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 Home > Legislative Information - Last Update 6/6/08 > State - 2008 Legislative Session Information - Last Update 6/6/08
Last Update: June 6, 2008

Laws of 2008 and 2008 legislative session bills of possible interest to local governments.  Click on the chapter or bill number for additional information for that chapter or bill.

The regular session adjourned "sine die" on Thursday, March 13, 2008.

Bills signed into Law - 2008 Bill Action - Complete list.
Bills signed into Law - Legislative Information Center Report

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Supplemental Budgets:
Chapter 329, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 2687) - Making 2008 operating supplemental appropriations.
Partial Veto Message
Effective: 4/1/08
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Chapter 328, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 2765) - Making 2008 supplemental capital appropriations.
Partial Veto Message
Effective: 4/1/08
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Chapter 121, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 2878) - Making 2008 transportation supplemental appropriations.
Partial Veto - Message
Effective: 3/25/08
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Chapter 1, Laws of 2008 (Initiative 960) - Tax and fee increases imposed by state government.
I-960 Bill Analysis - Statistics for the 2008 legislative session.
Senate Ways & Means Committee January 16, 2008
Chapter 2, Laws of 2008 (SB 6335) - Concerning the homeless families services fund.
Effective: 2/6/08
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Chapter 3, Laws of 2008 (SB 6272) - Expanding financial literacy through education and counseling to promote greater homeownership security.
Effective: 2/11/08
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Chapter 5, Laws of 2008 (HB 2437) - Authorizing public works board projects.
Effective: 3/7/08
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Chapter 9, Laws of 2008 (SB 6183) - Providing a process for the dissolution of first-class school directors' districts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 13, Laws of 2008 (SB 6464) - Addressing judicial district population estimates.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 15, Laws of 2008 (2SSB 6626) - Creating a sales and use tax deferral program for eligible investment projects in community empowerment zones.
Effective: 7/1/09
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Chapter 17, Laws of 2008 (HB 1149) - Eliminating advance property tax payments for binding site plans.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 28, Laws of 2008 (SHB 3206) - Concerning the information required to be reported in the annual economic impact report on lodging tax revenues.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 29, Laws of 2008 (E2SSB 5278) - Concerning use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 31, Laws of 2008 (SB 6271) - Concerning the compensation of special purpose district commissioners.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 37, Laws of 2008 (SB 6504) - Exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from SEPA.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 39, Laws of 2008 (SB 6685) - Regarding the ethical use of e-mail for legislative updates.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 42, Laws of 2008 (HB 1493) - Clarifying the definition of development activity in respect to construction by a regional transit authority.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 45, Laws of 2008 (HB 2730) - Addressing the provision of ferry service by port districts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 48, Laws of 2008 (HB 3151) - Extending the commencement-of-construction date for a sales and use tax for public facilities districts in national disaster counties.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 50, Laws of 2008 (HB 1391) - Clarifying that councilmembers are eligible to be appointed to the office of mayor.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 53, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6224) - Modifying the interest accrual methodology for vendor overpayments.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 57, Laws of 2008 (EHB 2459) - Creating the uniform real property electronic recording act.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 63, Laws of 2008 (HB 2762) - Increasing the number of district court judges in Cowlitz county.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 73, Laws of 2008 (HB 2448) - Changing the time frame covered by the twenty-one day preelection campaign finance report.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 77, Laws of 2008 (SB 6275) - Granting authority for drainage district commissioners to implement drainage maintenance plans.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 82, Laws of 2008 (E2SSB 6874) - Regarding Columbia river water delivery.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 84, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6389) - Exempting certain military housing from property and leasehold excise taxes.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 86, Laws of 2008 (ESB 6663) - Improving tax program administration by correcting, clarifying, eliminating, repealing, and decodifying statutes related to the department of revenue.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 95, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 3129) - Regarding online learning programs for high school students to earn college credit.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 96, Laws of 2008 (HB 3200) - Establishing a cemetery district in a county.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 99, Laws of 2008 (ESSB 6573) - Providing additional revenues for public safety.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 101, Laws of 2008 (HB 3024) - Purchasing service credit in plan 2 and plan 3 of the teachers' retirement system for public education experience performed as a teacher in a public school in another state or with the federal government.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 107, Laws of 2008 (SB 6740) - Regarding the provision of teacher certification services.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 111, Laws of 2008 (SB 6332) - Increasing the debt limit of the housing finance commission.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 112, Laws of 2008 (EHB 3142) - Creating the affordable housing and community facilities rapid response loan program.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 116, Laws of 2008 (E2SHB 1621) - Preserving manufactured/mobile home communities.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 118, Laws of 2008 (SHB 2279) - Prohibiting discrimination against affordable housing developments.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 122, Laws of 2008 (E2SHB 1773) - Concerning the imposition of tolls.
Effective: 3/25/08
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Chapter 123, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 2480) - Concerning public transportation fares.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 126,  Laws of 2008 (SHB 2746) - Concerning the purchasing of fuel by certain state and local agencies.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 129, Laws of 2008 (SHB 3126) - Clarifying the interaction of the streamlined sales and use tax legislation and the power of local governments to license and tax.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 130, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 3274) - Addressing public contracting by public port districts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 131, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6195) - Modifying the definition of rural county for economic development purposes.
Effective: 7/1/09
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Chapter 132, Laws of 2008 (ESSB 6532) - Authorizing certain cities to enter into lease agreements to use state-owned aquatic lands to operate a publicly owned marina.)
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 142, Laws of 2008 (HB 2510) - Allowing medicare only health insurance benefits for certain employees of political subdivisions under a divided referendum process.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 155, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6710) - Modifying the fire protection standards for hospitals.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 157, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6791) - Clarifying permitted uses of moneys currently collected under the county legislative authority sales and use tax for chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services or therapeutic courts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 159, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 2635) - Regarding school district boundaries and organization.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 163, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 3166) - Concerning the design of the state assessment system and the WASL.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 164, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 3168) - Regarding the creation of the Washington head start program.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 167, Laws of 2008 (SB 6313) - Recognizing disability history in the public education system.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 168, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6328) - Enhancing campus security.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 171, Laws of 2008 (SB 6398) - Regarding fines collected in truancy court actions.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 174, Laws of 2008 (SB 6588) - Authorizing the transfer of accumulated leave between the common school and higher education systems.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 175, Laws of 2008 (SB 6657) - Including salary bonuses for individuals certified by the national board for professional teaching standards as earnable compensation.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 177, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6879) - Regarding the joint task force on basic education finance.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 178, Laws of 2008 (SB 6941) - Regarding a waste reduction and recycling awards program in K-12 schools.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 179, Laws of 2008 (SHB 3374) - Regarding general obligation bonds for flood hazard mitigation projects and school facilities.
Effective: 3/27/08
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Chapter 180, Laws of 2008 (HB 3375) - Appropriating funds for catastrophic flood relief.
Effective: 3/27/08
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Chapter 181, Laws of 2008 (SB 6950) - Providing a limited waiver or suspension of statutory obligations during officially declared emergencies.
Effective: 6/12/08 except section 602, which becomes effective on 7/1/08.
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Chapter 182, Laws of 2008 (SSB 5256) - Providing for the exclusion of veterans benefits from the income calculation for the retired person property tax relief program.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 184, Laws of 2008 (SHB 3283) - Relieving active duty military personnel of interest and penalties on delinquent excise taxes.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 186, Laws of 2008 (SHB 2580) - Concerning paydates for employees participating in state active military duty.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 192, Laws of 2008 (HB 2137) - Allowing school employees' children with disabilities to enroll in special services programs in the district where the employee is assigned.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 196, Laws of 2008 (SHB 2482) - Addressing the signature validation process for petitions that seek annexation.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 197, Laws of 2008 (E2SHB 2533) - Concerning attachments to utility poles of locally regulated utilities.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 204, Laws of 2008 (HB 3019) - Addressing service credit for members working a partial year in plans 2 and 3 of the teachers' retirement system and the school employees' retirement system.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 205, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 3329) - Prioritizing four-year higher education institutions' capital project requests.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 209, Laws of 2008 (SB 6196) - Modifying definitions applicable to local infrastructure financing tool program demonstration projects.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 214, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6340) - Providing for a water system acquisition and rehabilitation program.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 216, Laws of 2008 (ESSB 6560) - Regarding public utility district contracts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 218, Laws of 2008 (SB 6717) - Increasing public utility district commissioner salaries.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 224, Laws of 2008 (EHB 2476) - Authorizing tribal police officers to act as general authority Washington state peace officers.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 227, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 2557) - Improving the operation of the trial courts.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 228, Laws of 2008 (HB 2650) - Authorizing a cigarette tax agreement between the state of Washington and the Yakama Nation.
Effective: 3/28/08
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Chapter 229, Laws of 2008 (HB 2652) - Transferring the dependent care assistance program to the health care authority by coordinating benefit plans that allow state and public employees to pay on a pretax basis.
Effective: 1/1/09
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Chapter 234, Laws of 2008 (HB 3011) - Safeguarding securities owned by insurers.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 240, Laws of 2008 (SSB 5651) - Changing the criteria for investigating and assessing performance in meeting community credit needs.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 241, Laws of 2008 (SB 6216) - Authorizing of the governor to enter into a cigarette tax contract with the Shoalwater Bay Tribe.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 257, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6277) - Providing for the accommodation of certain private transit providers at park and ride lots.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 261, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6404) - Modifying the process for designating regional support networks.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 262, Laws of 2008 (E2SSB 6438) - Regarding high-speed internet services and community technology opportunities.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 264, Laws of 2008 (SB 6638) - Reallocating existing lodging taxes for heritage and arts programs in a county with a population of one million or more.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 270, Laws of 2008 (ESHB 3096) - Financing the state route number 520 bridge replacement project.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 272, Laws of 2008 (SHB 2525) - Mitigating flood damage.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 278, Laws of 2008 (HB 2791) - Concerning distressed home conveyances.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 279, Laws of 2008 (2SHB 2822) - Concerning the family and juvenile court improvement program.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 285, Laws of 2008 (EHB 3381) - Relating to fees to implement programs that protect and improve Washington's health, safety, education, employees, and consumers.
Effective: 03/31/08 - Except section 2 which becomes effective 07/01/08; and sections 15 through 26 which becomes effective 01/01/09.
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Chapter 286, Laws of 2008 (SHB 2602) - Regarding employment leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Effective: 4/1/08
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Chapter 289, Laws of 2008 (ESSB 6580) - Addressing the impacts of climate change through the growth management act.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 300, Laws of 2008 (HB 2887) - Authorizing the purchase of an increased benefit multiplier for past judicial service for judges in the public employees' retirement system.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 301, Laws of 2008 (E2SHB 3186) - Authorizing the creation of beach management districts.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 303, Laws of 2008 (ESSB 5261) - Granting the insurance commissioner the authority to review individual health benefit plan rates.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 308, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6181) - Providing an employee of the county legislative authority may be appointed to the county canvassing board.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 309, Laws of 2008 (SSB 6297) - Changing elected prosecuting attorney salaries.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 319, Laws of 2008 (ESB 6641) - Providing that voter-approved increases in property tax levy limitations for a multiyear period of up to six years do not permanently increase a taxing district's levy base, unless otherwise provided in the ballot proposition.
Effective: 4/1/08
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Chapter 324, Laws of 2008 (SB 6799) - Concerning the sourcing, for sales and use tax purposes, of sales of tangible personal property by florists.
Effective: 7/1/08
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Chapter 326, Laws of 2008 (SB 6818) - Promoting transparency in state expenditures.
Effective: 6/12/08
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Chapter 327, Laws of 2008 (2SSB 6855) - Regarding state economic development programs.
Effective: 06/12/08 - Except section 3, which becomes effective 04/01/08; and sections 1, 2, 4 through 11, and 17,which become effective 07/01/09.
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HB 1102 - Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1115 - Creating programs to end homelessness.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1127 - Extending military leaves for public employees.  Introduced but not enacted.
EHB 1129 - Providing excise tax relief for zoos.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1139 - Modifying the provisions of the local sales and use tax that is credited against the state sales and use tax.
Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the local sales and use tax for annexation service costs.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1332 - Addressing affordable housing development.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1534 - Modifying provisions affecting candidates for elective office.  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1545 - Providing industrial insurance benefits for life for the surviving spouses of law enforcement officers.  Introduced but not enacted.
EHB 1551 - Allowing public funding of local office campaigns. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the public funding of political campaigns for certain offices.)  Introduced but not enacted.
HB 1561 -