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BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

HB 1366

90

Boiler Issues

Makes technical changes to boiler and unfired pressure vessel statutes; modifies exemptions from regulation, standards for frequency of inspections, and bonding requirements for inspectors. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

HB 1402

391

Workers’ Compensation

Restricts contact by employers, workers, and the Department of Labor and Industries with medical providers at specified stages after an appeal has been received in industrial insurance cases. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

HB 1478

159

Drivers’ Licenses

Addresses vehicle registrations for deployed military personnel; declares that a new vehicle registration year is deemed to commence upon the date the expired license is renewed in order that the renewed license be useable for a full twelve months when the registered owner Is a member of the United States armed forces and was stationed outside of Washington under military orders during the prior vehicle registration year and provides a copy of those orders. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

HB 1565

150

State Regulation

Expands the scope of business continuity plans for domestic insurers; requires each domestic insurer to create and maintain a written business continuity plan identifying procedures relating to a local, state, or national emergency or significant business disruption. Effective date: January 1, 2011.

HB 1566

335

State Regulation

Grants the insurance commissioner certain authority when the governor declares a state of emergency; authorizes the insurance commissioner to, when the governor declares a state of emergency, issue an order that addresses related matters related to insurance policies, including reporting requirements for claims, grace periods for payment of insurance premiums, and performance of other duties by insureds. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

HB 1567

161

State Regulation

Addresses insurance, generally; removes the legislature's authority to transfer money from the insurance commissioner's regulatory account to the state heritage center account. requires, for tax purposes, premiums to be reported on a written basis or a paid-for basis consistent with the annual statement; sets forth the conditions under which Medicare supplemental insurance coverage must be offered without evidence of insurability. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

HB 1568

162

Producer Licensing

Regulates persons selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance; revises provisions of existing law relating to insurance producer licensure, a title insurance agent's licensure, or an insurance adjuster's licensure; adds provisions to existing law relating to the licensure of surplus line brokers. Effective date: July 1, 2009.

SB 5417

14

Flood Insurance

Requires the disclosure of information on flood insurance coverage; requires every insurer to provide written notice at policy issuance and annually thereafter to homeowner, condominium unit owner, residential tenant, and residential fire insurance policyholders that clearly and conspicuously discloses that the policy does not cover damage caused by flooding. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

SB 5469

125

Teen Drivers

Modifies limitations on the use of intermediate licenses; relates to the accident and citation history that determines if an intermediate licensee may driver at any hour without restrictions on the number of passengers in the vehicle. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

SB 5482

275

Motorcycles

Relates to motor vehicles; revises the definition of moped; includes mopeds in provisions relating to operating requirements for motorcycles; requires a moped user to wear a helmet; authorizes a person holding a valid driver's license to operate a motorcycle without a motorcycle endorsement; prohibits operation of a motorized foot scooter on an sidewalk or highway; requires that vehicle traffic control systems be adjusted to reliably detect motorcycles. Effective date: July 26, 2009

SB 5561

313

Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Requires carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units built or manufactured in the state after a specified date; requires the seller of any owner-occupied single-family residence to equip the resident with carbon monoxide alarms before the buyer or any other person may legally occupy the residence; allows the building code council to exempt categories of residential buildings if it determines that requiring carbon monoxide alarms are unnecessary to protect the welfare of the occupants. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

SB 5574

485

Event Data Recorders

Requires a manufacturer of a motor vehicle equipped with one or more recording devices to disclose in the owner's manual that the vehicle is equipped with such device; requires disclosure of the type of data recorded and whether the device has the ability to transmit information to another device; prohibits unlawful disclosure of information recorded by such devices; requires that manufacturer's make commercially available tools to access information on such devices. Effective date: July 26, 2009

SB 5581

142

Auto Equipment Issue

Revises provisions relating to sun screening, coloring material, and safety glazing material on motor vehicle windows; prohibits etching or altering required safety glazing material; revises requirements for sun screening materials; includes hearses, collector vehicles, and emergency vehicles in provisions specifying requirements for sun screening materials. Effective date: July 26, 2009

SB 5610

276

Driver’s Records

Requires that a certified abstract of a driving record be furnished to an employer or prospective employer or volunteer organization, or an agent acting on behalf of an employer or prospective employer or volunteer organization, for employment purposes related to driving by an individual as a condition of that individual's employment; provides for the release of a driver's abstract to the individual named in the abstract. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

SB 5613

196

Workers’ Compensation

Authorizes the director of the department of labor and industries to issue a stop work order against an employer requiring the cessation of all business operations of the employer if the employer is found to be in violation of certain worker's compensation provisions. Effective date: July 26, 2009.

SB 5732

490

Traffic Offenses

Concerns traffic infractions for drivers whose licenses or privileges are suspended or revoked; relates to re-licensing diversion programs. Effective date: July 26, 2009.