Bob's Bill Sponsorship ('05-'06)
Bob's Prime Sponsored Bills ('05-'06)
<click here for more information on any of these bills>| Bill Number | Brief Description |
| HB 1345 | Allowing state financial aid for part-time students. Fiscal Note |
| HB 1440 | Concerning registration fees for weighing and measuring devices. Fiscal Note |
| HB 1887 | Modifying exemptions to the litter tax. Fiscal Note |
| HB 1930 | Creating a citizen's committee to monitor noise abatement at Sea-Tac airport. |
| HB 1931 | Changing requirements for airport noise mitigation programs. |
| HB 2067 | Establishing a legislative/executive task force on health care access, delivery, and financing. |
| HB 2068 | Creating an opportunity for children to testify in dissolution proceedings. |
| HB 2161 | Creating a task force to study telecommunications and information technology. |
| HB 2313 | Raising revenue by restricting or eliminating tax preferences. |
| HB 2315 | Modifying the business and occupation taxation of investment income received by corporations. |
| HB 2318 | Imposing a tax on unearned income. |
| HB 2321 | Relating to the taxation of janitorial services. |
| HB 2559 | Changing the registration fees for weighing and measuring devices. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2594 | Providing assistance to non-English speaking voters. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2724 | Regulating the sale of public lands. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2965 | Modifying the vehicle licensing fee on commercial trailers for commercial vehicle operator training purposes and local roads maintenance. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2977 | Imposing monetary penalties on windfall profits of petroleum corporations. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2978 | Modifying voters' pamphlet fiscal impact statement requirements. Fiscal Note |
| HB 2979 | Addressing cultural upbringing in parenting plans. |
| HB 3249 | Ensuring benefit equality among local government employees. |
Bob's Secondary Sponsored Bills ('05-'06)
| Bill Number | Brief Description | |
| HB 1028 | Providing for apprenticeship utilization requirements on public works projects. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1082 | Reorganizing provisions concerning mental health services for minors. | |
| HB 1090 | Using pictograms in transportation signs. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1094 |
Establishing reporting requirements to monitor the effectiveness of tax incentives. Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying tax incentive reporting requirements. Fiscal Note |
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| HB 1095 | Disallowing tax expenditures that exceed a specified limit. | |
| HB 1096 | Requiring a tax expenditure report as part of the biennial budget documents. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1123 | Requiring safe drinking water in schools. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1154 | Requiring that insurance coverage for mental health services be at parity with medical and surgical services. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1168 | Authorizing the state board of pharmacy to regulate nonresident Canadian pharmacies. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1173 | Establishing family leave insurance. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1185 | Prohibiting disclosure of personal wireless numbers. | |
| HB 1187 | Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for youthful offenders tried as adults. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for certain youthful offenders tried as adults.) Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1189 | Providing relief for indigent veterans and their families. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1190 | Supporting the long-term success of families with children by removing barriers to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the WorkFirst programs. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1194 | Regarding reimportation of prescription drugs. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1219 | Authorizing a prescription drug purchasing consortium. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1226 | Adjusting application of campaign contribution limits. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1251 | Regulating tax refund anticipation loans. | |
| HB 1261 | Making the joint committee on veterans' and military affairs permanent. | |
| HB 1264 | Prohibiting noncompetition agreements in the broadcasting industry. | |
| HB 1267 | Authorizing branch campuses to offer lower-division courses. | |
| HB 1272 |
Requiring public buildings to be built using high-performance green building standards. Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning high-performance building standards. Fiscal Note |
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| HB 1277 | Changing registration requirements for sex offenders and kidnapping offenders. | |
| HB 1282 | Regarding sexual health education. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1316 | Allowing the importation of certain prescription drugs from Canadian wholesalers. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1335 | Providing home rule charter cities the ability to choose their election system. | |
| HB 1343 | Providing a life insurance policy for national guard members called to active duty. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1358 | Regarding recidivism reduction through discharge of convicted felons. | |
| HB 1360 | Protecting ancestral trees. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1366 | Requiring video game retailers to inform consumers about video game rating systems. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1371 |
Modifying the nurse mandatory overtime prohibition. Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning overtime requirements for health care facility employees. |
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| HB 1397 | Changing vehicle emission standards provisions. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1405 | Extending the term of the disabled hunter and fishers advisory committee. | |
| HB 1408 | Creating an individual development account program. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1415 | Managing impacts of commercial passenger vessels on marine waters. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1426 | Establishing an interagency plan for children of incarcerated parents. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1432 | Avoiding fragmentation in bargaining units for classified school employees. | |
| HB 1441 | Providing access to health insurance for children. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1444 | Requiring contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1447 | Establishing a pilot project to examine the use of instant runoff voting for nonpartisan offices. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1451 | Increasing penalties for driving or physical control while under the influence. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1452 | Designating failure to provide proof of vehicle insurance as a misdemeanor. | |
| HB 1454 | Requiring proof of insurance for vehicle registration. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1488 | Prohibiting the sale of products that contain polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1494 |
Improving the delivery of health care services to school children. Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring a work group to assess school nursing services in class I school districts. Fiscal Note |
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| HB 1515 | Expanding the jurisdiction of the human rights commission. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1517 | Creating the office of national guard ombudsman. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1527 | Requiring living wages on public contracts. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1529 | Eliminating the tax exemption for certain initiation fees and dues. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1535 | Removing state funding restrictions from the hepatitis C state plan. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1542 | Providing indigent defense services. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1543 | Concerning salmon labeling requirements. | |
| HB 1547 | Expanding programs eligible for housing assistance grants and loans. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1550 | Supporting the state achievers' scholarship program. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1556 | Requiring business and labor representation on all community college boards of trustees. | |
| HB 1573 | Modifying provisions of the linked deposit program. | |
| HB 1576 | Providing a small business tax credit for job creation. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1583 | Making available relocation assistance payments to tenants. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1586 | Permitting a college or university to maintain a diverse student population by considering race, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the admission and transfer process without using quotas, predetermined points, or set asides. | |
| HB 1589 | Increasing the amount of vocational education that qualifies as a work activity under WorkFirst. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1592 | Including women's contributions in the World War II oral history project. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1593 | Funding farmers market nutrition programs. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1604 | Revising various election laws. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1607 |
Including members of the Samish Indian Nation for purposes of resident tuition. Revised for 1st Substitute: Including members of the Samish Indian Nation for purposes of resident tuition. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Including members of federally recognized Indian tribes as resident students for tuition purposes. |
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| HB 1620 | Prohibiting insurers from having a financial interest in automotive repair facilities. | |
| HB 1660 | Expanding the definition of "at-risk youth." Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1661 | Specifying procedures for transfer of juvenile proceedings. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1702 | Creating the "Health Care Responsibility Act" to expand access to health insurance coverage. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1724 | Requiring disclosure of outsourcing. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1725 | Prohibiting the offshoring of work under state contracts. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1733 | Requiring pay equity for community and technical college part-time faculty. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1738 | Establishing an early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1743 | Modifying senior citizen property tax provisions. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1744 | Providing property tax relief. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1759 | Designating the orca as the state official marine mammal. | |
| HB 1778 | Monitoring and reporting on check cashers and sellers. | |
| HB 1791 | Creating a developmental disabilities community trust account. | |
| HB 1792 | Defining the parameters of the use of force and physical restraint in the common schools. | |
| HB 1794 | Expanding access to baccalaureate degree programs. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1801 | Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for certain farm and agricultural land. Fiscal Note | |
| HB 1802 |
Providing a property tax exemption for nonprofits that assist small businesses. Revised for 2nd Substitute: Providing a property tax exemption for nonprofit small business incubators. Fiscal Note |
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| HB 1803 | Removing second degree robbery from the definition of most serious offense. | |
| HB 1805 |
Modifying provisions of the linked deposit program.
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