THIS WEEK'S HEARINGS

PASSED FIRST HOUSE

1294 Enhancing youth voter registration  Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1

1321    Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020 this will probably force people to buy like Obamacare NO  Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused

1541 Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee – discipline should be based on behavior not color, allowing charter schools would help, the rest is WEA and a tendency to keep students in remediation in order to qualify for additional funding. NOOOOOO   Jan 21 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.  Placed on Third Reading – means it is going to the floor. Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused

1651 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

1745 Enacting the Washington voting rights act. – making sure protected class votes are heard (race, religion?) surely not Christians, farmers, or riflemen NOOO  Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government  Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused

1790 Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting  can’t forbid them to prescribe contraceptives, or the pill? NO Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused

2323 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. Another program to funnel money to NGO’s NO  Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1

2326 Transferring regulatory authority over independent review organizations to the insurance commissioner.  Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0

2335 Addressing health care provider credentialing. NO NO BIG PHARMA CONTROL Referred to General Government & Information Technology   Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0

2346 Promoting a sustainable, local renewable energy industry through modifying renewable energy system tax incentives and providing guidance for renewable energy system component recycling NO solar is not cost effective, probably to offset argument that these bills only help the wealthy Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1

2430 Preserving water resources for an array of water supply needs, including irrigated agriculture, fish and wildlife habitat, and municipal use, by updating water conservation standards for appliances. NO Wonder if he owns stock in the companies making the new stuff Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2.

2465 Requiring private health insurers and the medicaid program to reimburse for a twelve-month supply of contraceptive drugs. NO PAY FOR ENTERTAINMENT  2465 Requiring private health insurers and the medicaid program to reimburse for a twelve-month supply of contraceptive drugs. NO PAY FOR ENTERTAINMENT  Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0

2483 Protecting minors from sexual exploitation. YES HUMAN TRAFFICKING  Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0

2682 Providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies. NO Will cause lots of ineligible people registering and lots of extra paperwork and corruption of elections Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0

2694 Concerning background checks in emergency placement situations requested by tribes. YES Treats tribes like other agencies  Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1

2895 Concerning alien victims of certain qualifying criminal activity.  YES HELP CONVICT HUMAN TRAFFICKING Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1

2925 Concerning accessing land during a fire suppression response for the purpose of protecting livestock from a wildland fire.   YES IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OR  Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0

2928 Ensuring that restrictions on outdoor burning for air quality reasons do not impede measures necessary to ensure forest resiliency to catastrophic fires.   YES APPEARS OR RELATED TOO  Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

5277 Making the crime of patronizing a prostitute a gross misdemeanor. – increases misdemeanor to gross misdemeanor YES  Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2

5342 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES   Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent

5778 Concerning ambulatory surgical facilities – I would love this is PP wasn’t an ambulatory surgical center NO Supposedly there are safeguards, not sure I see any. Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused

6165 Concerning short-barreled rifles  2481 YES allows up to federal law  Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0

6171 Concerning civil penalties for knowing attendance by a member of a governing body at a meeting held in violation of the open public meetings act. 2353 YES Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0

6194 Concerning public schools that are not common schools. 2367  Fix Court ruling on Charter Schools YES  Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2

6210 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. NO funneling to NGO   Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2

6242 Requiring the indeterminate sentence review board to provide certain notices upon receiving a petition for early release. YES SAFETY OF VICTIMS  Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0

6396 Changing rule-making requirements to require preadoption review by the attorney general and a yearly expiration.  YES CURTAIL THINGS LIKE THE BATHROOM RULE Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0

6519 Expanding patient access to health services through telemedicine and establishing a collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine.   NO PROVISION FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE AN EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCCY BEFORE GIVING DRUGS FOR AN ABORTION  Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0

8211 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.

YES Third reading, failed; yeas, 26; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0

IMPORTANT

I am pasting a message from Facebook from Representative J.T. Wilcox, 2nd District. It is the reason we need to pray. I cover the bills as introduced. Any can be amended to change he original intent. In fact, the whole original bill can be stripped and  new one put in under the same name as an amendment.  2610

"I witnessed the most remarkable display of casual arrogance today of the 5+ years I have spent in the State House. With 1 days notice and NO public input, Rep. Sam Hunt offered an amendment that would change the form of Thurston County government by adding 2 new commissioners. This is clearly motivated by fear that his party is losing their long-term grip on the Thurston County Commission. 49 members of his party thoughtlessly followed along, with no consideration of the fundamental violation of American's right of self-government that this enabled. I objected strenuously, in the most passionate speeches I've ever given. Although some republicans agreed with the original bill that had public input and involved Spokane County, all followed me in opposing the amended bill. In the moment of highest drama this year, the Speaker was forced to hold open the vote while Democratic caucus leaders whipped votes to get to 50. Clearly, by the time I and other Republicans had reacted with outrage to the amendment, even members of the Democratic caucus realized what a miscarriage of just government was being perpetrated.
I am amazed at the unthinking attitude of this ruling party. Imagine the outrage if the amendment had altered Seattle or King County government, or added members to the Senate or House of Representatives. With this majority, this could happen to any county, any city or any other public entity, late on any Friday night. It reveals deep scorn for voters who deserve a voice. I am rarely this fervent but, then, this is beyond anything I have ever witnessed in Olympia. Although expanding the commission might be a good idea, in the end, there is a constitutional and well-known PUBLIC process to do it and this was not it."

Failure of 6443

6443 Concerning human rights commission rules on gender segregated facilities.  YES REPEALS THE NEW RULE  - Third reading, failed; yeas, 24; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 0.

How they voted  

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NEW AND OLD BILLS TO WATCH

HOUSE BILLS

1745 Enacting the Washington voting rights act. – making sure protected class votes are heard (race, religion?) surely not Christians, farmers, or riflemen NOOO

2290 Limiting out-of-state requests for public records. Not limited to out of state, must be business or media. NO

2294 Concerning public funds being used for elective abortions. YES

2299 Requiring lobbying reports to be filed electronically YES Allows the public to see where the money is coming from

2303 Adopting the international wildland urban interface code by reference for purposes of the state building code. NO International anything is Agenda 21

2304 Concerning prescriptive authority of naturopaths. NO Restricction

2308 Regulating applications for forest practices on lands located within the boundaries of master planned resorts established under chapter 36.70A RCW. YES

2310 Concerning fire prevention in 2016. NO fireworks or outdoor burning statewide all summer. NO

2323 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. Another program to funnel money to NGO’s NO

2335 Addressing health care provider credentialing. NO NO BIG PHARMA CONTROL

2346 Promoting a sustainable, local renewable energy industry through modifying renewable energy system tax incentives and providing guidance for renewable energy system component recycling NO solar is not cost effective, probably to offset argument that these bills only help the wealthy

2347 Reducing the tax on useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products. NO Causing issues needs to pay for them

2353 Concerning civil penalties for knowing attendance by a member of a governing body at a meeting held in violation of the open public meetings act. YES BUT NOT THAT IMPORTANT

2354 Banning assault weapons and large capacity magazines NO to gun control

2367 Concerning public schools that are not common schools Fix Court ruling on Charter Schools YES

2368 Creating a two-year pilot program authorizing up to five qualified licensed marijuana retailers to deliver marijuana to Washington residents in a city with a population of over six hundred fifty thousand. Noon principle needs more supervision for recreational

2373 Making provisions to evaluate student mental health services and provide students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance NO We don’t need the schools teaching emotional skills. This WILL be misused

2374 Concerning a statewide ammunition fee to fund local public safety. NO on principal no relation

2421 Directing that the state may not regulate greenhouse gas emissions beyond the requirements established by federal law. YES AGENDA 21 POWER GRAB AVERTED

2424 Providing for hospital discharge planning with lay caregivers. WATCH FOR SEIU

2430 Preserving water resources for an array of water supply needs, including irrigated agriculture, fish and wildlife habitat, and municipal use, by updating water conservation standards for appliances. NO Wonder if he owns stock in the companies making the new stuff

2460 Providing local authorities with the authority to regulate firearms in certain public places NO 2^nd Amendment

2461 Concerning extreme risk protection orders. NO more control creep

2465 Requiring private health insurers and the medicaid program to reimburse for a twelve-month supply of contraceptive drugs. NO PAY FOR ENTERTAINMENT

2481 Concerning short-barreled rifles. YES conforms to federal law

2483 Protecting minors from sexual exploitation. YES HUMAN TRAFFICKING

2488 Creating an academic bill of rights. YES FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS

2490 Addressing accountability and fairness in public employee collective bargaining.  YES OPEN UNION NEGOTIATIONS

2612 Authorizing the termination of all legal responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows by clear and convincing evidence that a man is not the genetic father of a child YES Should be obvious

2653 Concerning the excise taxation of personalized handguns.NO This is gun control. Can be hacked.

2668 Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor. YES

2682 Providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies. NO Will cause lots of ineligible people registering and lots of extra paperwork and corruption of elections

2694 Concerning background checks in emergency placement situations requested by tribes. YES Treats tribes like other agencies

2720 Protecting private property rights by aligning the jurisdictional scope of the state water pollution control act with the jurisdictional scope of the federal clean water act. YES TRYS TO CONTROL OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT

2748 Concerning the payment of attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims. YES CURTAIL GOVERNMENT

2754  Restricting the use of funds for grants to organizations that provide elective abortions. YES

2848 Addressing the influence of corporations and money in our political system. NO SHOULD RELLY BE IN ANOTHER PLACE MESSAGE TO FEDS TO CONTROL POLITICAL SPENDING

2862 Preventing unfunded state mandates by requiring school district fiscal notes to identify revenue sources.  YES ONLY BECAUSE OF McLEARY

2895 Concerning alien victims of certain qualifying criminal activity.  YES HELP CONVICT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

2925 Concerning accessing land during a fire suppression response for the purpose of protecting livestock from a wildland fire.   YES IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OR

2928 Ensuring that restrictions on outdoor burning for air quality reasons do not impede measures necessary to ensure forest resiliency to catastrophic fires.   YES APPEARS OR RELATED TOO

2947 Eliminating the office of the superintendent of public instruction and transferring its powers, duties, and functions to a new department of education.  NO Good idea, but requires that all rules comply with federal law means COMMON CORE

6612 Prohibiting sex-selection abortions YES

SENATE BILLS

5277 Making the crime of patronizing a prostitute a gross misdemeanor. – increases misdemeanor to gross misdemeanor YES

5778 Concerning ambulatory surgical facilities – I would love this is PP wasn’t an ambulatory surgical center NO Supposedly there are safeguards, not sure I see any.

5289 Requiring notification to parents or guardians in cases of abortion YES

6165 Concerning short-barreled rifles  2481 YES allows up to federal law

6171 Concerning civil penalties for knowing attendance by a member of a governing body at a meeting held in violation of the open public meetings act. 2353

6173 Prohibiting rules and policies that limit greenhouse gas emissions YES greenhouse gas rule restriction

6174 Concerning ballot titles for initiatives to the people YES makes people aware of increased spending

6175 Concerning watershed management actions by watershed improvement districts YES Control of agencies must acct

6189 Requiring teacher preparation programs to integrate Native American curriculum developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction into existing Pacific Northwest history and government requirements. No until we know more about the program

6194 Concerning public schools that are not common schools. 2367  Fix Court ruling on Charter Schools YES

6210 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. NO funneling to NGOs 

6242 Requiring the indeterminate sentence review board to provide certain notices upon receiving a petition for early release. YES SAFETY OF VICTIMS

6255 Addressing judge impartiality. YES HOPEFULLY THIS INCLUDES UNIONS

6380 Eliminating unnecessary laws  YES WONDERFUL IDEA

6391 Concerning background checks in emergency placement situations requested by tribes. YES Treats tribes like other agencies

6396 Changing rule-making requirements to require preadoption review by the attorney general and a yearly expiration.  YES CURTAIL THINGS LIKE THE BATHROOM RULE

6424 Expanding the subjects to be covered in annual self-assessments performed by state agencies under the quality management statute and requiring the results of such assessments to be conveyed to the legislature.  YES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF SPENDING 2783

6443 Concerning human rights commission rules on gender segregated facilities.  YES REPEALS THE NEW RULE

6519 Expanding patient access to health services through telemedicine and establishing a collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine.   NO PROVISION FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE AN EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCCY BEFORE GIVING DRUGS FOR AN ABORTION

6526 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking.   YES HUMAN TRAFFICKING

6548 Allowing the use of gender-segregated facilities.  YES

6550 Allowing access to investigational products by terminally ill patients participating in clinical trials.  YES NATURAL THERAPIES CAN WORK, PROTECTS DOCTORS THAT ALLOW

6612 Prohibiting sex-selection abortions YES

RESOLUTIONS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

732 Creating a carbon pollution tax on fossil fuels to fund a reduction in the state sales tax, a reduction in the business and occupation tax on manufacturing, and the implementation/enhancement of the working families' sales tax exemption PROPOSED INIATIVE TO PASS A CARBON TAX NOOOOOO

735 Objecting to the influence of corporations and money in our political system. NO CAMPIGN CONTROL DOESN’T WORK. JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS FROM

4012 Requesting that the food and drug administration continue its efforts to change its blood donation deferral guidance. NO DANGEROUS

4013 Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of Congress.  YES ABSOLUTELY

4014 Concerning the reintroduction of salmon and steelhead above blocked areas of the Columbia river.  YES SHOULD HELP THE TRIBES

4212 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to make public safety a paramount duty of the state. YES Schools do more that educate. Not sure they should, but they do.

4213 Requiring the referral of a constitutional amendment that requires a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases, legislative approval for fee increases, and removes the advisory vote requirement for tax increases.  YES WE NEED THIS

4214 Requiring the referral of a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases. NEED ONE OF THESE

4215 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes. YES

4216 Eliminating the office of the superintendent of public instruction.   YES WHY SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN CHARTER SCHOOLS

4217 Amending the state Constitution so that judges on the supreme court serve four-year terms, with a limit of two terms.  YES

8015 Asking congress to call a limited convention, authorized under Article V of the United States Constitution, for the purpose of proposing a free and fair elections amendment to that Constitution. NO contribution limits don’t work

8016 Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of Congress. YES

8208  Requiring a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes, a majority vote to raise certain fees, and no advisory vote by the people on tax legislation.

8209 Requiring legislative action that raises taxes be approved by at least a two-thirds vote of both the senate and house of representatives.

8211 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.

YES

8212 Requiring a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes, a simple majority vote to impose or raise fees, and no advisory vote.YES

8213 Requiring the legislature to enact a four-year balanced budget.   YES

8214 Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax. NOOOOOOOOOO

CUT OFF CALENDAR

Cut Off Calendar

This first date is Friday then the 9th then the 17th. After that bills have to be out of the 1st House. If not they are dead. Unless of course someone amends them to a budget bill, or they use one of the special procedures to bring a bill to the floor.

Links

The purpose of this blog is prayer. Some bills will never get a hearing. That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the bill. Most other sites deal with the bills once they get a hearing. Most legislators really don't want to hear about bills before this unless they are on the committee that the bill has been assigned to.

Once the bills reach committee there are sites with clearer information on when and to whom you should call/write and when to come to Olympia to appear at a hearing. I am going to try to find an organization for each area.

Family Policy Institute of Washington