All bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2712 1999–00 |
Sexual misconduct$ Changes the elements of first and second degree sexual misconduct with a minor as it applies in the case of school employees and students. | Kathy Lambert (R-45) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2719 1999–00 |
Streams$ Immunity from liability is provided to landowners, volunteers, and project sponsors who place large woody debris into a stream in accordance with a hydraulic permit and generally accepted guidelines. | Doug Ericksen (R-42) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2729 1999–00 |
Personal services contracts$ Requires contractors to report the salaries and other remuneration paid to certain employees when entering into personal service or client service contracts. | Jim Clements (R-14) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2733 1999–00 |
Traffic infraction procdingsC Allows a person who is not fluent in English to be represented by an immediate family member in traffic infraction hearings. | Mike Wensman (R-41) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2735 1999–00 |
Voluntary fails/water rights$ Defines when a failure to use a water right is voluntary and, therefore, qualifies as a cause for a person to lose the water right for failing to use it. | Bruce Chandler (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2767 1999–00 |
Insurance documents$ Establishes conditions under which commercial property casualty forms can be exempt from filing with the insurance commissioner. | Brad Benson (R-6) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2771 1999–00 |
Water rights$ Extends the authority to amend statements of claims in the water rights claims registry to claims filed after April 20, 1987. | Dave Mastin (R-16) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2772 1999–00 |
Municipal courts$ Requires any city or town that establishes a new municipal court to report the creation of the court to the supreme court within 30 days. | Christopher Hurst (D-31) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2803 1999–00 |
Student assessments$ Individual home-schooled and individual private school students may take the WASL assessments at public schools at no cost as part of the school districts' ancillary programs (puts current practice in statute). | Kathy Lambert (R-45) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2819 1999–00 |
Minor irrigation districts$ Clarifies signature requirements for petitions calling for certain special districts to merge into irrigation districts. | Bruce Chandler (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2832 1999–00 |
Educational opportunity grnt$ Removes the eligibility requirement of living in an area of the state served by a branch campus. | Cathy McMorris (R-7) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2847 1999–00 |
Land use project permit applC Authorizes project applicants to file a peremptory writ of mandamus action based on a local government's failure to issue a final permit decision within 120 days after a project permit application is deemed complete. | Joyce Mulliken (R-13) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2858 1999–00 |
Legislature/reports$ Eliminates or alters requirements for various reports to be made, including the elimination of obsolete one-time reports. | Dave Schmidt (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2861 1999–00 |
Health care information$ Personally identified DNA is considered health care information of a patient, and protected from disclosure without the patient's consent under state law. | Al O'Brien (D-1) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2863 1999–00 |
Regional transit authorites$ Regional transit authorities can obtain owner controlled insurance for large construction projects whose costs exceed $100 million. | Jack Cairnes (R-47) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2872 1999–00 |
Manufactured homes/escrow$ The Joint Task Force on Manufactured Home Sales is created to review consumer protection issues regarding the sale of manufactured homes and is to report to the Legislature in December 2000. | Richard DeBolt (R-20) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2873 1999–00 |
Capital facilities funding$ Adds capital facilities associated with economic development to the list of authorized purposes for which a city or town may incur additional indebtedness up to 2.5 percent of the value of taxable property value. | Linda Evans Parlette (R-12) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2874 1999–00 |
Comm/tech college residency$ Creates a legislative task force to study the impact of tuition and residency requirements at the public community and technical colleges. | Jim Dunn (R-17) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2920 1999–00 |
Community radio stationsC Exempts nonprofit community public radio stations that are not owned by a government or educational institution from property taxation. | Hans Dunshee (D-39) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2929 1999–00 |
[B-site sewage systems$ The Department of Health must develop a model that describes roles and responsibilities of different on-site sewage disposal system professionals and homeowners with regard to those systems. | Joyce McDonald (R-25) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2931 1999–00 |
Fairs and youth show funding$ Creates a task force to develop recommendations for long-term funding of agricultural fairs and youth shows. | Bruce Chandler (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2939 1999–00 |
Recycling & waste reduction$ Provides incentives for increased recycling. | Kelli Linville (D-42) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2946 1999–00 |
Gambling activity zoningC Recognizes that cities, towns and counties may exercise land use and zoning powers with respect to gambling activity licensed by the Gambling Commission. | Steve Conway (D-29) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2985 1999–00 |
Plats/hearing examinersC Authorizes counties or cities adopting the hearing examiner systems to allow hearing examiners to issue final decisions regarding final plats of subdivisions. | Jeanne Edwards (D-1) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2994 1999–00 |
Trust water rights$ Requires the Department of Ecology (DOE) to accept certain donations of water rights for the trust water right systems for instream flows in area where aquatic species have been listed as endangered or threatened. | Linda Evans Parlette (R-12) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |