Bill signings

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the following 44 bills into law Tuesday. The governor partially vetoed House bills 2647, 2679, 2687, 2765, 2844 and 3186, as well as Senate bills 6111, 6580, 6665, 6673, 6818 and 6855.

•Second Substitute House Bill 1273: Relating to financial fraud.

•Second Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2176: Relating to interpreter services.

•House Bill 2467: Relating to the registration and administration of fertilizers.

•Second Substitute House Bill 2507: Relating to expanding the statewide first responder building mapping information system to higher education facilities.

•House Bill 2540: Relating to the advisory committee representing the interests of hunters and fishers with disabilities.

•Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2549: Relating to establishing patient-centered primary care pilot projects.

•Substitute House Bill 2602: Relating to increasing the safety and economic security of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.

•Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2647: Relating to the children's safe products act. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•House Bill 2678: Relating to restoring the preferential timber industry business and occupation tax rate to the manufacture of environmentally responsible surface material products from recycled paper.

•Substitute House Bill 2679: Relating to improving educational outcomes for students in foster care. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2687: Relating to fiscal matters. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Second Substitute House Bill 2722: Relating to addressing the achievement gap for black students.

•Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2765: Relating to the capital budget. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2844: Relating to preventing air and water pollution through urban forestry partnerships. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•House Bill 2887: Relating to purchasing an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.

•Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 3186: Relating to beach management districts. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5100: Relating to information for students regarding health insurance.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5261: Relating to granting the insurance commissioner the authority to review individual health benefit plan rates.

•Second Substitute Senate Bill 5596: Relating to fair payment for chiropractic services.

•Engrossed Senate Bill 5751: Relating to wine and beer tasting.

•Engrossed Senate Bill 5927: Relating to exempting certain internal control documents from disclosure under the public records act.

•Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6111: Relating to generating electricity from tidal and wave energy. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6181: Relating to county canvassing board membership.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6297: Relating to elected prosecuting attorney salaries.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6317: Relating to the payment of interest upon failure to pay death benefits that are payable under the terms of a group life insurance policy.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6333: Relating to the creation of a citizens work group on health care reform.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6339: Relating to address confidentiality of victims of trafficking.

•Engrossed Senate Bill 6357: Relating to service of process in domestic violence cases.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6442: Relating to the office of public defense.

•Second Substitute Senate Bill 6468: Relating to the taxation of honey beekeepers.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6510: Relating to providing a source of funding to assist small manufacturers in obtaining innovation and modernization services.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6527: Relating to the transfer of motor vehicle certificate of ownership and license registration.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6580: Relating to mitigating the effects of climate change through the growth management act. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6583: Relating to eligibility for medical assistance.

•Senate Bill 6628: Relating to clarifying the state's ability to recover from defendants the cost of mental health treatment provided at state hospitals.

•Engrossed Senate Bill 6641: Relating to providing that voter-approved property tax increases do not permanently increase a taxing district's levy base, unless expressly stated in the ballot proposition.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6665: Relating to the intensive case management and integrated response pilot programs. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6673: Relating to learning opportunities to assist students to obtain a high school diploma. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6711: Relating to preventing foreclosures by creating the smart homeownership choices program.

•Substitute Senate Bill 6751: Relating to allowing individuals who left work to enter certain apprenticeship programs to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

•Senate Bill 6799: Relating to the sourcing, for sales and use tax purposes, of sales of tangible personal property by florists.

•Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6809: Relating to providing a tax exemption for working families measured by the federal earned income tax credit.

•Senate Bill 6818: Relating to transparency in state expenditures. The governor partially vetoed this bill.

•Second Substitute Senate Bill 6855: Relating to dedicated funding for jobs, economic development, and local capital projects. The governor partially vetoed this bill.
About the bills

The operating budget is House Bill 2687, and the capital-construction budget is HB 2765.