Bills Dead and Buried
Following the cut-off dates

  Feb. 19 (5 p.m.) was the final day for bills to be considered in their house of origin. Those bills not passed from the House by that deadline are considered "dead" for the session.

   The following is a report of those Republican House bills that did not survive. . .  

Click here for 2008 Survivor bills 

• House Bills 2614, 2615, 2616 (Kristiansen) Would have provided funding for safety and improvement projects on Highway 2 using existing revenue sources: 30% of the car rental tax, $3 of the replacement license plate fee, and 10% of driver license fees.

• House Bill 1019/House Joint Resolution 4220 (Anderson) Would have funded education first in the budget process.
   
• House Bill 1610 (Anderson) Would have provided a system of school accountability.
   
• House Bill 1611 (Anderson) Would have created achievement-based bonuses for teachers.

• House Bill 2997 (Anderson) Would have created higher education accountability measures.
   
• House Bill 2591 Would have provided for higher education data collection for consumer reporting.
   
• House Bill 3263 Would have created a dual credit strategic plan.

• House Bill 2653 (Hinkle) Would have required a study of the impact of Medicaid vendor rates on access to providers and cost shifting between public & private purchasers of medical services.
   
• House Bill 1539 (Bailey) Would have allowed insurers to offer one health benefit plan featuring a limited schedule of covered services, and made changes to community rating laws in the small group market.
   
• House Bill 3248 (Hinkle) Would have provided a B&O tax credit for 50 percent of the amount paid for health insurance premiums for self-employed individuals.

• House Bill 2440 (Priest) Would have required the electronic monitoring of all registered sex offenders who are classified as risk level III, have registered as homeless or transient, or have a prior conviction for failure to register as a sex offender.
   
• House Bill 2441 (Priest) Would have required law enforcement agencies to enter into assistance compacts with the federal department of homeland security to help enforce immigration laws as they pertain to certain sex offenders who have been classified as risk level III, have been convicted of a sex offense against a minor victim, or have a prior conviction for failure to register as a sex offender.
   
• House Bill 1340 (Pearson) Would have created uniform standards for alcohol and drug assessments for people charged with driving under the influence or drugs (DUI). It also would have tracked DUI offenders and make sure they’re following the rules and required convicted DUI offenders to take a urinalysis test each time they visit their treatment provider.
   
• House Bill 3209 (Hinkle) Would have required periodic urinalysis drug testing of a TANF recipient if their assessment indicated the likelihood that the recipient's need for public assistance is linked to chemical dependence or substance abuse.

• House Bill 3270 (Orcutt) Would have required an annual report on property tax collections and banked levy capacity.
   
• House Bill 3273/House Joint Resolution 4228 (Orcutt) Value averaging that would have limited assessed value increases to 15 percent or 25 percent per year depending on the level of increase.
   
• House Bill 3271 (Orcutt) Would have increased small business assistance for complying with the Streamlined Sales Tax requirements for businesses making less than $5 million (the current threshold is $500,000).
   
• House Bill 2860 (Alexander) Would have required revenue forecasts of the near general fund.
   
• House Bill 2932 (Anderson) Would have created a Council on Fiscal Management.

• House Bill 3335 (Herrera)  Would have provided regulatory relief in three ways: 1) Agencies may only adopt rules derived from a specific grant of legislative authority; 2) significant rules would not take effect until after a legislative session; and 3) the burden of proof would be placed on the agency, not the individual, during a rule dispute.
   
• House Bill 3173 (Condotta)  Would have protected a citizen's right to initiative and referendum by ensuring valid voter signatures.
   
• House Bill 3159 (Chandler)  Would have improved voter registration integrity by asking for a person's full legal name on the registration applications and including a checkbox indicating if a person has ever been convicted of a felony. It would also have required that summoning courts provide names of potential jurors who do not meet voting requirements.