Washington Rep. Kevin Van De Wege (D)

WA - Agriculture and Natural Resources (House)

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member

WA - Government Operations and Elections (House)

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member

WA - Health Care and Wellness (House)

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member

WA - Rules (House)

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WA - Trade Policy

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WA - HB2318 Adding an additional exception to chapter 16.30 RCW that applies to possessors of potentially dangerous wild animals that are licensed by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act.

WA - HB1763 Regulating music licensing agencies.

WA - HB2303 Adopting the international wildland urban interface code by reference for purposes of the state building code.

WA - HB1251 Providing for increased funding for emergency medical services by adjusting the emergency medical services' levy cap.

WA - HB2487 Allowing certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees to purchase annuities.

WA - HB1091 Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.

WA - HB2888 Concerning cetacean captivity.

WA - HB2687 Providing parity in coverage for hearing disabilities.

WA - HB1174 Concerning flame retardants.

WA - HB2308 Regulating applications for forest practices on lands located within the boundaries of master planned resorts established under chapter 36.70A RCW.

WA - HB2317 Expanding the use of neighborhood and medium-speed electric vehicles.

WA - HB1764 Creating a business and occupation tax credit for advanced composite manufacturing and wholesaling.

WA - HB1779 Requiring specialized training for persons conducting victim interviews as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct.

WA - HB1175 Creating a penalty for concealing the source of a campaign contribution.

WA - HB2310 Concerning fire prevention in 2016.

WA - HB2324 Concerning educational interpreters.

WA - HB2545 Reducing public health threats that particularly impact highly exposed populations, including children and firefighters, by establishing a process for the department of health to restrict the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in certain types of consumer products.

WA - HB1691 Concerning remedies for actions under the public records act.

WA - HB1026 Modifying write-in voting provisions.

WA - HB1030 Creating the Washington advance higher education loan program.

WA - HB1031 Expanding participation in college in the high school programs.

WA - HB1042 Clarifying that the physical therapist scope of practice does not include dry needling.

WA - HB1045 Concerning the practice of East Asian medicine.

WA - HB1046 Concerning East Asian medicine practitioners.

WA - HB1132 Concerning the regulation of adult family homes.

WA - HB1137 Authorizing licensed geologists to perform the duties of licensed water well operators or resource protection well operators.

WA - HB1182 Concerning a geological hazards assessment.

WA - HB1194 Addressing the death benefits of a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or the state patrol retirement system.

WA - HB1209 Concerning proceedings of the joint administrative rules review committee.

WA - HB1222 Modifying certain firefighting apparatus length and weight limits.

WA - HB1226 Concerning arrest of sixteen and seventeen year olds for domestic violence assault.

WA - HB1228 Requiring fiscal impact statements for ballot measures.

WA - HB1229 Requiring more official information about initiatives.

WA - HB1258 Concerning court review of detention decisions under the involuntary treatment act.

WA - HB1281 Concerning the sexual exploitation of minors.

WA - HB1285 Requiring critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns.

WA - HB1294 Enhancing youth voter registration.

WA - HB1301 Classifying fantasy sports contests as contests of skill.

WA - HB1313 Granting fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities biennial budget authority.

WA - HB1314 Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

WA - HB1341 Concerning unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity.

WA - HB1352 Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.

WA - HB1355 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years.

WA - HB1356 Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment.

WA - HB1368 Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process.

WA - HB1370 Increasing the total amount of tax credits allowed under the Washington main street program.

WA - HB1377 Prohibiting county auditors from including their names on ballot envelopes and voting materials when running for reelection.

WA - HB1389 Addressing the scope of state fire service mobilization and ensuring compliance with existing state and federal disaster response policies.

WA - HB1403 Regarding telemedicine.

WA - HB1415 Concerning the linked deposit program.

WA - HB1437 Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information.

WA - HB1449 Concerning oil transportation safety.

WA - HB1450 Concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment.

WA - HB1463 Requiring disclosure by entities that compensate for petition signatures.

WA - HB1471 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices.

WA - HB1474 Ensuring the right of self-defense against attacks by aggressive, violent animals.

WA - HB1476 Removing references to faith-based exemptions regarding criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults.

WA - HB1484 Enacting an excise tax on capital gains to improve the fairness of Washington's tax system and provide funding for the education legacy trust account.

WA - HB1502 Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device.

WA - HB1511 Requiring Washington's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.

WA - HB1518 Creating the Washington wage recovery act.

WA - HB1519 Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy.

WA - HB1522 Establishing an intrastate meat inspection program.

WA - HB1527 Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act.

WA - HB1559 Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.

WA - HB1563 Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account.

WA - HB1568 Concerning dropout prevention through engaging youth in farming.

WA - HB1580 Concerning the monthly salary and benefits paid to state patrol officers.

WA - HB1590 Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level or residential specialty electrician certificate of competency.

WA - HB1602 Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting emergency medical technicians.

WA - HB1603 Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting public employee fire investigators.

WA - HB1604 Studying an occupational disease exposure reporting requirement for firefighters. Revised for 1st Substitute: Creating a work group on occupational disease exposure for firefighters.

WA - HB1605 Modifying certain provisions governing benefit charges of fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities. Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning benefit charges of fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities.

WA - HB1606 Establishing regional fire protection service authorities within the boundaries of regional cities.

WA - HB1620 Increasing the surcharge to fund biotoxin testing and monitoring.

WA - HB1631 Allowing federally recognized tribes with lands held in trust in a county that is west of the Cascade mountain range that borders Puget Sound with a population of at least one hundred eighteen thousand, but less than two hundred fifty thousand, persons to enter into agreements regarding fuel taxes.

WA - HB1637 Authorizing law enforcement and prosecutorial officials of federally recognized Indian tribes access to prescription monitoring data.

WA - HB1646 Enacting the equal pay opportunity act by amending and enhancing enforcement of the equal pay act and protecting worker communications about wages and employment opportunities.

WA - HB1669 Establishing a task force on continuity of health coverage and care.

WA - HB1681 Increasing jobs in the maritime trades industry.

WA - HB1682 Improving educational outcomes for homeless students through increased in-school guidance supports, housing stability, and identification services.

WA - HB1712 Concerning audit procedures to assist medicaid providers.

WA - HB1718 Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees who provide nursing care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender, probationary, and patient populations in institutions and centers.

WA - HB1721 Concerning the transport of patients by ambulance to facilities other than hospitals.

WA - HB1724 Providing prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots.

WA - HB1729 Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services.

WA - HB1732 Addressing meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees.

WA - HB1733 Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.

WA - HB1750 Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act.

WA - HB1756 Concerning community policing at and around western state hospital.

WA - HB1758 Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.

WA - HB1762 Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.

WA - HB1784 Concerning nursing home quality.

WA - HB1785 Eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation.

WA - HB1808 Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees.

WA - HB1809 Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains.

WA - HB1824 Promoting fire safety with long-life smoke detection devices.

WA - HB1938 Enacting the tourism marketing act.

WA - HB1941 Providing for a simple majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds at general elections.

WA - HB1985 Protecting human health by labeling foods exposed to human sewage.

WA - HB1998 Allowing public utility districts to produce and sell renewable natural gas.

WA - HB2007 Concerning reimbursement to eligible providers for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services.

WA - HB2009 Concerning exemptions from immunizations for school-age children.

WA - HB2054 Establishing community service standards for individuals receiving unemployment benefits.

WA - HB2055 Concerning statements on ballot measures in voters' pamphlets.

WA - HB2104 Providing a public utilities tax credit for forest derived biomass used to produce energy.

WA - HB2214 Increasing academic rigor and streamlining assessment requirements for high school students.

WA - HB2228 Concerning fees for health information.

WA - HB2251 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or use of qualifying timber-felling equipment.

WA - HB2285 Increasing opportunities for accessible and effective family planning.

WA - HB2290 Limiting out-of-state requests for public records.

WA - HB2295 Eliminating the reduction in state basic education funding that occurs in counties with federal forest lands.

WA - HB2299 Requiring lobbying reports to be filed electronically.

WA - HB2307 Providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women. Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Requiring reasonable accommodations in employment for pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related health conditions. )

WA - HB2313 Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made.

WA - HB2319 Concerning prescription drug insurance continuity of care.

WA - HB2321 Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process.

WA - HB2348 Providing local governments with flexibility regarding local fireworks ordinances.

WA - HB2363 Concerning pharmaceutical drug cost and utilization transparency.

WA - HB2386 Providing the public with information regarding products that result from certain approved beneficial uses of biosolids.

WA - HB2447 Addressing emergency health care services balanced billing.

WA - HB2466 Regulating nursing home facilities.

WA - HB2486 Updating specified environmental statutes of the department of ecology to improve efficiency and provide for increased flexibility for local governments.

WA - HB2495 Addressing military service credit for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system.

WA - HB2503 Preventing water-sewer districts from prohibiting multipurpose fire sprinkler systems.

WA - HB2507 Clarifying reimbursement for employees who are victims of offender assaults.

WA - HB2514 Providing funding for the hunter education training program through the issuance of national rifle association special license plates.

WA - HB2519 Allowing nuisance abatement cost recovery for cities.

WA - HB2526 Reducing the number of days that a person must maintain a permanent place of abode in Washington before qualifying as a state resident for the purposes of Title 77 RCW.

WA - HB2530 Protecting victims of sex crimes.

WA - HB2531 Concerning ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry.

WA - HB2533 Protecting minors from sexual exploitation.

WA - HB2540 Modifying the penalty for taxpayers that do not submit an annual survey or report.

WA - HB2542 Increasing Washington state's motion picture and film industry viability by increasing the tax credit available to certain motion picture activities.

WA - HB2543 Addressing civil service qualifications.

WA - HB2550 Allowing prospective jurors who are elderly to choose to be excused from jury service or to remain a prospective juror.

WA - HB2569 Authorizing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by law enforcement and fire department vehicles.

WA - HB2579 Concerning prefire mitigation.

WA - HB2581 Concerning the alcohol content of cider.

WA - HB2583 Authorizing specified local governments to designate a portion of their territory as a creative district subject to certification by the Washington arts commission.

WA - HB2584 Concerning public disclosure of information submitted to the liquor and cannabis board regarding marijuana product traceability and operations.

WA - HB2586 Allowing school siting outside of urban growth areas.

WA - HB2592 Providing benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.

WA - HB2603 Concerning firearms access by a person detained for involuntary mental health treatment.

WA - HB2614 Providing for flood risk reduction and habitat restoration projects in the state.

WA - HB2615 Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff.

WA - HB2644 Concerning animal forfeiture in animal cruelty cases.

WA - HB2670 Reforming the school assessment system to focus on teaching and learning.

WA - HB2678 Regulating nursing home facilities.

WA - HB2683 Requiring a feasibility study to identify improvements for state route number 26.

WA - HB2699 Concerning the sale of software used in the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.

WA - HB2805 Requiring mandatory reporting of hazardous exposures for firefighters.

WA - HB2806 Addressing the presumption of occupational diseases for purposes of industrial insurance.

WA - HB2848 Addressing the influence of corporations and money in our political system.

WA - HB2856 Establishing the office of Chehalis river basin flood risk reduction. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Establishing the office of Chehalis basin. )

WA - HB2893 Concerning procedures following certain initial detention determinations under the involuntary treatment act.

WA - HB2914 Providing salary funding to recruit and retain Washington state patrol commissioned officers.

WA - HB2918 Granting a city or town the authority to establish and operate a traffic school without county consent, control, or supervision.

WA - HB2976 Repealing the authority for transfers to the Clarke-McNary account.

WA - HB2990 Improving the fairness of Washington's tax system by narrowing the use tax exemption for extracted fuel.

WA - HB2992 Improving fairness in the Washington tax system by narrowing the sales and use tax exemption for the purchase and repair of large private airplanes owned by nonresident entities.

WA - HB2993 Improving the fairness of Washington's tax system by repealing the business and occupation tax exemption for international banking facilities.

WA - HB2994 Providing accountability and transparency for aerospace-related tax incentives.

WA - HR4602 Recognizing Daniel J. Evans.

WA - HR4603 Recognizing the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WA - HR4608 Recognizing the contributions of Navy personnel and their family members.

WA - HR4611 Celebrating Children's Day.

WA - HR4613 Recognizing Japanese-American internees and World War II veterans.

WA - HR4614 Honoring Presidents Day.

WA - HR4630 Recognizing Dr. Thomas L. "Les" Purce.

WA - HR4636 Recognizing the towns of Aberdeen and Hoquiam on the occasion of their 125th anniversaries.

WA - HR4645 Honoring the life and legacy of Washington State University president Dr. Elson S. Floyd.

WA - HR4649 Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WA - HR4651 Welcoming and recognizing participants in the "2016 Paddle to Nisqually" event.

WA - HR4652 Recognizing Washington's National Guard.

WA - HR4661 Recognizing the 15 to 1: Jermaine Kearse Foundation.

WA - HR4662 Honoring President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln.

WA - HR4670 Celebrating the United States Navy and individuals related to its work in the state.

WA - HR4671 Recognizing the Review Club of Aberdeen on the occasion of their 125th anniversary.

WA - HR4674 Honoring wildland firefighters.

WA - HJR4210 Amending the Constitution to provide for a simple majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds at general elections.

WA - HJM4004 Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections.

WA - HJM4014 Concerning the reintroduction of salmon and steelhead above blocked areas of the Columbia river.