GOOD
4017 Requesting Congress and the President to declare the
Muslim Brotherhood and unindicted co-conspirators in the 2008 Holy Land
Foundation Trial as designated terrorist organizations.
4018 Requesting Congress and the President mandate
investigations of the John Brown Gun Club, Redneck Revolt, Antifa, and the
Socialist Rifle Association, and their ties to international terrorist and
other criminal organizations
4214 Amending the state Constitution so that tracking
individuals for the purposes
8213 Amending the Constitution to create a term limit for the
office of governor.
8214 Amending the Constitution to prohibit title-only bills.
8215 Amending the state Constitution so that justices of the
supreme court are elected by qualified electors of a supreme court judicial
district. Looks good.
BAD
4209 Amending the Constitution with regard to the term length of
members of the Legislature. No need to extend terms, little enough
accountability as it is.
4210 Authorizing pretrial detention for certain offenses involving
firearms. Violence already covered. Not needed and would be abused. Also
Constitution Amendment
4212 Providing for community redevelopment financing in
apportionment districts. Constitution allow more
taxes.
8006 Requesting that Congress establish more checks and balances
to reduce the possibility of nuclear war. More fingers in the pie.
8217 Amending the Constitution with regard to the term length of
members of the Legislature.
HOUSE BILLS
GOOD
1633 Making permanent the posting of fuel tax rate information at
fuel pumps. YES
1775 Concerning commercially sexually
exploited children. Help for trafficked individuals.
2188 Increasing the types of commercial driver's license qualification
waivers allowed for military veterans. Good
2320 Requiring training on human trafficking
2327 Addressing sexual misconduct at postsecondary educational
institutions. Makes it harder to hide. do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by
College & Workforce Development
2467 Establishing a centralized single point of contact
background check system for firearms transfers. Streamlining bad law.
2556 Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers.
Gets the government out of curriculum for day care unless paying for it.
2632 Concerning false reporting of a crime or emergency.
Increases penalties.
2680 Establishing tribal representation on the emergency
management council. More involvement
2822 Requiring that witnesses to voter signature marks on
ballot declarations be verified registered voters. Way to verify the existence
of witnesses to ballot mark.
2845 Concerning concealed pistol licenses.
BAD
1010 Concerning the disposition of forfeited firearms by the Washington
state patrol. Must destroy instead of selling them.
1110 Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation
fuels. Greenhouse
1332 Concerning updating and streamlining energy
facility site evaluation council operations. Making green bills less bad Not
now
1551 Modernizing the control of certain communicable diseases. Try better
to control of STD’s. Amended to make not good
1598 Providing code cities of a certain size with the ability to annex
unincorporated areas without a referendum provision pursuant to a jointly
approved interlocal agreement with the county. No vote by residents, only
hearing.
1608 Protecting patient care. Big medicine
death control.
2231 Concerning bail jumping.
Reduces to a misdemeanor even for a felony. NO
2252 Concerning student health plans Mandatory insurance coverage
for abortion. No
2308 Requiring employers to periodically report standard
occupational classifications or job titles of workers. More bureaucracy to hurt small businesses.
2311 Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency
with the most recent assessment of climate change science. Inslee greenhouse
bill
2343 Concerning urban housing supply. NO let local governments
determine local needs
2405 Concerning commercial property assessed clean energy and resilience.
Looks like a greener enabling bill.
2419 Studying barriers to the use of the Washington death with
dignity act. More concerned with the lack or protection for the patient of
being refused medication to alleviate underlying cause of their desire to die
and protection from overeager heirs.
2554 Mitigating inequity in the health insurance market caused by
health plans that exclude certain mandated benefits. Basically fining insurance
carriers that don’t cover abortion.
2622 Concerning procedures for ensuring compliance with court
orders requiring surrender of firearms, weapons, and concealed pistol licenses.
NO leaves victim helpless
2623 Prohibiting the possession of firearms by persons convicted
of certain criminal offenses. Too broad
2625 Concerning local parks funding options. Tax increase
2768 Concerning urban and community forestry. Major micromanaging
of land NO
2811 Establishing a statewide environmental sustainability
education program. No we don’t need to funnel money into FUSE to indoctrinate our
kids on climate change.
2816 Nurturing positive social and emotional school and classroom
climates. No MAGA caps allowed
2870 Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social
equity purposes.
No affirmative action.
2947 Establishing firearms-related safety measures.
2957 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by providing authority for
the regulation of indirect sources under the clean air act and implementing
standards and programs that reduce emissions associated with buildings. No more
agency regs.
CONCERN
2322 Making supplemental transportation
appropriations for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium BUDGET BILL
2324 Concerning the capital budget.
BUDGET BILL
2325 Making
2019-2021 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations.
2525 Establishing the family
connections program. Looks like a way to funnel state money to a NGO
2555 Concerning background check
requirements for firearms classified as other under federal firearms laws.
Change or just clarification?
2614 Concerning paid family and medical
leave. Definitions
look like calling independent contractors employees.
SENATE BILLS
GOOD
6152 Concerning certification of the level of foreign national
ownership for corporations that participate in Washington state elections
6175 Concerning sexual health education and affirmative
consent. Looks like an improvement.
6268 Preventing abusive litigation between intimate partners.
A step in the right direction, but verbal abuse, intimidation, controlling
behavior, etc. is not easily determined and the perpetrators stalk by court
case also.
BAD
5165 Concerning discrimination based on citizenship or immigration
status. Sanctuary law. Makes immigration status a protected class.
5323 Reducing pollution from plastic bags by establishing minimum state
standards for the use of bags at retail establishments. Just no we reuse them
and will have to buy them now.
5339 Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty
and instead requiring life imprisonment without possibility of release or
parole as the sentence for aggravated first degree murder. Needs to be retained for inmates serving life that murder.
5395 Concerning comprehensive sexual health education. Lots of squishy
words, nothing overt in the bill, but there will be in practice Substitute bill overt. worse
5434 Restricting possession of weapons in certain locations. Makes
shooter safety zones.
5740 Creating the secure choice retirement savings program. Leave us
alone.
5947 Establishing the sustainable farms and fields grant program.
Sustainable is a global buzzword
6037 Concerning business corporations. Boards should be on merit
only. Now substitute bill not women on the board, those that identify as women
– means could still be all men.
6049 Creating the insurance commissioner's fraud account. Should
use current funds, this adds a surcharge
6065 Establishing the Washington blockchain work group. Waaaay to
easy to hack
6074 Reauthorizing and expanding the financial fraud and identity
theft crimes investigation and prosecution program. Actually adds costs
basically a new tax.
6113 Creating a central insulin purchasing program. No, let’s have
competition. Voluntary never stays voluntary
6168 Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium
supplemental operating appropriations. BUDGET BILL
6212 Concerning the authority of counties, cities, and towns to
exceed statutory property tax limitations for the purpose of financing affordable
housing for very low-income households and low-income households. NO
homelessness is not really a housing issue and more money won’t fix it.
6248 Concerning the capital budget.
BUDGET
6288 Creating the Washington office of firearm violence
prevention.
6313 Increasing opportunities for young voters. No registering 16
year olds again.
6497 Making supplemental transportation
appropriations for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium. BUDGET BILL
6503 Concerning odd-numbered year elections. Restricts initiative
to even numbered years.
6507 Concerning legislative reporting requirements for certain
department of children, youth, and families programs. Eliminating disparity of
races, means some children needing help will be without it.
6561 Creating the undocumented student support loan program.
Besides the obvious, how are they going to repay the
loan?
6579 Expanding school-based health centers. Noooo Need parental
control of health.
6628 Concerning emissions of greenhouse gases. Greener
6632 Providing additional funding for the business licensing
service program administered by the department of revenue. Major increase in
fees.
CONCERN
6180 Concerning juvenile sex offense
registration waivers under the special sexual offender disposition alternative.
Could let some bad guys off to easy.
6256 Concerning the heating oil
insurance program. Real need or way to outlaw oil heating by cost
6280 Concerning the use of facial
recognition services. Lots of variables
6281 Concerning the management and oversight
of personal data. Looks good watching
6574 Clarifying the respective
administrative powers, duties, and responsibilities of the growth management
hearings board and the environmental land use and hearings office. . Sounds
good, but I suspect it is a power grab.
