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Senator Steve Hobbs

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5032 Concerning the Washington code of military justice.  Fiscal Note
SB 5035 Improving veterans' access to services. 
SB 5053 Creating the Washington state flag account.  Fiscal Note
SB 5101 Concerning vendor rates for supported living providers. 
SB 5106 Creating an independent four-year polytechnical college and an investment district to finance it.  Fiscal Note
SB 5136 Regulating the use of solar energy panels by members of homeowners' associations. 
SB 5161 Extending tax incentives for renewable resources, including tidal and wave energy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5162 Providing loans to small cities for certain appeals under the growth management act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5163 Removing the requirement to purchase art for public buildings during the 2009-2011 biennium. 
SB 5183 Addressing the viewing of sexually explicit depictions of minors on the internet.  Fiscal Note
SB 5191 Allowing noninsurance benefits as part of life insurance policies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5198 Creating customer rebates and public utility tax credits for light and power businesses and gas companies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5203 Regarding insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders.  Fiscal Note
SB 5248 Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.  Fiscal Note
SB 5275 Offering health insurance premiums to members of the national guard.  Fiscal Note
SB 5303 Transferring public employees' retirement system plan 2 members to the school employees' retirement system plan 2.  Fiscal Note
SB 5307 Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5309 Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.  Fiscal Note
SB 5358 Concerning sales and use tax exemptions in respect to aircraft used in intrastate commuter operations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5459 Creating multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements. 
SB 5495 Providing limitations on rental housing inspections. 
SB 5522 Authorizing internet voting for service voters and overseas voters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5523 Including court commissioners employed by the supreme court, court of appeals, superior courts, district courts, and municipal courts in the judicial benefit multiplier program of the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5530 Creating the guaranteed asset protection waiver model act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5569 Concerning the administration of state and local tax programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5666 Regarding competitive solicitation requirements for public facilities districts. 
SB 5693 Removing the requirement to purchase art for public buildings during the 2009-2011 biennium.  Fiscal Note
SB 5773 Establishing the opportunity internship program for high school students.  Fiscal Note
SB 5791 Creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5889 Providing flexibility in the education system. 
SB 5939 Concerning personnel practices regarding exempt employment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5996 Reducing the business and occupation tax rate for retailers, wholesalers, and service providers of motor vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 6072 Requiring the department of transportation to begin the environmental planning process and prepare the final design for the state route number 9 Snohomish river bridge replacement project. 
SB 6124 Including manufactured/mobile home parks in the regional transfer of development rights program. 
SB 6170 Concerning environmental tax incentives. 
SJM 8000 Requesting the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp commemorating Nisei veterans. 
SR 8604 Honoring the National Guard. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5032 Concerning the Washington code of military justice.  Fiscal Note
SB 5035 Improving veterans' access to services. 
SB 5053 Creating the Washington state flag account.  Fiscal Note
SB 5101 Concerning vendor rates for supported living providers. 
SB 5106 Creating an independent four-year polytechnical college and an investment district to finance it.  Fiscal Note
SB 5136 Regulating the use of solar energy panels by members of homeowners' associations. 
SB 5161 Extending tax incentives for renewable resources, including tidal and wave energy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5162 Providing loans to small cities for certain appeals under the growth management act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5163 Removing the requirement to purchase art for public buildings during the 2009-2011 biennium. 
SB 5183 Addressing the viewing of sexually explicit depictions of minors on the internet.  Fiscal Note
SB 5191 Allowing noninsurance benefits as part of life insurance policies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5198 Creating customer rebates and public utility tax credits for light and power businesses and gas companies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5203 Regarding insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders.  Fiscal Note
SB 5248 Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.  Fiscal Note
SB 5275 Offering health insurance premiums to members of the national guard.  Fiscal Note
SB 5303 Transferring public employees' retirement system plan 2 members to the school employees' retirement system plan 2.  Fiscal Note
SB 5307 Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5309 Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.  Fiscal Note
SB 5358 Concerning sales and use tax exemptions in respect to aircraft used in intrastate commuter operations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5459 Creating multiple measures to meet high school graduation requirements. 
SB 5495 Providing limitations on rental housing inspections. 
SB 5522 Authorizing internet voting for service voters and overseas voters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5523 Including court commissioners employed by the supreme court, court of appeals, superior courts, district courts, and municipal courts in the judicial benefit multiplier program of the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5530 Creating the guaranteed asset protection waiver model act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5569 Concerning the administration of state and local tax programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5666 Regarding competitive solicitation requirements for public facilities districts. 
SB 5693 Removing the requirement to purchase art for public buildings during the 2009-2011 biennium.  Fiscal Note
SB 5773 Establishing the opportunity internship program for high school students.  Fiscal Note
SB 5791 Creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5889 Providing flexibility in the education system. 
SB 5939 Concerning personnel practices regarding exempt employment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5996 Reducing the business and occupation tax rate for retailers, wholesalers, and service providers of motor vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 6072 Requiring the department of transportation to begin the environmental planning process and prepare the final design for the state route number 9 Snohomish river bridge replacement project. 
SB 6124 Including manufactured/mobile home parks in the regional transfer of development rights program. 
SB 6170 Concerning environmental tax incentives. 
SJM 8000 Requesting the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp commemorating Nisei veterans. 
SR 8604 Honoring the National Guard. 
SB 5007 Allowing public technical colleges to offer associate transfer degrees.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Allowing public technical colleges to offer degrees that prepare students to transfer to certain bachelor degree programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5008 Regarding hunting licensing requirements for members of the military. 
SB 5009 Creating a military service exemption for benefits charged to the experience rating accounts of employers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5030 Concerning militia records, property, command, and administration.  Fiscal Note
SB 5031 Concerning rental or lease of armories.  Fiscal Note
SB 5034 Adjusting veterans' scoring criteria. 
SB 5036 Concerning veterans' relief. 
SB 5041 Increasing state contracts with veteran-owned businesses.  Fiscal Note
SB 5074 Concerning scoliosis screening in schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5098 Concerning ballot title information. 
SB 5100 Authorizing the purchase, storage, and administration of medications by occupational therapists. 
SB 5130 Regarding prisoner access to public records.  Fiscal Note
SB 5164 Placing restrictions on check cashers' and sellers' communications when collecting delinquent small loans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5172 Establishing a University of Washington center for human rights.  Fiscal Note
SB 5173 Authorizing the regional universities to confer honorary doctorate degrees. 
SB 5174 Providing an incentive to improve on-time graduation rates at institutions of higher education.  Fiscal Note
SB 5175 Changing the Washington college promise scholarship program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5176 Creating a bi-state partnership for teachers of children with visual impairments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5177 Creating a global Asia institute within the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. 
SB 5184 Evaluating the need for a digital forensic crime lab.  Fiscal Note
SB 5185 Increasing solar energy incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 5195 Adopting the life settlements model act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5196 Increasing the personal needs allowance for persons receiving state-financed care. 
SB 5214 Concerning military monuments.  Fiscal Note
SB 5217 Concerning expenditures for works of art.  Fiscal Note
SB 5229 Regarding the legislative youth advisory council.  Fiscal Note
SB 5237 Requiring the development of three-year baccalaureate programs. 
SB 5260 Motivating students through incentives to pursue postsecondary education by eliminating statewide assessments as a high school graduation requirement.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring a collaborative review of incentive programs to motivate students to pursue postsecondary education.  Fiscal Note
SB 5295 Implementing unanimous recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee. 
SB 5302 Granting half-time service credit for half-time educational employment prior to January 1, 1987, in plans 2 and 3 of the school employees' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5310 Addressing the state actuary's recommendations for assumptions used in the actuarial funding of the state retirement systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5313 Addressing interruptive military service credit within plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, plans 2 and 3 of the school employees' retirement system, plans 2 and 3 of the teachers' retirement system, plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system, plan 2 of the Washington state patrol retirement system, and the public safety employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5314 Addressing the survivor benefits of employees who die while honorably serving in the national guard or military reserves during a period of war.  Fiscal Note
SB 5315 Extending the survivor annuity option for preretirement death in plan 1 of the public employees' retirement system to members who die after leaving active service.  Fiscal Note
SB 5321 Extending a local sales and use tax that is credited against the state sales and use tax.  Fiscal Note
SB 5379 Equalizing school district salary allocations.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning equity in school district salary allocations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5394 Requiring a state route number 2 route development plan.  Fiscal Note
SB 5395 Concerning the excise taxation of bullion and rare earth metals.  Fiscal Note
SB 5443 Concerning the reporting requirements of state and local tax programs. 
SB 5444 Creating a comprehensive system of public education programs, finance, and accountability.  Fiscal Note
SB 5446 Prohibiting certain employer communications about political or religious matters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5447 Changing the county population requirement in order for a county to lease space with an option to purchase. 
SB 5448 Establishing local public works assistance funds.  Fiscal Note
SB 5449 Regarding establishing and meeting graduation and reengagement goals.  Fiscal Note
SB 5467 Concerning tax incentives for the production, distribution, sale, and use of alcohol fuel, wood biomass fuel, biodiesel fuel, and biodiesel feedstock.  Fiscal Note
SB 5481 Concerning veterans' burials.  Fiscal Note
SB 5484 Concerning developmental screening.  Fiscal Note
SB 5505 Providing a consistent definition for renewable or alternative energy resources. 
SB 5506 Concerning child care providers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5511 Making changes affecting city-county assistance account distributions in response to the recommendations of the joint legislative audit and review committee.  Fiscal Note
SB 5517 Establishing a meat and poultry inspection program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5538 Regarding employment opportunities at institutions of higher education.  Fiscal Note
SB 5544 Concerning affordable housing incentive programs. 
SB 5553 Promoting economic development through promoting innovation and the commercialization of technologies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5554 Regarding the job skills program. 
SB 5555 Establishing a lifelong learning account steering committee.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Regarding lifelong learning accounts.  Fiscal Note
SB 5560 Regarding state agency climate leadership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5593 Regarding career and technical student organizations. 
SB 5625 Creating a state college in Snohomish county. 
SB 5628 Concerning the regulation of certain internet protocol services.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Studying the telecommunications and information industries.  Fiscal Note
SB 5636 Authorizing the civil air patrol to assist the state in homeland security, disaster relief, and search and rescue operations.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Creating a trust account on behalf of the Washington wing of the civil air patrol.  Fiscal Note
SB 5637 Allowing members of the armed forces to submit an application for renewal of a concealed pistol license by mail. 
SB 5649 Regarding energy efficiency in buildings.  Fiscal Note
SB 5655 Regarding height restrictions on amateur radio antennas. 
SB 5658 Creating a pilot program of Spanish and Chinese language instruction. 
SB 5665 Authorizing a joint self-insurance program for two or more affordable housing entities or nonprofit entities.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Authorizing a joint self-insurance program for two or more affordable housing entities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5673 Concerning certificates of need.  Fiscal Note
SB 5676 Providing for career and technical education opportunities for middle school students.  Fiscal Note
SB 5688 Expanding the rights and responsibilities of state registered domestic partners.  Fiscal Note
SB 5718 Concerning the commitment of sexually violent predators.  Fiscal Note
SB 5720 Including stepchildren in tuition waivers for children of veterans and national guard members.  Fiscal Note
SB 5721 Changing school levy provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5722 Excluding certain state forest land revenues from the basic education allocation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5737 Concerning compliance with sales, use, and business and occupation tax requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5739 Revising provisions relating to renewing a concealed pistol license by members of the armed forces. 
SB 5742 Concerning local government crime-free rental housing programs.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning crime-free rental housing. 
SB 5752 Regarding cost recovery in disciplinary proceedings involving dentists.  Fiscal Note
SB 5753 Providing real estate excise tax exemptions to stabilize neighborhoods. 
SB 5759 Regulating the business practices of consumer loan companies for compliance with the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act of 2008.  Fiscal Note
SB 5779 Regarding adoption of school environmental health and safety rules. 
SB 5784 Reviewing the decision to terminate Western Washington University's football team. 
SB 5788 Addressing state funding for low-income housing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5802 Changing professional educator standards board provisions. 
SB 5813 Reducing the release of mercury into the environment. 
SB 5820 Including a child fourteen or younger in the aggravated first degree murder provisions. 
SB 5828 Authorizing certain school districts and educational service districts to designate a district treasurer.  Fiscal Note
SB 5865 Requiring a report on early learning services for low-income families.  Fiscal Note
SB 5873 Regarding apprenticeship utilization.  Fiscal Note
SB 5880 Providing flexibility in the education system. 
SB 5890 Providing flexibility in the education system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5893 Concerning actions by insurance companies against violators.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Establishing provisions for actions by insurance companies against violators. 
SB 5904 Defining independent contractor for purposes of prevailing wage. 
SB 5918 Regarding paraeducator tutor certification.  Fiscal Note
SB 5925 Regarding insurance for higher education students participating in study or research abroad.  Fiscal Note
SB 5929 Including correctional employees who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions. 
SB 5933 Allowing the owner of a self-service storage facility to offer self-service storage insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5941 Regarding comprehensive education data improvement systems.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Regarding a comprehensive education data improvement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5944 Implementing a demonstration project to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Whatcom.  Fiscal Note
SB 5952 Modifying the definition of "sexual orientation" for malicious harassment prosecution purposes. 
SB 5965 Concerning the burden of proof for corrections to property tax valuations made by public officials. 
SB 5973 Closing the achievement gap in order to provide all students an excellent and equitable education.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Closing the achievement gap in K-12 schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5997 Providing sales and use tax exemptions to eligible data centers located in a rural county as defined in RCW 82.14.370(5). 
SB 6007 Requiring cooperation when planning to accommodate projected population growth and the resulting development needs under the growth management act. 
SB 6028 Increasing property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired by reason of physical disability to qualify for property tax relief.  Fiscal Note
SB 6032 Concerning exchange facilitators.  Fiscal Note
SB 6033 Creating the prevent or reduce owner-occupied foreclosure program.  Fiscal Note
SB 6048 Concerning the state's education system.  Fiscal Note
SB 6050 Exempting vehicles from the sales and use tax that are sold or used by qualifying disabled veterans or surviving spouses. 
SB 6062 Exempting certain foreclosure sales from the real estate excise tax.  Fiscal Note
SB 6157 Calculating compensation for public retirement purposes during the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium.  Fiscal Note
SJM 8004 Requesting congress take action to maintain and develop a highly-skilled workforce in Washington. 
SJM 8011 Requesting the United States trade representative to create a federal-state international trade policy commission. 
SR 8606 Honoring home education families. 
SR 8608 Honoring the North Central High School Boys' Cross Country team. 
SR 8611 Recognizing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness. 
SR 8613 Recognizing Washington State Senate Civic Education Day. 
SR 8615 Honoring Childhaven. 
SR 8624 Recognizing the 4-H youth development program. 
SR 8626 Honoring Charles H. Mitchell. 
SR 8629 Honoring individuals with autism. 
SR 8631 Recognizing Japanese-American internees and World War II veterans. 
SR 8635 Honoring those who work with victims of traumatic brain injury. 
SR 8644 Celebrating Dairy Day. 
SR 8652 Honoring Washington State's teachers and the 2009 teacher of the year.  
SR 8655 Recognizing Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. 
SR 8656 Honoring the University of Washington's Women's Cross Country Team. 
SR 8659 Commending Dennis Schatz. 
SR 8665 Recognizing the 98th Medical Detachment.