Legislative Committee

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The Legislative Committee of the WSBA ADR Section

Members: 15
Latest Activity: May 3

Stay On Top of Legislative Matters Re ADR!

This is the place for members interested in legislative matters affecting ADR in Washington. The Legislative Committee is tasked with monitoring legislation that may be of interest to our members and making recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Any ADR Section member can join this LegComm group page on the website. You might find yourself becoming active in the LegComm itself! So join the group and stay in touch.

Uniform Collaborative Law Act Introduced for 2012 Regular Session

HB 2196. Click here to track the UCLA bill. For more resources and discussions regarding the Uniform Collaborative Law Act/Rule, see the UCLA Group page.

Amendment to Foreclosure Fairness Act

HB 2421/SB 6364. Click here to track the old FFA amendment bill; it's been amended toHB 2614 which you can track here. It does have the ADR Section's #1 priority: immunity from liability for all mediators. It has passed the legislature and is on for signature by the Governor. Here's the bill as passed.

Discussion Forum

Committee update - summer legislative scholarship, Early ADR Task Force, UCLA, FFA

A quick update after the legislative session has closed:UCLA - Killed on the Senate floor as a result of budget passage. WSBA and Rules Committee is working on drafting of Court Rules on the UCLA.FFA- Resurrected from the budget cut-offs by…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker Mar 29.

Legislative Update 1 Reply

You may have heard about the upset in the Senate this past Friday that appears to have effectively barred consideration of the UCLA, FFA amendment, and WUAA amendment. Some good news on the FFA amendments, at least: Finally, some good news…in the…Continue

Started by Paul W. McVicker. Last reply by courtland shafer Mar 6.

Amendments to Washington Arbitration Act 1 Reply

Representative R. Goodman has proposed legislation relative to the applicability of the Statute of Limitations in arbitration proceedings and the authority of the arbitrator and scope of review relative thereto. These matters have been raised in…Continue

Tags: Bloom, v., Morgan, Stanley, Limitations

Started by Paul W. McVicker. Last reply by Jeff Bean Jan 6.

FFA Technical Fix: Extension Agreements 2 Replies

At the all-stakeholders work group meeting December 14 we discussed a number of things, one that I had agreed to address before our next meeting on January 4 was the issue of extension agreements. It would be helpful to have the benefit of others'…Continue

Tags: Mediation, Foreclosure, Extensions, Legislature, FFA

Started by Jeff Bean. Last reply by Jeff Bean Dec 21, 2011.

FFA Technical Fix: Revisions to Privilege and UMA

First, my apologies. This discussion is dense. But we've got to start thinking about this stuff.In the broader stakeholder process we have already proposed amending the FFA to provide for a mediators' privilege by reincorporating the UMA. Now with…Continue

Tags: Uniform, Act, UMA, Privilege, Mediation

Started by Jeff Bean. Last reply by WSBA ADR Dec 11, 2011.

Stakeholder Discussions on FFA Technical Fix Bills 9 Replies

A small workgroup meeting was convened to discuss issues about application of the Net Present Value tests in FFA mediations. That group ballooned into an all-stakeholder process for considering legislation to implement technical changes to the…Continue

Tags: 2011, 2012, Technical, Mediation, Foreclosure

Started by Jeff Bean. Last reply by Jeff Bean Dec 14, 2011.

UCLA R Resolution 3 Replies

RESOLUTIONWhereas the Washington Uniform Law Commission has proposed the adoption of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act/ Rules for adoption in the State of Washington; andWhereas the Commission has requested that various interest groups, the bar, and…Continue

Tags: UCLA/R

Started by Paul W. McVicker. Last reply by Jeff Bean Dec 1, 2011.

Judiciary Committee Working Session on Dec 2 !

Please note the following. Dear Sirs, I received your contact information from Kathryn Leathers. The House Judiciary Committee is planning a work session on Friday, December 2nd, beginning at 10:00 AM, in House Hearing Room A of the John L.…Continue

Tags: UCLA/R

Started by Paul W. McVicker Nov 16, 2011.

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Comment by Jeff Bean on May 3, 2012 at 3:27pm: BOG March Minutes finally posted. Include discussion of UCLA/R.

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 20, 2012 at 11:48am

FYI, ExecComm approved a motion for a scholarship this summer to provide legal research project regarding the intersection of the UMA and foreclosure mediation programs. Paul's tied-up in trial, so I'll start the two things that need to happen:

get authorization from WSBA Dep Dir for Finance for spending from fund balance, and how to make payments to the scholar;
contacting Alan Kirtley, which the motion explicitly said we should seek to coordinate with.

I'll keep all apprised here, and if anyone else wants to be in on those discussions, let me know and I'll copy you in. (Paul, you'll be copied-in, of course!)

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 6, 2012 at 5:26pm: Rep. Orwall just informs that the FFA amendments, amended onto HB 2614, just passed the house.

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 6, 2012 at 10:10am: Kathryn's update:

Finally, some good news…in the great tradition of The Princess Bride, the FFA was only mostly dead after the coup on the Senate floor this past Friday…and Rep. Orwall and others have moved mountains and they figured out a way to resuscitate the FFA.

Last night, the FFA (HB 2421) wasamended onto HB 2614, an act relating to residual debts following short sales of owner-occupied residential property secured by deeds of trust. The title of the bill has also been amended and will now be: An act relating to assisting homeowners in crisis by providing alternatives, remedies, and assistance. (Note: Changing the title of a House bill is very difficult to do, so they must have full agreement in the House on this maneuver.)

The bill was voted off the Senate floor 47-1. We’re not quite done -- it now goes back to the House for final passage…

I've added a link to the new bill above.

Comment by Courtney Kaylor on March 4, 2012 at 2:22pm: Disappointing!

Comment by Jeff Bean on March 3, 2012 at 11:52am: Kathryn advises that it appears both our bills - UCLA and FFA amendments - were part of the collateral damage to the parliamentary maneuver on the Senate floor last night. They and all other unpassed policy bills are now dead for the session. Unless there's some legislative defib equipment we don't know about, it looks like they're gone.

Comment by Jeff Bean on February 29, 2012 at 3:02pm: Kathyrn Leathers advises that the FFA technical fix bill is now on it's last leg of it's journey, on the Senate floor.

Comment by Jeff Bean on February 9, 2012 at 9:24am: UCLA scheduled for public hearing Feb 17 in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.

Comment by Jeff Bean on February 6, 2012 at 12:21pm: Re FFA, the striker amendment is posted. It's through both Senate and House committees and in rules for both chambers. Track the bill here.

Comment by Jeff Bean on January 24, 2012 at 11:13am: Looks like the FFA bill that's available is still the placeholder drafted by Commerce, not yet the version that would reflect the stakeholder workgroup's work. Track the FFA amendment bill here.

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