2000 Session
Summaries of Legislation Tracked by Washington State University
2/19/00
Non-budget legislation must have passed the originating house to be alive under legislative rules
BILL # TITLE
STATUS DATE SPONSOR
WSU POSITION
2SHB 1071 Limited public works process
S St&Loc Govt 02-15-00 SG (Romero)
Bill has passed originating house
Provides that work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement projects estimated to cost less than thirty-five thousand dollars are limited public works exempt from the small works roster process and from the requirement that contracts be awarded after advertisement and competitive bid as provided in RCW 39.04.010.
SHB 1072 Alternative public works
H State Govt 01-11-00 SG (Romero)
Bill Has Not Moved This Year
First introduced in 1999, this legislation allows contracts for the design, fabrication, and installation of building engineering systems of any cost to be let using the "design-build" alternative public works procedure.
2SHB 1074 Public works/job order contracting
H Rules R 02-15-00 SG (Schmidt, D.)
Bill appears to be in trouble
Authorizes public bodies to use a job order contract for public works projects when: (1) A public body has made a determination that the use of job order contracts will benefit the public by providing an effective means of reducing the total lead-time and cost for public works projects or repair required at public facilities through the use of unit price books and work orders by eliminating time-consuming, costly aspects of the traditional public works process, which require separate contracting actions for each small project; (2) the work order to be issued for a particular project does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars; (3) less than twenty percent of the dollar value of the work order consists of items of work not contained in the unit price book; and (4) at least eighty percent of the job order contract must be subcontracted to entities other than the job order contractor. One of several amendments require that a separate bond be provided for each year of the job order contact, each bond cover work orders issued while it is in effect, the initial bond to be effective for a one-year period commencing on the date the job order contract is awarded, and the surety`s aggregate liability shall not exceed the amount of that bond regardless of the number of work orders.
SHB 1693 Washington`s Promise
H Approp 02-04-00 Kenney
SUPPORT
See Senate Bill 5598
The Washington Promise Scholarship is established. This merit-based scholarship, implemented by the Higher Education Coordinating Board, is awarded to students based on three eligibility criteria. The award consists of two years` tuition at the community college full-time tuition rate.
HB 2375 Information/tech literacy
S Higher Ed 02-10-00 Lantz
SUPPORT W/AMENDMENT
Bill has passed originating house
HEC Board develops strategies to make students technology literate. Academic officers worked on an amendment which WSU supports. Passed out of the House
Higher Education Committee.
HB 2381 Supplemental capital budget
H Cap Budget 01-12-00 Murray
SUPPORT
This bill provides supplemental appropriations that are generally considered part of the state capital construction Budget. It provides $3.6 million GF-S in one-time money for the WSU Power Plant.
HB 2487 Operating budget
H Approp 01-14-00 Sommers, H.
SUPPORT
This bill makes supplemental operating appropriations including for the current biennium. Included is funding for the research component of the WSU Health Sciences Initiative ($600,000 for the year). As proposed by the governor, this would create a new WSU Cancer Research Center operation at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute.
HB 2530 After-school care
H Education 01-17-00 Santos
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
Requires the department of social and health services to establish a grant program to be administered by the office of child care policy to provide funding for after-school care for middle school youth. Could have positive implications for the WSU 4-H program.
E HB 2559 Advanced Tuition Payment
Passed S Higher Education 02-18-00 Carlson
SUPPORT
Bill has passed originating house
The time line for a GET program refund is changed so that the money needs only be in the account for two years prior to refund. It is no longer necessary to wait until the student reaches age 18. The governing board has some flexibility when making refund decisions. Program expenditures are no longer appropriated, though there is an Office of Financial Management allocation of funds, and OFM reports to the Legislature if the allocation are exceeded.
HB 2581 Education specialist certification
H Education 01-17-00 Schindler
WSU AMENDMENTS
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
The Certification of Specialists program is established. Through the program, at the request of a school district or private school, the State Board of Education
(SBE) will provide a one year, renewable, provisional teaching certificate to individuals who meet the following requirements:
1. The individual has a minimum of five years of work experience in math, science, foreign language, or another area of need identified by the school or district.
2. The individual holds a bachelor`s degree, meets the age and character requirements established by the SBE, and has complied with the required background check.
3. The individual has completed a training program that includes direct classroom experience and requires the individual to pass a basic skills test and any subject matter test
required of all teacher candidates planning to teach the subject. The program may include instruction in classroom safety and management, teaching methods, and state child abuse reporting requirements.
SHB 2667 Goods and services/payment
S St& Local Govt 02-11-00 Veloria
NEUTRAL
Bill has passed originating house
State agencies and local governments must make payments on contracts within 30 days of receiving an invoice unless: * The contract is funded by federal money, in which case payment must be made within 30 days of receiving an invoice or 30 days of receiving the federal funds, whichever is later; or * The contract is a public works contract and has been performed in an unsatisfactory manner.
HB 2722 Higher ed bargaining units
S Higher Ed 02-11-00 Kenney
Bill has passed originating house
Allows the civil services exemption for those bargaining units at public institutions of higher ed opting to have full collective bargaining under the public bargaining law.
SHB 2729 Personal service contracts
S St&Loc Govt 02-11-00 Clements
Bill has passed originating house
Provides that all personal service and client service contracts entered into by an agency shall require the contractor to report the salaries, annual bonuses, travel allowances, commissions, or other forms of remuneration paid for personal services to the designated employees.
2SHB 2738 Personal service contracting
S State & Loc Govt 02-16-00 Dickerson
Bill has passed originating house
Directs the office of financial management to by rule adopt uniform guidelines for the effective and efficient management of personal service contracts and client services contracts by all state agencies.
HB 2744 State retirement plan 2 and 3
H Approps 01-19-00 Sommers, H.
See Senate Bill 6530
BILL # TITLE STATUS DATE SPONSOR
WSU POSITION
HB 2760 Educator quality
H Education 01-19-00 Quall SUPPORT W/AMENDMENTS
Creates a professional educator standards boards.
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
HB 2823 Higher education students
H Higher Educ 01-21-00 Murray
NO POSITION
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
Requires all public institutions of higher education to adopt rules regarding disruptive off-campus conduct of students, including sanctions. Declares that sanctions may include, but are not limited to, counseling, probation, suspension, or expulsion.
HB 2870 Higher education fees
H Higher Educ 01-21-00 Veloria
WSU AMENDMENT
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
WSU Supports Budget Language To Address Issue
This bill allows employees to pay only for credits in excess of six per semester. Current WSU policy allows students to take up to six credits without paying tuition but requires employee students to pay for all credits if the semester total exceeds six hours. So, an employee taking seven credits would pay for only one credit under the terms of this bill. Current practice would require employees to pay for all seven credits.
HB 2891 Military personnel
H Approp 02-04-00 Lantz
SUPPORT
See Senate Bill 5330
This bill classifies, as residents for tuition purposes, active duty military personnel stationed in this state. Currently, active duty military MAY receive a waiver (at the discretion of the institution).
HB 2904 Border county higher education
S Higher Ed 02-11-00 Carlson
SUPPORT
Bill has passed originating house
The border county bill from last year HB 1016 is being amended to include one more Oregon county (Clackamas).
HB 2913 Criminal justice costs
H Local Govt 01-24-00 /wolfe
Opposed
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
The state and each county, city, and town is responsible for the prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, and incarceration of misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses committed by adults in their respective jurisdictions, and referred from their respective law enforcement agencies, whether filed under state law or city ordinance, and must carry out these responsibilities through the use of their own courts, staff, and facilities, or by entering into contracts or interlocal agreements under this chapter to provide these services.
HB 2916 Part-time faculty/SB6804
H Commerce/Lab 01-24-00 Conway
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
Declares that "reasonable assurance" does not include an agreement that is contingent on enrollment, funding, or program changes. Has implications for unemployment insurance recipients.
EHB 2952 Requiring study of distance educ
S Higher Ed 02-11-00 Edmonds
Bill has passed originating house with amendments
HECB to report on distance education in January 2001.
SSB 5330 Military/higher ed tuition
H Higher Ed 02-15-00 Brown
SUPPORT
Bill has passed originating house
Provides that, for nonresident active duty military personnel stationed in the state of Washington, the state board for community
and technical colleges and the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, the community colleges, and The Evergreen State College shall waive the lesser of the nonresident tuition fee differential and that portion of nonresident tuition fees which exceed federal educational assistance.
3SSB 5598 WA promise scholarship
H Higher Ed 02-14-00 WM (McAuliffe)
SUPPORT
Bill has passed originating house
House Committee Hearing Scheduled for Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.
1999 Bill that directs the higher education coordinating board to design and implement a Washington promise scholarship program that incorporates both academic and financial requirements, and shall give the highest priority to designing and implementing the Washington`s promise scholarship program in a way that awards scholarships to the maximum number of potential recipients who qualify under this act.
2SSB 5953 Public interest attorneys
H Higher Ed 02-16-00 HIE (Kohl-Welles)
Bill has passed originating house
Supported by the Washington Student Lobby
The loan repayment and scholarship endowment program for public interest attorneys is established. The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB), with the guidance of at least two committees, administers the program.
SB 6010 Higher ed fee waivers
H Higher Ed 02-11-00 West
STRONGLY SUPPORT/WSU Testified
Bill has passed originating house
House Committee Hearing Held Wednesday, 1:30 p.m.
Institutions may offer additional waivers for any student. The authority to waive a portion or all of tuition for students above the established limits is created. There is no state general fund support for these additional waivers. Passed Senate Higher Education Committee on Jan. 24. This bill was approved last year by the full Senate.
SB 6177 Computer/engr Phd programs
S Higher Educ 01-10-00 Jacobsen
NEUTRAL
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
By June 30, 2001, the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) must make recommendations to the Legislature about the creation and institutional location of a doctoral program in computer science and engineering. The HECB must evaluate future and current job opportunities for doctoral degree holders in Washington State and the United States; the number of persons with doctoral degrees currently employed in Washington and the names of the doctoral granting institutions; and the number of Washington students who would be interested in pursuing doctoral degrees.
SSB 6292 Timber sales
H Nat Res 02-11-00 Morton
No position.
Bill has passed originating house
Original bill opposed by WSU: The Board of Natural Resources must offer 95 percent of the total volume of the year`s timber sales from state forests to qualified bidders. A qualified bidder is defined as a person who has neither processed timber outside of Washington nor sold to another person who has processed outside of Washington anymore than 5 percent of the accumulative total of timber from state forests. Amended bill: The Washington State Attorney General must take legal action in federal court against the state of Idaho's Timber Stabilization Act, challenging its legality under the United States Constitution. The challenge is done in cooperation with the prosecuting attorneys of Stevens, Pend Oreille, Ferry and Okanogan counties.
SSB 6297 Graduate asst tuition exempt
S Rules 2 01-27-00 Kohl-Welles
SUPPORT
Faculty supported legislation. Students who hold a graduate service appointment involving not less than ten hours per week are eligible for a tuition waiver. Resident students holding a graduate service appointment involving not less than ten hours per week may be granted a waiver of all or a portion of resident tuition. Nonresident students holding a graduate service appointment involving not less than ten hours per week may be granted a waiver of all or a portion of the nonresident fee differential. Resident students who hold fellowships or trainee positions become eligible for waivers under this program.
SB 6298 Tuition waiver
H Higher Ed 02-15-00 Kohl-Welles
OPPOSE
Bill has passed originating house
Permanent certificated instructional staff and permanent classified employees of school districts and educational service districts are added to the definition of eligible state employees who may attend state colleges and universities using space-available waivers.
SSB 6299 Resident tuition/aliens
S Rules 2 01-27-00 Kohl-Welles
Students are classified as nonimmigrant aliens with "H" visas are "resident students" if they have spent at least 75 percent of their junior and senior high school years in Washington, have parents who lived in Washington for at least one year during the last five years, and enroll at the postsecondary institution within six months of leaving high school is eliminated. (Language of the substitute bill)
BILL # TITLE STATUS DATE SPONSOR WSU POSITION
SB 6346 Higher ed labor relations(Faculty)
S Ways & Means 02-01-00 Fairley
OPPOSE
Academic personnel and other non-classified staff at state four-year institutions of higher education are granted the right to bargain over wages, hours, and working conditions. These collective bargaining rights are not extended to chief executive or administrative officers, confidential employees, supervisors, or employees covered by the
state civil service law or the Public Employees` Collective Bargaining Act.
SSB 6396 CTED split
H Econ Dev`t
02-08-00 (Patterson)
No position
Passed the State Local Government Committee
Awaiting Vote on the Senate Floor
An act relating to splitting the department of community, trade, and economic development and reestablishing the department of community development and the department of trade and economic development.
E SB 6402 Civil service act reform
H State Govt 02-09-00 Fairley
NEUTRAL
Bill has passed originating house
The state`s civil service system is reformed with new classification rules to be adopted by March 15, 2003. State agencies and institutions of higher education may contract out for services provided by classified employees. The scope of collective bargaining for state employees is expanded to include wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment but bargaining over management rights is prohibited and the right to strike is not granted.
SB 6403 Supplemental capital budget
S Ways & Means 01-14-00 Bauer
SUPPORT
Provides for a supplemental capital budget. Provides $3.6 million GF-S in one-time money for the WSU Power Plant. (See also HB 2381) WSU Strongly Supports This Legislation and has testified for the bill.
Actual Bill Language: FOR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Power System Upgrade (01-1-001)
The appropriation in this section is subject to the review and allotment procedures under sections 902 and 903, chapter 379, Laws of 25 1999.
Appropriation: General Fund--State (Fiscal Year 2000) ...$ 3,600,000
Prior Biennia (Expenditures) ........$ 0
Future Biennia (Projected Costs) ...... 0
TOTAL ................$ 3,600,000
SB 6404 Supplemental operating budget
S Ways & Means 01-14-00 Loveland
SB 6425 Advanced college tuition
S Rules 2 G 02-04-00 McAuliffe
SUPPORT
The time line for a GET program refund is changed so that the money needs only be in the account for two years prior to refund. It is no longer necessary to wait until the student reaches age 18. The governing board has some flexibility when making refund decisions. Program expenditures are no longer appropriated, though there is an Office of Financial Management allocation of funds, and OFM reports to the Legislature if the allocation are exceeded.
SB 6461 TANF work activity
S Ways & Means 02-04-00 Sheldon, B.
A Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipient, within the ages of 18 and 21 years, who maintains satisfactory full-time participation in a vocational or two-year community college program providing job-specific education or training in a high demand field is considered engaged in the TANF required work activity.
SB 6480 Recreational use/Trust Lands
S Nat/Res/Parks 01-17-00 Jacobsen
No position
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
A trust land recreational lease program which authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to defer harvesting of timber in order to accommodate recreational uses is established. A program is established to compensate the trust for the value of deferred timber. The department establishes pilot leases for four areas: Tiger Mountain State Forest, Elbe Hills State Forest, the Yacolt State Forest, and Blanchard Hills.
SB 6512 Tuition recovery trust fund
S Higher Educ 01-18-00 Bauer
No position
Bill does not apply to WSU and will be removed from the watch listVocational schools must maintain, and administer a tuition
recovery trust fund. All funds collected for the tuition recovery
trust fund are payable to the state for the benefit and protection of
any student or enrollee of a private vocational school licensed under
this chapter, or, in the case of a minor, his or her parents or
guardian, for purposes including but not limited to the settlement of
claims related to school closures under subsection (10) of this section and the settlement of claims under RCW 28C.10.120.
SB 6526 Higher ed/bargaining units
S Rules 2 02-03-00 Kohl-Welles
SUPPORT
Passed committee, awaiting asssignment to Senate floor
Clarifies that exempt staff are exempt from collective bargaining. Under the state civil service system, classified employees of higher education institutions have limited bargaining rights. This means that bargaining units and institutions may only bargain over matters within an institution`s legal control. Certain higher education positions are exempt from the civil service law in RCW 41.06.070(2); for example, managerial or professional employees. A dispute arose between the University of Washington and the CSA about whether the civil service exemptions applied to the bargaining units which transferred to the collective bargaining law. The Executive Director of PERC ruled that they did not. The applicability of the civil service exemptions is reinstated in RCW 41.06.070 for bargaining units which have been transferred to the public employees collective bargaining law, Chapter 41.56 RCW.
SSB 6530 PERS plan 2 & 3
H Approp 02-14-00 Fraser
SUPPORT
Bill has passed originating house
Revises provisions relating to plans 2 and 3 of the state retirement systems. PERS III for new employees only.
E2SSB 6731 Lake Whatcom
H Nat Res 02-17-00 WM (Spanel)
No position
Legislation has passed originating house (state Senate) 45-0 on Feb. 11 with floor amendment
The Department of Natural Resources must develop a landscape management plan for state-owned forest land in the Lake Whatcom watershed area. This includes lands in the WSU Trusts. The department must consult with other major forest landowners and watershed residents in developing the plan. The plan must establish riparian management zones along all streams. The department must manage the lands within such zones to protect water quality and riparian habitat. Harvest and road construction on unstable slopes within the watershed must be carefully regulated. The department must create and implement a sustained yield model specific to Lake Whatcom consistent with the statewide model. The management plan must be completed and implemented by June 30, 2001. Timber harvest and road construction within the watershed must be delayed until the plan is completed. "Road construction" delay was added by a floor amendment by Sen. Spanel.
SB 6747 High tech/higher ed
S Rules 2 02-04-00 Kohl-Welles
NEUTRAL
Addresses American Electronics Association Recommendations. Provides that, beginning in April 2000, the higher education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, and a representative of the technology industry shall convene a work group in consultation with the council of presidents and its member institutions, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the Washington federation of career schools and colleges, the Washington association of independent colleges and universities, representatives from the high technology industry, and other higher education providers. Among the duties is for a work group to review industry recommendations specific to higher education.
SB 6803 Sprinkler Study S Higher Educ
01-28-00 Kohl-Welles
NO POSITION
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
Directs the state building code council to study the feasibility of adopting rules requiring all existing congregate residences owned or operated by any institution of higher education to be provided with complete and approved automatic fire extinguishing sprinkler protection.
SB 6804 Reasonable Assurance/comp2916
S Labor & Workforfce 01-31-00 Fairley
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
WSU is concerned that this bill could result in unemployment benefits temporary university faculty. The term "reasonable assurance" does not include an agreement that is contingent on enrollment, funding, or program changes.
SB 6835 Higher Ed Supp Tuition Fees (Spokane)
Senate Ways and Means 02-07-00 Sheahan, Brown & West
STRONGLY SUPPORT
Bill Appears To Be In Trouble
WSU Supports Budget Language To Address Issue
Provides that the tuition charged students enrolled in the
cooperative computer engineering program offered jointly by
Washington State University, Gonzaga University, and the University
of Idaho shall be equal for all students in the program from each
of the institutions, as negotiated by the participating
institutions. The board of regents of Washington State University
shall charge its students who participate in the cooperative
computer engineering program offered by Gonzaga University, the
University of Idaho, and Washington State University a supplemental
fee so that the tuition and fees charged them are equal to the
tuition charged by Gonzaga University for its students enrolled in
the program.
E SSCR 8425 HEC Board master plan
H Higher Ed 02-15-00 HIE (Kohl Welles)
Resolution has passed originating house (state Senate) on a 41-2 vote with floor amendments
Approves many provisions of the HEC Board Master Plan. But it requires that the board,"reexamine its assumptions with regard to projected upper division and graduate enrollments, and that the plan reexamine the role of the community and technical colleges in meeting the postsecondary needs of a significant portion of Washington`s population;" and states "That the board reexamine its assumptions with regard to the capital needs of the community and technical colleges and the four-year institutions of higher education, including their branch campuses;"
Hearing before S Hi Ed on 1/31/00 and H Hi Ed on 2/1/00.
SRC 8427 Higher ed student housing
S Rules 2 02-04-00 Kohl-Welles
Forms a joint select committee on fire suppression in student residence halls. The committee reports its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 2001.
SR 8726 Dr. Samuel H. Smith honored
S Adopted Hale
Resolution has passed State Senate unanimously
SGA 9023 Joe King
JOE KING, reappointed January 28, 1997, for a term ending September 30, 2000, as a Member of the Board of Regents of the Washington State University.
SGA9223 Bernadett Buchanan
S Rules 01-27-00
BERNADETT BUCHANAN, appointed June 1, 1999, for a term ending May 31, 2000, as a Member of the Board of Regents of the Washington State University. Hearing held by the Senate Higher Educations Committee.
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