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Governor Gregoire Signs Legislation to Protect Veterans, Members of the Military from Discrimination

For Immediate Release: April 21, 2007

Governor also takes action on a bill to protect the quality of canola and vegetable crops

OLYMPIA - Governor Gregoire today signed into law a measure that will amend the Washington Law Against Discrimination to prohibit discrimination based on veteran or military status.

�When our veterans come home, we should welcome them, thank them and do everything we can to help them readjust to life with their friends and family,� said Governor Gregoire. �This bill is another way in which we are working to help veterans, to make their transition back home as easy as it can be.�

Senate Bill 5123, sponsored by Sen. Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens), passed the House with 90 votes and passed the Senate with 48 votes. The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the Legislative session.

Governor Gregoire Signs Bill to Protect Quality and Value of Canola and Vegetable Crops

Governor Chris Gregoire today signed into law a measure that encourages the development of new bio-fuel crops and farmers, while protecting our existing crops and farmers.

�The vegetable seed industry has been in Washington for over 100 years and production of canola for biofuels and bio-products is a new industry that could help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and improve farm income,� said Governor Gregoire. �This bill allows canola and vegetable seed crops to co-exist, encouraging the development of new bio-fuel crops and farmers, while protecting our existing crops and farmers.�

House Bill 1888, sponsored by Rep. Kelli Linville (D-Bellingham), passed the House with 97 votes and passed the Senate with 48 votes. The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the Legislative session.

Additional Bill Action Today

Governor Gregoire today also signed the following bills into law:

  • HB 1054 - Relating to membership of the information services board.
  • SHB 1135 - Relating to aquifer conservation zones in qualifying island cities without access to potable water sources outside their jurisdiction.
  • HB 1247 - Relating to eligibility for long-term care services.
  • ESHB 1249 - Relating to hunter education.
  • SHB 1258 - Relating to the disbursement of funds by air pollution control agencies.
  • HB 1341 - Relating to limiting the regulation of the practice of massage by political subdivisions.
  • HB 1344 - Relating to a window tint exemption for law enforcement vehicles.
  • HB 1370 - Relating to public workers excluded from prevailing wages on public works provisions.
  • HB 1412 - Relating to providing a one-year extension for shoreline master program updates in RCW 90.58.080.
  • HB 1431 - Relating to certificates of discharge.
  • HB 1447 - Relating to temporary management in boarding homes.
  • SHB 1500 - Relating to permanent partial disability claims.
  • HB 1528 - Relating to electronic voter registration.
  • SHB 1642 - Relating to criminal violations of no-contact orders, protection orders, and restraining orders.
  • SHB 1669 - Relating to district and municipal court preconviction and postconviction probation and supervision services for persons charged with or convicted of misdemeanor crimes.
  • HB 1670 - Relating to the role of school counselors in public schools.
  • SSHB 1677 - Relating to outdoor education and recreation.
  • EHB 1688 - Relating to the fair and orderly marketing of fruits and vegetables by the state of Washington.
  • SHB 1693 - Relating to time periods for collective bargaining by state ferry employees.
  • HB 1747 - Relating to the acquisition of insurance for regional transit authority projects over one hundred million dollars.
  • ESHB 1756 - Relating to the department of fish and wildlife's hound hunting cougar season pilot project.
  • SHB 1826 - Relating to medical benefits.
  • HB 1831 - Relating to the definition for election cycle.
  • ESHB 1981 - Relating to excise taxation of electronically delivered financial information.
  • HB 1994 - Relating to overpayments received by courts.
  • ESHB 2111 - Relating to making the governor the public employer of adult family home providers.
  • ESHB 2164 - Relating to property tax exemptions for multiple-unit housing in urban centers within the boundaries of the campus facilities master plan of any state institution of higher education.
  • SHB 2286 - Relating to interstate branching.
  • SHB 2300 - Relating to college textbooks.
  • SSB 5445 - Relating to cost-reimbursement agreements.
  • SSB 5568 - Relating to extending the date when counties east of the crest of the Cascade mountains that pledge lodging tax revenue for payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975, must allow a credit for city lodging taxes.
  • SSB 5676 - Relating to temporary total disability.
  • SB 5773 - Relating to treatment records.
  • SSB 5972 - Relating to the surface mining reclamation act.
  • SSB 5984 - Relating to performing engineering services on significant structures.
  • SB 6014 - Relating to industrial development on reclaimed surface coal mine sites.


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