King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Homepage Presented by

King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Homepage Presented by Marcus Hochstetler, Director, KCLL Overview The homepage for the Washington State Legislature is located at the following Internet addresses – both will get you there: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature The page is sponsored by both branches of the State Legislature, has been redesigned (a good point) and provides: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bills introduced during the current session (all versions, including session laws) Amendments Bill summaries and histories Daily Bill status Roll calls on bills Legislative and committee schedules Initiatives and referenda Bills introduced during previous sessions (via a link) House and Senate reports for the current session Full-text, searchable versions of the current RCW, WAC and State Register (via a link) Full-text, searchable versions of the State Registers back to 1998 (via a link) Calendar information for the current session Contact information for House and Senate members and committees Information about the State legislative process and the operations of the House and Senate Floor activity for both House and Senate Email sign up lists Personalized bill tracking lists Fiscal Notes (via a link) Contact information for members, including committee membership Online informational files that describe the system in general and each offering in particular • • Features Can create list of bills you would like to track – create reports, share the lists, and moreDetailed Legislative Reports – on Tracked bills Subscribe to email lists – select from Combined meeting schedules, Committee agenda changes, and Senate order of consideration Legislative Information Center – Provides electronic copies, links to Detailed Legislative information - historical .PDF versions of the bills are available, making it easier to track changes and print good quality copies of the text. Several areas are key-word searchable, making it easier to find bills by topic, RCW cite or sponsor. Translation tables are provided for the current session, making it easier to track proposed changes to existing statutes. You can cut and paste bill text into your word processor Daily Digest Supplements keep you up-to-date on summaries of bills 1 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 Foibles Search capabilities are still limited to very basic Boolean searches using AND, OR, NOT, phrase and root word searching. Plus, in current session only searches abstract – not full-text. Need to use general search for full-text. Dates associated with various versions of the bill do not necessarily reflect dates of action on the bill. Links to various "reports" do not necessarily lead you to substantive documents about the bill. No links to the affected RCW from Bill Text or Session Law Finding a bill by topic or subject From the Legislative Homepage: 1. 2. Select Bill Information from the left hand pane Search by key words in Find Bills box Or – use the Full text Search at: http://search.leg.wa.gov/pub/textsearch/default.asp 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Search Bills, RCW, WAC & State Register Check the appropriate database checkbox (That is, Bills 2007-08) Enter your search term(s) in the Search Box If you need help setting up a search, select the Help button beside the Search Select the Search button to run your query Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to view the results of your search From the Bill Info page: 1. 2. 3. Select “Bills by Topic” or “Search Brief Description by Keyword” Select alphabetical listing – and scroll to subject Or use Edit – Find option Finding a bill if you know its bill number From the Legislative Homepage: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select Bill Info Enter bill number in Search box Or - Select the older tabs (i.e. 2005-06, 2003-04) Enter the bill number in the Search box For Sponsor information Select “Detailed Legislative Reports” in order to find bills and related information by sponsor, committee, RCW citation, and step in the legislative process. (Formerly LEGLink) For Session information Select “Agencies, Schedules and Calendars on the left hand pane Choose the particular calendar information you’re looking for If you need help! Visit our web site at www.kcll.org Email or Chat with our Reference Staff by choosing the “Ask a Question” link or call 206-2960940 2 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 Bill Number Assignments The Daily Status Report lists all the bills in numerical order and indicates their current status. The Bill Information page always contains the most recent Daily Status Report. The report uses certain symbols or abbreviations to indicate type of bill, who requested the legislations (in addition to a Representative or Senator), whether the bill has a fiscal note, whether it has a companion bill, and the current status. Find the definition of symbol for the following columns: Bill Number Column Subject Column Status Column Committee Reports (on left) (in middle) (on right) Symbols in the Bill Number Column (on left) S Substitute Bill; 2S - 2nd Substitute; 3S - 3rd Substitute E Engrossed Bill (amendment in original house); 2E - 2nd Engrossed a Amendment by the opposite house b Introduced by request of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee d Introduced by request of a department e Introduced by request of the Governor o Introduced by request of others $ Bill has an appropriation f State fiscal note on file # Local government fiscal note on file Symbols in the Subject Column (in middle) t.o. Title only bill [cf SB ####] Refers to bills which are identical (at the time of introduction) to bill mentioned in or [cf HB ####] previous line Symbols in the Status Column (on right) * H or S FP Rules 2G or Rules 3C Rules R or Rules C or Rules 2 Status changed by previous day's business Denotes a House or Senate action Final Passage Bill eligible to placed on Floor Calendar (for debate during floor session) In Rules Committee 3 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 Rules X Bills which the Rules Committee has determined are no longer eligible for consideration because of the terms of a cut-off resolution. (Further resolutions can change that status.) H 2nd ReadSCal Bill on House Suspension Calendar (scheduled for floor debate and will likely not be amended) Symbols for Committee Reports The committee acronym (CA) is placed before the committee report, for example, H LJ DP means the House Law CA DP CA DPA CA DPS CA DP2S CA DP3S CA DPSA CA confirm CA ref CA CA DNP CA w/oRec + Committee report, Do Pass Committee report, Do Pass As Amended Committee report, Do Pass Substitute Committee report, Do Pass 2nd Substitute Committee report, Do Pass 3rd Substitute Committee report, Do Pass Substitute As Amended Committee report, Do Confirm a Gubernatorial Appointment (Senate only) Committee report, Refer to Committee on CA (for example, H CL ref ED means House Committee Committee on Education) Committee report, Do Not Pass Committee report, Without Recommendation Means a minority report exists, for example, H CA DP+ or S CA DP2S+ 4 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 S 6178 2416 e Property tax deferral Initiative 747 [cf SB 6177] * * Del to Gov Del to Gov SB 6178 - 2007-08 Providing a fifty percent property tax deferral for households with income of fifty-seven thousand dollars or less. History of Bill as of Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:41 PM Sponsors: By Request: Companion Bill: Senators Kauffman, Haugen, Rasmussen, Franklin, Brown, Eide, Rockefeller, Kline, Kilmer, Prentice, Hargrove, Shin, Berkey, Oemig, McAuliffe Governor Gregoire HB 2417 2007 1ST SPECIAL SESSION Nov 29 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM. First reading, referred to Ways & Means. (View Original Bill) WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (View 1st Substitute) Minority; do not pass. Minority; without recommendation. Rules suspended. Placed on second reading. 1st substitute bill substituted. (View 1st Substitute) Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. (View Roll Calls) IN THE HOUSE Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 4. (View Roll Calls) IN THE SENATE President signed. IN THE HOUSE Speaker signed. OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE ACTION Delivered to Governor. (View Bill as Passed Legislature) Governor signed. Chapter 2, 2007 Laws 1st Special Session. (View Session Law) Effective date 11/29/2007. Available Documents Bill Documents Original Bill Substitute Bill Bill as Passed Legislature Session Law Amendments Bill Digests Bill Reports Senate Bill Report Substitute House Bill Report Substitute Senate Bill Report Final Bill Report 5 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 Amendment Name 6178-S AMH BAIL H3919.1 6178-S AMH ORCU H3916.1 6178-S AMH PRIE MITC 129 6178-S AMH ROAD H3912.1 6178-S AMS BENT GORR 273 6178-S AMS PARL GORR 270 6178-S AMS PFLU GORR 271 Fiscal Note (Not Available) Num 947 946 949 948 2 3 4 Sponsor Bailey Orcutt Priest Roach Benton Parlette Pflug Type Floor Floor Floor Floor Floor Floor Floor Description Pg 6 Ln 17 Pg 3 Ln 28 Pg 5 Ln 13 Pg 3 Ln 21 Pg 4 Ln 35 Striker Pg 3 Ln 5 Action FAILED 11/29/2007 FAILED 11/29/2007 SCOPE AND OBJECT 11/29/2007 FAILED 11/29/2007 RULED BEYOND SCOPE 11/29/2007 NOT ADOPTED 11/29/2007 NOT ADOPTED 11/29/2007 Glossary of Terms | Comments about this site | Privacy Notice | Accessibility Information | Disclaimer 6 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 HB 2416 - 2007-08 Reinstating the one percent property tax limit factor adopted by the voters under Initiative Measure No. 747. History of Bill as of Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:54 PM Sponsors: Representatives Hurst, Orcutt, Barlow, Roach, Seaquist, Condotta, Kelley, McCune, Goodman, Strow, VanDeWege, Bailey, Wallace, Ahern, Green, Schmick, Lantz, Ross, Springer, Rodne, Morrell, Anderson, Rolfes, Hailey, P. Sullivan, Haler, McCoy, Hankins, Eddy, Priest, Takko, Kristiansen, Blake, Pearson, Ericks, Ericksen, Kessler, DeBolt, Appleton, Skinner, Clibborn, Hinkle, Fromhold, Warnick, O'Brien, Alexander, Campbell, Armstrong, Lovick, Newhouse, Morris, Chandler, B. Sullivan, Schindler, Eickmeyer, Crouse, Jarrett, Dunn, Kretz, Sump, McDonald, Walsh, Linville By Request: Governor Gregoire Companion Bill: SB 6177 2007 1ST SPECIAL SESSION Nov 29 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:15 AM. First reading, referred to Finance. (View Original Bill) FIN - Executive action taken by committee. FIN - Majority; do pass. Minority; do not pass. Placed on second reading. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 3. (View Roll Calls) Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. (View Roll Calls) IN THE HOUSE Speaker signed. IN THE SENATE President signed. OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE ACTION Delivered to Governor. (View Bill as Passed Legislature) Governor signed. Chapter 1, 2007 Laws 1st Special Session. (View Session Law) Effective date 11/29/2007. IN THE SENATE Available Documents Bill Documents Original Bill Bill as Passed Legislature Session Law Amendments Amendment Name 2416 AMH ORCU H3906.1 2416 AMS BENT GORR 269 2416 AMS CARR GORR 267 2416 AMS OEMI S3889.1 Bill Digests Bill Reports House Bill Analysis House Bill Report Final Bill Report Num 945 6 1 5 Sponsor Orcutt Benton Carrell Oemig Type Floor Floor Floor Floor Description Pg 2 Ln 7 Striker Pg 2 Ln 17 Pg 2 Ln 6 Action SCOPE AND OBJECT 11/29/2007 RULED BEYOND SCOPE 11/29/2007 NOT ADOPTED 11/29/2007 NOT ADOPTED 11/29/2007 7 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008 About Washington State Legislature RSS Feeds The Legislature website currently provides RSS feeds for every bill introduced to the Legislature. Each feed lists the latest actions and the brief description for the bill. Each action in the feed is listed along with a corresponding number representing the sequential order of the actions. For instance, an action starting with "01" means that was the first action for that bill. In addition, links to the appropriate bill summary pages are provided in each feed. The feeds are provided free of charge and you may subscribe to any number of feeds to track the bills that interest you. However, it might be necessary for us to place some limits on feeds if the volume and frequency of feed updates becomes too high. To subscribe to the feed for a bill, go to the Bill Information page, search for the bill that interests you, then click the orange icon next to the bill number and follow the instructions on the page. For more information, see What is RSS? New - Mobile Pages Users who can view Internet sites on their PDAs or phones, can access some legislative content on those devices by going to www.leg.wa.gov/mobile/. The mobile site contains five content areas: Bill Summary: You can search for a bill number to see the latest action on the bill, a link to the companion bill, the history of the bill, the sponsors, and HTML versions of the same bill documents that are available on the regular bill summary page. Committee Agendas: You can choose daily, weekly or monthly schedules and then choose a date or date range to view all of the agendas that fit those parameters. Meeting Schedules: You can browse for meeting schedules and agendas first by chamber, then by committee. Find Your Legislator: You can find your district and your legislators the same way you do on the normal District Finder. The mobile version does not show the district map on the results page due to the limitations of the screen sizes. Bill Sponsorship: You can search for the primary or secondary sponsored bills for any legislator who is or was active in the current biennium. The results show the bill number and the short title for the bill. TVW coverage You can find live and archived legislative hearings on the www.tvw.org website. 8 King County Law Library Washington State Legislative Web Site 1/2008