All bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2232 1999–00 |
Occupatnl safty/health impct$ Creates a program to award grants for workplace safety education and training, developing technical solutions to worker injury problems, the application of hazard controls, and innovative programs to address workplace safety... | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 115, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 23, 1999 |
| SB 5010 1999–00 |
Custodial employee miscondct$ Defines sexual contact between an employee or a departmental contractor and an inmate as employee misconduct. | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 72, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5012 1999–00 |
Pollution liability insuranc$ Payment of claims under the Pollution Liability Insurance Agency's reinsurance program is not subject to an Office of Financial Management (OFM) allotment schedule. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 73, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5030 1999–00 |
WSP surviving spouse retirmn$ Provides a cost-of-living adjustment to the benefit received by survivors in the Washington State Patrol Retirement System. | Jeanine Long (R-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 74, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5037 1999–00 |
Pierce Co. court of appealsC Creates a new court of appeals position for Pierce County. | Bob McCaslin (R-4) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 75, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5141 1999–00 |
Newborn screening servic fee$ Provides funding for genetic disorder services, which will replace declining federal resources. | Pat Thibaudeau (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 76, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5156 1999–00 |
Housing authority boards$ Allows a housing authority to increase the size of its board from five to six commissioners. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 77, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5178 1999–00 |
Third grade achievement test$ Two statutory references to the fourth grade norm-referenced achievement test are corrected to reflect the change from the fourth grade to the third grade. | Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 78, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5191 1999–00 |
Motor carrier permits$ Penalty for failure to obtain a Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for-hire operating permit is increased from $500 to $1,500. | Calvin Goings (D-25) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 79, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5194 1999–00 |
Info technology management$ Requires state executive and judicial branches to develop information technology portfolios. | Lisa Brown (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 80, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5195 1999–00 |
Employee benefitsC Expands the list of pension plans that are protected from creditors. | Michael Heavey (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 81, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5215 1999–00 |
Higher ed tuition/veteransC Eliminates the June 30, 1999, expiration date for the programs allowing the institutions of higher education to exempt Vietnam veterans and Persian Gulf veterans from tuition increases. | Albert Bauer (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 82, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5262 1999–00 |
Sleep monitoring$ Allows persons other than licensed respiratory care therapists to perform sleep monitoring tasks when under the supervision or direction of a licensed health care provider. | Pat Thibaudeau (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 84, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5278 1999–00 |
Foreign hi ed branch campus$ Removes mandatory requirement that the Higher Education Coordinating Board approve foreign degree-granting institutions. | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 85, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5301 1999–00 |
Traffic offense processingC Allows a court to electronically transfer information regarding traffic infractions and traffic citations to the Department of Licensing. | Michael Heavey (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 86, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5313 1999–00 |
Mental health record audits$ Limits a health carrier's access to those mental health records of persons covered by the carrier. | R. Lorraine Wojahn (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 87, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5365 1999–00 |
Dietary supplements/alcoholC Exempts products defined as dietary supplements but that contain alcohol from regulation under the liquor laws regulating alcoholic beverages. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 88, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5401 1999–00 |
Hydraulic project applicatns$ Repealing a provision of law related to hydraulic project applications. | Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 89, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5402 1999–00 |
Forest practices appeals brd$ Eliminates a "double code amendment." Members of the Forest Practices Appeals Board are reimbursed as members of a class four group, at a rate not to exceed $100 per day during which duties are performed. | Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 90, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5432 1999–00 |
Retirement charitable deduct$ Permits PERS retirees to authorize charitable deductions from their retirement allowances. | Karen Fraser (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5457 1999–00 |
Juvenile diversion agreemntsC Allows the juvenile diversion unit to, upon the request of the victim or witness, prohibit the juvenile from contacting the victim or witness of the alleged offense. | Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 91, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5495 1999–00 |
Property tax levy restrictn$ Allows a property taxing district that has not imposed a tax since 1985 to retain their levy capacity. | Sid Snyder (D-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 96, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5564 1999–00 |
Park & travel trailer tax$ Removes the requirement that a park trailer must be placed on a permanent foundation and have a fixed pipe connection for utilities to be subject to property taxation. | Georgia Gardner (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 92, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5614 1999–00 |
WISHA citations$ Directs the Department of Labor and Industries not to cite employers for serious Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) violations that are the result of unpreventable employee misconduct. | Harold Hochstatter (R-13) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 93, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |
| SB 5615 1999–00 |
Transportation accounts$ Eliminates obsolete transportation accounts. | Jim Horn (R-41) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 94, Laws of 1999 |
Apr 22, 1999 |