Senator Janéa Holmquist

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5257 Correcting statutory references. 
SB 5280 Recognizing conservation achieved in excess of biennial conservation targets as an eligible renewable resource under chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act. 
SB 5345 Regarding renewable energy. 
SB 5366 Modifying licensing provisions for cigarettes and tobacco products.  Fiscal Note
SB 5462 Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits. 
SB 5463 Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.  Fiscal Note
SB 5464 Restricting the use of industrial insurance funds.  Fiscal Note
SB 5465 Establishing requirements for industrial insurance final settlement agreements. 
SB 5466 Defining the term employ for minimum wage purposes. 
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 5558 Repealing the 2007 family and medical leave insurance act. 
SB 6008 Addressing actions by the department of labor and industries that affect worker benefits. 
SJM 8005 Requesting that the words "under God" remain in the Pledge of Allegiance. 
SJR 8214 Guaranteeing a secret ballot. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5257 Correcting statutory references. 
SB 5280 Recognizing conservation achieved in excess of biennial conservation targets as an eligible renewable resource under chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act. 
SB 5345 Regarding renewable energy. 
SB 5366 Modifying licensing provisions for cigarettes and tobacco products.  Fiscal Note
SB 5462 Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits. 
SB 5463 Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.  Fiscal Note
SB 5464 Restricting the use of industrial insurance funds.  Fiscal Note
SB 5465 Establishing requirements for industrial insurance final settlement agreements. 
SB 5466 Defining the term employ for minimum wage purposes. 
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 5558 Repealing the 2007 family and medical leave insurance act. 
SB 6008 Addressing actions by the department of labor and industries that affect worker benefits. 
SJM 8005 Requesting that the words "under God" remain in the Pledge of Allegiance. 
SJR 8214 Guaranteeing a secret ballot. 
SB 5000 Limiting property taxation.  Fiscal Note
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 5021 Exempting electricity generated from renewable resources from the requirements of chapter 19.28 RCW. 
SB 5022 Authorizing the use of outdoor wood-fired boilers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5033 Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for prescribed durable medical equipment used in the home and prescribed mobility enhancing equipment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5042 Providing a waiver of penalties for first-time paperwork violations by small businesses.  Fiscal Note
SB 5052 Concerning health insurance for young adults. 
SB 5079 Designating the official Nordic Museum. 
SB 5110 Allowing spas, wedding boutiques, and art galleries to serve wine to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Allowing spas, wedding boutiques, and art galleries to serve wine or beer to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Allowing wedding boutiques and art galleries to serve wine or beer to their customers who are twenty-one years of age or older. )
 
SB 5114 Eliminating the partial relinquishment of water rights. 
SB 5120 Regarding agricultural structures.  Fiscal Note
SB 5130 Regarding prisoner access to public records.  Fiscal Note
SB 5137 Regarding energy resources.  Fiscal Note
SB 5158 Providing for the sales of wine and beer at the legislative gift center. 
SB 5183 Addressing the viewing of sexually explicit depictions of minors on the internet.  Fiscal Note
SB 5185 Increasing solar energy incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 5186 Establishing a period of public and legislative review of appropriations legislation. 
SB 5193 Allowing a nonresident alien to possess weapons when hunting with a Washington-licensed hunter. 
SB 5194 Concerning the generation of electricity in energy parks.  Fiscal Note
SB 5198 Creating customer rebates and public utility tax credits for light and power businesses and gas companies.  Fiscal Note
SB 5206 Modifying the electrolytic processing business tax exemption.  Fiscal Note
SB 5209 Concerning counseling for witnesses in civil commitment proceedings under chapter 71.09 RCW.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Authorizing mental health counseling using crime victims' compensation funds for witnesses in civil commitment proceedings.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5210 Concerning unsolicited goods and the promotional advertising of prizes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5221 Regarding distressed property conveyances.  Fiscal Note
SB 5232 Protecting registered school students from sexual misconduct by school employees.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Protecting enrolled school students from sexual misconduct by school employees.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5235 Modifying motor vehicle warranty provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5242 Determining good faith for qualifying for benefits when leaving work voluntarily. 
SB 5243 Addressing the adoption and review of the department of labor and industries' rules. 
SB 5248 Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.  Fiscal Note
SB 5258 Qualifying for good cause for late filing of reports, contributions, penalties, or interest. 
SB 5274 Regarding damage caused by wildlife.  Fiscal Note
SB 5276 Eliminating the exclusive authority of the University of Washington and Washington State University to offer certain engineering courses.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Increasing the availability of engineering programs in public universities.
 
SB 5283 Concerning the replacement of nonfunctioning wireless communications devices. 
SB 5284 Concerning truth in music advertising.  Fiscal Note
SB 5293 Providing for in camera reviews of denials of public records requests. 
SB 5295 Implementing unanimous recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee. 
SB 5299 Concerning water resource management on the Columbia and Snake rivers.  Fiscal Note
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 5303 Transferring public employees' retirement system plan 2 members to the school employees' retirement system plan 2.  Fiscal Note
SB 5305 Repealing certain obsolete state retirement system statutes.   Fiscal Note
SB 5307 Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5308 Authorizing the higher education coordinating board to offer higher education annuities and retirement income plans.  Fiscal Note
SB 5309 Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.  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 5324 Providing the gambling commission with authority to determine locations where amusement games may be conducted.  Fiscal Note
SB 5382 Exempting traps for mice and rats from the restrictions on traps in RCW 77.15.192. 
SB 5387 Addressing the detection of motorcycles and bicycles at vehicle-activated traffic control signals. 
SB 5390 Concerning the tax on cleaning up radioactive waste and other byproducts of weapons production and nuclear research and development.  Fiscal Note
SB 5425 Requiring certain property tax revaluations when property values have decreased.  Fiscal Note
SB 5434 Regarding prohibited practices in accountancy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5435 Protecting financial and medical information presented to the board of accountancy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5441 Creating incentives for the use of biomass in renewable energy production.  Fiscal Note
SB 5470 Providing sales and use tax exemptions for senior residents of qualified low-income senior housing facilities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5471 Defining unemployed as it relates to corporate officers. 
SB 5481 Concerning veterans' burials.  Fiscal Note
SB 5483 Concerning the reporting requirements of small domestic wineries.  Fiscal Note
SB 5505 Providing a consistent definition for renewable or alternative energy resources. 
SB 5562 Concerning forestry operations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5564 Protecting consumers from breaches of security.  Fiscal Note
SB 5570 Providing a property tax exemption for real and personal property leased to public hospitals established under chapter 36.62 RCW.  Fiscal Note
SB 5637 Allowing members of the armed forces to submit an application for renewal of a concealed pistol license by mail. 
SB 5657 Concerning background information of certain guardians ad litem. 
SB 5658 Creating a pilot program of Spanish and Chinese language instruction. 
SB 5662 Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs. 
SB 5681 Updating election laws regarding the top two primary election system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5692 Regarding sufficient cause for the nonuse of water. 
SB 5718 Concerning the commitment of sexually violent predators.  Fiscal Note
SB 5738 Requiring the office of the superintendent of public instruction to review annual school district compliance reports.  Fiscal Note
SB 5739 Revising provisions relating to renewing a concealed pistol license by members of the armed forces. 
SB 5754 Establishing sustainable instream flows. 
SB 5762 Regulating body piercing. 
SB 5763 Requiring the adoption of policies for the management of concussion and head injury in youth sports. 
SB 5772 Concerning the shortage of health care professionals. 
SB 5789 Authorizing a second health sciences and services authority.  Fiscal Note
SB 5790 Prohibiting persons convicted of animal cruelty from owning or caring for similar animals for certain periods of time. 
SB 5792 Concerning current use valuation under the property tax open space program.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning eligibility of land growing Christmas trees for current use valuation under the property tax open space program.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5806 Concerning solid waste for the purposes of defining a renewable resource. 
SB 5817 Defining commercial agricultural purposes to include current farming practices and activities related to the raising, harvesting, feeding, breeding, managing, selling, care, or training of a farm product.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning current use valuation of farm and agricultural lands.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5829 Establishing a pilot program for family counseling. 
SB 5834 Regarding alcoholic beverage regulation.  Fiscal Note
SB 5840 Modifying the energy independence act. 
SB 5918 Regarding paraeducator tutor certification.  Fiscal Note
SB 5942 Concerning the taxation of newspapers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5963 Regarding unemployment insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5975 Reducing the reporting requirements and business and occupation tax on small business. 
SB 5992 Creating the community agricultural worker safety grant program. 
SB 5996 Reducing the business and occupation tax rate for retailers, wholesalers, and service providers of motor vehicles.  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 6019 Concerning employee wellness programs. 
SB 6027 Concerning the work of the joint select committee on beer and wine regulation. 
SB 6057 Concerning business and occupation tax exemptions for new businesses.  Fiscal Note
SB 6089 Modifying the definition of an eligible renewable resource under chapter 19.285 RCW. 
SB 6092 Creating a task force to study milk pricing concerns in Washington state.  Fiscal Note
SB 6108 Allowing the state lottery to enter into agreements to conduct multistate shared games.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Allowing the state lottery to enter into agreements to conduct multistate shared games. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Allowing the state lottery commission to enter into an agreement to conduct an additional shared lottery game. )
  Fiscal Note
SB 6115 Changing provisions relating to sex offenders. 
SJM 8009 Requesting the department of homeland security and congress to examine the federal T visa program. 
SJM 8011 Requesting the United States trade representative to create a federal-state international trade policy commission. 
SJM 8016 Regarding government spending policies. 
SJR 8206 Placing restrictions on tax increases. 
SJR 8210 Prohibiting the adoption of budgets that result in projected deficits. 
SR 8604 Honoring the National Guard. 
SR 8605 Honoring Tom Darling. 
SR 8606 Honoring home education families. 
SR 8611 Recognizing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness. 
SR 8614 Recognizing and honoring Catholic schools week 2009. 
SR 8616 Celebrating the 150th birthday of the City of Olympia. 
SR 8617 Honoring Consul-General Haryong Lee. 
SR 8618 Honoring President Emeritus V. Lane Rawlins. 
SR 8619 Honoring Wilcox Farms. 
SR 8621 Honoring girls and women in sports. 
SR 8622 Honoring the Tri-City entities participating in "Energy Independence Day." 
SR 8624 Recognizing the 4-H youth development program. 
SR 8629 Honoring individuals with autism. 
SR 8644 Celebrating Dairy Day. 
SR 8649 Reaffirming the Senate's commitment to preferred employment opportunities for veterans. 
SR 8652 Honoring Washington State's teachers and the 2009 teacher of the year.  
SR 8653 Honoring Jim Ward. 
SR 8655 Recognizing Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. 
SR 8660 Celebrating the Apple Blossom Festival. 
SR 8661 Honoring Benjamin Soria. 
SR 8665 Recognizing the 98th Medical Detachment.