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WSU Priority List
January 19, 2006
2006 Regular Session

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Bill No* Companion
Bills*		 Title Status Status
Date		 Original
Sponsor		 Recomnd.
Position
HB 2233   Mandating that a percentage of tuition waivers be granted to veterans H HiEdWorkEd 1/9/2006 Kristiansen  
Provides that, of the total amount of operating fees revenue waived, exempted, or reduced by a state university, a regional university, The Evergreen State College, or the community colleges as a whole, a total of at least ten percent shall be granted, by each institution and the community colleges as a whole, to veterans who qualify.
HB 2347   Research/science & tech H HiEdWorkEd 1/9/2006 Morris  
In order to promote the growth of research in these fields, the legislature intends to help colleges and universities raise additional moneys for graduate fellowships by creating a graduate fellowship trust fund program for the sciences.
HB 2385   Public lands statutes H NR, Ec, Pks 1/9/2006 Kretz  
Relating to the technical corrections (sales) to public lands statutes.
HB 2387   Exchange of state lands H NR, Ec, Pks 1/9/2006 Sullivan, B.  
Authorizes the department of natural resources to exchange certain state lands.
HB 2400   Sustainable energy trust H Tech/En/Com 1/9/2006 Morris  
Declares an intent to promote the development of sustainable energy resources, including new energy technologies, and to improve system reliability by establishing a fund that can be used to reduce the cost of deploying distributive generation projects.
HB 2427   Eminent domain H Judiciary 1/9/2006 Dunshee  
Provides that private property shall only be taken by the state for a public use. Declares that the taking of private property by the state for economic development does not constitute a public use where the primary purpose of such development is for an increase in tax base, tax revenues, employment, or general economic health.
HB 2429   Academic assessment system H Education 1/9/2006 Haler  
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee and its contractor to submit a report containing the results of the review of the alternative assessment tools to the Washington assessment of student learning by September 30, 2006.
HB 2440   Offshore items H Commerce/Lab 1/9/2006 Hudgins  
Provides that, when competitive bids are solicited for public contract, the solicitation shall set forth, in addition to the terms and specifications thereof, a requirement that the bidder shall furnish, upon completion of the contract, a statement certified by the bidder setting forth the nature and source of offshore items in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars that have been used in the performance of the contract.
HB 2444   State contracts for goods H State Govt 1/9/2006 Hudgins  
Provides that a contract for the purchase of goods or services entered into with a private sector contractor must contain a clause substantially including the following requirement: The contractor agrees to identify and make reasonably available an employee of the contractor who is knowledgeable about this contract to appear before, and to answer questions of, the Washington state legislature about the performance of this contract's obligations.
HB 2485   College placement test H Education 1/9/2006 Hunter  
Directs the superintendent of public instruction to make available to school districts a college placement test that districts shall annually offer to students in tenth or eleventh grade. Districts shall encourage but may not require students to take the test. The superintendent shall select the test from commercially available products.
HB 2490   Financial incentive/schools H Education 1/9/2006 Jarrett  
Provides a financial incentive to school districts for high school students who complete postsecondary credits.
HB 2507   False college degress H HiEdWorkEd 1/10/2006 Kenney  
HB 2524   Performance & outcome review H State Govt 1/10/2006 Nixon  
Relating to performance and outcome measure reviews.
HB 2541   Release of student info H Education 1/10/2006 Schual-Berke  
SHB 2550   Amending capitl bdgt 2005-07 H Rules R 1/20/2006 Dunshee  
HB 2552   Operating budget 2006 H Approp 1/10/2006 Sommers  
HB 2724   Sale of public lands H State Govt 1/12/2006 Hasegawa  
Provides that a public agency may not sell real property or otherwise permanently transfer title of real property to a private person or private entity unless the public agency can show a compelling economic development necessity justifying the sale or transfer at that time.
HB 2775   Bioenergy loan program H Tech/En/Com 1/12/2006 Sullivan, P.  
HB 2783   Sex offense against children H Cr Jus & Cor 1/13/2006 Ahern  
HB 2797   Energy efficiency prgm map H Tech/En/Com 1/13/2006 Chase  
HB 2867   WSU Tri-Cities H HiEdWorkEd 1/16/2006 Kenney  
SB 6135   Off-campus student housing S Govt Op & El 1/9/2006 Jacobsen  
Directs the governing board of each state four-year institution of higher education to develop and implement an off-campus housing quality assessment program.
SB 6194   Multicultural edu/health S Hea/L-T Care 1/9/2006 Franklin  
Requires each education program with a curriculum to train health professionals for employment in a profession credentialed by a disciplining authority under chapter 18.130 RCW to require a course in multicultural health as part of its basic education preparation curriculum.
SB 6255   Student-centered planning S EL/K-12/HiEd 1/10/2006 Eide  
SB 6261   Small business development S Intl Trde/ED 1/10/2006 Delvin  
The legislature finds that small technology-based firms are the source of approximately one-half of the economy's major innovations and that it is in the interest of the state to increase participation by Washington state small businesses in the federal small business innovation research program by assisting them in becoming small business innovation research program grant recipients. The Washington technology center and Washington State University shall each establish a small business innovation research assistance program, including a proposal review process, to train and assist Washington small businesses to win phase I small business innovation research program awards.
SB 6271   Higher education loans S EL/K-12/HiEd 1/10/2006 Kastama  
The zero interest loan program is established for students attending a Washington institution of higher education. The first loans shall be made to eligible students enrolling in an institution of higher education in the 2006-07 academic year.
SB 6273   Public natural resources S NR/Ocean/Rec 1/10/2006 Jacobsen  
The legislature finds that the state of Washington has an affirmative duty to protect, manage, and conserve public natural resources such as the state's animal and plant life, and must take this public trust into account when making decisions with respect to natural resource-related policies and actions. Property rights in wild fish and animals are vested in the state for the benefit of all the people and the regulation of natural resources must be for the common good. The paramount interest of the public is retained by the state to protect the public's rights to natural resource use.
SB 6284   Definition of veteran S Govt Op & El 1/10/2006 Kastama  
Relating to the definition of veteran; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.04.007.
SB 6288   Tuition waivers S EL/K-12/HiEd 1/10/2006 Sheldon  
The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion of the tuition and services and activities fees for state employees as defined.
SB 6294   Education legacy trust acct S EL/K-12/HiEd 1/10/2006 Pflug  
Relating to distributions to the education legacy trust account.
SB 6464   WSU degree programs S EL/K-12/HiEd 1/12/2006 Delvin  
SB 6515   Biofuel consumer information S Wtr/Ener/Env 1/13/2006 Fraser  
SB 6711   Online business training S Intl Trde/ED 1/19/2006 Eide  
Amends existing RCW to add the following to the Small Business Development Center’s Mission: The small business development center shall: a) Establish an entrepreneurial and small business development online curriculum; \ (b) Develop the curriculum course content in coordination with: The department of community, trade, and economic development; universities and community and technical colleges with small business assistance programs; the work force training and education coordinating board; and other public and private entrepreneurial and small business assistance centers in the state;
SCR 8414   Cutoff dates 2006 session H Spkr Signed 1/11/2006 Brown  
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