Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Full List of Old Bills That are Back

1143 Allowing voters to return a voted ballot and signed declaration by fax or email NO fraud bad enough as it is
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to State Government.

1355 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years. NO
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Labor & Workplace Standards

1356 Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment. NO covers ALL employers hard on small businesses
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

1364 Establishing a citizens' initiative review pilot program. – NOOO purpose of iniative is leg not doing their job keep them out of it – have budget people make cost accounting if necessary instead
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to State Government

1393 Authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax approved by voters. – allows Thurston County to tax unincorporated areas NO
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Transportation

1403 Regarding telemedicine looks legit this time. Requires an in person visit to someone. NC
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Health Care & Wellness.

1404 Requiring a bistate work group for certain transportation projects.- Goes around leg to fund bridge NO
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Transportation.

1437 Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information NO Why does private data need to be centralized unless they plan to ration or cut out the Christian orgs
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Health Care & Wellness.

1511 Requiring Washington's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools. – like idea of the teaching, but too many requirements already and the substitute bill requires they uses the Sup of Public Instruction material not tribe developed NO
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs

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 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Education.
    Jan 12 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. (Committee Materials)
    Jan 14 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. (Committee Materials)
     ED - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (View 3rd Substitute) (Majority Report)
     Minority; do not pass. (Minority Report)
     Minority; without recommendation. (Minority Report)
    Jan 18 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Committee Materials)
     Referred to Appropriations.
    Jan 21 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. 

1651 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Labor & Workplace Standards

1745 Enacting the Washington voting rights act. – making sure protected class votes are heard (race, religion?) surely not Christians, farmers, or riflemen NOOO
Jan 20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government at 8:00 AM.

2098 Establishing a statewide training program on human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel. Shared hope and others already have the program and would do the training free – just  require the usage of a program not develop one. YES
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Public Safety.

2156 Relating to promoting the fiscal sustainability of cities and counties. – YES PUBIC ACCESS TO INFORMATON
Jan 11 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
     Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
     Referred to Finance

5041 Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute. – teeth in sex trafficking YES
Jan 14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Law & Justice.

5045 - Concerning the deauthorization of union security provisions by public employees. – requires secret vote YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5274 Revising the responsibilities of the joint administrative rules review committee. – reigning in WAC production YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5277 Making the crime of patronizing a prostitute a gross misdemeanor. – increases misdemeanor to gross misdemeanor YES
Jan 14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Law & Justice.

5289 Requiring notification to parents or guardians in cases of abortion YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet.

5329 Requiring public employee collective bargaining sessions to be open meetings. YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5342 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES
Jan 19 On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.


5368 Limiting the enforcement of administrative rules and policies - – rules back to leg YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5443 Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers. YES lets you know if they are rationing
Jan 14 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Health Care.


5579 Exempting certain firearms transfers involving licensed security guards from background check requirements. YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5594 Concerning federal funding programs requiring changes in state law.- determine if following the feds for funding is fiscally responsible at least for healthcare YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5661 Allowing the legislature to hold public hearings on ballot propositions.  NO they need to stay out of it.
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

5668 Enacting the Washington voting rights act. – making sure protected class votes are heard (race, religion?) surely not Christians, farmers, or riflemen NOOO
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet

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.
Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM

8205 Amending the state Constitution so that justices of the supreme court are elected by qualified electors of a supreme court judicial district. YES
Jan 19 Moved to Rules White Sheet.




Wednesday, January 13, 2016

New session

The new session will be starting very soon. I will be primarily covering new bills, but all bills not passed last session can be brought back at any time. Any that were passed by a committee are still passed, any passed by one house are still passed. I will try to monitor those, but sometimes they are quickly brought to the floor. This happens when they are in rules in the 2nd house.

Also, you may notice the new look, I am trying to make it easier for you to navigate this. I will make a master post for the topics and edit that rather than repost. That way things will be together. I will change the published on date so that you can see when I update the post.  Also, I am not going to break things into topics for you, as  I will follow fewer bills

You can use the Bill Information link to comment on bills.

The biggest prayer need of for HJM 4008. Pray and comment on this one.