Past bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1092 2007–08 |
Capital budgetThe 2007-09 Capital Budget authorizes $4.3 billion in new capital projects, of which $2.2 billion are financed with new state general obligation bonds. | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 520, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1094 2007–08 |
Trans budget 2007-09Provides appropriations to agencies with transportation-related activities for the 2007-09 biennium. | Judy Clibborn (D-41) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 518, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1128 2007–08 |
Operating budgetMaking biennial operating appropriations for the 2007-09 biennium. | Helen Sommers (D-36) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 522, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1138 2007–08 |
General obligation bondsAuthorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to support appropriations in the 2007 Supplemental and 2007-09 Capital Budgets. | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 521, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1266 2007–08 |
Death benefitsProvides a $150,000 death benefit to survivors of state, school district and higher education employees who die as a result of an occupational illness that arises in the course of employment. | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 487, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1396 2007–08 |
Trans ballot propositionRequires Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District (RTID) to submit to regional voters their respective transit and highway improvement plans in the form of a single ballot measure, rather than as two... | Dennis Flannigan (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 509, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1417 2007–08 |
State patrol benefitsAdds surviving spouses and dependent children of members of the Washington State Patrol retirement system (WSPRS) killed in the line of duty to the definition of emergency service personnel whose survivors may enroll in Public... | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 488, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1506 2007–08 |
Alternative public worksExpands the use of the design-build and general contractor/construction manager (GC/CM) contracting procedures. | Kathy Haigh (D-35) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 494, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1512 2007–08 |
Linked deposit programIncreases the amount of funds available for the Linked Deposit Program from $100 million to $150 million. | Bob Hasegawa (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 500, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1566 2007–08 |
Rural county tax creditExpands business and occupation tax credit for creating jobs in rural counties and empowerment zones. | Kevin Van De Wege (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 485, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1636 2007–08 |
Development rightsRequires, subject to funding provisions, the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development (DCTED) to fund a process to develop a regional transfer of development rights (TDR) program in a four-county central Puget... | Geoff Simpson (D-47) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 482, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1671 2007–08 |
Salary adjustmentsReplaces Washington Personnel Resources Board (Resources Board) with the Director of Personnel (Director) in all of RCW 41.06.152. | Tami Green (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 489, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1820 2007–08 |
Electric vehiclesIncludes medium-speed electric vehicles in the definition of a motor vehicle and legalizes their use on local roads at speeds up to 35 miles per hour. | Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 510, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1833 2007–08 |
FirefightersModifies the industrial insurance presumption of occupational disease for firefighters to include certain heart injuries and certain cancers. | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 490, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2004 2007–08 |
Regional trans planning orgsRequires that voting membership representatives must be added for certain large cities to the executive board of a regional transportation planning organization (RTPO) if the RTPO includes one or more counties with a... | Christine Rolfes (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 511, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2163 2007–08 |
Medical benefits adm accountCreates the non-appropriated Public Employees' Benefits Board (PEBB) Medical Benefits Administration Account. Money in the PEBB Medical Benefits Administration Account will be used exclusively for contracted expenditures... | Eileen Cody (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 507, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2357 2007–08 |
State forest revenuesAuthorizes school districts to transfer distributions of state forest land revenues from their debt service funds to their capital projects funds, so long as those revenues have not been pledged for debt service on school... | Jim McIntire (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 503, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2358 2007–08 |
State ferriesMakes various changes to the statutes regarding Washington State Ferries, including level of service standards, fare setting, and the department's capital program. | Christine Rolfes (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 512, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2366 2007–08 |
State facility planningImproves the oversight, management, and financial analysis of state agency facilities. | Hans Dunshee (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 506, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2388 2007–08 |
Financing regional centersAuthorizes the creation of additional public facilities districts with authority to impose a 0.033 percent sales and use tax that is created against the state sales and use tax. | Gary Alexander (R-20) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 486, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2391 2007–08 |
Retirement system/pensionRepeals gain-sharing for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) Plans 1 and 3, and the School Employees' Retirement System (SERS) Plan 3 after the January 1, 2008, gain-sharing... | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 491, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2394 2007–08 |
Bonds for transportationIncreases bond authorizations by $1.1 billion for state and local highway improvements. | Judy Clibborn (D-41) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 519, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2395 2007–08 |
State landsAllows the Department of Natural Resources to lease state land, and development rights on state land, held for the benefit of common schools to public agencies for terms not to exceed 99 years. | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 504, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 2396 2007–08 |
Permanent common school fundClarifies the law to authorize investment of the Permanent Common School Fund in equities when the investment is in the best interest of the state and the Permanent Common School Fund. | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 505, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| SB 5085 2007–08 |
Transportation-related acctsAllows transportation accounts to receive 100 percent of their proportionate share of earnings. | Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 513, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |