1000 -
Water rights owned by Fish and Wildlife must be used or leased to adjoining owners YES
1004 clarifying the rules for allowing minors to sample alcohol yes1006 easier to get damages if wages withheld by employer yes
1025 Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust. Single payer system NO
1038 Extending apprenticeship utilization requirements NC
1048 Updating, clarifying, and strengthening department of financial institutions' enforcement, licensing, and examination statutes relating to residential mortgage lending, and enhancing the crime of mortgage fraud in the residential mortgage lending process. – looks good but no comment NC
1049 Concerning cadmium in children's jewelry NC
1050 Delaying annual leave payments upon employment termination due to a reduction in force
This is voluntary NC
1566 Addressing patient medication coordination – YES easier
for patients
1053 Concerning filing requirements for large group health benefit plans, stand-alone dental plans, and stand-alone vision plans. – government already reason for mess N
1054 Concerning collection agency transaction fees for processing electronic payments. Stops excess fees Yes
1062 Updating the department of financial institutions' regulatory enforcement powers regarding credit unions and organizations providing services to credit unions. – creating low income credit unions ?
1063 Concerning cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring. NC
1064 Concerning regulation of locksmith services. NC 1065 Amending the insurer holding company act NEED TO READ AS MAY APPLY TO CHRISTIAN GROUPS AVOIDING OBAMACARE
1066 Creating certified independent review organizations for addressing long-term care insurance disputes. – supposed to protect those that buy long term care NC
1067 Reauthorizing the medicaid fraud false claims act. Bookeeping NC
1070 Creating the international commercial arbitration act. – refers to UN law; this is between companies etc with offices in other countries, but I am not sure I like this NEED TO READ
1072 Requiring tracking of prevailing wage surveys – clarifies what required NC
1073 Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage. – more clarification, might increase costs NC
1074 Ensuring the accuracy of prevailing wage survey data provided by interested parties. – potential opt in scenario No
1075 Creating an exemption from the intents and affidavits requirements when paying prevailing wages – minimum amount threshold, probably helps small business, but could be abused
1076 Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements – presumably to make sure the companies can pay NC
1077 Regulating credit for reinsurance. – NC
1078 Enhancing the protection of consumer financial information - only if reasonably likely , no all breaches NO
1089 Adding adherence to state wage payment laws to the state's responsible bidder criteria – makes sue bidder is responsible YES
1091 Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet. YES
1092 Creating the patent troll prevention act YES
1095 Promoting thermal energy efficiency nc
1096 Promoting a more efficient and reliable electric distribution system.- looks like it will increase costs substantially no
1099 Providing consumers the option to cancel contracts over the internet when entered into by the same means. yes
1103 Providing access to the prescription drug monitoring database for clinical laboratories. medical bookkeeping NC
1104 Creating the crime of interference with agricultural production. yes
1108 Creating a food truck beer and/or wine license NC
1124 Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption. NC
1127 Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program. NO budget
1130 Concerning water power license fees. – date change only NC
1132 Concerning the regulation of adult family homes. NC
1133 Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax. NO tax increase
1134 Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. – clarification NC
1135 Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct. – not sure of the need or potential use NO
1152 Concerning the management of forage fish resources - ? budget
1153 Concerning lumber grading. NC looks like for small operators
1156 Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage by enacting the Washington jobs act. YES
1162 Concerning motorized mineral prospecting NC
1163 Concerning paid vacation leave NO strain on small business
1171 Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions - date change NC
1172 Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act. NO protect Christian co-ops
1173 Prohibiting noncompete agreements that restrict the right of physicians to practice in a geographic area for a period of time after termination of an employment contract. YES
1174 Concerning flame retardants. - ?
1176 Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates – minor change NC
1177 Addressing the regulation of service contracts NC
1179 Exempting cider makers from the wine commission assessment – lets have own org YES
1181 Addressing respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects – match feds nc
1183 Concerning radiology benefit managers. – looks like adding another layer to medical bookkeeping perhaps to avoid paying or saving lives NO
1184 Allowing licensed marriage and family therapist associates access to the University of Washington health sciences library. NC
1190 Concerning the use of hydrocodone products by licensed optometrists in Washington state. NC
1195 Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators. YES
1196 Concerning requirements for real estate appraisers NC
1198 Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees. ? Apparently ontap
1211 Addressing fees and costs related to methods of wage payment. NC
1212 Prohibiting retail businesses from recording consumer identification information during transactions. NC
1214 Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act. – can’t take ag land YES
1215 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act. YES
1216 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act. YES
1220 Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state. NC
1230 Authorizing the ordering of interest arbitration – adds way YES
1231 Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available – includes benefits looks OK NC
1232 Concerning employer-purchased fishing guide licenses – no real change NC
1234 Modifying certain building permit fees – raises fees but not much NC
1241 Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans. - NC good idea, but another layer of complexity in taxation
1249 Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. NC
1252 Prescribing penalties for allowing or permitting unlicensed practice of massage therapy or reflexology. NC
1253 Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance. – worker must report Yes
1257 Concerning tenant screening. NO too easy to forge
1259 Allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to sign and attest to certain documentation. YES
1263 Exempting certified public accountants from private investigator regulations. YES
1267 Concerning de facto changes in water rights for irrigation purposes that involved conversion to more efficient irrigation technologies. – another county bill – why not all counties? NO
1268 Regarding hemp as a component of commercial animal feed YES
1270 Increasing salmon populations in Washington through the implementation of a new fish hatchery management structure that is modeled on the proven, successful structure utilized by the state of Alaska for the past forty years NC
1273 Implementing family and medical leave insurance. NO government is not your mom
1274 Implementing a value-based system for nursing home rates . ?? rationing
1275 Increasing the number of members on the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery. – need more money no new representation NO
1278 Concerning building energy use disclosure requirements. – extra costs- first bill will disclose NO
1284 Concerning hours of service for certain railroad employees – probably too long, NC
1290 Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license. NC
1291 Concerning credentialing requirements for the design and installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems. – adds design to installation YES
1292 Providing fee immunity for certain water facilities. – actually changes the fee structure, but doesn’t allow the word fee to be used NC
1296 Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops. YES
1308 Addressing surplus lines of insurance – clarifies YES
1309 Concerning the sale of floating homes or floating on-water residences by brokers. NC
1312 Concerning the limited exoneration of bail forfeitures in instances where the prosecuting agency declines extradition of a defendant. NC
1314 Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Greehouse tax NOOOOO
1315 Providing for certain variances in the plumbing and electrical trades. – protects tradesmen YES
1321 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020. Single payer no
1327 Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department - . yes
1329 Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products. ? may need hard copy to collect
1334 Concerning the taxes payable on sales by licensed recreational marijuana producers, processors, and retailers. – collected like sales taxes YES
1339 Allowing the secretary of health to intercede and stay any decision of a disciplining authority that expands scope of practice – considering the broad powers in other fields NO
1340 Developing a process to allow pilot programs for health care professionals to learn new skills or roles, use existing skills in new circumstances, and accelerate training – makes more sense than 1339 NC
1342 Permitting the sale of cider in microbrewery tasting rooms YES
1343 Concerning spirits retailers when selling for resale – looks OK uses a % to protect small operators
1352 Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act. YES
1354 Concerning the employee antiretaliation act. – not sure who retaliates the most NC
1355 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years. NO
1356 Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment. NO covers ALL employers hard on small businesses
1357 Concerning certificate of need requirements. – removes end stage kidney cases YES
1362 Allowing sales of growlers of wine NC
1380 Creating a special permit by a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production. – why a fee for this when not for the others? NC
1381 Concerning encouraging job retention and creation in rural economies through the transparent and accountable extension of aluminum smelter tax preferences - ? NC
1384 Modifying provisions related to licensing and scope of practice for dental professionals. NC
1395 Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs. – looks like a way to hide costs NO
1398 Concerning registration of persons providing debt settlement services. gets more control to prevent fraud YES
1402 Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available. – very hazy on what kind of drugs this includes – needs more definition NO
1414 Exempting marijuana producers from taxation for sales to other producers of marijuana seeds and cloned marijuana plants. Why it is still a sale? NC
1415 Concerning the linked deposit program- no controls WHY
1421 Concerning mid-level dental professionals – looks reasonable NC
1422 Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location. NC
1424 Concerning suicide prevention. – qualified yes for money
1429 Expanding authorized personal services by liquor industry members to retailers. NC
1434 Regarding forage fish spawning habitat – must actually be habitat YES
1442 Expanding economic development and creating jobs by increasing the availability of ammunition and firearm parts and accessories in Washington state. – would like them here to, but another complication of the tax system?
1443 Concerning fees charged by commercial parking businesses and requiring notice to customers. - YES
1446 Creating the youth internship opportunity act – NO just stop raising the minimum wage, that is what it is for
1447 Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors. NC
1449 Concerning oil transportation safety. Extends ocean rules to railroads NC
1454 Limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs. YES YES
1455 Permitting local governments to opt out of prevailing wage requirements YES
1456 Limiting prevailing wage requirements to labor performed at the site of work. ? Guessing people working off site are not union NC
1457 Authorizing sixteen and seventeen year old store employees to handle liquor NC
1458 Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made. – raises age to buy cigarettes to 21 Not a major problem if costs more money NO
1459 Excluding healthpath Washington, a federal-state partnership providing coordinated medicare and medicaid services, from certain taxes and assessments. NO favors single payer over the marketplace and choice
1460 Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports. Yes only show if found liable
1471 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices. – reigns in abuse by insurance companies YES
1472 Concerning use of chemical action plans to require safer chemicals in Washington. – NO just more rules
1475 Addressing premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan. – looks like clarification NC
1478 Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances YES
1479 Implementing year-round Pacific Standard Time YES easier for everyone
1483 Eliminating the investment income business and occupation tax deduction for corporations and other business entities. – probably correct NC
1485 Concerning family medicine residencies in health professional shortage areas – NO stop Obamacare type stuff and malpractice insurance and you have enough doctors
1486 Concerning maximum gross weights for vehicle tires. – update regs for better technology YES
1488 Regulating debt adjusting services – maybe needed NC
1489 Prohibiting debt adjusting services and defining and regulating debt management – change of terms, confusing bill ?
1490 Providing requirements for debt adjusters – prevent fraud NC
1494 Requiring ticket brokers and resellers to make certain disclosures YES prevent fraud
1495 Enacting the student user privacy in education rights act – protects privacy of students enrolled in online classes YES
1496 Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities. – designed to both help employers and employees NC
1502 Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device. NOOOO
1503 Concerning medical liens – prevent fraud YES
1504 Standardizing hospital charity care determinations – make sure eligible know they can apply YES
1507 Requiring nursing homes to make the sodium content of meals available to residents. NO not really relevant - just white salt usage
1510 Requiring employers to reimburse employees for work-related expenses. – NO requires recording – most will not increase cost and can be part of base compensation
1512 Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers. – innocent until proven guilty YES
1516 Providing an exemption for certain lodging services from the convention and trade center tax. – hostels NC
1518 Creating the Washington wage recovery act. – looks like a way to use property to pay wages if employer defaults NC
1519 Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy – uses prevailing wage at one point – not sure the point NC
1522 Establishing an intrastate meat inspection program. – not sure if this covers small farms that set the animals or parts of them and sell them to customers. Looks like more record keeping and the ability to shut them down NO
1523 Regarding the relinquishment of water rights. – looks O NC
1527 Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act. YES
1530 Modifying the definition of prepared food to exclude food required to be cooked by the consumer prior to consumption. NC
1543 Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction - clarification NC
1550 Simplifying the taxation of amusement, recreation, and physical fitness services. NC
1552 Concerning industrial hemp. – makes it legal to grow for lawful means like animal feed and rope YES
1553 Encouraging certificates of restoration of opportunity – help ex-cons get work – not sure this is worth the extra money NC
1066 Creating certified independent review organizations for addressing long-term care insurance disputes. – supposed to protect those that buy long term care NC
1067 Reauthorizing the medicaid fraud false claims act. Bookeeping NC
1070 Creating the international commercial arbitration act. – refers to UN law; this is between companies etc with offices in other countries, but I am not sure I like this NEED TO READ
1072 Requiring tracking of prevailing wage surveys – clarifies what required NC
1073 Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage. – more clarification, might increase costs NC
1074 Ensuring the accuracy of prevailing wage survey data provided by interested parties. – potential opt in scenario No
1075 Creating an exemption from the intents and affidavits requirements when paying prevailing wages – minimum amount threshold, probably helps small business, but could be abused
1076 Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements – presumably to make sure the companies can pay NC
1077 Regulating credit for reinsurance. – NC
1078 Enhancing the protection of consumer financial information - only if reasonably likely , no all breaches NO
1089 Adding adherence to state wage payment laws to the state's responsible bidder criteria – makes sue bidder is responsible YES
1091 Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet. YES
1092 Creating the patent troll prevention act YES
1095 Promoting thermal energy efficiency nc
1096 Promoting a more efficient and reliable electric distribution system.- looks like it will increase costs substantially no
1099 Providing consumers the option to cancel contracts over the internet when entered into by the same means. yes
1103 Providing access to the prescription drug monitoring database for clinical laboratories. medical bookkeeping NC
1104 Creating the crime of interference with agricultural production. yes
1108 Creating a food truck beer and/or wine license NC
1124 Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption. NC
1127 Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program. NO budget
1130 Concerning water power license fees. – date change only NC
1132 Concerning the regulation of adult family homes. NC
1133 Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax. NO tax increase
1134 Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. – clarification NC
1135 Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct. – not sure of the need or potential use NO
1152 Concerning the management of forage fish resources - ? budget
1153 Concerning lumber grading. NC looks like for small operators
1156 Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage by enacting the Washington jobs act. YES
1162 Concerning motorized mineral prospecting NC
1163 Concerning paid vacation leave NO strain on small business
1171 Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions - date change NC
1172 Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act. NO protect Christian co-ops
1173 Prohibiting noncompete agreements that restrict the right of physicians to practice in a geographic area for a period of time after termination of an employment contract. YES
1174 Concerning flame retardants. - ?
1176 Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates – minor change NC
1177 Addressing the regulation of service contracts NC
1179 Exempting cider makers from the wine commission assessment – lets have own org YES
1181 Addressing respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects – match feds nc
1183 Concerning radiology benefit managers. – looks like adding another layer to medical bookkeeping perhaps to avoid paying or saving lives NO
1184 Allowing licensed marriage and family therapist associates access to the University of Washington health sciences library. NC
1190 Concerning the use of hydrocodone products by licensed optometrists in Washington state. NC
1195 Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators. YES
1196 Concerning requirements for real estate appraisers NC
1198 Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees. ? Apparently ontap
1211 Addressing fees and costs related to methods of wage payment. NC
1212 Prohibiting retail businesses from recording consumer identification information during transactions. NC
1214 Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act. – can’t take ag land YES
1215 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act. YES
1216 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act. YES
1220 Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state. NC
1230 Authorizing the ordering of interest arbitration – adds way YES
1231 Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available – includes benefits looks OK NC
1232 Concerning employer-purchased fishing guide licenses – no real change NC
1234 Modifying certain building permit fees – raises fees but not much NC
1241 Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans. - NC good idea, but another layer of complexity in taxation
1249 Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. NC
1252 Prescribing penalties for allowing or permitting unlicensed practice of massage therapy or reflexology. NC
1253 Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance. – worker must report Yes
1257 Concerning tenant screening. NO too easy to forge
1259 Allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to sign and attest to certain documentation. YES
1263 Exempting certified public accountants from private investigator regulations. YES
1267 Concerning de facto changes in water rights for irrigation purposes that involved conversion to more efficient irrigation technologies. – another county bill – why not all counties? NO
1268 Regarding hemp as a component of commercial animal feed YES
1270 Increasing salmon populations in Washington through the implementation of a new fish hatchery management structure that is modeled on the proven, successful structure utilized by the state of Alaska for the past forty years NC
1273 Implementing family and medical leave insurance. NO government is not your mom
1274 Implementing a value-based system for nursing home rates . ?? rationing
1275 Increasing the number of members on the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery. – need more money no new representation NO
1278 Concerning building energy use disclosure requirements. – extra costs- first bill will disclose NO
1284 Concerning hours of service for certain railroad employees – probably too long, NC
1290 Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license. NC
1291 Concerning credentialing requirements for the design and installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems. – adds design to installation YES
1292 Providing fee immunity for certain water facilities. – actually changes the fee structure, but doesn’t allow the word fee to be used NC
1296 Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops. YES
1308 Addressing surplus lines of insurance – clarifies YES
1309 Concerning the sale of floating homes or floating on-water residences by brokers. NC
1312 Concerning the limited exoneration of bail forfeitures in instances where the prosecuting agency declines extradition of a defendant. NC
1314 Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Greehouse tax NOOOOO
1315 Providing for certain variances in the plumbing and electrical trades. – protects tradesmen YES
1321 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020. Single payer no
1327 Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department - . yes
1329 Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products. ? may need hard copy to collect
1334 Concerning the taxes payable on sales by licensed recreational marijuana producers, processors, and retailers. – collected like sales taxes YES
1339 Allowing the secretary of health to intercede and stay any decision of a disciplining authority that expands scope of practice – considering the broad powers in other fields NO
1340 Developing a process to allow pilot programs for health care professionals to learn new skills or roles, use existing skills in new circumstances, and accelerate training – makes more sense than 1339 NC
1342 Permitting the sale of cider in microbrewery tasting rooms YES
1343 Concerning spirits retailers when selling for resale – looks OK uses a % to protect small operators
1352 Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act. YES
1354 Concerning the employee antiretaliation act. – not sure who retaliates the most NC
1355 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years. NO
1356 Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment. NO covers ALL employers hard on small businesses
1357 Concerning certificate of need requirements. – removes end stage kidney cases YES
1362 Allowing sales of growlers of wine NC
1380 Creating a special permit by a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production. – why a fee for this when not for the others? NC
1381 Concerning encouraging job retention and creation in rural economies through the transparent and accountable extension of aluminum smelter tax preferences - ? NC
1384 Modifying provisions related to licensing and scope of practice for dental professionals. NC
1395 Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs. – looks like a way to hide costs NO
1398 Concerning registration of persons providing debt settlement services. gets more control to prevent fraud YES
1402 Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available. – very hazy on what kind of drugs this includes – needs more definition NO
1414 Exempting marijuana producers from taxation for sales to other producers of marijuana seeds and cloned marijuana plants. Why it is still a sale? NC
1415 Concerning the linked deposit program- no controls WHY
1421 Concerning mid-level dental professionals – looks reasonable NC
1422 Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location. NC
1424 Concerning suicide prevention. – qualified yes for money
1429 Expanding authorized personal services by liquor industry members to retailers. NC
1434 Regarding forage fish spawning habitat – must actually be habitat YES
1442 Expanding economic development and creating jobs by increasing the availability of ammunition and firearm parts and accessories in Washington state. – would like them here to, but another complication of the tax system?
1443 Concerning fees charged by commercial parking businesses and requiring notice to customers. - YES
1446 Creating the youth internship opportunity act – NO just stop raising the minimum wage, that is what it is for
1447 Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors. NC
1449 Concerning oil transportation safety. Extends ocean rules to railroads NC
1454 Limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs. YES YES
1455 Permitting local governments to opt out of prevailing wage requirements YES
1456 Limiting prevailing wage requirements to labor performed at the site of work. ? Guessing people working off site are not union NC
1457 Authorizing sixteen and seventeen year old store employees to handle liquor NC
1458 Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made. – raises age to buy cigarettes to 21 Not a major problem if costs more money NO
1459 Excluding healthpath Washington, a federal-state partnership providing coordinated medicare and medicaid services, from certain taxes and assessments. NO favors single payer over the marketplace and choice
1460 Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports. Yes only show if found liable
1471 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices. – reigns in abuse by insurance companies YES
1472 Concerning use of chemical action plans to require safer chemicals in Washington. – NO just more rules
1475 Addressing premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan. – looks like clarification NC
1478 Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances YES
1479 Implementing year-round Pacific Standard Time YES easier for everyone
1483 Eliminating the investment income business and occupation tax deduction for corporations and other business entities. – probably correct NC
1485 Concerning family medicine residencies in health professional shortage areas – NO stop Obamacare type stuff and malpractice insurance and you have enough doctors
1486 Concerning maximum gross weights for vehicle tires. – update regs for better technology YES
1488 Regulating debt adjusting services – maybe needed NC
1489 Prohibiting debt adjusting services and defining and regulating debt management – change of terms, confusing bill ?
1490 Providing requirements for debt adjusters – prevent fraud NC
1494 Requiring ticket brokers and resellers to make certain disclosures YES prevent fraud
1495 Enacting the student user privacy in education rights act – protects privacy of students enrolled in online classes YES
1496 Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities. – designed to both help employers and employees NC
1502 Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device. NOOOO
1503 Concerning medical liens – prevent fraud YES
1504 Standardizing hospital charity care determinations – make sure eligible know they can apply YES
1507 Requiring nursing homes to make the sodium content of meals available to residents. NO not really relevant - just white salt usage
1510 Requiring employers to reimburse employees for work-related expenses. – NO requires recording – most will not increase cost and can be part of base compensation
1512 Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers. – innocent until proven guilty YES
1516 Providing an exemption for certain lodging services from the convention and trade center tax. – hostels NC
1518 Creating the Washington wage recovery act. – looks like a way to use property to pay wages if employer defaults NC
1519 Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy – uses prevailing wage at one point – not sure the point NC
1522 Establishing an intrastate meat inspection program. – not sure if this covers small farms that set the animals or parts of them and sell them to customers. Looks like more record keeping and the ability to shut them down NO
1523 Regarding the relinquishment of water rights. – looks O NC
1527 Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act. YES
1530 Modifying the definition of prepared food to exclude food required to be cooked by the consumer prior to consumption. NC
1543 Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction - clarification NC
1550 Simplifying the taxation of amusement, recreation, and physical fitness services. NC
1552 Concerning industrial hemp. – makes it legal to grow for lawful means like animal feed and rope YES
1553 Encouraging certificates of restoration of opportunity – help ex-cons get work – not sure this is worth the extra money NC
1571 Concerning paint stewardship – fee on paint as some always left over – another tax NO
1573 Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property. NC
1574 Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant. – way to contact family YES
1577 Restricting employment noncompetition agreements – reasonable YES
1578 Authorizing insurers to offer customer satisfaction benefits. NC
1579 Addressing motor vehicle underinsured coverage. – looks like it benefits insurance companies more that people NC
1587 Creating a cause of action for persons who are adversely affected by the judicial review of a decision made under the state environmental policy act. – can get attorney fees YES
1589 Concerning natural resource management activities. YES
1590 Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level or residential specialty electrician certificate of competency. NC
1592 Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees. NO other occupations need to pay for theirs
1594 Adopting the toy gun manufacturing requirement act. – didn’t see a grandfather clause so NO as owning is illlegal
1596 Concerning the registration and professional education of surgical technologists. – overkill NO
1600 Creating a pilot project to test a three-part aim solution that improves health and health care in a manner that lowers overall health care costs in a normally distributed population Rationing NO
1608 Concerning the replacement of like-in-kind household appliances. - NC
1609 Granting exemptions to the plumbing and electrical codes. – no license to move a fridge YES
1610 Changing jury service provisions. NC
1615 Concerning postretirement employment NC
1619 Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for environmental handling charges. NC
1621 Requiring the display of the national league of families' POW/MIA flag on certain days. YES
1626 Addressing health benefit plan grace periods. NC
1629 Prohibiting conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands or fish habitat under the shoreline management act. YES
1638 Increasing access to health care by creating tax credits for hiring scribes. – doctors can talk & write NO
1645 Concerning youth substance use prevention associated with tobacco and drug delivery e-cigarettes and vapor products. – includes e-cigarettes NC
1646 Enacting the equal pay opportunity act by amending and enhancing enforcement of the equal pay act and protecting worker communications about wages and employment opportunities NO not really similar
1649 Concerning the recoupment of certain costs by collection agencies. - – they can pass through the cost YES
1650 Clarifying provisions regarding the seizure and disposition of marijuana and processed marijuana products by state and local law enforcement agencies. – makes legal NC
1659 Addressing the benefits of group life and disability insurance policies. No real change NC
1660 Ensuring that fishing opportunities in Washington are consistent with the economic contributions provided by the fishing user groups. – more fish wars NC
1670 Spurring agricultural innovations – encourage GMOs or what NO
1675 Concerning the prescription of biological products and interchangeable biological products. – OK NC
1678 Improving tax fairness for businesses engaged in electronic commerce by eliminating inconsistent tax treatment of digital business inputs, ensuring that prewritten computer software developers remain eligible for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales and use tax exemption, and providing greater clarity for out-of-state sellers concerning their tax obligations. – clarification NC
1679 Concerning biological products – looks like 1675 NC
1680 Providing a comprehensive spirits sales tax reduction for all consumers in both on-premise and off-premise settings. – up and down taxes economist wrote bill NC
1681 Increasing jobs in the maritime trades industry. ? raise taxes on the middle class and provide less expensive entertainment for the rich friends? NO
1683 Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers. - YES lets you know if they are rationing
1689 Concerning taxes on in-state broadcasters – not a big change NC
1694 Addressing retail and service employees who work on Thanksgiving day.- no room for small business or other holidays? NO
1700 Concerning qualified health plan claims in grace periods. YES
1701 Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position. NO it costs to screen people and businesses aren’t there to fix people
1708 Clarifying that irrigation district facilities are not within the definition of shorelands. YES
1718 Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees who provide nursing care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender, probationary, and patient populations in institutions and centers. – YES Often they are in danger too
1719 Concerning the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants. . NO major changes NC
1722 Concerning the manufacture and repair of short-barreled rifles. – our state outlaws possessing them but people in other states aren’t, we can fix them YES
1724 Providing prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots. NO there are ballot boxes available
1725 Concerning a consumer's right to assign hours to individual providers and the department of social and health services' authority to establish criteria regarding the payment of individual providers – get to choose your helper YES
1727 Permitting nursing assistants to perform simple care tasks under indirect supervision. – Seems safe NC
1732 Addressing meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees – people work better then NC
1733 Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals – why is the government micromanaging things, staffing requirements depend on the condition of the patients NO
1736 Extending specific aerospace tax preferences to include other types of commercial aircraft to encourage the migration of good wage jobs in the state. – I agree Boeing shouldn’t get special treatment, but cutting off Boeing might be cheaper – not that that is ever going to happen
1742 Changing cottage food operation provisions - – increases amount of gross sales YES
1749 Concerning contractor registration requirements for owners of property. - NC
1753 Distinguishing cannabis health and beauty aids from marijuana. – says can’t cross blood barrier, all beauty aids do ?
1755 Authorizing a livestock movement reporting system. – get a license instead of inspections – looks easier NC
1758 Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation. – for 10 years and recipients must files reports to see if worth it YES
1761 Addressing insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents activities with customers and potential customers.- increases value of gifts for inflation, wish my SS went up that much NC
1763 Regulating music licensing agencies – is there problem here or control or way to get money?
1764 Creating a business and occupation tax credit for advanced composite manufacturing and wholesaling. – another Boeing bill ? Why benefits here and raise the gas tax NO
1765 Changing marijuana provisions so that marijuana is only authorized if it is in pill form prescribed by a physician. NO many people need to inhale or get through skin, swallowing is not an option
1766 Concerning medical marijuana – looks fairly reasonable NC
1768 Authorizing a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide promotional items to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association. YES
1769 Reinstating tax preferences for high-technology research and development. – was there before, at least this time they are excluding the company gym and executive dining room from qualifying Again why do corporate cronies get tax breaks NC
1772 Repealing unnecessary provisions concerning the Washington State Bar Association. – does this mean that only the court can disbar an attorney? The court hasn’t time for this sort of thing. They need to settle down and so their jobs not the Bar’s or the legislature’s. NO
1774 Protecting the right to work. ? why fire and police are excluded – small steps I guess YES
1776 Clarifying transportation and delivery services for licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers. – drivers have the right to protect themselves if they are allowed to carry by law then they should be allowed there too NO
1777 Concerning exclusive representation of employees in collective bargaining. – freedom from union tyranny YES
1778 Lowering the workers' compensation structured settlements age requirement to thirty-five years of age beginning January 1, 2016. Not sure why NC
1779 Requiring specialized training for persons conducting victim interviews as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct – protects the victim YES
1786 Establishing a statewide wage standard for aerospace employment as a requirement to qualify for certain aerospace-related tax incentives. – Basically Boeing loses its tax preference if it doesn’t obey the union – way to drive all new programs and the old ones when the plants become obsolete out of state. However, if they are smart they will leave anyway for someplace that builds roads, etc. NC
1787 Prohibiting health care facilities from limiting providers' patient care. – they can’t not allow abortionists hospital privileges NO
1791 Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to manage wolf-related wildlife interactions using lethal means when certain conditions are satisfied. – lots of safeguards to make sure the correct wolves are repeatedly involved YES
1807 Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state. There is another bill not noted NC
1808 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees – not sure if safety or the union is the issue NC
1809 Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains. – I am not sure why this is necessary NC
1821 Addressing industrial insurance requirements and options for owners and lessees of for hire vehicles, limousines, and taxicabs. – easier for small operators YES
1828 Concerning a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire individuals with developmental disabilities. I don’t like credits for performance, but since there are this isn’t a bad one NC
1845 Concerning pharmaceutical waste. NC
1852 Addressing the pediatric oral services essential health benefit category. – more interference in what companies can offer NO
1861 Creating a business and occupation tax deferral program for small businesses. – NO inability to handle accounting is one of the reasons new businesses fail. Deferring something for years is a recipe for more failures. NO Just cut the tax and be done with it
1866 Improving voter registration by providing new residential tenants with voter registration information. NO business not responsible for this
1869 Establishing nonimpound tow truck operator licensing. Other bill
1870 Concerning the ownership of hospitals. – can’t sell your hospital NO
1871 Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments. – doesn’t look like major changes NC
1872 Addressing credit unions' capital. – Not a lot NC
1873 Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal. – doesn’t specify exactly what will be requested NO
1874 Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure. No major changes NC
1876 Concerning residential security system installations. NC
1877 Requiring fines and assessments against professional athletes be donated to charity – Businesses are in the business of profits not social welfare. However, if they are playing in an arena built with public funds that team could be forced to donate to a local youth charity NC
1882 Concerning the regulation of passenger charter and excursion carriers. – probably needed NC
1889 Limiting the authority of growth management hearings boards to hear petitions challenging the regulation of permit exempt wells. YES
1894 Creating a cause of action for the protection of workers acting in furtherance of public policy. – protects whistle blowers YES
1895 Concerning smart grid technology reporting. – requires smart grids to spy on your usage NO
1903 Modifying distillers' spirit sampling provisions. – can make mix with them NC
1922 Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans. – protect consumer NC
1926 Restricting noncompetition agreements – reasonable – other bill NC
1930 Addressing the nonemployee status of athletes in amateur sports – makes it clear what they are even if they get a stipend, etc YES
1931 Concerning employer obligations to provide health care for employees. NO they will not be able to pay what the government wants and will further reduce staff accordingly.
1934 Regulating local employment laws and contracts - – stops city only minimum wage or treating union and non-union employees differently YES
1938 Enacting the tourism marketing act – the unions pay for their own representation, Boeing sells it’s own airplanes, the Farm Bureau represents farmers, can’t the hospitality industry do the same? NO
1953 Requiring periodic recertification elections for bargaining representatives of partial public employees. – freedom for workers YES
1956 Creating independent review organizations – if it is certified by the government is it truly independent NC
1962 Regulating disclosure of process server social security numbers. – exempts from open inspection YES
1965 Implementing a temporary additional fee on licenses and permits issued by the Washington state liquor control board. . – tax increase by another name NO
1966 Exempting transit agencies that manufacture liquid natural gas or compressed natural gas for the purposes of providing public transportation from the definition of manufacturing in respect to business and occupation tax. – then the reduce what it costs not counting the tax breaks NO
1967 Directing the health care authority to apply for federal waivers concerning health care coverage. – depends on how it is used NC
1968 Accommodating the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations. YES
1975 Exempting distillers from certain licensing fees – looks like small business NC
1976 Concerning marketing opportunities for spirits produced in Washington by craft and general licensed distilleries. – other similar bill NC
1978 Amending the patient bill of rights to ensure continuity of care. care – have to finish a year YES
1984 Concerning the use of certain chemicals in food. – the alternative to BPA isn’t any safer NC
1985 Protecting human health by labeling foods exposed to human sewage.- this is worse than pesticides or GMO foods NO
1990 Concerning use tax on vehicles transferred between immediate family members for no consideration other than to relieve the transferor of the underlying debt on the vehicle – Why tax it at all, it is really a gift NC
1993 Updating and clarifying statutory provisions within the commercial vehicle registration and fuel tax administrative systems. – cleaning up language NC
1998 Allowing public utility districts to produce and sell renewable natural gas. - YES
2003 Addressing health care coverage for retired or disabled school employees or state employees NC
2011 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for eligible server equipment installed in certain data centers. - – business welfare I don’t like the concept NC
2018 Addressing insurance covering for hire operators using personal vehicles. – new ideas need new laws NC
2020 Improving utility emissions reduction standards at a low-cost to utility customers with electricity generated by renewable resources. – lessens exact numbers NC
2021 Concerning the prescription drug assistance foundation. – definitions NC
2026 Providing a business and occupation tax credit for certain medical facilities to hire physicians. – NO more detail in the regulations don’t like these, not a bad one if you like these things
2027 Regulating gambling devices – another bill like this to allow companies to repair the machines YES
2034 Authorizing collective bargaining for assistant attorneys general. – NO is you are a professional act like one, way to extend scope of public unions
2047 Providing an option for the owners of private property to be acquired for electrical transmission line sites or routes by eminent domain proceedings. – instead of an easement they have to buy the land outright YES
2050 Establishing the small business enhancement program. – works with community organizers NO
2051 Concerning the provision of time and assistance for tenants to relocate due to a rent increase or change of use of the residential unit. NC
2052 Establishing a task force to evaluate the efficacy of contracting with a private enterprise to provide services and the collection of tolls on the Tacoma Narrows bridge. – might make a business pay for part of the bridge NC
2054 Establishing community service standards for individuals receiving unemployment benefits. – yes if you can work you should do something
2058 Concerning the medical use of cannabis. ?? lots of potential laws this one looks comprehensive, not sure good or bad NC
2064 Providing compliance options for qualifying utilities. – bill for specific area NC
2066 Concerning the taxation of wax and ceramic materials used to make molds. – industry welfare NC
2068 Concerning the deauthorization of union security provisions by public employees. – requires secret vote YES
2078 Addressing collective bargaining by ferry employee organizations. NC
2109 Creating the Washington small business retirement marketplace. – government gets to approve acceptable plans NO
2118 Providing a business and occupation tax credit to alleviate the additional costs incurred by small
2119 Concerning consumer data privacy protection and the work of a task force to consider creating a consumer data privacy protection office. – another commission – smart data is a major problem, not sure a commission is the way to fix it.
2121 Requiring the provision of certain documents to prospective tenants and buyers of a mobile home lot. – no hidden things - NC
2126 Initiating the adaptive management program within the forests and fish law to ensure that no proposed timber harvest is negatively affected solely due to its proximity to a stream that is not a fish bearing stream. – must actually be a full time stream YES
2129 Bringing Washington state government contracting provisions into compliance with federal law as it relates to small works bonding requirements. . – WHY like feds – less protection – higher threshold for requiring a bond and less money withheld NO
2132 Concerning naloxone – new tax and won’t really help NO
2137 Concerning the nursing home payment system. – more rules won’t help NO
2138 Providing cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. – may help retirees but not the taxpayer that is paying them NO
2147 Providing accountability and transparency for aerospace-related tax incentives. – requiring Boeing to produce the jobs it got the tax preferences for. Some want to add more aerospace companies. Personally I would not do preferences – it is all a game of corporate welf
2150 Reforming the business and occupation tax to provide fairness and administrative simplicity. Reduces B&O tax confusion – helps small businesses YES
2152 Extending the business and occupation tax exemption for amounts received as credits against contracts with or funds provided by the Bonneville power administration NO do 2150 instead
2162 Concerning marijuana – raising tax and providing for collection – a few bills on this NC
2182 Ensuring the competitiveness of Washington state's fishing and seafood processing industries by supporting the recapitalization of fishing fleets through certain tax preferences – more corporate welfare
Senate Bills5001 clarifying the rules for allowing minors to sample alcohol ye
5003 Concerning the taxes payable on sales by licensed recreational marijuana producers, processors, and retailers - taxes yes
5012 Authorizing the growing of industrial hemp. The plant is good for other things that smoking YES5014 Concerning best practices for water banks. – stop favoritism YES
5017 Defining honey bee products and services as an agricultural product. Yes
5018 Concerning underground artificial storage and recovery projects. Yes
5019 Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program. Needs money ? education?
5021 Concerning cadmium in children's jewelry NC
5027 Providing access to the prescription drug monitoring database for clinical laboratories. – medical bookkeeping NC
5028 Raising licensure limits to allow assisted living facilities to serve a higher acuity resident population – looks good ?
5032 Specifying when a transaction in the form of a lease does not create a security interest for purposes of the uniform commercial code. NC
5043 Providing greater small business assistance by modifying the filing threshold for excise tax purposes NC again good idea, but costs money to implement
5044 Concerning mitigation measures for shoreline development. – reigns in EPA YES
5045 - Concerning the deauthorization of union security provisions by public employees. – requires secret vote YES
5047 Creating the patent troll prevention act -- only if reasonably likely , no all breaches NO5043 Providing greater small business assistance by modifying the filing threshold for excise tax purposes NC again good idea, but costs money to implement
5044 Concerning mitigation measures for shoreline development. – reigns in EPA YES
5045 - Concerning the deauthorization of union security provisions by public employees. – requires secret vote YES
5049 Concerning the registration and professional education of surgical technologists. YES
5050 Adding adherence to state wage payment laws to the state's responsible bidder criteria. -- makes sue bidder is responsible YES
5052 Establishing the cannabis patient protection act. NC
5054 Concerning the design-build procedure for certain transportation projects. – all risks to contractors--- Good unless all contracts are then padded to make sure they are not losing money ?
5057 Concerning the safe transport of hazardous materials. ?NO
5059 Creating the patent troll prevention act. YES
5062 Concerning water quality enforcement procedure. – must actually prove fault and give longer notice YES
5081 Increasing transparency of state government expenditures related to state employees, state vendors and other public entities. – make union contracts public YES
5087 Concerning oil transportation safety. Extends ocean rules to railroads NC
5089 Revising definitions in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future. – adds small scale nuclear NC
5090 Providing an additional alternative compliance option in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future. Adds small scale nuclear NC
5091 Including nuclear energy in the definition of a "qualified alternative energy resource" for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090. NC
5092 Including nuclear energy in the principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy. NC
5111 Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation. NC
5112 Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington state job creation and economic development. – great idea needs to be in budget NC
5113 Requiring the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs. DEPENDS ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT NUCLEAR
5114 Providing incentives for production of modular reactors. ???
5115 Studying the siting of small modular reactors in Washington. ???
5119 Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. - NC
5121 Establishing a marijuana research license NC
5124 Prohibiting the sale of vapor products to minors. yes
5126 Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department. yes
5129 Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state. yes
5130 Restricting marijuana producer and processor businesses from being located in certain residential and rural areas. yes
5131 Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule – NC as long as tribe is protected
5132Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust. NO Single payer system
5145 Concerning the membership of the health technology clinical committee. NO Requires an AMA person not require another discipline
5146 Concerning quality assurance standards for medicaid purchasing. – NO they were allowing naturalpaths and this would probably stop it
5147 Concerning monitoring health and health outcomes for medicaid patients. ???
5150 Requiring health insurance carriers to provide notification of carrier network changes. yes
5151 Concerning cultural competency education for health care professionals. YES actually reduces
5152 Implementing a value-based system for nursing home rates. ?? rationing
5156 Concerning the disclosure of information regarding elevators and other conveyances in certain real estate transactions. YES
5157 Concerning the state universal communications services program NC
5168 Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act. can’t take ag land YES-
5169 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act. YES
5170 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act. YES
5180 Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements. minor change NC
5183 Modifying certain building permit fees - raises fees but not much NC
5197 Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making. – makes agencies make determinations in a timely manner and provides appeal to the courts YES
5207 Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators - yes
5209 Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state NC
5212 Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license. NC
5213 Allowing sales of growlers of wine. NC
5216 Modifying rental agreement renewal requirements under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. NC
5217 Concerning the maintenance of manufactured home title and registration certificates by tenants under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act NC
5218 Expanding the definition of unlawful detainer to include a provision governing at-will tenancies. NC
5219 Concerning unlawful detainer NC
5220 Concerning the entering of monetary judgments against defendants under the residential and manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant acts. NC
5221 Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property. NC
5222 Concerning collection agency transaction fees for processing electronic payments. Stops excess fees Yes
5224 Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location. NC
5227 Creating the international commercial arbitration act. NC
5230 Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington state job creation and economic development. YES would pay for itself – small business not Boeing they actually produce more jobs
5235 Requiring a state resident preference for all newly hired state classified employees and lower level Washington management service employees. YES need help here
5236 Concerning the ratification of budgets for certain homeowners' associations. – rewording NC
5237 Placing restrictions on when representation under a public collective bargaining agreement may be challenged. – changes time NC
5238 Concerning public water systems' public participation notice provisions. NC
5257 Providing a reduced public utility tax for log transportation businesses NC unless money issue
5259 Improving voter registration by providing new residential tenants with voter registration information. NO business not responsible for this
5260 Exempting cider makers from the wine commission assessment.
5263 Concerning the Washington uniform common interest ownership act. – contract law NC
5268 Concerning refilling eye drop prescriptions yes
5281 Creating a nonresidential security system specialty electrician certificate. – adds a specialty NC
5282 Concerning residential security system installations. NC
5283 Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. NOOOOO
5285 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years. NOOO
5288 Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions – date change NC
5292 Protecting children and youth from powdered alcohol. – adds it to list of alcohols YES
5293 Concerning the use of hydrocodone products by licensed optometrists in Washington state. NC
5296 Concerning locksmith services. Can’t pretend a local business by phonebook listings NC
5297 Updating and clarifying statutory provisions within the commercial vehicle registration and fuel tax administrative systems. – cleaning up language NC
5299 Updating, clarifying, and strengthening department of financial institutions' enforcement, licensing, and examination statutes relating to residential mortgage lending, and enhancing the crime of mortgage fraud in the residential mortgage lending process. looks good but no comment NC
5301 Concerning spirits retailers when selling for resale. – looks OK uses a % to protect small operators
5302 Addressing the prudent investor rule for Washington state trusts, delegation of trustee duties by trustees of a Washington state trust, and standards for authorization and treatment of statutory trust advisors and directed trustees incident to the establishment of Washington state directed trusts. – looks like a way to avoid responsibility – would need a lawyer that practices in the field to be sure NC
5305 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020. Single payer no
5306 Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment. NO covers ALL employers hard on small businesses
5310 Addressing enforcement actions at facilities sited by the energy facility site evaluation council – too much agency power but more coal and oil traveling NC
5331 Concerning workers' compensation group self-insurance plans. – YES breaks state monopoly on comp insurance
5332 Regulating local employment laws and contracts – stops city only minimum wage or treating union and non-union employees differently YES
5339 Creating a business and occupation tax credit for new businesses. – since our business climate in anti-business and small businesses create the majority of jobs YES
5340 Concerning qualified health plan claims in grace periods. YES
5341 Concerning the linked deposit investment program NC simplify
5342 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES
5347 Creating demonstration projects for preserving agricultural land and public infrastructure in flood plains. YES
5353 Concerning the service and sales of spirits, wine, and beer. YES
5362 Concerning the regulation of passenger charter and excursion carriers – probably needed NC
5376 Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports. Yes only show if found liable
5377 Concerning the provision of time and assistance for tenants to relocate due to a rent increase or change of use of the residential unit. NC
5382 Continuing tax preferences for aluminum smelters – extends date 10 years NC
5384 Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs. – tying minimum wage to price index NO
5387 Creating uniformity in common provisions governing business organizations and other entities. – NC
5400 Implementing a temporary additional fee on licenses and permits issued by the Washington state liquor control board. – tax increase by another name NO
5407 Concerning existing lots and the Skagit instream flow rule. YES
5420 Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage. – for worker’s comp YES
5421 Creating a teen summer employment wage. – back to fed for the summer NC lower minimum wage would be better
5422 Establishing a temporary teen training wage. – would help teens some, better lower the minimum wage
5425 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualified broadband equipment. – NO let the market take care of it
5431 Concerning synthetic plastic microbeads. – getting rid of them NC
5432 Concerning retail store carryout bags. NO the bags are reused
5434 Placing certain synthetic cannabimimetics into schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.- Can’t control the drugs we do regulate – if legal warning would be better NO
5435 Expanding participation in the Washington state deferred compensation program. YES not a pension
5440 Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. . – clarification NC
5441 Addressing patient medication coordination – YES easier for patients
5443 Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers. YES lets you know if they are rationing
5451 Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities. – designed to both help employers and employees NC
5456 Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet. YES
5459 Implementing family and medical leave insurance - NO government is not your mom
5460 Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available.
5465 Concerning mid-level dental professionals NC
5468 Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs. - . – looks like a way to hide costs
NO
5475 Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction. - clarification NC
5477 Concerning the packaging, labeling, and advertising of vapor products. – more rules NO
5479 Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors. NC
5493 Distinguishing cannabis health and beauty aids from marijuana. – says can’t cross blood barrier, all beauty aids do ?
5494 Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made. . – raises age to buy cigarettes to 21 Not a major problem if costs more money NO
5508 Concerning recovery for purposes of legal actions under the industrial insurance statutes – how NC
5509 Concerning workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claim- Clarifies YES
5510 Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits. – sets a schedule YES
5511 Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes – reduces confusion YES
5512 Concerning independent medical exam and consultation and vocational rehabilitation assessment scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups. – not much change NC
5513 Creating the workers' recovery act by amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. – clarifying and easier NC
5514 Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints. YES
5515 Excluding retirement as a subject of collective bargaining for individual providers under chapter 74.39A RCW. – family members no retirement as not really part of labor force for occupation – maybe because they don’t have to join SEIU anymore
5516 Addressing compensation for injured workers – see if what they are doing works YES
5523 Removing the requirement that a process server disclose a social security number when registering. – you need it for any other job, why not – safety – if not NO
5530 Concerning cancellation or revocation of product subscriptions. – Yes prevents fraud
5536 Concerning the recoupment of certain costs by collection agencies. – they can pass through the cost YES
5538 Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
5539 Concerning delivery of a pistol to a current law enforcement officer. – obvious YES
5541 Improving tax fairness for businesses engaged in electronic commerce by eliminating inconsistent tax treatment of digital business inputs, ensuring that prewritten computer software developers remain eligible for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales and use tax exemption, and providing greater clarity for out-of-state sellers concerning their tax obligations. – clarification NC
5549 Concerning the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants. NO major changes NC
5550 Regulating providers of commercial transportation services – didn’t read too carefully to see if this is a way for taxis to make them scarce – seems fine NC
5551 Concerning salmon recovery project funds – can’t get paid to sue the hatchery YES
5552 Accommodating the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations. YES
5554 Clarifying that irrigation district facilities are not within the definition of shorelands. - YES
5557 Services provided by pharmacists – more than pharmacists involved – may be fine – includes benefits required by the feds which would include abortion NO
5558 – Increasing the number of members on the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
need more money no new representation NO
5559 Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees - NO other occupations need to pay for theirs
5560 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices. – reigns in abuse by insurance companies YES
5563 Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for environmental handling charges. NC
5567 Creating the Washington wage recovery act - looks like a way to use property to pay wages if employer defaults NC
5568 Providing damages for wage violations.- easier to get damages if wages withheld by employer YES
5569 Concerning the employee antiretaliation act. not sure who retaliates the most NC
5572 Concerning the sales, distribution, and delivery of marijuana – have to follow local ordinance for licensing YES
5573 Concerning youth substance use prevention associated with tobacco and drug delivery e-cigarettes and vapor products. – includes e-cigarettes NC
5575 Providing sales and use tax exemptions to encourage coal-fired electric generation plants to convert to natural gas-fired plants. NO all industry should learn to change with the times – costs money
5576 Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance. - – worker must report Yes
5577 Concerning pharmaceutical waste. – Needs to be safe for everyone YES
5579 Exempting certain firearms transfers involving licensed security guards from background check requirements. YES
5580 Requiring ticket brokers and resellers to make certain disclosures. - YES prevent fraud
5581 Addressing the benefits of group life and disability insurance policies. . No real change NC
5582 Prescribing penalties for allowing or permitting unlicensed practice of massage therapy or reflexology.NC
5586 Restricting the social security offset to disability compensation. – age shouldn’t be a factor NO
5597 Concerning requirements for real estate appraisers NC
5601 Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act. YES
5603 Changing cottage food operation provisions – increases amount of gross sales YES
5606 Modifying provisions related to licensing and scope of practice for dental professionals. NC
5608 Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position. NO it costs to screen people and businesses aren’t there to fix people
5611 Addressing excessive overdraft fees – cannot keep charging until covered, 1 time only YES
5612 Restricting check cashing fees – if taken to the bank where the check is from – they can’t charge a fee for cashing it even if the person bearing it has no account there YES
5613 Raising the cap on the total number of small loans a borrower may have in a twelve-month period.
- Increases the # that can be made NC
5616 Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates. NC
5621 Concerning the definition of the practice of dentistry. NC
5630 Enacting the equal pay opportunity act by amending and enhancing enforcement of the equal pay act and protecting worker communications about wages and employment opportunities. - NO not really similar
5640 Concerning deficiency claims after auction of a private property vehicle impound. No limits, but some fees excluded, NC
5641 Concerning taxation of businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting. Not familiar enough with the industry to understand this one NC
5648 Amending the patient bill of rights to ensure continuity of care – have to finish a year YES
5660 Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state. – license fees by sales NC
5662 Authorizing a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide promotional items to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association. YES
5665 Reinstating tax preferences for high-technology research and development. . – was there before, at least this time they are excluding the company gym and executive dining room from qualifying Again why do corporate cronies get tax breaks NC
5666 Concerning cetacean captivity – no Sea World allowed here NC
5669 Creating a local rural mover license – encourages small business in the field YES
5671 Addressing the payment of union dues by partial public employees. – releases SEIU members YES
5672 Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals. – why is the government micromanaging things, staffing requirements depend on the condition of the patients NO
5673 Concerning the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts. – was a way around the law YES
5680 Concerning family medicine residency programs in shortage areas. – just let the government pay them more NO
5682 Allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to sign and attest to certain documentation. YES
5683 Creating a short-form registration statement for small securities offerings. YES
5684 Concerning flame retardants. – gets rid of bad chemicals, but the replacement ones are as bad or worse NC
5695 Addressing health insurance coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs. – the feds are enough NO
5696 Concerning hours of service for certain railroad employees. - probably too long, NC
5697 Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains - – I am not sure why this is necessary NC
5700 Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation. NC
5701 Creating a business and occupation tax credit for advanced composite manufacturing and wholesaling. – another Boeing bill ? Why benefits here and raise the gas tax NO Actually an equal tax break bill still no
5702 Concerning the taxation of wax and ceramic materials used to make molds. – every industry and area of the state wants Boeing’s tax pkg NO
5703 Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees who provide nursing care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender, probationary, and patient populations in institutions and centers. - . – YES Often they are in danger too
5705 Establishing a mineral prospecting and mining advisory committee. – I understand they want input to balance the “greens” but is a committee really necessary. Don’t they have an organization already? NC
5709 Concerning a consumer's right to assign hours to individual providers and the department of social and health services' authority to establish criteria regarding the payment of individual providers. – get to choose your helper YES
5710 Addressing industrial insurance requirements and options for owners and lessees of for hire vehicles, limousines, and taxicabs. – easier for small operators YES
5711 Providing a comprehensive spirits sales tax reduction for all consumers in both on-premise and off-premise settings. – up and down taxes economist wrote bill NC
5712 Addressing certain damage caused by wildlife. – Protects agriculture from excess of animals YES
5717 Amending the insurer holding company act. – Hope they aren’t using this to outlaw Christian Coops. Graham Hunt says its billed to bring us in line with Obamacare
5725 Addressing surplus lines of insurance – clarifies YES
5733 Authorizing a livestock movement reporting system -– get a license instead of inspections – looks easier NC
5741 Concerning health care financing and development of a publicly sponsored integrated delivery system. SINGLE PAYER NO
5743 Addressing insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents activities with customers and potential customers. .- increases value of gifts for inflation, wish my SS went up that much NC
5754 Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct. - . – not sure of the need or potential use NO
5756 Extending specific aerospace tax preferences to include other types of commercial aircraft to encourage the migration of good wage jobs in the state. – I am not for the whole tax break including Boeing, but I see the point of other parts of the state benefitting since we have it NC
5757 Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments. – doesn’t look like major changes NC
5758 Concerning federal medicaid payment reconciliations – Rural help YES
5759 Concerning prevailing wages for workers employed in residential construction. – Keep out illegals, ? reason NC
5761 Providing for property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in targeted urban areas. – NO how about some targeted rural areas
5762 Concerning the taxation and permitting of vessels in Washington – this gets to be a game of getting people to avoid taxes NC
5766 Establishing performance requirements and measures for monitoring agencies providing home detention programs utilizing electronic monitoring. – better than now YES
5772 Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal. - . – doesn’t specify exactly what will be requested NO
5773 Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure - No major changes NC
5774 Requiring tracking of prevailing wage surveys - – clarifies what required NC
5775 Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage – more clarification, might increase costs NC
5778 Concerning ambulatory surgical facilities – I would love this is PP wasn’t an ambulatory surgical center NO
5796 Concerning the regulation of adult family homes. NC
5797 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees - – not sure if safety or the union is the issue NC
5800 Allowing businesses to possess gambling devices or components of authorized gambling devices without first obtaining a license under certain conditions – basically to repair them NC
5811 Concerning a property tax exemption for certain property owned by an Indian tribe that is used for economic development purposes. – need balance here; if the tax advantage causes harm to other local businesses NC
5815 Concerning prescriptive authority of naturopaths – if this restricts use of natural hormones NO
5821 Updating pharmacy provisions. – what it says NC
5822 Updating pharmacy provisions – updates NC
5824 Concerning certain recreational guides – toughens rules for ignoring the law NC
5826 Creating the Washington small business retirement marketplace. – another government program WHY
5827 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for eligible server equipment installed in certain data centers. – business welfare I don’t like the concept NC
5834 Concerning oil transportation safety. – adds trains and some minor changes NC
5838 Addressing mutual insurers OK NC
5842 Providing a compliance path based on sound utility planning under the energy independence act – bah on the whole plan NC I think this is intended to help
5844 Ensuring that fishing opportunities in Washington are consistent with the economic contributions provided by the fishing user groups. - . – more fish wars NC
5845 Concerning the replacement of like-in-kind household appliances NC
5846 Granting exemptions to the plumbing and electrical codes. – no license to move a fridge YES
5847 Concerning contractor registration requirements for owners of property. NC
5854 Requiring employee organizations to submit digital copies of their collective bargaining agreements to the public employment relations commission. All public unions YES
5857 Addressing registration and regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. – insurance must pay pharmacy YES
5858 Establishing the state cannabis industry and economic development committee. – develop the industry NO want it to go away
5860 Concerning audits of certain homeowners' associations' financial statements. – minor change NC
5861 Modifying the definition of prepared food to exclude food required to be cooked by the consumer prior to consumption. NC
5862 Concerning public-private partnerships for state transportation projects and programs. – learning from the Narrows Bridge NC
5868 Providing an exemption for certain lodging services from the convention and trade center tax. – not taxing hostels NC
5869 Concerning restrictions on the location of manufactured/mobile homes. – grandfathers in older parks YES
5874 Concerning regulatory and financial mechanisms and means to promote the retirement of coal-fired electric generation facilities. – I am not in favor of closing them
5877 Concerning due process for adult family home licensees – appeal procedure YES
5885 Enhancing the safety of employees working for western state hospital and eastern state hospital through collective bargaining and binding interest arbitration. – they just need adequate protection not more union NO
5892 Encouraging reliable distributed solar energy – phasing out program YES
5893 Addressing the nonemployee status of athletes in amateur sports. - – makes it clear what they are even if they get a stipend, etc YES
5894 Addressing unlawful activities on certain properties. – easier to make people leave YES
5895 Concerning employers' responsibility for the medical assistance costs of employees. – More ways to drive business out of state NO
5899 Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans - . – protect consumer NC
5903 Restricting certain methods of selling marijuana – no drive through, vending machine etc. YES
5904 Providing a public utilities tax credit for forest derived biomass used to produce energy. – use all of the trees and get renewables YES
5910 Concerning waiver of the fundamentals of engineering examination. – for intraining level NC
5913 Permitting members of the public employees' retirement system employed in positions included in the public safety employees' retirement system to elect to become members of the public safety employees' retirement system for future periods of service. – why?
5916 Enacting the tourism marketing act – the unions pay for their own representation, Boeing sells it’s own airplanes, the Farm Bureau represents farmers, can’t the hospitality industry do the same? NO
5917 Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops. YES
5923 Promoting economic recovery in the construction industry. – government intervention was the problem in the first place NO
5934 Creating a joint legislative task force on fostering innovation and retaining and creating jobs in Washington. – how about someone on the task force dedicated to removing all the red tape that hampering business NO
5935 Concerning biological products – clears language NC
5950 Ensuring the accuracy of prevailing wage survey data provided by interested parties. - – potential opt in scenario NC
5952 Creating an exemption from the intents and affidavits requirements when paying prevailing wages. – minimum amount threshold, probably helps small business, but could be abused
5968 Clarifying that the owner or holder of a trust deed, or the owner or holder's designee, may initiate foreclosure proceedings. – change of wording NC
5976 Establishing a consolidating purchasing system for public school employees. – for insurance – if it saves money by having a large bargaining unit perhaps, if it forces uniformity NO
5983 Addressing services performed by an individual for remuneration. – clarification NC
5986 Creating the board of telemedicine. – I see no safeguards keeping out Planned Parenthood NO
6004 Providing for the acquisition of coal displacement power. – eases transition NC
6005 Establishing the state average annual wage as the maximum compensation to be used for calculating state retirement benefits. – brakes on pension YES
6007 Modifying theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property provisions. – better law YES
6011 Allowing industry members to provide alcoholic beverage retailers with credit on alcoholic beverage purchases. – what it says YES
6012 Concerning the protection of drinking water when issuing building permits. – one building, a subdivision. I can understand if for subdivision, for a lot, NO people should be able to use their land NO
6017 Providing cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. - – may help retirees but not the taxpayer that is paying them NO
6022 Regulating the concentration of risky assets of insurers. – government meddling NO
6023 Concerning reimbursement to hospitals by the department of corrections. – they pay actual costs not some formula YES
6024 Limiting maximum capital and reserves accumulations by health care service contractors and health maintenance organizations. – government meddling NO
6025 Concerning tax incentives for producers of cross-laminated timber products. – not opposed to this one in particular, just tired of government meddling in the market
6027 Increasing Washington state's motion picture and film industry viability by increasing the tax credit available to certain motion picture activities. – I don’t like credits – end of story
6029 Establishing a living wage. – I like the part about the state having exclusive authority over the minimum wage. I am not in favor of tying it to inflation -
6031 Creating contractor reporting requirements for public works contracts awarded or managed by the department of enterprise services. – more paperwork to make things cost more NO
6033 Establishing a task force to examine state and local regulations that affect small businesses. – this isn’t rocket science and including big government proponents will not help NO
6034 Increasing visibility of and public contracting opportunities for veteran-owned businesses. – why not just add them to minority or women owned business rules, would work better for them NO
6036 Requiring certain health professionals to provide information on primary place of practice at the time of license renewal. NC wonder what happens if you are unemployed
6037 Requiring a vote of the people if a public hospital district enters into a contract or agreement in which a certain percentage of the activities of the public hospital district is contracted to another entity. – more general than other bill specifically King County and UW - YES
6039 Funding certain programs that provide support to farms – equal government welfare – best get rid of all of it, not this is equal time at least
6041 Extending the business and occupation tax exemption for amounts received as credits against contracts with or funds provided by the Bonneville power administration - NO do 2150 instead
6042 Concerning cadmium in children's jewelry – adds another standard NC
6046 Providing for a vote of the public to authorize public utility districts to provide telecommunications services. – public utilities are restricted and this lets them YES
RESOLUTIONS
8001 Concerning trade promotion legislation. NC
8010 Requesting the President and United States Congress to take action to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. NC
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