Senator Steve Litzow

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5242 Requiring policies regarding assignment of certificated instructional staff. 
SB 5243 Establishing policies to support academic acceleration for high school students.  Fiscal Note
SB 5244 Regarding school suspensions and expulsions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5245 Regarding the collection of student suspension and expulsion data.  Fiscal Note
SB 5246 Clarifying the teacher and principal evaluation process with the intent of strengthening the process.  Fiscal Note
SB 5328 Creating a school-grading program that relies on the accountability index.  Fiscal Note
SB 5329 Creating the state superintendent school district.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Assisting persistently lowest-achieving schools to become more accountable. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Transforming persistently failing schools. )
  Fiscal Note
SB 5587 Concerning student assessments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5588 Changing the definition of "school day."
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring an analysis of how school districts use school days.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5667 Providing for a single set of laws and procedures governing online learning. 
SB 5696 Providing limited civil immunity from liability for apiarists.  Fiscal Note
SB 5754 Concerning integrated career learning opportunities and employment training for at-risk youth.  Fiscal Note
SB 5755 Establishing a comprehensive initiative to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through multiple strategies and statewide partnerships.  Fiscal Note
SB 5790 Expanding participation in innovation academy cooperatives. 
SB 5807 Encouraging qualifying utilities to invest in and own distributed solar energy systems by reducing the cost of such systems by allowing qualifying utilities to use the investment cost recovery incentive program, by improving the economic value of solar energy systems relative to utility scale wind generation under the energy independence act, and by giving electrical companies regulatory certainty with respect to their investment in cost-effective distributed solar energy systems. 
SB 5809 Changing provisions relating to the home visiting services account.  Fiscal Note
SB 5846 Requiring the evaluation of options to mitigate the effect of tolling Interstate 90 west of Interstate 405 on certain residents.  Fiscal Note
SB 5852 Improving student achievement and student outcomes. 
SB 5863 Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for charter schools and nonprofit education service providers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5888 Concerning the fuel tax used to determine fuel tax distributions to certain accounts. 
SB 5901 Providing education reforms.  Fiscal Note

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5009 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. 
SB 5050 Authorizing registered tow truck operators to carry passengers in a vehicle attached to a flatbed tow truck under certain situations. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Authorizing tow truck operators to carry passengers in a vehicle attached to a flatbed tow truck under certain situations. )  Fiscal Note
SB 5066 Authorizing certain local authorities to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways. 
SB 5070 Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops.  Fiscal Note
SB 5081 Regarding unlawful trade in shark fins. 
SB 5084 Concerning discounted discovery passes for disabled veterans.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning discounted discover passes for disabled veterans.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5094 Requiring notification of sex offenders attending schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5101 Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for certain financial information provided to qualifying businesses providing international investment management services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5103 Concerning grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5104 Placing epinephrine autoinjectors in schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5117 Regarding family involvement coordinators in public schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5119 Creating a sentence enhancement for body armor.  Fiscal Note
SB 5121 Concerning the effect of zoning ordinances on hobby vehicle restoration. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the restoration of collector vehicles. ) 
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 5146 Creating a competitive grant program for informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.  Fiscal Note
SB 5172 Enacting the Ike act. 
SB 5181 Concerning flame retardants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5197 Requiring additional safety features in school construction and remodeling.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Taking measures to promote safe school buildings.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5237 Establishing accountability for student performance in third grade.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Establishing accountability for student performance in reading.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5241 Concerning nonresident vessel permits and taxation. 
SB 5259 Creating Seattle University special license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5278 Providing a salary bonus for teachers in high market demand subjects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5282 Creating a statewide database of mental health commitment information.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Creating a statewide database of mental health commitment information. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Creating a work group for consolidation of statewide involuntary commitment information. )
  Fiscal Note
SB 5301 Regarding student suspension and expulsion.  Fiscal Note
SB 5375 Modifying assault in the third degree provisions. 
SB 5376 Concerning juvenile firearms and weapons crimes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5389 Concerning sibling visitation for children in foster care.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning sibling visitation and sibling contact for children in foster care. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning limitations on visitation or contact with children in foster care. )
  Fiscal Note
SB 5409 Extending the sales and use tax exemption of machinery and equipment that generate electricity from specified sources.  Fiscal Note
SB 5413 Expanding metal theft provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5440 Creating support public schools special license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5445 Funding capital projects.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Funding public school capital projects.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5451 Supporting music education for young children in public schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5467 Conforming vehicle owner list furnishment requirements with federal law.  Fiscal Note
SB 5477 Delineating standard diplomas and applied diplomas. 
SB 5491 Establishing statewide indicators of educational health.  Fiscal Note
SB 5497 Concerning assault in the third degree against a school employee.  Fiscal Note
SB 5501 Reducing certain requirements affecting school districts. 
SB 5503 Concerning payment of delinquent property taxes. 
SB 5519 Concerning planning measures to provide long-term care services and supports needs of the aging population.  Fiscal Note
SB 5528 Concerning the medical use of cannabis. 
SB 5531 Measuring performance of the child welfare system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5536 Concerning the marine employees' commission. 
SB 5544 Requiring an online higher education transfer and student advising system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5545 Establishing the working waterfront redevelopment jobs act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5546 Concerning floatation devices on state-owned aquatic lands and in state waters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5547 Addressing ocean acidification by taking action on the recommendations of the governor's blue ribbon panel on ocean acidification.  Fiscal Note
SB 5563 Regarding training for school employees in the prevention of sexual abuse.  Fiscal Note
SB 5569 Establishing a requirement and system for reporting incidents of student restraint and isolation in public schools. 
SB 5571 Increasing public awareness of mental illness and its consequences.  Fiscal Note
SB 5576 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5586 Requiring the certificate of need review to include a determination of whether hospitals are able to provide a full range of legal medical services. 
SB 5595 Concerning child care reform.  Fiscal Note
SB 5598 Concerning the disposition of surplus property for the development of affordable housing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5606 Concerning fire suppression water facilities and services provided by municipal and other water purveyors. 
SB 5624 Aligning high-demand secondary STEM or career and technical education programs with applied baccalaureate programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5625 Requiring universal background checks for firearms transfers. 
SB 5627 Concerning the taxation of commuter air carriers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5638 Addressing the fiscal impacts of bills and budgets.  Fiscal Note
SB 5671 Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services. 
SB 5679 Improving the business climate and stimulating job creation by requiring certain agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules.  Fiscal Note
SB 5680 Promoting economic development by providing information to businesses.  Fiscal Note
SB 5706 Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5707 Regarding net metering of electricity. 
SB 5710 Concerning reckless endangerment resulting from unsafe storage of firearms. 
SB 5711 Requiring universal background checks for firearms transfers. 
SB 5720 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees. 
SB 5722 Concerning the utilities and transportation commission's regulatory authority over railroads. 
SB 5791 Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing industry.  Fiscal Note
SB 5794 Concerning alternative learning experience courses.  Fiscal Note
SB 5798 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. 
SB 5802 Developing recommendations to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emissions limits.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Developing recommendations to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emissions targets.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5826 Addressing the shared leave pool. 
SB 5842 Encouraging the creation of competitive districts in the redistricting plan. 
SB 5845 Concerning attorney compensation from clients with little or no ability to pay. 
SB 5855 Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for amounts received by hotel management companies for covered employee costs. 
SB 5887 Concerning the medical use of cannabis.  Fiscal Note
SB 5896 Extending renewable energy sales and use tax exemptions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5904 Concerning high quality early learning.  Fiscal Note
SB 5907 Ensuring no net loss of public access to state recreational lands.  Fiscal Note
SB 5909 Expanding STEM education to include the arts. 
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 8613 Honoring the National Guard. 
SR 8615 Honoring Washington girls and women in sports. 
SR 8621 Recognizing the Washington state wing of the Civil Air Patrol. 
SR 8622 Recognizing Gifted Education Day and Week. 
SR 8623 Offering best wishes for a fulfilling retirement to Consul General Gao Zhansheng. 
SR 8626 Honoring athletes who participated in the 2013 Special Olympics. 
SR 8631 Honoring the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 
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 8652 Recognizing religious freedom in Washington State. 
SR 8654 Recognizing the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. 
SR 8655 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 American Mt. Everest Expedition. 
SR 8657 Honoring the life of Margaret Thatcher. 
SR 8659 Celebrating Red Hat Day.