All bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 6158 2007–08 |
Nursing facility medicaidModifies the nursing facility Medicaid payment system by rebasing direct care, therapy care, support services, and operations component rate allocations based upon calendar year 2005 costs. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 508, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| SB 6167 2007–08 |
Dept of retirement systemsReinstates statutory language that expressly establishes the authority of the Director of the Department of Retirement Systems to determine the method and amount of interest that is credited to member retirement contributions. | Craig Pridemore (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 493, Laws of 2007 |
May 15, 2007 |
| HB 1041 2007–08 |
Plurality voting/directorsAllows a corporation to use its bylaws to adopt alternatives to the statutory default plurality voting method for electing corporate directors. | Jamie Pedersen (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 467, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1064 2007–08 |
Veterans' benefitsRepeals RCW 73.08.060 (restrictions on sending veterans or their families to almshouses) from the statute. | Larry Seaquist (D-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 448, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1065 2007–08 |
Veterans' scoring criteriaClarifies that agencies or private companies contracted to administer competitive examinations for public employment are included in the entities that must give a scoring criteria status, or preference, to all veterans who sit... | Troy Kelley (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 449, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1224 2007–08 |
Student course materialsRequires bookstores affiliated with community and technical colleges to: (l) provide students the option of purchasing unbundled materials; (2) disclose student costs to faculty and staff; (3) disclose the difference between... | Troy Kelley (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 457, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1293 2007–08 |
Regulatory assessment feesChanges the way Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are charged regulatory assessment fees. | Eileen Cody (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 468, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1368 2007–08 |
Special purpose districtsIncreases various special purpose district commissioners' per diem compensation. | Geoff Simpson (D-47) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 469, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1449 2007–08 |
Gambling licensee infoExempts from public disclosure independent auditors' reports and financial statements filed with the Gambling Commission by house-banked social card game licensees. | Cary Condotta (R-12) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 470, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1457 2007–08 |
Youth soccer refereesExcludes employment of certified youth soccer referees under the age of 14 from child labor criminal provisions. | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 464, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1472 2007–08 |
Child welfareDirects the Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services to convene an advisory committee to analyze and make recommendations regarding the disproportionate representation of children of color in the state's child... | Eric Pettigrew (D-37) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 465, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1599 2007–08 |
Raffles by state employeesPermits state employees to conduct and solicit donations for raffles for charitable purposes under specified conditions. | Senator (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 452, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1777 2007–08 |
Charitable organizationsMakes technical, administrative, and definitional amendments to the Washington Charitable Solicitations Act (CSA). | Jay Rodne (R-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 471, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1832 2007–08 |
Limitation on actionsDecreases to two years the statute of limitations for citizen actions brought for violations under chapter 42.17 RCW. | Senator (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 455, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1859 2007–08 |
Statute law committeeTransfers proceeds from the sale of the session laws to the Statute Law Committee Publications Account, rather than the General Fund. | Roger Goodman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 456, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1883 2007–08 |
Higher edu coordinating brdIncreases the time period covered in the strategic master plan for higher education to 10 years. | Deb Wallace (D-17) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 458, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1896 2007–08 |
Legislative gift centerCreates the Legislative Gift Center. | Senator (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 453, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1939 2007–08 |
Privileged communicationsAmends the clergy-penitent privilege to explicitly include sacred confidences made to a Christian Science practitioner. | Roger Goodman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 472, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 1980 2007–08 |
Financial literacyExtends the Financial Literacy Public-Private Partnership (Partnership) to 2009. | Troy Kelley (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 459, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2113 2007–08 |
Issuance of liquor licensesDirects the Liquor Control Board to give substantial weight to the objections of a local jurisdiction to the issuance or renewal of a liquor license based on chronic illegal activity associated with the applicant's operation... | Brendan Williams (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 473, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2130 2007–08 |
DUI prior offensesDefines the term "within ten years" for the purposes of determining prior offenses under the felony DUI law. | Roger Goodman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 474, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2154 2007–08 |
Educational service districtChanges the date of elections for boards of Educational Service Districts with one or more members whose terms expire the following January from even-numbered years to odd-numbered years. | Bill Fromhold (D-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 460, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2236 2007–08 |
Disposition of assetsAdopts the 1991 version of the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act, including a 120-hour rule for determining survivorship under instruments or laws that transfer title to property based on priority of death. | Roger Goodman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 475, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2281 2007–08 |
Shared leaveAdds employees responding to state or federally declared disasters to the list of who is eligible to receive shared leave. | Sherry Appleton (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 454, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |
| HB 2378 2007–08 |
State ferriesAuthorizes the current qualified proposers to meet, confer, and submit a single joint proposal for the construction of ferry vessels. | Dennis Flannigan (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 481, Laws of 2007 |
May 14, 2007 |