23 new laws to know: A bill-signing update

Here’s a list of bills that Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law today:

• Second Substitute House Bill No. 2396, relating to emergency cardiac and stroke care.

• House Bill No. 2465, relating to breath test instruments approved by the state toxicologist.

• Substitute House Bill No. 2487, relating to increasing costs for administering a deferred prosecution.

• Substitute House Bill No. 2555, relating to authorizing the department of labor and industries to issue subpoenas, but only with respect to enforcement of chapter 19.28 RCW.

• House Bill No. 2592, relating to prohibiting incentive towing programs for private property impounds.

• House Bill No. 2598, relating to disposal of dredged riverbed materials from the Mount St. Helen’s eruption.

• House Bill No. 2707, relating to the method of calculating public utility district commissioner compensation.

• House Bill No. 2740, relating to the definition of land use decision in the land use petition act.

• House Bill No. 2823, relating to permitting retired participants to resume volunteer firefighter, emergency worker, or reserve officer service.

• House Bill No. 2858, relating to purchasing authority of institutions of higher education with group purchasing organizations.

• Senate Bill No. 6279, relating to the clarification of regional transit authority facilities as essential public facilities.

• Engrossed Senate Bill No. 6287, relating to the disposition of existing voter-approved indebtedness at the time of annexation of a city, partial city, or town to a fire protection district.

• Senate Bill No. 6297, relating to certification for speech-language pathology assistants.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6299, relating to animal inspection.

• Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6306, relating to crop adjusters.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6341, relating to transferring food assistance programs to the department of agriculture.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6357, relating to policies for the academic recognition of prior learning.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6367, relating to responses to public records requests.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6371, relating to money transmitters.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6524, relating to unemployment insurance penalties and contribution rates for employers who are not “qualified employers”.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6556, relating to changing fees for certain types of agricultural burning.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6577, relating to modifying the transportation system policy goals.

• Substitute Senate Bill No. 6749, relating to the transfer of commercial real estate.

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