How they voted

Sun., Feb. 13, 2005

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HB 1276 – Requiring the Governor to Sign Significant Regulations: To require the governor’s signature on a regulation that qualifies as a significant legislative regulation of an agency whose leaders are appointed by the governor. The bill passed the House 93-1 on Monday.

Yes: Rep. Alex Wood, D-Spokane; Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane; Rep. John Serben, R-Spokane; Rep. John Ahern, R-Spokane; Rep. Bob Sump, R-Republic; Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda; Rep. Don Cox, R-Colfax; Rep. David Buri, R-Colfax.

Excused: Rep. Larry Crouse, R-Spokane Valley; Rep. Lynn Schindler, R-Otis Orchards.

HB 1069 – Performance Audits for Tax Preferences: To require yearly performance audits of tax preferences. The small-business and occupation tax credit, the sales and use tax exemptions for food and prescription drugs, property tax relief for retired persons, property tax valuations based on current use, tax exemptions for machinery and equipment for manufacturing, research, development, testing are exempt from these audits. The bill passed the House 63-22 on Monday.

Yes: Wood, Ormsby.

No: Cox, Serben, Ahern, Sump, Kretz, Buri.

Excused: Crouse, Schindler.

HB 1625 – Employee References: To protect employers from criminal and civil lawsuits when in good faith they provide information about a former or current employee to a prospective employer. The presumption of good faith may only be challenged upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the information disclosed by the employer was knowingly false, deliberately misleading, or made with reckless disregard for the truth. The bill passed the House 92-6 on Friday.

Yes: Wood, Cox, Serben, Ahern, Sump, Kretz, Buri, Crouse, Schindler.

No: Ormsby.

HB 1515 – Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation: To prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill also adds definitions of sexual orientation and creed to the Law Against Discrimination and exempts from the law against discrimination certain real estate transactions involving the sharing or rental of a dwelling unit when the unit is to be occupied by the owner or subleaser. The bill passed the House 61-37 on Friday.

Yes: Wood, Ormsby.

No: Cox, Serben, Ahern, Sump, Kretz, Buri, Crouse, Schindler.

SB 5085 – Child Car Seat Installers: To establish that a technician certified for the installation of child safety seats will not be held responsible for civil damages relating to the installation of a car seat unless damages are due to gross negligence or willful misconduct by the technician. The bill passed the Senate 37-9 on Wednesday.

Yes: Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane; Sen. Brad Benson, R-Spokane; Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville.

No: Sen. Bob McCaslin, R-Spokane Valley; Sen. Bob Morton, R-Orient.

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