Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Don Cox
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1058 2001–02 |
Breast/cervical cancer$ Provides Medicaid coverage to treat women with breast or cervical cancer who have no insurance coverage. | Laura Ruderman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2001, 1st Special Session |
Jun 11, 2001 |
| HB 1048 2001–02 |
TERS$ Increases the post-retirement maximum employment allotment for TRS plan 1 retirees to 840 hours. | Kathy Lambert (R-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 317, Laws of 2001 |
May 15, 2001 |
| HB 1286 2001–02 |
Salmon eggs$ The Department of Fish and Wildlife is prohibited from destroying salmon that originated from a hatchery for the purpose of destroying viable eggs that would otherwise be useful for replenishing fish runs as determined by... | Barbara Lisk (R-15) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 337, Laws of 2001 |
May 15, 2001 |
| HB 1120 2001–02 |
Teachers/lapsed certificatn$ Authorizing the conditional employment of teachers with lapsed certificates under certain conditions | Phil Rockefeller (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 263, Laws of 2001 |
May 11, 2001 |
| HB 1255 2001–02 |
Educationl service districts$ Gives to educational service districts the same authority that school districts now enjoy on providing deferred compensation options to employees and insurance options to employees and board members. | Don Cox (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 266, Laws of 2001 |
May 11, 2001 |
| HB 1394 2001–02 |
Salmon recovery$ Expands the use of county road funds to permit the removal of barriers to fish passage as related to county roads. | William "Ike" Eickmeyer (D-35) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 221, Laws of 2001 |
May 9, 2001 |
| HB 1256 2001–02 |
Educationl service districts$ Revises the process governing the selection of educational service district (ESD) | Don Cox (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 182, Laws of 2001 |
May 7, 2001 |
| HB 2049 2001–02 |
Technical assistance program$ Prohibits agencies from issuing civil penalties during follow-up visits for violations not previously identified in a previous technical assistance visit. | Kirk Pearson (R-39) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 190, Laws of 2001 |
May 7, 2001 |
| HB 2126 2001–02 |
College payment program$ Authorizes a college savings program in conjunction with the pre-paid tuition program and makes changes regarding refunding tuition units purchased as part of the college tuition payment program. | Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 184, Laws of 2001 |
May 7, 2001 |
| HB 1133 2001–02 |
Liability/donated labor$ Establishes criteria for public entities to follow when seeking partnerships with businesses or volunteer groups on community improvement projects, including notice of risks and responsibilities and payment of medical aid... | Mike Carrell (R-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 138, Laws of 2001 |
May 2, 2001 |
| HB 1257 2001–02 |
Educationl service districts$ Removes the size restriction on the authority of educational service districts to borrow money for the acquisition of real and personal property. | Don Cox (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 143, Laws of 2001 |
May 2, 2001 |
| HB 1136 2001–02 |
Product standards$ Requires the director of the Department of General Administration to adopt product standards for strawboard and strawboard products for recycled product purchases made by state agencies; and $ Adopts the U.S. Environmental... | Mark Schoesler (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 77, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 20, 2001 |
| HB 1623 2001–02 |
Investing surplus funds$ Allows the public four-year institutions of higher education to participate in the investment of surplus funds. | Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 31, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 16, 2001 |
| HB 1140 2001–02 |
Grain warehouses$ Allows a grain warehouse to report for B&O tax purposes based on either a cash receipt or accrual basis regardless of its normal accounting methods. | Mark Schoesler (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 20, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 13, 2001 |
| HB 1313 2001–02 |
Private vocational schools$ Changes are made in language, liability limits of the tuition recovery trust fund, and licensure provisions due to unfair business practices. | Don Cox (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 23, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 13, 2001 |
| HB 1375 2001–02 |
Expedited rule process$ Reauthorizes agencies to adopt rules under the expedited rule adoption process. | Mark Miloscia (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 25, Laws of 2001 |
Apr 13, 2001 |
| HB 2222 2001–02 |
Earthquake funding$ One million dollars from the Emergency Reserve Fund and $3 million from federal funds are appropriated to the Military Department for costs associated with the Nisqually earthquake. | Barry Sehlin (R-10) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 5, Laws of 2001 |
Mar 12, 2001 |
| HB 2516 1999–00 |
Successor tax liabilityC The department of revenue may disclose return or tax information to a successor. | Michael Stensen (D-31) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 173, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 27, 2000 |
| HB 2775 1999–00 |
Transfer of casesC Requires that a party's motion to transfer a case from a court commissioner to a judge must be filed before the commissioner has made any discretionary ruling in the case. | Kathy Lambert (R-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 164, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 27, 2000 |
| HB 2493 1999–00 |
Sales/use tax rate change$ Sales and use tax changes may only take effect on the first day of January, April, July, or October; and C A taxpayer who properly uses technology provided by the Department of Revenue to compute taxes due must be held... | Laura Ruderman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 104, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 24, 2000 |
| HB 2515 1999–00 |
Estate tax penaltiesC Penalties for late filing of an estate tax return are reduced. | Michael Stensen (D-31) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 105, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 24, 2000 |
| HB 2531 1999–00 |
Career/tech student orgs$ The Superintendent of Public Instruction will support, with at least one full-time equivalent program staff person, state-wide coordination for career and technical student organizations. | Mark Doumit (D-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 84, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 24, 2000 |
| HB 2403 1999–00 |
National WWII memorial acct$ Creates a nonappropriated account in support of the national World War II Memorial campaign. | Jim Kastama (D-25) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 12, Laws of 2000 |
Mar 17, 2000 |
| HB 2396 1999–00 |
Municipal offcr prohibitionsC Increases (from ten thousand to thirty thousand) the population threshold for cities in which municipal officers are exempted from the beneficial interest in contracts prohibition for municipal officers. | Joyce Mulliken (R-13) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |
| HB 2476 1999–00 |
Deaths of children$ Requires the Forensic Investigations Council to develop or endorse a death scene investigations protocol and autopsy protocol. | Kathy Lambert (R-45) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 9, 2000 |