WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 3

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE
Thursday, January 15, 20154th Day - 2015 Regular Session

SENATE
SB 5087SB 5088SB 5089SB 5090SB 5091SB 5092SB 5093
SB 5094SB 5095SB 5096SB 5097SB 5098SB 5099SB 5100
SB 5101SB 5102SB 5103SB 5104SB 5105SB 5106SB 5107
SB 5108SB 5109SB 5110SB 5111SB 5112SB 5113SB 5114
SB 5115SB 5116SB 5117SB 5118SB 5119SB 5120SB 5121
SB 5122SB 5123SB 5124SB 5125SB 5126SB 5127SB 5128
SB 5129SB 5130SB 5131SB 5132SB 5133SB 5134SB 5135
SB 5136SB 5137SB 5138SB 5139SB 5140SB 5141SB 5142
SB 5143SB 5144SB 5145SB 5146SB 5147SB 5148SB 5149
SB 5150SB 5151SB 5152SB 5153SJM 8000
HOUSE
HB 1124HB 1125HB 1126HB 1127HB 1128HB 1129HB 1130
HB 1131HB 1132HB 1133HB 1134HB 1135HB 1136HB 1137
HB 1138HB 1139HB 1140HB 1141HB 1142HB 1143HB 1144
HB 1145HB 1146HB 1147HB 1148HB 1149HB 1150HB 1151
HB 1152HB 1153HB 1154HB 1155HB 1156HB 1157HB 1158
HB 1159HB 1160HB 1161HB 1162HB 1163HB 1164HB 1165
HB 1166HB 1167HB 1168HB 1169HB 1170HB 1171HB 1172
HB 1173HB 1174HB 1175HB 1176HB 1177HB 1178HB 1179

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 1124

by Representatives Takko, Morris, Springer, and Fey


Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption.


Authorizes certain licensees to provide samples of two ounces or less of beer and wine free of charge for consumption on the premises.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1125

by Representatives Hawkins, Robinson, Kretz, Sawyer, Johnson, Appleton, Short, Condotta, Tarleton, Haler, and Ryu


Concerning expenditures from the economic development strategic reserve account to support economic recovery of businesses due to the wildfires in Okanogan and Chelan counties.


Authorizes five hundred thousand dollars to be expended from the economic development strategic reserve account for the purpose of supporting economic recovery from the 2014 wildfires in Okanogan county.

Requires the director of the department of commerce to distribute the funds before August 1, 2015, to a nonprofit organization dedicated to the long-term recovery from the Carlton Complex fire to be used by that organization on economic recovery and development projects.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1126

by Representatives Kagi, MacEwen, Tarleton, Walsh, Goodman, Senn, Gregerson, and Ryu


Concerning department of early learning fatality reviews.


Establishes the Eve Uphold act.

Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Convene a child fatality review committee and determine the membership of the review committee; and

(2) Conduct a child fatality review if a child fatality occurs in an early learning program, a licensed child care center, or a licensed child care home.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1127

by Representatives Chandler and Sells


Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program.


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 14First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1128

by Representative Hurst


Allowing for the collection of DNA from adults arrested for a ranked felony or a gross misdemeanor violation of certain orders.


Requires the collection of biological samples for DNA identification analysis from all adults lawfully arrested for the commission of certain criminal offenses.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1129

by Representatives Goodman, Walsh, Jinkins, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, and Pollet


Granting the office of civil legal aid access to juvenile case records.


Requires a court to release to the office of civil legal aid juvenile case records needed to implement the agency's oversight, technical assistance, and other required functions.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1130

by Representatives Fey, Short, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, and Gregerson; by request of Department of Ecology and Department of Fish and Wildlife


Concerning water power license fees.


Changes reporting requirements of the department of ecology with regard to water power license fees.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1131

by Representatives Pettigrew, Buys, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Gregerson, S. Hunt, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Muri, and Goodman


Concerning ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking.


Prohibits the sale, offering to sell, purchasing, trading, trafficking, bartering for, or distribution of any ivory article or rhinoceros horn.

Expands the crime of unlawful trafficking in fish, shellfish, or wildlife in the second degree.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1132

by Representatives Tharinger, Harris, Wylie, Van De Wege, Johnson, Lytton, Fey, Riccelli, Jinkins, Buys, Cody, Appleton, Ortiz-Self, Hayes, Gregerson, and Short


Concerning the regulation of adult family homes.


Requires the department of social and health services to charge a licensee a nonrefundable fee in the event of a change in ownership of an adult family home.

Authorizes the department of social and health services to: (1) Authorize a one-time waiver of all or any portion of certain licensing, processing, or change of ownership fees if the department determines that an adult family home is being relicensed because of exceptional circumstances and that to require the full payment of the fees would present a hardship to the applicant; and

(2) Under exceptional circumstances, consider granting a license to an applicant who has not completed the adult family home administration and business planning class but who meets all other requirements.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1133

by Representatives Tharinger, Muri, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Jinkins, Cody, Moscoso, Dunshee, Gregerson, Johnson, Ryu, and Pollet


Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax.


Authorizes a county, subject to certain conditions and requirements, to impose an excise tax on the privilege of engaging in business as a utility.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1134

by Representatives Moeller and Harris; by request of Department of Health


Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers.


Modifies provisions relating to the scope of practice for certified counselors and certified advisers.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1135

by Representatives Cody, Harris, Jinkins, and Gregerson; by request of Department of Health


Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.


Authorizes a disciplining authority to, after investigation, offer a remediation plan to licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1136

by Representatives Carlyle, S. Hunt, Tarleton, Kilduff, Appleton, Pike, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Haler, Ryu, Sells, Pollet, Fey, and Farrell; by request of Attorney General


Concerning employment after public service in state government.


Addresses employment after public service in state government.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1137

by Representatives Short, Blake, Kretz, Buys, and Van De Wege


Authorizing licensed geologists to perform the duties of licensed water well operators or resource protection well operators.


Authorizes licensed geologists to perform the duties of licensed water well operators or resource protection well operators.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1138

by Representatives Orwall, Haler, Blake, Carlyle, Kochmar, Reykdal, Appleton, S. Hunt, Pollet, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, Riccelli, Ryu, Tharinger, Walkinshaw, and Fey


Creating a task force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education.


Requires Forefront at the University of Washington to convene a task force on mental health and suicide prevention at public and private institutions of higher education to determine what policies, resources, and technical assistance are needed to support the institutions in improving access to mental health services and improving suicide prevention responses.

Expires July 1, 2017.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1139

by Representatives Orwall, Kochmar, Appleton, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Hayes, Zeiger, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, S. Hunt, Riccelli, Ryu, Fey, and Santos


Establishing a work group to study human trafficking of youth issues.


Creates a work group, administered by the department of commerce, to study the implementation of chapter 289, Laws of 2010 (ESSB 6476, relating to sex crimes involving minors) throughout the state and report its findings and recommendations.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1140

by Representatives Orwall, Moeller, Cody, Appleton, Jinkins, Gregerson, Bergquist, Senn, Ryu, and Tharinger


Requiring the health care authority to establish a primary care psychiatric consultation services program.


Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Establish a program to support primary care providers in the assessment and provision of the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of adults with behavioral health disorders through the provision of primary care psychiatric consultation services; and

(2) Pursue program financing options to supplement state funds with funds from other public or private sources.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1141

by Representative Goodman


Requiring certain operational standards for regional jails.


Requires local governments that own or operate regional jails to adopt and enforce certain operational standards.

Requires a regional jail located within a county with a county jail to have standards consistent with the county standards.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1142

by Representatives Wilcox, Reykdal, G. Hunt, Gregerson, and Magendanz


Modifying school district authority with respect to student parking.


Authorizes a school district board of directors to establish and collect a fee from students as a condition of parking an automobile or other vehicle on school property.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1143

by Representatives S. Hunt, Reykdal, Bergquist, Appleton, Dunshee, Orwall, Tarleton, Robinson, Gregerson, Ormsby, Riccelli, Ryu, Springer, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, and Pollet


Allowing voters to return a voted ballot and signed declaration by fax or email.


Authorizes voters to return a signed declaration and voted ballot by fax or e-mail.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1144

by Representatives S. Hunt, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Bergquist, Tarleton, Appleton, Pollet, Riccelli, Dunshee, Orwall, Moscoso, Robinson, Gregerson, Morris, Ormsby, Reykdal, Stanford, Peterson, Tharinger, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Sells, Fey, Farrell, and Goodman


Extending the time period for voter registration.


Enacts election day registration.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1145

by Representatives Haler and Fey


Allowing joint meetings of county legislative authorities under certain circumstances.


Authorizes, under certain circumstances, two or more county legislative authorities to hold a joint regular or special meeting solely in the county seat of a participating county.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1146

by Representatives Haler, Pollet, Manweller, Zeiger, Bergquist, and Tharinger


Concerning higher education fiscal matters.


Declares that: (1) It is the goal of the legislature to make state appropriations to the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College in the omnibus appropriations act for at least fifty percent of the total amount of funds the institutions received for full-time resident undergraduates from state appropriations and the operating fee portion of tuition and fees in the 2014-2015 academic year; and

(2) Appropriations shall be increased to the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College in equal amounts over a four-year period beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year in order to meet or exceed the fifty percent funding goal by the 2019-2020 academic year.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1147

by Representatives Haler, Pollet, Manweller, Zeiger, and Bergquist


Requiring a study of the transition to a three-track or four-track admission system for public institutions of higher education.


Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study of the transition to a three-track admission system for public institutions of higher education on a semester calendar and a four-track admission system for public institutions of higher education on a quarter calendar.

Expires July 1, 2016.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1148

by Representative Goodman


Determining sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.


Determines sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1149

by Representatives Muri, Lytton, Appleton, Klippert, Hawkins, Kilduff, Gregerson, Magendanz, and Fey


Providing for educational data on students from military families.


Requires school districts to collect and submit data on students from military families.

Requires the K-12 data governance group to develop best practice guidelines for the collection and regular updating of the data.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct an analysis of the average number of students from military families who are special education students.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1150

by Representatives Muri, Kilduff, Appleton, Lytton, Klippert, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Bergquist, Jinkins, and Fey


Requiring the department of social and health services to notify the military regarding child abuse and neglect allegations of families with an active military status.


Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Make efforts as soon as practicable to determine the military status of parents whose children are subject to abuse or neglect allegations; and

(2) If it determines that a parent or guardian is in the military, notify a department of defense family advocacy program that there is an allegation of abuse and neglect that is screened in open for investigation that relates to that military parent or guardian.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1151

by Representatives Moeller, Tarleton, Robinson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, Tharinger, and Santos


Creating pilot projects to offer respite services to primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness.


Requires the department of social and health services to establish up to three pilot projects to offer respite services to primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness.

Expires June 30, 2018.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1152

by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Stanford, Dunshee, and Tharinger


Concerning the management of forage fish resources.


Requires a recreational fishing license to fish for smelt.

Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Conduct a survey of the location of surf smelt and sand lance spawning grounds and use the results from the survey to expand knowledge of documented spawning habitat areas and inform regulatory actions related to spawning areas and times; and

(2) Conduct a mid-water trawl survey to evaluate the prevalence of adults of all species of forage fish.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1153

by Representatives Blake and Wilcox


Concerning lumber grading.


Establishes the native lumber act.

Requires the department of labor and industries, in collaboration with Washington State University, to create and administer the native lumber grading program to provide training for inspecting, grading, certifying, and stamping native lumber.

Creates the native lumber grading program account.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1154

by Representatives Bergquist, Zeiger, Muri, Haler, Pollet, Moscoso, Gregerson, Tharinger, Jinkins, and Santos


Creating the affordable college for everyone grant contract program.


Creates a program that allows students who qualify for the state need grant and college bound programs to attend college without paying for tuition and fees.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to: (1) Design the Washington affordable college for everyone grant contract program and the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program; and

(2) With the assistance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, implement and administer the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program.

Requires the caseload forecast council to estimate the anticipated caseload of the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1155

by Representatives Pike, Moeller, Buys, Manweller, Hayes, Bergquist, and Pollet


Concerning property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability.


Allows the income thresholds for the senior citizen property tax exemption and deferral programs to annually grow with inflation.

Requires the department of revenue to annually update the income thresholds.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1156

by Representatives Pike, Manweller, Hayes, Magendanz, Hargrove, Wilson, and Muri


Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage by enacting the Washington jobs act.


Establishes the Washington jobs act.

Introduces private competition in industrial insurance coverage.

Creates the joint legislative task force on private competition for industrial insurance.

Creates the Washington state industrial insurance fund and the industrial insurance administrative fund.

Requires the treasurer, on July 1, 2017, to transfer to the state fund the assets and liabilities of the accident fund, the medical aid fund, and the reserve fund.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1157

by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Wilson, and Moeller


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


Addresses quick title service fees collected by subagents appointed by the director of the department of licensing.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1158

by Representatives Pike, Blake, DeBolt, Manweller, Harris, Hayes, Buys, Magendanz, Hargrove, Haler, Wilson, and McCaslin


Granting local governments the authority to make challenges related to growth management planning subject to direct review in superior court.


Establishes the growth management reform act of 2015.

Authorizes the legislative authorities of certain counties to adopt an ordinance of direct review providing the superior court with exclusive jurisdiction over petitions to which the county is a party and that would otherwise qualify for filing with the growth management hearings board.

Expires December 31, 2025.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1159

by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Moeller, Zeiger, Kochmar, Harmsworth, and Ryu


Concerning teen driving safety.


Establishes the teen driving safety act.

Requires a person who is under nineteen years of age and operating a motor vehicle to affix a "new driver" decal to the inside of the motor vehicle's rear window.

Allows a person holding a driver's instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle upon the public highways if the "new driver" decal is displayed on the motor vehicle being operated.

Prohibits an intermediate licensee from operating a motor vehicle unless a "new driver" decal is displayed on the motor vehicle.

Expires December 31, 2021.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1160

by Representatives Pike, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ryu, and Tharinger


Stamping out litter in Washington state by increasing penalties for littering while providing additional funding to state parks.


Establishes the no litterbugs in Washington act.

Increases penalties for littering and provides additional funding to state parks.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1161

by Representatives Moeller, Bergquist, Pollet, and Santos


Indexing qualifying income thresholds for senior citizen property tax relief programs.


Indexes the qualifying income thresholds for property tax relief programs to reflect year-to-year changes in income due to inflation and other economic conditions and to reflect county-to-county differences in median income across the state.

Requires the department of revenue to annually publish updated income thresholds by January 1st of each year.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1162

by Representatives Tarleton, Pollet, Moeller, Hudgins, Orwall, S. Hunt, Morris, Gregerson, Jinkins, and Ryu


Concerning motorized mineral prospecting.


Requires the department of fish and wildlife to initiate and complete a scientific study that evaluates the effects of motorized mineral prospecting on native fish species and related habitat.

Expires July 1, 2017.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1163

by Representatives Tarleton, Walkinshaw, Moeller, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Pollet, S. Hunt, Appleton, Ormsby, and Goodman


Concerning paid vacation leave.


Requires minimum paid vacation leave for Washington workers.

Requires the state institute for public policy to evaluate the impact of this act on the economy of the state and the health and well-being of employees.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1164

by Representatives Riccelli, DeBolt, Stanford, MacEwen, Santos, Reykdal, Holy, Tharinger, Gregerson, Appleton, Bergquist, Senn, Hawkins, Walkinshaw, Ormsby, Farrell, Tarleton, Haler, and Jinkins


Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.


Establishes the apple a day act of 2015.

Creates a competitive equipment assistance grant program, to be known as the apple a day program, to enhance overall student nutrition in public schools.

Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a competitive process to prioritize applications for state assistance.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1165

by Representatives Condotta, Reykdal, Holy, Scott, Vick, Magendanz, Hargrove, Harmsworth, Senn, Tharinger, Springer, Muri, and Rodne


Concerning the establishment of a dedicated local jurisdiction marijuana fund and the distribution of a specified percentage of marijuana excise tax revenues to local jurisdictions.


Creates the dedicated local jurisdiction marijuana fund, which consists of marijuana excise taxes.

Requires the state treasurer to be custodian of the fund.

Distributes a specified percentage of marijuana excise tax revenues to local jurisdictions.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1166

by Representatives Dunshee, Gregerson, and DeBolt; by request of Governor Inslee


Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.


Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the omnibus capital and operating appropriations acts for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1167

by Representatives Harris, Tharinger, Tarleton, Ormsby, Ryu, and Jinkins


Authorizing palliative care in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness.


Provides that persons seeking palliative care services in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness need not be homebound in order to be eligible for insurance coverage.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1168

by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, Sullivan, and Tarleton; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy


Correcting restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work in an ineligible position or a position covered by a different state retirement system.


Corrects restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work in an ineligible position or a position covered by a different state retirement system.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1169

by Representatives Ormsby, Sullivan, Tarleton, and Hayes; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy


Authorizing an optional life annuity benefit for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system.


Allows members of the Washington state patrol retirement system, at the time of retirement, to purchase an optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit from the Washington state patrol retirement fund.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1170

by Representatives Clibborn, Zeiger, Tarleton, Wilcox, Springer, Jinkins, Fey, Kilduff, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, and Tharinger


Granting port districts certain administrative powers.


Grants certain administrative powers to port districts.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1171

by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu, Fagan, Kochmar, and Blake


Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.


Delays, until September 30, 2025, the expiration of: (1) Real estate broker and managing broker licensing fees;

(2) The Washington real estate research account; and

(3) The real estate research center.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1172

by Representatives Stanford, Vick, and Ryu; by request of Insurance Commissioner


Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act.


Establishes the risk management and solvency assessment act.

Provides the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment and provides guidance and instructions for filing an own risk and solvency assessment summary report with the insurance commissioner.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1173

by Representatives Carlyle, Reykdal, and Stanford


Prohibiting noncompete agreements that restrict the right of physicians to practice in a geographic area for a period of time after termination of an employment contract.


Limits the use of unreasonable noncompete agreements to protect the physician-patient relationship.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1174

by Representatives Van De Wege, Taylor, Fitzgibbon, Senn, Shea, Magendanz, Springer, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Ormsby, Hunter, Ryu, S. Hunt, Riccelli, Stanford, Tharinger, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Fey, Clibborn, Farrell, and Goodman


Concerning flame retardants.


Prohibits the sale, distribution, or manufacturing of children's products or residential upholstered furniture containing certain flame retardants.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1175

by Representatives Van De Wege, S. Hunt, Pettigrew, Moeller, Tharinger, Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, Tarleton, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ryu, Stanford, Walkinshaw, and Farrell


Creating a penalty for concealing the source of a campaign contribution.


Creates a penalty for concealing the source of a campaign contribution.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1176

by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Hurst, Parker, Muri, and Holy


Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates.


Addresses pawnbroker interest rates and other fees.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1177

by Representatives Kirby and Jinkins


Addressing the regulation of service contracts.


Promotes service contract arrangements between members of the public and lawyers and other trained professionals who provide legal assistance and counsel to the general public for any type of legal needs.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1178

by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, DeBolt, and Haler


Expanding assault in the third degree provisions.


Includes in the crime of assault in the third degree, assault of a utility worker, or employee of a publicly or privately owned utility company or agency, who is at the time of the act engaged in official duties and is unable to leave the premises where the act occurred.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1179

by Representatives Lytton, Buys, S. Hunt, Wilcox, Blake, Appleton, Morris, G. Hunt, Short, Walkinshaw, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Van Werven, Tharinger, Sells, Muri, and MacEwen


Exempting cider makers from the wine commission assessment.


Prohibits agricultural commodity assessments from being levied on the production of cider.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


Senate Bills

SB 5087

by Senators Rolfes, Ranker, McCoy, Billig, Cleveland, Jayapal, Darneille, Conway, Chase, Hasegawa, Liias, Hargrove, Pedersen, Keiser, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Habib, Nelson, Frockt, and McAuliffe; by request of Governor Inslee


Concerning oil transportation safety.


Addresses oil transportation safety.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5088

by Senators Pearson, Hargrove, Honeyford, Parlette, Keiser, Liias, Hobbs, Hatfield, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Dammeier, Rolfes, Hewitt, Dansel, Fraser, Chase, and Conway; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands


Concerning a geological hazards assessment.


Expands the duties of the geological survey.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5089

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon


Revising definitions in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future.


Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resource," in chapter 19.285 RCW (energy independence act), to include electricity from small modular reactors that commence operation after December 31, 2019.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5090

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon


Providing an additional alternative compliance option in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future.


Considers a qualifying utility in compliance with an annual target for a given year if the utility acquired electricity from a small modular reactor after December 31, 2019, and invested two percent of its total annual retail revenue requirement on the incremental costs of eligible renewable resources, the cost of renewable energy credits, or a combination of both.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5091

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon


Including nuclear energy in the definition of a "qualified alternative energy resource" for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090.


Revises the definition of "qualified alternative energy resource," for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090 (voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources), to include nuclear energy.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5092

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon


Including nuclear energy in the principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy.


Expands the state's principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy by including nuclear energy.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5093

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, Mullet, and Sheldon


Creating the nuclear energy education program.


Creates the nuclear energy education program to promote the benefits of nuclear energy by educating students and science teachers in grades eight through twelve.

Requires the program to be administered by the director of the Washington State University extension energy program.

Creates the Washington nuclear energy education account.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5094

by Senators Brown, Hewitt, Sheldon, and Hatfield


Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.


Authorizes a qualifying utility to use certain eligible renewable resources to meet its compliance obligation.

Prohibits a qualifying utility from transferring or selling these eligible renewable resources to another utility for compliance purposes under the energy independence act.

Prohibits allocated renewable energy credits from being transferred or sold to another qualifying utility for compliance under the energy independence act.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5095

by Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Governor Inslee


Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.


Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the omnibus capital and operating appropriations acts for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5096

by Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Governor Inslee


Concerning the supplemental capital budget.


Adopts the supplemental capital budget.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5097

by Senators Honeyford, Keiser, and Hatfield; by request of Governor Inslee


Concerning the capital budget.


Adopts the capital budget.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5098

by Senators Billig, Litzow, Jayapal, and McAuliffe


Increasing efficiency in child care reporting.


Removes a reauthorization option for the working connections child care subsidy.

Changes reporting requirements of applicants for and recipients of working connections child care benefits.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5099

by Senators Darneille, O'Ban, Conway, Dammeier, Roach, Miloscia, and Becker


Restricting conditional releases of sexually violent predators outside their county of origin.


Requires a court, before authorizing release to a less restrictive alternative, to consider whether it is appropriate to release a sexually violent predator to his or her county of origin.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing .

SB 5100

by Senators Hobbs and King


Concerning the processing of certain motor vehicle-related violations applicable to rental cars.


Addresses processing of certain motor vehicle-related violations applicable to rental cars.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5101

by Senators Padden and O'Ban


Modifying mental status evaluation provisions.


Allows, rather than requires, an order requiring mental status evaluation or treatment to be based on a presentence report.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5102

by Senators Padden and Hargrove


Authorizing urban governmental services for schools in rural areas.


Allows units of local government to provide urban governmental services, when feasible, to schools sited and permitted in certain rural areas.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5103

by Senators Becker, Padden, Pearson, and O'Ban


Requiring that hearings involving the office of the insurance commissioner be presided over by administrative law judges.


Requires administrative law judges to preside over hearings that involve the office of the insurance commissioner.

Transfers certain state employees of the office of the insurance commissioner to the office of administrative hearings.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5104

by Senator Padden


Concerning the possession or use of alcohol and controlled substances in sentencing provisions.


Modifies certain sentencing provisions relating to possession or use of alcohol and controlled substances.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5105

by Senators Padden, Frockt, O'Ban, Fain, Fraser, Pearson, Roach, and Darneille


Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.


Makes a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5106

by Senators O'Ban, Padden, Fain, and Roach


Creating a civil action for webcam unauthorized remote access.


Creates a civil cause of action for the remote unauthorized access of webcams and provides remedies that more fully compensate victims.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5107

by Senators Padden, Pedersen, Roach, O'Ban, Darneille, and Benton


Encouraging the establishment of therapeutic courts.


Authorizes, funds, and encourages the establishment of therapeutic courts.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5108

by Senators Padden, Billig, Miloscia, Hasegawa, and Chase


Clarifying the order of candidate names on ballots.


Addresses the rotation of names of candidates on election ballots.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5109

by Senator Brown


Concerning infrastructure financing for local governments.


Modifies the state contribution application process.

Increases the annual state contribution limit to seven million five hundred thousand dollars.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development.

SB 5110

by Senator Brown


Permitting school siting outside of urban growth areas.


Requires certain counties that are required or choose to plan under the growth management act to permit schools outside of urban growth areas when certain conditions are met.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5111

by Senator Brown


Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.


Provides a mechanism for local governments and state and federal agencies to perform a coordinated and comprehensive review of projects of statewide significance and encourages their expeditious completion.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development.

SB 5112

by Senators Brown, Parlette, and Benton


Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington state job creation and economic development.


Establishes the invest in Washington act.

Creates a pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of a program that invests business taxes from new investments into workforce training programs that support manufacturing businesses in the state.

Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Issue a sales and use tax deferral certificate for state and local sales and use taxes due on each eligible investment project; and

(2) Keep a running total of the deferrals granted during each fiscal biennium.

Creates the invest in Washington account.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development.

SB 5113

by Senator Brown


Requiring the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs.


Requires the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5114

by Senator Brown


Providing incentives for production of modular reactors.


Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the production of modular reactors including sales of modular reactor construction materials, machinery, and equipment, and on the sale or use of tangible personal property that becomes an ingredient or component of modular reactors.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5115

by Senator Brown


Studying the siting of small modular reactors in Washington.


Requires the energy facility site evaluation council to study matters relating to the siting of small modular reactors in the state.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 5116

by Senators Cleveland, Nelson, Keiser, and Chase


Directing the office of financial management to take action when the legislature fails to fully fund a bistate megaproject.


Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.

Requires the office of financial management to reallocate certain funds to construct the bistate megaproject if the legislature fails to fully fund the project.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5117

by Senators Cleveland, Nelson, Liias, Frockt, Fraser, and Chase


Concerning the development of a bistate transportation project.


Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.

Requires the department of transportation, before working with another state on an environmental impact statement that complies with the national environmental policy act on a bistate megaproject, to enter into a contract with the department that manages transportation construction in the neighboring state in which the megaproject will be located.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5118

by Senators Cleveland, Hobbs, Frockt, Nelson, Liias, Pedersen, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Fraser, Conway, and Mullet


Requiring a bistate work group for certain transportation projects.


Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.

Requires the department of transportation to notify the transportation committees of the legislature when it initiates work with another state to prepare an environmental impact statement that complies with the national environmental policy act on a bistate megaproject.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5119

by Senators Angel and Mullet


Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.


Authorizes two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 5120

by Senator Parlette


Concerning school district dissolutions.


Changes requirements for dissolving a school district.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5121

by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Bailey, Pedersen, Liias, McAuliffe, Frockt, Chase, Keiser, and Hatfield


Establishing a marijuana research license.


Creates a marijuana research license that permits a licensee to produce and possess marijuana for limited research purposes.

Authorizes the University of Washington and Washington State University to contract with marijuana research licensees to conduct permitted research.

Authorizes the life sciences discovery fund authority to: (1) Review and approve or disapprove marijuana research license applications; and

(2) Review reports made by marijuana research licensees under state liquor control board rule and provide the state liquor control board with its determination on whether the research project continues to meet certain research qualifications.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5122

by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Liias, Bailey, and McAuliffe


Concerning precollege placement measures.


Authorizes state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College to use multiple measures to determine whether a student must enroll in a precollege course.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5123

by Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, Pedersen, Jayapal, Darneille, McCoy, Conway, and Keiser


Concerning tenant screening.


Addresses comprehensive tenant screening reports.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 5124

by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Dansel, Fain, Keiser, Roach, Mullet, and Darneille


Prohibiting the sale of vapor products to minors.


Prohibits the sale of vapor products to minors.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5125

by Senators Padden, Darneille, Roach, and Hatfield


Increasing district court civil jurisdiction.


Increases district court civil jurisdiction.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5126

by Senators Padden, Darneille, Roach, and Hatfield


Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department.


Addresses the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5127

by Senators Angel, Roach, and O'Ban


Providing that veterans with total disability ratings and their surviving spouses and domestic partners are eligible to qualify for a property tax exemption without meeting certain income requirements.


Addresses property tax exemptions for surviving spouses and surviving domestic partners of veterans.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5128

by Senators Liias, Frockt, Hobbs, Pedersen, Habib, Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Keiser, Nelson, Rolfes, McAuliffe, Fraser, McCoy, Chase, Billig, Conway, Cleveland, Jayapal, Hasegawa, and Ranker


Concerning dedicated funding sources for high capacity transportation service.


Authorizes a regional transit authority to impose a regular property tax levy. The tax must be used for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5129

by Senators Pearson and Honeyford


Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state.


Provides that making uninterruptible water supplies for domestic uses available through the establishment of reservations of water clearly will serve overriding considerations of the public interest.

Requires the department of ecology, when establishing levels and flows, to reserve a reasonable amount of water for domestic uses whether or not adopted levels or flows will be met.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5130

by Senators Pearson and Benton


Restricting marijuana producer and processor businesses from being located in certain residential and rural areas.


Prohibits the liquor control board from issuing a marijuana producer or marijuana processor license for any premises located within an area zoned for residential use or rural use with a minimum lot size of five acres.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5131

by Senators Pearson and Honeyford


Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule.


Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with appropriate state agencies, Indian tribes, local government, and interested parties, to adopt a new water management plan or instream resources protection program for the lower and upper Skagit water resource inventory area (WRIA 3 and 4) that will reflect an appropriate balance between the needs of people, industry, and fish.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5132

by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Hasegawa, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Nelson, Conway, Liias, Jayapal, Cleveland, Darneille, McCoy, Ranker, Billig, Pedersen, and Benton


Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust.


Creates the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.

Requires the joint select committee on health care oversight to contract for an actuarial analysis of the funding needs of the Washington health security trust and recommend a funding mechanism to the appropriate legislative standing committees and the governor.

Directs the legislature to enact legislation implementing the recommendations of the joint select committee during the 2016 regular legislative session.

Creates the reserve account, the displaced worker training account, and the benefits account.

Provides contingent effective dates.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5133

by Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, and Frockt


Concerning a study of higher education cost drivers.


Requires the joint higher education committee to: (1) Conduct a study of higher education costs at the state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College; and

(2) Convene an advisory panel to provide study guidance, data, and recommendations.

Requires the study to describe the cost drivers for each institution and the cost drivers for students over the most recent twenty-year period for which data is available.

Expires July 1, 2017.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5134

by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, and Honeyford


Concerning base flows and minimum instream flows.


Addresses minimum water flows and levels with regard to the effect on groundwater withdrawals.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5135

by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, and Honeyford


Ensuring that certain existing water uses are not subject to interruption.


Ensures that certain groundwater uses shall not be subject to interruption from the instream flows established in chapter 173-503 WAC (instream resources protection program--lower and upper Skagit water resources inventory area).
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5136

by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, Honeyford, and Benton


Repealing an instream flow rule and adopting a new instream flow rule.


Finds that the rule currently codified in chapter 173-503 WAC has unnecessarily resulted in hundreds of homeowners and businesses losing access to an uninterruptible groundwater supply.

Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Repeal that rule in its entirety; and

(2) Initiate a rule-making process to adopt a new rule that replaces that rule.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development.

SB 5137

by Senators Hatfield, Pearson, Hobbs, Chase, Conway, Roach, McAuliffe, O'Ban, and Mullet


Providing a complimentary discover pass to veterans with a one hundred percent service-connected disability.


Requires a complimentary discover pass to be given upon request each year to a resident of this state who is a veteran and has a service-connected disability of one hundred percent.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5138

by Senators Roach, Liias, and Keiser; by request of Office of Financial Management


Concerning notice and review processes for annexations, deannexations, incorporations, disincorporations, consolidations, and boundary line adjustments under Titles 35 and 35A RCW.


Revises Title 35 RCW (cities and towns) and Title 35A RCW (optional municipal code) relating to notice and review processes for annexations, deannexations, incorporations, disincorporations, consolidations, and boundary line adjustments.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5139

by Senators Roach, Liias, Conway, Benton, McCoy, Dansel, and Ericksen


Concerning building code standards for certain buildings four or more stories high.


Revises state building code provisions relating to buildings with four or more stories.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5140

by Senators Billig, Miloscia, Liias, Rolfes, Cleveland, Darneille, Habib, Keiser, Conway, Jayapal, Chase, Mullet, Pedersen, and Hasegawa


Allowing motor voter preregistration for sixteen and seventeen year olds.


Establishes the young voter registration equality act.

Allows eligible youth at least sixteen years old to preregister to vote.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.

SB 5141

by Senators Becker, Frockt, Dammeier, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, and Parlette


Concerning the alternative process for awarding contracts for university medical buildings and facilities.


Allows use of the alternative process for awarding contracts for university medical buildings and facilities when the estimated cost of the work is equal to or less than ten million dollars.

Eliminates the termination and repeal, under the sunset act, of the alternative process for awarding contracts.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5142

by Senators Becker, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, and Keiser


Modifying health benefit exchange provisions related to the aggregation or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for a health plan.


Prohibits the state health benefit exchange from aggregating or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for an individual qualified health plan.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5143

by Senators Becker, Bailey, Dammeier, Rivers, Frockt, Brown, and Parlette


Concerning the availability of childhood immunization resources for expecting parents.


Requires the department of health to develop and make available resources for expecting parents regarding recommended childhood immunizations.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5144

by Senators Dammeier, Becker, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, Parlette, and O'Ban


Requiring all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative to be subject to the open public meetings act.


Subjects to the open public meetings act, all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative, including those meetings of a subcommittee.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5145

by Senators Dammeier, Frockt, Becker, Bailey, Rivers, and Brown


Concerning the membership of the health technology clinical committee.


Requires at least one member of the health technology clinical committee to be a medical expert appointed by the Washington state medical association.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5146

by Senators Bailey and Rivers


Concerning quality assurance standards for medicaid purchasing.


Requires medicaid purchasing to support standards developed by the national committee for quality assurance.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5147

by Senators Becker, Bailey, Brown, and Rivers


Concerning monitoring health and health outcomes for medicaid patients.


Requires managed care contracts to incorporate accountability measures that monitor patient health and improved health outcomes and include an expectation that each patient receive a wellness examination that documents the baseline health status and allows for monitoring of health improvements and outcome measures.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5148

by Senators Parlette, Dammeier, Chase, Conway, McAuliffe, and O'Ban


Allowing members who retire early under alternate early retirement provisions as set forth in RCW 41.32.765(3) and 41.32.875(3) to work as substitute teachers and continue receiving retirement benefits at the same time.


Authorizes members of the teachers' retirement system, who retire early under alternate early retirement provisions, to work as substitute teachers and continue receiving retirement benefits at the same time.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5149

by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Bailey, and Parlette


Concerning certificates of need appeals process.


Provides that no person, including a health care facility or health maintenance organization, has the right to an adjudicative proceeding under the administrative procedure act to contest the department of health's granting of a certificate of need application or other department authorization under chapter 70.38 RCW (health planning and development).
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5150

by Senators Keiser, Becker, Frockt, Parlette, Conway, Jayapal, Cleveland, Bailey, and Chase


Requiring health insurance carriers to provide notification of carrier network changes.


Requires certain health insurance carriers to provide notice to health care providers of changes in provider networks including the purchase, sale, or transfer of a provider network.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5151

by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Jayapal, Bailey, Cleveland, Parlette, Chase, McAuliffe, and Hasegawa


Concerning cultural competency education for health care professionals.


Requires a disciplining authority for certain health care professions to adopt rules requiring a person authorized to practice the profession regulated by the disciplining authority to receive cultural competency continuing education training.

Requires the department of health to approve, develop, and make available to each disciplining authority a list of continuing education opportunities related to cultural competency.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5152

by Senators Parlette, Keiser, and Becker


Implementing a value-based system for nursing home rates.


Adopts a new system for establishing nursing home payment rates.

Requires the department of social and health services, in cooperation with nursing facility provider associations, to design and develop a new system that matches payments to patient care needs, reward efficiency, incentivize controlling costs, and promote quality of care.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5153

by Senators Billig, Roach, Sheldon, Fain, Liias, Mullet, Fraser, Dansel, McCoy, Rolfes, Cleveland, Darneille, Habib, Padden, Nelson, Benton, Chase, Keiser, Jayapal, and Hasegawa


Increasing transparency of campaign contributions.


Increases transparency and accountability in the election process and requires the disclosure of contributions and expenditures by nonprofit organizations that participate significantly in Washington state elections.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security.


Senate Joint Memorials

SJM 8000

by Senator Brown


Requesting the permanent siting and development of a federal nuclear waste repository.


Requests the permanent siting and development of a federal nuclear waste repository.
-- 2015 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 14First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.