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Senator Don Benton

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5011 Prohibiting the state of Washington and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that infringe or restrict private property rights without due process. 
SB 5012 Verifying the lawful status of individuals upon obtaining or renewing their state-issued drivers' licenses or related identification.  Fiscal Note
SB 5013 Requiring a vote of the people before all annexations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5014 Limiting the power of eminent domain. 
SB 5015 Including a child fourteen or younger in the aggravated first degree murder provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5016 Eliminating the periodic replacement requirement for license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5017 Eliminating the certificate of need review for all health care facilities except hospitals.  Fiscal Note
SB 5018 Eliminating the requirement to purchase public art with appropriations made for construction of public buildings. 
SB 5019 Concerning the use of public resources by office holders during campaigns. 
SB 5082 Concerning exchange facilitator requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5083 Concerning the display of political yard signs in homeowners' associations. 
SB 5084 Concerning discounted discovery passes for disabled veterans.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning discounted discover passes for disabled veterans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5085 Concerning voter approval of a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan. 
SB 5086 Establishing a joint safety rest area demonstration project.  Fiscal Note
SB 5087 Preventing illegal aliens from qualifying as resident students for purposes of in-state tuition and financial aid.  Fiscal Note
SB 5088 Concerning the equal distribution of votes within certain taxing districts.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing the establishment of high capacity transportation corridor areas. 
SB 5089 Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5090 Preventing the extension of light rail from Oregon to Washington on Interstate 5 between Portland and Vancouver.  Fiscal Note
SB 5091 Creating the taxpayer savings account. 
SB 5092 Providing an exemption from continuing competency requirements for registered nurses who seek advanced nursing degrees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5093 Concerning a transportation benefit district vehicle fee. 
SB 5116 Exempting transfers of real property by operation of law or court order from the requirement to file a real estate excise tax affidavit.  Fiscal Note
SB 5143 Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen. 
SB 5156 Requiring notification to parents or guardians in cases of abortion.  Fiscal Note
SB 5184 Expanding the membership of the capital projects advisory review board. 
SB 5208 Addressing fees and semiannual assessments, powers, lending limits, and technical amendments related to state-chartered banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning banks, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, and making technical amendments to the laws governing the department of financial institutions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5258 Aggregating the cost of related ballot measure advertisements for purposes of top five sponsor identification requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5263 Concerning motorcycles overtaking and passing pedestrians and bicyclists. 
SB 5264 Concerning the transportation and storage of certain explosive devices. 
SB 5269 Addressing title insurance rate filings.  Fiscal Note
SB 5302 Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5306 Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant. 
SB 5378 Creating a six-year time frame for substantial building code amendments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5379 Concerning nighttime vision acuity testing for driver's license applicants. 
SB 5380 Concerning the verification of voter registration qualifications. 
SB 5381 Concerning cellular telephone use by state employees.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Limiting use of cellular devices by state employees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5382 Promoting economic development through tax relief for start-up firms.  Fiscal Note
SB 5383 Removing one of the restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work.  Fiscal Note
SB 5419 Increasing the cap on small loans. 
SB 5425 Concerning the entering of monetary judgments against defendants under the residential and manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant acts. 
SB 5439 Concerning the administrative costs for the allocation, management, and oversight of housing trust fund investments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5498 Authorizing counties to establish and conduct polling place voting. 
SB 5499 Changing the time for filing initiative measures. 
SB 5500 Providing a replacement ballot by telephone, mail, or in person to a voter who is not a voter that is overseas or in the military. 
SB 5502 Requiring Columbia river crossing project tolling agreements to contain certain provisions. 
SB 5523 Concerning the property taxation of mobile homes and park model trailers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5579 Addressing land use decisions. 
SB 5583 Requiring an annual permit fee on studded tire use.  Fiscal Note
SB 5584 Authorizing the sale of rights to name or rename state transportation facilities. 
SB 5585 Requiring drug testing for recipients of benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5610 Concerning local government selection of appropriate sewer systems in urban areas. 
SB 5611 Concerning representation on the transportation commission for regions impacted by tolling. 
SB 5614 Encouraging reconciliation and nonadversarial approaches to dissolution.  Fiscal Note
SB 5775 Allowing for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses and identicards.  Fiscal Note
SB 5819 Providing a moratorium on rule making. 
SB 5820 Providing for a suspension of the growth management act during certain periods of high unemployment within a county. 
SB 5821 Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making. 
SB 5869 Requiring expiration of enactments of the legislature with fiscal impacts unless funding is provided. 
SB 5924 Concerning voter-approved local transportation funding options. 
SJR 8200 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.  Fiscal Note
SR 8614 Honoring President Ronald Wilson Reagan. 
SR 8650 Recognizing National Donate Life Month. 
SR 8661 Honoring Brush Prairie Baptist Church. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5007 Regulating the settling of certain insurer transactions. 
SB 5008 Addressing portable electronics insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5048 Concerning notice against trespass. 
SB 5054 Establishing a process for the acquisition of habitat and recreation lands by the state.  Fiscal Note
SB 5058 Concerning assault of a corrections officer, law enforcement officer, or other employee of a law enforcement agency.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning assault of a corrections officer, law enforcement officer, community corrections officer, or an employee responsible for the supervision of a sentenced offender in a detention facility.  Fiscal Note
SB 5059 Concerning the crime of rendering criminal assistance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5062 Providing measures to deal with squatters on foreclosed properties. 
SB 5063 Regarding ethics in public service.  Fiscal Note
SB 5065 Regulating the settling of certain insurer transactions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5070 Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops.  Fiscal Note
SB 5079 Providing compensation for damage to livestock caused by wolves.  Fiscal Note
SB 5094 Requiring notification of sex offenders attending schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5108 Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.  Fiscal Note
SB 5109 Creating a business and occupation tax exemption for new businesses.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Creating a business and occupation tax credit for new businesses.  Fiscal Note
SB 5113 Concerning the enforcement of speed limits on roads within condominium associations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5114 Regarding access to K-12 campuses for occupational or educational information. 
SB 5118 Addressing access to original birth certificates after adoption finalization.  Fiscal Note
SB 5120 Concerning expenditures for works of art. 
SB 5121 Concerning the effect of zoning ordinances on hobby vehicle restoration. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the restoration of collector vehicles. ) 
SB 5124 Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits. 
SB 5125 Addressing workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims. 
SB 5126 Concerning recovery for purposes of legal actions under the industrial insurance statutes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5127 Amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent. )  Fiscal Note
SB 5128 Addressing compensation for injured workers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5131 Providing tax incentives for donations of modern laboratory equipment to higher education institutions and vocational skills centers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5134 Concerning reserve studies for certain homeowners' associations. 
SB 5142 Incorporating motorcycles into certain transportation planning. 
SB 5162 Prohibiting a child custody award to a suspect in an active murder investigation. 
SB 5163 Requiring that child protective service workers be licensed as social workers and bonded.  Fiscal Note
SB 5179 Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.  Fiscal Note
SB 5180 Improving access to higher education for students with disabilities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5185 Concerning the powers of water-sewer districts. 
SB 5186 Concerning contractor's bond. 
SB 5189 Concerning photovoltaic electrical systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5207 Addressing the consumer loan act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5209 Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5214 Concerning a business and occupation tax deduction for donated medical services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5218 Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties. 
SB 5229 Concerning the penalty schedule for alcohol and drug violators. 
SB 5239 Addressing project selection by the freight mobility strategic investment board.  Fiscal Note
SB 5257 Modifying time frames applicable to certain public disclosure commission requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5265 Regarding transparency in patient billing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5307 Expanding the definition of unlawful detainer to include a provision governing at-will tenancies. 
SB 5309 Authorizing certain water-sewer districts to use the job order contracting procedure. 
SB 5312 Authorizing small consumer installment loans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5320 Requiring the county auditor to establish a minimum number of ballot drop boxes for counties and cities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5325 Concerning the definition of a rural county for public facilities' sales and use tax purposes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5326 Delaying new storm water requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5336 Concerning the standard of evidence for appeals of valuation of property for purposes of taxation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5338 Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Addressing debt adjuster compensation. ) 
SB 5341 Concerning the use of nonconviction records for employment and housing opportunities. 
SB 5344 Revising state statutes concerning trusts. 
SB 5386 Reducing the littering of retail carryout bags. 
SB 5391 Concerning an exemption from discover pass requirements for off-road vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 5424 Concerning paint stewardship.  Fiscal Note
SB 5431 Recognizing hydroelectricity as an eligible renewable resource in the energy independence act. 
SB 5448 Narrowing the requirement that utilities purchase electricity, renewable energy credits, or electric generating facilities that are not needed to serve their customers' loads. 
SB 5483 Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5490 Concerning veterans' assistance levies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5501 Reducing certain requirements affecting school districts. 
SB 5507 Increasing transparency of donors to candidates and ballot measures. 
SB 5513 Regulating the use of off-road vehicles in certain areas.  Fiscal Note
SB 5514 Concerning utility rates and charges for vacant mobile home lots in manufactured housing communities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5515 Concerning fees for certain vehicle title, registration, and permitting services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5522 Concerning rental agreement renewal requirements for manufactured housing communities. 
SB 5524 Authorizing Washington pharmacies to fill prescriptions written by physician assistants in other states.  Fiscal Note
SB 5529 Creating a sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and supplies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5604 Creating "National Rifle Association" special license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5608 Authorizing certain corporate officers to receive unemployment benefits. 
SB 5609 Concerning requirements governing and associated with plat approvals. 
SB 5664 Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5669 Concerning trafficking.  Fiscal Note
SB 5675 Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage.  Fiscal Note
SB 5676 Protecting personal voter signatures. 
SB 5716 Requiring a summary of capital appropriations by legislative district to accompany each capital appropriations bill. 
SB 5726 Placing geographic limitations on local paid sick leave and paid safe leave programs. 
SB 5728 Declaring state preemption of local paid sick and paid safe leave regulation. 
SB 5745 Modifying the authority and duties of county treasurers. 
SB 5782 Establishing standards for the use of public unmanned aircraft systems. 
SB 5831 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for clay targets purchased by nonprofit gun clubs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5841 Modifying the distribution of initial and renewal vehicle license fees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5845 Concerning attorney compensation from clients with little or no ability to pay. 
SB 5883 Providing for more equitable funding of public higher education. 
SB 5888 Concerning the fuel tax used to determine fuel tax distributions to certain accounts. 
SB 5927 Concerning the right to engage in commerce free from discrimination. 
SJM 8001 Requesting that Interstate 5 be named the "Purple Heart Trail."  Fiscal Note
SJM 8005 Requesting that state route number 117 be designated as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway. 
SJR 8201 Amending the state Constitution to require a balanced budget. 
SJR 8202 Amending the Constitution to prohibit the legislature from enacting legislation taxing net or earned income. 
SJR 8203 Amending the state Constitution to allow a reasonable suspicion standard in certain searches of students on school grounds. 
SJR 8204 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes. 
SJR 8205 Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.  Fiscal Note
SJR 8206 Amending the Constitution to require emergency clauses only be allowed by amendment to a bill and approved by sixty percent of each house of the legislature. 
SR 8604 Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
SR 8610 Honoring the career of Senator Bob Morton. 
SR 8611 Reaffirming Washington's commitment to a strong relationship with Taiwan. 
SR 8612 Honoring Senator Jerome Delvin. 
SR 8621 Recognizing the Washington state wing of the Civil Air Patrol. 
SR 8622 Recognizing Gifted Education Day and Week. 
SR 8628 Honoring the life and legislative career of Senator Wojahn. 
SR 8636 Honoring Peace Corps volunteers and recognizing the 2013 Top Peace Corps Volunteer-Producing Colleges. 
SR 8641 Recognizing and expressing appreciation for Sea Service personnel. 
SR 8642 Celebrating the National Day of the Cowboy. 
SR 8643 Proclaiming Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. 
SR 8651 Honoring Doris M. Brougham for her lifelong achievements. 
SR 8655 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 American Mt. Everest Expedition.