Senator Kevin Ranker

Biennium:

Prime Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5289 Adding a certain ferry route and roads to the scenic and recreational highway system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5344 Providing an emergency response system for the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning emergency response towing vessels.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5363 Designating certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5427 Addressing the release of certified abstracts of full driving records.  Fiscal Note
SB 5560 Regarding state agency climate leadership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5689 Requiring the joint transportation committee to conduct a comprehensive research and analysis effort on transportation funding. 
SB 5938 Clarifying the permitting, training, and licensing process for driver training schools. 
SB 5944 Implementing a demonstration project to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Whatcom.  Fiscal Note
SB 6004 Consolidating certain salmon recovery activities and programs within the recreation and conservation office.  Fiscal Note
SB 6005 Acquiring state ferry vessels through the use of certain tourism industry tax revenues. 
SB 6063 Concerning eligibility of lands used for equestrian related activities for current use valuation programs. 
SB 6165 Allowing greater use of short boards for appeals before the shorelines hearings board.  Fiscal Note
SR 8663 Recognizing Garden Raised Bounty. 

Secondary Sponsored Bills


Bill NumberBrief Description
SB 5289 Adding a certain ferry route and roads to the scenic and recreational highway system.  Fiscal Note
SB 5344 Providing an emergency response system for the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning emergency response towing vessels.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5363 Designating certain state routes as highways of statewide significance.  Fiscal Note
SB 5427 Addressing the release of certified abstracts of full driving records.  Fiscal Note
SB 5560 Regarding state agency climate leadership.  Fiscal Note
SB 5689 Requiring the joint transportation committee to conduct a comprehensive research and analysis effort on transportation funding. 
SB 5938 Clarifying the permitting, training, and licensing process for driver training schools. 
SB 5944 Implementing a demonstration project to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Whatcom.  Fiscal Note
SB 6004 Consolidating certain salmon recovery activities and programs within the recreation and conservation office.  Fiscal Note
SB 6005 Acquiring state ferry vessels through the use of certain tourism industry tax revenues. 
SB 6063 Concerning eligibility of lands used for equestrian related activities for current use valuation programs. 
SB 6165 Allowing greater use of short boards for appeals before the shorelines hearings board.  Fiscal Note
SR 8663 Recognizing Garden Raised Bounty. 
SB 5004 Creating a mobile custom farm slaughtering unit loan program.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Promoting local meat production.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5009 Creating a military service exemption for benefits charged to the experience rating accounts of employers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5045 Promoting economic development and community revitalization.
Revised for 2nd Substitute: Regarding community revitalization financing.
 
SB 5055 Protecting the interests of customers of public service companies in proceedings before the Washington utilities and transportation commission. 
SB 5138 Creating an integrated climate change response strategy.  Fiscal Note
SB 5185 Increasing solar energy incentives.  Fiscal Note
SB 5279 Providing for the safe collection and disposal of unwanted drugs from residential sources through a producer provided and funded product stewardship program.  Fiscal Note
SB 5282 Regarding the use of bisphenol A.  Fiscal Note
SB 5299 Concerning water resource management on the Columbia and Snake rivers.  Fiscal Note
SB 5350 Changing special permit provisions for poultry slaughter, preparation, and care.  Fiscal Note
SB 5354 Regarding public hospital capital facility areas.  Fiscal Note
SB 5360 Establishing a community health care collaborative grant program. 
SB 5401 Expanding the riparian open space program to include lands that contain habitat of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Expanding the riparian open space program to include lands that contain critical habitat of threatened or endangered species.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5433 Modifying provisions of local option taxes. 
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 5451 Changing the date for setting the amount of pipeline safety fees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5481 Concerning veterans' burials.  Fiscal Note
SB 5543 Establishing the product stewardship recycling act for mercury-containing lights.  Fiscal Note
SB 5580 Concerning school impact fees.  Fiscal Note
SB 5590 Establishing liability protection for countywide flood control zone districts. 
SB 5620 Regarding the voluntary rating system for child care centers and early education programs. 
SB 5625 Creating a state college in Snohomish county. 
SB 5684 Addressing environmental mitigation in highway construction. 
SB 5688 Expanding the rights and responsibilities of state registered domestic partners.  Fiscal Note
SB 5695 Authorizing the Washington state patrol to accept donations.  Fiscal Note
SB 5735 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Fiscal Note
SB 5797 Regarding exemptions from solid waste handling permit requirements.  Fiscal Note
SB 5840 Modifying the energy independence act. 
SB 5854 Reducing climate pollution in the built environment.  Fiscal Note
SB 5867 Verifying water supplies for new subdivisions. 
SB 5917 Conducting an assessment of high-speed internet service in the state.  Fiscal Note
SB 5921 Creating a clean energy collaborative.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Creating a clean energy leadership initiative.
  Fiscal Note
SB 5953 Eliminating the requirement that security amounts for certain marine vessel contracts adequately protect one hundred percent of the state's or county's exposure to loss. 
SB 6036 Concerning water cleanup planning and implementation.  Fiscal Note
SB 6061 Modernizing the Washington state ferry system. 
SB 6066 Prohibiting the use and sale of studded tires.  Fiscal Note
SB 6166 Concerning the sale of timber from state trust lands.  Fiscal Note
SB 6172 Eliminating the oil spill advisory council.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Suspending the powers and duties of the oil spill advisory council for the 2009-2011 biennium.
 
SB 6189 Providing grants to increase dental and medical services by a voter-approved sales and use tax on candy.  Fiscal Note
SR 8604 Honoring the National Guard. 
SR 8613 Recognizing Washington State Senate Civic Education Day. 
SR 8614 Recognizing and honoring Catholic schools week 2009. 
SR 8616 Celebrating the 150th birthday of the City of Olympia. 
SR 8619 Honoring Wilcox Farms. 
SR 8621 Honoring girls and women in sports. 
SR 8624 Recognizing the 4-H youth development program. 
SR 8631 Recognizing Japanese-American internees and World War II veterans. 
SR 8634 Recognizing department of transportation and Washington state patrol employees for their work and efforts during the storms of 2007, 2008, and 2009. 
SR 8635 Honoring those who work with victims of traumatic brain injury. 
SR 8638 Honoring the commercial fishing fleet. 
SR 8644 Celebrating Dairy Day. 
SR 8645 Celebrating the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.