bill 1111 (Addressing federal and state government coordination with local governments)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires the state and federal government coordinate with counties, cities, towns, and specially created districts when enforcing, implementing or expanding laws within those local jurisdictions that are more restrictive than existing ordinances. This act also requires the state and federal government to act in good faith and provides remedies for affected jurisdictions with consent of the appropriate local government’s executive body.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122568
House Bill 1112 (Concerning hunter education)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, modifies current law to require persons under the age of twenty-one, rather than eighteen, to complete a hunter education course before purchasing a hunting license.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122569
House Bill 1113 (Modifying provisions relating to prior offenses for classifying certain driving felonies)
Introduced by Rep. Christine Rolfes, (D-Bainbridge Island) (D) on January 12, 2011, changes current law to include any similar prior offenses from other state or tribal jurisdictions when determining the classification of the current charges of driving under the influence or exercising control of a vehicle while under the influence. Any prior convictions automatically make the current charge a Class C felony. This act removes the ten-year window for relevant prior offenses.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122570
House Bill 1114 (Concerning adoption decrees for children adopted in foreign countries)
Introduced by Rep. Christine Rolfes, (D-Bainbridge Island) (D) on January 12, 2011, allows adoptive parents to refinalize adoptions in state courts that were completed in other countries. This act requires that at least one adoptive parent be a citizen of the State and the child to have been transported into the State after the adoption was finalized in a foreign jurisdiction.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122571
House Bill 1115 (Authorizing immediate salary reductions for state officials when there is a general salary reduction for state employees)
Introduced by Rep. Gary Alexander, (R-Olympia) (R) on January 12, 2011, directs the Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials to adjust salaries for all state-elected officials when the current budget includes a salary reduction for state employees. This act is contingent upon voter approval of a constitutional amendment to allow the salary adjustments for elected officials.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122572
House Bill 1116 (Concerning alcohol sales in state liquor stores and contract liquor stores)
Introduced by Rep. Gary Alexander, (R-Olympia) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires the Liquor Control Board to convert twenty percent of state liquor stores to contract liquor stores between September 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013. Additionally, this act requires the Board to convert ten state liquor stores to contract liquor stores, as a pilot program, between September 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. The Board must study the efficiency of contracting out liquor sales and report back to the legislature by December 31, 2013. In cities, towns, and communities in which no state liquor store is currently located, the Board must allow certain grocery stores to provide contract liquor sales.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122573
House Bill 1117 (Regarding the relinquishment of water rights)
Introduced by Rep. David Taylor, (R-Moxee) (R) on January 12, 2011, modifies current law regarding water rights by abolishing the concept of relinquishment in state law and relying on principles of abandonment. Relinquishment is a statutory provision to terminate water rights if they are not used continuously within a certain period of time. This concept does not account for those who wish to conserve water for a future use by forcing water rights’ holders to use water they may otherwise choose to conserve. Alternatively, abandonment occurs with discontinued use or waiver of the water right.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122574
House Bill 1118 (Developing training for manufactured housing community managers)
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Morris, (D-Mt. Vernon) (D) on January 12, 2011, establishes a program for managers of manufactured housing communities, a qualifying certificate, and annual certificate renewal. This act takes effect on January 2, 2012, or six months after the approval of a training curriculum by an advisory council, whichever occurs later.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122575
House Bill 1119 (Privatizing the management of the State ferry system)
Introduced by Rep. Jeff Morris, (D-Mt. Vernon) (D) on January 12, 2011, requires privatization of the management functions of the State’s ferry system by June 30, 2012, through a competitive bidding process.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122576
House Bill 1120 (Delaying the implementation of the Family Leave Insurance program)
Introduced by Rep. Mike Sells, (D-Everett) (D) on January 12, 2011, delays the implementation of the Family Leave Insurance program subject to availability of funds. This act allows the Director of Labor and Industries to lend money from the Supplemental Pension Fund to the Family Leave Insurance Account prior to July 1, 2014.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122577
House Bill 1121 (Prohibiting public funds for being used to provide purchases by offenders who are incarcerated)
Introduced by Rep. Kirk Pearson, (R-Monroe) (R) on January 12, 2011, prohibits public funds from being used by incarcerated offenders for the purchase personal goods at a store located in a correctional facility.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122578
House Bill 1123 (Modifying sentencing or imposition of conditions for certain sex crimes)
Introduced by Rep. Zack Hudgins, (D-Tukwila) (D) on January 12, 2011, modifies conditions placed on persons convicted of prostitution or a related offense, including that the offender not be subsequently arrested for a similar crime and that the offender not travel in designated areas unless it is necessary for legitimate employment or travel to/from the offender’s residence. An offender may be arrested for travelling in areas designated as high prostitution areas, which must be clearly marked by local government. The new violation is a misdemeanor.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122580
House Bill 1124 (Establishing seasons for hunting cougars with the aid of dogs)
Introduced by Rep. Brian Blake, (D-Aberdeen) (D) on January 12, 2011, directs the Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish rules and a season for hunting cougars with the aid of dogs. This act also removes conditions on the use of dogs in cougar hunting only as a last resort and solely for the purpose of protecting livestock, although the Commission may impose conditions in its rules.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122581
House Bill 1125 (Recognizing hydroelectric generation as a renewable energy resource)
Introduced by Rep. Larry Haler, (R-Richland) (R) on January 12, 2011, modifies state law to recognize hydroelectric generation as a renewable energy resource, so long as it is with freshwater and was in production prior to March 31, 1999.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122582
House Bill 1126 (Concerning criminal street gangs)
Introduced by Rep. Charles Ross, (R-Naches) (R) on January 12, 2011, authorizes the Department of Social and Health Services to establish a grant program available to local entities to curb involvement in and reduce harmful effects from criminal street gangs. This act makes ineligible for deferred dispositions juveniles who are charged with a firearm offense that is determined to be related to gang activity. This act creates a new Class C felony of criminal gang intimidation for one who threatens another with bodily injury because the person attempts to withdraw from or refuses to join a gang. This act also allows judges to impose stronger sentences and/or additional conditions on those convicted of gang-related offenses.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122583
House Bill 1127 (Addressing bargaining with certified exclusive bargaining representatives)
Introduced in the House on January 12, 2011, requires that bargaining units be consolidated when the employer and exclusive bargaining representative agree to the consolidation. This bill also adds to the list of unfair labor practices the refusal of an employer to bargain with the certified exclusive bargaining representative, and the attempt to bargain with anyone not authorized to bargain by the certified exclusive bargaining representative.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122584
House Bill 1128 (Providing for extended foster care)
Introduced by Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, (D-Edmonds) (D) on January 12, 2011, modifies current law for extended foster care. Current law provides foster care for children up to the age of twenty-one. This act limits extended foster care services for children ages eighteen and nineteen, and for children between nineteen and twenty-one as funding allows.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122585
House Bill 1129 (Including a bicycle and pedestrian traffic safety curriculum in certain traffic schools and safety courses)
Introduced by Rep. Brad Klippert, (R-Kennewick) (R) on January 12, 2011, requires traffic safety schools and traffic safety courses to include in their instruction a minimum of thirty minutes on bicycle and pedestrian safety.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122586
House Joint Resolution 4201 (Amending the state constitution to allow for a reduction in salaries for elected officials)
Introduced by Rep. Gary Alexander, (R-Olympia) (R) on January 12, 2011, proposes a constitutional amendment which would allow for a reduction in the salaries of elected officials when the current budget includes a reduction in salaries for state employees. The salary reductions will not be subject to referendum.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122587
House Joint Resolution 4202 (Amending the state Constitution to require that hydroelectric generation be recognized as a renewable resource)
Introduced by Rep. Larry Haler, (R-Richland) (R) on January 12, 2011, proposes a constitutional amendment which would recognize hydroelectric generation as a renewable resource.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122588
Senate Bill 5044 (Changing the tax preference review process)
Introduced by Sen. Phil Rockefeller, (D-Kitsap County) (D) on January 12, 2011, to change the tax preference review process for the citizen
commission for performance measurement of tax preferences and
the joint legislative audit and review committee. The bill changes the criteria for the order in which tax prederences are reviewed to include factors such as grouping preferences, and it provides for an expedited process for all tax preferences, not just those with an impact of ten million dollars or less per biennium.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122589
Senate Bill 5045 (Correcting gender-based terms)
Introduced by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to update gender references throughout the revised code of Washington, such as changing “chairman” to “chair,” and “his” to “his or her”.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122590
Senate Bill 5046 (Adding court-related employees to the assault in the third degree statute)
Introduced by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide that a person is guilty of assault in the third degree if that person assaults a judicial officer, court-related employee, county clerk, or county clerk's employee, while performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault .The definition of "court-related employee" includes bailiffs, court reporters, judicial assistants, court managers, court managers' employees, and any other employee who is engaged in equivalent functions.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122591
Senate Bill 5047 (Prohibiting requests for waivers of rights of residents of long-term care facilities)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to prohibit a long-term care or nursing facility from requiring or requesting residents to sign waivers of any rights set forth in the vulnerable adults statute without prior advice from the resident's attorney.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122592
Senate Bill 5048 (Prohibiting the collection of protected information)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to create the “Washington enhanced intelligence act,” which rohibits a state, local, or county law enforcement agency from collecting or maintaining protected information about an individual or group unless the information directly relates to criminal conduct or activity. It also requires equires state, local, and county law enforcementagencies to adopt a privacy policy for protected information and to ensure that all employees are properly trained in this policy. The attorney general is required to conduct unscheduled audits of state, local, and county law enforcement records.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122593
Senate Bill 5049 (Implementing recommendations of the sunshine committee)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, implements recommendations of the sunshine committee relating to public inspection and copying of background information records. Examples include allowing car pool participants concerned about personal safety to request that their information not be released to individuals they identify. It also provides that applications for the highest management position in a public agency, county, or local government department with confidential reference information removed or redacted is not exempt from inspection and copying.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122594
Senate Bill 5050 (Changing interest accrual payments for residential landlord/tenant security deposits)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to require interest accrued on trust account deposits from residential tenant security deposits to be deposited monthly in the “affordable housing for all“account. Current law entitles landlords to the accrued interest earned on these deposits.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122595
Senate Bill 5051 (Requiring public notice of proposed settlements of environmental and public health enforcement actions)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to require public notice of a proposed settlement at least thirty days before approval of the settlement in any civil enforcement action involving an alleged violation or threatened violation of an environmental law or public health law or permit.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122596
Senate Bill 5052 (Licensing court reporting firms or agencies)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, requires private court reporting firms or agencies doing business in the state to be licensed and to comply with all rules and regulations pertaining to certified court reporters. The bill also authorizes the director of the department of licensing to impose a civil penalty for a violation of the court reporting practice act.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122597
Senate Bill 5053 (Allowing community custody after fifteen years of prison for persistent offenders)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide for exceptions to the requirement that certain persistent offender be sentenced to life imprisonment. The bill allows persisten offenders to be sentenced to community custody after a minimum fifteen-year prison sentence if none of the offender's convictions used as a basis for the finding that the offender was a persistent offender is a class A felony or sex offense, or a deadly weapons verdict.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122598
Senate Bill 5054 (Disclosure of legal proceedings involving public hazards)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide for disclosure of legal proceedings in cases involving public hazards with an intended presumption against sealing of court documents. "Public hazard" means a condition of a product that has cause, ro could be expected to cause serious harm to a person unaware of the condition. The bill is intended to assure that consumers are aware of public hazards, despite settlements of lawsuits that often include a confidentiality provision.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122599
Senate Bill 5055 (Regulating notice of appointment of a personal representative in probate proceedings)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to require the personal representative of an estate to file an affidavit concerning his/her appointment in the probate cause and to mail a copy of the affidavit to the state of Washington department of social and health services division of child support.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122600
Senate Bill 5056 (Risk assessment in bail and pretrial release practices)
Introduced by Sen. Adam Kline, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to require the Washington state institute for public policy to develop and validate a pretrial risk assessment tool to measure the likelihood that a defendant will fail to appear in court as required. Superior courts and courts of limited jurisdiction are provided access to the risk assessment tool developed by the Washington state institute for public policy and used by the department of corrections to assist judges in the pretrial release and detention process.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122601
Senate Bill 5057 (Revising accounting rules for payments made by trustees of estates)
Introduced by Sen. Cheryl Pflug, (R-Maple Valley) (R) on January 12, 2011, to make revisions in accounting rules for estates as to how income taxes paid by a trustee are allocated. The bill provides that income taxes paid must be charged to income and other expenditures proportionally to income and principal to the extent that receipts from the entity are allocated to both income and principal, regardless of whether they were paid out of income.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122602
Senate Bill 5058 (Modifying receiverships)
Introduced by Sen. Cheryl Pflug, (R-Maple Valley) (R) on January 12, 2011, to provide that a receiver is appointed after commencement of a judicial or non judicial action on foreclosure, and to clarify the definition of foreclosure and forfeiture actions.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122603
Senate Bill 5059 (Providing insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders)
Introduced by Sen. Ed Murray, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to extend insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders, which are defined as any of the pervasive developmental disorders as included in the most recent edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, including autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. The bill requires every health plan offered to the public to include coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122604
Senate Bill 5060 (Making mail theft a state crime)
Introduced by Sen. Michael Carrell, (R-Lakewood) (R) on January 12, 2011, to create the crimes of theft of mail and possession of stolen mail in recognition of the seriousness of taking personal, medical, or financial identifying information and compromising the integrity of our mail system. Theft of, or possession of stolen mail is a Class C felony. (Companion: HB 1154).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122605
Senate Bill 5061 (Reconciling changes made to vehicle and vessel provisions during the 2010 legislative session)
Introduced by Sen. Dan Swecker, (R-Rochester) (R) on January 12, 2011, to make technical changes, and reconcile and conform amendments to vehicle and vessel registration and title statutes passed during the 2010 legislative session.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122606
Senate Bill 5062 (Providing agencies notice of a dispute under the public records act)
Introduced by Sen. Craig Pridemore, (D-Vancouver) (D) on January 12, 2011, to give a public agency with an opportunity to correct an error and provide a public record that may have been previously withheld or not located. The bill is intended to reduce the loss of public funds by the assessment of penalties. (Companion: HB 1139).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122607
Senate Bill 5063 (Authorizing motorcycles to display special license plates)
Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2011, to allow motorcycles to display a special license plate by changing statutory language from “passenger” vehicles to “motor” vehicles that are required to display one or two plates.. Special license plates in existing language include purple heart recipients, Pearl Harbor survivors and other commemorative occasions.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122608
Senate Bill 5064 (Changing membership provisions of the Washington citizens' commission on salaries)
Introduced by Sen. Sharon Nelson, (D-Vashon) (D) on January 12, 2011, to revise provisions regarding membership of the citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials to accommodate the possible creation of an additional congressional district. The bill also clarifies that parents spouses or domestic partners who live in the home of an ineligible person may not serve on the commission. A member from a newly created congressional district must be selected within ninety days of the creation of the district.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122609
Senate Bill 5065 (Preventing animal cruelty)
Introduced by Sen. Michael Carrell, (R-Lakewood) (R) on January 12, 2011, to revises animal cruelty provisions by expanding the definition of necessary food and water and shelter to more closely meet the needs of and sustain animals. The bill prohibits violators not just from owning specified animals, but from living with them. It also imposes a fine of one-thousand dollars for the first violation, and two-thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation. Subsequent violations are a gross misdemeanor. (Companion: HB 1147).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122610
Senate Bill 5066 (Streamlining contractor appeals)
Introduced by Sen. Steve Conway, (D-Tacoma) (D) on January 12, 2011, to streamline provisions relating to unregistered contractors'
defaults in payment and notices of infractions. The bill provides that nitification of an infraction also constitutes a notice of assessment, which becomes final after twenty days instead of thirty. It also combines a notice of garnishment with an order to withhold and deliver wages. (Companion: HB 1055)
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http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122611
Senate Bill 5067 (Changing mailing requirements for the department of labor and industries)
Introduced by Sen. Karen Keiser, (D-Kent) (D) on January 12, 2011, to change requirements for mailing notices by the department of labor from “certified or registered mail” to using any method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed. (Companion: HB 1056).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122612
Senate Bill 5068 (Modifying the abatement of violations of the industrial safety and health act during an appeal)
Introduced by Sen. Steve Conway, (D-Tacoma) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide that an appeal of any violation classified and cited as serious, willful, repeated, or failure to abate does not stay abatement dates and requirements, except that an employer may file a motion within fifteen working days from receipt of a citation to the board of industrial insurance appeals to stay abatement .The board of industrial insurance appeals must develop a process for conducting expedited review and shall issue a final decision
within forty-five working days following receipt of the employer's motion.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122613
Senate Bill 5069 (Creating the farm labor account)
Introduced by Sen. Margarita Prentice, (D-Renton) (D) on January 12, 2011, to create a dedicated Farm Labor Account in the state treasury. All receipts from farm labor licenses, surety bonds, penalties, or donations are to be deposited in this account and are subject to appropriation. Expenditures may only be used for the purpose of administering the Farm Labor Contractor Licensing program. Previously, such payments have simply been deposited in a bank account. (Companion: HB 1057).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122614
Senate Bill 5070 (Regarding records requests in prevailing wage investigations)
Introduced by Sen. Steve Conway, (D-Tacoma) (D) on January 12, 2011, to prohibit employers, contractors, or subcontractors from using prevailing wage records in a proceeding to challenge a department of labor and industries’determination, if they have failed to provide requested records or allow adequate inspection of records within thirty days of the department’s request. (Companion: HB 1058).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122616
Senate Bill 5071 (Providing licensed midwives online access to the UW health services library)
Introduced by Sen. Ed Murray, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide licensed midwives online access to the University of Washington health sciences library by including them in the list of providers who may be charged an additional licensure fee of twenty-five dollars, to be transferred to the University of Washington.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122617
Senate Bill 5072 (Authorizing the department of agriculture to accept and expend gifts)
Introduced by Sen. Brian Hatfield, (D-Raymond) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide that the director of the department of the department of agriculture may accept, expend, and retain gifts, grants, bequests, or contributions from public or private sources to carry out the purposes and programs of the department.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122619
Senate Bill 5073 (Clarifying the law concerning medical marijuana use)
Introduced by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to amend and clarify the law on the medical use of cannabis (marijuana) so that qualifying patients and designated providers who comply with thelaw will not be subject to arrest or prosecution, other criminal sanctions, or civil consequences based solely on their medical use of cannabis; and that patients will have access to an adequate, safe, consistent, and secure source of medical quality marijuana. The bill defines, and clarifies the provisions related to prescribing, selling, and using medical marijuana. (Companion: HB 1100).
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122621
Senate Bill 5074 (Regulating body art, body piercing, and tattooing)
Introduced by Sen. Ed Murray, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 12, 2011, to revise body art, body piercing, and tattooing provisions relating to license cancellation; license suspension for nonpayment or default on certain educational loans and scholarships; and individual operator and location licenses.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122624
Senate Bill 5075 (Delaying the expiration of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account)
Introduced by Sen. Joe Fain, (R - Auburn) (R) on January 12, 2011, to move the expiration date of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account and its revenue source from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2016. The bill takes effect on June 29, 2011.
http://www.washingtonvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=122625
Senate Bill 5076 (Providing subpoena authority to the department of financial institutions)
Introduced by Sen. Steve Hobbs, (D-Lake Stevens) (D) on January 12, 2011, to provide a process for the department to apply for court approval of an agency investigative subpoena that is authorized under law in cases when the agency seeks approval, or when court approval is required by Article I, section 7 of the state Constitution. The department may apply for and obtain a superior court order approving and authorizing a subpoena in advance of its issuance. The application must adequately specify the documents, records, evidence, or testimony sought and must include a declaration made under oath that an investigation is being conducted for a lawful purpose. (Companion: HB 1039)