Rosa Franklin
Senator
· Democrat
· District 29
· most recent term 2009–10
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310
Bills as prime sponsor
58
of those became law
1,808
Bills co-sponsored
16,832
Recorded votes
1.3%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5013 1997–98 |
Health care insur prepaymntsThe HMO and HCSC exemption from the 2 percent premium tax for Medicare payments is continued indefinitely. | James West (R-6) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5014 1997–98 |
State property tax reductionEstablishes the property tax reduction fund in the state treasury. Designates a process for determining the moneys to be deposited in the property tax reduction fund and the emergency reserve fund. | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5015 1997–98 |
State property tax reductionReduces the state property tax levy for 1997 by five percent. | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5023 1997–98 |
Disabled/sr property tax defDefines local government and local improvement districts. Declares that "special assessment" means an assessment levied in a local improvement district or otherwise levied by a local government to pay for all or part of the... | Dan Swecker (R-20) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5050 1997–98 |
Nursing facilities ratesThe minimum occupancy rate is dropped to 85 percent for a facility that opened its doors between January 1, 1994 and June 30, 1994 and was unable to reach capacity. This has the effect of increasing the facility's payment rate. | Calvin Goings (D-25) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5080 1997–98 |
Property damage/tax exemptnsA sales and use tax exemption is allowed on labor and services used to repair or replace residential buildings and on certain tangible personal property damaged or destroyed as a result of the weather conditions between... | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5081 1997–98 |
Prostitute patronsA law enforcement officer who arrests and takes into custody a person for patronizing a prostitute or patronizing a juvenile prostitute may impound the vehicle if the vehicle is owned by the person arrested and was used in... | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5106 1997–98 |
Advanced college tuition prgThe Washington advanced college tuition payment program is established, providing for the sale of tuition units redeemable at a future date for an equal number of tuition units regardless of any intervening increase in... | Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5123 1997–98 |
Sexually aggressive youthThe Legislature intends that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) develop a policy for assessing sexual aggressiveness and vulnerability to sexual victimization of youth who are placed in state-operated or... | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5128 1997–98 |
Sex offender death certificaThe Department of Health is prohibited from charging any fee for furnishing a certified copy of a death certificate of a sex offender to a law enforcement agency for use in maintaining a registered sex offender data base. | Jeanine Long (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5141 1997–98 |
Work release facility sitingThe Department of Corrections (DOC) and other state agencies with responsibility for siting work release facilities are exempt from the required siting procedures under limited circumstances. The work release siting procedure... | Jeanine Long (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5209 1997–98 |
Adult caberets & theatersA new chapter is created for the regulation of adult entertainment businesses which establishes standards of conduct for employees, entertainers and customers of adult cabarets and adult theaters. Adverse secondary effects of... | Darlene Fairley (D-32) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5214 1997–98 |
Property tax reliefProvides that there is allowed a credit against the state regular real property tax equal to the tax imposed on the first sixty-two thousand dollars of assessed valuation of owner-occupied residential property, multiplied by... | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5224 1997–98 |
Pension fund accountInvestment earnings of the pension funding account are credited to the pension funding account. | Albert Bauer (D-49) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5225 1997–98 |
Legis. service retirmnt crdtWashington State Patrol members serving in the Legislature on or after January 1, 1995 may continue to earn service credit during the legislative session. Member and employer contributions are based on the compensation the... | Rosa Franklin (D-29) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5228 1997–98 |
Health care workplace violenBy July 1, 1998, all health care settings are required to develop and implement a plan to reasonably prevent and protect employees from violence at the setting. | Alex Deccio (R-14) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5248 1997–98 |
Women in military memorialMakes an appropriation of fifty thousand dollars for the cost of a memorial honoring the role of women in the nation's military services. | Karen Fraser (D-22) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5251 1997–98 |
Northern Ireland investmentsOn January 1 of each year the board must make a list of the companies in which it has invested that operate in Northern Ireland. The board is to determine if these companies have followed the MacBride principles. | Michael Heavey (D-34) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5252 1997–98 |
Immigrant food assistanceRequires the department to establish a food assistance program for persons whose immigrant status meets the eligibility requirements of the federal food stamp program as of August 21, 1996, but who are no longer eligible... | Darlene Fairley (D-32) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5296 1997–98 |
Priv school emplyee backgrndDeclares that, if an administrator of a private school or private school district or a contractor of a private school or private school district hires employees who will have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to... | Rosa Franklin (D-29) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5297 1997–98 |
Mastectomy health care benefEvery health carrier, including the high risk pool, and every health plan operated by the state Health Care Authority that provides coverage for mastectomies must permit the attending health care provider to make decisions... | Rosa Franklin (D-29) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5310 1997–98 |
Information technolgy commttThe Legislature recognizes that information technology, properly used, can be the state = s primary tool both for improving delivery of services and for containing the costs of those services. | Bill Finkbeiner (R-45) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5356 1997–98 |
School construction/tax exmpExempts school construction projects from sales and use taxes. | Julia Patterson (D-33) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5357 1997–98 |
Trauma care services costThe Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee is directed to study the cost of uncompensated trauma care services in designated trauma care centers around the state. The study must include all costs, charges, expenses, and... | Rosa Franklin (D-29) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 1998 |
| SB 5378 1997–98 |
Prop tax reduction extendedThe one-time 4.7187 percent reduction of the 1996 state property tax is extended to 1997. In addition, a 4.7187 percent reduction in 1998 and thereafter is referred to the voters. | Valoria Loveland (D-16) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 1998 |
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