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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESB 5971

SB 5971: Residential habilitation

Managing residential habilitation centers.

Summary

  • Closes Fircrest School during the 2003-05 biennium and offers residents the choice of placement at another residential habilitation center, community services, or, if appropriate, a nursing facility.
  • Creates the Fircrest legacy trust account. Directs that the net receipts from the sale or lease payments for all or a portion of the property be deposited into the account and are to be used to provide services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
  • Prioritizes displaced Fircrest workers for increased enrollments and customized training opportunities through the College Board Worker Retraining Program.
  • Adds Fircrest employees who lose their jobs to the definition of "dislocated worker" and prioritizes them for certain services.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
  1. IntroducedFeb 26, 2003
  2. Out of committeeMar 10, 2003
  3. Passed SenateMar 14, 2003
  4. Passed Housestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Darlene Fairley (D-32)
Introduced
February 26, 2003 in the Senate
Last action
March 1, 2004
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to residential habilitation centers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Darlene Fairley (D-32)

7 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Joseph Zarelli R-18Erik Poulsen D-34Dino Rossi R-5Jim Hargrove D-24Alex Deccio R-14Marilyn Rasmussen D-2Shirley Winsley R-28

Votes

Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed March 14, 2003
Version voted on: ESB 5971
37 Yea 12 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat15900
Republican22300
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Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

March 14, 2003
Version voted on: ESB 5971
35 Yea 14 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat141000
Republican21400
How each member voted
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1 other recorded vote (amendments, procedural motions)

Senate · Amendment 192 by Keiser (page 2, line 29)

March 14, 2003
Version voted on: ESB 5971
25 Yea 24 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat23100
Republican22300
How each member voted
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History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (ESB 5971)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (ESB 5971)
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (ESB 5971)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (ESB 5971)
  5. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (ESB 5971)
  6. First reading, referred to Appropriations. (ESB 5971)
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (ESB 5971)
  8. Floor amendment(s) adopted. (ESB 5971)
  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. (ESB 5971)
  10. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (ESB 5971)
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (ESB 5971)
  12. WM - Majority; do pass. (ESB 5971)
  13. First reading, referred to Ways & Means. (ESB 5971)

SB 5971 in other sessions

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