5688!

1. List two of the bill's sponsors.
Senators Murray, McDermott, Kohl-Welles

2. Who sponsored companion bill 1727?
Representatives Pedersen, Walsh, Moeller

3. On what date did Gov. Gregoire sign the bill?
History of Bill
May 18

4. How many pages in the original bill?
110 pages!

5. In the Senate Bill Report, find the names of two people who testified in support
of the bill and two who opposed the bill.
pro
Senator Murray, prime
sponsor; David Itemizer, Richard Lum, Patrick Nagle

con
Phillip Irvin, Margaret Reich, Bryant Adams, Steven L. Meacheam, Hugo Fleet,
Rebecca Small,

6. Based on the report's synopsis of public testimony, list one argument in support of the bill and one argument in opposition.
pro
Same sex families need this bill to pass to provide protection for our families. I grew up in a
traditional family with a mom and a dad. I'm a stay at home mom. I have been in a
committed relationship for over ten years.

con
As a citizen I am concerned that this bill will impose a value system on our public
schools that is in conflict with my values and the values that I try to teach my children. My
husband I should be the people who provide our child with her moral compass. We don't
want our tax dollars to be used to teach our child values we don't agree with. We don't want
our child to be taught that any sexual activity is acceptable as long as it is consensual, or that
there is no difference between a man and a woman. I believe children should have a mother
and a father. If the state insists on codifying these values, we will not lose our children to the
schools, the schools will lose our children.

7. Find the fiscal note for the bill. Look at the most current estimate of cost.
1,934,304

a. What are the estimated receipts from 2009 to 2011?
606,039

b. What are the estimated expenditures during the same period?
300,000