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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
April 3rd - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 80
On the House Floor today, we’ll be running approximately 15 bills on the Suspension Calendar. The Suspension Calendar is reserved for those bills which pass the committee unanimously AND approved by the Chair and Ranking Member for placement on the Suspension Calendar. That doesn’t necessarily mean the vote on the House Floor will be unanimous.
Senate Bill 5139 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5145 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5216 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5220 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5488 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5518 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5524 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5558 passed 59 to 38 with 1 excused.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5563 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Engrossed Senate Bill 5620 passed 96 to 1 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5634 passed 91 to 6 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5139 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5145 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5216 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5220 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5488 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5518 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5524 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Senate Bill 5558 passed 59 to 38 with 1 excused.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5563 passed 97 to 0 with 1 excused.
Engrossed Senate Bill 5620 passed 96 to 1 with 1 excused.
Substitute Senate Bill 5634 passed 91 to 6 with 1 excused.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
April 2nd - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 79
In the Appropriations Committee meeting today we’re getting briefed on the Governor’s proposed budget. Unfortunately, the Governor wasn’t present to answer questions. It’s actually common practice to send staff to explain a bill or budget request, in order to limit the scope and tone of questions … what better way to avoid confrontation than to simply not show up and own your proposal.
We’re also hearing two bills today. Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5244 prohibits student suspensions or expulsions of indefinite length; requires that student suspensions or expulsions not exceed one academic term unless given specific authorization by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI); requires school districts to create a reentry and reengagement plan for longterm suspended or expelled students; directs the OSPI to convene a discipline task force to develop standard definitions for causes of student discipline and data collection standards for disciplinary actions that exclude a student from school and revise the statewide student data system to incorporate the recommendations; and prohibits disciplinary actions resulting in the suspension of educational services.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5656 requires cities to issue and provide for the renewal of their general business licenses through the web-based Business Licensing Service or "System" of the Department of Revenue (DOR) or a city-developed portal by July 1, 2019; authorizes delays or phasing-in of the city requirements beyond the July 1,
2019, date if funding or other resources are insufficient for the DOR or cities to meet the deadline; requires the DOR to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on actions and costs associated with the license issuance requirements; and expires all provisions on July 1, 2018, and provides intent provisions for the expiration.
We’re also hearing two bills today. Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5244 prohibits student suspensions or expulsions of indefinite length; requires that student suspensions or expulsions not exceed one academic term unless given specific authorization by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI); requires school districts to create a reentry and reengagement plan for longterm suspended or expelled students; directs the OSPI to convene a discipline task force to develop standard definitions for causes of student discipline and data collection standards for disciplinary actions that exclude a student from school and revise the statewide student data system to incorporate the recommendations; and prohibits disciplinary actions resulting in the suspension of educational services.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5656 requires cities to issue and provide for the renewal of their general business licenses through the web-based Business Licensing Service or "System" of the Department of Revenue (DOR) or a city-developed portal by July 1, 2019; authorizes delays or phasing-in of the city requirements beyond the July 1,
2019, date if funding or other resources are insufficient for the DOR or cities to meet the deadline; requires the DOR to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on actions and costs associated with the license issuance requirements; and expires all provisions on July 1, 2018, and provides intent provisions for the expiration.
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"Conservative and Liberty activists have been great at helping to kill anti 2nd Amendment bills in Washington State. Most notably, activists were able to help kill HB 1588 (see here, and here). We should be equally fired up when a bill is introduced that needs to pass! A new bill introduced by several great legislators, HB 2020, is one such bill."
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"Conservative and Liberty activists have been great at helping to kill anti 2nd Amendment bills in Washington State. Most notably, activists were able to help kill HB 1588 (see here, and here). We should be equally fired up when a bill is introduced that needs to pass! A new bill introduced by several great legislators, HB 2020, is one such bill."
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April 2nd - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 79
My day is starting with a Government Operation and Elections Committee meeting where we’re hearing two bills and will consider one bill for Executive Action. Substitute Senate Bill 5160 establishes processes that an agency must use when administratively reassigning an employee to home during scheduled work hours and Senate Bill 5500 limits the replacement of ballots that are destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received through electronic means to service and overseas voters only.
Tomorrow is Policy Committee cutoff, which means we’ll be transitioning into a week of Fiscal Committee meetings. The Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, which means I’ll be spending another weekend in Olympia. I have to admit it’s pretty frustrating to have had four Appropriations Committee meetings canceled over the past couple of weeks and now face late nights and a Saturday meeting. Time management is not one of the Democrat Majority’s strong points.
Tomorrow is Policy Committee cutoff, which means we’ll be transitioning into a week of Fiscal Committee meetings. The Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, which means I’ll be spending another weekend in Olympia. I have to admit it’s pretty frustrating to have had four Appropriations Committee meetings canceled over the past couple of weeks and now face late nights and a Saturday meeting. Time management is not one of the Democrat Majority’s strong points.
Monday, April 1, 2013
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April 1st - 2013 Regular Legislative SessioN Day 78
It’s Monday in Olympia and in today’s Appropriations Committee Meeting we’re hearing eight bills. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5176 requires that evaluations for involuntary treatment of individuals who have had felony charges dismissed due to incompetency occur at state hospitals; modifies procedures and standards for involuntary treatment of persons who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial for violent felonies; and provides additional notification and review requirements for release of certain involuntarily detained people.
Substitute Senate Bill 5195 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5243 encourages school districts to adopt a policy to automatically enroll a student who meets the standard on the high school state assessments or the Preliminary SAT in the next most rigorous advanced course in that subject, with the objective that students eventually enroll in dual credit courses; provides an incentive award to high schools based on student performance in specified dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated; creates a program to allocate one-time grants to high schools on a competitive basis to expand availability of dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated.
Senate Bill 5337 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5480 accelerates implementation of provisions of 2010 legislation that expanded the factors that may be considered for detaining and committing persons under the Involuntary Treatment Act, from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2014.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732 directs the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to develop a strategy for the improvement of the adult behavioral health system; requires the DSHS to issue a request for proposals for enhanced services facilities; and requires Regional Support Networks to develop an individualized discharge plan for certain patients and arrange for his or her transition to the community within 21 days of the determination that he or she no longer needs inpatient, active psychiatric treatment.
Substitute Senate Bill 5754 creates the Alliance for Student Success in Education and Training (ASSET) Program to increase access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and requires the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to administer the ASSET Program.
Substitute Senate Bill 5834 allows businesses owned jointly by a veteran and his or her spouse or domestic partner to be certified as a veteran-owned business; requires that all veteran-owned businesses are located in the state, owned by a resident of the state, or that all corporate officers are residents of the state; and encourages state agencies to award 5 percent of all procurement contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
Substitute Senate Bill 5195 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5243 encourages school districts to adopt a policy to automatically enroll a student who meets the standard on the high school state assessments or the Preliminary SAT in the next most rigorous advanced course in that subject, with the objective that students eventually enroll in dual credit courses; provides an incentive award to high schools based on student performance in specified dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated; creates a program to allocate one-time grants to high schools on a competitive basis to expand availability of dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated.
Senate Bill 5337 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5480 accelerates implementation of provisions of 2010 legislation that expanded the factors that may be considered for detaining and committing persons under the Involuntary Treatment Act, from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2014.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732 directs the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to develop a strategy for the improvement of the adult behavioral health system; requires the DSHS to issue a request for proposals for enhanced services facilities; and requires Regional Support Networks to develop an individualized discharge plan for certain patients and arrange for his or her transition to the community within 21 days of the determination that he or she no longer needs inpatient, active psychiatric treatment.
Substitute Senate Bill 5754 creates the Alliance for Student Success in Education and Training (ASSET) Program to increase access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and requires the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to administer the ASSET Program.
Substitute Senate Bill 5834 allows businesses owned jointly by a veteran and his or her spouse or domestic partner to be certified as a veteran-owned business; requires that all veteran-owned businesses are located in the state, owned by a resident of the state, or that all corporate officers are residents of the state; and encourages state agencies to award 5 percent of all procurement contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
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