Another in a series.
House Bill 1151 (prohibiting smoking in vehicles with children)
Introduced by Rep. Brendan Williams, (D-Olympia) (D) on January 14, 2009, forbids the smoking of any tobacco product in a vehicle containing children under the age of eighteen. Enforceable only as a secondary offense when a vehicle is stopped for another violation.
House Bill 1162 (provides for social emotional learning in state public schools)
Introduced by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 14, 2009, establishes that basic instruction in state public schools should include in its curriculum a social emotional learning component to help students better regulate their emotions and creates a social emotional learning public-private partnership with specific directions on the composition of this board. Addresses funding and training of teachers and pilot school districts in which to initiate the program.
Senate Bill 5108 (Concerning tribal member exemptions from retail sales tax)
Introduced by Sen. Jim Honeyford, (R-Sunnyside) (R) on January 14, 2009, requires documentation of eligibility to claim a tribal member exemption from the retail sales tax and imposes penalties on vendors who make tax exempt sales to a person who does not display such documentation.
Senate Bill 5109 (Property valuation freezes for senior citizens and disabled persons)
Introduced by Sen. Jim Honeyford, (R-Sunnyside) (R) on January 14, 2009, raises income thresholds for property valuation freezes for senior citizens and persons retired due to physical disability.
Senate Joint Resolution 8203 (Requiring that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute)
Introduced by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 14, 2009, proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow supreme court vacancies to be filled by the governor from a list of ("geographically representative and ethnically diverse") persons nominated by a nonpartisan commission.
Senate Joint Resolution 8204 (Requiring that supreme court vacancies be filled according to statute)
Introduced by Sen. Ken Jacobsen, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 14, 2009, proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require that supreme court vancies shall only be filled as provided by statute.
Senate Joint Resolution 8205 (Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax)
Introduced by Sen. Rosa Franklin, (D-Tacoma) (D) on January 14, 2009, proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow an income tax.
HB 1182
If you close a bank account, get or renew your passport, or change residence during the course of a divorce- the courts can and should assume you plan on kidnapping your child and therefore award full custody to the mother.
Posted by: Andy on January 16, 2009 12:16 PMRe: appointing the justices. Only the hard left can get away with proposing such anti-liberty changes and still get elected again and again. It's bad enough they want to take away our right to initiative, now they want to take away our vote for state judges? It only figures the people proposing this insanity are Seattle's representatives.
Posted by: Palouse on January 16, 2009 12:51 PMSJR 8203 -
We are all diverse, but some are more diverse than others.
It's somewhat droll that the bill specifies "geographically representative and ethnically diverse." If it instead read "geographically and ethnically representative," then, proportionately speaking, we'd end up with a mere .6 Asian justices, .8 Latino justices, and .3 black justices on the state supreme court. Of course, since we live in a rather racially homogenous state, Sen. Jacobsen has chosen to take the somewhat racist tact of specifying that the state ought to go out of its way to put certain races or ethnicities on the bench.
Posted by: SlipperyPete on January 16, 2009 01:13 PMPalouse: This is only taking away the power of the GOVERNOR to appoint justices for vacancies, not to take away the power of the people to elect justices. Still pretty lame though.
What ever happened to "pick the best person possible without discriminating based on skin color, religion, gender, etc"?
Nice double standard there.
Posted by: blindman on January 16, 2009 11:14 PM