Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Senator
· Democrat
· District 36
· most recent term 2015–16
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718
Bills as prime sponsor
150
of those became law
4,031
Bills co-sponsored
18,960
Recorded votes
1.6%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 6338 2001–02 |
Consumer loan act$ Requires that financial disclosures on a loan not secured by a real property lien be made in compliance with pertinent federal laws and regulations. | Karen Keiser (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 346, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 3, 2002 |
| SB 6428 2001–02 |
Agency loss prevention$ Requires the Office of Financial Management to form a loss prevention review team to review a death, serious injury, or other substantial loss that allegedly involves a state agency. | Betti Sheldon (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 333, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 3, 2002 |
| SB 6557 2001–02 |
Higher ed coordinating board$ Members of the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) have the authority to select from their membership the chair and vice-chair who serve a one-year term as chair or vice-chair. | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 348, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 3, 2002 |
| SB 6763 2001–02 |
Victims of crimes$ Creates a Washington State Task Force on Funding for Community-Based Services to Victims of Crime. | Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 351, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 3, 2002 |
| SB 5207 2001–02 |
DNA testing$ Includes a patient = s identified DNA information as confidential health care information. | Jim Hargrove (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 318, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 2, 2002 |
| SB 6709 2001–02 |
Children in out-of-home care$ Requires the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to submit a proposal to the Legislature by October 1, 2002 addressing the educational stability of... | Tracey Eide (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 326, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 2, 2002 |
| SB 6400 2001–02 |
Biodiversity conservation$ Directs the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation to grant $45,000 for the creation of the stakeholder-comprised Biodiversity Conservation Committee. | Ken Jacobsen (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 287, Laws of 2002 |
Apr 1, 2002 |
| SB 5624 2001–02 |
Fire protection/bldg safety$ Requires landlords to provide tenants with a written disclosure statement that provides information on fire safety and protection devices and systems in multi-family residential buildings. | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 259, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 29, 2002 |
| SB 6248 2001–02 |
Bicycle & pedestrian safety$ A special Cooper Jones license plate is established. | Ken Jacobsen (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 264, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 29, 2002 |
| SB 6426 2001–02 |
Sick leave$ Requires an employer to allow an employee to use sick leave or other paid time off to care for a child, spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or grandparent of the employee with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision. | Karen Keiser (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 243, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 29, 2002 |
| SB 6464 2001–02 |
City trans authority$ Authorizes cities over 300,000 to establish a monorail authority to develop a monorail system. | Ken Jacobsen (D-46) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 248, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 29, 2002 |
| SB 6515 2001–02 |
School technology facilities$ Permits a school district to include in a capital project the costs of technology systems, facilities, and projects and to pay those costs from most of the revenue sources in the district = s capital projects fund. | Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 275, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 29, 2002 |
| SB 5692 2001–02 |
Youth court$ Authorizes otherwise diversion-eligible juvenile offenses, civil infractions, and traffic infractions to be diverted to youth courts under certain circumstances. | Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 237, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 28, 2002 |
| SB 6558 2001–02 |
School for the deaf$ Increases the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees at the Washington School for the Deaf (WSD). | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 209, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 28, 2002 |
| SB 5166 2001–02 |
Higher education$ Allows state financial aid to be used at a qualified branch of an out-of-state institution. | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 187, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 5264 2001–02 |
Pblc emplys/unfair practices$ Makes it an unfair practice for a public employer to misclassify an employee to avoid providing employment-based benefits | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 155, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 5543 2001–02 |
Student safety$ Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to provide guidance to schools in developing comprehensive safe school plans. | Jim Kastama (D-25) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 205, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 5748 2001–02 |
Transportation/land use plan$ Sets forth legislative intent that cities should integrate development, land use planning, and transportation planning. | Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 189, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 6037 2001–02 |
Veterinarian services$ Authorizes animal care and control agencies and nonprofit humane societies to provide limited veterinary services to animals owned by qualified low-income households. | Margarita Prentice (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 157, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 6351 2001–02 |
School safety$ Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to adopt a model notification of threats policy by January 1, 2003. | Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 206, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 6380 2001–02 |
Retirement$ Provides greater flexibility in dividing retirement benefits in the event of a divorce for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System, the School Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, the... | Shirley Winsley (R-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 158, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 6627 2001–02 |
Community service$ Changes the term "community service" to "community restitution" throughout the Washington statute. | Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 175, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
| SB 5552 2001–02 |
Border county higher educatn$ The Border County Higher Education Project is made permanent and is expanded to include bordering Oregon counties and Washington institutions of higher education to participate in the program. | Don Carlson (R-49) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 130, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 26, 2002 |
| SB 6412 2001–02 |
International matchmaking$ Requires international matchmaking organizations doing business in Washington to notify prospective foreign spouses of the availability of a background check and marital history information for its clients who are residents... | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 115, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 26, 2002 |
| SB 6537 2001–02 |
Sexual assualt victims$ Hospitals are required to provide victims of sexual assault with information about emergency contraception, inform them of their option to receive it, and if not contraindicated, immediately provide it, if requested. | Jeralita "Jeri" Costa (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 116, Laws of 2002 |
Mar 26, 2002 |
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