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Senator Short

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Member Information

Biennium 2019-20
Chamber Senate
Acronym SHOR
District 7
Name Shelly Short
Party Republican
Email Shelly.Short@leg.wa.gov
Sponsor Success Rate 26.04%
Total Bills Sponsored 169
Campaign Contributions (biennium) $244,632.27
Campaign Contributions (2009 - Present) $834,980.56

44 Sponsored Bills Passed for Biennium 2019-20

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details 2ESB 5887 Concerning health carrier requirements for prior authorization standards.
Details SB 6359 Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area.
Details SB 5122 Addressing insurance coverage for water-sewer district commissioners.
Details ESSB 5131 Regarding foreclosure and distraint sales of manufactured/mobile or park model homes.
Details SB 5132 Addressing noncollection of taxes by county treasurers.
Details ESSB 5148 Concerning visible clothing requirements for hunting.
Details SSB 5151 Requiring the growth management hearings board to topically index the rulings, decisions, and orders it publishes.
Details SB 5197 Concerning the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program.
Details ESB 5282 Requiring informed consent for pelvic exams.
Details SSB 5305 Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention.
Details ESSB 5330 Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forestland owners.
Details ESSB 5383 Concerning tiny houses.
Details SSB 5386 Concerning training standards in providing telemedicine services.
Details SB 5387 Concerning physician credentialing in telemedicine services.
Details ESB 5453 Concerning the administration of irrigation districts.
Details 2SSB 5511 Expanding affordable, resilient broadband service to enable economic development, public safety, health care, and education in Washington's communities.
Details SB 5519 Concerning mosquito control districts.
Details SSB 5552 Concerning the protection of all pollinators, including honey bees.
Details 2SSB 5572 Authorizing modernization grants for small school districts.
Details SSB 5588 Authorizing the production, distribution, and sale of renewable hydrogen.
Details SB 5613 Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to public safety.
Details SSB 5638 Recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology.
Details SSB 5652 Clarifying personal belongings disposal for impounded vehicles.
Details SB 5817 Concerning senior students in accredited schools of chiropractic.
Details ESSB 5874 Funding rural satellite skill centers.
Details SB 6025 Concerning bump-fire stock buy-back program records.
Details ESB 6032 Creating a Washington apples special license plate.
Details ESSB 5147 Providing tax relief to females by exempting feminine hygiene products from retail sales and use tax. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Providing tax relief by exempting menstrual products from retail sales and use tax. )
Details 2SSB 5149 Concerning electronic monitoring with victim notification technology.
Details E2SSB 5481 (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers. )
Details SSB 5640 Concerning youth courts.
Details SSB 6068 Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for large private airplanes.
Details SB 6131 Repealing the debenture company laws from the securities act of Washington.
Details SSB 6135 Concerning system reliability during the clean energy transformation act implementation.
Details ESSB 6189 Concerning eligibility for school employees' benefits board coverage.
Details SSB 6191 Assessing the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle and high school students to inform decision making and improve services.
Details SSB 6256 Concerning the heating oil insurance program.
Details SSB 6257 Concerning the underground storage tank reinsurance program.
Details SSB 6306 Creating the Washington soil health initiative.
Details SSB 6319 Concerning administration of the senior property tax exemption program.
Details SB 6420 Concerning underground utilities and safety committee.
Details SB 6567 Recognizing the eighteenth day of December as blood donor day.
Details ESSB 6574 Clarifying the respective administrative powers, duties, and responsibilities of the growth management hearings board and the environmental land use and hearings office.
Details ESB 6626 Creating the position of military spouse liaison.

125 Sponsored Bills Failed for Biennium 2019-20

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details SSB 5193 Concerning the process of identifying limited areas of more intensive rural development.
Details SB 5194 Concerning the review of urban growth area boundaries.
Details SB 5241 Expanding the operable intent of RCW 34.05.271 and 34.05.272 to certain activities of natural resources agencies.
Details SB 5242 Concerning the economic development of rural counties.
Details SB 5243 Concerning standing before the growth management hearings board.
Details SB 5244 Creating a domestic violence offender registry.
Details SB 5245 Clarifying what science may be used by cities and counties to designate critical areas.
Details 2SSB 5308 Concerning performance-based contracting services by energy service contractors.
Details SSB 5524 Concerning agency obligations.
Details SSB 5525 Concerning whitetail deer population estimates.
Details SB 5731 Concerning petitions for proposed transfer of school district territory.
Details SB 5982 Concerning the licensing of pharmacy benefit managers and creating a new fee.
Details SB 6178 Concerning superior court judges.
Details SB 6290 Concerning contributions to and eligibility for school employee benefit plans.
Details SB 6543 Concerning penalties against agencies which subsequently discover and produce additional responsive records after the close of an initial public records production.
Details SB 6620 Concerning exceptions to disqualification for unemployment insurance benefits when voluntarily leaving employment due to location and the separation from a minor child.
Details SB 5007 Concerning motorcycle helmet use.
Details SB 5042 Establishing a vehicle valuation method for a regional transit authority collecting a motor vehicle excise tax that is based on Kelley blue book or national automobile dealers association values.
Details SB 5053 Increasing behavioral health workforce participation by addressing certification and licensure requirements.
Details SB 5054 Increasing the behavioral health workforce by establishing a reciprocity program to increase the portability of behavioral health licenses and certifications.
Details SB 5073 Concerning state reimbursement of election costs.
Details SB 5098 Increasing appropriated funding for public defense services.
Details SSB 5150 Authorizing security for community and technical colleges.
Details SB 5176 Changing rule-making requirements to require a yearly expiration.
Details SB 5180 Concerning the armed forces exceptions for giving notice of termination of a tenancy.
Details SB 5185 Requiring notification to parents or guardians in cases of abortion.
Details SB 5191 Concerning public utility districts' contracts for work or materials.
Details SB 5196 Concerning national guard pay in state active service for wildland fire response duty.
Details SB 5215 Encouraging economic growth by providing a state business tax credit for new employment positions.
Details SB 5219 Concerning condominium construction warranties.
Details SB 5225 Clarifying the contracting procedures for cities.
Details SB 5231 Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
Details SB 5234 Modifying the excise tax for medical marijuana patients with recognition cards for products identified as beneficial for medical use.
Details SB 5255 Prohibiting road usage charges in rural counties.
Details SSB 5277 Ensuring the funding of agricultural fairs.
Details ESSB 5279 Regulating outdoor burning for the protection of life or property and for public health, safety, and welfare.
Details SB 5306 Creating the capacity for the state treasurer's office to provide separately managed investment portfolios to eligible governmental entities.
Details SB 5307 Adding the treasurer to the public works board.
Details SB 5320 Establishing a nonlethal program within the department of fish and wildlife for the purpose of training dogs.
Details SB 5381 Concerning the authority and procedures for unit priced contracting by water and sewer districts.
Details SSB 5382 Concerning tiny houses serving as accessory dwelling units.
Details SSB 5384 Concerning the location of tiny house communities.
Details SSB 5388 Establishing a training course for campaign treasurers.
Details SB 5390 Providing property tax relief to preserve home ownership.
Details SB 5396 Allowing certain adult family homes to increase capacity to eight beds.
Details SB 5421 Expanding access to pharmacy services.
Details SB 5422 Regulating pharmacy benefit managers.
Details SSB 5423 Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.
Details SB 5460 Joining the nurse licensure compact.
Details SB 5467 Extending the tax preferences in RCW 82.04.260(12).
Details E2SSB 5483 Improving services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Details SB 5518 Requiring property sold in tax lien foreclosure proceedings to be sold as is.
Details SB 5520 Concerning urban growth areas.
Details SSB 5547 Concerning the proposed department of natural resources' marbled murrelet long-term conservation strategy.
Details SB 5567 Revising hydraulic project eligibility standards under RCW 77.55.181 for conservation district-sponsored fish habitat enhancement projects.
Details SSB 5574 Concerning K-12 computer science education data.
Details SB 5587 Authorizing product certification agencies to certify building products and methods of construction, design, and systems as an alternate code compliance for modern technical methods, devices, and improvements.
Details SB 5589 Prohibiting local taxes based on employee wages, employee hours, or the number of employment positions.
Details SSB 5590 Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance.
Details SB 5608 Lowering the ceiling of the business and occupation manufacturing tax rate to 0.2904 percent.
Details SB 5609 Establishing a responsible state spending limit to protect essential programs and taxpayers from unsustainable state budgets.
Details SB 5610 Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.
Details ESSB 5614 Harming police animals.
Details SB 5650 Requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools.
Details SB 5653 Establishing permissible methods of parking a motorcycle.
Details SB 5657 Requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that directly discharge to Puget Sound to control pollution from opioids.
Details SSB 5666 Modifying the types of off-road vehicles subject to local government regulation.
Details SSB 5676 Authorizing cities planning under the growth management act to impose certain real estate excise taxes by council action.
Details SSB 5715 Establishing a streamlined process to increase the capacity of certain mental health providers to offer substance use disorder treatment.
Details SB 5752 Concerning the practice of naturopathy.
Details SB 5780 Concerning health carrier provider networks and enrollee protections.
Details SB 5781 Addressing health insurance mandates in the individual and small group markets.
Details SB 5791 Exempting a portion of the valuation of residential property from property taxation.
Details SB 5794 Regulating the practice of acupuncture and Eastern medicine.
Details SB 5797 Concerning the payment of salary and expenses when performing the duties of the governor.
Details SB 5798 Providing a sales and use tax exemption for construction and repair costs associated with fish barrier removal.
Details SB 5804 Concerning agriculture, food, and natural resource education.
Details ESSB 5853 Regarding the school construction assistance program.
Details SSB 5948 Creating a small business bill of rights.
Details SSB 5951 Concerning tax incentives to encourage residential and mixed-use development in urban infill areas.
Details SB 6023 Concerning parenting plans.
Details SB 6036 Providing opportunities for drought mitigation using trust water rights.
Details SB 6038 Concerning acupuncture and Eastern medicine.
Details SB 6041 Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles to transportation improvements.
Details SB 6042 Prohibiting the use of title-only bills.
Details SB 6043 Concerning subscription service legal defense funds.
Details SB 6044 Concerning responsibilities of the three branches of government for administrative rules and procedure.
Details SB 6055 Exempting health care and veterinary services from the business and occupation surcharge.
Details SB 6059 Exempting health care-related services from the business and occupation surcharge.
Details SB 6093 Concerning free public access to state parks and lands.
Details 2SSB 5601 Regulating health care benefit managers.
Details ESSB 5759 Increasing opportunities for the use of remote technology in corrective lens prescriptions.
Details 2SSB 6027 Concerning floating residences.
Details ESSB 6062 Concerning direct primary care oversight.
Details SSB 6065 Establishing the Washington blockchain work group.
Details SSB 6114 Concerning all-terrain vehicles.
Details SSB 6137 Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations.
Details SB 6192 Addressing inadequate, deficient, or dangerous conditions at facilities and institutions operated or overseen by state agencies.
Details SB 6193 Encouraging cost-efficiency and environmental protection by state employees using motor vehicles on official business.
Details SB 6195 Funding forest health activities for the protection of people, homes, and the environment through issuance of state bonds.
Details SB 6199 Adjusting by inflation the qualifying income thresholds for purposes of the senior citizen and service-connected disabled veterans property tax exemption program.
Details SB 6245 Limiting state and local taxes, fees, and other charges relating to vehicles.
Details SB 6252 Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases.
Details 2SSB 6281 Concerning the management and oversight of personal data.
Details SB 6315 Concerning enforcement of the policies of the department of ecology.
Details SB 6317 Concerning the taxation of concrete pumping services.
Details SB 6330 Regulating health carriers offering dental only coverage.
Details SSB 6355 Recognizing the contributions of the state's forest products sector as part of the state's global climate response.
Details SSB 6358 Requiring medicaid managed care organizations to provide reimbursement of health care services provided by substitute providers.
Details SB 6396 Ensuring the continued viability of skilled nursing facilities.
Details SB 6403 Concerning allowable uses for the multiuse roadway safety account.
Details SSB 6406 Concerning firearm theft.
Details SSB 6408 Concerning agency responsibilities to regulated businesses and professions.
Details SSB 6450 Concerning the warm water game fish enhancement advisory group.
Details SB 6462 Reaffirming the prohibition of the imposition of a local income tax.
Details SB 6485 Concerning a vessel crewmember license.
Details SSB 6486 Expanding medicaid coverage for individuals with a rare disease.
Details SB 6509 Increasing the abundance of salmonids in Washington waters.
Details SB 6539 Protecting health care information in the possession of legislators in the conduct of their official duties.
Details SB 6598 Increasing transparency in reproductive health.
Details SB 6624 Submitting reports to the legislature.
Details SB 6664 Creating the parents' bill of rights.
Details SB 6665 Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to coincide with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.
Details SB 6696 Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.
Details SB 6703 Making Washington great again.

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