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Senator Steve Hobbs

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5008 Addressing portable electronics insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5009 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. 
SB 5129 Authorizing the establishment and use of veterans' treatment courts.  Fiscal Note
SB 5209 Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5211 Concerning social networking accounts and profiles.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning social networking accounts and profiles. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning personal social networking accounts. ) 
SB 5233 Establishing a training program for managers of manufactured housing communities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5276 Regarding the use of designated agricultural lands. 
SB 5307 Expanding the definition of unlawful detainer to include a provision governing at-will tenancies. 
SB 5312 Authorizing small consumer installment loans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5331 Concerning voter-approved benefit charges for regional fire protection service authorities. 
SB 5338 Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Addressing debt adjuster compensation. ) 
SB 5430 Modifying the distribution and use of aircraft excise taxes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5446 Providing a process for the state auditor's office to apply for investigative subpoenas.  Fiscal Note
SB 5483 Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5494 Concerning carbon monoxide alarms. 
SB 5501 Reducing certain requirements affecting school districts. 
SB 5517 Changing the criteria for the beer and wine tasting endorsement for grocery stores. 
SB 5527 Concerning debt adjusting services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5541 Concerning the redemption of real property. 
SB 5568 Concerning the disclosure of certain information when screening tenants. 
SB 5576 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5703 Concerning the distribution of state liquor revenues to cities and counties. 
SB 5743 Modifying the use of revenue from automated school bus safety camera infractions. 
SB 5753 Providing flexibility in the education system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5766 Improving relationships between agricultural producers and state regulatory staff.  Fiscal Note
SB 5781 Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees at city and county corrections departments, public corrections entities, the department of corrections, and the department of social and health services who provide direct care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender and patient populations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5797 Encouraging the establishment of effective specialty courts. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Encouraging the establishment of effective specialty and therapeutic courts. ) 
SB 5798 Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. 
SB 5805 Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5816 Providing for property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in targeted urban areas. 
SB 5896 Extending renewable energy sales and use tax exemptions.  Fiscal Note
SR 8613 Honoring the National Guard. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5038 Enhancing the basic education allocation formula for principals, assistant principals, and other certificated building-level administrators to support the teacher evaluation program requirements of RCW 28A.405.100. 
SB 5072 Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces for certain equipment and services that assist physically challenged persons to safely operate a motor vehicle.  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 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 5123 Establishing a farm internship program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5131 Providing tax incentives for donations of modern laboratory equipment to higher education institutions and vocational skills centers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5139 Concerning milk and milk products.  Fiscal Note
SB 5152 Creating Seattle Sounders FC and Seattle Seahawks special license plates.  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 5182 Addressing the disclosure of vehicle owner information.  Fiscal Note
SB 5201 Accelerating cleanup of hazardous waste sites.  Fiscal Note
SB 5207 Addressing the consumer loan act.  Fiscal Note
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 5222 Concerning industrial hemp.  Fiscal Note
SB 5227 Changing the corporate officer provisions of the employment security act.  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 5239 Addressing project selection by the freight mobility strategic investment board.  Fiscal Note
SB 5242 Requiring policies regarding assignment of certificated instructional staff.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring policies regarding assignment of certificated instructional staff. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: 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 5260 Authorizing regular meetings of county legislative authorities to be held at alternate locations within the county. 
SB 5265 Regarding transparency in patient billing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5273 Concerning the veterans innovation program and the use of moneys in the state lottery account.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the veterans innovation program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5289 Concerning the discover pass.  Fiscal Note
SB 5293 Extending the expiration dates of the local infrastructure financing tool program.  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 5318 Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.  Fiscal Note
SB 5327 Concerning small farms under the current use property tax program for farm and agricultural lands.  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 5333 Providing mental health first-aid training to teachers and educational staff.  Fiscal Note
SB 5335 Modifying the boundaries of certain heavy haul corridors.  Fiscal Note
SB 5337 Modifying expiration dates affecting the department of natural resources' timber sale program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5343 Concerning the rights of higher education students involved in military service.  Fiscal Note
SB 5344 Revising state statutes concerning trusts. 
SB 5349 Revising alternative public works contracting procedures. 
SB 5357 Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.  Fiscal Note
SB 5366 Requiring the office of the superintendent of public instruction to assist school districts in disclosing information about required assessments. 
SB 5386 Reducing the littering of retail carryout bags. 
SB 5396 Concerning limited on-premise spirits sampling.  Fiscal Note
SB 5405 Concerning extended foster care services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5413 Expanding metal theft provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5439 Concerning the administrative costs for the allocation, management, and oversight of housing trust fund investments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5444 Creating greater efficiency in the offices of county assessor by eliminating the requirement to annually appraise tax-exempt government properties.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the administration of taxes regarding publicly owned property.  Fiscal Note
SB 5453 Extending the expiration date of tax exemptions for honey beekeepers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5460 Concerning the rights of parents who are incarcerated or in residential substance abuse treatment.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the rights of parents who are incarcerated.  Fiscal Note
SB 5468 Modifying the definition of tourist for the purposes of the lodging tax.  Fiscal Note
SB 5469 Concerning the prescription of biological products and interchangeable biosimilar products. 
SB 5471 Addressing insurance, generally.  Fiscal Note
SB 5473 Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2013.  Fiscal Note
SB 5475 Creating a licensing category for receiving care centers.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Establishing a resource and assessment center license for agencies to provide short-term emergency and crisis care for children removed from their homes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5489 Adopting the insurer state of entry model act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5490 Concerning veterans' assistance levies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5491 Establishing statewide indicators of educational health.  Fiscal Note
SB 5495 Expanding the membership of the state building code council. 
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 5506 Concerning funding for the safe routes to school program. 
SB 5512 Calculating service credit for school administrators for alternate early retirement eligibility.  Fiscal Note
SB 5526 Ensuring fairness to employers by protecting employees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5529 Creating a sales tax holiday for back-to-school clothing and supplies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5532 Requiring crisis intervention training for peace officers. 
SB 5558 Creating loan-making authority for down payment assistance for single-family homeownership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5592 Modifying the use of certain toll bridge revenue.  Fiscal Note
SB 5595 Concerning child care reform.  Fiscal Note
SB 5621 Concerning certified payroll records on public works projects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5622 Concerning the taxation of large airplanes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5624 Aligning high-demand secondary STEM or career and technical education programs with applied baccalaureate programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5634 Clarifying the department of natural resources' authority to enter into cooperative agreements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5647 Requiring the department of revenue to publish their determinations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5648 Making energy conservation a top priority by adding new incentives and aligning the timing of the acquisitions of eligible renewable resources, electricity, or equivalent renewable energy credits, with the need for additional electric generating resources to serve consumers' loads, without changing the eligible renewable targets. 
SB 5651 Concerning postretirement employment. 
SB 5656 Revising business licensing systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5658 Concerning mercury-containing lights.  Fiscal Note
SB 5664 Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5674 Allowing wine and beer sampling at farmers markets.  Fiscal Note
SB 5688 Simplifying definitions and classifications concerning state and local tax systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5720 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees. 
SB 5721 Regulating the hours of service for certain railroad employees. 
SB 5722 Concerning the utilities and transportation commission's regulatory authority over railroads. 
SB 5752 Extending the expiration date of the existing business and occupation tax rate for the manufacture and wholesale of certain solar energy systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5761 Concerning outdoor advertising sign fees, labels, and prohibitions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5767 Concerning inspection of dairy cattle.  Fiscal Note
SB 5770 Permitting conservation districts to use electronic deposits for employee pay and compensation. 
SB 5775 Allowing for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses and identicards.  Fiscal Note
SB 5783 Modifying the Washington customized employment training program to include industry cluster associations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5784 Concerning the joint center for aerospace technology innovation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5791 Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing industry.  Fiscal Note
SB 5808 Affirming centralized payroll services as nontaxable between affiliated companies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5812 Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5813 Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5815 Prohibiting a person from selling or giving a vapor product designed solely for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha to a minor. 
SB 5826 Addressing the shared leave pool. 
SB 5833 Regulating interpreter services. 
SB 5843 Strengthening the review of the legislature's goals for tax preferences by requiring that every new tax preference provide an expiration date and statement of legislative intent. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Strengthening the review of the legislature's goals for tax preferences by requiring that every new tax preference provide a statement of legislative intent and include an expiration date where applicable. )  Fiscal Note
SB 5888 Concerning the fuel tax used to determine fuel tax distributions to certain accounts. 
SB 5908 Concerning property tax refunds. 
SJM 8005 Requesting that state route number 117 be designated as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway. 
SJM 8007 Requesting Congress pass legislation imposing a fee on United States bound cargo when it crosses the Canadian border.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requesting that congress pass legislation reforming the harbor maintenance tax. 
SR 8603 Recognizing the hard work and contributions made by the people and organizations that make Project Homeless Connect a continued success. 
SR 8604 Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
SR 8610 Honoring the career of Senator Bob Morton. 
SR 8616 Honoring the legacy of women legislators. 
SR 8617 Celebrating the presence of Filipino-Americans. 
SR 8618 Acknowledging the seventy-first anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, and recognizing Japanese-American internees and World War II veterans. 
SR 8619 Honoring civic education. 
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 8629 Honoring the Seattle Raging Grannies. 
SR 8630 Celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the Department of Agriculture. 
SR 8631 Honoring the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 
SR 8638 Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. 
SR 8641 Recognizing and expressing appreciation for Sea Service personnel. 
SR 8643 Proclaiming Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. 
SR 8644 Commending the Independent Colleges of Washington. 
SR 8648 Honoring Consul General Kiyokazu Ota of Japan. 
SR 8651 Honoring Doris M. Brougham for her lifelong achievements. 
SR 8654 Recognizing the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. 
SR 8655 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 American Mt. Everest Expedition. 
SR 8663 Commending Trooper Sean M. O'Connell Jr. for his exemplary service. 
SR 8664 Remembering the life and legacy of Senator Mike Carrell.