WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 13

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
Thursday, January 29, 201518th Day - 2015 Regular Session

SENATE
SB 5019-SSB 5057-SSB 5073-SSB 5647SB 5648SB 5649SB 5650
SB 5651SB 5652SB 5653SB 5654SB 5655SB 5656SB 5657
SB 5658SB 5659SB 5660SB 5661SB 5662SB 5663SB 5664
SB 5665SB 5666SB 5667SB 5668SB 5669SB 5670SB 5671
SB 5672SB 5673SB 5674SB 5675SB 5676SB 5677SB 5678
SB 5679SB 5680SB 5681SB 5682SB 5683
HOUSE
HB 1157-SHB 1745HB 1746HB 1747HB 1748HB 1749HB 1750
HB 1751HB 1752HB 1753HB 1754HB 1755HB 1756HB 1757
HB 1758HB 1759HB 1760HB 1761HB 1762HB 1763HB 1764
HB 1765HB 1766HB 1767HB 1768HB 1769HB 1770HB 1771
HB 1772HB 1773HB 1774HB 1775HB 1776HB 1777HB 1778
HB 1779HB 1780HB 1781HB 1782HB 1783HB 1784HB 1785
HB 1786HB 1787HB 1788HB 1789HB 1790HB 1791HB 1792
HJM 4002HJM 4003HJR 4207

This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.

Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2015.


House Bills

HB 1157-S

by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Wilson, and Moeller)


Modifying the apportionment of quick title service fees collected by appointed subagents.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Addresses quick title service fees collected by subagents appointed by the director of the department of licensing.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 26TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

HB 1745

by Representatives Moscoso, Bergquist, S. Hunt, Haler, Orwall, Sawyer, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Appleton, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Fey, Jinkins, Wylie, Goodman, Ormsby, Farrell, Riccelli, Sells, Hudgins, Lytton, McBride, and Santos


Enacting the Washington voting rights act.


Establishes the Washington voting rights act to: (1) Authorize district-based elections;

(2) Require redistricting and new elections in certain circumstances; and

(3) Establish a cause of action to redress lack of voter opportunity.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1746

by Representatives Pollet, Hayes, and Moscoso


Establishing nonimpound tow truck operator licensing.


Establishes nonimpound tow truck operator licensing.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1747

by Representatives Kagi, Jinkins, Carlyle, Senn, Robinson, Walkinshaw, Appleton, Cody, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, S. Hunt, Goodman, Farrell, and Santos


Concerning the protection of children through responsible storage of firearms.


Creates the crime of child endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm.

Requires a firearms dealer, when selling a firearm, to offer to sell or give the purchaser a locked box, a lock, or a device that prevents the firearm from discharging.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1748

by Representatives Blake, Shea, Kirby, Orcutt, MacEwen, Condotta, McCabe, Holy, Magendanz, Taylor, Hargrove, Griffey, Hayes, Johnson, Haler, Scott, Wilson, Short, and Young


Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen.


Authorizes a person who is at least eighteen years old to operate or ride on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped on a state highway, county road, or city street without wearing a motorcycle helmet.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1749

by Representatives MacEwen, Manweller, and Condotta


Concerning contractor registration requirements for owners of property.


Exempts from certain contractor registration requirements, a person, firm, corporation, or other entity: (1) Contracting with a registered general contractor and not superintending the work; or

(2) Undertaking only the installation of carpeting or other floor covering or painting, or both.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1750

by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Magendanz, Tarleton, Moscoso, Riccelli, Robinson, Kagi, Ryu, Gregerson, Lytton, Stanford, Appleton, Peterson, Van De Wege, Goodman, and Pollet


Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act.


Establishes the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act.

Requires the state school directors' association, in collaboration with a nonprofit organization that educates communities about sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes and the University of Washington center for sports cardiology, to develop and make available an online pamphlet that provides students engaged in athletic activity, their parents or guardians, and coaches with information about sudden cardiac arrest.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1751

by Representative Santos


Concerning parking impact mitigation from regional transit authority facility construction.


Requires a regional transit authority, when it constructs or operates a transportation facility, to consider the potential impacts of that facility on parking availability for residents nearby.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1752

by Representatives Hawkins and Takko


Addressing the qualifications for chief examiners.


Opens the competitive examination to all properly qualified citizens for the position of chief examiner of a civil service commission.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1753

by Representatives Ryu, Shea, Moscoso, Kirby, Wylie, and Young


Distinguishing cannabis health and beauty aids from marijuana.


Exempts cannabis health and beauty aids from the regulations of the uniform controlled substances act that apply to marijuana, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana-infused products.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1754

by Representatives Buys, Dunshee, Muri, Haler, Senn, Ormsby, Sullivan, and Smith


Adding building envelope to the list of building trades that a prime contractor must list for bids on public works.


Requires a prime contractor to include building envelope in the list of building trades that he or she is required to list for bids on public works.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1755

by Representatives Pettigrew and Stanford; by request of Department of Agriculture


Authorizing a livestock movement reporting system.


Authorizes the director of the department of agriculture to establish a livestock movement reporting system where transactions are reported to the department.

Allows the system to be used as an alternative to mandatory inspections.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1756

by Representatives Kilduff, Muri, Kirby, Goodman, Sawyer, and Van De Wege


Concerning community policing at and around western state hospital.


Requires western state hospital to enter into a contract with the city in which it is located for the provision of community policing services at the hospital and in the surrounding areas.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1757

by Representatives Fey, Muri, Clibborn, Reykdal, and Goodman


Concerning local transportation options.


Authorizes a city or county in which a transportation benefit district has been established with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of the city or county to, by ordinance or resolution of the city or county legislative authority, assume the rights, powers, functions, and obligations of the transportation benefit district.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1758

by Representatives Tharinger, Wilcox, Van De Wege, Takko, Walkinshaw, Blake, Ryu, Orcutt, Fitzgibbon, Nealey, Smith, Moscoso, Fey, Jinkins, and Goodman; by request of Office of Financial Management


Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.


Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.

Provides a forest derived biomass credit to encourage the harvesting, collection, and use of forest derived biomass.

Increases investments in energy efficiency and conservation programs and supports efforts by utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy conservation as required under state law.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1759

by Representatives Manweller and Ormsby


Modifying the computer data center sales and use tax exemption.


Extends the data center sales and use tax exemption construction window until 2020 and the refresh window for replacement server equipment until 2026.

Allows a one hundred percent sales and use tax exemption for eligible server equipment and power infrastructure installed in new data centers and a seventy-five percent sales and use tax exemption for replacement server equipment.

Reduces or prohibits local jurisdictions from claiming certain local sales and use taxes that directly reduce state general fund revenues.

Converts the data center sales and use tax exemption into a remittance.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1760

by Representatives Senn, Magendanz, Orwall, Stambaugh, Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Sells, Tharinger, Reykdal, Jinkins, Muri, Goodman, Riccelli, Robinson, Pollet, McBride, and Santos


Providing students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance.


Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group to recommend comprehensive social emotional learning benchmarks for grades kindergarten through high school.

Requires educational service districts to develop and maintain the capacity to serve as a convener, trainer, and mentor for educators and other school district staff on social emotional learning.

Authorizes school districts to use specific funding to develop and update school specific action plans to implement multitiered systems of support frameworks and curriculum aligned with the frameworks.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1761

by Representatives Stanford, Vick, Kirby, Parker, Ryu, G. Hunt, Blake, Santos, and Hurst


Addressing insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents activities with customers and potential customers.


Addresses inducements by insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1762

by Representatives Riccelli, Schmick, Jinkins, Harris, Cody, Van De Wege, Robinson, and Tharinger


Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.


Addresses relationships between health insurers and contracting health care providers.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1763

by Representatives Van De Wege, Lytton, Riccelli, and Tharinger


Regulating music licensing agencies.


Regulates music licensing agencies.

Requires the department of licensing, in collaboration with the office of the attorney general, to conduct a consumer alert campaign to inform business proprietors of their rights and responsibilities regarding the public performance of copyrighted music.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1764

by Representatives Van De Wege, Stokesbary, Tharinger, and Ryu; by request of Office of Financial Management


Creating a business and occupation tax credit for advanced composite manufacturing and wholesaling.


Provides a business and occupation tax credit on the manufacturing and wholesale sales of carbon fiber, carbon fiber composites, or carbon fiber composite products.

Expires July 1, 2020.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1765

by Representative Klippert


Changing marijuana provisions so that marijuana is only authorized if it is in pill form prescribed by a physician.


Eliminates or modifies certain marijuana provisions so that marijuana is only authorized if it is in pill form prescribed by a physician.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1766

by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Appleton, and Tharinger


Concerning medical marijuana.


Changes the name of the Washington state medical use of cannabis act to the Washington state medical use of marijuana act.

Establishes qualifying patient recognition cards and designated provider recognition cards.

Requires the department of health to: (1) Establish and maintain a system for safeguarding the records of qualifying patients and designated providers that have applied for a recognition card; and

(2) Convene a work group to develop practice guidelines for health care professionals to consider when authorizing the medical use of marijuana for patients.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1767

by Representatives Hargrove, Walsh, Zeiger, Scott, and Muri


Adding a minimum grade point average to the state need grant renewal requirement.


Changes the qualifications for renewal of a state need grant to require students to maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average except for those students attending The Evergreen State College.

Requires students enrolled at The Evergreen State College to meet the requirements of the college's satisfactory academic progress policy for state financial aid to remain qualified.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1768

by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Reykdal, and Goodman


Authorizing a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide promotional items to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association.


Allows a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide branded promotional items, which are of nominal value, to certain nonprofit charitable corporations and associations.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1769

by Representatives Pettigrew, Wilcox, Springer, Manweller, Harris, Farrell, Tarleton, Magendanz, Walkinshaw, Rodne, Peterson, Buys, Zeiger, Senn, Goodman, Reykdal, Morris, Wilson, and Young; by request of Office of Financial Management


Reinstating tax preferences for high-technology research and development.


Provides a business and occupation tax credit for high-technology companies performing research and development.

Provides a sales and use tax deferral for certain construction for new and expanding high-technology companies conducting research and development in the fields of advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device technology, or environmental technology.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1770

by Representatives Bergquist, Magendanz, Pollet, Lytton, Muri, and Goodman; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board


Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.


Changes explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1771

by Representatives Gregory, Magendanz, Lytton, Muri, and Pollet; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board


Confirming that the professional educator standards board is an authorized representative of the state educational agencies.


Clarifies that data exchanged between educator preparation programs and the state professional educator standards board is subject to the federal educational rights and privacy act.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1772

by Representatives Shea, McCaslin, Scott, Taylor, Holy, G. Hunt, and Condotta


Repealing unnecessary provisions concerning the Washington State Bar Association.


Repeals statutes establishing the Washington state bar association and the regulation of members of the bar.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1773

by Representatives G. Hunt, Magendanz, Manweller, Shea, Taylor, Buys, Young, Nealey, Vick, Scott, Wilson, and Condotta


Prohibiting public entities from giving or loaning public funds to bargaining unit representatives for nongovernment functions.


Prohibits public entities from giving or loaning public funds to bargaining unit representatives for nongovernment functions.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1774

by Representatives Shea, Scott, Taylor, G. Hunt, Young, and Condotta


Protecting the right to work.


Addresses labor unions.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1775

by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Tharinger, and Muri; by request of Department of Social and Health Services


Authorizing the department of social and health services special commitment center to seek eligibility and reimbursement for health care costs covered by federal medicare, medicaid, and veterans health benefits.


Authorizes the secretary of the department of social and health services to act on behalf of a civilly committed resident for the purposes of applying for medicare and medicaid benefits, veterans' health benefits, or other health care benefits or reimbursement available as a result of participation in a health care exchange as defined by the affordable care act.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1776

by Representatives Condotta and Hurst


Clarifying transportation and delivery services for licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers.


Authorizes licensed marijuana producers, processors, and retailers to use the services of a common carrier to physically transport or deliver marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products within the state.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1777

by Representatives Condotta, Manweller, G. Hunt, and Wilson


Concerning exclusive representation of employees in collective bargaining.


Addresses union security provisions in collective bargaining agreements.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1778

by Representatives Condotta, Manweller, G. Hunt, and Wilson


Lowering the workers' compensation structured settlements age requirement to thirty-five years of age beginning January 1, 2016.


Changes the workers' compensation structured settlements age requirement from fifty years of age to thirty-five years of age.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1779

by Representatives Van De Wege, Johnson, Harris, Jinkins, and Tharinger


Requiring specialized training for persons conducting victim interviews as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct.


Requires a person conducting a victim interview, as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct, to have successfully completed a training program on interviewing victims of sexual misconduct in a manner that minimizes the negative impacts on the victims.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1780

by Representatives Bergquist, Jinkins, S. Hunt, Appleton, Haler, MacEwen, Farrell, Harris, Tarleton, Fey, Pollet, Riccelli, and Sells


Regulating interpreter services.


Authorizes the department of social and health services and the state health care authority to purchase interpreter services on behalf of limited-English speaking applicants and recipients of public assistance.

Authorizes the department of labor and industries to purchase interpreter services for medical and vocational providers authorized to provide services to limited-English speaking injured workers or crime victims.

Requires the department of enterprise services to develop and implement a model that all state agencies must use to procure spoken language interpreter services by purchasing directly from language access providers or through contracts with scheduling and coordinating entities, or both.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1781

by Representatives Schmick, Hayes, G. Hunt, Parker, and Reykdal


Adjusting the maximum speed limit for Interstate 90 in rural counties.


Provides a seventy-five mile per hour speed limit on Interstate 90 on the portion of the interstate that is within a rural county.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1782

by Representatives Wilcox, Springer, Takko, Blake, Short, Nealey, Pollet, Vick, Parker, Morris, Reykdal, Orcutt, Schmick, DeBolt, MacEwen, Smith, Dent, Manweller, Robinson, Fitzgibbon, Wylie, Fagan, Tharinger, and Stokesbary


Clarifying expenditures under the state universal communications services program.


Clarifies expenditures for the state universal communications services program.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1783

by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Walkinshaw, Bergquist, Moscoso, Hudgins, Pollet, and Santos


Expanding dual language and bilingual instruction for early learners through secondary students.


Creates the K-12 dual language expansion grant program to build and expand dual language programs and to create state-level infrastructure dedicated to dual language instruction.

Creates the dual language teacher pipeline scholarship program to build capacity for bilingual and dual language programming by developing a pipeline for dual language teachers, from early childhood to K-12 education.

Creates the early learning bilingual and dual language grant program to provide technical and financial support to increase bilingual and dual language instruction in early learning settings where there are a high number of English language learners and to create a statewide strategy for increasing bilingual education among providers enrolled in the early achievers quality rating and improvement system.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1784

by Representatives Tharinger, Cody, Van De Wege, Riccelli, Jinkins, and Moeller


Concerning nursing home quality.


Addresses adequate staffing at nursing homes.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1785

by Representatives Reykdal, Taylor, Ortiz-Self, Dunshee, Moscoso, Appleton, S. Hunt, Takko, Gregory, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Pollet, Stanford, Sells, Fey, Blake, Ormsby, Peterson, Tarleton, Pike, Shea, Griffey, Klippert, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Goodman, Bergquist, Farrell, Riccelli, McBride, Condotta, and Young; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction


Eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation.


Eliminates the assessment graduation requirements and the certificate of academic achievement.

Requires students who fail to meet the standard on the smarter balanced assessment to take and pass locally determined courses in their senior year that align with their college or career goals, including, when available, high school transition courses.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1786

by Representatives Gregerson, Tarleton, Robinson, Sells, Ortiz-Self, McBride, Peterson, Cody, Bergquist, Moscoso, Jinkins, Ormsby, Stanford, Ryu, Pollet, and S. Hunt


Establishing a statewide wage standard for aerospace employment as a requirement to qualify for certain aerospace-related tax incentives.


Establishes the aerospace tax incentive accountability act.

Establishes a statewide wage standard for aerospace employment as a requirement to qualify for certain aerospace-related tax incentives.

Requires increases in state general fund revenue collections resulting from the changes in this act to be used for state services that aid low-income individuals.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1787

by Representatives Riccelli, Jinkins, Robinson, Tharinger, Ormsby, S. Hunt, Lytton, and Pollet


Prohibiting health care facilities from limiting providers' patient care.


Prohibits a health care facility that employs a health care provider from limiting or prohibiting a health care provider's patient care.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1788

by Representatives Wylie, Holy, Ryu, Carlyle, Jinkins, Pollet, Moscoso, Appleton, Vick, Sawyer, Tarleton, Orwall, Ormsby, Farrell, and Riccelli


Creating the crime of criminal invasion of privacy via nonconsensual dissemination or disclosure of a sexual act or intimate parts.


Creates the crime of criminal invasion of privacy via nonconsensual disclosure or dissemination of a sexual act or intimate parts.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1789

by Representatives Springer, Nealey, Fitzgibbon, Fagan, Tharinger, Takko, Reykdal, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Ryu, Peterson, and Senn


Granting counties and cities greater flexibility with real estate excise tax proceeds.


Allows real estate excise tax proceeds to be used for the maintenance and operation of capital projects.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1790

by Representatives Springer, Muri, Ortiz-Self, and Reykdal


Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.


Allows only a registered nurse or an advanced registered nurse practitioner to supervise, direct, or evaluate a licensed nurse working in a school setting with respect to the practice of nursing.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1791

by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Short, and Condotta


Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to manage wolf-related wildlife interactions using lethal means when certain conditions are satisfied.


Requires the department of fish and wildlife to manage wolf-related wildlife interactions using lethal means when certain conditions are satisfied.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1792

by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Short, and Condotta


Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to amend the existing wolf conservation and management plan.


Requires the department of fish and wildlife to amend the existing wolf conservation and management plan to better address the wolf recovery rate and the uneven distribution that has occurred since the initial adoption of the plan.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


House Joint Memorials

HJM 4002

by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Short, and Condotta


Requesting the Washington fish and wildlife commission to revisit the gray wolf conservation and management plan.


Requests the fish and wildlife commission to revisit the gray wolf conservation and management plan.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HJM 4003

by Representatives Shea, Scott, Klippert, Taylor, McCaslin, Holy, G. Hunt, Young, and Condotta


Urging the members of the United States congress to propose the parental rights amendment to the states for ratification.


Urges members of congress to propose the parental rights amendment to the states for ratification.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


House Joint Resolutions

HJR 4207

by Representatives Shea, Holy, Taylor, Scott, McCaslin, G. Hunt, and Condotta


Requiring that all mandatory, regulatory, licensing, and disciplinary functions regarding the practice of law and administration of justice reside exclusively in the supreme court.


Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require that all mandatory, regulatory, licensing, and disciplinary functions regarding the practice of law and administration of justice reside exclusively in the supreme court.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


Senate Bills

SB 5019-S

by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senator Honeyford)


Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the department of commerce to create and administer the agricultural labor skills and safety grant program that will provide training opportunities for agricultural workers.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 27AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 28Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5057-S

by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Ericksen)


Concerning the safe transport of hazardous materials.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Provide grants to emergency responders to assist with oil spill and hazardous materials response and firefighting equipment and resources needed to meet the requirements of this act; and

(2) Convene a panel to evaluate and assess vessel traffic management and vessel traffic safety within the Columbia river and Grays Harbor.

Requires first-class cities to provide to the utilities and transportation commission a list of existing public crossings within the limits of a first-class city.

Requires the emergency management council to require local emergency planning organizations to submit hazardous materials plans and to update the plans on a five-year cycle for compliance review by the adjutant general.

Requires the department of ecology and the utilities and transportation commission to jointly hold a symposium on oil spill prevention and response activities for international transport of liquid bulk crude oil.

Authorizes the utilities and transportation commission to adopt rules governing safety standards for private crossings along the railroad tracks over which crude oil is transported in the state.

Authorizes employees of the utilities and transportation commission, certified by the federal railroad administration to perform hazardous materials inspections, to enter the property of any business that receives, ships, or offers for shipment hazardous materials by rail.

Imposes an oil spill response tax and an oil spill administration tax on the privilege of receiving crude oil at a bulk oil terminal within this state from a tank car.

Makes an appropriation.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
And refer to Ways & Means.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5073-S

by Senate Committee on Government Operations & State Security (originally sponsored by Senators Roach and Liias; by request of Office of Financial Management)


Concerning nonsubstantive updates and realignments of the statutory responsibilities of the office of financial management.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Makes nonsubstantive updates and realignments of the statutory responsibilities of the office of financial management.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 27GOSS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 28Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5647

by Senators Conway, Dansel, and Fraser


Allowing counties to create guardianship courthouse facilitator programs.


Authorizes a county to create a guardianship courthouse facilitator program to provide basic services to pro se litigants in guardianship cases.

Authorizes the county legislative authority to impose user fees or a surcharge of up to twenty dollars, or both, on superior court cases to pay for the expenses of the program.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5648

by Senators Rolfes, Frockt, Fraser, Keiser, and Conway


Amending the patient bill of rights to ensure continuity of care.


Requires each health carrier to cover services of a hospital, whose contract with the plan is being terminated by either the plan or the hospital, through the duration of the plan year for all enrollees enrolled in products allowing in-network access to the hospital at the time of termination.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5649

by Senators Darneille, Miloscia, Fraser, Keiser, Parlette, Benton, McCoy, and Dammeier


Concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment.


Modifies involuntary outpatient mental health treatment provisions relating to persons in need of assisted outpatient treatment.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5650

by Senators Padden, Darneille, Pearson, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Corrections


Modifying provisions governing inmate funds subject to deductions.


Exempts from certain deduction requirements, money received by the department of corrections on behalf of an inmate from family or other outside sources for the payment of certain medical expenses.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5651

by Senators Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Jayapal, Keiser, and Hasegawa


Eliminating detention for truant students found in contempt of a court order.


Removes detention requirements for truant students found in contempt of a court order.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5652

by Senators Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Jayapal, Keiser, and Hasegawa


Implementing recommendations of the joint legislative task force on juvenile sentencing reform.


Implements recommendations of the joint legislative task force on juvenile sentencing reform.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5653

by Senators Darneille, Padden, Kohl-Welles, O'Ban, Fraser, and Pearson


Collecting DNA at jail and corrections facilities as part of the intake process.


Changes DNA collection requirements at jails and correctional facilities.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5654

by Senators Dansel and Benton


Concerning partial payment of current and delinquent taxes to the county treasurer.


Allows the county treasurer to accept partial payment of current and delinquent taxes including interest and penalties using any method he or she authorizes.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.

SB 5655

by Senators Benton, Chase, Roach, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, and Honeyford


Concerning the provision of homeownership opportunities.


Addresses homeownership opportunities under the housing assistance program and the affordable housing program.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5656

by Senators Rivers, Chase, Fain, and Keiser; by request of Washington Traffic Safety Commission


Enhancing public safety by reducing distracted driving incidents caused by the use of personal wireless communications devices.


Revises existing cell phone laws in order to qualify for federal funds that have been set aside to combat the emerging national problem of distracted driving.

Requires the director of the department of licensing to incorporate questions on distracted driving into the driver licensing examination.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5657

by Senators Mullet, Litzow, Billig, Frockt, McAuliffe, Keiser, Habib, and Conway


Creating a pilot program to encourage school districts to extend the school day to provide homework assistance to middle schools.


Establishes a pilot program to encourage school districts to extend the school day one hour beyond the regular school day for the purpose of providing homework assistance to students.

Makes appropriations.

Expires August 1, 2017.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5658

by Senators Dansel and Kohl-Welles


Concerning the role of parties in cases related to certain notices and records.


Addresses the roles of parties, notices, and records in cases related to restoration of firearms rights, juvenile records, certificated education employees, financial responsibility regarding motor vehicles, dissolution of port and other districts, and dependent children.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5659

by Senators Ericksen, Sheldon, Pearson, Braun, Hatfield, Hobbs, Mullet, and Benton


Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.


Places existing litter tax revenue in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5660

by Senators Hobbs, Honeyford, and Angel


Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state.


Addresses license issuance fees for licensees who are holders of former state liquor store operating rights or owners of former contract liquor stores, and who are qualified as a small business.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5661

by Senators Roach, Liias, Mullet, Keiser, and Benton


Allowing the legislature to hold public hearings on ballot propositions.


Allows the legislature to hold public hearings on ballot propositions.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.

SB 5662

by Senators Kohl-Welles, Honeyford, Braun, Mullet, and Rolfes


Authorizing a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide promotional items to a nonprofit charitable corporation or association.


Allows a licensed domestic brewery or microbrewery to provide branded promotional items, which are of nominal value, to certain nonprofit charitable corporations and associations.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5663

by Senators Darneille, Kohl-Welles, and Hasegawa; by request of Department of Social and Health Services


Allowing youthful offenders who complete their confinement terms prior to age twenty-one equal access to a full continuum of rehabilitative and reentry services.


Provides equal access to a full continuum of rehabilitative and reentry services for youthful offenders who complete their confinement term before the age of twenty-one.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5664

by Senators Jayapal, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Frockt, Darneille, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Cleveland, Chase, Keiser, Hobbs, Conway, McAuliffe, Fraser, and Habib


Promoting efficiency in the procurement of interpreter services.


Authorizes the department of social and health services and the state health care authority to purchase interpreter services on behalf of limited-English speaking applicants and recipients of public assistance.

Authorizes the department of labor and industries to purchase interpreter services for medical and vocational providers authorized to provide services to limited-English speaking injured workers or crime victims.

Requires the department of enterprise services to develop and implement a model that all state agencies must use to procure spoken language interpreter services by purchasing directly from language access providers or through contracts with scheduling and coordinating entities, or both.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5665

by Senators Hill, Liias, Fain, Brown, and Benton; by request of Office of Financial Management


Reinstating tax preferences for high-technology research and development.


Provides a business and occupation tax credit for high-technology companies performing research and development.

Provides a sales and use tax deferral for certain construction for new and expanding high-technology companies conducting research and development in the fields of advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device technology, or environmental technology.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5666

by Senators Ranker and Rolfes


Concerning cetacean captivity.


Creates the crime of unlawful cetacean captivity.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5667

by Senators Hargrove, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Litzow, Rolfes, Billig, Keiser, Nelson, Frockt, Warnick, and Kohl-Welles


Addressing the fiscal impacts of bills and budgets.


Requires fiscal notes dealing with corrections, child welfare, and mental health issues to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of expenditure reductions or increases on other state or local program expenditures as well as any return on investment as a result of the legislation.

Requires the office of financial management and the state institute for public policy, in consultation with university-based research institutions, to work together to implement this act.

Requires the director of the office of financial management and the director of the state institute for public policy to convene a work group to explore the establishment of a nonpartisan agency to conduct objective, impartial fiscal analysis on behalf of the legislature.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5668

by Senators Habib, Hasegawa, McCoy, Jayapal, Kohl-Welles, Liias, Chase, Pedersen, Mullet, Keiser, Darneille, Conway, and Fraser


Enacting the Washington voting rights act.


Establishes the Washington voting rights act to: (1) Authorize district-based elections;

(2) Require redistricting and new elections in certain circumstances; and

(3) Establish a cause of action to redress lack of voter opportunity.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.

SB 5669

by Senator Hargrove


Creating a local rural mover license.


Creates a local rural mover license.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5670

by Senators Braun, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Sheldon, Hatfield, Rivers, Bailey, Dansel, Ericksen, Becker, and Hewitt


Clarifying expenditures under the state universal communications services program.


Clarifies expenditures for the state universal communications services program.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5671

by Senators Baumgartner, O'Ban, Braun, and Angel


Addressing the payment of union dues by partial public employees.


Addresses union dues for individual providers, family child care providers, adult family home providers, and language access providers.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5672

by Senators Conway, Keiser, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Benton, and Darneille


Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.


Establishes the Washington state patient safety act.

Requires the department of health to: (1) With stakeholder input, adopt patient assignment limits and recommend quality indicators;

(2) Upon receipt of a complaint, conduct an audit of a hospital's compliance with this act and investigate complaints of violations of this act; and

(3) Maintain, for public inspection, records of civil penalties, administrative actions, or license suspensions or revocations imposed on hospitals.

Requires a hospital to: (1) Submit a staffing plan to the department of health on at least an annual basis, implement the staffing plan, and assign nursing personnel to each patient care unit in accordance with the plan; and

(2) Regularly collect information regarding nurse staffing and submit it to the department of health semiannually.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5673

by Senators Padden, Kohl-Welles, Roach, Miloscia, Pearson, and Darneille


Concerning the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts.


Prohibits distributing, dispensing, manufacturing, or selling any product that contains any amount of any synthetic cannabinoid or cathinone.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5674

by Senators Cleveland and Keiser; by request of Department of Social and Health Services


Concerning enforcement standards for residential services and support providers.


Revises enforcement standards and penalties for residential services and support providers.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5675

by Senators Roach, Jayapal, McAuliffe, Parlette, Billig, Fain, Kohl-Welles, Benton, Hasegawa, and Conway


Expanding dual language and bilingual instruction for early learners through secondary students.


Creates the K-12 dual language expansion grant program to build and expand dual language programs and to create state-level infrastructure dedicated to dual language instruction.

Creates the dual language teacher pipeline scholarship program to build capacity for bilingual and dual language programming by developing a pipeline for dual language teachers, from early childhood to K-12 education.

Creates the early learning bilingual and dual language grant program to provide technical and financial support to increase bilingual and dual language instruction in early learning settings where there are a high number of English language learners and to create a statewide strategy for increasing bilingual education among providers enrolled in the early achievers quality rating and improvement system.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5676

by Senators Roach, Rolfes, Jayapal, Hargrove, and Hasegawa


Concerning the acceptance of additional high school equivalency tests.


Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to identify at least one high school equivalency test option that: (1) Is low cost to the student;

(2) Does not require computer proficiency; and

(3) Is appropriate for students who have been in the workforce, need a high school diploma for employment reasons, have been incarcerated or in the military, have been removed from any academic environment for four years or more, or are not planning to pursue a college education.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5677

by Senators Dansel, Fraser, and Sheldon


Allowing county treasurers to retain a portion of the state property tax to defray the costs of collection.


Requires a county treasurer to place a percentage of property taxes collected for all taxing districts, other than the state and county, in the county current expense fund to defray the costs of collection.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.

SB 5678

by Senators Pearson, Roach, Schoesler, and Hobbs


Concerning requesting public records for the purpose of obtaining exempted information relating to employment and licensing.


Prohibits a party obtaining the identity of employees or volunteers from an agency from using that information for the purpose of obtaining employment and licensing information.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security.

SB 5679

by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Dammeier, Hasegawa, Liias, Chase, Rolfes, Jayapal, Parlette, and Conway


Concerning transition services for special education students.


Addresses transition planning to postsecondary settings for students with disabilities as early as the age of fourteen.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5680

by Senators Frockt, Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Hasegawa


Concerning family medicine residency programs in shortage areas.


Requires the department of health to conduct a performance audit and evaluation of the family medicine residency programs created in chapter 70.112 RCW.

Requires the schools of medicine to coordinate with the office of student financial assistance to notify prospective family medicine students and residents of their eligibility for the health professional loan repayment and scholarship program.

Creates a family medicine education advisory board and requires the board to consider and provide recommendations on the selection of areas within the state where affiliate residency programs could exist, the allocation of funds appropriated, and the procedures for review and evaluation of the residency programs.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5681

by Senators Hill and Angel; by request of Office of Financial Management


Concerning state lottery accounts.


Requires any cash balance in excess of ten million dollars in the state lottery account, on June 30th of each fiscal year, to be transferred to the Washington opportunity pathways account.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5682

by Senators Keiser, Rivers, Benton, and Angel


Allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to sign and attest to certain documentation.


Authorizes an advanced registered nurse practitioner to sign and attest to certain required documentation that a physician may sign, so long as it is within his or her scope of practice.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5683

by Senators Litzow, Fain, Hill, Rivers, Brown, and Angel


Creating a short-form registration statement for small securities offerings.


Requires the director of the department of financial institutions to adopt by rule a crowdfunding form to be used as a short-form registration statement for small securities offerings.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.