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Gov. Gregoire signs multiple bills

For Immediate Release: March 28, 2008

OLYMPIA � Gov. Gregoire today signed the following bills into law. The governor partially vetoed Third Substitute House Bill 1741, House Bill 2835, Substitute Senate Bill 6743 and Substitute Bill 6807.

Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1030
Relating to the penalty for attempting to elude a police vehicle.

Substitute House Bill No. 1141
Relating to destruction of diversion records.

Third Substitute House Bill No. 1741
Relating to the oral history program. The governor vetoed Section 16 of the bill.

Third Substitute House Bill No. 2053
Relating to improving the availability of motor vehicle fuel in the event of an electric power outage or interruption in electric service.

Engrossed House Bill No. 2476
Relating to authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers.

Second Substitute House Bill No. 2514
Relating to protecting southern resident orca whales from disturbances by vessels.

House Bill No. 2542
Relating to enforcement of cigarette taxes through regulation of stamped and unstamped cigarettes.

Second Substitute House Bill No. 2557
Relating to improving the operation of the trial courts.

House Bill No. 2650
Relating to authorizing a cigarette tax agreement between the state of Washington and the Yakama Nation.

House Bill No. 2652
Relating to coordination of benefit plans that allow state and public employees to pay on a pretax basis to participate in benefits offered under sections 125 and 129 of the internal revenue code, including transfer of the dependent care assistance
program to the health care authority.

Second Substitute House Bill No. 2714
Relating to making failure to register as a sex offender or kidnapping offender a class B felony.

House Bill No. 2719
Relating to ensuring that offenders receive accurate sentences.

House Bill No. 2835
Relating to requiring federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation. The governor vetoed Section 4 of this bill.

Substitute House Bill No. 2858
Relating to expanding metal property provisions.

House Bill No. 3011
Relating to safeguarding securities owned by insurers.

Substitute House Bill No. 3120
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for environmentally certified residential and commercial construction.

Substitute House Bill No. 3149
Relating to compensation of state investment board personnel.

House Bill No. 3188
Relating to exempting waste vegetable oil from excise tax.

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5010
Relating to creating a state park foster home pass.

Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5642
Relating to reduced cigarette ignition propensity.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 5651
Relating to investigating and assessing performance in meeting community credit needs.

Senate Bill No. 6216
Relating to authorizing the governor to enter into a cigarette tax contract with the Shoalwater Bay Tribe.

Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6227
Relating to strengthening Washington's outer coast marine resources committees.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6231
Relating to improving the coordination of marine protected areas in Washington.

Senate Bill No. 6289
Relating to Puget Sound Dungeness crab catch record cards.

Senate Bill No. 6421
Relating to providing medical coverage for smoking cessation programs.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6439
Relating to radiologist assistants.

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6570
Relating to private businesses in state-owned housing provided under Title 77 RCW or chapter 79A.05 RCW.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6572
Relating to off-premises microbrewery warehouses.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6596
Relating to the creation of a sex offender policy board.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6607
Relating to shellfish protection district wastewater discharge fees, rates, and charges.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6743
Relating to autism awareness instruction for teachers of students with autism. The governor vetoed Section 1 of this bill.

Substitute Senate Bill No. 6807
Relating to discharge of long-term care residents. The governor vetoed Section 2 of this bill.

Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6821
Relating to fish and wildlife harvest management.

Senate Bill No. 6885
Relating to abstracts of driving records.