Christine Rolfes, (D-Bainbridge Island) (D)
State Representative, District 23
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28 bills introduced by Rep. Christine Rolfes, (D-Bainbridge Island) (D)

• Introduced 2010 House Bill 3104 (Modifying community solar project provisions for investment cost recovery incentives) requires a solar energy system that produces a maximum instantaneous power output of two megawatts of electricity and is owned by a limited liability company to be eligible for an investment cost recovery incentive for the same customer-generated electricity as provided in statute.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 3105 (Allowing the director of financial management to include alternative fuel vehicles in a strategy to reduce fuel consumption and emissions from state agency fleets) requires the director of financial management to establish a policy to achieve a reduction of at least ten percent in lifecycle carbon intensity, when compared to similar petroleum-based fuel vehicles, for light duty passenger vehicles purchased after June 15, 2010, that use a nonpetroleum-based fuel source for motor vehicles owned or operated by any state agency.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 3078 (Concerning marine waters management that includes marine spatial planning) to extend marine water management in Puget Sound, coastal, and Columbia river efforts. As resources become available, the bill intends to augment the marine spatial component of existing plans and to improve the coordination among state agencies in the development and implementation of marine management plans. The bill also establishes policies to guide state agencies and local governments when exercising jurisdiction over proposed uses and activities in these waters. The bill encourages awareness to continue to recognize the rights of native American tribes regarding marine natural resources and other guidelines as established.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2897 (Providing for the administration, collection, use, and enforcement of tolls) changes the name of the toll collection account to the central toll account and provides for electronic toll collection and photo tolling systems, permitted methods for payment of tolls, and penalties for failure to pay a toll.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2853 (Authorizing local financing to fund energy efficiency upgrades.) establishes a financing mechanism to fund energy efficient upgrades and remove barriers for implementing energy conservation programs. Requires local governments to expand and improve existing energy conservation and energy efficiency loan programs to aid the private and nonprofit sectors in undertaking residential, commercial, and industrial energy efficiency upgrades. Also requires local incentives for the creation of new family-wage jobs in construction, manufacturing, and installation of energy-saving products and encourages investments by the utility sector in a cleaner environment. (See also SB 6656).
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2685 (modifying the powers and duties of the Puget Sound partnership leadership council) to authorize the Puget Sound partnership leadership council to collect data and do research. The bill also extends the power of council to enter into contract with non profit organizations.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2593 (Concerning the fishing of shellfish using pot gear) makes the fishing for shellfish with “pot gear” illegal, unless it allows for a form of escapement. Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to collect a voluntary shellfish pot removal donation to help the removal and disposal of derelict crab and shrimp pots from the waters of the state.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2594 (Prohibiting an arbitrator from overturning the termination of a law enforcement officer) responds to a recent supreme court case that overturned the firing of a law enforcement officer for dishonest acts by prohibiting arbitrators from doing the same thing in the future.
• Introduced 2010 House Bill 2595 (Imposing an increased sentence for crimes committed using the interception of police communication) imposes an increased sentence for crimes committed in which the defendant intercepted police communication as a way to help in the crime.
• Introduced 2009 House Resolution 4651 . Passed in the House by voice vote on April 15, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 2255 (Concerning ferry fuel tax exemptions) provides a tax exemption on the sale or use of motor vehicle and special fuel if the fuel is purchased by the Washington state ferries and the Washington state ferries is entitled to a refund or exemption under RCW 82.38.080.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 2096 (modifying instances when vehicle owners may be allowed to deviate from license plate attachment requirements) allows vehicle owners to deviate from license plate attachment requirements when circumstances make it impractical to do. The previous standard was “impossible”.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 2124 (Prohibiting gender discrimination in community athletics programs) prohibits a city, town, county, or district from discriminating against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults. (See also Companion SB 5967).
• Introduced 2009 House Resolution 4613 . Passed in the House by voice vote on February 4, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1907 (Notice provisions for manufactured home communities offered for sale) requires strict compliance with notice provisions when manufactured/mobile home communities are offered for sale. Any failure to strictly comply results in the sale being void or requires the new owner to maintain the property as a manufactured/mobile home community for a specified period of time. (See also Companion SB 5823).
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1747 (reducing climate pollution in the built environment) requires the department of community, trade, and economic development to develop and implement a strategic plan for enhancing energy efficiency in and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from homes, building, districts, and neighborhoods. Requires the state energy code to accelerate construction of increasingly energy efficient homes and buildings that help achieve the broader goal of building zero fossil-fuel greenhouse gas emission homes and buildings by the year 2031. Requires the state building code council to adopt state energy codes that require homes and buildings constructed from 2016 through 2031 to meet certain energy efficiency targets, using the adopted 2006 Washington state energy code as a baseline. Passed in the House (70 to 25) on March 5, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1652 (regarding the building of ferries) eliminating a requirement that certain ferries be constructed within the boundaries of Washington state.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1691 (Limiting the use of solid fuel burning devices) authorizes local jurisdictions to prohibit the use of solid fuel burning devices, except fireplaces, and wood stoves in areas designated nonattainment for fine particulate matter by the United States environmental protection agency. (See also Companion SB 5565).
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1582 (Property tax exemptions for manufactured/mobile home communities) creating property tax exemptions for manufactured/mobile home communities. (See also Companion SB 5821).
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1532 (Authorizing local wastewater reclamation systems) authorizes a water-sewer district to construct, and operate systems of wastewater reclamation to furnish the district’s inhabitants with reclaimed wastewater for all authorized uses and to determine the service rates to be charged . Also authorizes reclaimed wastewater to be furnished outside the district. (See also Companion SB 5485). Passed in the House (92 to 0) on February 23, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1449 .
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1283 (provisions regarding the operators of public water supply provisions) to require backflow assembly testers and cross-connection control specialist to be certified. The bill requires the department of health to offer a prerequisite test both in western and eastern Washington. The bill updates definitions and makes technical changes for the implementation of this act. See also SB 5199. Passed in the House (96 to 1) on March 5, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1046 (concerning H.I.V. testing of children placed in out-of-home care) mandates HIV testing of infants under one year of age placed in out of home care to be tested for HIV when the mother's HIV status is either unknown or known to be HIV positive.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1049 (Concerning veterans' relief) modifies the definition of “veteran” to include a current member of the national guard or armed forces reserves who has been deployed in active duty. (See also Companion SB 5036). Passed in the House (96 to 0) on January 26, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1066 (Regarding special elections for changing the form of government of a noncharter code city) revises the process for the proposal for abandonment of a plan of government of a noncharter code city. Provides that such a plan shall be voted upon, or at a special election held prior to the next general election. (See also Companion SB 5054). Passed in the House (95 to 2) on January 28, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1074 (Public notice requirements for vegetation management in freshwater lakes) requires the department of ecology to forward a copy of a decision concerning an application for an aquatic plant and algae management general permit to each person who submitted a written request for the decision at the same time it notifies the applicant and post notices on its internet web site.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1075 (Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children) enacts an interstate compact to facilitate the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content, or assessment. (See also Companion SB 5248). Passed in the House (96 to 0) on March 5, 2009.
• Introduced 2009 House Bill 1076 (Crime victims input on offender’s work release placement ) directs the department of corrections to provide instruction on how to submit input regarding the offender's work release placement when it notifies the crime victim andshall consider any input received from a victim or the victim's next of kin. (See also Companion SB 5438). Passed in the House (96 to 0) on February 23, 2009.

8 amendments introduced by Rep. Christine Rolfes, (D-Bainbridge Island) (D)

• Offered an amendment to 2009 Senate Bill 5560 (Regarding state agency climate leadership) to remove the energy audit and energy efficiency upgrade requirements for all state-owned facilities over 10,000 square feet that have not had an energy audit completed in the last five years. Removes energy audit and efficiency requirements that apply to any new leases entered into by state agencies for privately owned buildings over 10,000 square feet. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 Senate Bill 5560 (Regarding state agency climate leadership) to require the departments of ecology, agriculture, community, trade, and economic development, fish and wildlife, natural resources, and transportation to develop an integrated climate change response strategy. Outlines what the integrated climate change response strategy should address. Requires, by December 1, 2011, the department of ecology to compile an initial climate change response strategy. Allows the departments to consult with qualified nonpartisan experts from the scientific community as needed to assist with developing an integrated climate change response strategy. Outlines the various components of the integrated climate change response strategy the scientific community may assist the department of ecology on. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 Senate Bill 5556 (Penalties for toll infractions ) to require the department of transportation to report to the legislature by December 1, 2009 with recommendations for implementing a time period allowing for the payment of tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge prior to the issuance of an infraction. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 Senate Bill 5854 (Reducing climate pollution in the built environment) to remove provisions requiring that walk-through energy audits and efficiency measures be performed when the state is entering into a new lease or lease renewal for certain buildings. Replaces these provisions with energy audit and efficiency measure requirements that apply to new leases or lease renewals for reporting public facilities that have a national energy performance rating score below 75. Specifies that a qualifying public agency may not enter into a new lease or lease renewal on or after January 1, 2010, for a facility with a national energy performance rating score below 75 unless: A preliminary audit has been conducted within the last two years and the owner agrees to perform an investment grade audit and implement cost-effective energy conservation measures within the first two years of the lease agreement, if such measures are identified in the preliminary audit. Allows the director of the office of financial management to waive these requirements if the director determines that compliance is not cost-effective or feasible. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 14, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 Senate Bill 5352 (transportation funding and appropriations.) to reduce the appropriation from the Passenger Ferry Account for passenger-only ferry capital improvements in a business plan approved by the Governor by $150,000. Provides $150,000 from the Passenger Ferry Account to the Port of Kingston for a one-time operating subsidy needed to retain a federal grant. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 10, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 House Bill 1747 (reducing climate pollution in the built environment) to clarify the requirements for release of information by utilities and disclosure of information by building owners. Requires department of general administration, the office of financial management, and state agencies to review costs and viability of relocating when a lease building has a portfolio manager score below 50. Requires the department of general administration to establish a process to determine viability. Increases the membership of the work group developing a strategic plan for enhancing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Adds a definition for energy consumption data. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 9, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 House Bill 1326 (Establishing a license limitation program for Pacific sardines ) to require the Director of the WDFW to consider the impact of the removal of sardines and other forage fish from the marine ecosystem, including the effect on endangered marine species, in addition to the status of the sardine population and the market demand within the state and to adopt rules reflected in the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1851) that require a person fishing under a Washington Pacific sardine purse seine fishery license or a temporary annual permit to minimize by-catch, and the mortality of such by-catch. Requires the Director of the WDFW to report annually to the Legislature on the amount and effects of lost and derelict gear in Washington waters as a result of purse seine fisheries. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 3, 2009.
• Offered an amendment to 2009 House Bill 1049 (Concerning veterans' relief) to make a distinction that to qualify as a veteran for purposes of eligibility for veterans relief funds, the member of the national guard or armed forces reserves must be deployed to serve in an armed conflict, rather than deployed in active duty. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on January 26, 2009.

• Supported 2010 Senate Bill 6382 (Prohibiting salary increases for certain state employees.). Passed in the House (94 to 3) on January 28, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2010 House Bill 3056 (Concerning pretrial release and detention). Passed in the House (95 to 2) on February 5, 2010, to provide procedures for the pretrial release on conditions or the pretrial detention of defendants. When a person charged with an offense appears before a judge, the judge must issue an order that pending trial, the person be: (1) released on personal recognizance; (2) released on a condition or combination of conditions; (3) temporarily detained; or (4) detained. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2010 House Bill 2998 (Suspending certain monetary awards and salary increases). Passed in the House (97 to 0) on January 27, 2010, to extend the prohibition on salary increases established in 2009 through June 30, 2011, for most exempt employees. In addition, during the same period and for the same employee groups, performance-based bonuses or awards for recruitment or retention are prohibited. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2009 House Joint Memorial 4004 (Renaming state route 110 the Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Highway.). Passed in the House (96 to 0) on January 22, 2010, as the substitute joint memorial that requests that the Washington State Transportation Commission name State Route 110 in Clallam County the "Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Highway". [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2010 House Bill 2921 (Making 2010 supplemental operating appropriations.). Passed in the House (77 to 19) on January 22, 2010, to reduce Near General Fund appropriations by $ 45.4 million and total budgeted funds by 54.8 million. The adopted floor amendments restore $ 250,000 to the Attorney General’s office and modify reporting requirements related to hiring. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2010 House Joint Resolution 4220 (Amending the state constitution regarding bail for crimes). Passed in the House (80 to 17) on February 5, 2010, to propose an amendment to the state Constitution to give judges discretion to deny bail to a person charged with an offense for which the maximum sentence is the possibility of life in prison. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2009 House Bill 1329 (regarding collective bargaining for child care workers). Passed in the House (62 to 35) on January 27, 2010, to provide for collective bargaining between the Governor and child care center directors and workers under the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act. Requires the Department of Early Learning to engage in negotiated rule making under the Administrative Procedures Act with child care center directors and workers. Requires the Department of Social and Health Services to adjust subsidy rates paid to child care centers in particular regions to reflect subsidy rates in collective bargaining agreements for those regions. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2009 House Bill 2360 (conccerning administrative services for AIDS grants in the department of health). Passed in the House (97 to 0) on February 5, 2010. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2010 House Bill 2740 (regarding the definition of land use decision in the land use petition act). Passed in the House (97 to 0) on January 28, 2010, amends the Land Use Petition Act to clarify when the 21-day time limit for the filing of judicial appeals to local land use decisions begins. When a motion for reconsideration of a local land use decision has been filed with the local decision-making authority, the date of the "land use decision" is the date of the entry of the decision on the reconsideration motion rather than the date of the original decision . [Vote Details and Comments]
• Supported 2009 House Bill 1139 (increasing the membership of public transportation benefit area authorities). Passed in the House (96 to 1) on February 5, 2010, to increase the governing body membership for single-county public transportation benefit areas that encompass populations greater than 500,000 from not more than nine to not more than 11. [Vote Details and Comments]