Posted by news interns Sarah Anne Lloyd and Jon Brock.

Bills that didn't pass out of committee in Olympia today are dead; those that did get passed, however, still have a chance (except for bills in the Ways and Means Committee, the money committee, which have until Tuesday to get the committee's nod). Here are a handful of each.

First, pour out a 40 for these dead, dead bills:

A Senate bill that would create school health partnerships and fight child obesity died in the Senate, despite an "incredible hearing," said Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36).

The bill that would relabel youth at-risk as"Kids at Hope" is, understandably, dead.

A bill recognizing October 9 as "Leif Erickson Day," honoring the first European explorer to land in America, died in the Senate. This is probably good, because the explorer spelled his name "Leif Ericson," without a "k."

A bill that would prevent petition signatures from being released is so, so dead.

A bill decreasing minimum wage as inflation decreases died in the Senate.

As Cienna Madrid wrote about yesterday, a bill requiring limited service pregnancy centers to tell the truth to their patients died in the Senate.

And a bill prohibiting public art in certain prisons and halfway houses died in the Senate, too.

Bills that survived (for now) are after the jump.

Bills that are alive (for now):

It's a good day for marijuana: Senate Bill 5798 passed today, expanding legal protections to medical professionals who authorize medical marijuana for treatment, including osteopathic physicians, physician assistants, naturopathic doctors, and nurse practitioners. It heads to the house. Meanwhile, SB 5615, the marijuana decriminalization bill whose companion bill died in the house, is still alive and kickin' in the Senate. But chances are looking slim for the bill; even if it passes in the senate, it could die in the house all over again.

A bill (SB 6345) passed in the Senate to make holding a cellphone while driving a primary offense (it would effectively ban SEXTING WHILE DRIVING).

A bill (SB 6449) requiring signature gatherers to sign the affidavit on the back of petitions, attesting to the best of their knowledge that everyone who signed the petition is a registered voter, is still alive after passing out of the senate's Government Operations and Elections committee. The bill also requires paid signature gatherers and employers to register with the state, so any abuses can be traced back to the culprit. The signature line has been on petitions for years, but there's been no requirement to actually sign it.

A Senate bill requiring banks to pay fees to the Washington housing trust fund, which supports affordable housing, when reselling mortgages is moving to the full senate. "We cut [the budget supported by the fees] significantly last year," said McDermott, "so this is great legislation."

A bill that would ban the use of credit scoring for calculating premiums for auto and home insurance, died in the house, but it's Senate companion bill is still alive. "A lot of people are looking at their credit scores decreasing," said Representative Sharon Nelson (D-34), "and we're penalizing them for this economy."

Legislation that would officially make initiative signatures public records, died in the house, but is still alive in the Senate.