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Senator Karen Keiser

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5238 Authorizing the department of retirement systems to assist with mailing information to certain members of the state retirement systems. 
SB 5282 Regarding the use of bisphenol A.  Fiscal Note
SB 5283 Concerning the replacement of nonfunctioning wireless communications devices. 
SB 5284 Concerning truth in music advertising.  Fiscal Note
SB 5346 Concerning administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5347 Concerning hospital charity care. 
SB 5360 Establishing a community health care collaborative grant program. 
SB 5403 Concerning the contractual relationships between distributors and producers of malt beverages. 
SB 5406 Concerning the standard health questionnaire. 
SB 5429 Providing incentives for solar electric power. 
SB 5455 Regarding dental hygiene. 
SB 5489 Participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5500 Concerning methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.  Fiscal Note
SB 5501 Concerning the secure exchange of health information.  Fiscal Note
SB 5502 Establishing the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5532 Modifying the administration and disciplining authority of the Washington state veterinary board of governors.  Fiscal Note
SB 5541 Providing access to catastrophic disability medical insurance under plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5595 Addressing the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchises between new motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. 
SB 5679 Concerning family and medical leave. 
SB 5707 Concerning child immunization exemptions. 
SB 5725 Concerning health benefit plan coverage for organ transplants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5730 Enhancing federal financing of health coverage.  Fiscal Note
SB 5731 Distributing health plan information. 
SB 5775 Concerning the eligibility of foreign medical school graduates for licensing as physician assistants. 
SB 5787 Addressing the collective bargaining of adult family home providers' health benefits.  Fiscal Note
SB 5804 Setting forth the circumstances under which a person qualifies for benefits when voluntarily leaving part-time work.  Fiscal Note
SB 5826 Requiring tamper-resistant prescription pads. 
SB 5841 Delaying the implementation of the health insurance partnership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5848 Increasing immunization. 
SB 5851 Concerning the license surcharge for the impaired physician program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5891 Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5892 Concerning prescription drug use in state purchased health care programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5903 Regarding public works contracts for residential construction.  Fiscal Note
SB 5907 Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers and sergeants.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers and sergeants employed by a county jail. 
SB 5945 Creating the Washington health partnership plan.  Fiscal Note
SB 5981 Concerning diagnostic imaging services. 
SB 5998 Concerning health carrier payment of wellness incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 6002 Abolishing the Washington state quality forum. 
SB 6009 Concerning long-term care facilities. 
SB 6019 Concerning employee wellness programs. 
SB 6026 Concerning the health technology clinical committee's review process. 
SB 6038 Concerning the basic health plan.  Fiscal Note
SB 6074 Creating public health districts.  Fiscal Note
SB 6091 Expanding the college board worker retraining program.  Fiscal Note
SB 6128 Concerning taxation of little cigars.  Fiscal Note
SB 6150 Concerning the health technology assessment program. 
SB 6151 Concerning the taxation of moist snuff.  Fiscal Note
SB 6158 Delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program. 
SB 6163 Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system. 
SB 6176 Adjusting medical assistance payment rates for hospitals. 
SB 6180 Relating to home care workers.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the training and background checks of long-term care workers. 
SJM 8013 Calling on Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24 month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5238 Authorizing the department of retirement systems to assist with mailing information to certain members of the state retirement systems. 
SB 5282 Regarding the use of bisphenol A.  Fiscal Note
SB 5283 Concerning the replacement of nonfunctioning wireless communications devices. 
SB 5284 Concerning truth in music advertising.  Fiscal Note
SB 5346 Concerning administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services.  Fiscal Note
SB 5347 Concerning hospital charity care. 
SB 5360 Establishing a community health care collaborative grant program. 
SB 5403 Concerning the contractual relationships between distributors and producers of malt beverages. 
SB 5406 Concerning the standard health questionnaire. 
SB 5429 Providing incentives for solar electric power. 
SB 5455 Regarding dental hygiene. 
SB 5489 Participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems.  Fiscal Note
SB 5500 Concerning methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.  Fiscal Note
SB 5501 Concerning the secure exchange of health information.  Fiscal Note
SB 5502 Establishing the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5532 Modifying the administration and disciplining authority of the Washington state veterinary board of governors.  Fiscal Note
SB 5541 Providing access to catastrophic disability medical insurance under plan 2 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5595 Addressing the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchises between new motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. 
SB 5679 Concerning family and medical leave. 
SB 5707 Concerning child immunization exemptions. 
SB 5725 Concerning health benefit plan coverage for organ transplants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5730 Enhancing federal financing of health coverage.  Fiscal Note
SB 5731 Distributing health plan information. 
SB 5775 Concerning the eligibility of foreign medical school graduates for licensing as physician assistants. 
SB 5787 Addressing the collective bargaining of adult family home providers' health benefits.  Fiscal Note
SB 5804 Setting forth the circumstances under which a person qualifies for benefits when voluntarily leaving part-time work.  Fiscal Note
SB 5826 Requiring tamper-resistant prescription pads. 
SB 5841 Delaying the implementation of the health insurance partnership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5848 Increasing immunization. 
SB 5851 Concerning the license surcharge for the impaired physician program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5891 Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5892 Concerning prescription drug use in state purchased health care programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5903 Regarding public works contracts for residential construction.  Fiscal Note
SB 5907 Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers and sergeants.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Limiting mandatory overtime for corrections officers and sergeants employed by a county jail. 
SB 5945 Creating the Washington health partnership plan.  Fiscal Note
SB 5981 Concerning diagnostic imaging services. 
SB 5998 Concerning health carrier payment of wellness incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 6002 Abolishing the Washington state quality forum. 
SB 6009 Concerning long-term care facilities. 
SB 6019 Concerning employee wellness programs. 
SB 6026 Concerning the health technology clinical committee's review process. 
SB 6038 Concerning the basic health plan.  Fiscal Note
SB 6074 Creating public health districts.  Fiscal Note
SB 6091 Expanding the college board worker retraining program.  Fiscal Note
SB 6128 Concerning taxation of little cigars.  Fiscal Note
SB 6150 Concerning the health technology assessment program. 
SB 6151 Concerning the taxation of moist snuff.  Fiscal Note
SB 6158 Delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program. 
SB 6163 Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system. 
SB 6176 Adjusting medical assistance payment rates for hospitals. 
SB 6180 Relating to home care workers.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the training and background checks of long-term care workers. 
SJM 8013 Calling on Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24 month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance. 
SB 5011 Prohibiting the sale or distribution of certain novelty lighters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5038 Making technical corrections to gender-based terms. 
SB 5044 Changing work-study provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5046 Placing symphony orchestras, operas, and performing arts theaters under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for purposes of collective bargaining.  Fiscal Note
SB 5056 Requiring health care professionals to report violent injuries.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring health care professionals to report patient information in cases of violent injury. 
SB 5074 Concerning scoliosis screening in schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5091 Regulating construction and construction-related trades by the department of labor and industries. 
SB 5126 Concerning unattended children in motor vehicles. 
SB 5132 Concerning loans to local governments for public works projects.  Fiscal Note
SB 5140 Requiring language access services for persons with limited English proficiency in health care and insurance matters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5156 Addressing certification actions of Washington peace officers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5157 Modifying the requirements of psychological examinations for peace officer certification.  Fiscal Note
SB 5158 Providing for the sales of wine and beer at the legislative gift center. 
SB 5172 Establishing a University of Washington center for human rights.  Fiscal Note
SB 5174 Providing an incentive to improve on-time graduation rates at institutions of higher education.  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 5185 Increasing solar energy incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 5197 Permitting electronic signatures on applications for public assistance and for benefits administered by the health care authority.  Fiscal Note
SB 5201 Concerning billing for medical services provided through special education programs.  Fiscal Note
SB 5202 Changing the implementation date and benefit design of nonsubsidized state health coverage for children.  Fiscal Note
SB 5226 Prohibiting requests for waivers of rights of residents of long-term care facilities. 
SB 5235 Modifying motor vehicle warranty provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5236 Reducing organ transplant benefit waiting periods based upon prior creditable coverage.  Fiscal Note
SB 5257 Correcting statutory references. 
SB 5258 Qualifying for good cause for late filing of reports, contributions, penalties, or interest. 
SB 5259 Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges.  Fiscal Note
SB 5290 Concerning requests made by a party relating to gas or electrical company discounts for low-income senior customers and low-income customers. 
SB 5318 Adding additional appropriate locations for the transfer of newborn children.  Fiscal Note
SB 5321 Extending a local sales and use tax that is credited against the state sales and use tax.  Fiscal Note
SB 5368 Making provisions for all counties to value property annually for property tax purposes.  Fiscal Note
SB 5369 Regarding counseling professions subject to the authority of the secretary of health.  Fiscal Note
SB 5370 Allowing electronic approval of vital records.  Fiscal Note
SB 5373 Concerning early intervention services for children with disabilities.  Fiscal Note
SB 5412 Controlling saltwater algae.  Fiscal Note
SB 5436 Concerning direct patient-provider primary care practice arrangements. 
SB 5446 Prohibiting certain employer communications about political or religious matters.  Fiscal Note
SB 5448 Establishing local public works assistance funds.  Fiscal Note
SB 5480 Creating the Washington health care discount plan organization act.  Fiscal Note
SB 5484 Concerning developmental screening.  Fiscal Note
SB 5490 Addressing postretirement employment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5492 Applying RCW 41.56.430 through 41.56.490 to employees working under a site certificate issued under chapter 80.50 RCW.  Fiscal Note
SB 5497 Concerning telemedicine.  Fiscal Note
SB 5514 Concerning the practice of interior design.  Fiscal Note
SB 5531 Modifying provisions relating to consumer protection act violations. 
SB 5538 Regarding employment opportunities at institutions of higher education.  Fiscal Note
SB 5543 Establishing the product stewardship recycling act for mercury-containing lights.  Fiscal Note
SB 5546 Regarding parental or guardian access to juvenile records. 
SB 5547 Concerning respite care.  Fiscal Note
SB 5549 Concerning the termination of month to month or other periodic residential tenancies governed by the residential landlord-tenant act.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring both landlords and tenants to give thirty days' notice when terminating month to month or other periodic tenancies without cause. 
SB 5551 Regarding recess periods for elementary school students. 
SB 5552 Modifying restrictions on children riding motorcycles. 
SB 5563 Regarding hours of labor for health care employees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5572 Providing collective bargaining for child care center directors and workers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5574 Protecting consumer data in motor vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 5585 Concerning tax relief to promote employer-assisted housing.  Fiscal Note
SB 5607 Attaining a world class K-12 educational system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5613 Authorizing the department of labor and industries to issue stop work orders for violations of certain workers' compensation provisions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5614 Addressing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry.  Fiscal Note
SB 5620 Regarding the voluntary rating system for child care centers and early education programs. 
SB 5624 Restricting the use of mechanical restraints and chemical sprays for discipline in public schools.  Fiscal Note
SB 5626 Imposing an additional cigarette tax and providing for the distribution of the tax revenue.  Fiscal Note
SB 5627 Restricting contact with medical providers after appeals have been filed under industrial insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5629 Concerning pregnancy prevention programs. 
SB 5649 Regarding energy efficiency in buildings.  Fiscal Note
SB 5673 Concerning certificates of need.  Fiscal Note
SB 5674 Addressing civil marriage equality. 
SB 5675 Requiring certain consumer protections in the purchase of motor vehicles.  Fiscal Note
SB 5688 Expanding the rights and responsibilities of state registered domestic partners.  Fiscal Note
SB 5735 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5736 Concerning sales and use tax preferences for electric vehicles and electric vehicle infrastructure. 
SB 5750 Addressing the protection of consumers by providing flexibility in the repayment of certain debts.  Fiscal Note
SB 5751 Regarding the issuance of licenses to practice dentistry. 
SB 5752 Regarding cost recovery in disciplinary proceedings involving dentists.  Fiscal Note
SB 5772 Concerning the shortage of health care professionals. 
SB 5785 Concerning for hire vehicles and for hire vehicle operators.  Fiscal Note
SB 5791 Creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5794 Concerning the department of social and health services' audit program for pharmacy payments. 
SB 5798 Concerning medical marijuana. 
SB 5810 Concerning foreclosures on deeds of trust.  Fiscal Note
SB 5814 Requiring health benefit plan coverage for elemental formula.  Fiscal Note
SB 5850 Protecting workers from human trafficking violations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5852 Concerning health care assistants.  Fiscal Note
SB 5854 Reducing climate pollution in the built environment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5856 Creating a housing everyone financing tool program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5860 Concerning the early termination of wireless communications device contracts. 
SB 5863 Concerning the termination of wireless communications device services. 
SB 5866 Requiring retailers to provide notice to their customers in the event of a product recall or safety warning. 
SB 5873 Regarding apprenticeship utilization.  Fiscal Note
SB 5885 Removing public disclosure exemptions for tax exemption information. 
SB 5898 Creating a health care council.  Fiscal Note
SB 5899 Providing a business and occupation tax credit for qualified employment positions. 
SB 5904 Defining independent contractor for purposes of prevailing wage. 
SB 5908 Providing interest arbitration for employees of juvenile court services administered under RCW 13.20.060.  Fiscal Note
SB 5913 Concerning online access to the University of Washington health sciences library by certain health care providers. 
SB 5916 Authorizing the department of information services to engage in high-speed internet adoption, deployment, and digital inclusion activities.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Authorizing the department of information services to engage in high-speed internet adoption, deployment, and digital inclusion activities. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Regarding broadband adoption and deployment. )  Fiscal Note
SB 5917 Conducting an assessment of high-speed internet service in the state.  Fiscal Note
SB 5934 Concerning conveyances used in prostitution-related offenses.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning vehicle impoundment. 
SB 5939 Concerning personnel practices regarding exempt employment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5942 Concerning the taxation of newspapers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5946 Protecting freedom of student press and speech. 
SB 5950 Concerning criminal background checks.  Fiscal Note
SB 5963 Regarding unemployment insurance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5982 Regarding the impermissible motive element of a claim under chapter 49.60 RCW. 
SB 6035 Concerning retrospective rating plans. 
SB 6041 Creating a statewide immunization registry. 
SB 6042 Requiring a toll-free phone number to report contaminated or suspicious food products. 
SB 6053 Establishing a pilot program to provide access to personal hygiene and cleaning products.  Fiscal Note
SB 6062 Exempting certain foreclosure sales from the real estate excise tax.  Fiscal Note
SB 6121 Regarding the surcharge to fund biotoxin testing and monitoring.  Fiscal Note
SB 6189 Providing grants to increase dental and medical services by a voter-approved sales and use tax on candy.  Fiscal Note
SJM 8003 Requesting that Congress issue a date at which health information technology must comply with a uniform national standard of interoperability. 
SJM 8009 Requesting the department of homeland security and congress to examine the federal T visa program. 
SJM 8015 Petitioning the President and Secretary of Education to commence proceedings to engage the nation with an awakening dialogue about our education system. 
SR 8604 Honoring the National Guard. 
SR 8611 Recognizing the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness. 
SR 8612 Honoring Miss Washington 2008. 
SR 8614 Recognizing and honoring Catholic schools week 2009. 
SR 8615 Honoring Childhaven. 
SR 8616 Celebrating the 150th birthday of the City of Olympia. 
SR 8621 Honoring girls and women in sports. 
SR 8627 Celebrating Big Brothers Big Sisters Day. 
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 8641 Honoring women. 
SR 8655 Recognizing Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. 
SR 8659 Commending Dennis Schatz.