Last Wednesday was the cut-off day for bills to leave their respective committees and start their way onto the floor for debate in the Washington State legislature.
On really stupid late comer of a bill that actually made it out was HB 1362 (and its companion SB 5934) which would confiscate the automobile of people (read: Men) bustedfor the high crime of attempting to pick up a hooker.
And as of last Thursday, these are bills of note that didn’t make it.
The Good:
SB 5188 – If a Washington state school district handed someone a diploma and a Washington state college or university discovered that the student needed remedial instruction to bring them to the college level, the graduating school district would have to foot the bill for said instruction. Best way to stop a district from just punting the kid out I can think of. Also the legislative fights between primary and secondary education funding would become legendary.
Would have required school districts to pay colleges for any and all remedial education needed to bring the college freshman up to college level if said district gave the kid a diploma
SB 8402 – Would stop stupid bills (like SB 5336 allowing dogs in bars) from being presented in the legislature until all budgetary matters had been taken care of.
SB 5213 – Was our state’s bill that would have required a state issued ID to vote.
SB 5217 – Would have stopped the wasting of public money to place “art” in prisons. The current requirement is 1% of the budget goes to art. That is idiotic on a good day and suicidal in times of deficit spending. A penny saved and such.
SB 5362 – This was the best minimum wage bill proposed. It would have suspended increases to the nation’s highest minimum wage (currently $8.55 and hour) and tied it to the Consumer Price Index. The hyper leftists demanded its death so as to encourage a lack of need to gather workable skills among the lazy.
The Bad:
SB 5476 – Thankfully, this turd that would have abolished the state’s death penalty was put down. Unclear if it was by lethal injection or hanging.
The Ugly:
SB 5857- At least one blatantly nanny state law got “choked out” in committee. This one would have been our “anti-artificial Trans-Fat” bill.
You can read this post from the past and compare the two lists to see what is still in-play and rejoice. For a little bit longer anyway.