2008 Bill Report

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Bill #	TITLE	STATUS	SPONSOR	BILL INFORMATION	PRIORITY& POSITION
HB 1139	Increasing the authority membership of single county public transportation benefit areas.	S Transp	Lilias	Membership in the governing body of a single-county PTBA is increased from not more than nine to not more than 11.
SHB 1225	Clarifying the effect of special fuel taxes on publicly owned or operated urban passenger transportation systems.	Del to Gov	Lilias	Relating to the effect of special fuel taxes on publicly 2 owned or operated urban passenger transportation systems
SHB 1360	Residential infrastructure	H Ways & Means	Ormsby	Concerning funding for residential infrastructure development.
HB 1432 Companion Bill SB 5364	Commute trip reduction credit	H Trans	Lilias	Modifying the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
SHB 1490 Companion Bill SB 5687	Greenhouse gas emissions	H Rules C	Nelson	Requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through modification of environmental goals under the growth management act. Changes the housing and transportation elements of the act to reduce the impact of transportation on the environment. Mandates transit-oriented development opportunities. Revises regional transportation planning requirements.
HB 1590	Pub transp governing bodies	H LG & Housing	Appleton	Requiring the appointment of an organized labor member with full voting rights and privileges to the governing bodies of public transportation entities.
SHB 1591	Trans benefit district funds	H Rules C	Upthegrove	Modifies provisions regarding the use of certain transportation benefit district funds.
HB 1606	Unlawful transit conduct	H Trans	Simpson	Regulates conduct while on or in a transit vehicle.
HB 1677 Companion Bill SB 5540	High capacity trans service	H Rules R	Moeller	Establishes high capacity transportation corridor areas.
HB 1873	High-speed rail committee	H Trans	Ericksen	Establishing a joint select committee on high-speed rail.
HB 2070	School health & safety rules	H Ways & Means	Sullivan	Regarding adoption of school environmental health and safety rules.
ESHB 2072	Special transportation needs	Del to Gov	Wallace	Concerning transportation for persons with special transportation needs.
HB 2088	Special transportation needs	H Rules R	Darneille	Improving access to facilities for persons with special transportation needs.
HB 2179	Transportation Improvements	H Rules R	Eddy	Authorizes a legislative authority of any member city, in districts comprised of more than one member city, to petition the district to provide supplemental transportation improvements.
ESHB 2211	SR 520 corridor tolls	S 2nd Reading	Clibborn	Imposes tolls on the state route number 520 bridge to help finance construction.
SHJM 4008	Special transportation needs	H Rules R	Wallace	Requesting increased funding and legislative actions to advance transportation services to those with special transportation needs.
SB 5180	Permitting public transit vehicle stops at unmarked stop zones under certain circumstances.	Del to Gov	Haugen	Public transportation service providers, including certain nonprofit organizations, may allow the driver of a transit vehicle to stop upon a roadway in an unincorporated area momentarily to receive or discharge passengers at an unmarked stop zone. However, the driver must (1) stop the vehicle as far to the right side of the roadway as is practicable so as to not significantly impede traffic; (2) activate four-way flashing lights; and (3) stop at a portion of the highway with an unobstructed view for drivers approaching from behind the transit vehicle.
SB 5335	Vehicle passing peds & bikes	S Transportation	Jacobsen	Addressing when vehicles overtake and pass pedestrians or bicycles.
SB 5353	Public trans benefit areas	S Transportation	Haugen	Modifying annexation procedures of public transportation benefit area authorities.
SB 5364 Companion Bill HB 1432	Commute trip reduction credit	S Transportation	Marr	Modifying the existing commute trip reduction tax credit.
SB 5493	Regional trans corridor auth	S Transportation	Murray	Creating a regional transportation corridor authority.
ESSB 5513	Unlawful transit conduct	Del to Gov	Jarrett	Concerning law enforcement authority that relates to civil infractions and unlawful transit conduct.
SB 5540 Companion Bill HB 1677	High capacity trans service	Del to Gov	Pridemore	Establishing high capacity transportation corridor areas.
SB 5548	Improvements & impact fees	H ref/S recede	Haugen	Requiring project improvements, including public transportation infrastructure improvements, to be credited against the imposition of impact fees.
SB 5689	Joint transportation comm	S Transportation	Ranker	Requiring the joint transportation committee to conduct a comprehensive research and analysis effort on transportation funding.
SB 5757	Public trans governing brds	S Rules X	Marr	Requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing boards.
ESSB 5768	SR 99 Alaskan Way viaduct	H Passed 3rd	Murray	Concerning the state route number 99 Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project.
SB 5911	Tax preferences commissions	S Ways & Means	Pridemore	Adopts the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences' recommendations.
SB 6064	Trans accountability boards	S Transportation	Jarrett	Establishing transportation accountability regions and regional transportation accountability boards.

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Bill #	TITLE	STATUS	SPONSOR	BILL INFORMATION	PRIORITY& POSITION
HB 1313 Companion Bill SB 5351	Trans sup budget 2007-09	H Trans	Clibborn	2007-09 supplemental transportation appropriations.
HB 1314 Companion Bill SB 5352	Trans budget 2009-11	H Rules R	Clibborn	2009-11 transportation appropriations
ESHB 1978	Econ stimulus trans funding	Gov signed C 8 L 09	Clibborn	Concerning economic stimulus transportation funding and appropriations.
HB 2151	Boards and commissions	H SGTribalAff	Springer	Eliminates boards and commissions on June 30, 2010.
SB 5351 Companion Bill HB 1313	Trans sup budget 2007-09	S Trans	Haugen	2007-09 supplemental transportation appropriations
ESSB 5352 Companion Bill HB 1314	Trans budget 2009-11	S Conf appt	Haugen	2009-11 transportation appropriations
SSB 5458	Econ stimulus trans funding	S Rules X	Marr	Concerning economic stimulus transportation funding and appropriations.
SSB 5994	Boards and commissions	S Rules 2G	Pridemore	Eliminates boards and commissions on June 30, 2010.

Bill #	TITLE	STATUS	SPONSOR	BILL INFORMATION	PRIORITY& POSITION
HB 1005	Commercial web site privacy	H Tech/En/Com	Morris	Requiring a commercial web site that collects personally identifiable information to post a privacy policy.
HB 1006	ID device labeling	H Tech/En/Com	Morris	Requiring labeling of identification devices.
SHB 1011	Regulating use of identification devices by government or business entity	Gov signed C 66 L 09	Morris	Prohibits intentionally scanning certain identification devices remotely for any purpose without obtaining consent.
HB 1044	Radio frequency ID	H Tech/En/Com	Morris	Developing state standards for radio frequency identification.
HB 1127	Credit and debit card info	S Pres Signed	Hurst	Protects credit card and debit card information.
HB 1149 Companion Bill SB 5564	Security breach protection	H Rules R	Williams	Protecting consumers from breaches of security.
SHB 1500	Recording devices in vehicle	H Rules R	Eddy	Concerning recording devices in motor vehicles.
SB 5564 Companion Bill HB 1149	Security breach protection	S Rules X	Kohl-Welles	Protecting consumers from breaches of security.

Bill #	TITLE	STATUS	SPONSOR	BILL INFORMATION	PRIORITY& POSITION
HB 1590	Pub transp governing bodies	H LG & Housing	Appleton	Requires appointment of an organized labor member with full voting rights and privileges to the governing bodies of public transportation entities.
HB 1609	Family and medical leave	H Commerce/Lab	Dickerson	Revises family and medical leave provisions. Requires each employer, for each individual, to pay a premium of two cents per hour worked, up to a maximum of forty hours per week, to the employment security department to be deposited into the family and medical leave insurance account. Each employer may deduct from the pay of each individual the full amount that the employer is required to pay for the individual. Allows a business and occupation tax credit to an employer that hires a replacement worker to replace an employee who has taken family and medical leave.Provides for submission of certain sections of the act to a vote of the people.
ESHB 1906	Unemployment compensation	Gov signed C 3 L 09	Conway	Improves economic security through unemployment compensation.
HB 2176	Minimum wage & overtime comp	H Commerce/Lab	Kohl-Welles	Creates a good faith defense for certain complaints relating to minimum wage and overtime compensation.
2SSB 5319	Unemployment insurance prog	S Rules X	Kohl-Welles	Providing economic stimulus through the unemployment insurance program.
SB 5463	Minimum wage & overtime comp	S Lab/Comm/CP	Holmquist	Creates a good faith defense for certain complaints relating to minimum wage and overtime compensation.
SSB 5610	Driving records abstract	Del to Gov	Haugen	Authorizing the release of driving record abstracts for employment and risk management purposes.
SB 5679	Family and medical leave	S Lab/Comm/CP	Keiser	Concerning family and medical leave.
SB 5757	Public trans governing brds	S Rules X	Marr	Requiring the appointment of nonvoting labor members to public transportation governing boards.