| AIA Washington Council | Weekly Report |
| Prepared by: AIA Washington Council | Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| AIA Washington Council |
| This is a bill tracking list used by the AIA Washington Council to monitor Washington state legislation. The Bill Tracking Summary is divided into three priority categories (High, Medium, or Low) indicating how much effort the Council puts into working on the proposals. For instance, a High priority is closely monitored and the AIA/WA actively works to educate lawmakers about the proposal. A Low priority is tracked for its impact, but the Council does not actively engage in its progress. Bills listed as "Dead" have failed to pass a critical juncture in the legislative process and may no longer be considered in 2005. Bills may be moved between categories as they change during the legislative process. Bills with numbers 1000 to 4999 are House measures. Bills numbered 5000 and above are Senate measures. Sponsor refers to the bill's primary sponsor. Each bill is also given a support rating: Support, Oppose, Neutral, or Monitor. Neutral bills are ones that the Council has an interest in its progress, but has actively decided not to support or oppose. Bills under the "monitor" position are tracked and no position has been developed by the Council. Bills with "Concerns" have provisions the AIA/WA may not be able to support. "Status" refers to a bill's status in the legislative process. "H" stands for House and "S" for Senate. Typically the next designation is the committee in which the bill is being considered. For more information on these designations visit: www.leg.wa.gov. Calendar Items show which bills are being actively considered by the Legislature in the upcoming week. This section indicates committee hearings and potential committee actions. The "TVW" designation indicates those actions that will be covered by Television Washington. Visit www.tvw.org for web broadcasts and television broadcast listings. Bill Tracking Details provides a summary of each bill, a list of cosponsors and a link to the bill's complete text. Note that bill text is provided in Adobe portable document format (PDF). You will need Adobe's free PDF reader from www.adobe.com. If you have questions about these bills or would like to propose a bill to be added to the Council's tracking list, please contact Stan Bowman, Executive Director, at bowman@aiawa.org or 800-722-0394. |
| Calendar Items |
| 2/24/2006 | E2S2673 | Local infrastructure | Ways & Means | 1:30 PM | SHR 4 |
| 2/24/2006 | S2812 | School district levies | Ways & Means | 1:30 PM | SHR 4 |
| 2/24/2006 | 2874 | Design-build/trans projects | Transportation | TVW | 1:30 PM | SHR 1 |
| Bill Tracking Summary |
| High Priority Bills | Sponsor | Position | Status |
| ES2884 | Concerning the use of reclaimed water. | Linville | Support | S, Wtr/Ener/Env + | |
| S4205 | Amending the Constitution to provide for a simple majority of voters voting to authorize a school levy. | Schual-Berke | Support | S, EL/K-12/HiEd + | |
| 2S1384 | Authorizing the construction and operation of renewable energy projects by joint operating agencies. | Haler | Concerns | S, Govt Op & El + | |
| E2S1395 | Modifying provisions concerning the uniform regulation of business and professions. | Wood | Monitor | S, Lab/Comm/RD | |
| E3S1484 | Providing cost-of-living salary supplements to school district employees. | Hunter | Support | S, EL/K-12/HiEd + | |
| 1742 | Providing tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. | Clibborn | Support | S, FI/Hous/CP | |
| 2S2292 | Addressing health care liability reform. | Lantz | Neutral | S, Passed 3rd + | |
| Companion to SB 6087. |
| S2402 | Providing for expedited processing of energy facilities and alternative energy resources. | Morris | Monitor | S, Rules 2 | |
| E2S2418 | Increasing the availability of affordable housing. | Springer | Support | S, Ways & Means + | |
| 2S2799 | Providing tax exemptions for solar water heating equipment. | Chase | Support | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| S2815 | Clarifying the best available science requirements to protect critical areas. | Simpson | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El + | |
| Companion to SB 6569. |
| 2874 | Modifying transportation project design-build provisions. | Murray | Concerns | S, Transportatn | |
| Companion to SB 6525. |
| ES2984 | Authorizing cities, towns, and counties to implement affordable housing incentive programs. | Springer | Support | S, FI/Hous/CP + | |
| S3024 | Increasing the number of demonstration projects that may be authorized by the school district project review board. | Haigh | Support | S, Rules 2 | |
| Companion to SB 6682. |
| S3120 | Concerning notice requirements for tort claims against state and local governments and their officers, employees, or volunteers. | Lantz | Neutral | S, Rules 2 | |
| 3275 | Regarding expedited processing for small water impoundments. | Hinkle | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| S6192 | Requiring a feasibility study of the viability of a solar electric generating facility. | Poulsen | Support | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| S6781 | Modifying the excise taxation of environmental remediation services. | Prentice | Support | H, Finance | |
| 3S1458 | Concerning the management of on-site sewage disposal systems in marine areas. | Hunt | Monitor | S, Ways & Means + | |
| S2325 | Encouraging the development of affordable housing. | Simpson | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| E2S2349 | Providing new renewable energy standards. | Morris | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env + | |
| S2452 | Protecting the news media from being compelled to testify in legal proceedings. | Kessler | Concerns | S, Judiciary + | |
| Companion to SB 6216. |
| 2544 | Authorizing project loans recommended by the public works board. | P. Sullivan | Monitor | S, Rules 2 | |
| Companion to HB 6210. |
| E2S2572 | Establishing the small employer health insurance partnership program. | Morrell | Monitor | S, Hea/L-T Care + | |
| 2610 | Adopting the 2006 supplemental capital budget. | Dunshee | Monitor | H, Cap Budget | |
| Companion to SB 6384. |
| E2S2673 | Authorizing additional alternatives for local infrastructure financing. | Linville | Monitor | S, Ways & Means + | |
| Tax Increment Financing |
| 2676 | Posting interlocal agreements in an electronic format in lieu of filing with the county auditor. | Linville | Monitor | S, Rules 2 | |
| 2710 | Clarifying the process for hydraulic permit appeals. | Buck | Monitor | S, NR/Ocean/Rec | |
| 2720 | Revising provisions relating to water-sewer districts. | Simpson | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| S2812 | Increasing the levy base for school districts. | Hunter | Monitor | S, Ways & Means + | |
| Companion to SB 6438. |
| 2862 | Making 2006 supplemental transportation appropriations. | Murray | Monitor | H, Trans | |
| Companion to SB 6241. |
| 2955 | Implementing a regional transportation plan for central Puget Sound counties. | Upthegrove | Monitor | H, Trans | |
| S3003 | Modifying public works apprenticeship utilization requirements. | Conway | Oppose | S, Lab/Comm/RD + | |
| 3016 | Requiring senate confirmation for members of the growth management hearings boards. | Simpson | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to SB 6836. |
| 3106 | Changing public works provisions for institutions of higher education. | Kenney | Concerns | S, EL/K-12/HiEd + | |
| E3192 | Authorizing a contract extension for reimbursement by property owners for street, road, and water or sewer projects. | B. Sullivan | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| ES3207 | Creating community preservation authorities. | Santos | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El + | |
| 4214 | Amending the Constitution to improve predictability and stability in the assessment of real property values. | Buck | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| 4217 | Limiting the power of eminent domain. | Nixon | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| 5325 | Promoting economic development and community revitalization. | Zarelli | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| Companion to HB 1907. |
| E5527 | Prohibiting automatic fee increases. | Morton | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| 6162 | Harmonizing and updating various aspects of the urban arterial program. | Haugen | Monitor | H, TR DP + | |
| Companion to HB 3011. |
| S6201 | Creating a homeowners' association act committee. | Fairley | Monitor | H, JUDIDP | |
| S6225 | Regulating the business of installing, repairing, and maintaining domestic water pumping systems. | Rasmussen | Monitor | H, CL DP | |
| S6367 | Requiring voluntary measures be included in critical area development regulations. | Haugen | Monitor | H, Exec Action | |
| ES6386 | Making 2006 supplemental operating appropriations. | Prentice | Monitor | H, 2nd Reading + | |
| Companion to HB 2552. |
| ES6427 | Concerning schedules for the review of comprehensive plans and development regulations. | Kastama | Monitor | H, Exec Action + | |
| Companion to HB 2814. |
| E6433 | Establishing the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account. | Kastama | Monitor | H, SGOADPA | |
| E2S6480 | Modifying public works apprenticeship utilization requirements. | Kohl-Welles | Oppose | H, Exec Action + | |
| 6531 | Preserving remedies when limited liability companies dissolve. | Weinstein | Support | H, Rules R | |
| S6840 | Modifying energy efficiency provisions. | Morton | Monitor | H, TECDPA | |
| 6861 | Requiring a study of competing interests of domestic water users. | Delvin | Monitor | H, EDATDP + | |
| 8217 | Amending the state Constitution to provide for a revenue stabilization fund. | Franklin | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 2S3070 | Increasing nonprofit housing development capacity. | Miloscia | S, Rules 2 + | ||
| Establishes a state liability account to cover the liability costs of non-profit development of multifamily housing. |
| S3180 | Applying whistleblower and discrimination provisions to contractors who hold contracts with the state. | Haigh | Concerns | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Applying whistleblower and discrimination provisions to contractors who hold contracts with the state. |
| 1030 | Increasing the amount of the small business business and occupation tax credit. | Orcutt | Support | H, Finance | |
| 1047 | Concerning energy resource planning and renewable energy standards. | Hudgins | Support | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 1059 | Concerning energy efficiency and renewable energy standards. | Hudgins | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| S1083 | Improving the efficiency and predictability of the hydraulic project approval program. Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the hydraulic project approval program. | Blake | Support | H, Approp + | |
| 1096 | Requiring a tax expenditure report as part of the biennial budget documents. | Santos | Monitor | H, Rules 3C + | |
| 1162 | Requiring the opportunity for a referendum for critical areas regulations. | Roach | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| Companion to SB 5670. |
| 1164 | Requiring the opportunity for a referendum for critical areas regulations. | Roach | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| Companion to SB 5546. |
| S1169 | Including public school facilities as essential public facilities. | Quall | Support | H, Local Gov. + | |
| 1177 | Establishing a permitting bill of rights. | Morris | Monitor | H, State Govt | |
| 1193 | Providing an excise tax exemption for new businesses. | Simpson | Support | H, Finance | |
| S1239 | Changing the leasehold excise tax exemption for certain historical property. Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing a leasehold excise tax exemption for certain historical property. | Fromhold | Monitor | H, Rules X | |
| 1292 | Providing compensation after all bids for a public works contract are rejected. | Haigh | Monitor | H, State Govt | |
| 2S1301 | Creating the legislative buildings committee. | Hunt | Monitor | H, Rules R + | |
| S1351 | Authorizing a job creation business and occupation tax credit. Revised for 1st Substitute: Authorizing a job creation tax credit. | Kilmer | Monitor | H, Finance + | |
| 1438 | Authorizing state agencies to waive bond and retainage requirements on small works roster contracts. | Haigh | Concerns | H, State Govt | |
| Companion to SB 5249. |
| 1444 | Requiring contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. | Haigh | Concerns | H, State Govt | |
| 1505 | Changing provision relating to comprehensive plan amendments initiated by local government. | Moeller | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 1527 | Requiring living wages on public contracts. | Miloscia | Concerns | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 1576 | Providing a small business tax credit for job creation. | Morrell | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| 1613 | Limiting the effect of construction contract provisions affecting the claim rights of contractors. | Haigh | Oppose | H, Judiciary | |
| Companion to SB 5936. |
| 1675 | Revising excise tax provisions to encourage small business. | Orcutt | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| 1676 | Providing business and occupation tax exemptions for new small businesses. | Roach | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| S1724 | Requiring disclosure of outsourcing. | Conway | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab + | |
| 1725 | Prohibiting the offshoring of work under state contracts. | Conway | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 2S1735 | Exempting limited water storage facilities from permit requirements. | Hunt | Support | H, Rules C + | |
| Support with changes to expand the amount of water to be reclaimed and reused. |
| 1761 | Providing incentives to support renewable energy. | Chase | Support | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| Companion to SB 5101. |
| 1766 | Changing school district bidding requirements. | Darneille | Concerns | H, State Govt | |
| Companion to SB 5524. |
| 1811 | Licensing soil scientists. | Wood | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| Companion to SB 5446 |
| 1844 | Authorizing renewable energy tax credits. | Hunter | Support | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| Companion to SB 5659. |
| 1874 | Providing a sales and use tax exemption for the modification or construction of facilities financed with voter-approved bonds. | Ericks | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| S1878 | Creating the registered interior designer professionals act of 2005. | Conway | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab + | |
| Companion to SB 5754. |
| S2004 | Addressing accrual and limitations of actions or claims arising from construction. | Flannigan | Oppose | H, Rules C + | |
| Weakens the statute of repose. |
| 2024 | Mandating open and fair public work contract bidding. | Haigh | Oppose | H, State Govt | |
| S2049 | Authorizing enhanced permit assistance pilot programs. | Kilmer | Support | H, Approp | |
| 2059 | Addressing the preservation of claim rights in construction disputes. | Springer | Neutral | H, Judiciary | |
| E2S2069 | Expanding access to insurance coverage through the small business assist program. | Morrell | Concerns | H, Health Care + | |
| 2077 | Allowing for the adoption of example critical areas policies or regulations. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| Companion to SB 5954. |
| 2144 | Regulating state contracts. | Williams | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 2195 | Relating to an expansion of local option real estate excise taxes in lieu of impact fees to fund capital projects. | Clibborn | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| S2217 | Changing provisions for growth management planning. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Approp + | |
| 2239 | Modifying community revitalization financing. | P. Sullivan | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| E2257 | Requiring state contracts to be in the state's best interests. Revised for 1st Substitute: Regulating state contracts. | Williams | Oppose | H, Commerce/Lab + | |
| 2269 | Changing provisions relating to construction liability. | Springer | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| Adds Geologists to the Statute of Repos |
| 2279 | Providing for omnibus civil liability reform. | Ericksen | Neutral | H, Judiciary | |
| Companion to SB 6072. |
| 2291 | Temporarily authorizing increased maximum school levy rates for financial emergencies. | Dickerson | Monitor | H, Education | |
| Companion to SB 5958. |
| 2315 | Modifying the business and occupation taxation of investment income received by corporations. | Hasegawa | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| S2323 | Studying the prospect of increasing affordable rental housing through accessory dwelling units. | B. Sullivan | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| 2324 | Providing incentives to encourage affordable housing. | Holmquist | Support | H, Approp + | |
| S2337 | Authorizing projects recommended by the public works board. | Linville | Monitor | S, Rules 2 | |
| S2350 | Limiting the disclosure of energy infrastructure information. | Morris | Monitor | H, Rules C + | |
| 2351 | Concerning energy resource planning and renewable energy standards. | Morris | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 2354 | Adding provisions that define "survey," "surveying," "the practice of land surveying," and "responsible charge." | Williams | Support | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 2400 | Creating a sustainable energy trust. | Morris | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| S2403 | Promoting distributive generation. | Morris | Monitor | H, Rules R + | |
| 2427 | Providing restrictions on the exercise of eminent domain. | Dunshee | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| 2440 | Requiring persons doing business with the state and municipalities to report use of offshore items. | Hudgins | Concerns | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 2444 | Creating the taxpayer business contractor act. | Hudgins | Concerns | H, State Govt | |
| 2494 | Establishing fair market property values by considering the growth management act. | Kilmer | Monitor | H, Finance + | |
| S2550 | Establishing an energy freedom program. | Dunshee | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| S2584 | Establishing a blue ribbon growth management needs and priorities task force. | Jarrett | Support | H, Approp | |
| 2585 | Creating a collaborative design pilot program. | Jarrett | Support | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2599 | Requiring construction contractors to display their licenses and certificates. | Moeller | Monitor | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| S2600 | Requiring construction contractors to display their licenses and certificates. | Moeller | Monitor | H, Rules C + | |
| 2602 | Authorizing increased public facility construction funding by the community economic revitalization board. | McCoy | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| Companion to SB 6544. |
| 2604 | Improving the production and use of renewable energy resources. | Grant | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 2605 | Creating the direct property owner petition method of annexation for city and town annexations. | Curtis | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2619 | Applying the best available science under the growth management act. | Schindler | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2620 | Adjusting the development regulations review by counties with low population densities. | Schindler | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2626 | Reaffirming existing Washington state law in the state Constitution, state supreme court decisions, and statutes relating to the use of eminent domain by state and local governments. | Springer | Neutral | H, Judiciary | |
| Companion to SB 6569. |
| S2649 | Creating an affordable housing for all program. | Miloscia | Monitor | H, Approp + | |
| 2659 | Concerning water storage. | Hinkle | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| 2708 | Eliminating the growth management hearings boards. | Schindler | Oppose | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2762 | Extending the joint task force on criminal background check processes. | Dickerson | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| Companion to SB 6717. |
| 2769 | Encouraging the use of reclaimed water. | Ericksen | Support | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| 2772 | Streamlining the administration of tax incentive programs. | Linville | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| 2797 | Creating a Washington state energy efficiency program road map. | Chase | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 2800 | Modifying voluntary green power program provisions. | Chase | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| S2814 | Concerning schedules for the review of comprehensive plans and development regulations. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| Companion to SB 6427. |
| 2837 | Eliminating advance property tax payments for binding site plans. | O'Brien | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| S2845 | Regulating water availability for residential fire sprinkler suppression systems. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| 2858 | Concerning storm water discharges. | B. Sullivan | H, EconDevAgTr | ||
| 2859 | Continuing funding for the public facilities construction loan revolving account. | McCoy | Monitor | H, Cap Budget | |
| Companion to SB 6560. |
| 2906 | Providing greater accountability for growth management hearings boards. | Bailey | Support | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2922 | Modifying community revitalization financing. | P. Sullivan | Support | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| Tax increment financing |
| 2924 | Prohibiting eminent domain for the purpose of economic development. | Chase | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| 2936 | Providing a tax exemption for property that has declined in value due to shoreline or growth management regulation. | Dunn | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| 2937 | Allowing single-family residential development outside urban growth areas in areas where housing is not affordable for first-time buyers. | Dunn | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2952 | Excluding cities and counties that plan under the growth management act from the state environmental policy act. | Schindler | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 2968 | Increasing transportation permit efficiency. | Woods | Monitor | H, Trans | |
| 2971 | Regulating the installation, repair, and maintenance of domestic well water systems. | Grant | Monitor | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 3002 | Regarding collaborative intergovernmental solutions in water management. | McCoy | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| 2S3017 | Placing restrictions on condemnation and sale of condemned property by state and local governments. | Springer | Monitor | H, Rules R + | |
| 3038 | Concerning adding or replacing wells. | Pearson | H, EconDevAgTr | ||
| 3040 | Certifying on-site sewage disposal system maintenance service providers. | McCoy | Monitor | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 3045 | Regulating the trade of fire protection sprinkler fitting. | Conway | Monitor | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 3055 | Placing restrictions and obligations on agency personal service contracts. | Williams | Concerns | H, State Govt | |
| 3091 | Expanding the permitted uses of a local real estate excise tax. | B. Sullivan | H, Local Gov. | ||
| Allows the locally imposed REET to be used "for the maintenance and operation of capital facilities." |
| 3112 | Providing small business tax relief. | O'Brien | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| 3121 | Authorizing a population sustainability element for comprehensive plans under the growth management act. | Chase | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 3131 | Providing tax incentives for the generation of electricity using renewable resources. | Jarrett | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 3140 | Modifying the boundary review board's authority to alter annexation proposals. | Chandler | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 3144 | Authorizing community revitalization financing. | Fromhold | Monitor | H, EconDevAgTr | |
| Tax increment financing |
| S3160 | Requiring the disclosure of state outsourcing. | Hudgins | Concerns | H, Approp + | |
| 3161 | Using adequacy of water supply in determining population projections. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| S3162 | Adjusting contracting limits for water-sewer districts. | Simpson | Concerns | H, Rules R + | |
| S3163 | Including special districts in growth management planning. | Simpson | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| 2S3165 | Using surplus property to develop affordable housing. | Miloscia | Monitor | H, Rules R + | |
| 3177 | Integrating HVAC/R mechanics and contractors into the provisions governing plumbers. | Hunter | Monitor | H, Commerce/Lab | |
| 3194 | Requiring a feasibility study of the viability of a solar electric generating facility. | Chase | Monitor | H, Tech/En/Com | |
| 3198 | Promoting community and economic development. | Appleton | H, EconDevAgTr | ||
| 3210 | Eliminating the state sales tax on construction labor and services in counties where housing is not affordable for first-time buyers. | McCune | H, Housing | ||
| 3223 | Providing fairness in government control of private property. | Kretz | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| 3228 | Reducing the impact on small businesses of general permits issued under chapter 90.48 RCW. | Holmquist | H, EconDevAgTr | ||
| 90.48 RCW is the water pollution control statute. |
| 3229 | Changing the population threshold for cities and counties eligible to use the design-build procedure. | Hunt | Oppose | H, State Govt | |
| 3233 | Extending the extension of local taxes to fund arts, cultural and heritage institutions and programs, tourism promotion, publicly owned sports and entertainment facilities, and other civic amenities. | McIntire | Monitor | H, Finance | |
| Companion to SB 6875. |
| 3239 | Using arbitration to resolve disputes regarding certain insurance policies. | Kirby | H, Fin Inst/Ins | ||
| 3242 | Modifying energy efficiency provisions. | Crouse | H, Tech/En/Com | ||
| 3244 | Requiring voter approval to authorize boundary review board disbandings. | Moeller | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 3253 | Requiring house of representatives and senate confirmation for members of the growth management hearings boards. | Simpson | Neutral | H, Rules R | |
| 3257 | Concerning state capital funding assistance for fire districts. | McCune | Monitor | H, Cap Budget | |
| S3260 | Disbanding boundary review boards. | Moeller | Monitor | H, Rules R + | |
| 3264 | Changing provisions relating to condemnation proceedings. | Springer | Monitor | H, Judiciary | |
| 3289 | Transferring operating funds to the public works assistance account. | Haigh | Support | H, Approp | |
| 3299 | Concerning dock construction. | Holmquist | Monitor | H, Rules R | |
| 3300 | Changing the population accommodation requirements for cities with fewer than ten thousand residents. | Ericksen | Monitor | H, Local Gov. | |
| 3304 | Creating the energy freedom program. | Grant | Monitor | H, Cap Budget | |
| S5024 | Providing tax incentives to encourage telework. | Jacobsen | Support | S, Ways & Means | |
| 5028 | Authorizing an inflationary adjustment for property tax levies. | Jacobsen | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 5095 | Improving the efficiency and predictability of the hydraulic project approval program. | Doumit | Support | S, Rules X + | |
| Companion to HB 1083. |
| 5113 | Allowing the department of ecology to permit by rule certain water storage facilities. | Shin | Support | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| 5144 | Providing for a simple majority of voters voting to authorize school district levies and bonds. | Eide | Support | S, Rules 2G + | |
| 5152 | Changing provision relating to comprehensive plan amendments under the growth management act. | Zarelli | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 2S5183 | Providing tax relief to promote affordable housing. | Franklin | Support | S, Ways & Means | |
| 5191 | Providing for a comprehensive K-12 education finance study. | Weinstein | Monitor | S, Ways & Means + | |
| 5249 | Authorizing state agencies to waive bond and retainage requirements on small works roster contracts. | Pridemore | Concerns | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to HB 1438. |
| 5291 | Authorizing the construction and operation of renewable energy projects by joint operating agencies. | Poulsen | Oppose | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Includes problematic procurement language. Companion to HB 1384. |
| S5298 | Exempting qualified historic property from the state property tax. | Carrell | Support | S, Ways & Means | |
| 5312 | Authorizing the application of county referendum powers to growth management measures. | Swecker | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 5384 | Changing requirements for public building or construction contracts. | Fairley | Concerns | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 5416 | Modifying the review of tax preferences. | Kohl-Welles | Concerns | S, Ways & Means + | |
| S5419 | Changing water permit processing provisions. | Fraser | Monitor | S, Rules X + | |
| 5446 | Licensing soil scientists. | Kohl-Welles | Oppose | S, Lab/Comm/RD | |
| Companion to HB 1811. |
| 5524 | Changing school district bidding requirements. | Regala | Concerns | S, EL/K-12/HiEd | |
| Companion to HB 1766. |
| 5546 | Requiring the opportunity for a referendum for critical areas regulations. | Roach | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to HB 1164. |
| S5659 | Authorizing renewable energy tax credits. | Pridemore | Support | S, Ways & Means | |
| 5670 | Requiring the opportunity for a referendum for critical areas regulations. | Roach | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to HB 1162. |
| 5688 | Requiring compliance history disclosure in order to obtain an environmental quality permit. | Pridemore | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| 5754 | Creating the registered interior designer professionals act of 2005. | Keiser | Oppose | S, Lab/Comm/RD | |
| Companion to SB 1878 |
| E2S5773 | Protecting homeowners who hire contractors to remodel or build their homes. | Fraser | Monitor | S, Rules X + | |
| S5777 | Prohibiting the offshoring of work under state contracts. | Kohl-Welles | Oppose | S, Ways & Means + | |
| 5936 | Limiting the effect of construction contract provisions affecting the claim rights of contractors. | Kastama | Oppose | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to HB 1613. |
| 5954 | Allowing for the adoption of example critical areas policies or regulations. | Kastama | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Companion to HB 2077. |
| 5975 | Concerning competitive bid requirements. | Pridemore | Oppose | S, Rules X + | |
| S6030 | Revising the process for review of amendments to comprehensive plans and development regulations. | Haugen | Monitor | S, Rules X + | |
| 6036 | Reviewing state and local permitting processes. | Berkey | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6045 | Accelerating legislative approval of public works projects. | Honeyford | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| S6046 | Financing local economic development projects. | Shin | Support | S, Rules 2 | |
| Tax incentives for Brownfields redevelopment. |
| 6072 | Providing for omnibus civil liability reform. | Brandland | Neutral | S, Judiciary | |
| Companion to HB 2279. |
| 6087 | Addressing health care liability reform. | Brown | Concerns | S, Judiciary | |
| Companion to HB 2292. |
| 6147 | Exempting small school districts from certain laws and rules. | Mulliken | Concerns | S, EL/K-12/HiEd | |
| S6156 | Requiring inspections of remodels to single-family residences. | Fairley | Concerns | S, Rules 2G | |
| 6202 | Requiring arbitration to resolve homeowners' association disputes. | Fairley | Monitor | S, FI/Hous/CP | |
| 6215 | Defining the liability of public entities for tortious conduct. | Kline | Support | S, Judiciary | |
| Attorney General request legislation regarding governmental immunity. AIA/WA supports it ifi our amendments are included. |
| S6216 | Protecting the news media from being compelled to testify in legal proceedings. | Kline | Monitor | S, Rules X + | |
| 6268 | Addressing transportation concurrency under the growth management act. | Kastama | Monitor | S, Transportatn + | |
| S6269 | Studying public school facility needs. | Kastama | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6299 | Concerning the annual consumptive quantity of a water right. | Mulliken | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| S6327 | Financing local economic development projects. | Shin | Support | S, Rules X | |
| 6350 | Specifying actions required for vesting of rights in land use actions. | Kline | Oppose | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6388 | Limiting the power of eminent domain. | Benton | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6432 | Funding solar energy demonstration projects. | Rockefeller | Support | S, Ways & Means | |
| S6438 | Modifying school district levy provisions. | Weinstein | Monitor | S, Rules 2 + | |
| Companion to HB 2812. |
| S6503 | Providing tax incentives for the generation of electricity using renewable resources. | Finkbeiner | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6506 | Limiting building permit moratoriums. | Honeyford | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env + | |
| S6509 | Modifying the cancellation process for public contracts. | Kastama | Neutral | S, Rules 2 | |
| 6517 | Creating the uniform environmental covenants act. | Fraser | Support | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| S6518 | Modifying state energy policy. | Fraser | Monitor | S, Rules 2 | |
| 6529 | Concerning water right application fees. | Swecker | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| Changes the fee struture for water right permit applications |
| 6544 | Authorizing increased public facility construction funding by the community economic revitalization board. | Eide | Monitor | S, Intl Trde/ED | |
| 6559 | Providing tax credits for contributions to low-income housing efforts. | Delvin | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6560 | Continuing funding for the public facilities construction loan revolving account. | Eide | Monitor | S, Intl Trde/ED | |
| 6561 | Revising requirements for elevator mechanic licenses. | Rockefeller | Monitor | S, Lab/Comm/RD | |
| S6569 | Clarifying the best available science requirements to protect critical areas. | Kastama | Monitor | S, Rules 2 + | |
| Companion to HB 2815. |
| 6574 | Concerning property. | Mulliken | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Eminent domain bill. |
| S6575 | Identifying accessory uses on agricultural lands. | Rasmussen | Monitor | S, Rules X | |
| 6588 | Providing tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. | Eide | Support | S, Ways & Means + | |
| 6589 | Encouraging the development of affordable housing. | Eide | Support | S, FI/Hous/CP | |
| 6626 | Providing tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. | Prentice | Neutral | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6627 | Concerning construction defect actions. | Weinstein | Oppose | S, FI/Hous/CP | |
| 6689 | Expanding the provisions of economic development grants and assistance. | Brown | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6693 | Adjusting the schedule for review and revision of comprehensive plans and development regulations under the growth management act. | Kline | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6700 | Promoting economic development and community revitalization. | Brown | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| S6701 | Reaffirming existing Washington state eminent domain laws. | Rasmussen | Monitor | S, Rules X + | |
| 6729 | Including water conservation in energy conservation provisions. | Fraser | Support | S, Rules 2G | |
| S6730 | Changing provisions relating to reclaimed water. | Fraser | Support | S, Ways & Means + | |
| ES6740 | Protecting homeowners who hire contractors to remodel or build their homes. | Fraser | Concerns | S, Rules X + | |
| S6754 | Changing public works provisions for institutions of higher education. | McAuliffe | Concerns | S, Rules 2 + | |
| 6770 | Changing the population threshold for counties eligible to use the design-build procedure. | Fraser | Oppose | S, Govt Op & El | |
| Lowers county eligibility from 450,000 population to 200,000 population for design-build alternative public works contracting authority. |
| S6783 | Creating the qualified professions conditional scholarship. | Shin | Monitor | S, Ways & Means | |
| 6807 | Prohibiting the condemnation of unblighted private property for private use. | Roach | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6808 | Creating the private property rights protection act. | Roach | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6832 | Giving counties the authority to establish community protection zones. | Carrell | Monitor | S, HumServ/Corr | |
| 6833 | Addressing the use of conservation easements. | Mulliken | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6837 | Adjusting the development regulations review by counties with low population densities. | Mulliken | Monitor | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6845 | Changing the population threshold for cities and counties eligible to use the design-build procedure. | Fraser | Oppose | S, Govt Op & El | |
| 6859 | Prohibiting the hiring of unregistered contractors. | Haugen | S, Lab/Comm/RD | ||
| 6862 | Requiring construction contractors to display their licenses and certificates. | Pridemore | Monitor | S, Lab/Comm/RD | |
| 6879 | Providing smart grid energy technology tax incentives. | Esser | Monitor | S, Wtr/Ener/Env | |
| Bill Tracking Details |
| 2S1384 | Joint operating agencies | Haler |
| House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Haler, B. Sullivan, Morris, Crouse, P. Sullivan, Chase, and Hudgins) |
Authorizes the construction and operation of renewable energy projects by joint operating agencies. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1384-s2.pdf | |
| E2S1395 | Business & professions | Wood |
| House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Wood, Conway, and Condotta) | Requested by Department of Licensing |
Revises provisions concerning the uniform regulation of business and professions. Repeals RCW 18.140.175 and 18.85.343. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1395-s2.e.pdf | |
| 3S1458 | On-site sewage/marine areas | Hunt |
| House Committee on Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Dickerson, McCoy, B. Sullivan, Williams, Haigh, Appleton, Linville, Chase, Dunshee, Simpson, Upthegrove, Moeller, and McDermott) |
Finds that improperly functioning on-site sewage systems in marine areas may contaminate ground water and surface water, threatening public health and the environment. Finds that in these areas enhanced on-site sewage system certification programs must be established to ensure systems are properly functioning to protect public and environmental health. Finds that local programs designed to identify and correct failing on-site sewage disposal systems have proven effective in reducing and eliminating public health and environmental hazards, improving water quality, and reopening previously closed shellfish areas. Finds that a partnership is necessary among the state, local, and private sector to develop successful local programs with adequate funding and the tools to identify and repair failing on-site sewage disposal systems. Finds that local programs must be established in marine areas of special concern to inventory existing on-site sewage disposal systems, identify and repair failing systems, develop data bases capable of sharing information regarding on-site sewage disposal systems, and monitor results to demonstrate programs are working and public health and the environment are protected. Requires that, by July 1, 2007, and thereafter, the local health officers of health jurisdictions in the twelve counties bordering Puget Sound where a marine area of special concern has been designated under this act shall each develop and approve an on-site sewage disposal system program implementation plan that will guide the local health jurisdiction in the development and management of all on-site sewage disposal systems within the marine areas of special concern within its jurisdiction. Declares that, for purposes of this act, the local health jurisdictions in counties bordering Puget Sound are Clallam, Island, Kitsap, Jefferson, Mason, San Juan, Seattle-King, Skagit, Snohomish, Tacoma-Pierce, Thurston, and Whatcom. Requires the department to review an on-site sewage disposal system program implementation plan submitted by the local health officer to ensure all the elements of the plan, including designation of any marine area of special concern, have been addressed. The board may adopt additional criteria for plan approval by rule. Requires the department to enter into a contract with each of the counties subject to this chapter to implement the approved on-site sewage disposal system program implementation plan developed under act, and to develop or enhance the data management system required by this act with funds appropriated to the department for those purposes. Provides that the contract shall require, at a minimum, that within the marine area of special concern, the local health jurisdiction: (1) Show progressive improvement in finding failing systems; (2) Show progressive improvement in working with on-site sewage disposal system owners to make needed system repairs; (3) Is actively undertaking steps to find previously unknown on-site sewage disposal systems and ensure they are inspected as required and repaired if necessary; (4) Show progressive improvement in the percentage of on-site sewage disposal systems that are included in an electronic data system; and (5) Of those on-site sewage disposal systems in the electronic data system, show progressive improvement in the percentage that have had required inspections. Provides that the act shall be null and void if appropriations are not approved. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1458-s3.pdf | |
| E3S1484 | School levies | Hunter |
| House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Jarrett, Haigh, Tom, McDermott, McIntire, Simpson, P. Sullivan, Kagi, and Chase) |
Declares an intent that additional funding provided under this act be used by school districts to provide regional cost-of-living salary supplements to school district employees, as determined through collective bargaining. Provides that a county may impose a regular property tax levy for the maintenance and operation of schools within the county in accordance with this act. Provides that each school receiving levy proceeds under this act shall annually report to the superintendent of public instruction on the use of the proceeds. The report shall include a detailed description of the additional time, additional responsibilities, or incentives for which certificated instructional staff receive the supplemental contracts supported by the proceeds. Requires the state auditor to conduct regular audits of compliance with RCW 28A.400.200 in the implementation of this act. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1484-s3.e.pdf | |
| 1742 | Multiple-unit dwellings | Clibborn |
| Representatives Clibborn, Haler, Appleton, Ericks, Simpson, Kristiansen, Linville, Schindler and Quall |
Amends RCW 84.14.010 to provide tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1742.pdf | |
| 2S2292 | Health care liability reform | Lantz |
| House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Lantz, Cody, Campbell, Kirby, Flannigan, Williams, Linville, Springer, Clibborn, Wood, Fromhold, Morrell, Hunt, Moeller, Green, Kilmer, Conway, O'Brien, Sells, Kenney, Kessler, Chase, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Lovick, McCoy, and Santos) |
Finds that access to safe, affordable health care is one of the most important issues facing the citizens of Washington state. Finds that the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance has caused some physicians, particularly those in high-risk specialties such as obstetrics and emergency room practice, to be unavailable when and where the citizens need them the most. The answers to these problems are varied and complex, requiring comprehensive solutions that encourage patient safety practices, increase oversight of medical malpractice insurance, and making the civil justice system more understandable, fair, and efficient for all the participants. Declares an intent to prioritize patient safety and the prevention of medical errors above all other considerations as legal changes are made to address the problem of high malpractice insurance premiums. Thousands of patients are injured each year as a result of medical errors, many of which can be avoided by supporting health care providers, facilities, and carriers in their efforts to reduce the incidence of those mistakes. Declares an intent to provide incentives to settle cases before resorting to court, and to provide the option of a more fair, efficient, and streamlined alternative to trials for those for whom settlement negotiations do not work. Declares an intent to provide the insurance commissioner with the tools and information necessary to regulate medical malpractice insurance rates and policies so that they are fair to both the insurers and the insured. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6087. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2292-s2.pdf | |
| S2325 | Housing/short subdivision | Simpson |
| House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Tom, B. Sullivan, Springer, Sells, Holmquist, McCune, O'Brien, Pettigrew, Ahern, DeBolt, Jarrett, Appleton, Miloscia, Ormsby, Dunn, Priest, Roach, Dunshee, Woods, Hunter, and Ericks) |
Encourages the development of affordable housing. Finds that there is a large, unmet need for affordable housing in the cities and counties of Washington that is increasing every year. Finds that many single-family residential neighborhoods were developed at an earlier time at densities less than the maximum allowable under current zoning regulations. Finds that the growth management act requires increased densities in single-family areas, and that the rising costs of public facilities to accommodate growth coupled with insufficient revenues available for such facilities make infill housing within existing developed areas an economic necessity. The legislature concludes that allowing reasonable development of underutilized parcels of land within urban growth areas has significant potential to provide much-needed affordable ownership housing while also providing resources to existing property owners and their communities. Declares that it is the purpose of this act to: (1) Increase the supply of affordable housing without government subsidies or the provision of additional public facilities; (2) Encourage moderately priced for-sale housing in single-family neighborhoods and increase housing opportunities for people in a variety of life cycle stages; and (3) Provide homeowners with an additional option for the portion of their property that is not required for the use of the existing residential unit. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2325-s.pdf | |
| E2S2349 | Renewable energy standards | Morris |
| House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Hudgins, Chase, Murray, Darneille, Dickerson, B. Sullivan, and Sells) |
Provides that the state agency with the largest electricity load in its service territory must, at the request of the generator to the agency in writing, purchase all available anaerobic digester power from their local utility to the extent that it does not exceed the agency's local annual electricity consumption. State agencies shall pay for anaerobic digester power at a rate no less than the retail price of a qualified alternative energy product that their local utility charges its customers under RCW 19.29A.090. Provides that state agencies are not required to purchase all available anaerobic digester power from their local utility if their utility is exempt from offering a qualified alternative energy product. Provides that, to the extent that a utility purchases power from an anaerobic digestion power producer in its service territory, the utility must pay the anaerobic digestion power producer for electricity produced at a rate no less than the retail price the utility charges its customers for a qualified alternative energy product under RCW 19.29A.090 minus administrative costs. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2349-s2.e.pdf | |
| S2402 | Energy facilities | Morris |
| House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Hudgins, and B. Sullivan) |
Provides for expedited processing of energy facilities and alternative energy resources. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2402-s.pdf | |
| E2S2418 | Affordable housing | Springer |
| House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, Miloscia, Chase, Morrell, Hasegawa, Darneille, Santos, P. Sullivan, Kagi, Green, Sells, Ormsby, and O'Brien) |
Finds that while the rapid increase in housing values has exacerbated the affordable housing crisis, the phenomena has also dramatically benefited the state's general fund, the growth of which is directly attributable to increased proceeds from the real estate excise tax. Declares that a portion of the increased revenue generated from the real estate excise tax must be used to support affordable housing programs that assist low-income households obtain and retain housing. Provides that, of amounts deposited into the general fund pursuant to RCW 82.45.060, the legislature may authorize a transfer of up to twenty-five million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, into the Washington housing trust fund created in RCW 43.185.030. Requires the department to report annually by December 31st the accomplishments of this act to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must include statewide information as well as information that is county and city specific. Performance measures must be determined by the department, with required input from the appropriate committees of the legislature, by December 31, 2006. Requires the interagency council on homelessness, as defined in RCW 43.185C.010, to be convened not later than August 31, 2006, and to meet at least two times each year and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature annually by December 31st on its activities. Directs the interagency council on homelessness to work to create greater levels of interagency coordination and to coordinate state agency efforts with the efforts of state and local entities addressing homelessness. Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to conduct a study to evaluate the potential development of a voluntary statewide, low-income household housing waiting list data base that would include information on all low-income households requesting housing assistance for the purpose of connecting such households with appropriate housing opportunities. The study shall investigate and evaluate the following: (1) The anticipated benefits of such a statewide waiting list to low-income households and low-income housing providers; (2) The cost of implementing and maintaining the data base; and (3) Best practices from other states or from counties in other states that currently have a similar data base. Requires the department to report the results of this study to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 2007. Provides that, unless a transfer of at least twenty-five million dollars from the general fund to the Washington housing trust fund as created in RCW 43.185.030 for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2006, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2418-s2.e.pdf | |
| S2452 | News media | Kessler |
| House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Kessler, Armstrong, Clibborn, Priest, Nixon, Blake, Hunt, Morrell, Grant, Newhouse, Dickerson, Kagi, Ericksen, Ericks, Wood, Upthegrove, Ormsby, Roberts, and O'Brien) | Requested by Attorney General |
Provides that no judicial, legislative, administrative, or other body with the power to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process may compel the news media to testify, produce, or otherwise disclose: (1) The identity of a source of any news or information or any information that would tend to identify the source where such source has a reasonable expectation of confidentiality; or (2) Any news or information obtained or prepared by the news media in its capacity in gathering, receiving, or processing news or information for potential communication to the public, including, but not limited to, any notes, outtakes, photographs, video or sound tapes, film, or other data of whatever sort in any medium now known or hereafter devised. This does not include physical evidence of a crime. Prescribes exceptions to the prohibition. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6216. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2452-s.pdf | |
| 2544 | Public works board projects | P. Sullivan |
| Representatives P. Sullivan, Jarrett, Green, Dunshee, Upthegrove, McCoy, Ericks, Simpson, Schual-Berke, Lantz, Ormsby, Springer, Kilmer, and Kagi | Requested by Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development |
Authorizes project loans recommended by the public works board. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to HB 6210. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 6210 Public works board projects | S, Ways & Means |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2544.pdf | |
| E2S2572 | Small employer health ins | Morrell |
| House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Clibborn, Green, Flannigan, Eickmeyer, Conway, Dickerson, Blake, Cody, Wallace, Roberts, Appleton, Hasegawa, McCoy, Linville, Simpson, Chase, Darneille, O'Brien, Murray, B. Sullivan, Ormsby, Springer, Moeller, and Kagi) |
Declares an intent through establishment of a small employer health insurance partnership program, to remove economic barriers to health insurance coverage for low-wage employees of small employers by building on the private sector health benefit plan system and encouraging employer and employee participation in employer-sponsored health benefit plan coverage. Provides that, to the extent funding is appropriated in the operating budget for this purpose, the small employer health insurance partnership program is established. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2007, the administrator shall accept applications from eligible employees, on behalf of themselves, their spouses, and their dependent children, to receive premium subsidies through the small employer health insurance partnership program. Requires the administrator to report biennially to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the legislature on the effectiveness and efficiency of the small employer health insurance partnership program, including the services and benefits covered under the purchased health benefit plans, consumer satisfaction, and other program operational issues. Requires the department of social and health services to submit a request to the federal department of health and human services by October 1, 2006, for a state children's health insurance program section 1115 demonstration waiver. The waiver request shall seek authorization from the federal government to draw down Washington state's unspent state children's health insurance program allotment to finance basic health plan coverage, as provided in chapter 70.47 RCW, for parents of children enrolled in medical assistance or the state children's health insurance program. The waiver also shall seek authorization from the federal government to utilize the resulting state savings to finance expanded basic health plan enrollment, or subsidies provided to low-wage workers through the small employer health insurance partnership program established in this act. Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a program and fiscal review of the small employer health insurance partnership program and report their findings and recommendation to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2009. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2572-s2.e.pdf | |
| 2610 | Capital budget 2006 supp | Dunshee |
| Representatives Dunshee, Blake, Linville, Morris, Moeller, and Ormsby | Requested by Governor Gregoire |
Adopts the 2006 supplemental capital budget. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6384. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 6384 Capital budget 2006 supp | H, 2nd Reading + |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2610.pdf | |
| E2S2673 | Local infrastructure | Linville |
| House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville, Ericksen, P. Sullivan, Buck, Ericks, Kilmer, Kessler, Grant, Walsh, B. Sullivan, Lantz, Morris, O'Brien, Conway, Morrell, and Wallace) |
Recognizes that the state as a whole benefits from investment in public infrastructure because it promotes community and economic development. Public investment stimulates business activity and helps create jobs; stimulates the redevelopment of brownfields and blighted areas in the inner city; lowers the cost of housing; and promotes efficient land use. Finds that these activities generate revenue for the state and that it is in the public interest to invest in these projects through a credit against the state sales and use tax and an allocation of property tax revenue to those local governments that can demonstrate the expected returns to the state. Requires a local government to provide a report to the department by March 1st of each year. The report shall contain the following information: (1) The amount of tax allocation revenues, taxes under section 401 of this act, and local infrastructure financing received by the local government during the preceding calendar year, and a summary of how these revenues were expended; (2) The names of any businesses locating within the revenue development area as a result of the public improvements undertaken by the local government and financed in whole or in part with local infrastructure financing; (3) The total number of permanent jobs created as a result of the public improvements undertaken by the local government and financed in whole or in part with local infrastructure financing; (4) The average wages and benefits received by all employees of businesses locating within the revenue development area as a result of the public improvements undertaken by the local government and financed in whole or in part with local infrastructure financing; and (5) That the local government is in compliance with section 203 of this act. Directs the department to make a report available to the public and the legislature by June 1st of each year. The report shall include a list of public improvements undertaken by local governments and financed in whole or in part with local infrastructure financing, and it shall also include a summary of the information provided to the department by local governments under this act. Provides that, beginning September 1, 2013, and continuing every five years thereafter, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The report shall, at a minimum, evaluate the effectiveness of the local infrastructure financing tool program, including a project by project review. The report that is due September 1, 2028, should also include any recommendations regarding whether or not the program should be expanded statewide and what impact the expansion would have on economic development in Washington. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Tax Increment Financing | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2673-s2.e.pdf | |
| 2676 | Interlocal agreements | Linville |
| Representatives Linville, Jarrett, Simpson, Ericksen, Ahern, Dunn, and Upthegrove |
Authorizes posting interlocal agreements in an electronic format in lieu of filing with the county auditor. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2676.pdf | |
| 2710 | Hydraulic permit appeals | Buck |
| Representatives Buck and B. Sullivan |
Clarifies the process for hydraulic permit appeals. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2710.pdf | |
| 2720 | Water-sewer districts | Simpson |
| Representatives Simpson, Schindler, Takko, P. Sullivan, B. Sullivan, and Woods |
Revises provisions relating to water-sewer districts. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2720.pdf | |
| 2S2799 | Solar hot water | Chase |
| House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Chase, Morris, Crouse, Eickmeyer, Clibborn, P. Sullivan, Hunt, McCoy, Miloscia, Grant, Sells, Williams, McCune, Moeller, Conway, Upthegrove, Morrell, Simpson, Kilmer, Kagi, Hudgins, Dunn, and Darneille) |
Provides tax exemptions for solar hot water heating equipment. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2799-s2.pdf | |
| S2812 | School district levies | Hunter |
| House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Rodne, Quall, Nixon, P. Sullivan, Jarrett, Clibborn, Tom, Morrell, Fromhold, Roberts, Schual-Berke, Simpson, Anderson, and Kagi) |
Revises school district levy provisions. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6438. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2812-s.pdf | |
| S2815 | Science/critical areas | Simpson |
| House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Jarrett, Springer, and Lantz) | Requested by Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development |
Clarifies the best available science requirements to protect critical areas. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6569. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2815-s.pdf | |
| 2862 | Trans budget 2006 supp | Murray |
| Representative Murray | Requested by Governor Gregoire |
Makes 2006 supplemental transportation appropriations. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6241. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 6241 Trans budget 2006 supp | H, Trans |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2862.pdf | |
| 2874 | Design-build/trans projects | Murray |
| Representatives Murray, Ericksen, Jarrett, Wallace, and Woods | Requested by Department of Transportation |
Provides that, to test the applicability of the design-build procedure on smaller projects and specialty projects, the department may conduct up to five pilot projects on projects that cost between two and ten million dollars. The department shall evaluate these pilot projects with respect to cost, time to complete, efficiencies gained, if any, and other pertinent information to facilitate analysis regarding the further use of the design-build process on projects of this size. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6525. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 6525 Design-build/trans projects | S, Rules X |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2874.pdf | |
| ES2884 | Reclaimed water | Linville |
| House Committee on Economic Development, Agriculture & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville and McCoy) |
Requires the department of ecology to, in coordination with the department of health, adopt rules for reclaimed water use consistent with this chapter. The rules must address all aspects of reclaimed water use, including commercial and industrial uses, land applications, direct recharge, wetland discharge, surface percolation, constructed wetlands, stream flow augmentation, and greywater use. The rules must also designate whether the department of ecology or the department of health will be the lead permitting or regulatory agency responsible for a particular aspect of reclaimed water use. In developing the rules, the departments of health and ecology shall amend or rescind any existing rules on reclaimed water in conflict with the new rules. Requires the department of ecology to present interim reports to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1, 2008, and January 1, 2009, that summarize the steps taken to that date towards the final rule making required by this act. The reports must include, at a minimum, a summary of participation in the advisory group and the topics considered by the department. Provides that all rules required to be adopted pursuant to this act must be completed no later than December 31, 2010. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2884-s.e.pdf | |
| 2955 | Regional trasnportation plan | Upthegrove |
| Representatives Upthegrove, Clibborn, B. Sullivan, Jarrett, Sells, Lovick, and Shabro |
Finds that effective transportation planning in urbanized regions involves an integrated, multimodal approach that will help reduce transportation congestion and improve safety. Finds that coordinated planning of and investment in transportation systems will significantly benefit the citizens of Washington. Although equity considerations must be respected, transportation problems are broader and deeper than the sum of geographic subareas. Declares it is therefore the policy of the state of Washington to require regional transportation leadership entities to develop and implement a comprehensive regional transportation plan, and to require the creation of a governance commission to develop a regional transportation governance proposal, for consideration by the citizens of the central Puget Sound metropolitan region. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2955.pdf | |
| ES2984 | Affordable housing incentive | Springer |
| House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, Jarrett, Simpson, Clibborn, B. Sullivan, Hasegawa, Sells, P. Sullivan, Moeller, Santos, and Green) |
Encourages cities, towns, and counties to enact or expand affordable housing incentive programs, including density bonuses and other incentives, to increase the availability of low-income housing for renter and owner occupancy located in largely market rate housing developments throughout the community consistent with local needs and adopted comprehensive plans. While this act provides minimum standards for those cities, towns, and counties choosing to implement or expand upon an affordable housing incentive program, cities, towns, and counties are encouraged to enact programs that address local circumstances and conditions while contributing to the statewide need for additional low-income housing. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/2984-s.e.pdf | |
| S3003 | Apprenticeship utilization | Conway |
| House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Wallace, Jarrett, Wood, Hankins, Murray, Haler, Ormsby, Morrell, Strow, McCoy, Upthegrove, Chase, Simpson, Appleton, Sells, Dickerson, Hasegawa, Kenney, and Hudgins) | Requested by Department of Transportation |
Revises public works apprenticeship utilization requirements. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3003-s.pdf | |
| 3016 | Growth management boards | Simpson |
| Representatives Simpson, Schindler, Takko, Ahern, Clibborn, Woods, B. Sullivan, Upthegrove, Chase, Kessler, Kilmer, and Springer |
Requires senate confirmation for members of the growth management hearings boards. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6836. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 6836 Growth management boards | S, Govt Op & El |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3016.pdf | |
| S3024 | Schools/public works project | Haigh |
| House Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Cox, Ericks, Miloscia, Armstrong, McCoy, McDermott, Green, Morrell, Wallace, Nixon, Clements, Chase, and Linville) |
Increases the number of demonstration projects that may be authorized by the school district project review board from sixteen to twenty-three. Requires the school district project review board to prepare and issue a report reviewing the use of the alternative public works contracting procedures by school districts. The board shall report to the capital projects advisory review board created under RCW 39.10.810 at least thirty days before January 8, 2007. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to SB 6682. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3024-s.pdf | |
| 2S3070 | Nonprofit housing | Miloscia |
| House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Miloscia, Hasegawa, Chase, and Santos) |
Declares an intent to establish policies and provide incentives that will increase the number of nonprofit housing developers that create affordable housing opportunities for low-income and indigent households, and which will simultaneously increase the ability of existing nonprofit housing developers to expand housing development programs and to sustain the resulting affordable housing units over the long term. Amends RCW 43.180.160 to increase the total amount of outstanding indebtedness of the commission to four billion dollars at any time. Authorizes the commission to establish a multiunit residential building construction liability revolving fund program to provide supplemental funding for liability claims arising from the construction or rehabilitation of condominium or other multiunit residential buildings, as defined in RCW 64.55.010, which are owned or controlled by nonprofit corporations, as defined in RCW 43.180.300. Requires the department to contract with the Washington state housing finance commission to establish a multiunit residential building construction liability revolving fund program to provide supplemental funding for liability claims arising from the construction or rehabilitation of condominium or other multiunit residential buildings, as defined in RCW 64.55.010, that are owned or controlled by nonprofit corporations, as defined in RCW 43.180.300, for developing affordable housing for low-income households. Provides that the act shall be null and void if appropriations are not approved. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Establishes a state liability account to cover the liability costs of non-profit development of multifamily housing. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3070-s2.pdf | |
| 3106 | Higher edu public works | Kenney |
| Representatives Kenney, Buri, Cox, McIntire, and Ericks |
Revises public works provisions for institutions of higher education. Amends RCW 28B.10.350. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3106.pdf | |
| S3120 | Tort claims against govt | Lantz |
| House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Lantz, Priest, Kirby, and Williams) |
Revises notice requirements for tort claims against state and local governments and their officers, employees, or volunteers. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3120-s.pdf | |
| S3180 | Contractors with the state | Haigh |
| House Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Nixon, Hudgins, Jarrett, Cody, Haler, Santos, and Morrell) |
Applies whistleblower and discrimination provisions to contractors who hold contracts with the state. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Applying whistleblower and discrimination provisions to contractors who hold contracts with the state. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3180-s.pdf | |
| E3192 | Property owners | B. Sullivan |
| Representatives B. Sullivan, Ericks, and Sells |
Provides that the contract may provide for an extension of the fifteen-year reimbursement period for a time not to exceed the duration of any moratorium, phasing ordinance, concurrency designation, or other governmental action that prevents making applications for, or the approval of, any new development within the benefit area for a period of six months or more. Requires each contract to include a provision requiring that every two years from the date the contract is executed a property owner entitled to reimbursement under this act provide the appropriate county, city, or town with information regarding the current contract name, address, and telephone number of the person, company, or partnership that originally entered into the contract. If the property owner fails to comply with the notification requirements of this provision within sixty days of the specified time, then the contracting county, city, or town may collect any reimbursement funds owed to the property owner under the contract. Such funds must be deposited in the capital fund of the county, city, or town. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3192.e.pdf | |
| ES3207 | Community preservation prog | Santos |
| House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representative Santos) |
Finds that the preservation and restoration of the character of such a community, and the community's historical and cultural character, are important public policy goals that can be achieved through the creation of community preservation authorities. Creates community preservation authorities to restore or enhance the health, safety, and well-being of communities adversely impacted by the construction of, or ongoing operation of, multiple major public facilities, public works, and capital projects with significant public funding. Requires that, by November 15, 2006, the department of community, trade, and economic development shall develop and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature recommendations for a community preservation authorities program. The department shall develop the recommendations within existing resources and shall consult with at least one community that has an interest in forming such an authority. The recommendations must include statutory and budgetary elements needed to support the program and must address operational issues, including: (1) The appointing authority and process by which community preservation authority board members are named; (2) State agencies that should be considered for designation as the single point of contact; (3) The means for establishing the authorities' eligibility for grant and loan programs; (4) How the community preservation authorities program should address the potential impacts of major public facilities, public works, and capital projects sited within and adjacent to the community's geographic boundaries; and (5) Any other issues that must be resolved in order to operate the program. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3207-s.e.pdf | |
| 3275 | Small water impounds | Hinkle |
| Representative Hinkle |
Expedites applications for projects to store one hundred acre feet or less of water that demonstrate substantial late-season flow and habitat improvement for resident or anadromous fish by eliminating the diversion of water from the natural course of a stream or river during its base flow period. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/3275.pdf | |
| S4205 | School levies | Schual-Berke |
| House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Schual-Berke, Haigh, Jarrett, Quall, Tom, Hunter, Hunt, Fromhold, Chase, Appleton, Darneille, Williams, Clibborn, McDermott, Simpson, P. Sullivan, Dickerson, O'Brien, Wood, Sells, Roberts, Green, Conway, Hudgins, Kirby, Kenney, McIntire, Dunshee, Hasegawa, Linville, Santos, Kagi, Ormsby, Lantz, Moeller and Blake) |
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide for a simple majority of voters voting to authorize a school levy. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/4205-s.pdf | |
| 4214 | Property value assessments | Buck |
| Representatives Buck and Kessler |
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to improve predictability and stability in the assessment of real property values. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/4214.pdf | |
| 4217 | Eminent domain | Nixon |
| Representatives Nixon, Rodne, Newhouse, Serben, Sump, Buri, Crouse, Haler, Woods, Priest, Condotta, Shabro, Kristiansen, Strow, Ericksen, Walsh, Skinner, Roach, Buck, Holmquist, Ahern, McCune, Bailey, Kretz, Talcott, Orcutt, Dunn, Anderson, McDonald, Armstrong, Campbell, and Tom |
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to limit the power of eminent domain. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/4217.pdf | |
| 5325 | Community revitalization | Zarelli |
| Senators Zarelli, Brown, Doumit, Kline, Shin, Sheldon, Pflug, Mulliken, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen and Pridemore |
Recognizes that the state as a whole benefits from investment in public infrastructure because it promotes community and economic development. Public investment stimulates business activity and helps create jobs; stimulates the redevelopment of brownfields and blighted areas in the inner city; lowers the cost of housing; and promotes efficient land use. Finds that these activities generate revenue for the state and that it is in the public interest to invest in these projects through a credit against the state sales and use tax to those local governments that can demonstrate the expected returns to the state. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to HB 1907. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 1907 Community revitalization | H, EconDevAgTr |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/5325.pdf | |
| E5527 | Automatic fee increase | Morton |
| Senators Morton, Mulliken, Schoesler, Carrell, Benson, Honeyford, McCaslin and Stevens |
Amends RCW 43.135.055 to provide that no fee may be increased through the use of an automatic escalation clause, such as by fiscal growth factor or the consumer price index, without prior legislative approval. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/5527.e.pdf | |
| 6162 | Urban arterial program | Haugen |
| Senator Haugen | Requested by Transportation Improvement Board |
Updates various aspects of the urban arterial program. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to HB 3011. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 3011 Urban arterial program | H, Trans |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6162.pdf | |
| S6192 | Solar electric generation | Poulsen |
| Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Poulsen, Rockefeller, Rasmussen, and Fraser) |
Directs the northwest solar center, a program of Washington State University's energy extension service, to conduct a feasibility assessment of the economic and technical viability of building a large-scale, public-demonstration, solar electric generating facility. Requires the assessment to be completed and a report summarizing the findings prepared and delivered to the energy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 15, 2006. Provides that the act shall be null and void if appropriations are not approved. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6192-s.pdf | |
| S6201 | Homeowners' assoc comm | Fairley |
| Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senator Fairley) |
Declares that the purpose of the committee is to review the homeowners' association act, chapter 64.38 RCW, the uniform common interest ownership act, and current issues concerning homeowners' associations as defined in RCW 64.38.010 including, without limitation, the method and manner of amending restrictive covenants, voting, communications between homeowners' association boards and association members, the budget ratification process, potential conflicts between the homeowners' association act and other laws that may be applicable to the organizational form of the association, and the need for reforms regarding the process, in which liens are placed on property for unpaid association dues against a new seller for a previous owner's delinquencies, as well as a review of the required disclosures on the sale of real property within a homeowners' association. Requires the committee to examine the issues referenced in this act and whether any changes should be made to the homeowners' association act. The committee shall deliver a report of its findings and conclusions and any proposed implementing legislation to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives by September 1, 2007. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6201-s.pdf | |
| S6225 | Domestic well water systems | Rasmussen |
| Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Rasmussen, Honeyford, Haugen, Morton, Hewitt, Rockefeller, Pflug, Parlette, Shin, and Oke) |
Provides regulations for the installation, repair, and maintenance of domestic well water systems. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6225-s.pdf | |
| S6367 | Critical areas | Haugen |
| Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Jacobsen, and Berkey) |
Finds that voluntary activities can be invaluable toward achieving the overall goal of protecting and enhancing the environment and that such activities should be given recognition as highly valued endeavors. Finds that better enabling citizens to undertake voluntary activities can in many circumstances be more advantageous and with fewer unintended negative consequences than adopting prescriptive rules affecting existing and nonconforming uses of land. Declares the purpose of this act is to encourage counties and cities to expand the availability and use of nonregulatory measures for existing and nonconforming uses as a component of ordinances under RCW 36.70A.130 adopted after the effective date of this act and to encourage an increase in the information and resources to the public to foster voluntary activities by citizens to improve their environment. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6367-s.pdf | |
| ES6386 | Operating budget 2006 | Prentice |
| Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Fairley, Fraser, Rockefeller, Shin, and Brandland) | Requested by Governor Gregoire |
Makes 2006 supplemental operating appropriations. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to HB 2552. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6386-s.e.pdf | |
| ES6427 | Comprehensive plans | Kastama |
| Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama, Mulliken, Morton, and Rasmussen) | Requested by Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development |
Finds there is a statewide interest in maintaining coordinated planning as called for in the legislative findings of the growth management act, RCW 36.70A.010. It is the intent of the legislature that smaller, slower-growing counties and cities be provided with flexibility in meeting the requirements to review local plans and development regulations in RCW 36.70A.130, while ensuring coordination and consistency with the plans of neighboring cities and counties. | ||
| Comments | ||
| Companion to HB 2814. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6427-s.e.pdf | |
| E6433 | Emergency management account | Kastama |
| Senators Kastama, Jacobsen, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Shin, Haugen, Rasmussen, Keiser, Regala, Thibaudeau, Franklin, McAuliffe, and Kohl-Welles |
Declares that recognizing that all disasters are local disasters, the legislature therefore intends to strengthen local emergency response, mitigation, preparation, and coordination by establishing a stable source of funding with the intent that Washington state become the nationally recognized leader in emergency management. The funding will be dedicated to the development and coordination of local government emergency management programs by encouraging joint training, citizen and industry involvement, public education, and relationship building among local and state emergency management officials. Provides that, beginning in January 2008 and biennially thereafter, the department must conduct in conjunction with the emergency management council a strategic assessment of, and issue a report on, the ability of state, local, and tribal emergency management organizations to effectively provide for all phases of comprehensive emergency management. The assessment must: (1) Evaluate state, local, and tribal emergency management capabilities and needs; (2) Evaluate the ability of state, local, and tribal emergency management organizations to provide emergency management mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the emergency management structure at the state, local, and tribal levels; (4) Provide findings and make recommendations that increase the ability of state, local, and tribal emergency management organizations to meet current and future risks; and (5) Detail where and for what purpose funds under section 3(1)(b) of this act have been distributed. Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to study and review the performance of programs implemented under this act. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6433.e.pdf | |
| E2S6480 | Apprenticeship utilitzation | Kohl-Welles |
| Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Brown, and Keiser) | Requested by Department of Transportation |
Revises public works apprenticeship utilization requirements. Establishes an intent to assist returning veterans through programs such as the "helmets to hardhats" program, which is administered by the center for military recruitment, assessment, and veterans employment. It is the state's intent to assist returning veterans with apprenticeship placement career opportunities, in order to expedite the transition from military service to the construction work force. Directs the secretary of transportation to establish an apprenticeship utilization advisory committee, which shall include statewide geographic representation and consist of equal numbers of representatives of contractors and labor. The committee must include at least one member representing contractor businesses with less than thirty-five employees. The advisory committee shall meet regularly with the secretary of transportation to discuss implementation of this act by the department of transportation, including development of the process to be used to adjust the requirements of this act for a specific project. The committee shall provide a report to the legislature by January 1, 2008, on the effects of the apprentice labor requirement on transportation projects and on the availability of apprentice labor and programs statewide. Directs the Washington state apprenticeship and training council to lead and coordinate an outreach effort to educate returning veterans about apprenticeship and career opportunities in the construction industry. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6480-s2.e.pdf | |
| 6531 | Limited liability companies | Weinstein |
| Senators Weinstein, Fraser, and Kline |
Provides that the dissolution of a limited liability company does not take away or impair any remedy available against that limited liability company, its managers, or its members for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred at any time, whether prior to or after dissolution, unless an action or other proceeding thereon is not commenced within three years after the effective date of dissolution. Such an action or proceeding against the limited liability company may be defended by the limited liability company in its own name. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6531.pdf | |
| S6781 | Environmental remediation | Prentice |
| Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Pflug, Fraser, Parlette, Shin, and Schoesler) |
Revises the excise taxation of environmental remediation services. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6781-s.pdf | |
| S6840 | Energy efficiency | Morton |
| Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Morton and Poulsen) |
Revises energy efficiency provisions. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6840-s.pdf | |
| 6861 | Domestic water users | Delvin |
| Senators Delvin, Poulsen, Mulliken, Morton, and Honeyford |
Directs the department of ecology to, by December 31, 2006, study and prepare a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on ways that the department and other stakeholders can better understand the competing interests of domestic surface water users and other surface water users in regards to limited water supplies who are affected by a curtailment of domestic water right use that has been enacted by a court order. | ||
| Companion Bill: | 3141 Domestic water users | H, EconDevAgTr |
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/6861.pdf | |
| 8217 | Revenue stabilization fund | Franklin |
| Senator Franklin |
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide for a revenue stabilization fund. | ||
| Full Text URL: | http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Senate Bills/8217.pdf | |