2011 Bill Action
Updated December 20, 2011
Bill action scheduled:
All legislation has been acted upon.
Bills passed during Second Special Session:
| Bill | Description | Signed | Date |
| 2058 | Relating to fiscal matters. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 12/20/11 |
| 2131 | Relating to delaying implementation of provisions regarding evaluations of persons under the involuntary treatment act. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 2148 | Relating to suspending annual examinations and show cause hearings for sexually violent predators convicted of a criminal offense or awaiting trial on criminal charges. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 2159 | Relating to grant opportunities for high school aerospace assembler, skill center manufacturing, and high school project lead the way STEM career courses. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 2160 | Relating to revised standards and assessments for teacher certification integrating STEM knowledge and skills. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 2169 | Relating to modifying the uniform unclaimed property act. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 5969 | Relating to procedures allowing certain military spouses to seek employment in state-licensed professional occupations after relocating to Washington. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 5974 | Relating to demonstrating college level skills. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
| 5988 | Relating to making imperative changes to the foreclosure fairness act to ensure mediators' participation. | Signed | 12/20/11 |
House Bills
| Bill | Description | Signed | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | Relating to overseas and service voters. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1008 | Relating to membership on the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1012 | Relating to planning commissioner terms of office. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1016 | Relating to firearm noise suppressors. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1024 | Relating to an addition to the scenic and recreational highway system. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1026 | Relating to adverse possession. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1028 | Relating to using state correctional facility populations to determine population thresholds for certain local government purposes. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1031 | Relating to ballot envelopes. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1037 | Relating to restrictions on legal claims initiated by persons serving criminal sentences in correctional facilities. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1040 | Relating to the use of electronic signatures and notices. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1041 | Relating to including correctional employees who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1046 | Relating to vehicle and vessel quick title. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1048 | Relating to making technical corrections needed as a result of the recodification of campaign finance provisions in chapter 204, Laws of 2010. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1051 | Relating to trusts and estates. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1052 | Relating to the authority of shareholders and boards of directors to take certain actions under the corporation act. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1053 | Relating to the implementation of recommendations from the Washington state bar association elder law section's executive committee report of the guardianship task force. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/12/11 |
| 1055 | Relating to streamlining contractor appeals. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1061 | Relating to on-site wastewater treatment systems designer licensing. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1069 | Relating to the disposition of unclaimed remains. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1071 | Relating to creating a complete streets grant program. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1074 | Relating to the membership of metropolitan water pollution abatement advisory committees. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1084 | Relating to creating the board on geographic names. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1086 | Relating to fiscal matters. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 02/18/11 |
| 1087 | Relating to fiscal matters. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/15/11 |
| 1089 | Relating to instructional materials provided in a specialized format version. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1091 | Relating to modifying the unemployment insurance program. | Signed | 02/11/11 |
| 1103 | Relating to the use of television viewers in motor vehicles. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1105 | Relating to child fatality review in child welfare cases. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1106 | Relating to sale, lease, and disposal of lands within the Seashore Conservation Area. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1127 | Relating to certified exclusive bargaining representatives. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1128 | Relating to extended foster care services. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1129 | Relating to a bicycle and pedestrian traffic safety curriculum. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1131 | Relating to student achievement fund allocations. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1132 | Relating to reducing compensation for educational and academic employees. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1133 | Relating to the display of massage practitioner licenses. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1135 | Relating to refrigerants for motor vehicles. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1136 | Relating to volunteer firefighter special license plates. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1145 | Relating to mail theft. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 1148 | Relating to the establishment of a license limitation program for the harvest and delivery of spot shrimp originating from coastal or offshore waters into the state. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1150 | Relating to extending the time in which a small business may correct a violation without a penalty. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1153 | Relating to costs for the collection of DNA samples. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1163 | Relating to harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1169 | Relating to noxious weed lists. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1170 | Relating to triage facilities. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1171 | Relating to high capacity transportation system plan components and review. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1172 | Relating to beer and wine tasting at farmers markets. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1175 | Relating to transportation funding and appropriations. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1177 | Relating to archaeological investigations on private land. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1178 | Relating to the office of regulatory assistance. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1179 | Relating to public employees' attendance at informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1181 | Relating to creating the Washington state board of naturopathy. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 1182 | Relating to the unit of prosecution for tampering with or intimidating a witness. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 1183 | Relating to increasing the number of primary health care providers in Washington. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1186 | Relating to requirements under the state's oil spill program. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1188 | Relating to crimes against persons involving suffocation or domestic violence. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 1190 | Relating to billing for anatomic pathology services. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1191 | Relating to the expiration dates of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account and its revenue source. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1202 | Relating to on-premise spirits sampling. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1206 | Relating to harassment against criminal justice participants. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/14/11 |
| 1211 | Relating to utility donations to hunger programs. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1215 | Relating to clarifying the application of the fifteen-day storage limit on liens for impounded vehicles. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1218 | Relating to making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1220 | Relating to regulating insurance rates. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 1223 | Relating to hearings for street vacations. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1224 | Relating to a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts received with respect to mental health services. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1225 | Relating to clarification of the method of calculating public port district commissioner compensation. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1227 | Relating to the waiver of restaurant corkage fees. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1229 | Relating to certain commercial motor vehicle provisions. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1237 | Relating to registering with the federal selective service when applying for an instruction permit, intermediate license, driver's license, or identicard. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1239 | Relating to allowing the department of revenue to issue a notice of lien to secure payment of delinquent excise taxes in lieu of a warrant. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1243 | Relating to crimes against animals belonging to another person. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1247 | Relating to the staffing of secure community transition facilities. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1248 | Relating to authorizing emergency rule making when necessary to implement fiscal reductions. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 1254 | Relating to the institute of forest resources. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1257 | Relating to adopting the investments of insurers model act. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1263 | Relating to public corrections entities formed by counties or cities under RCW 39.34.030. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1266 | Relating to modifying the landlord-tenant act and other related provisions. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1267 | Relating to clarifying and expanding the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1277 | Relating to oversight of licensed or certified long-term care settings for vulnerable adults. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 1290 | Relating to the prohibition on mandatory overtime for certain health care employees. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1294 | Relating to establishing the Puget Sound corps while reforming the state's conservation corps programs. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1295 | Relating to installation of residential fire sprinkler systems. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1298 | Relating to child support order summary report forms. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1303 | Relating to the insurance commissioner's authority to review and disapprove rates for certain insurance products. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1304 | Relating to administration of drugs by health care assistants. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1306 | Relating to removing the expiration date for exempting applicants who operate commercial motor vehicles for agribusiness purposes from certain commercial driver's license requirements. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1309 | Relating to reserve accounts and studies for condominium and homeowners' associations. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1311 | Relating to establishing a public/private collaborative to improve health care quality, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes in Washington state. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 1312 | Relating to statutory changes needed to implement a waiver to receive federal assistance for certain state purchased health care programs. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1315 | Relating to employment of physicians by nursing homes. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1328 | Relating to the operation of motorcycles. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1329 | Relating to "Music Matters" special license plates. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1332 | Relating to the joint provision and management of municipal water, wastewater, storm and flood water, and related utility services. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1334 | Relating to civil judgments for assault. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1340 | Relating to unlawful hunting of big game. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1345 | Relating to the uniform unsworn foreign declarations act. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1346 | Relating to making changes to laws administered by the department of revenue that do not create any new or broaden any existing tax preference as defined in RCW 43.136.021 or increase any person's tax burden. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1347 | Relating to sales and use tax exemptions for certain property and services used in manufacturing, research and development, or testing operations, not including changes to RCW 82.08.02565 and 82.12.02565 that reduce state revenue. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1353 | Relating to requiring continuing education for pharmacy technicians. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1354 | Relating to apportionments to educational service districts and school districts for the 2010-11 school year. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 1357 | Relating to providing the department of revenue with additional flexibility to achieve operational efficiencies through the expanded use of electronic means to remit and report taxes. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1358 | Relating to combination of vehicles. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1362 | Relating to protecting and assisting homeowners from unnecessary foreclosures. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1367 | Relating to for hire vehicles and for hire vehicle operators. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1371 | Relating to boards and commissions. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1382 | Relating to the use of express toll lanes in the eastside corridor. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1384 | Relating to public improvement contracts involving certain federally funded transportation projects. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1391 | Relating to water delivered from the federal Columbia basin project. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1402 | Relating to social card games in an area annexed by a city or town that allowed a house-banked social card game business to continue operating under RCW 9.46.295. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1405 | Relating to loans made under the consumer loan act. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1406 | Relating to intrastate building safety mutual aid in the event of emergencies and other situations that temporarily render a jurisdiction incapable of providing required building safety services. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1407 | Relating to the negotiated sale and conveyance of all or part of water systems owned by a municipal corporation. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1409 | Relating to the sale, exchange, transfer, or lease of public property. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1410 | Relating to science end-of-course assessments. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1412 | Relating to high school mathematics end-of-course assessments. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1413 | Relating to the expiration date of the invasive species council and account. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1418 | Relating to evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1419 | Relating to allowing the department of early learning and the department of social and health services to share background check information. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1421 | Relating to providing the authority to create a community forest trust to be managed by the department of natural resources. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1422 | Relating to authorizing the department of natural resources to conduct a forest biomass to aviation fuel demonstration project to facilitate Washington leading the nation in aviation biofuel production. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1424 | Relating to administrative consistency between conditional scholarship and loan repayment student financial aid programs. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1425 | Relating to health sciences and services authorities. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1431 | Relating to addressing financial insolvency of school districts. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1432 | Relating to veterans' relief by permitting private employers to exercise a voluntary veterans' preference in employment. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1438 | Relating to the interstate compact for adult offender supervision. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1449 | Relating to establishing a processing fee for educator certificates and subsequent actions. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1453 | Relating to commercial shellfish enforcement. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1454 | Relating to testing for bloodborne pathogens. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1455 | Relating to where an individual may petition to restore firearm possession rights. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1465 | Relating to conditions and restrictions for liquor licenses. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1467 | Relating to the definition of a well. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1473 | Relating to the use of existing fees collected for the cost of traffic schools. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1477 | Relating to the authority to offer educational specialist degrees. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1478 | Relating to fiscal relief for cities and counties during periods of economic downturn by delaying or modifying certain regulatory and statutory requirements. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1479 | Relating to the publications of the statute law committee. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1483 | Relating to traffic infractions. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1485 | Relating to charitable solicitations. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1488 | Relating to updating the authority of the state board of health. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1489 | Relating to protecting water quality through restrictions on fertilizer containing phosphorus. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/14/11 |
| 1492 | Relating to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9A on secured transactions. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1493 | Relating to providing greater transparency to the health professions disciplinary process. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1494 | Relating to elder placement referrals. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1495 | Relating to the unfair competition that occurs when stolen or misappropriated information technology is used to manufacture products sold or offered for sale in this state. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 1497 | Relating to the capital budget. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/15/11 |
| 1502 | Relating to manufactured housing and mobile homes. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1506 | Relating to fire suppression efforts and capabilities on unprotected land outside a fire protection jurisdiction. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1509 | Relating to the forestry riparian easement program. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1517 | Relating to requiring comparable coverage for patients who require orally administered anticancer medication. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1519 | Relating to school assessments for students with cognitive disabilities. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1520 | Relating to state route number 527. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1521 | Relating to recognizing Washington innovation schools. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1524 | Relating to recognizing the international baccalaureate diploma. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1538 | Relating to animal health inspections. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1544 | Relating to restricting the eligibility for the basic health plan to the basic health transition eligibles population under the medicaid waiver. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1546 | Relating to authorizing creation of innovation schools and innovation zones focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in school districts. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1547 | Relating to the deportation of criminal alien offenders. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1548 | Relating to implementation of long-term care worker requirements regarding background checks and training. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 1560 | Relating to the health insurance partnership. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1565 | Relating to the termination or modification of domestic violence protection orders. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1567 | Relating to background investigations for peace officers and reserve officers. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1570 | Relating to siting of energy facility projects. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1571 | Relating to electric vehicle battery charging facilities. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1572 | Relating to authorizing public utility districts to request voluntary contributions to assist low-income customers with payment of water and sewer bills. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1575 | Relating to clarifying which surgical facilities the Washington state department of health is mandated to license pursuant to chapter 70.230 RCW. | Signed | 04/14/11 |
| 1582 | Relating to forest practices applications leading to conversion of land for development purposes. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1585 | Relating to intrastate mutual aid in the event of emergencies. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1586 | Relating to the provision of doctorate programs at the research university branch campuses in Washington. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1594 | Relating to the membership and work of the financial education public-private partnership. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1595 | Relating to graduates of foreign medical schools. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1596 | Relating to requirements that cities and towns with ambulance utilities allocate funds toward the total cost necessary to regulate, operate, and maintain the ambulance utility. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1599 | Relating to establishing the pay for actual student success dropout prevention program. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/10/11 |
| 1600 | Relating to elementary math specialists. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1614 | Relating to the traumatic brain injury strategic partnership. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1618 | Relating to public utility districts and deferred compensation and supplemental savings plans. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1625 | Relating to changing the default investment option for new members of the defined contribution portion of the plan 3 retirement systems. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1634 | Relating to underground utilities. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/05/11 |
| 1635 | Relating to reducing customer wait times at driver licensing offices. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1636 | Relating to amateur sports officials. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1640 | Relating to respiratory care practitioners. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1649 | Relating to giving legal effect to domestic partnerships. | Signed | 04/05/11 |
| 1663 | Relating to the purchasing authority of institutions of higher education. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 1691 | Relating to embalmers. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1694 | Relating to unauthorized insurance. | Signed | 04/11/11 |
| 1697 | Relating to unannounced monthly visits to persons providing care to children in the dependency system. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1698 | Relating to recreational fishing opportunities. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1703 | Relating to fiscal notes for legislation that uniquely affects school districts. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1709 | Relating to group disability insurance. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1710 | Relating to creating a strategic plan for career and technical education. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1716 | Relating to the regulation of secondhand dealers. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1718 | Relating to offenders with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1719 | Relating to limiting liability for unauthorized passengers in a vehicle. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1721 | Relating to preventing storm water pollution from coal tar sealants. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1725 | Relating to administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1726 | Relating to recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1728 | Relating to requiring businesses where food for human consumption is sold or served to allow persons with disabilities to bring their service animals onto the business premises. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1730 | Relating to the authorization of bonds issued by Washington local governments. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1731 | Relating to the formation, operation, and governance of regional fire protection service authorities. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1738 | Relating to changing the designation of the medicaid single state agency from the department of social and health services to the health care authority and transferring the related powers, functions, and duties to the health care authority. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 1761 | Relating to limiting private activity bond issues by out-of- state issuers. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1770 | Relating to enhancing small business participation in state purchasing. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1774 | Relating to dependency matters. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1776 | Relating to licensing requirements for child care centers located in publicly owned buildings. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1783 | Relating to houseboats and houseboat moorages. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1789 | Relating to accountability for persons driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1790 | Relating to school district contracts with direct practice health providers. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1793 | Relating to restricting access to juvenile records. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 1794 | Relating to adding court-related employees to the assault in the third degree statute. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1795 | Relating to the higher education opportunity act. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/06/11 |
| 1803 | Relating to modifying the Columbia river basin management program to prospectively maximize investment tools. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1808 | Relating to the opportunity to earn postsecondary credit during high school. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1811 | Relating to allowing for informed telephonic consent for access to housing or homelessness services. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1822 | Relating to establishing the first Washington nonprofit online university. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1826 | Relating to providing taxpayers additional appeal protections for value changes. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1829 | Relating to creating an Indian education division in the office of the superintendent of public instruction. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1846 | Relating to the aerospace training student loan program. | Signed | 03/24/11 |
| 1854 | Relating to annexation of territory by regional fire protection service authorities. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1858 | Relating to the department of social and health services' authority with regard to semi-secure and secure crisis residential centers and HOPE centers. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1861 | Relating to the sale or lease of surplus state-owned railroad properties. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/22/11 |
| 1864 | Relating to debt collection. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1867 | Relating to clarifying that prepaid wireless services are not intended to be considered as gift cards or gift certificates. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 1874 | Relating to police investigations of commercial sexual exploitation of children and human trafficking. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1886 | Relating to implementing recommendations developed in accordance with Substitute Senate Bill No. 5248, chapter 353, Laws of 2007. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1897 | Relating to establishing a rural mobility grant program. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1899 | Relating to penalties for public records violations. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1902 | Relating to a business and occupation tax deduction for amounts received with respect to child welfare services. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 1903 | Relating to background checks for child care licensees and employees. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1909 | Relating to creating a funding mechanism to promote innovation at community and technical colleges. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1916 | Relating to business services delivered by associate development organizations. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1922 | Relating to requiring certain vehicles to stop at a weigh station for inspection and weight measurement. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1923 | Relating to requiring the denial of a concealed pistol license application when the applicant is ineligible to possess a firearm under federal law. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 1933 | Relating to certain collector vehicle license plate provisions. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 1937 | Relating to authorizing local improvement district funding to benefit innovation partnership zones for the purposes of economic development. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1939 | Relating to defining federally recognized tribes as agencies for purposes of agency-affiliated counselors. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 1953 | Relating to county and city real estate excise taxes. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 1965 | Relating to public and private partnership in addressing adverse childhood experiences. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 1966 | Relating to clarifying that manure is an agricultural product for the purposes of commercial drivers' licenses. | Signed | 04/20/11 |
| 1967 | Relating to modifying provisions related to public transportation system planning. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 1969 | Relating to the exemption of flood control zone districts that are coextensive with a county from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 1981 | Relating to public employee postretirement employment and higher education employees' annuities and retirement income plans. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2003 | Relating to premium payments for children's health coverage for children in families with income greater than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level who are not eligible for the federal children's health insurance program. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2017 | Relating to the master license service program. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 2019 | Relating to the deposit of the additional cigarette tax. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 2020 | Relating to funding capital projects. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2021 | Relating to annual increase amounts in the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 2065 | Relating to allocation of funding for students enrolled in alternative learning experiences. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2069 | Relating to increasing the sum available to the state from the hospital safety net assessment fund by reducing hospital payments. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2070 | Relating to determining average salary for the pension purposes of state and local government employees as certified by their employer. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 2082 | Relating to reforming the disability lifeline program through essential needs and housing support for persons not likely to meet federal supplemental security income disability standards, continued aid and support for other disability lifeline recipients, and modification of the disability lifeline medical care services needed to receive federal funding. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 2088 | Relating to creating the opportunity scholarship board to assist middle-income students and invest in high employer demand programs. | Signed | 06/06/11 |
| 2115 | Relating to legislative review of performance standards for the statewide student assessment. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 2119 | Relating to sums due by beneficiaries for reporting certain notices of default. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 2123 | Relating to stabilizing workers' compensation premium rates and claim costs through the limited means of creating the stay-at-work program, suspending cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal year 2012 with no catch-up and delaying the initial adjustment, allowing claim resolution structured settlements for injured workers age fifty-five and older effective 2012, fifty-three and older effective 2015, and fifty and older effective 2016, adjusting pension benefits for prior permanent partial disability awards, eliminating the interest on permanent partial disability award schedules, providing safety and health investment grants, creating the industrial insurance rainy day fund, directing the department of labor and industries to increase its employer, worker, and provider fraud prevention efforts, requiring a performance audit by the joint legislative audit and review committee of workers' compensation claims management in the workers' compensation system to include self-insured claims, and studying occupational disease claims in the workers' compensation system. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
Senate Bills
| Bill | Description | Signed | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5000 | Relating to mandating a twelve-hour impound hold on motor vehicles used by persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5005 | Relating to exemption from immunization. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5011 | Relating to victimization of homeless persons. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5018 | Relating to wound care management in occupational therapy. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5020 | Relating to protecting consumers by assuring persons using the title of social worker have graduated with a degree in social work from an educational program accredited by the council on social work education. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5021 | Relating to enhancing election campaign disclosure requirements to promote greater transparency for the public. | Signed | 04/22/11 |
| 5023 | Relating to nonlegal immigration-related services. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5025 | Relating to making requests by or on behalf of an inmate under the public records act ineligible for penalties. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5033 | Relating to the sale of water-sewer district real property. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5034 | Relating to private infrastructure development. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 5035 | Relating to the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5036 | Relating to the derelict vessel and invasive species removal fee. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5042 | Relating to protection of vulnerable adults. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5044 | Relating to the tax preference review process. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5045 | Relating to making technical corrections to gender-based terms. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/12/11 |
| 5057 | Relating to the income tax required to be paid by a trustee. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5058 | Relating to receivership. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5061 | Relating to reconciling changes made to vehicle and vessel registration and title provisions during the 2010 legislative sessions. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5065 | Relating to prevention of animal cruelty. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5067 | Relating to changing the certified and registered mail requirements of the department of labor and industries and employment security department. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5068 | Relating to the abatement of violations of the Washington industrial safety and health act during an appeal. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5070 | Relating to prevailing wage records requests. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5071 | Relating to providing licensed midwives and marriage and family therapists online access to the University of Washington health sciences library. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5072 | Relating to the authority of the department of agriculture to accept and expend gifts. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5073 | Relating to medical use of cannabis. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/29/11 |
| 5076 | Relating to the subpoena authority of the department of financial institutions. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5083 | Relating to clarifying that the basis for business and occupation tax for real estate firms is the commission amount received by each real estate firm involved in a transaction. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/12/11 |
| 5091 | Relating to delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 5097 | Relating to juveniles with developmental disabilities who are in correctional detention centers, juvenile correction institutions or facilities, and jails. | Vetoed | 05/10/11 |
| 5098 | Relating to exempting personal information from public inspection and copying. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5105 | Relating to the conditional release of persons committed as criminally insane to their county of origin. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5115 | Relating to private transfer fee obligations. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5116 | Relating to public health district authority as it relates to gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5117 | Relating to the population restrictions for a geographic area to qualify as a rural public hospital district. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5119 | Relating to cancellation of the 2012 presidential primary. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5122 | Relating to changes for implementation of the affordable care act in Washington state. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 5124 | Relating to elections by mail. | Signed | 04/05/11 |
| 5135 | Relating to responding to the current economic conditions by temporarily modifying the unemployment insurance program. | Signed | 02/11/11 |
| 5141 | Relating to limiting the issuance of motorcycle instruction permits. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5149 | Relating to requiring the department of health to collect current and past employment information in the cancer registry program. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5152 | Relating to naturopathic physicians. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5156 | Relating to airport lounges under the alcohol beverage control act. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5157 | Relating to the operation of foreign trade zones on property adjacent to but outside a port district. | Signed | 04/05/11 |
| 5167 | Relating to tax statute clarifications and technical corrections, including for the purposes of local rental car taxes. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5168 | Relating to reducing maximum sentences for gross misdemeanors by one day. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5170 | Relating to increasing the number of judges to be elected in Grant county. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5171 | Relating to facilitating voting for service and overseas voters. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5172 | Relating to authorizing the use of short-term, on-site child care for the children of facility employees. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5174 | Relating to encouraging instruction in the history of civil rights. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5181 | Relating to limitations on state debt. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5182 | Relating to establishing the office of student financial assistance by eliminating the higher education coordinating board and transferring its functions to various entities. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/06/11 |
| 5184 | Relating to second-class school districts and compliance reports. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5186 | Relating to skiing in an area closed to the public. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5187 | Relating to the accountability of mental health professionals employed by an evaluation and treatment facility for communicating with a parent or guardian about the option of parent- initiated mental health treatment. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5192 | Relating to provisions for notifications and appeals timelines under the shoreline management act. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5195 | Relating to requiring information to be filed by the prosecuting attorney for certain violations under driving while license is suspended or revoked provisions. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5203 | Relating to improving the administration and efficiency of sex and kidnapping offender registration. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5204 | Relating to juveniles who have been adjudicated of a sex offense. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5213 | Relating to insurance. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5224 | Relating to preparation charges for condominium resale certificates. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5232 | Relating to prize-linked savings deposits. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5239 | Relating to the allocation method used for the distribution of federal forest revenue to public schools. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5241 | Relating to the authority of a watershed management partnership. | Signed | 04/15/11 |
| 5242 | Relating to motorcycle profiling. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5253 | Relating to tax increment financing for landscape conservation and local infrastructure. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5271 | Relating to abandoned or derelict vessels. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5278 | Relating to information contained in rate notices under the industrial insurance laws. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5289 | Relating to a business and occupation tax deduction for payments made to certain property management companies for personnel performing on-site functions. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 5295 | Relating to leases of irrigation district property. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5300 | Relating to enhancing the use of Washington natural resources in public buildings. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5304 | Relating to forecasting the caseloads of the state need grant program and the Washington college bound scholarship program. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5307 | Relating to evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements in medical professions. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5326 | Relating to negligent driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death of a vulnerable user of a public way. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5337 | Relating to financial assistance to privately owned airports available for general use of the public. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5350 | Relating to the unlawful dumping of solid waste. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5352 | Relating to providing eyeglasses for medicaid enrollees. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5359 | Relating to contiguous land under current use open space property tax programs. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5364 | Relating to public water system operating permits. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5367 | Relating to authorizing the economic development finance authority to continue issuing bonds. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5371 | Relating to guaranteed issue health insurance for persons under age nineteen. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 5374 | Relating to making technical, nonsubstantive changes to department of agriculture-related sections. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5375 | Relating to the department of financial institutions' regulation of trust companies. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5385 | Relating to increasing revenue to the state wildlife account. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5386 | Relating to establishing a work group to increase organ donation in Washington state. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5388 | Relating to the liability of owners of recreational land and water areas. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5389 | Relating to the membership of the early learning advisory council. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5392 | Relating to including technology as an educational core concept and principle. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5394 | Relating to primary care health homes and chronic care management. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 5395 | Relating to domestic violence fatality review panels. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5423 | Relating to legal financial obligations. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5427 | Relating to the assessment of students in state-funded full- day kindergarten classrooms. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5428 | Relating to notification to schools regarding the release of certain offenders. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5436 | Relating to the use of antifouling paints on recreational water vessels. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5442 | Relating to an accelerated baccalaureate degree program. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5445 | Relating to the creation of a health benefit exchange. | Signed | 05/11/11 |
| 5451 | Relating to shoreline structures in a master program adopted under the shoreline management act. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5452 | Relating to improving communication, collaboration, and expedited medicaid attainment with regard to persons diverted, arrested, confined or to be released from confinement or commitment who have mental health or chemical dependency disorders. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5457 | Relating to providing a congestion reduction charge to fund the operational and capital needs of transit agencies. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5459 | Relating to services for people with developmental disabilities. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/15/11 |
| 5463 | Relating to common student identifiers for community and technical colleges. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5480 | Relating to physician and physician assistants license renewal requirements. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5482 | Relating to authorizing existing funding to house victims of human trafficking and their families. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5485 | Relating to maximizing the use of our state's natural resources. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5487 | Relating to eggs and egg products in intrastate commerce. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5492 | Relating to the Washington beer commission. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5495 | Relating to shareholder quorum and voting requirements under the Washington business corporation act. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5500 | Relating to the rule-making process for state economic policy. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5501 | Relating to the taxation of employee meals provided without specific charge. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5502 | Relating to the regulation, operations, and safety of limousine carriers. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5504 | Relating to unlicensed child care. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5505 | Relating to allowing the use of federal census data to determine the resident population of annexed territory. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5525 | Relating to hospital benefit zones that have already formed. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5526 | Relating to incentives for stirling converters. | Signed | 04/27/11 |
| 5531 | Relating to the judicial costs of commitments for involuntary mental health treatment. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5538 | Relating to members of certain nonprofit conservation corps programs. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5540 | Relating to automated school bus safety cameras. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5546 | Relating to the crime of human trafficking. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5555 | Relating to interbasin transfers of water rights. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5574 | Relating to collection agencies. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5579 | Relating to harassment. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5581 | Relating to nursing homes. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 5584 | Relating to conforming with federal labor standards for apprenticeship programs. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5585 | Relating to street rod and custom vehicles. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5589 | Relating to heavy haul industrial corridors. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5590 | Relating to lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5594 | Relating to handling of hazardous drugs. | Signed | 04/13/11 |
| 5595 | Relating to distribution of the public utility district privilege tax. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5596 | Relating to creating flexibility in the medicaid program. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 5614 | Relating to requests for funds necessary to implement the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of bargaining agreements with the University of Washington under chapter 41.80 RCW. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5622 | Relating to recreation access on state lands. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5625 | Relating to authorizing implementation of a nonexpiring license for early learning providers. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5628 | Relating to a limited property tax exemption from the emergency medical services levy. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5633 | Relating to exempting agricultural fair premiums from the unclaimed property act. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5635 | Relating to changes in the point of diversion under a surface water right permit located between Columbia river miles 215.6 and 292. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5636 | Relating to expanding opportunities in higher education in north Puget Sound. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5638 | Relating to the exemption of certain taxing districts. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
| 5656 | Relating to a state Indian child welfare act. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5658 | Relating to the sale or exchange of surplus real property by the department of transportation. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5662 | Relating to establishing a preference for resident contractors on public works. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5664 | Relating to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5688 | Relating to shark finning activities. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5691 | Relating to crime victims' compensation. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/12/11 |
| 5700 | Relating to certain toll facilities. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 05/16/11 |
| 5708 | Relating to reshaping the delivery of long-term care services. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5722 | Relating to the use of moneys collected from the local option sales tax to support chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and therapeutic courts. | Signed | 05/12/11 |
| 5731 | Relating to Washington manufacturing services. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5741 | Relating to the economic development commission. | Signed | 05/10/11 |
| 5742 | Relating to the Washington state ferry system. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/07/11 |
| 5747 | Relating to Washington horse racing funds. | Signed | 04/05/11 |
| 5748 | Relating to cottage food operations. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5749 | Relating to the Washington advanced college tuition payment program. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/06/11 |
| 5763 | Relating to amending the existing nonresident retail sales tax exemption. | Signed | 03/14/11 |
| 5764 | Relating to innovate Washington. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/07/11 |
| 5769 | Relating to coal-fired electric generation facilities. | Signed | 04/29/11 |
| 5773 | Relating to making a health savings account option and high deductible health plan option and a direct patient-provider primary care practice option available to public employees. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 5784 | Relating to advancing the regional ocean partnership. | Signed | 05/03/11 |
| 5788 | Relating to regulating liquor by changing tied house and licensing provisions and making clarifying and technical changes to liquor laws. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 04/18/11 |
| 5791 | Relating to commercial activity at certain park and ride lots. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5797 | Relating to eliminating the urban arterial trust account. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5800 | Relating to authorizing the use of modified off-road motorcycles on public roads. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5801 | Relating to establishing medical provider networks and expanding centers for occupational health and education in the industrial insurance system. | Signed | 03/14/11 |
| 5806 | Relating to a veteran lottery raffle. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5834 | Relating to permitting counties to direct an existing portion of local lodging taxes to programs for arts, culture, heritage, tourism, and housing. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5836 | Relating to allowing certain private transportation providers to use certain public transportation facilities. | Signed | 05/16/11 |
| 5849 | Relating to estates and trusts. | Signed | 04/18/11 |
| 5860 | Relating to temporary compensation reductions for state government employees during the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5891 | Relating to criminal justice cost savings. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5907 | Relating to implementing the policy recommendations resulting from the national institute of corrections review of prison safety. | Signed | 05/05/11 |
| 5912 | Relating to the expansion of family planning services to two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5919 | Relating to education funding. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/07/11 |
| 5921 | Relating to social services. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/15/11 |
| 5927 | Relating to limiting payments for health care services provided to low-income enrollees in state purchased health care programs. | Signed | 05/31/11 |
| 5931 | Relating to reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government. | Signed/ Partial Veto | 06/15/11 |
| 5941 | Relating to judicial branch funding. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5942 | Relating to the warehousing and distribution of liquor, including the lease and modernization of the state's liquor warehousing and distribution facilities. | Signed | 06/15/11 |
| 5956 | Relating to the prohibited practices of collection agencies. | Signed | 06/07/11 |
