Special Session

As you now know the governor vetoed a lot of bills in a temper tantrum. Special session for the budget. I don't think they have to votes to over ride the vetoes. Just pray

Bills passed both houses

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   Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1

2323 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. Another program to funnel money to NGO’s NO Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

2326 Transferring regulatory authority over independent review organizations to the insurance commissioner.  Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1

2335 Addressing health care provider credentialing. NO NO BIG PHARMA CONTROL Referred to General Government & Information Technology   Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1

2694 Concerning background checks in emergency placement situations requested by tribes. YES Treats tribes like other agencies Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; 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  Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1 Speaker signed. President signed

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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

5342 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES   Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1 President signed. Speaker signed. Delivered to Governor

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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

6165 Concerning short-barreled rifles  YES allows up to federal law  Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1

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.  YES Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1

6194 Concerning public schools that are not common schools. 2367  Fix Court ruling on Charter Schools YES Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1

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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1

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, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1 President signed.

PROGRESS OF BILLS

THESE ARE FISCAL BILLS SO ARE STILL ALIVE, ALL THE REST EITHER PASSED OR ARE DEAD. THEY CAN BE RESURRECTED, BUT SELDOM ARE.

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 Referred to Ways & Means

6210 Creating the Washington achieving a better life experience program. NO funneling to NGO Placed on second reading