| Bill Status As Of – March 7, 2003 |
| 2SHB 1003 |
Research/technology comm |
H APP DP2S |
3/6/2003 |
APP (Morris) |
Concerns |
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| Creates the biomedical research and technology transfer account in the custody of the state treasurer. An amount equal to ten percent of the annual receipts for the state of Washington under the master tobacco settlement agreement from the tobacco settlement account must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for grants awarded by the research and technology transfer commission and for operation of the commission established under this act. WSU has concerns about how this bill will impact funds earmarked for Cooperative Extension Energy programs. |
| HB 1004 |
Gas & electricity taxes |
H Technology, |
1/13/2003 |
Morris |
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| AN ACT Relating to energy; amending RCW 82.16.020, 82.16.050, 82.16.053, 82.16.055, and 35.21.870; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; repealing RCW 82.12.022 and 82.14.230; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1048 |
State building codes |
H Local Gov. |
1/14/2003 |
Cooper |
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| Revises certain state building codes that are adopted by reference in RCW 19.27.031. |
| E SHB 1053 f |
Government accountability |
S Ways & Means |
2/27/2003 |
SG (Miloscia) |
Concerns |
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| Brief Summary of Substitute Bill ·Establishes the Citizen Oversight Board to develop an annual assessment and performance grading program for all state agencies. ·Authorizes the State Auditor to develop and implement a plan for conducting
recurring performance audits of government systems and operations. |
| HB 1062 |
Public contract payment |
H State Govt |
1/15/2003 |
Romero |
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| Finds that: (1) Firms and organizations that do business with the state expect and deserve to be paid in an expeditious and timely manner; and (2) Unjustified delays in paying vendors, construction contractors, and providers of service may discourage these firms and organizations, in particular small and medium-sized firms and women and minority-owned business enterprises, from doing business
with the state, and may ultimately increase the costs to the state government. Declares it is the purpose of this act to set standards for the payment of bills incurred by state agencies within specified periods of time and to require interest payments in situations where contract payments do not conform to these standards. |
| SHB 1065 |
Public works apprenticeships |
H Cap Budget |
2/28/2003 |
CL (Conway) |
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| Provides that, from July 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003, for all public works estimated to cost two million dollars or more, all specifications shall require that no less than ten percent of the labor hours within each trade be performed by apprentices of that trade.
Provides that, from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004, for all public works estimated to cost two million dollars or more, all specifications shall require that no less than twelve percent of the labor hours within each trade be performed by apprentices of that trade.
Provides that, from January 1, 2005, and thereafter, for all public works estimated to cost one million dollars or more, all specifications shall require that no less than fifteen percent of the labor hours within each trade be performed by apprentices of
that trade. |
| E HB 1079 f |
Higher ed student residency |
S Higher Educ |
2/24/2003 |
Kenney |
Amendments |
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| Includes any student who has graduated from high school in this state or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in this state and who has attended at least three years of high school in this state, however a student who is not a citizen of the United States of America shall submit an affidavit to the institution stating he or she has filed or will file an application for permanent residency in the United States at the earliest opportunity he or she is eligible to do so. |
| SHB 1082 |
Sch emply housing allowance |
H Approp |
2/24/2003 |
ED (Ruderman) |
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| Recognizes that, as the disparity in the cost-of-living between school districts across the state has grown in recent years, the purchasing power of equalized salaries has become more disparate for K-12 employees. A major contributor to these costs is housing.
Declares that the purpose of this act is to authorize a housing allowance for nonsupervisory public school employees in order to encourage these employees to live in the districts in which they work.
Authorizes eligible school districts to provide a housing allowance for nonsupervisory classified and certificated employees with revenues raised from a housing allowance levy authorized under this act. |
| HB 1091 |
Prescription drugs |
H Health Care |
1/15/2003 |
Cody |
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| Declares an intent to develop a comprehensive prescription drug education and utilization system in Washington state that will ensure best prescribing practices and pharmaceutical use, reduce administrative burdens on providers, increase consumer understanding of and compliance with appropriate use of prescription drugs, help to control increases in consumer and state health care spending, and improve prescription drug purchasing through a sound evidence-based process that evaluates the therapeutic value and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs. |
| 2SHB 1123 |
State financial aid account |
*H Rules C |
3/7/2003 |
APP (Kenney) |
Support |
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| Declares that the primary purpose of the account is to ensure that all appropriations designated for financial aid through statewide student financial aid programs are made available to eligible students. The account shall be a nontreasury account
retaining its interest earnings in accordance with RCW 43.79A.040.
Directs the higher education coordinating board to deposit in the account all money received for the state need grant program established under RCW 28B.10.800, the state work-study program established under chapter 28B.12 RCW, the Washington scholars program established under RCW 28A.600.110, the Washington award for vocational excellence program established under RCW 28C.04.525, and the educational opportunity grant program established under chapter 28B.101 RCW. |
| HB 1131 |
Public entity reimbursement |
H Judiciary |
1/17/2003 |
Carrell |
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| Finds that citizens, through their government, are frequently unable to collect reimbursement from employees, officers, and contractors whose criminal conduct results in payment of public money to injured parties.
Finds that this inability is a drain on public resources and facilitates the avoidance of responsibility by those who engage in criminal conduct. The purpose of this act is to enable public entities on behalf of the citizens to obtain reimbursement from such employees, officers, and contractors. |
| SHB 1153 |
Confidential public records |
S Govt Op & El |
3/3/2003 |
SG (Haigh) |
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| Provides that records that are confidential, privileged, or exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law while in the possession of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other entity of state or local government retain their confidential, privileged, or exempt status after transfer to the state archives unless the archivist, with the concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, determines that the records must be made accessible to the public according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state, in which case the records may be open to inspection and available for copying after the
expiration of seventy-five years from creation of the record. |
| HB 1165 $e |
Capital budget |
H Cap Budget |
1/20/2003 |
Dunshee |
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| Provides appropriations and authorizes expenditures for capital improvements. |
| HB 1171 |
Green building programs |
H Cap Budget |
1/23/2003 |
Romero |
Concerns |
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| Declares that the goals of the state of Washington, consistent with executive order 02-03, are to site, design, construct, renovate, operate, and maintain state buildings that are models of energy, water, and materials efficiency, while providing healthy,
productive, and comfortable indoor environments and long-term benefits to the state's residents.
Intends the sustainable building goal to be implemented in a cost-effective manner, while considering externalities, identifying economic and environmental performance measures, determining cost savings, using life cycle costing, and adopting an integrated systems approach.
Intends to authorize and direct that public agencies adopt the United States green building council leadership in energy and environmental design green building rating system.
Declares an intent that this rating system guide the siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of state-funded major facilities entering into the predesign process after July 1, 2003. |
| HB 1185 |
Performance reviews |
H State Govt |
1/20/2003 |
Rockefeller |
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| Finds that the use of performance reviews, as well as outcome and performance measures, is necessary for demonstrating the accountability of state government to the public.
Finds that performance measurement is integral to the efficient and effective management and operation of state agencies and programs, essential to the achievement of effective interagency cooperation and management, and integral to identifying priorities of government for purposes of funding biennial budgets.
Declares an intent to expand its performance reviews to provide greater accountability to the public and to ensure that state government has effective measures for assessing and continuously improving performance.
Declares an intent that outcome and performance measures used by state agencies and programs become a tool for the governor and the legislature in establishing priorities of government and developing biennial budgets. |
| SHB 1190 |
Alternative cert programs |
S Education |
2/27/2003 |
ED (Quall) |
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| Provides that, for a maximum of two years, a route one candidate shall retain his or her employee status during the time the candidate is participating in the program. |
| SHB 1191 |
Sch dis emply health benefit |
S Hea/L-T Care |
3/4/2003 |
APP (Fromhold) |
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| Provides that, beginning September 1, 2003, the authority shall collect from each participating school district and educational service district an amount equal to the composite rate charged to state agencies, plus an amount equal to the employee premiums by plan and family size as would be charged to state employees, for groups of district employees enrolled in authority plans as of January 1, 2003.
Provides that notwithstanding RCW 41.05.050 and RCW 41.05.065(3), the authority may allow districts enrolled on a tiered rate structure prior to September 1, 2002, to continue participation based on the same rate structure and under the same
conditions and eligibility criteria. |
| HB 1193 |
Pro educators board |
S Education |
3/4/2003 |
Quall |
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| Includes a classified employee on the Washington professional educator standards board. |
| HB 1197 fo |
Retirement annual increase |
H Approp |
1/21/2003 |
Pflug |
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| Revises provisions relating to public employees' retirement system, plan 1 and teachers' retirement system, plan 1 age and retirement requirements for receipt of the annual increase amount. Companion Bill 5097 |
| HB 1198 fo |
LEOFFRS board elections |
S Ways & Means |
2/14/2003 |
Pflug |
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| Designates which fire fighters or law enforcement officers may elect or be elected to certain pension and disability boards. |
| HB 1200 fo |
Retirement system statutes |
S Ways & Means |
3/3/2003 |
Conway |
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| Corrects retirement system statutes. Companion Bill 5101 |
| HB 1201 fo |
Retirement system options |
H Approp |
1/21/2003 |
Conway |
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| Authorizes a member holding state elective office the option during each term of office of membership or retirement and beginning their retirement allowance in the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, the teachers'
retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public employees' retirement system. |
| SHB 1204 |
Pension policy select comm |
*H Rules C |
3/7/2003 |
APP (Fromhold) |
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| Provides that the select committee on pension policy has the following powers and duties: (1) Study pension issues, develop pension policies for public employees in state retirement systems, and make recommendations to the legislature;
(2) Study the financial condition of the state pension
systems, develop funding policies, and make recommendations to the
legislature; and
(3) Appoint or remove the state actuary by a two-thirds vote of the select committee.
Repeals RCW 44.44.015, 44.44.050, and 44.44.060. |
| HB 1206 fo |
Retiremnt contributions/pl 3 |
S Ways & Means |
2/14/2003 |
Pflug |
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| Revises RCW 41.34.040 relating to public employees', teachers', and school employees' retirement systems plan 3 member contribution rates. |
| HB 1209 fo |
Retirement benefits |
H Approp |
1/21/2003 |
Conway |
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| Authorizes members of the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public employees' retirement system to begin receiving benefits without leaving service at age seventy and one-half. |
| SHB 1211 |
Public accountancy act |
H Rules R |
2/28/2003 |
CL (Conway) |
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| Revises accountability requirements under the public accountancy act.
Requires that, by December 1, 2003, the board of accountancy shall report to the senate committee on commerce and trade and the house committee on commerce and labor, or successor committees, on the issue of auditor independence. |
| E SHB 1218 |
Building map info system |
*S Judiciary |
3/7/2003 |
SG (Lovick) |
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| Recognizes the extreme dangers present when the safety of our citizens requires first responders such as police and fire fighters to evacuate and secure a building. In an effort to prepare for responding to unintended disasters, criminal acts, and acts of terrorism, the legislature intends to create a statewide first responder building mapping information system that will provide all first responders with the information they need to be successful when disaster strikes.
Requires that, when funded, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs shall create and operate a statewide first responder building mapping information system. |
| HB 1221 |
Paid time off |
H Commerce/Lab |
1/21/2003 |
Dickerson |
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| Declares an intent to require employers to provide workers with a minimum amount of paid time off, to allow employers to adopt reasonable policies concerning the administration of paid time off, and to encourage employers to adopt or retain leave policies more generous than the minimum requirements of this act.
Provides that an employee shall accrue at least forty hours of paid time off for each six months of full-time work for an employer, or a proportionate amount of paid time off for each six months of less than full-time work.
Declares that an employee is entitled to take paid time off only after completing the first six consecutive months of work for an employer. An employee taking paid time off shall comply with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement or employer policy applicable to the purpose for which the leave is taken. |
| HB 1229 |
Teacher cottages |
S Education |
3/6/2003 |
Quall |
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| Provides that the board of directors of a second class school district may authorize the construction of teachers' cottages using funds from the district's capital projects fund or general fund. Rental and other income from the cottages, including sale of the cottages, may be deposited, in whole or in part, into the school district's general fund, debt service fund, or capital projects fund as determined by the board of directors. |
| HB 1235 $e |
Operating supp budget |
H Approp |
1/21/2003 |
Sommers |
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| Makes 2001-03 supplemental operating appropriations. |
| SHB 1242 f |
Biodiesel |
H 2nd Reading |
3/4/2003 |
TTE (Sullivan) |
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| Encourages all state agencies to use a fuel blend of twenty percent biodiesel and eighty percent petroleum diesel for use in diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
Provides that, effective June 1, 2006, for agencies complying with the ultra-low sulfur diesel mandate of the United States environmental protection agency for on-highway diesel fuel, agencies shall use biodiesel as an additive to ultra-low sulfur
diesel for lubricity. The amount of biodiesel added to the ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel shall be not less than two percent. |
| SHB 1244 |
Teacher salary bonus |
H Approp |
2/24/2003 |
ED (Hunter) |
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| Provides that certificated instructional staff who have attained certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall receive a bonus of three thousand five hundred dollars each year in which they maintain their certification from the national board for professional teaching standards.
Declares that the annual bonus for national board certification is provided in addition to compensation received under a district's salary schedule adopted in accordance with RCW 28A.405.200 and shall not be included in calculations of a
district's average salary and associated salary limitations under RCW 28A.400.200. |
| 2SHB 1245 |
Timber harvest/trust lands |
*H 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
APP (Linville) |
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| Finds that it is in the best interest of the trust beneficiaries to capture additional revenues while providing for additional environmental protection on timber sales.
Finds that contract harvesting is one method to achieve these desired outcomes.
Directs the department of natural resources to establish and implement contract harvesting where there exists the ability to increase revenues for the beneficiaries of the trusts while obtaining increases in environmental protection. |
| HB 1247 d |
Aqtc land valuable materials |
S NatRes/Ene/W |
2/11/2003 |
Eickmeyer |
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| Provides that, the department of natural resources shall be entitled to consider whether the bidder was the "highest responsible bidder" for a sale within the previous five years but failed to complete the sale, such as by not entering into a
resulting contract or by not paying the difference between the
deposit and the total amount due. |
| E HB 1252 d |
Public land statutes |
S NatRes/Ene/W |
2/25/2003 |
Linville |
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| Makes technical, nonsubstantive, corrections to and recodifies various department of natural resources' public land statutes. |
| SHB 1260 |
Envrnmntl impact statements |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
AGNR (Buck) |
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| Declares that, on state trust lands, class I, II, and III forest practices, as defined by rules adopted by the forest practices board under RCW 76.09.050, do not require an
environmental impact statement or detailed statement required under chapter 43.21C RCW if a programmatic detailed environmental impact statement has been finalized for the ten-year sustained yield plan required for all forest practices on state lands under chapter 79.68 RCW. |
| HB 1270 |
Performance audits |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Anderson |
Concerns |
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| Directs the state auditor to undertake ongoing independent, objective, and comprehensive performance audits of state government, which shall be performed in accordance with government auditing standards and funded by the general fund.
Directs the state auditor to contract with private sector professional and technical experts for conducting performance audits and shall provide oversight of such audits and employees within the state auditor's office, if available and qualified, may
assist such audits.
Directs the state auditor to solicit suggestions for improving government performance from both front-line public employees, government service recipients, and the public at large in the conduct of each audit.
Requires the state auditor to establish a toll-free telephone number at which the public may make suggestions, report government waste, and note government innovation. The state auditor shall compile the information acquired and make it available upon request and may provide comments regarding the information acquired.
Directs the office of the economic and revenue forecast council to establish a peer group rating system using as benchmarks only those states having the same number of electoral votes as Washington or having plus or minus one electoral vote as does Washington and shall issue a budgeting and economic climate report
based on the peer group rating system.
Establishes the citizens' oversight committee for government accountability as a panel composed of five citizen members appointed by the leadership of the house of representatives who are not affiliated with the party of the state auditor.
Requires that one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated for the current biennium for each state agency or institution shall be dedicated towards the cost of auditing that agency or institution. |
| SHB 1277 |
Edu assistance grant prgrm |
H 2nd Reading |
3/4/2003 |
HE (Kenney) |
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| Creates the educational assistance grant program for students
with dependents subject to the availability of receipts of gifts,
grants, or endowments from private sources. The program is created
to serve financially needy students with dependents eighteen years
of age or younger, by assisting them directly through a grant
program to pursue a degree or certificate at public or private institutions of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.10.802, that participate in the state need grant program.
Provides that the educational assistance grant program for students with dependents grants may be used by eligible participants to attend any public or private college or university in the state of Washington as defined in RCW 28B.10.802. The participant is not eligible for a grant if the grant will be used
to pursue a degree in theology. Companion Bill 5660 |
| HB 1280 o |
State university research |
*S 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
Murray |
Support |
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| Revises provisions for financing contracts for state university research facilities or equipment. |
| HB 1284 |
PERS plan 2 early retirement |
H Approp |
1/22/2003 |
Cooper |
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| Revises provisions relating to early retirement in the public employees' retirement system, plan 2. |
| SHB 1298 f |
Retirement/service vesting |
*H 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
APP (Sommers) |
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| Provides for vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3. |
| HB 1305 |
Employment information |
H Judiciary |
1/22/2003 |
Carrell |
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| Provides that an employer who discloses information about a former or current employee's job performance, conduct, or other work-related information to a prospective employer, or employment agency as defined by RCW 49.60.040, at the specific request of that individual employer or employment agency, is presumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from civil liability for such disclosure or its consequences. |
| HB 1307 |
Actions against agency rules |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Armstrong |
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| Revises provisions relating to actions asserting invalidity of
agency rules. |
| HB 1308 |
Contracting for services |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Anderson |
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| Amends RCW 41.80.020 relating to contracting for services
customarily provided by state employees. |
| HB 1309 |
Agency rule authority |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Holmquist |
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| Provides that an agency may not adopt a proposed rule unless
the legislature has had the opportunity to consider the proposed
rule during a regular session or special legislative session as
defined in Article II, section 12 of the state Constitution.
Declares that, when delegating authority to an agency through
legislation, the legislature, unless it specifically states
otherwise, limits its delegation of authority to: (1) The minimum
delegation necessary to administer the legislation's clear and
unambiguous directives; and
(2) The administration of circumstances and behaviors
foreseeable at the time of the legislation's enactment. |
| HB 1312 |
Rule-making authority limit |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Anderson |
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| Limits the rule-making authority of certain entities to those
instances where there is a specific grant of legislative authority. |
| HB 1313 |
Agencies to justify rules |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Anderson |
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| Places the burden of proof on an agency during rule review. |
| HB 1314 |
Significant legislative rule |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Shabro |
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| Provides that, in order for the legislature to properly carry
out its responsibility for establishing new laws, this act revises
rule-making requirements to assure that the legislature can
carefully review rules that impose significant requirements on
citizens before the rules take effect. |
| HB 1315 |
Agency rules/adopting |
H State Govt |
1/22/2003 |
Shabro |
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| Provides that no agency may adopt a rule that exceeds a
federal standard without specific legislative authority.
Provides that, by July 1, 2004, each state agency must review
existing rules that exceed federal standards and prepare a report
for the office of financial management and the joint administrative
rules review committee that outlines the grant of authority used to
exceed those standards.
Requires that, if the agency has relied on a general grant of
authority in adopting the rules, the agency shall either repeal the
rules or seek specific authority from the legislature as allowed
under this act. If specific authority is not obtained by July 1,
2006, the agency shall repeal the rule. |
| HB 1347 $ |
Capital supp buget |
H Cap Budget |
1/23/2003 |
Dunshee |
Concerns |
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| Makes supplemental appropriations and authorizing expenditures for capital improvements. |
| HB 1366 $e |
Operating budget 2003-05 |
H Approp |
1/23/2003 |
Sommers |
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| Makes 2003-05 operating appropriations. |
| E SHB 1367 f |
Government accountability |
S Govt Op & El |
2/20/2003 |
SG (Rockefeller) |
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| Finds that performance measurement is integral to the
efficient and effective management and operation of state agencies
and programs, essential to the achievement of effective interagency
cooperation and management, and integral to identifying priorities
of government for purposes of funding biennial budgets.
Finds that reviews of outcome and performance measures are
necessary for demonstrating the accountability of state government
to the public. Thus, the legislature intends to expand its
performance measure reviews to provide greater accountability to
the public, to ensure that state government has effective measures
for assessing and continuously improving performance, and to
determine whether targeted funding investments and established
priorities of government actually produce the intended and expected
services and benefits.
Declares an intent that outcome and performance measures used
by state agencies and programs and required by RCW 43.88.090 become
a tool for the governor and the legislature in establishing
priorities of government and developing biennial budgets. |
| HB 1385 |
Transportation incentives |
H State Govt |
1/24/2003 |
Mielke |
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| Directs the secretary of transportation to report no later
than November 30th of every even-numbered year to the house of
representatives and senate transportation committees on both
current practices regarding contracting out and on further
opportunities for contracting out within the department.
Provides that, in recommending programs that might be
performed by the private sector, the secretary shall place emphasis
on programs that could be undertaken at a lower cost by the private
sector than by state employees, and on programs in which the use of
the private sector could augment the department's workforce in
order to increase the department's capacity to complete projects as
quickly as possible.
Provides that departments, agencies, and institutions of
higher education are prohibited from bargaining matters pertaining
to purchasing by contract.
Provides that the employer and the exclusive bargaining
representative shall not bargain over matters pertaining to
management rights established in RCW 41.80.040 or over matters
pertaining to purchasing services by contract.
Repeals RCW 41.06.380 and 41.06.382. |
| HB 1386 |
Prevailing wage |
H Commerce/Lab |
1/24/2003 |
Mielke |
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| Provides incentives to increase transportation revenues by reforming prevailing wage laws. |
| E HB 1395 |
Alcoholic beverages |
*S Comm & Trade |
3/7/2003 |
Sullivan |
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| Revises provisions relating to the catering of alcoholic beverages at special events by nonprofit organizations. |
| HB 1422 |
Pblc investment in higher ed |
H Higher Educ |
1/24/2003 |
Pflug |
Oppose |
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| Declares that it is the policy of the state that a greater focus of the public investment in higher education be to support educational and degree programs in priority academic disciplines. Priority academic disciplines are those that prepare individuals for occupations necessary for the state's overall economic and
social well-being over the medium and long term. Declares that, beginning with the 2003-2005 biennium, it is the intent to begin implementation of this policy at the four-year institutions of higher education through the state funds appropriated to each college and university. Intends to create an ongoing process for reprioritization of the public investment in higher education. |
| HB 1425 |
Health benefits |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Fromhold |
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| Provides that retired or disabled school district and
educational service district employees, or retired state employees,
who are receiving a retirement allowance under chapter 41.32 or
41.40 RCW as of September 30, 1993, and their dependents may
purchase health care insurance coverage from the authority under
terms and conditions established by chapter 41.05 RCW and by the
board. |
| HB 1426 |
Extraordinary invstmnt gains |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Conway |
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| Provides that, beginning January 1, 2005, and on January 1st
of odd-numbered years thereafter, the amount of extraordinary
investment gains, if any, shall be used to provide a lump sum
payment to each plan 1 retiree under chapters 41.32 and 41.40 RCW. |
| HB 1434 |
Education employee housing |
H Education |
1/27/2003 |
Anderson |
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| Declares that the purpose of this act is to commission a study on the impact of housing costs on nonsupervisory K-12 employees and to provide the governor and the legislature with a set of recommendations designed to address those costs within the state's constitutionally required general and uniform system of public
schools. |
| SHB 1437 |
Higher edu tuition |
H Approp |
3/5/2003 |
HE (Kenney) |
Support |
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| Finds that public higher education funding is a shared responsibility between the state, students, and the public colleges and universities. Periodic increases in state funding, state financial aid, and tuition must be authorized to provide quality
higher education for the citizens of Washington.
Declares an intent to authorize the governing boards to establish tuition rates for all students other than resident undergraduates. |
| HB 1448 $d |
Operating bdgt/government |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Sommers |
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| Makes general government-related statutory changes necessary
to implement the 2003-2005 omnibus operating appropriations bill. |
| HB 1449 $d |
Operating bdgt/education |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Sommers |
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| Makes education-related statutory changes necessary to
implement the 2003-2005 omnibus operating appropriations bill. |
| HB 1453 f |
Higher edu credit transfer |
H 2nd Reading |
3/4/2003 |
Kenney |
Concerns |
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| Declares an intent to make improvements to the statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement through the following initiatives: (1) Improved ease of transfer of general education courses between institutions; and (2) Development of transfer degrees for specific academic majors.
Requires the higher education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the council of presidents, in partnership, to convene a work group to recommend changes to the statewide transfer of credit policy and agreement as provided in this act. The work group shall include representatives
from each of the public four-year institutions of higher education and a broad sample of community and technical colleges. |
| HB 1456 |
Public facilities task force |
H Local Gov. |
1/27/2003 |
Upthegrove |
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| Finds that there is a need to clarify regional and state
mitigation responsibilities and develop regional and state
mitigation tools to compensate host communities that are impacted
as a result of the siting of essential public facilities.
Finds that those mitigation tools need to be incorporated into
regional and statewide planning policies and agreements. |
| HB 1457 |
Zero-based budget reviews |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Alexander |
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| Establishes the zero-base and modified zero-base budget review process to help the legislature establish priorities in the expenditure of public resources for state programs and services.
Provides that, in the omnibus operating budget bill or in other legislation, the legislature shall identify agencies on which a zero-base budget review or a modified zero-base budget review shall be conducted during each fiscal year of the biennium. When specifying agencies on which the review will be conducted, the
legislature shall seek to complement and avoid duplication of the activities or the proposed activities of the joint legislative audit and review committee under chapter 44.28 RCW. |
| HB 1458 f |
Retirement incentive program |
H Approp |
1/27/2003 |
Alexander |
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| Provides that, an employer may offer, adhering to all laws or
regulations of the state or federal government: (1) Retirement,
with a reduction in the retirement allowance of three percent per
year for each year of difference between the employee's age and the
full retirement age for the employee's plan, to those targeted
employees who are within five years of normal retirement;
(2) Retirement, with full actuarial reduction of the
retirement allowance, to other targeted employees who are not
within five years of normal retirement; and
(3) Other incentives the agency or political subdivision
declares appropriate, including incentives to those already
eligible to retire on normal retirement. |
| SHB 1466 |
Natural science education |
H APP DP1S |
3/6/2003 |
ED (Quall) |
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| Declares an intent to further the development of natural science, wildlife, and environmental education by establishing a competitive grant program, funded through state moneys to the extent those moneys are appropriated, or made available through other sources, for proven natural science, wildlife, and
environmental education programs that are fully aligned with the state's essential academic learning requirements. |
| HB 1474 |
Ergonomics rules |
H Commerce/Lab |
1/28/2003 |
Chandler |
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| Declares that rules dealing with musculoskeletal disorders,
filed on May 26, 2000, by the director, and codified as WAC 296-62-
05101 through 296-62-05176, are repealed.
Provides that the director shall not adopt any new or amended
rules dealing with musculoskeletal disorders that are substantially
the same as these rules until and unless required by congress or
the federal occupational safety and health administration. |
| SHB 1486 |
Higher edu tuition exemption |
*H 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
HE (O'Brien) |
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| Exempts the surviving spouse and children of certain law enforcement officers or fire fighters from paying tuition and fees. |
| HB 1488 f# |
Agency quality improvements |
H Approp |
2/25/2003 |
Miloscia |
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| Provides that each state agency shall, within available funds,
develop and implement a quality management program to improve the
quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the public services it
provides through business process redesign, employee involvement,
and other quality management techniques.
Directs the senate and the house of representatives to each
develop and implement quality improvement programs as described
under this act by June 30, 2005, and to report the results of these efforts to the leadership of each major political party caucus within its respective house.
Encourages the supreme court to develop and implement quality improvement programs, as described under this act, for the judicial branch of government, by June 30, 2005, and to report the results of these efforts to the chief justice.
Encourages local governments to develop and implement quality management programs as described in this act. |
| HB 1499 |
PERS plan 1 early retirement |
H Approp |
1/28/2003 |
Romero |
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| Authorizes early retirement for public employee retirement system plan 1 members. |
| HB 1505 |
Retirement plan 2 members |
H Approp |
1/28/2003 |
Cody |
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| Revises provisions relating to insurance plans and contracts
by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems. |
| SHB 1532 |
Smoking in residence halls |
H Rules R |
2/24/2003 |
HC (Quall) |
Amendments |
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| Provides that no person may smoke, including carrying or smoking any kind of lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment, in a publicly owned residence hall at a public institution of higher education. WSU has proposed an amendment that would delay the implementation date until Fall of 2004 and add definitions of residence halls. |
| HB 1546 |
PERS military service credit |
H Approp |
1/29/2003 |
Dunshee |
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| Provides that, after completing twenty-five years of
creditable service, any member who is a veteran of the Vietnam
conflict may have service in the armed forces credited to him or
her as a member whether or not he or she left the employ of an
employer to enter the armed forces.
Provides that, in no instance under this act may military
service in excess of five years be credited, and in each instance
the member must restore all withdrawn accumulated contributions,
which restoration must be completed within five years of membership
service following the first resumption of employment, or complete
twenty-five years of creditable service. |
| HB 1552 f |
Tax on electricity consumptn |
H Technology, |
1/30/2003 |
Kirby |
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| Imposes a state use tax for the privilege of consuming electricity in the state, at the
same rate currently imposed under the state public utility tax for light and power
businesses. ·Authorizes a municipal use tax for the privilege of consuming electricity in a city, at
the same rate that the city imposed on electricity utilities within its jurisdiction. |
| SHB 1569 |
Public bid confidentiality |
H 2nd Reading |
2/26/2003 |
SG (Armstrong) |
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| Excludes financial and commercial information supplied by or on behalf of a bidder pursuant to a public bid, other than the bid itself, when the information is marked privileged and confidential by the bidder, including but not limited to financial and
commercial information supplied pursuant to a public entity's request for escrow bid documents. Bidder includes any general contractor, subcontractor, or supplier that submits information pursuant to a public entity's request. |
| SHB 1622 |
Definition of research |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
SG (Morrell) |
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| Declares that "research" means a systematic investigation,
including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed
to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Activities
that meet this definition are research whether or not they are
conducted or supported under a program that is considered research
for other purposes. For example, some demonstration and service
programs may include research activities.
Declares that "research in the jurisdiction of a state agency"
means: (1) Research conducted by an employee or a contractor of a
state agency;
(2) Research sponsored by a state agency; or
(3) Research that involves access to or disclosure of
identifiable personal records obtained or maintained by a state
agency. |
| HB 1672 |
Bereavement leave |
H State Govt |
2/4/2003 |
Hunt |
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| Provides for bereavement leave of three working days, not to
be deducted from vacation or sick leave, for a death in the family. |
| HB 1690 |
Wage and hour laws |
H Commerce/Lab |
2/4/2003 |
Chandler |
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| Declares that all terms, provisions, rights, and obligations in chapter 49.46 RCW shall be given the same meaning as given to comparable terms, provisions, rights, and obligations under federal law, 29 U.S.C. Secs. 202 through 262, and the regulations and statements of general policy and interpretation applying and
interpreting those terms issued by the United States department of
labor. |
| SHB 1706 |
Promise scholarship |
H Approp |
3/5/2003 |
HE (Mastin) |
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| Revises the focus of the promise scholarship. |
| HB 1713 f |
PERS accrued sick leave |
H Approp |
2/5/2003 |
Romero |
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| Provides that, at the time of separation from state service
due to retirement or death, an eligible employee who is a member of
the public employees' retirement system, plan 1 or the employee's
estate may elect to receive remuneration at a rate equal to one
day's current monetary compensation of the employee for each two
full days of accrued sick leave.
Requires notice of intent to retire to be made by September 1,
2003. The employee's retirement must be effective before January
1, 2004. |
| HB 1730 |
Land purchase by agencies |
H Cap Budget |
2/6/2003 |
Condotta |
Concerns |
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| WSU has some concerns about this legislation as it affects the trusts. The bill has had a hearing in the House Capital Budget Committee. The bill says No state agency may purchase a privately owned parcel of land in excess
of five contiguous acres in any county in which public land, federal land, and
tribal land together constitute more than seventy percent of the total land
mass, not including aquatic lands, of the county, except under the provisions
of subsection (2) of this section. (2) An agency may purchase more than five contiguous acres under the provisions of this section if: (a) The legislature takes specific action directing the agency to make the purchase; (b) the appropriate county legislative authority or authorities consent to the transaction; and (c) the
transaction is funded by other than state dollars. |
| SHB 1731 |
Education opportunity grant |
*H 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
HE (Kenney) |
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| Revises provisions in the educational opportunity grant program. |
| SHB 1734 |
State building code |
H Rules R |
3/3/2003 |
LG (Romero) |
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| (1) The intent of the adoption of the International Building Code by the legislature is to remain consistent with state laws regulating construction, including electrical, plumbing, and energy codes established in chapters 19.27, 19.27A, and 19.28 RCW. The International Building Code references the International Residential Code for provisions related to the construction of single and multiple-family dwellings. No portion of the International Residential Code shall supersede or take precedent over provisions in chapter 19.28 RCW, regulating the electrical code; nor provisions in RCW 19.27.031(4), regulating the plumbing code; nor provisions in chapter 19.27A RCW, regulating the energy code. |
| SHB 1738 |
State salary overpayment |
*H 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
CL (Haigh) |
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| Debts due the state for the overpayment of salary or wages to state
employees may be recovered by the employer by deductions from subsequent salary or wage payments as provided in section 2 of this act, or by civil action. If
the overpayment is recovered by deduction from the employee's subsequent salary
or wages, each deduction shall not exceed five percent of the employee's net pay
per pay period. The deductions from salary or wages shall continue until the
overpayment is fully recouped. |
| SHB 1742 |
Public facilities districts |
H 2nd Reading |
2/26/2003 |
TED (Rockefeller) |
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| A public facilities district is authorized to acquire, construct, own, remodel, maintain, equip, reequip, repair, and operate sports {+ and recreation +} facilities, entertainment facilities, convention facilities, or regional centers as defined in RCW 35.57.020, together with contiguous parking facilities. The taxes that are provided for in this chapter may only be imposed for these purposes. |
| SHB 1743 |
Hazardous waste |
H Rules R |
2/27/2003 |
FEP (Cooper) |
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| Substantial volumes of hazardous wastes, including used oil, are being
accumulated and managed at facilities located throughout Washington without
adequate financial reserves to pay for the safe and orderly removal of materials
and cleanup of environmental contamination when these facilities close.
Hazardous waste management facilities have been abandoned, shut down, or gone
bankrupt in Washington, leaving taxpayers, property owners, or former customers
with millions of dollars in cleanup costs and significant environmental impacts |
| HB 1748 |
Hiring retirees |
H Approp |
2/6/2003 |
Sommers |
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| Relating to hiring retired members of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1; amending RCW 41.32.570, 41.40.037, and 41.40.037; repealing 2001 c 317 s 1; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date. |
| HB 1750 |
Minimum wage |
H Commerce/Lab |
2/7/2003 |
Grant |
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| Revises the inflationary adjustment to the minimum wage. |
| HB 1763 f |
Prospective teacher schlrshp |
H Approp |
2/27/2003 |
Berkey |
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| Directs the higher education coordinating board to offer conditional scholarships for full or part-time studies that may be forgiven in exchange for teaching service in Washington's public K-12 schools. |
| HB 1774 |
Minimum hourly wage |
H Commerce/Lab |
2/10/2003 |
Cox |
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| Provides that, on September 30th of each year, the department
of labor and industries shall calculate to the nearest cent urban
and rural adjusted minimum wage rates using the consumer price
indices specified in this act for the twelve months prior to each
September 1st as calculated by the United States department of
labor.
Provides that, for the urban adjusted minimum wage rate, the
department shall use the national consumer price index for urban
wage earners and clerical workers, CPI-W, in United States cities
or a successor index. For the rural adjusted minimum wage rate,
the department shall use the national consumer price index for
urban wage earners and clerical workers, CPI-W, in class D areas or
a successor index.
Declares that the adjusted minimum wage rates calculated under
this act take effect on January 1st of the following year. |
| SHB 1782 |
Nonprofit youth orgs |
*S Ways & Means |
3/7/2003 |
CB (McCoy) |
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| Directs the department of community, trade, and economic
development to establish a competitive process to solicit proposals
for and prioritize projects whose primary objective is to assist
nonprofit youth organizations in acquiring, constructing, or
rehabilitating facilities used for the delivery of nonresidential
services, excluding outdoor athletic fields. |
| SHB 1788 |
Pblc wrks job order contract |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
SG (Miloscia) |
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| Provides that public bodies may 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. |
| SHB 1789 |
Capital bdgt project savings |
*H Rules C |
3/7/2003 |
CB (Blake) |
Concerns |
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| This legislation would allow the university to keep half of construction project savings over $250,000. The university testified Feb. 19 to the House Capital Budget Committee. WSU urged legislators to consider a mechanism that would allow it, under certain circumstances, to retain 100 percent of project savings. |
| SHB 1803 |
Rec & conservation trust |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
AGNR (Linville) |
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| Declares it is the intent of this act to establish the legacy
trust for recreation and conservation, for the sole purpose of
generating a stable, long-term revenue source to support
recreational access and use on state-owned lands, and maintenance
of designated natural areas and conservation areas, and where
consistent with this purpose, to help retain working commercial
forest land in the legacy trust as a vital component of Washington
state's landscape.
Repeals RCW 84.33.120. |
| HB 1808 f |
Research universities |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
Kenney |
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| Provides that, if a four-year institution requests approval under RCW 28B.80.340 of a new degree program that is the result of legislation enacted to change the terms of RCW 28B.10.115, the higher education coordinating board shall require the institution
to submit the following information as part of the board's review of the proposed program: (1) Detailed evidence of why the program is justified, including the size and scope of student, employer, and community demand for the program;
(2) A comprehensive cost and benefit analysis regarding the proposed program, including evidence for why the proposed program would be more cost-effective than relying on public or private programs already in place;
(3) Projected future enrollment in the program and substantiation of the enrollment estimates; and
(4) Additional information as requested by the board regarding demand, need, and cost-effectiveness of the program.
Requires the higher education coordinating board to submit a complete analysis of a proposed program under this act to the higher education committees of the legislature before making a final determination regarding approval of the program. |
| SHB 1811 |
Education finance system |
H Approp |
3/4/2003 |
ED (Hunter) |
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| Directs the office of financial management to conduct a comprehensive study of the Washington education finance system, including examination of alternative teacher compensation models.
Provides that the study shall, at a minimum: (1) Compare Washington's common school funding system with those in other states that are beginning to link finance systems with education reform and expected student learning outcomes;
(2) Review the role of state and local funding and levy equalization policies in the Washington common school finance system, building upon the 2002 joint task force on local effort assistance report; and
(3) Design alternative common school finance systems for Washington.
Requires the office of financial management to report initial findings and recommendations of the committee to the legislature, including the education and fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate, by June 30, 2004. A final report
shall be provided to the education and fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 20, 2004. Expires June 30, 2005. |
| SHB 1813 f |
Employment/disabled persons |
H Approp |
3/4/2003 |
SG (Miloscia) |
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| Declares an intent to encourage state agencies and departments
to purchase products and/or services manufactured or provided by:
(1) Community rehabilitation programs of the department of social
and health services which operate facilities serving disadvantaged
persons and persons with disabilities and have achieved or
consistently make progress towards the goal of enhancing
opportunities for disadvantaged persons and persons with
disabilities to maximize their opportunities for employment and
career advancement, and increase the number employed and their
wages; and
(2) Until December 31, 2007, businesses owned and operated by
persons with disabilities that have achieved or consistently make
progress towards the goal of enhancing opportunities for
disadvantaged persons and persons with disabilities to maximize
their opportunities for employment and career advancement, and
increase the number employed and their wages. |
| SHB 1827 |
Meningococcal immunization |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
HC (Moeller) |
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| Provides that each degree-granting public or private
postsecondary educational institution that provides on-campus or
group housing shall provide information on meningococcal disease to
each first-time student who has been accepted for admission. The
information about meningococcal disease shall include: (1)
Symptoms, risks, especially as the risks relate to circumstances of
group living arrangements, and treatment;
(2) A recommendation that each first-time student receive the
vaccination to prevent the student from contracting the disease and
where the vaccination can be received; and
(3) A response form with space in which to indicate that the
first-time student has received the information about meningococcal
disease and the availability of the vaccine to prevent the student
from contracting the disease, whether or not he or she has chosen
to receive the vaccination, and his or her signature. In the case
of a student who is a minor, the student's parent or guardian shall
sign the response form on behalf of the minor student. |
| SHB 1829 |
Postretirement employment |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
APP (Bailey) |
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| Establishes regulations for postretirement employment in the
public employees' retirement system and the teachers' retirement
system. |
| HB 1833 f |
Unemployment compensation |
H Rules R |
2/28/2003 |
Kagi |
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| Finds that family and medical leave is designed to help
working people fulfill both their work and family responsibilities.
Finds that, when an individual who takes family and medical
leave subsequently becomes eligible to receive unemployment
compensation, the maximum benefits payable to the individual are
decreased and the weekly benefit amount payable to the individual
may be decreased.
Declares an intent to eliminate these unintended consequences
of taking family and medical leave. |
| HB 1868 |
Smoking in public places |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
McDermott |
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| Prohibits smoking in public places.
Repeals RCW 70.160.040 and 70.160.060. |
| HB 1870 |
State employee health care |
H Health Care |
2/12/2003 |
Pflug |
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| Finds that the cost of providing health care coverage for
state employees is rapidly increasing not only for the state but
also for state employees. Health care costs are continuing to
escalate, indicating that state employees will be required to pay
a larger portion of the cost of coverage. This impacts lower
income state employees disproportionately because income is not a
factor in determining the employees' contribution.
Finds that it is necessary to create lower cost health care
coverage options for state employees in order to ease the financial
burden of health care coverage and to bring stability to the health
care delivery system. |
| HB 1877 |
Agency rules |
H State Govt |
2/13/2003 |
Shabro |
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| Finds that when the legislature specifically determines fees
and rates in statutes, then it is appropriate that state agencies
adopting administrative rules that mirror those statutes not be
required to perform a cost/benefit analysis or conduct a small
business impact statement.
Finds that state agencies should meet all the requirements for
adopting significant legislative rules when an agency sets fees or
rates that have not been set in statute.
Finds that this reform will assure that Washington's
businesses and citizens are not burdened by fee and rate increases
which are not justified by producing significant benefits without
producing significant burdens for Washington's businesses and
citizens. |
| HB 1884 |
Architectural fees |
H State Govt |
2/13/2003 |
Miloscia |
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| Revises the criteria for which architectural and engineering
services are procured. |
| HB 1894 |
State expenditure limit |
H Approp |
2/13/2003 |
Condotta |
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| Revises provisions relating to the state expenditure limit. |
| HB 1908 e |
Higher edu facilities |
H Cap Budget |
2/14/2003 |
Dunshee |
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| Declares that the state's institutions of higher education are
a vital component of the future economic prosperity of our state.
In order to ensure that Washington continues to be able to provide
a highly qualified work force that can attract businesses and
support the economic vitality of the state, it is the intent of
this bond act to provide new money for capital projects to help
fulfill higher education needs across the state. |
| SHB 1909 f |
Higher edu credit transfer |
H Approp |
3/5/2003 |
HE (Jarrett) |
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| Directs the higher education coordinating board, in
consultation with the state board for community and technical
colleges and the council of presidents, to recruit and select
institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 to
participate in a pilot project to define transfer standards in
selected academic disciplines on the basis of student competencies.
Provides that, in collaboration with the higher education
coordinating board, the pilot project participants shall report to
the higher education committees of the legislature by December 1,
2004, on the progress and status of the pilot project. The report
shall identify any barriers encountered by the project and make
recommendations for next steps in developing a competency-based
transfer system for higher education.
Expires June 30, 2005. |
| HB 1934 |
Credit card applications |
H Higher Educ |
2/17/2003 |
McCoy |
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| Finds that eighty-one percent of students have received a
credit card by the end of the first year of college, and that the
high interest rates on student credit cards, coupled with their
ease of use and a poor understanding of how credit works, often
leads to runaway and unmanageable debt.
Requires institutions of higher education to ban the
administration of credit card applications on site of a college
campus and to encourage young adults to establish credit in a more
responsible manner. |
| HB 1953 f |
Contract adm overhead costs |
H State Govt |
2/18/2003 |
Kagi |
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| HB 1997 |
Higher edu overenrollment |
H Higher Educ |
2/19/2003 |
Cox |
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| Declares an intent to provide policy tools to assist the
institutions of higher education in managing overenrollment of
students, including students who may be enrolling in Washington
institutions with resident status who should be considered
nonresidents.
Declares an intent to encourage students to make prudent
choices and maximize the taxpayer investment in supporting their
higher education. Students who are not making wise use of the
opportunities provided by public institutions of higher education
should not expect public support of their education to continue
indefinitely. |
| SHB 1999 |
Water conservation measures |
H Rules R |
3/4/2003 |
AGNR (Grant) |
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| Revises provisions concerning nonuse of water for water
conservation measures. |
| HB 2002 |
Motorcycle profiling |
H Cr Jus & Cor |
2/19/2003 |
Kirby |
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| Requires local law enforcement agencies to: (1) Adopt a
written policy designed to condemn and prevent motorcycle
profiling;
(2) Review and audit their existing procedures, practices, and
training to ensure that they do not enable or foster the practice
of motorcycle profiling;
(3) Institute training to address the issues related to
motorcycle profiling. Officers should be trained in how to better
interact with persons they stop so that legitimate police actions
are not misperceived as motorcycle profiling; and
(4) Work with the motorcycle groups in their communities to
appropriately address the issue of motorcycle profiling.
Directs the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police
Chiefs to coordinate with the criminal justice training commission
to ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed
in basic law enforcement training and offered in regional training
for in-service law enforcement officers at all levels. |
| HB 2003 |
Equal access & opportunity |
H Judiciary |
2/19/2003 |
Veloria |
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| Relating to equal access and opportunity in public employment,
public education, and public contracting; and repealing RCW 49.60.400 and
49.60.401. |
| HB 2009 |
Financial literacy |
H Education |
2/19/2003 |
Santos |
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| Directs the state board of education to develop or adopt, and
to make available to schools, one or more model programs for youth
financial education. A program under this act shall be designed to
incorporate financial education throughout the curriculum for
grades kindergarten through twelve and shall be based on the
concept of achieving financial literacy through the teaching of
personal financial management skills and the basic principles
involved with earning, spending, saving, and investing. |
| HB 2010 |
Bereavement leave |
H State Govt |
2/19/2003 |
McDermott |
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| Authorizes bereavement leave of five working days, not to be
deducted from vacation or sick leave. |
| SHB 2011 |
Pharmaceutical companies |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
HC (Schual-Berke) |
|
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| Provides that any contract between the administrator or any
other agency administering a state purchased health care program
and a pharmacy benefit management company must include the
following provisions: (1) Disclosure of any agreements between the
pharmacy benefit management company and a pharmaceutical
manufacturer, its contractors, or an affiliate of a pharmaceutical
manufacturer related to the use of that pharmaceutical
manufacturer's products. Agreements to be disclosed include but
are not limited to: (a) Agreements for the submission of data to
pharmaceutical manufacturers or their contractors and any
remuneration received from the manufacturer for supplying the data;
(b) Rebate agreements or contracts with pharmaceutical
manufacturers related to use of that manufacturer's products or the
use of another manufacturer's products; (c) Payments by a drug
manufacturer to the pharmacy benefits management company for
switching consumer purchases to a drug produced or distributed by
that pharmaceutical manufacturer; and (d) Any other payment to the
pharmacy benefit management company by a pharmaceutical
manufacturer or its contractors; and
(2) An affirmative statement that the pharmacy benefits
management company will be capable of administering, and agree to
abide by the terms of, any preferred drug list developed for use by
state purchased health care programs. |
| SHB 2014 |
Insurance coverage |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
FII (Flannigan) |
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| Provides that an insurer may not deny coverage for the
treatment of an injury solely because the injury was sustained as
a consequence of the insured's being intoxicated or under the
influence of a narcotic.
Repeals RCW 48.20.272. |
| SHB 2016 |
Unions |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
CL (Conway) |
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| Finds that the state currently places no limitation on the use
of its funds to either encourage or discourage unionization, and as
a result, public funds have been used by employers when there are
efforts to unionize their work force.
Declares that it is the policy of this state to recognize the
right of employees to freedom of association in the workplace and
freedom of choice in who will represent employees in collective
bargaining.
Declares that the expenditure of public funds to support an
employer's support or opposition to unionization of the employer's
workers does not serve the purposes for which the public funds were
provided to the employer and, thus, the expenditure of those funds
to support or oppose unionization is a misuse and waste of public
funds.
Declares an intent to ensure that public funds are not used to
encourage or discourage employees from choosing union
representation. |
| HB 2018 |
State health insurance pool |
H Rules R |
3/4/2003 |
Cody |
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| Relating to the Washington state health insurance pool; and amending
RCW 48.41.100 and 48.41.110. |
| SHB 2019 |
Basic health plan |
H Rules R |
3/4/2003 |
HC (Cody) |
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| AN ACT Relating to nonsubsidized basic health plan coverage; amending RCW
70.47.020 and 70.47.060; and providing an effective date. |
| HB 2023 |
Dairy nutrient management |
H Agric & NR |
2/19/2003 |
Linville |
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| The legislature finds that there is a need to establish a clear
and understandable process that provides for the proper and effective management
of dairy nutrients that affect the quality of surface or ground waters in the
state of Washington. The legislature finds that there is a need for a program
that will provide a stable and predictable business climate upon which dairy
farms may base future investment decisions. |
| HB 2024 |
Highways of significance |
H Trans |
2/19/2003 |
Mielke |
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| Designates that portion of state route number 502 that runs
from a junction with state route number 5, thence easterly to a
junction with state route number 503 at Battleground. |
| SHB 2027 |
Cigarettes |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
TTE (Kirby) |
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| Declares that no person shall mail, ship, or otherwise deliver
cigarettes in connection with a delivery sale unless prior to the
first delivery sale to the consumer the person: (1) Obtains from
the prospective consumer a certification that includes: (a) A
reliable confirmation that the consumer is at least the legal
minimum purchase age; and (b) a statement signed by the prospective
consumer in writing that certifies the prospective consumer's
address and that the consumer is at least eighteen years of age.
(2) Makes a good faith effort to verify the information
contained in the certification provided by the prospective consumer
pursuant to this act against a commercially available data base, or
obtains a photocopy or other image of the valid, government-issued
identification stating the date of birth or age of the individual
placing the order;
(3) Provides to the prospective consumer, via e-mail or other
means, a notice that meets the requirements of this act;
(4) In the case of an order for cigarettes pursuant to an
advertisement on the internet, receives payment for the delivery
sale from the prospective consumer by a credit or debit card that
has been issued in the consumer's name or by check. |
| SHB 2089 |
Veterans' tuition waivers |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
HE (McCoy) |
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| Provides that, subject to the limitations in RCW 28B.15.910,
the governing boards of the state universities, the regional
universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community
colleges, shall waive all or a portion of tuition and fees for the
following persons: (1) An eligible veteran or national guard
member;
(2) A child and the spouse of an eligible veteran or national
guard member who became totally disabled as defined in RCW
28B.15.385 while engaged in active federal military or naval
service, or who is determined by the federal government to be a
prisoner of war or missing in action;
(3) A child and the surviving spouse of an eligible veteran or
national guard member who lost his or her life while engaged in
active federal military or naval service. However, upon
remarriage, the surviving spouse of an eligible veteran or national
guard member is ineligible for a waiver under this act.
Repeals RCW 28B.10.265, 28B.15.620, 28B.15.625, 28B.15.628,
and 28B.15.629. |
| HB 2113 f |
Financial aid refunds |
H Rules R |
3/5/2003 |
Morrell |
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| Amends RCW 28B.15.600 relating to refunds of federal financial
aid to students who withdraw from institutions of higher education
before the end of a quarter or semester. |
| HB 2151 |
Higher edu capital projects |
H Cap Budget |
2/27/2003 |
Alexander |
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| Declares an intent that a methodology be developed that will
guide capital appropriation decisions by rating and individually
ranking, in sequential, priority order, all major capital projects
proposed by the two-year and four-year public universities and
colleges.
Declares an intent that this rating, ranking, and
prioritization of capital needs will reflect the state's higher
education policies and goals including the comprehensive master
plan for higher education as submitted by the higher education
coordinating board and as adopted by the legislature. |
| SB 5007 f |
Agriculture/garden research |
S Agriculture |
1/13/2003 |
Jacobsen |
Opposed |
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| All assets at the Washington State University's research and extension centers in Puyallup and Mount Vernon must be transferred to the Western Washington Center
for Agriculture and Garden Research by June 30, 2003. The center is a quasi-administrative unit of Washington State University and must be a nonprofit and self-supporting membership organization. The center must require membership dues and may accept gifts. |
| SB 5010 |
Branch campuses |
S Higher Educ |
1/13/2003 |
Jacobsen |
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| Authorizes branch campuses to offer lower-division coursework. |
| SSB 5012 f |
Charter schools |
*S 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
EDU (Johnson) |
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| Under current law, public schools are publically financed, governed by elected
school boards, and subject to state laws and regulations. Generally, charter schools are publically financed but operate under a written contract with the charter sponsor and operate independently of most state laws and regulations. The contract, or charter, details how the school will be organized and managed, what students will be taught and expected to achieve, and how success will be measured. Charter schools can be closed for failing to satisfy these contract terms. Currently, Washington State does not have charter schools. |
| SB 5013 |
Minimum wage rate |
S Comm & Trade |
1/13/2003 |
Honeyford |
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| Declares that the adjusted minimum wage rate may not exceed 136.2 percent of the federal minimum wage rate. |
| SB 5015 |
Ergonomics rules |
S Comm & Trade |
1/13/2003 |
Hewitt |
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| Declares that rules dealing with musculoskeletal disorders, filed on May 26, 2000, by the director, and codified as WAC 296-62-05101 through 296-62-05176, are repealed.
Provides that the director shall not adopt any new or amended rules dealing with musculoskeletal disorders that are substantially the same as these rules until and unless required by congress or the federal occupational safety and health administration. |
| SB 5020 f# |
Agency purchase of land |
S NatRes/Ene/W |
1/13/2003 |
Morton |
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| A state agency may not purchase privately-owned parcels of land in excess of five contiguous acres in any county where the public land base is 70 percent of the
total area of the county, except when specifically directed to do so by an action of the Legislature. In such cases, the appropriate legislative authority must authorize the transaction and the transaction must be funded by other than state tax dollars. |
| SB 5021 f |
Education employee benefits |
S Rules 2 |
2/10/2003 |
Sheldon, T. |
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| Provides that no moneys appropriated in RCW 28A.400.200 may be expended for sick leave benefits, compensation, or health benefits during the time an employee engages in a strike or work stoppage. During a strike or work stoppage, a school district board of directors may require a signed statement from a licensed health
care provider that an employee's absence was due to illness or injury. |
| SB 5043 d |
Public land statutes |
S Rules 2 G |
2/12/2003 |
Morton |
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| |
| Statutes governing DNR management of state uplands are reorganized
without substantive change. Nonsubstantive revisions eliminate outdated terms. |
| 2SSB 5074 |
Timber harvest/trust lands |
*S Rules 2 G |
3/7/2003 |
WM (Morton) |
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| DNR must establish and implement contract harvesting when it can increase revenues for the trust beneficiaries and increase environmental protection. "Contract
harvesting" is defined as a situation in which DNR contracts with an individual to harvest timber on state forest lands and process the timber into logs sorted by DNR specifications. DNR then sells the individual log sorts. |
| SB 5076 d |
Aqtc land valuable materials |
*S Rules 2 G |
3/7/2003 |
Morton |
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| When determining the highest responsible bidder for a sale of valuable materials from state-owned aquatic lands, the Department of Natural Resources may consider
whether the bidder was the highest bidder on a sale within the past five years, but failed to complete the sale. The department may not consider sale bids prior to January 1, 2003. |
| E SSB 5079 |
Natural science education |
*H Education |
3/7/2003 |
EDU (Finkbeiner) |
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| The natural science, wildlife, and environmental education partnership account and grant program are established. The purpose of the account and of the grant program is to promote proven and innovative natural science, wildlife, and environmental education programs that are fully aligned with the state's essential academic learning requirements (EALRs). The grant program is subject to the availability of funds in the partnership account. The partnership account consists of funds provided by the Legislature or other sources. An appropriation is not required for an expenditure from the account. |
| SSB 5080 |
St gvrnmnt hiring freeze |
S Ways & Means |
3/5/2003 |
GO (Stevens) |
Oppose |
| |
| A two-year state hiring freeze is created whereby state agencies are prohibited from hiring replacements for employees who leave the agency, regardless of the reason an employee left. |
| SB 5090 fo |
LEOFFRS board elections |
*H Approp |
3/7/2003 |
Carlson |
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| Active and retired police officers and fire fighters may serve on the LEOFF Plan 1 disability boards whether they are members of LEOFF Plan 1 or not. Members of the board continue to be elected by members of the LEOFF Plan 1 and the Firemen's Relief and Pension plan only. |
| SB 5091 fo |
Retiremnt contributions/pl 3 |
S Rules 2 |
2/4/2003 |
Carlson |
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| A transfer window is established in January of every year during which Plan 3 members may change their contribution rate option. Several new rate options are also provided. |
| SB 5092 o |
Pblc emply death benefits |
S Ways & Means |
1/15/2003 |
Jacobsen |
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| Provides a death benefit for certain public employees. |
| SB 5093 fo |
Retirement benefits |
H Approp |
2/25/2003 |
Spanel |
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| |
| Members of TRS, SERS, and PERS may begin to collect benefits at age 70½ without separating from service. Employees choosing to begin benefits in this way
cease to earn new service credit or make contributions. |
| SB 5095 fo |
Retirement system options |
H Approp |
2/20/2003 |
Spanel |
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| |
| Elected officials who are members of LEOFF Plan 2, PERS, TRS Plans
2 and 3, or SERS, are permitted to retire from their plans during a 90-day window at the beginning of each term of office without having to leave their office, provided that they are eligible under the requirements of their individual plans. Officials may choose instead to continue as active members of their plans, making contributions and accumulating service credit in the regular fashion. |
| SB 5096 f |
Teachers' retirement plan 1 |
H Approp |
2/20/2003 |
Regala |
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| |
| Members of TRS Plan 1 are allowed to use their two highest-paid consecutive school years rather than their two highest paid fiscal years for the purpose of
determining their average final compensation. |
| SB 5097 o |
Retirement annual increase |
S Ways & Means |
1/15/2003 |
Winsley |
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| |
| Revises provisions relating to public employees' retirement system, plan 1 and teachers' retirement system, plan 1 age and retirement requirements for receipt of the annual increase amount. Companion Bill 1197 |
| SB 5099 o |
Pension policy select comm |
S Ways & Means |
1/15/2003 |
Winsley |
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| Provides that the select committee on pension policy has the following powers and duties: (1) Study pension issues, develop pension policies for public employees in state retirement systems, and make recommendations to the legislature;
(2) Study the financial condition of the state pension systems, develop funding policies, and make recommendations to the legislature; and
(3) Appoint or remove the state actuary by a two-thirds vote of the select committee. Repeals RCW 44.44.015, 44.44.050, and 44.44.060. Companion Bill 1204 |
| SB 5101 fo |
Retirement system statutes |
S Rules 2 |
2/12/2003 |
Carlson |
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| |
| Corrects retirement system statutes. Companion Bill 1200 |
| SSB 5105 |
Educational interpreters |
*S 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
EDU (Fraser) |
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| Requires that, by November 30, 2004, the Washington professional educator standards board shall conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of the following options and make recommendations to the governor, the legislature, the
superintendent of public instruction, and the state board of education regarding the following options: (1) Requiring national or state certification for all educational interpreters for deaf students and hard of hearing students;
(2) Designating educational interpreters as an education staff assistant;
(3) Requiring the state board of education to establish competencies for educational interpreters; and
(4) Any other option that the Washington professional educator standards board deems viable to increase and maintain the quality and availability of educational interpreters in a fiscally responsible manner. |
| SB 5131 |
Library computers |
S Judiciary |
1/15/2003 |
Swecker |
Concerns |
| |
| The Attorney General or county prosecuting attorney may apply to the superior court for an order authorizing the seizure of library computers used to access web
sites or files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and other records containing the identity of library patrons who had access to library computers used to access these web sites or files. The application: (a) must be based on facts and circumstances supporting a reasonable belief that the library computers were used to access web sites or files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and (b) that there are no other readily available means to obtain the identity of library patrons who used the library computers to access these web sites or files. The order is valid for 15 days and may be extended for an additional 15 days. Libraries providing internet access must notify users of these provisions. |
| SB 5134 |
Border county higher ed |
H Higher Educ |
2/17/2003 |
Carlson |
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| |
| The Border County Higher Education Opportunities Project is made permanent. The residency requirement for eligible Oregon students is returned to a 90-day
period. This bill creates opportunities for higher education at WSU-Vancouver and WSU- Tri-Cities for residents of Oregon counties bordering Washington through the financial incentive afforded by the resident status for fee purposes. |
| SSB 5135 |
Higher ed tuition fees |
S Ways & Means |
2/7/2003 |
HIE (Carlson) |
Oppose |
| |
| WSU testified with concerns about this bill in both Senate Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Higher Education Committee. Resident undergraduate students who accumulate more than 120 percent of the credits required to complete their respective baccalaureate degree at a public four-year institution of higher education or associate degree or certificate at a public community or technical college pay tuition fees equal to a sum not less than the average instructional support in general funds and operating fees per full-time equivalent (FTE) at each respective institution. An estimate from the Registrar suggests that about 225 students per year could be impacted by this legislation. The Registrar also estimates that it would require up to a full FTE of staff time to monitor. The difficulty of administering this legislation, if passed as is, has to do with the exceptions since several would be difficult if not impossible to automate, requiring manual examination of students’ records. Further, some information such as the dislocated worker provision is not requested nor recorded for students. Were such information requested, reprogramming of student information databases would be required. Of greatest concern, the bill currently includes an amendment added by the Senate Higher Education Committee that provides free tuition to students who fail to get courses that are critical to graduation. That would create budget cuts that would lead to more bottleneck courses. |
| SB 5137 |
Higher ed admissions |
S Higher Educ |
1/15/2003 |
Carlson |
Concerns |
| |
| Authorizes the use of the reading and math components of the WASL to fulfill admission requirements at institutions of higher education. |
| SSB 5138 |
WASL |
S Ways & Means |
2/27/2003 |
EDU (Carlson) |
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| |
| Authorizes the use of the Washington assessment of student learning for qualifying for the promise scholarship and other purposes. |
| SB 5139 |
Remedial postsecondary ed |
S Higher Educ |
1/15/2003 |
Carlson |
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| |
| Requires school districts to provide or pay for state-supported remedial education at institutions of higher education. |
| SB 5151 |
Open public meetings |
S Govt Op & El |
1/15/2003 |
Benton |
Concerns |
| |
| Revises provisions relating to open public meetings. |
| SSB 5158 |
Higher ed student residency |
S Rules 2 G |
2/12/2003 |
HIE (Carlson) |
Support |
| |
| WSU strongly supports efforts to enable children of migrant farm workers living in Washington State to attend university for resident tuition rates. This bill accomplishes that. WSU has suggested minor amendments designed to ensure that this bill targets those students. |
| E SB 5161 f |
Ergonomics rules |
H Commerce/Lab |
2/20/2003 |
Hewitt |
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| The ergonomic rules adopted by L&I on May 26, 2000 are repealed. L&I is directed to not adopt any other rules "substantially the same," unless required by Congress or OSHA. |
| SB 5183 |
First year teacher salaries |
S Education |
1/17/2003 |
Benton |
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| |
| Authorizes a bonus for certain first year teachers. |
| SSB 5185 |
Open public meetings |
S Rules 2 |
3/5/2003 |
GO (Benton) |
Concerns |
| |
| Revises provisions relating to open public meetings. |
| SSB 5189 |
Korean conflict veterans |
S Rules 2 |
3/4/2003 |
HIE (Benton) |
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| |
| Exempts veterans of the Korean conflict from tuition increases. |
| SSB 5240 |
Pro educators board |
*H Education |
3/7/2003 |
EDU (Zarelli) |
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| |
| Includes a classified employee on the Washington professional educator standards board. |
| SSB 5242 |
Library computer filters |
*S 2nd Reading |
3/7/2003 |
GO (Swecker) |
Concerns |
| |
| Public libraries must use Internet filtering software on computers in the children's section of the library.
In libraries without Internet access in the children's section, the library must use filtering software on a terminal near the children's area. In all cases, the filtering software used must block access to potentially offensive matter, including adult-oriented, sexually explicit Internet sites. |
| SB 5254 f |
Actions against rules |
S 2nd Reading |
2/21/2003 |
Roach |
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| The phrase in the statute explicitly placing the burden of proof on the party challenging the agency action is removed. The statute becomes silent on the question of whether the agency or the party asserting invalidity of the agency's action has the burden of proof. |
| E SB 5256 f |
Rule-making procedures |
H State Govt |
2/12/2003 |
Roach |
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| For rules subject to the significant legislative rules process, the notice of proposed rule-making must contain a statement describing the methodology to be used in the
analysis of the probable costs and benefits of the rule, or that a preliminary analysis is available upon request. |
| E SB 5257 f |
Rule adoption procedures |
H State Govt |
2/12/2003 |
Roach |
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| {+ (AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/11/03) +}
Provides that, if the head of the agency is appointed by the
governor, then the signature of the governor is required for
significant legislative rules. |
| SB 5261 |
Forests review commission |
S NatRes/Ene/W |
1/20/2003 |
Jacobsen |
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| |
| The Washington Forest Review Commission is established with the purpose of reviewing the economic, demographic, land use, environmental, natural and
climatic trends influencing the future of Washington forests over the next 50 years. The commission reviews the trends and makes recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature for policy and budgetary allocations. The commission is composed of the Governor or his/her designee; the Commissioner of Public Lands; two members of the Senate appointed by the President, one from each caucus; two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, one from each caucus; the President or the President's designee of the University of Washington and of Washington State University; and members representing specific interests appointed by the Governor after consulting with the
Commissioner of Public Lands and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives. The gubernatorial appointees are a representative of the industrial forest landowners; a representative of nonindustrial landowners; a representative of businesses engaged in forest product processing; a representative of general purpose local government; and a representative of organizations engaged in forest conservation and preservation. In addition, a representative of the United States Forest Service is invited to attend, and a
representative of tribal governments is invited to participate on the commission. |
| SB 5273 |
Veterans/employment exams |
S Rules 2 G |
2/28/2003 |
Roach |
|
| |
| Extends the use of veterans' scoring criteria in employment examinations. |
| SSB 5275 |
Confidential public records |
S Rules 2 |
2/27/2003 |
GO (Roach) |
|
| |
| Provides that public records of a confidential character must
be managed as follows: (1) Records that have a confidential
character while in the possession of the original agency,
commission, committee, or any other entity of state or local
government retain their confidential character after transfer to
the state archives unless the archivist, with the concurrence of
originating jurisdiction, determines that the records must be made
accessible to the public under proper and reasonable rules adopted
by the secretary of state.
(2) A record that is transferred to archives under this
chapter and has a confidential character is open to inspection and
available for copying after the expiration of seventy-five years
from creation of the record. |
| SB 5283 |
Trainer & minor wage rate |
S Comm & Trade |
1/21/2003 |
Sheldon, T. |
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| |
| Declares that the adjusted minimum wage rate may not exceed 136.2 percent of the federal minimum wage rate. |
| SB 5301 |
PERS plan 2 early retirement |
S Ways & Means |
1/22/2003 |
Winsley |
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| |
| Revises provisions relating to early retirement in the public employees' retirement system, plan 2. |
| SB 5303 o |
State university research |
S 2nd Reading |
2/28/2003 |
West |
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| |
| Wording of the statute is corrected. Financial contracts for research facilities or equipment contemplated by either the University of Washington or Washington
State University do not require prior approval of the State Finance Committee to execute. Companion Bill HB1280 |
| SB 5311 |
Government accountability |
S Govt Op & El |
1/22/2003 |
Kastama |
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| |
| Finds that: (1) Public confidence in government is essential
and programs to continuously improve quality, efficiency, and
effectiveness of public functions must be enhanced in order to
restore public trust;
(2) Washington state government and other entities that
receive tax dollars must transform the way it operates and delivers
services in order to respond to severe, ongoing budget shortfalls
and declining revenues, and ensure citizens receive value for their
tax dollars;
(3) A strong, objective, and independent board is necessary to
help develop, oversee, and monitor accountability systems for all
government to ensure that public entities accomplish intended goals
and outcomes, and that management systems, customer satisfaction,
and efficiency are world class in performance; and
(4) Fair, independent, professional performance audits of
government systems by the state auditor are essential to improving
the efficiency and effectiveness of government entities. |
| SB 5312 f# |
Quality management program |
S Ways & Means |
3/4/2003 |
Kastama |
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| Directs each state agency to, within available funds, develop and implement a quality management program to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the public services it provides through business process redesign, employee involvement, and other quality management techniques. Each agency shall ensure that front line agency employees are engaged in the program and shall provide
employees with the training necessary for successful implementation
of efforts toward quality improvement.
Requires state agencies whose chief executives are appointed by the governor to report program results to the governor on a regular basis. State agencies whose chief executives are elected officials other than the governor shall report program results to the elected official on a regular basis.
Directs each state agency to integrate efforts made under this act with quality management programs undertaken under executive order or other authority. The office of insurance commissioner, the department of natural resources, and four-year institutions of higher education shall develop and implement a complete quality
management program by June 30, 2006. All other state agencies shall develop and implement a complete quality management program by June 30, 2004. |
| SB 5340 e |
Commute trip reduction prgrm |
S Rules 2 |
2/27/2003 |
Horn |
|
| |
| Counties with a population over 150,000, and each city and town within
those counties containing a major employer are not required to adopt an ordinance and
implement a CTR plan for all major employers. |
| SB 5351 |
Agency land use mandates |
S LandUse & Pl |
1/22/2003 |
Haugen |
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