2004-05-03                     House Journal                      Page 3759
     Compensation Hearings Board; relating to agreements that                                       
     discharge workers' compensation liability; providing for hearing                               
     examiners and hearing panels in workers' compensation                                          
     proceedings; relating to workers' compensation awards; relating to                             
     an employer's failure to insure and keep insured or provide                                    
     security; providing for appeals from compensation orders; relating                             
     to workers' compensation proceedings; providing for supreme                                    
     court jurisdiction of appeals from the Workers' Compensation                                   
     Appeals Commission; providing for a maximum amount for the                                     
     cost-of-living adjustment for workers' compensation benefits;                                  
     providing for administrative penalties for employers uninsured or                              
     without adequate security for workers' compensation; and relating                              
     to assigned risk pools and insurers."                                                          
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce and                                    
Finance Committees.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
SB 349                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 349 by Senators Davis, Dyson, Gary Stevens,                                         
Seekins, Lincoln, French, Wagoner, Elton, Ellis, Guess, and Olson,                                  
entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
     "An Act requiring licensure of midwifery birth centers; and                                    
     providing for an effective date."                                                              
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce and                                    
Finance Committees.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
SB 354                                                                                            
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 354(STA) am(efd fld) by the Senate                                           
State Affairs Committee, entitled:                                                                  
                                                                                                    
     "An Act relating to complaints filed with, and investigations,                                 
     hearings, and orders of, the State Commission for Human Rights;                                
     and making conforming amendments."                                                             
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Judiciary                             
Committees.