Where we stand after the session's first committee cut-off

Non-fiscal bills had to clear their committees by Monday. Those that didn’t can be considered when the Legislature re-convenes in 2012. Or if any exception is made or the bills become budget provisos.
 
With those cautions, here’s a quick rundown of bills that remain alive and those that appear to be dead for this session:

• Wisconsin-style rollback bills proposed by Senate Republicans all died in the Senate Labor, Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee without a hearing: SB 5349 (repeal collective bargaining), SB 5347 (repeal employees’ union rights) and SB 5345 (contracting out rights).
  
  
• SB 5805, the bill stripping the enforcement powers of park rangers, Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers and natural resource agents, died without a hearing in the Senate Natural Resources and Marine Waters Committee. Also apparently officially dead in the Senate Transportation Committee is SB 5249 to move Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers to the Washington State Patrol.
  
  
• SB 5020, the social worker title change bill, is still alive in the Senate Rules Committee; it’s been amended for the better, but it still needs a lot of work. SB 5513, the CPS social worker licensure bill, died in the Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee. By the way, the separate proposal before the state personnel director to change the social worker title was pulled from the Feb. 10 agenda, thanks in part to phone calls and letters sent by Federation social worker members. But the DOP director may take up the issue in May. The legislation and personnel actions affect 3,000.
  
  
• HB 1209 giving state Community Corrections officers greater flexibility, did not move out of the House Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee.
• HB 1179 allowing legislators to meet and discuss non-political issues at state worksites is in the House Rules Committee.
  
  
• SHB 1247 on secure transition facilities is in the House Rules Committee.
  
  
• SHB 1291, binding arbitration for Community Corrections staff, is in the House Ways and Means Committee. The Senate counterpart, SB 5368, is in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• HB 1321 to extend general law enforcement authority to state park rangers did not clear the House Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee.
  
  
• The bills to contract out state agency debt collection duties (HB 1374 and SB 5284) did not clear their respective committees.
  
  
• SHB 1518 allowing pre-tax deductions for parking and transit fees is in the House Rules Committee.
  
  
• SHB 1720, the proposed Department of Enterprise Services bill, has a hearing today in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
•  HB 1735 on clean water jobs is in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
• The bills granting binding arbitration to campus police are still alive. SHB 1736 is in the House Ways and Means Committee. SSB 5606 is in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• SHB 1841 to consolidate information technology services, with the good amendment retaining collective bargaining and civil service rights, is in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• The bill to consolidate natural resources agencies is alive in the Senate Ways and Means Committee, SSB 5669. The House version, HB 1850, did not clear committee.
  
  
• Both workplace-bullying bills did not clear committee: HB 1928 and SB 5789.
  
  
• Both bills increasing duty-related death benefits are still in respective fiscal committees: SB 5160 in the Senate Ways and Means Committee and HB 1450 in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• The “Discover Pass” bills to replace lost revenue for parks, Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources, are alive. SSB 5622 is in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. HB 1796 is in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• Both bills increasing funds to the state Wildlife Account are alive. SB 5385 is in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. HB 1387 is in the House Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• Both the pro-residential habilitation centers bill, SB 5429, and the anti-institutions bill, SB 5132, did not clear the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee. SSB 5459, originally anti-RHC, has been amended for the better: The names of all five RHCs are restored to the statute. All references about closing RHCs are removed. All references related to RHCs only serving persons 21 and older are removed. Any savings achieved through consolidating or closing RHCs will be deposited into the Community Residential Investment Account created in the state treasury. The savings will be used to extend services to people with developmental disabilities receiving limited or no services or to enhance rates paid to community residential service businesses. SSB 5459 is in Senate Ways and Means Committee. It’s still a work in progress.
  
  
• The bill limiting liability for Corrections and DSHS workers, SSB 5605, is in the Senate Rules Committee.
  
• SB 5702 to contract out maintenance of temporarily closed state parks (SB 5702) did not clear the Senate Natural Resources and Marine Waters Committee.
  
  
• SB 5807, the state language access providers bill, has a hearing Thursday in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
  
  
• The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee did not move on the bad HB 1233 that would do away with the hydraulic project approval (HPA) process. It also didn’t act on the good HB 1588 to charge HPA fees.

This is not an exhaustive list. We’ll keep you up to date as other bills still alive move.