Job killer bills still alive

Job creator bills still alive

• House Bill 1393 - Construction liability - would further shut down the building industry, and put all related workers, material and service providers to that industry potentially out of work.
   

• House Bill 1402 - Would restrict contact with medical providers after appeals have been filed under industrial insurance
   

• House Bill 1554 - Would provide for Labor and Industries' stop work orders.
   

• House Bill 1747 - Would create new green mandates for public and private buildings.

• House Bill 1869 - Would provide transparency in the cost of health care.
   

Job killer bills that are dead

Job creator bills that are dead

• House Bill 1086 - Would have established a new feed-in tariff for alternative energy that will be passed to consumers in the form of higher energy costs.
   
• House Bill 1133 - Would have added new mandates for renewable energy that will drive up electricity costs.
   
• House Bill 1422 - Would have reversed a recent court ruling to impose Brokered Natural Gas Use Tax at the place where it is burned; could lead to higher costs for companies that use natural gas in their operations.
   
• House Bill 1490 - Would have implemented heavy-handed climate change restrictions into the GMA goals.
   
• House Bill 1528 - Employer gag rule - Would have prohibited certain employer communications about political or religious matters.
   
• House Bill 1712 and 1714 - Would have restricted Association Health Plans.
   
• House Bill 1718 - Climate Action Team Recommendations - Would have created numerous costly environmental mandates.
   
• House Bill 1819 - Would have enacted cap and trade restrictions against businesses and citizens. (Senate Bill passed - SB 5735)
   
• House Bill 1854 - Would have changed the greenhouse gas performance standard for utilities by adding new requirements for where power comes from, which will make it harder for utilities to acquire reasonably priced power to serve customers.
   
• House Bill 2121 - Would have imposed government-run health care for catastrophic care as proposed by the Insurance Commissioner.

• House Bill 1160 - Would have eliminated the Family Leave Program.
   
• House Bill 1458 - Would have required the fiscal impact of legislation be made public at the time a bill is first heard.
   
• House Bill 1617 - Would have enacted comprehensive regulatory reform.
   
• House Bill 1648 - Would have encouraged that 3 percent of state contracts go to veterans.
   
• House Bill 1654 - Would let the sun shine on the state budget. Would require the budget sit for five days before a vote.
   
• House Bill 1655 - Would have enacted a balanced budget requirement for governor’s proposed budget and the final budget.
   
• House Bill 1656 - Would have eliminated hidden budget accounts and apply a state spending limit.
   
• House Bill 1702 - Would have required regular fiscal and performance audits by the State Auditor of new programs.  
   
• House Bill 2043 - Would have required state agencies to respond to all submitted permits within 90 Days.
   
• House Bill 2039 - Would have established an expedited permit process for large transportation projects to get them built quicker and provide more construction jobs.
   
• House Bill 2057 - Would have reduced the sales tax to 3.25 percent for new home construction.
   
• House Bill 2060 - Would have provided tax relief for auto dealers with lower sales taxes for new cars and B&O tax credit for auto dealers.
   
• House Joint Resolution 4208 - Would have proposed an amendment to the state Constitution to place restrictions on tax increases.
   
• House Joint Resolution 4209 - Would have proposed an amendment to the state Constitution to require extraordinary revenue growth to be transferred to the budget stabilization account (rainy day fund).