 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 15, 2016 | 5th Day - 2016 Regular Session | |
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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=2016.
HB 2484
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Moscoso, Ortiz-Self, Sells, Reykdal, Robinson, Pollet, Kilduff, Ryu, Frame, Ormsby, Fitzgibbon, Kuderer, Sawyer, Bergquist, Gregerson, and Stanford
Requiring inspections, specialized training, and other enhanced workplace standards on dairy farms.
Requires the department of labor and industries to adopt permanent rules establishing: (1) Training requirements for dairy farm employees;(2) A dairy safety emphasis unit within the department; and(3) Safety and health standards for dairy farms to ensure safe dairy workplaces.Addresses discrimination, violations, complaints, remedies, and penalties with regard to dairy farms and employees of the farms.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2485
by Representatives Cody, Harris, Jinkins, and Ormsby
Requiring hospitals to request information on advanced registered nurse practitioners granted privileges.
Requires a hospital and other approved facilities, before granting or renewing clinical privileges or association of an advanced registered nurse practitioner or hiring an advanced registered nurse practitioner, to request certain information from the advanced registered nurse practitioner.Requires the nursing care quality assurance commission to be advised within thirty days of the name of an advanced registered nurse practitioner denied staff privileges, association, or employment on the basis of adverse findings.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2486
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Ryu, Van De Wege, and McBride; by request of Department of Ecology
Updating specified environmental statutes of the department of ecology to improve efficiency and provide for increased flexibility for local governments.
Updates certain department of ecology environmental statutes to improve efficiency and provide for increased flexibility for local governments.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 8:30 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2487
by Representatives Van De Wege, Fitzgibbon, and Hayes; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board
Allowing certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees to purchase annuities.
Authorizes the purchase of annuities by certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2488
by Representatives Manweller, Zeiger, Haler, Van Werven, Parker, Stambaugh, Holy, Rodne, Hargrove, Buys, Magendanz, Hayes, and Scott
Creating an academic bill of rights.
Establishes the campus free expression act and the academic freedom and whistleblower protection act.Creates an academic bill of rights.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2489
by Representatives Manweller, Condotta, Magendanz, and Wilson
Addressing parity in worker wages.
Requires a charter, ordinance, regulation, rule, or resolution enacted by a city, town, county, or port district regulating the minimum hourly wage rate to apply equally to both unionized and nonunionized employers.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2490
by Representatives Manweller, Condotta, and Magendanz
Addressing accountability and fairness in public employee collective bargaining.
Modifies public employee collective bargaining provisions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2491
by Representatives Manweller, Condotta, Magendanz, and Wilson
Establishing state preemption of local wage laws and contracts.
States that the state of Washington hereby occupies and preempts the entire field regarding wages and hours of work within the boundaries of the state.Prohibits a city, town, county, or port district from requiring, enforcing, or otherwise regulating by means of charter, ordinance, regulation, rule, resolution, or contract, including purchase agreement, payment of wages or hours of work for private employers.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2492
by Representatives Goodman, Hawkins, and Klippert
Establishing an aggravated sentence for certain theft or robbery offenses.
Establishes an aggravated sentence for an offense that involved a theft or robbery offense and the crime occurred during a state of emergency declared by the governor within the area described in the proclamation.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2493
by Representatives Smith and Tharinger; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office
Extending the expiration date of the habitat and recreation lands coordinating group.
Delays until July 31, 2027, the expiration of the habitat and recreation lands coordinating group.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2494
by Representatives Tarleton, Santos, and Gregerson
Concerning penalties for marijuana offenses.
Addresses the possession and delivery of useable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and marijuana concentrates.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2495
by Representatives Muri, Griffey, Kilduff, Stokesbary, Van De Wege, Zeiger, Haler, Kochmar, and Dent
Addressing military service credit for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system.
Modifies Washington state patrol retirement system provisions relating to military service credit for members.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2496
by Representatives Kilduff, Muri, Shea, Orwall, Klippert, Hayes, Sawyer, Hansen, Rodne, Haler, Goodman, Jinkins, Kuderer, Appleton, Zeiger, Frame, Rossetti, Magendanz, Wilson, McBride, Ormsby, Bergquist, Gregerson, Sells, Stanford, and Scott; by request of Attorney General
Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families.
Creates the office of military and veteran legal assistance within the office of the attorney general for the purpose of promoting and facilitating civil legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services for military service members, veterans, and their family members domiciled or stationed in the state.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2497
by Representatives Robinson, Goodman, Caldier, Appleton, Jinkins, Zeiger, McBride, Gregerson, Stanford, and Scott
Requiring the department of health to develop a plan for the prevention, education, and treatment of female genital mutilation.
Requires the department of health to design a plan for the prevention, education, and treatment of female genital mutilation.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2498
by Representatives Caldier, Cody, DeBolt, Manweller, Walsh, Johnson, Pike, Appleton, Jinkins, Kilduff, and Gregerson
Concerning prior authorization for dental services and supplies in medical assistance programs.
Prohibits the provision of dental services and any related supplies for persons enrolled in certain medical assistance programs from being subjected to a prior authorization requirement if the payment for the service or related supplies is less than half of the usual and customary fee for the service or related supplies.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2499
by Representatives Caldier, Moeller, Cody, Rodne, Manweller, Young, Kochmar, Appleton, Muri, and Gregerson
Addressing insurance coverage of dental procedures.
Prohibits a health carrier offering a dental only plan from denying a claim for a covered dental service provided by a treating dentist to a covered person if the service was provided within the standard of care.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2500
by Representatives Caldier, Blake, Young, Dent, and Wilson
Creating a preferred alternative for the placement and sale of impounded livestock.
Addresses the placement and sale of impounded livestock.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2501
by Representatives Caldier, Jinkins, McBride, Moeller, Young, Rodne, and Appleton
Concerning the communication of information to continue health services for confined persons.
Requires the department of corrections or the chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail to: (1) Assure that its jail register is capable of transmitting information about persons confined in jail to behavioral health organizations and managed care health systems providing behavioral health services under the community mental health services act; and(2) Upon notification from a health care provider that a person who has been confined has medications that are currently prescribed, assure that the confined person maintains the identical type and dosage of medications.Requires each behavioral health organization or managed care health system providing behavioral health services under the community mental health services act to assure that it has the capacity to electronically receive register information from local jails about persons confined in jail.Requires the department of social and health services and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to establish a work group to adopt methods and procedures for certain communications.Requires a health care provider to disclose health care information about a patient without the patient's authorization if the disclosure is to communicate information to a department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail with regards to current medications that have been prescribed for a person who has been confined.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2502
by Representatives Caldier, Manweller, DeBolt, Harris, and Rodne
Suspending rule-making authority of the health care authority or rules affecting dental providers.
Suspends the authority to adopt rules that affect dental providers until the state health care authority has established contracts with at least the same number of dentists as had been contracted with as of July 1, 2009.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2503
by Representatives Buys, Griffey, Springer, and Van De Wege
Preventing water-sewer districts from prohibiting multipurpose fire sprinkler systems.
Prohibits a water-sewer district from prohibiting the use of certain multipurpose fire sprinkler systems.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2504
by Representatives Hurst, Vick, and Condotta
Concerning the reduction of the retail spirits license issuance fee.
Decreases the license issuance fee for spirits retail licensees.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2505
by Representatives G. Hunt, Kirby, Shea, and Ormsby
Concerning payroll cards.
Requires a financial institution to provide access to one or more automated teller machines that offer withdrawals, using a payroll card, from the payroll deposit account at no cost to the consumer.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2506
by Representatives Young, Tarleton, Smith, Morris, and Harmsworth
Concerning the development of a state plan to implement federal regulations on electric generation facilities.
Requires the department of ecology, in developing, adopting, and implementing a state plan to comply with the requirements of a federal rule relating to greenhouse gas emissions from existing electric generation facilities, to select a mass-based compliance option that: (1) Maintains state flexibility to achieve compliance using market-based tools;(2) Avoids redundant or burdensome regulation on electric generation facilities; and(3) Includes participation in a regional or multistate program or interstate allowance auctions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2507
by Representatives Klippert, Blake, Walsh, Tharinger, Haler, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Nealey, and Wilson
Clarifying reimbursement for employees who are victims of offender assaults.
Clarifies reimbursement for employees of the department of corrections and employees of the department of natural resources for costs attributable to their being the victims of offender assaults.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to General Government & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2508
by Representatives Buys, Springer, Short, Pike, and Young
Concerning adoption of the International Plumbing Code as an alternative recognized building code.
Adopts by reference, as an alternative code, the International Plumbing Code, published by the International Code Council, Inc., with the exception of sections 104.4, 108.7, and 109 and Appendix A of the code.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2509
by Representatives Tharinger, DeBolt, Blake, and Zeiger; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office
Implementing the recommendations of the 2015 review of the Washington wildlife and recreation program.
Implements the proposed recommendations by the recreation and conservation office for statutory revisions of the state wildlife and recreation program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2510
by Representatives Appleton, Griffey, Reykdal, and Haler
Concerning existing county statutes.
Modernizes and clarifies existing county statutory authorities.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2511
by Representatives Pike, Scott, Vick, Shea, Walsh, and Young
Concerning child care center licensing requirements.
Requires the department of early learning to allow five year olds to be placed in the same group regardless of whether they attend elementary school or not.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2512
by Representatives Clibborn and Orcutt
Concerning the retention and maintenance of auto dealer and repair facility records.
Addresses the retention of: (1) Vehicle dealer records regarding the purchase, sale, or lease of vehicles; and(2) Automotive repair facility records regarding price estimates and invoices.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2513
by Representatives Klippert, Griffey, Kilduff, and Magendanz
Encouraging courts to require that children subject to truancy petitions complete and submit assignments.
Encourages a court, in conjunction with an order to attend school or certain programs, to order a child to: (1) Complete and submit all required assignments in all of his or her classes; and(2) Submit to the court, on a monthly basis, satisfactory proof that there has been compliance with the requirement to complete and submit all assignments and that the child is showing positive progress toward passing each class at the end of the term.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2514
by Representatives Griffey, Blake, Shea, Muri, G. Hunt, Rossetti, Wilcox, Parker, Wilson, McCaslin, McCabe, Dent, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Hurst, Young, Zeiger, Condotta, Scott, and Van Werven
Providing funding for the hunter education training program through the issuance of national rifle association special license plates.
Creates national rifle association special license plates for the enhanced support of firearm safety and education as part of the hunter education training program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2515
by Representatives Pettigrew, Harris, Appleton, and Reykdal
Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid.
Requires medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by a nurse practitioner, a physician with a primary specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine or provided by subspecialists within these primary specialties, on a fee-for-service basis as well as through managed health care systems, to be at a rate not less than one hundred percent of the payment rate that applies to those services and providers under medicare.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2516
by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Griffey, and Ormsby
Providing that commercial transportation services providers are not commuter ride-sharing arrangements.
Exempts commuter ride-sharing and flexible commuter ride-sharing arrangement from the definition of "commercial transportation services provider" in chapter 48.177 RCW (commercial transportation services).
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2517
by Representatives Manweller, Jinkins, Harris, Cody, and Appleton
Concerning dental office support services.
Addresses dental office support services.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2518
by Representatives Sawyer, Walsh, Kagi, Kilduff, Zeiger, Reykdal, Frame, McBride, Ormsby, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, Bergquist, and Stanford
Promoting the reduction of intergenerational poverty.
Creates the Washington intergenerational poverty reform commission and the intergenerational poverty advisory committee to reduce intergenerational poverty.Requires the department of social and health services to establish and maintain a system to track intergenerational poverty, which must: (1) Identify groups that have a high risk of experiencing intergenerational poverty;(2) Identify incidents, patterns, and trends that explain or contribute to intergenerational poverty;(3) Assist case workers, social scientists, and government officials in the study and development of effective and efficient plans and programs to help individuals and families in the state to break the cycle of poverty; and(4) Gather and track certain local, state, and national data on poverty.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2519
by Representatives McCaslin, Gregerson, Shea, Appleton, Tharinger, Peterson, McBride, Manweller, Stokesbary, Reykdal, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Springer, Kochmar, Orwall, Nealey, Pike, Van De Wege, and Stanford
Allowing nuisance abatement cost recovery for cities.
Specifies requirements for cities, towns, and code cities that exercise their authority to declare a nuisance, abate a nuisance, or impose fines or costs upon persons who create, continue, or maintain a nuisance.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2520
by Representative Wylie; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Concerning the sale of marijuana to regulated cooperatives.
Establishes a marijuana producer's license to produce marijuana plants for sale to cooperatives.Requires the plants grown in the cooperative to be purchased or cloned from a plant purchased from a licensed marijuana producer.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2521
by Representatives Wylie and Condotta; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Allowing for proper disposal of unsellable marijuana by a licensed marijuana retail outlet.
Allows licensed marijuana retailers and employees of a retail outlet to open and/or consume marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products on the outlet premises for the purpose of disposal.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2522
by Representatives Wylie and Kilduff; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Establishing crimes related to minors entering, remaining in, or being served by a marijuana retail outlet.
Provides that: (1) It is a gross misdemeanor to serve or allow a person under twenty-one years of age to enter or remain in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board; and(2) It is a misdemeanor for a person under the age of twenty-one years to enter or remain in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board or represent his or her age as being twenty-one or more years for the purpose of purchasing marijuana or entering or remaining in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2523
by Representatives Lytton, Nealey, Tarleton, Stambaugh, Fitzgibbon, and Pollet
Concerning a leasehold excise tax credit for properties of market value in excess of ten million dollars.
Provides a leasehold excise tax credit, for a leasehold interest in real property owned by a state university, equal to the amount that the tax exceeds the property tax that would apply if the real property were privately owned by the taxpayer.Expires July 1, 2021.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2524
by Representatives Clibborn, Orcutt, Fey, and McBride; by request of Office of Financial Management
Making 2015-2017 supplemental transportation appropriations.
Makes 2015-2017 supplemental transportation appropriations.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2525
by Representatives Morris, Magendanz, and Fitzgibbon
Concerning risk mitigation plans to promote the transition of eligible coal units.
Establishes the Washington state eligible coal unit risk mitigation act.Authorizes an electrical company to file a petition with the utilities and transportation commission for approval of an eligible coal unit risk mitigation plan.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2526
by Representatives McCaslin, Blake, Buys, Muri, Griffey, Goodman, Hargrove, Reykdal, Gregerson, Klippert, Kilduff, Hayes, Van De Wege, Shea, and Stanford
Reducing the number of days that a person must maintain a permanent place of abode in Washington before qualifying as a state resident for the purposes of Title 77 RCW.
Changes the qualifications for becoming a state resident for purposes of Title 77 RCW (fish and wildlife laws).
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2527
by Representatives Peterson, Goodman, and Fitzgibbon
Ensuring the ongoing viability of safe on-site sewage systems as a component of statewide sewage management through the implementation of on-site program management plans.
Authorizes the department of health and any interested counties, in partnership with the department of ecology, to capitalize and administer a sustainable unified low-interest loan program to assist homeowners with the repair and replacement of on-site sewage systems and to ensure the full implementation of a county's on-site program management plan.Authorizes the department of health, interested counties, and the department of ecology to use any appropriate funding source for the implementation of the program and mutually develop the administration of the program in the manner that is deemed the most efficient, which may include administrating the program through the department of ecology's water quality financial assistance program.Allows the low-interest loan program to be offered to a county, required to determine marine recovery areas, only if the county develops, funds, and fully implements an on-site program management plan that has received approval from the department of health.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2528
by Representatives Tarleton, Smith, Morris, and Harmsworth
Concerning the reorganization and streamlining of economic development-related committees.
Repeals the legislative committee on economic development and international relations and the joint legislative oversight committee on trade policy.Creates the joint legislative oversight committee on economic development, trade policy, and international relations.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2529
by Representatives Blake, Johnson, Rodne, Goodman, McCabe, Kilduff, Condotta, and Rossetti
Concerning the disposition of penalties paid for failure to comply with recreational site or lands pass/permit requirements.
Addresses the disposition of monetary penalties for natural resource infractions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2530
by Representatives Orwall, McCabe, Appleton, Wylie, Tarleton, Senn, McBride, Kagi, Ryu, Hudgins, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Reykdal, Farrell, Pollet, Ortiz-Self, Harris, Bergquist, Lytton, Kochmar, Blake, Cody, Stambaugh, Wilson, Jinkins, Kuderer, Muri, Van De Wege, Frame, Hargrove, Ormsby, Sells, Pettigrew, and Stanford
Protecting victims of sex crimes.
Requires the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, when funded, to create and operate a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.Requires local law enforcement agencies, a sheriff and his or her deputies, the Washington state patrol, and certain hospitals to participate in the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.Requires the bureau of forensic laboratory services, in consultation with the state forensic investigations council, to develop budget submissions to the office of financial management sufficient to increase capacity to test all evidence submitted from crimes against persons by 2020 and all evidence submitted from property crimes by 2025.Creates the Washington sexual assault kit program within the department of commerce for the purpose of accepting private funds for testing sexual assault kits and conducting related investigations.Imposes a four-dollar fee on the admission to a sexually oriented live adult entertainment establishment.Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Records and information contained within the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.Creates the Washington sexually oriented business fee account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2531
by Representatives Sullivan, DeBolt, Moeller, Caldier, Van De Wege, and Magendanz
Concerning ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry.
Addresses the ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2532
by Representatives Kilduff, Muri, McCaslin, Ortiz-Self, Senn, McBride, Robinson, and Bergquist
Studying public access to library services in local jurisdictions across Washington.
Requires the department of commerce to conduct a study on library access in the state.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2533
by Representatives Kilduff, Caldier, Sawyer, Orwall, Appleton, Jinkins, Van De Wege, Reykdal, Frame, McBride, Ormsby, Farrell, Gregerson, and Stanford
Protecting minors from sexual exploitation.
Changes the penalties for certain sexual exploitation crimes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2534
by Representatives Kilduff, Orwall, Muri, McCabe, Appleton, Zeiger, Frame, McBride, Sells, and Bergquist
Creating a community care and supportive services program for veterans.
Requires the department of veterans affairs to select one county veterans' assistance program or community partner to pilot a community care and supportive services program that assists veterans and their families in rural or remote areas that do not have adequate access to federal veterans' benefits and reintegration services and other public services.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.Provides a July 1, 2019, expiration date.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2535
by Representatives Stokesbary, Kilduff, Hargrove, Pollet, and Bergquist
Concerning property tax relief programs available to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans, and widows or widowers of veterans.
Provides property tax relief, based on ability to pay, to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans, and widows or widowers of veterans.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2536
by Representatives Stokesbary, Kilduff, Hargrove, Bergquist, and Scott
Concerning property tax relief programs available to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans, and widows or widowers of veterans.
Provides property tax relief, based on ability to pay, to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans, and widows or widowers of veterans.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2537
by Representatives Stokesbary, Kilduff, Zeiger, Chandler, Moeller, Stambaugh, Magendanz, Condotta, Haler, and Scott
Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs.
Requires new statutory state spending programs to include an expiration date that is no more than ten years from the effective date of the spending program.Requires a bill that enacts a new statutory state spending program to include a state spending performance statement.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review new statutory state spending programs according to a schedule developed by the committee.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2538
by Representatives Stokesbary, Fey, Haler, Kirby, and Vick
Modifying a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial and manufacturing industries in targeted areas.
Modifies a property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial and manufacturing industries in targeted areas.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2539
by Representatives Nealey, Manweller, Hansen, Tharinger, Harris, Walsh, Magendanz, Wilson, Haler, Springer, Johnson, Muri, Hayes, and Dent
Concerning the inheritance exemption for the real estate excise tax.
Clarifies that state and local real estate excise taxes do not apply when an heir files a lack of probate affidavit where no additional documentation exists to substantiate that the heir is legally entitled to the property as a result of an inheritance.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2540
by Representatives Nealey, Tharinger, Harris, Walsh, Ryu, Griffey, Hayes, Manweller, Pike, Smith, Stokesbary, MacEwen, Van De Wege, Johnson, Magendanz, Wilson, McBride, Hargrove, Schmick, Pollet, and Van Werven
Modifying the penalty for taxpayers that do not submit an annual survey or report.
Modifies penalties for taxpayers who fail to submit an annual survey or report.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2541
by Representatives Frame, Rodne, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Riccelli, Senn, Orwall, Muri, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Sawyer, Caldier, Goodman, Haler, Hansen, Kuderer, Appleton, Kilduff, Reykdal, Rossetti, Magendanz, Ormsby, Bergquist, and Stanford
Providing for less restrictive involuntary treatment orders.
Provides less restrictive involuntary treatment orders.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2542
by Representatives Riccelli, Orcutt, McBride, Vick, Magendanz, Van De Wege, Wylie, Pollet, Moscoso, Short, Peterson, MacEwen, Ormsby, Parker, Robinson, Cody, Ryu, Rossetti, Bergquist, Kuderer, Farrell, Walkinshaw, Nealey, Springer, Chandler, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Holy, Zeiger, S. Hunt, Goodman, Gregerson, and Pettigrew
Increasing Washington state's motion picture and film industry viability by increasing the tax credit available to certain motion picture activities.
Increases the business and occupation tax credit for contributions made by a person to a Washington motion picture competitiveness program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2543
by Representatives Stokesbary, Hickel, Stambaugh, Moscoso, Kochmar, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Santos, Peterson, Walkinshaw, Frame, Fey, Muri, Van De Wege, Zeiger, Rossetti, Pettigrew, and Stanford
Addressing civil service qualifications.
Modifies civil service provisions regarding lawful permanent residents.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2544
by Representatives Frame, Ryu, Robinson, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Stokesbary, Wylie, McBride, Gregerson, Sells, Tarleton, Pollet, Bergquist, and Stanford
Authorizing local governments to adopt a property tax exemption program for the preservation of certain affordable housing.
Authorizes city governing authorities to adopt a property tax exemption program, and county governing authorities to adopt a property tax exemption program for unincorporated jurisdictions, to preserve affordable housing that meets health and quality standards for very low-income households at risk of displacement or that cannot afford market-rate housing.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2545
by Representatives Van De Wege, Taylor, DeBolt, Cody, Rodne, Kochmar, Stambaugh, Riccelli, Johnson, Jinkins, Kagi, Harris, Smith, Stokesbary, Caldier, Zeiger, Tharinger, Hickel, Fitzgibbon, Muri, Reykdal, Frame, Rossetti, S. Hunt, Hudgins, McBride, Ormsby, Appleton, Walkinshaw, Senn, Ryu, Gregerson, Sells, Harmsworth, Tarleton, Pollet, Bergquist, Stanford, and Scott
Reducing public health threats that particularly impact highly exposed populations, including children and firefighters, by establishing a process for the department of health to restrict the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in certain types of consumer products.
Prohibits a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer from manufacturing, selling, or distributing for sale or for use in this state children's products or residential upholstered furniture containing any of the following flame retardants in amounts greater than one thousand parts per million in any product component: (1) TDCPP;(2) TCEP;(3) Decabromodiphenyl ether;(4) HBCD; or(5) Additive TBBPA.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2546
by Representatives Pollet, Tarleton, Reykdal, Stanford, McBride, Sells, and Bergquist
Adding a faculty representative to the membership of the board of regents at the University of Washington.
Changes the composition of the University of Washington board of regents.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2547
by Representatives Pollet, Farrell, Senn, Orwall, Walkinshaw, Kuderer, McBride, Ormsby, Gregerson, and Bergquist
Ensuring that recreational facilities with synthetic turf materials are not a hazard to public health.
Prohibits a person from constructing, installing, replacing, refilling, or otherwise deploying synthetic turf for use in a field, playground, or recreational facility unless the manufacturer demonstrates the safety of the synthetic turf to the department of ecology.Requires the department of ecology and the department of health to establish a synthetic turf safety advisory committee.Requires the department of health to establish a registry to track the incidence of cancer and lung diseases among high-frequency users of synthetic turf fields, playgrounds, and recreational facilities or highly exposed population groups.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2548
by Representatives Condotta, Manweller, and Wilson
Concerning department of labor and industries appeals.
Modifies provisions regarding department of labor and industries appeals.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2549
by Representatives Condotta and Manweller
Concerning permitting of conveyances.
Addresses administrative rules of the department of labor and industries regarding the permitting of conveyances.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2550
by Representatives Condotta, Van De Wege, Shea, and Rodne
Allowing prospective jurors who are elderly to choose to be excused from jury service or to remain a prospective juror.
Allows a person who is at least seventy years old to choose either to be excused from jury service because of age or choose to remain a prospective juror.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2551
by Representatives Condotta and Hawkins
Concerning state-shared taxes for the purpose of designated disaster area financing.
Authorizes a local government to finance public improvements using designated disaster area financing subject to certain conditions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2552
by Representative Condotta
Concerning tourism marketing.
Establishes the statewide tourism marketing act.Creates the Washington tourism marketing authority as a public body corporate and politic, constituting an instrumentality of the state.Creates the statewide tourism marketing act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2553
by Representatives Wilson, Griffey, Vick, G. Hunt, Shea, Hayes, Condotta, Johnson, Young, and Scott
Protecting the constitutionally guaranteed right to the lawful possession of firearms during a state of emergency.
Removes the governor's authority, after proclaiming a state of emergency, to prohibit the possession of firearms or other deadly weapon by a person, other than a law enforcement officer, in a place other than the person's place of residence or business.Prohibits the governor or any governmental entity or political subdivision of the state from imposing any restriction on the possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition that is otherwise authorized or guaranteed by law.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2554
by Representatives Wilson, Van Werven, Vick, Griffey, Pike, Wylie, Hayes, Johnson, and Kochmar
Adding responsibilities to the duties of the joint administrative rules review committee.
Increases the types of rules that must be reviewed by the joint administrative rules review committee.Subjects the following agency actions to selective review by the joint administrative rules review committee: (1) General permits impacting local governments filed in accordance with agency rules; and(2) Guidance documents and advisory materials incorporated into local government ordinances.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2555
by Representatives Wilson, Zeiger, Stambaugh, Harris, Vick, Orcutt, Griffey, Pike, Johnson, Muri, and Orwall
Authorizing the installation of auto mall directional signs on state highways.
Authorizes the department of transportation to erect and maintain auto mall directional signs on a state highway right-of-way if certain criteria are met.Requires the department of transportation to collect a reasonable fee from the vehicle dealers that comprise the auto mall.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2556
by Representatives S. Hunt, Appleton, Ormsby, and Scott; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation.
Modifies high school graduation requirements by eliminating the certificate of academic achievement.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2557
by Representatives S. Hunt and Reykdal
Addressing the return of unused shared leave.
Prohibits unused shared leave from being returned until one of the following occurs: (1) The agency head receives from the affected employee a statement from the employee's doctor verifying that the illness or injury is resolved; or(2) The employee is released to full-time employment; has not received additional medical treatment for his or her current condition or any other qualifying condition for at least six months; and the employee's doctor has declined, in writing, the employee's request for a statement indicating the employee's condition has been resolved.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2558
by Representatives Goodman and Klippert
Establishing the joint legislative task force on jail standards.
Creates the joint legislative task force on jail standards and requires the task force to consult with organizations and entities with interest or experience in jail standards and operations including treatment providers, victims' advocates, inmate advocates, organizations representing jail employees and officers, and other community organizations.Expires July 1, 2019.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 6279
by Senators Hill and Darneille; by request of Office of Financial Management
Addressing the caseload forecast council.
Requires the caseload forecast council to: (1) Forecast the number of nonmedicaid persons expected to enroll in qualified health or dental plans offered by the state health benefit exchange; and(2) Forecast early achiever quality award and tiered reimbursement, levels 2 through 5, for the working connections child care, seasonal child care, and homeless child care programs.Requires the state health benefit exchange to provide certain information to the caseload forecast council.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6280
by Senator Rolfes
Concerning forest practices board rules to decrease risks to public safety from potentially unstable slopes.
Provides the forest practices board with the initial and direct authority to make forest practices rule changes to decrease public safety risks from potentially unstable slopes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6281
by Senators Fain, Pedersen, Baumgartner, and Frockt; by request of Uniform Law Commission
Enacting amendments to the uniform athlete agents act.
Revises the uniform athlete agents act.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6282
by Senators Benton, Hasegawa, Mullet, and Angel; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing the expiration date of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account.
Delays the expiration of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account until June 30, 2021.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6283
by Senators Benton, Mullet, and Angel; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing the securities act of Washington.
Clarifies and makes technical regulatory changes to the securities act of Washington.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6284
by Senators Takko and Roach
Preventing water-sewer districts from prohibiting multipurpose fire sprinkler systems.
Prohibits a water-sewer district from prohibiting the use of certain multipurpose fire sprinkler systems.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6285
by Senators Fain, Hobbs, and Roach
Providing that the horse racing commission operating account is a nonappropriated account.
Makes the horse racing commission operating account a nonappropriated account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6286
by Senators Pearson, Roach, Padden, Takko, Hargrove, Billig, Hewitt, and Conway
Concerning reimbursement of correctional employees for offender assaults.
Addresses reimbursement for employees of the department of corrections and employees of the department of natural resources for costs attributable to their being the victims of offender assaults.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6287
by Senators Honeyford, Ericksen, Dansel, Pearson, Bailey, Schoesler, Brown, Parlette, Roach, Hobbs, and Hewitt
Concerning the definition of hydraulic project in relation to the hydraulic project approval permits.
Revises the definition of "hydraulic project" for purposes of chapter 77.55 RCW (construction projects in state waters).
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6288
by Senators Baumgartner, Billig, Frockt, Pedersen, Darneille, Mullet, Conway, and Liias
Extending the motion picture competitiveness program.
Extends, until July 1, 2019, the motion picture competitiveness program.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6289
by Senators Baumgartner and Hobbs
Addressing the use of a digital platform to employ certain independent contractors.
Exempts the following from the provisions of the state industrial insurance act: A person employed as a domestic servant in a private home by an employer who secures the services of a domestic servant through a digital platform.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6290
by Senators Honeyford, Hobbs, and Parlette; by request of Washington Apple Commission
Concerning the apple commission.
Modifies provisions regarding the apple commission.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6291
by Senators Braun, Becker, Angel, Rivers, Sheldon, and Liias
Authorizing the use of weighted grade point averages for accelerated courses.
Requires the standardized high school transcript to include the option of using a weighted grade point average to recognize accelerated coursework.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6292
by Senators Braun, Becker, Rivers, and Sheldon
Eliminating the reduction in state basic education funding that occurs in counties with federal forest lands.
Eliminates the reduction in state basic education funding to school districts in counties with federal forest lands.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6293
by Senators Braun, Bailey, Rivers, Conway, and Sheldon
Addressing student volunteers.
Modifies provisions regarding the inclusion of student volunteers as employees or workers for purposes of medical aid benefits.
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6294
by Senators Hasegawa, McCoy, Pedersen, and Darneille
Collecting data regarding occasions of justifiable homicide or use of deadly force.
Requires all general authority Washington law enforcement agencies to report to the office of the attorney general regarding the occasions of justifiable homicide or use of deadly force by a public officer, peace officer, or person aiding.Requires the office of the attorney general to compile and make the collected data public.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6295
by Senators Hasegawa and McCoy
Clarifying the venue in which coroner's inquests are to be convened and payment of related costs.
Requires the superior court, at a coroner's request, to provide a courtroom in which an inquest may be convened, a bailiff, a reporter, and any security deemed reasonably necessary by the coroner.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6296
by Senators Parlette, Ranker, and Fraser; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office
Extending the expiration date of the habitat and recreation lands coordinating group.
Delays until July 31, 2027, the expiration of the habitat and recreation lands coordinating group.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6297
by Senators King and Takko
Concerning the disposition of penalties paid for failure to comply with recreational site or lands pass/permit requirements.
Addresses the disposition of monetary penalties for natural resource infractions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6298
by Senators Frockt, Litzow, O'Ban, Fain, Mullet, Dammeier, Jayapal, Billig, Rivers, Pedersen, Rolfes, Darneille, McAuliffe, Hasegawa, Carlyle, Habib, Keiser, Conway, and Liias
Enacting the homeless student stability and opportunity gap act.
Establishes the homeless student stability and opportunity gap act.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to create a competitive grant process to evaluate and award state-funded three-year grants to school districts to increase identification of homeless students and the capacity of the districts to provide support, which may include education liaisons, for homeless students.Requires the department of commerce, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to administer a grant program that links homeless students and their families with stable housing located in the homeless student's school district.Requires each school district that has identified more than ten unaccompanied youth to establish a building point of contact in each middle school and high school.Makes appropriations.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6299
by Senators King and Hobbs
Correcting certain manifest drafting errors in chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. (transportation revenue).
Provides that during the third special legislative session of 2015, the legislature passed a significant transportation revenue bill (2ESSB 5987). However, since then certain drafting errors were discovered that resulted in some provisions being enacted contrary to legislative intent. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to simply correct those manifest drafting errors in order to conform certain provisions with the original legislative intent.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
| Jan 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6300
by Senators O'Ban, Hobbs, Fain, Dammeier, and Conway; by request of Attorney General
Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families.
Creates the office of military and veteran legal assistance within the office of the attorney general for the purpose of promoting and facilitating civil legal assistance programs, pro bono services, and self-help services for military service members, veterans, and their family members domiciled or stationed in the state.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6301
by Senators Benton and Mullet
Concerning employer agreements to reimburse certain employee costs for the use of personal vehicles for business purposes.
Exempts the following from the provisions of Title 48 RCW (the insurance code): Employer agreements to reimburse certain employee costs for the use of personal vehicles for business purposes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 6302
by Senators Rivers and Conway; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Establishing crimes related to minors entering, remaining in, or being served by a marijuana retail outlet.
Provides that: (1) It is a gross misdemeanor to serve or allow a person under twenty-one years of age to enter or remain in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board; and(2) It is a misdemeanor for a person under the age of twenty-one years to enter or remain in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board or represent his or her age as being twenty-one or more years for the purpose of purchasing marijuana or entering or remaining in a retail outlet licensed by the state liquor and cannabis board.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6303
by Senators Rivers, Conway, and Hasegawa; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Allowing for proper disposal of unsellable marijuana by a licensed marijuana retail outlet.
Allows licensed marijuana retailers and employees of a retail outlet to open and/or consume marijuana concentrates, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products on the outlet premises for the purpose of disposal.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6304
by Senators Rivers, Conway, and Hasegawa; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board
Concerning the sale of marijuana to regulated cooperatives.
Establishes a marijuana producer's license to produce marijuana plants for sale to cooperatives.Requires the plants grown in the cooperative to be purchased or cloned from a plant purchased from a licensed marijuana producer.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6305
by Senators Rivers and Conway
Modifying the authority of liquor enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce the penal provisions of Title 9 RCW (crime and punishments), Title 9A RCW (the Washington criminal code), Title 46 RCW (motor vehicle laws), and chapter 69.50 RCW (the uniform controlled substances act) while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6306
by Senator Hobbs
Creating a fossil fuel carbon pollution tax.
Establishes the evergreen initiative.Imposes a fossil fuel carbon pollution tax upon the carbon content of fossil fuels extracted, manufactured, or introduced into the state equal to eight dollars per metric ton of carbon dioxide.Requires the department of revenue to calculate the carbon content of fossil fuels, in consultation with the department of ecology.Exempts certain fossil fuels from the fossil fuel carbon pollution tax.Creates the carbon pollution revenues account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6307
by Senators King, Hobbs, and Liias; by request of Office of Financial Management
Making 2015-2017 supplemental transportation appropriations.
Makes 2015-2017 supplemental transportation appropriations.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6308
by Senators Takko, Warnick, and Ranker
Concerning migratory bird hunting fees.
Increases the fee for a migratory bird permit from fifteen dollars to twenty-five dollars.Creates the migratory bird account.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6309
by Senators Angel and Hobbs
Concerning registered service contract and protection product guarantee providers.
Modifies provisions regarding protection product guarantee providers and registered service contract providers.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 6310
by Senators Jayapal, Pedersen, Carlyle, Frockt, Ranker, Cleveland, Fraser, Hasegawa, Habib, and Darneille
Promoting the safety of children and communities 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.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6311
by Senators Keiser, Darneille, Takko, Hobbs, and Conway
Providing a property tax exemption for certain property within an affordable housing incentive zone.
Authorizes the governing authority of a city or county to designate an affordable housing incentive zone if the county legislative authority has determined that establishment of affordable housing incentive zones would further the public interest in preserving or creating affordable housing.Provides a property tax exemption on certain real property within an affordable housing incentive zone that is owned or used by a person to provide affordable housing.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 6312
by Senators Keiser, Roach, and Hasegawa
Regulating the core legislative powers of elected commissioners of a public hospital district.
Prohibits a public hospital district from delegating any of the core legislative powers of its elected commissioners to another decision-making body unless a proposition to ratify such an agreement is submitted to the voters of the public hospital district at the next general election.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
| Jan 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6313
by Senators Fain and Mullet
Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.
Requires the board of trustees of a rural county library district, in a county with an adopted home rule charter and one million or more residents, to be made up of seven members who are appointed by the county executive and confirmed by the county legislative authority.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6314
by Senators Fain and Mullet
Concerning county road administration and maintenance.
Provides taxpayers with lower road maintenance costs and greater road efficiencies by updating outdated local road statutes.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6315
by Senators Roach, Takko, Fain, and Mullet
Concerning local government modernization.
Revises certain local government statutes to reflect technological and organizational change.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6316
by Senator Parlette
Concerning designated disaster area financing.
Authorizes a local government to finance public improvements using designated disaster area financing subject to certain conditions.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6317
by Senators Padden, Takko, Dammeier, Hargrove, and Hobbs
Establishing an office of superior courts.
Creates the state office of superior courts as an independent agency of the judicial branch.Creates an oversight committee of the office of superior courts.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6318
by Senators Baumgartner, Conway, Litzow, and Hobbs
Concerning ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry.
Addresses the ownership, maintenance, and operation of an office within the practice of dentistry.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6319
by Senators Jayapal, Litzow, Billig, Mullet, Hobbs, Fain, Hasegawa, and Habib
Addressing civil service qualifications.
Modifies civil service provisions regarding lawful permanent residents.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6320
by Senators Habib, Liias, Jayapal, Keiser, Conway, and Frockt
Addressing prescription drugs and capping consumer costs.
Requires each health plan offered that provides coverage for prescription drugs to provide a maximum cost sharing for a covered outpatient prescription drug.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |