Today is Friday, Feb. 10, the 33rd day of the 60-day session.
QUOTED
“We need to move forward with a public-health approach to marijuana, and Initiative 502 does that.”
– Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, speaking at a news conference in favor of I-502.
NOTEWORTHY
Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that she will sign the same-sex marriage bill at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Senate Bill 6239 passed the House Wednesday and the Senate last week.
FLOOR ACTION
A proposal that would let state hospitals see medical-malpractice claims before a trial passed the House unanimously. House Bill 2741 was requested by Attorney General Rob McKenna and is designed to decrease costs related to the suits by making it easier to settle.
House Bill 2363 would prohibit courts from requiring domestic-violence victims to disclose certain information, such as their residence, during specific proceedings. It also passed the House unanimously.
A proposal that would let counties create juvenile gang courts, House Bill 2535, passed the House 92-4.
Political committee-sponsored ads for or against ballot measures would have to name the five largest contributors under House Bill 2499, which passed the House 75-22.
A bill that would allow religious objections to autopsies passed the Senate 46-2. Senate Bill 6068 was prompted by a Pierce County case of a man who died on Mount Rainier.
The Senate passed a series of bills against human trafficking, including Senate Bill 6251, which would make publishers liable for commercial sex advertisements that depict minors. It passed unanimously.
