Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Harriet Spanel
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 6167 2001–02 |
State retirement systems$ Legislative intent regarding the state's pension funding processes is modified in recognition of the improvement in the funding status of the state retirement systems since 1989. | Lisa Brown (D-3) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 11, Laws of 2001, 2nd Special Session |
Jun 26, 2001 |
| SB 5533 2001–02 |
Pesticides/schools$ Requires each day care center, kindergarten, elementary school, and secondary school to provide certain notices of its pest control policies and methods and to provide notice of and post signs regarding applications of... | Tracey Eide (D-30) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 333, Laws of 2001 |
May 15, 2001 |
| SB 5474 2001–02 |
General admn service account$ Incorporates the Energy Efficiency Services Account into the General Administration Services Account; | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 292, Laws of 2001 |
May 14, 2001 |
| SB 5604 2001–02 |
Liquor control board$ The Liquor Control Board is authorized to permit licensees to conduct private self-compliance checks using assistance from persons between the ages of 18 and 21 years old. | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 295, Laws of 2001 |
May 14, 2001 |
| SB 5988 2001–02 |
State investment board$ Gives authority to the State Investment Board to set compensation levels for its investment officers. | Sid Snyder (D-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 302, Laws of 2001 |
May 14, 2001 |
| SB 6143 2001–02 |
Sex & kidnapping offenders$ Requires county sheriffs to submit level III sex offender community notifications to legal newspapers. | Senator (D-35) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 283, Laws of 2001 |
May 14, 2001 |
| SB 5182 2001–02 |
Pipeline safety$ Establishes an annual pipeline safety fee payable by every interstate gas and hazardous liquid pipeline company subject to inspection and enforcement by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC). | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 238, Laws of 2001 |
May 11, 2001 |
| SB 5443 2001–02 |
Commercial fishing license$ The annual deadline for commercial salmon net fishers to renew or suspend their license is extended from August 1 to the third Monday in September. | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 244, Laws of 2001 |
May 11, 2001 |
| SB 5702 2001–02 |
Forest lands/ taxation$ Eliminates the distinction between classified and designated forest lands by re-designating all classified forest lands as designated forest land and changing all references to "classified lands" to "designated lands." $... | Sid Snyder (D-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 249, Laws of 2001 |
May 11, 2001 |
| SB 6110 2001–02 |
Puget Sound crab pot bouy$ The Department of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to charge a fee to people who hold Puget Sound crab pot licenses to reimburse the department for producing Puget Sound crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget... | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 234, Laws of 2001 |
May 9, 2001 |
| SB 6181 2001–02 |
Ferry faresThe Transportation Commission is granted the authority to increase ferry fares in excess of the I-601 limitation on fee increases. | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 1, Laws of 2001, 1st Special Session |
May 2, 2001 |
| SB 5531 2001–02 |
Fishery licenses$ Both shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery licenses and shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery licenses may be inherited by will or through intestacy. | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 105, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 19, 2001 |
| SB 5057 2001–02 |
City & town government$ Alters the way noncharter code cities change forms of government by specifying that officers serve the remainder of their terms. | Georgia Gardner (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 33, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 16, 2001 |
| SB 6874 1999–00 |
Legislative committeesDeclares that the joint legislative audit and review committee, the legislative transportation committee, the joint committee on pension policy, the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, and the joint... | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Apr 27, 2000 |
| SB 6875 1999–00 |
GratuitiesDeclares that it is unlawful for a "seller," as defined in RCW 82.08.010, to label an amount as a "tip" or "gratuity" when that amount is not a genuine voluntary payment by a buyer in connection with a retail sale. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Apr 26, 2000 |
| SB 6368 1999–00 |
Lockouts/unemployment beneftMaximum unemployment insurance benefits are extended for workers who are unemployed due to a lockout. Benefits are payable until the lockout is terminated or until the worker has received 60 weeks of benefits, whichever occurs first. | Lisa Brown (D-3) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Apr 7, 2000 |
| SB 6402 1999–00 |
Civil service act reform$ The state = s civil service system is reformed with new classification rules to be adopted by March 15, 2003. | Darlene Fairley (D-32) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Apr 7, 2000 |
| SB 6513 1999–00 |
Privacy/comm transactionsPrivacy and control of personal information in a commercial context are addressed. Commercial entities affected are A information custodians, @ defined as all entities that maintain data containing personal or sensitive... | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Apr 7, 2000 |
| SB 6871 1999–00 |
InitiativesProvides that an initiative measure, whether to the people or to the legislature, must display in full the text of any section of law that would be repealed by the measure. | Karen Fraser (D-22) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Apr 5, 2000 |
| SB 6062 1999–00 |
Generating facilities/tax$ Allows sales and use taxes to be deferred on 600 megawatt or larger natural gas-fired generating facilities that are constructed in rural counties. | Georgia Gardner (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · veto overridden |
Apr 4, 2000 |
| SB 6277 1999–00 |
Envirnmntl permit cost-reimb$ Authorizes voluntary cost-reimbursement agreements between permit applicants and certain agencies for complex projects which require an environmental impact statement. | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 251, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 31, 2000 |
| SB 6530 1999–00 |
PERS plan 2 & 3$ Creates a split defined benefit/defined contribution Plan 3 for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). | Karen Fraser (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 247, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 31, 2000 |
| SB 6732 1999–00 |
Tourism related facilityC Specifies 1997 changes to eligibility of projects available for use of hotel/motel tax revenue, do not disallow uses or purposes authorized by 1994 legislation if those uses or purposes were proposed by local governments by... | Harriet Spanel (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 256, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 31, 2000 |
| SB 5802 1999–00 |
Telecommunictns contractors(as of March 9, 2000) | Darlene Fairley (D-32) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 238, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 30, 2000 |
| SB 6357 1999–00 |
Municipal research council$ Creates the City and Town Research Services Account to fund the Municipal Research Council with excess money from the Liquor Revolving Fund. | Julia Patterson (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 227, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 30, 2000 |