OLYMPIA... Eleven bills sponsored by Sen. Jerome Delvin, R-Richland, survived Wednesday’s first legislative cutoff point. 

Wednesday marked the cutoff date for bills to be passed out of the Senate committees they were referred to.  If a bill did not pass out of a committee by Wednesday, it’s now considered dead for the session. 

Some of the bills sponsored by Delvin which did pass the cutoff include:

SB 5192 – An act relating to city and county disability boards
SB 5290 – Adding goats to the statute regarding livestock theft
SB 5403 – Limiting who can request a copy of a birth certificate
SB 5407 – Creating a plan to provide services for children with incarcerated parents
SB 5453 – Providing civil immunity for broadcasters who participate in the Amber Alert program
SB 5497 – Allowing terminally ill employees to withdraw from the state retirement system
SB 5723 – Extending a current exemption for asparagus shipping 

One bill that did not pass the cutoff was Senate Bill 5357, which would clarify language in Initiative 297, regarding the radioactive waste created through certain medical treatments. 

“This issue is not dead,” Delvin said.  “I’m working with members of the House and Senate to clarify this issue through a bill still under consideration.  I feel it’s important to keep businesses that provide vital cancer treatments in our state.” 

The next major cutoff is Monday, March 7.  At that point, all bills must pass the Ways and Means and Transportation committees, if they were referred there, to stay alive. 

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For further information contact Scott Armstrong at (360) 786-7395 or armstron_sc@leg.wa.gov