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