Issues
The Good... The Bad... The Ugly...
2009 State Bills
| BILL # | TOPIC | GOOD / BAD | STATUS |
| SB 5362 | The bill would set Washington's minimum wage at its current $8.55 an hour and eliminate the requirement that the rate be raised each year. | Good | No Pass |
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HB 1650
SB 5042 |
Waives penalties for first-time paperwork violations by small businesses. House bill has not been scheduled for a hearing. The Senate bill has passed out of committee and has been passed out of the full senate with a unanimous vote in favor. |
Good |
HB - No Pass SB - Pass |
| HB 1160 | Repeals twenty-five parts of acts concerning the family leave insurance program to include parts involving eligibility, disqualification from benefits, duration of benefits, leave and employment protection among others. | Good | No Pass |
| SB 5558 | Repeals the 2007 family and medical leave insurance act. | Good | No Pass |
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HB 1528 SB 5446 |
aka Workers Privacy Act - Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to attend a meeting, or listen to, or respond to communications that relate to political or religious matters or are intended to influence the employee's beliefs, opinions, or actions about political or religious matters. | Ugly |
No Pass No Pass |
| SJR 8205 | Amends state constitution to allow state income tax. Referred to Secretary of State place on ballot next general election. | Bad | No Pass |
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HB 1609 SB 5679 |
Requires employers to pay a premium of two cents per individual per hour worked, to the employment security department to be deposited in the family and medical leave insurance account. Employers may deduct from the pay of each individual the full amount that the employer is required to pay for the individual. | Ugly |
No Pass No Pass |
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HB 1819 SB 5735 |
Cap and Trade will hurt Washington’s struggling employers and families. Eliminating today’s jobs for the hope of “green jobs” makes no sense. | Ugly |
HB - No Pass SB – No Pass |
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HB 1432 SB 5364 |
Reduces the existing commute trip reduction tax credit from $2.75 million to $ 1.25 million in any fiscal year. | Bad |
HB – No Pass SB – No Pass |
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HB 1874 SB 5737 |
Prohibits cities from imposing a licensing requirement and business and occupation taxes on a person if the only activity conducted by the person is the delivery of tangible personal property sold by the person. | Good |
HB – No Pass SB – No Pass |
| HB 2162 | Permits local governments, within their jurisdiction, to ban house-banked social card games, allow house-banked social card games, or limit the number of house-banked social card games. | Good | No Pass |
| SB 6019 | Provides for discounts on health insurance allowing up to a twenty percent variance for small employers that develop and implement a wellness program or activities that directly improve employee wellness. | Good | Pass |
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HB 1624 SB 5522 |
Authorizes the secretary of state to approve a program that allows service and overseas voters to cast a ballot over the internet. The program must be secure, and must protect the secrecy of the ballot. | Good |
HB – No Pass SB – No Pass |
| SB 5975 | Reduces the B & O tax and the reporting requirements on small business by increasing the threshold for filing from twelve to twenty-four thousand dollars a year. | Good | No Pass |
| SB 5064 | Rocky Mountain Eco System management. AKA Yellowstone to Yukon migratory corridor. Funds and staffs infrastructure to start movement | Ugly | No Pass |