Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Joe Fitzgibbon
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1163 2011–12 |
Bullying preventionRequires the Office of the Superintendent of the Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Office of the Education Ombudsman to establish a workgroup until January 1, 2016, regarding prevention of bullying, intimidation, and... | Marko Liias (D-21) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 185, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 29, 2011 |
| HB 1421 2011–12 |
Community forest trustAuthorizes the Department of Natural Resources to create and manage the Community Forest Trust as a discrete category of non-fiduciary trust lands actively managed to sustain working forest conservation objectives. | Christine Rolfes (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 216, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 29, 2011 |
| HB 1521 2011–12 |
Innovation schoolsRequires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to identify and designate Washington Innovation Schools and to highlight and recognize their accomplishments, including a logo, certificate, webpage, and other strategies. | Marcie Maxwell (D-41) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 202, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 29, 2011 |
| HB 1783 2011–12 |
Houseboats and mooragesSpecifies that floating homes that were permitted or legally established before January 1, 2011, must be classified under the Shoreline Management Act as a conforming preferred use. | Jamie Pedersen (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 212, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 29, 2011 |
| HB 1188 2011–12 |
Suffocation, domes. violenceIncludes suffocation in the definition of Assault in the second degree. | Roger Goodman (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 166, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 27, 2011 |
| HB 1225 2011–12 |
Port district commissionersModifies the method of calculating port district commissioner compensation to expressly provide that per diem and salary thresholds must be adjusted for inflation by the Office of Financial Management. | Jan Angel (R-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 152, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 22, 2011 |
| HB 1306 2011–12 |
Agribusiness drivers/licenseRemoves the July 1, 2011, expiration date on a section that exempts applicants for a commercial driver's license who operate a commercial motor vehicle for agribusiness purposes from the requirement of either successfully... | Kristine Lytton (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 153, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 22, 2011 |
| HB 1864 2011–12 |
Debt collectionIncreases various amounts of personal property exemptions from the collection process. | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 162, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 22, 2011 |
| HB 1074 2011–12 |
Water pollution committeesDeletes the requirement that a water-sewer district's appointee to a metropolitan water pollution abatement advisory committee must be a commissioner of the water-sewer district. | Dean Takko (D-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 124, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1186 2011–12 |
State's oil spill programRequires additional contingency planning requirements for tank vessels, including enhanced standards and the formation of a vessels of opportunity system. | Christine Rolfes (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 122, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1191 2011–12 |
Mortgage lending fraud/acct.Delays the expiration date of the Mortgage Lending Fraud Prosecution Account and related surcharge until June 30, 2016. | Cindy Ryu (D-32) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 129, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1223 2011–12 |
Street vacation hearingsAllows legislative authorities to appoint a hearing examiner to conduct street vacation hearings. | Joe Fitzgibbon (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 130, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1565 2011–12 |
Domestic violence protectionRequires respondents to permanent domestic violence protection orders and orders issued for a period of greater than two years to submit an affidavit setting forth relevant facts when filing a motion to modify or terminate an... | Senator (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 137, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1596 2011–12 |
Cities w/ambulance utilitiesAuthorizes a city, after January 1, 2012, to reduce its allocation of general fund revenues to its ambulance service utility below levels currently required by statute. | Steve Tharinger (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 139, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 20, 2011 |
| HB 1012 2011–12 |
Planning commissionersProvides for four or six-year terms of office for appointed members of established planning commissions. | Jan Angel (R-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 59, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 14, 2011 |
| HB 1362 2011–12 |
Homeowner foreclosuresAmends the "meet and confer" requirement to, among other things, repeal the expiration date, make it applicable to all deeds of trust for owner-occupied residential real property, and expand the time period in which the... | Tina Orwall (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 58, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 14, 2011 |
| HB 1489 2011–12 |
Fertilizer w/ phosphorusProhibits, with some exceptions, the use and retail sale of turf fertilizers that are labeled to contain phosphorus. | Andy Billig (D-3) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 73, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 14, 2011 |
| HB 1129 2011–12 |
Bicycle & pedestrian safetyRequires traffic schools conducted in connection with a condition of a deferral, sentence, or penalty for a traffic infraction or a traffic-related criminal offense to utilize the curriculum for driving safely among bicyclists... | Brad Klippert (R-8) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 17, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 11, 2011 |
| HB 1294 2011–12 |
Puget Sound corpsConsolidates the administrative functions of the Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) with the Department of Ecology. | Steve Tharinger (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 20, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 11, 2011 |
| HB 1571 2011–12 |
Electric vehiclesSpecifies that the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) may not regulate battery charging facilities offered by an entity if that entity: (1) is not subject to the UTC's jurisdiction; or (2) is subject to the UTC's... | Deb Eddy (D-48) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 28, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 11, 2011 |
| HB 1649 2011–12 |
Domestic partnershipsProvides that validly formed same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions will be recognized as state-registered domestic partnerships. | Laurie Jinkins (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 9, Laws of 2011 |
Apr 5, 2011 |