Senator Joe Fain

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5207 Addressing the consumer loan act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5497 Concerning assault in the third degree against a school employee.  Fiscal Note
SB 5558 Creating loan-making authority for down payment assistance for single-family homeownership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5599 Concerning the taxing authority of public facilities districts.  Fiscal Note
SB 5721 Regulating the hours of service for certain railroad employees. 
SB 5741 Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing and tourism promotion activities or facilities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5791 Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing industry.  Fiscal Note
SCR 8402 Amending the cutoff resolution. 
SR 8601 Adopting Senate Rules. 
SR 8604 Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
SR 8606 Amending Senate Rules. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5076 Requiring information on home energy efficiency to be included in residential home inspection reports.  Fiscal Note
SB 5096 Transferring ferry and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to county legislative authorities in counties with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more.  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 5152 Creating Seattle Sounders FC and Seattle Seahawks special license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5157 Regulating provision of child care.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Regulating provision of child care. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Regulating child care subsidies. )
  Fiscal Note
SB 5161 Authorizing certain eligible family members of United States armed forces members who died while in service or as a result of service to apply for gold star license plates.  Fiscal Note
SB 5195 Allowing nonprofit institutions recognized by the state of Washington to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.  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 5259 Creating Seattle University special license plates.  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 5281 Requiring an empirical study of the validity and reliability of the current child welfare safety assessment tool.  Fiscal Note
SB 5293 Extending the expiration dates of the local infrastructure financing tool program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5304 Providing cities and towns with the local options to permit digital outdoor advertising signs.  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 5331 Concerning voter-approved benefit charges for regional fire protection service authorities. 
SB 5332 Modifying the percentage of votes required to approve benefit charges for fire protection districts.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the percentage of votes required to continue benefit charges for fire protection districts.
 
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 5338 Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing nonprofit debt adjusters. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Addressing debt adjuster compensation. )
 
SB 5343 Concerning the rights of higher education students involved in military service.  Fiscal Note
SB 5344 Revising state statutes concerning trusts. 
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 5391 Concerning an exemption from discover pass requirements for off-road vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 5392 Limiting the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates.  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 5417 Concerning the annexation of unincorporated territory within a code city. 
SB 5445 Funding capital projects.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Funding public school capital projects.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5471 Addressing insurance, generally.  Fiscal Note
SB 5474 Promoting state employee wellness and productivity.  Fiscal Note
SB 5484 Concerning assault in the third degree occurring in areas used in connection with court proceedings.  Fiscal Note
SB 5491 Establishing statewide indicators of educational health.  Fiscal Note
SB 5494 Concerning carbon monoxide alarms. 
SB 5495 Expanding the membership of the state building code council. 
SB 5496 Authorizing approval of online school programs in private schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5504 Requiring state employees to be truthful when providing employment-related information. 
SB 5505 Encouraging valid voter signatures on petitions count and timely validation of signatures. 
SB 5506 Concerning funding for the safe routes to school program. 
SB 5516 Establishing the criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account.  Fiscal Note
SB 5520 Establishing a regional fire protection service authority formation process for cities. 
SB 5531 Measuring performance of the child welfare system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5541 Concerning the redemption of real property. 
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 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 5595 Concerning child care reform.  Fiscal Note
SB 5598 Concerning the disposition of surplus property for the development of affordable housing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5613 Providing that certain cover charges for the opportunity to dance are not considered retail sales.  Fiscal Note
SB 5622 Concerning the taxation of large airplanes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5634 Clarifying the department of natural resources' authority to enter into cooperative agreements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5637 Concerning primary election voters' pamphlets.  Fiscal Note
SB 5656 Revising business licensing systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5667 Providing for a single set of laws and procedures governing online learning. 
SB 5671 Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services. 
SB 5701 Authorizing the suspension or revocation of certificates or permits to teach based on the fraudulent submission of tests for educators. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Authorizing penalties based on the fraudulent submission of tests for educators. ) 
SB 5706 Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5720 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees. 
SB 5724 Modifying school district bidding requirements for improvement and repair projects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5731 Allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell craft distillery products.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell products made by distillers that produce sixty thousand gallons or less of spirits per year.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5779 Requiring the department of licensing to adopt rules regarding online learning for training in cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, and instruction.  Fiscal Note
SB 5784 Concerning the joint center for aerospace technology innovation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5811 Addressing employee wellness programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5842 Encouraging the creation of competitive districts in the redistricting plan. 
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 5889 Modifying snowmobile parking permit and license fees.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying snowmobile license fees.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5943 Concerning a license fee or tax on certain businesses annexed into a first-class city. 
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 8613 Honoring the National Guard. 
SR 8615 Honoring Washington girls and women in sports. 
SR 8616 Honoring the legacy of women legislators. 
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 8620 Honoring students of Tahoma High School. 
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 8632 Recognizing the British Columbia Legislative Internship Program. 
SR 8635 Honoring individuals with autism. 
SR 8636 Honoring Peace Corps volunteers and recognizing the 2013 Top Peace Corps Volunteer-Producing Colleges. 
SR 8638 Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. 
SR 8641 Recognizing and expressing appreciation for Sea Service personnel. 
SR 8642 Celebrating the National Day of the Cowboy. 
SR 8647 Honoring the work of Seattle Children's Hospital. 
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 8657 Honoring the life of Margaret Thatcher. 
SR 8663 Commending Trooper Sean M. O'Connell Jr. for his exemplary service. 
SR 8664 Remembering the life and legacy of Senator Mike Carrell.