Office of Governor Gary Locke
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 28, 2002
Contact:  Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136

Locke signs 30 bills into law

OLYMPIA – Gov. Gary Locke today took action on 30 bills (listed below), approving and signing them into law during a morning bill-signing ceremony at the capitol.

• Substitute House Bill No. 1166
  Relating to entities eligible to be project sponsors for Salmon Recovery Funding Board grants
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 1189
  Relating to the protection of archaeological sites
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 1395
  Relating to job retention in rural counties
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 1759
  Relating to the sale of hypodermic syringes
  
  
• House Bill No. 1856
  Relating to excused absences from school for search and rescue activities
  
  
• House Bill No. 2289
  Relating to assessments for planting stock certification and nursery improvement programs
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2315
  Relating to recreation therapy
  
  
• Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2325
  Relating to donated food
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2357
  Relating to community renewal
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2382
  Relating to criminal mistreatment
  
  
• House Bill No. 2397
  Relating to organic food products
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2432
  Relating to driving record abstracts furnished to transit authorities
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2435
  Relating to duplicate fish and wildlife documents
  
  
• House Bill No. 2444
  Relating to regulation of adult family home providers and resident managers
  
  
• Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2453
  Relating to exemptions from public inspection
  
  
• House Bill No. 2501
  Relating to chiropractic care
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2513
  Relating to timeshare interest reservations
  
  
• House Bill No. 2550
  Relating to the process of applying for a license or solicitation permit from the insurance commissioner
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2568
  Relating to formalizing the relationship between the Department of Social and Health Services and the Washington School for the Deaf
  
  
• House Bill No. 2570
  Relating to extending the time period for federal assurances related to the forests and fish report
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2610
  Relating to the endangerment of children and dependent persons with a controlled substance
  
  
• Engrossed House Bill No. 2623
  Relating to adjusting the dollar threshold for substantial development under the Shoreline Management Act
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2673
  Relating to weight limits on fire-fighting apparatus
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2699
  Relating to communications with government branches or agencies and self-regulatory organizations
  
  
• Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2707
  Relating to long-term caregiver training
  
  
• Engrossed House Bill No. 2748
  Relating to monitoring programs for the education of highly capable students
  
  
• Engrossed House Bill No. 2773
  Relating to sales of fruit
  
  
• Substitute House Bill No. 2893
  Relating to equipment dealers
  
  
• Engrossed Senate Bill No. 5692
  Relating to authorizing the participation of youth as decision makers in dispositions of minor offenses and rules violations
  
  
• Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6558
  Relating to the governance of the Washington School for the Deaf

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