 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 12 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 28, 2015 | 17th Day - 2015 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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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=2015.
HB 1068-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, Appleton, Gregerson, Reykdal, Carlyle, Stanford, Sawyer, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Cody, Hudgins, Senn, Clibborn, Moeller, Riccelli, Moscoso, Farrell, and Fey)
Concerning sexual assault examination kits.
Requires a law enforcement agency, when it receives a sexual assault examination kit, and consent has been given by the victim or the victim's parent or legal guardian to analyze the kit as part of a sexual assault investigation, to submit a request for laboratory examination to the Washington state patrol crime laboratory for prioritization for testing by it or another accredited laboratory that holds an outsourcing agreement with the Washington state patrol.Creates a work group to determine the number of untested sexual assault examination kits and make recommendations regarding strategies for reducing the number of untested sexual assault examination kits in the state.Expires June 30, 2018.
| Jan 23 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 27 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1148-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representative Goodman)
Determining sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
Determines sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
| Jan 23 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 27 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1700
by Representatives Riccelli, Manweller, Robinson, Harris, Gregerson, and Ormsby
Concerning qualified health plan claims in grace periods.
Requires an issuer of a qualified health plan to reimburse a health care provider or a health care facility for all nonfraudulent claims for service provided to an enrollee during a grace period.Requires the governing board of the state health benefit exchange to certify a plan as a qualified health plan to be offered through the exchange if the plan is determined by the board to ensure adherence to the terms of the contract between the qualified health plan issuer and a health care provider or health care facility.Requires the state health benefit exchange, before terminating the coverage of an enrollee receiving advance payments of the premium tax credit, to conduct outreach to ensure that enrollees who are late in making premium payments are aware that they may be eligible for medicaid coverage or for an increased subsidy level in the exchange.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1701
by Representatives Moscoso, Walsh, Haler, Jinkins, Reykdal, S. Hunt, Blake, Riccelli, Ortiz-Self, Walkinshaw, Tharinger, Appleton, Sells, Gregerson, Santos, Farrell, and Ormsby
Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position.
Establishes the Washington fair chance act.Prohibits an employer from including any question on an application for employment, from inquiring either orally or in writing, from receiving information through a criminal history background check, or from otherwise obtaining information about an applicant's arrests or convictions before having determined that the applicant is otherwise qualified for the position.Authorizes the state to: (1) Educate the public about this act and disseminate information about it; and(2) Form an advisory body representing the views of a broad variety of stakeholders to provide recommendations regarding improved enforcement of this act.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1702
by Representatives Moscoso, Vick, Ryu, Kochmar, Blake, McCabe, Hurst, Stanford, Kagi, Young, and Griffey
Addressing local authority in the regulation of fireworks.
Authorizes a county or a city to enact an ordinance that is more restrictive than state law as to the days and hours of legal sale of consumer fireworks, the days and hours of legal use of consumer fireworks, and types of consumer fireworks that may be sold and used within the geographical boundary of that county or city.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1703
by Representatives Santos and Pollet; by request of Office of Financial Management
Modifying the high school assessment system by changing the administration of alternative assessments, continuing the requirement for students to demonstrate achievement of state academic standards to earn a high school diploma, and aligning the system with career and college ready graduation requirements.
Implements a more efficient assessment system and provides additional pathways for students to demonstrate academic proficiency required for graduation.Eliminates the statewide end-of-course assessments for high school mathematics and the tenth grade assessments for reading and writing and English language arts.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a college readiness transition course in science to be piloted in high schools.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to offer an online version of the college readiness transition course in mathematics, English, and science through the digital learning department online course offerings.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1704
by Representatives Pettigrew, Haler, Reykdal, Zeiger, Tarleton, Sells, Pollet, Klippert, Appleton, Goodman, Santos, Fey, and Hudgins
Enhancing public safety and reducing recidivism through postsecondary education.
Authorizes postsecondary education and training of incarcerated adults through expanded partnerships between the community and technical colleges and the department of corrections.Specifies that an inmate may be selected to participate in a state-funded postsecondary education degree program, based on priority determined by the department of corrections.Requires the department of corrections, in coordination with the state board for community and technical colleges, to submit a report to the office of financial management and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature that evaluates the department's postsecondary education program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1705
by Representatives Haler, Reykdal, Tarleton, Zeiger, Sells, and Pollet; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Concerning basic education for adults at community and technical colleges.
Requires state appropriations to the state board for community and technical colleges to include a separate appropriation to provide basic education for adults.Requires the caseload forecast council to estimate the anticipated number of full-time equivalent students who will enroll in basic education for adults courses in community and technical colleges and submit the forecast to the governor and members of the legislative fiscal committees.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1706
by Representatives Stanford, Zeiger, Reykdal, Haler, Tarleton, Hayes, Sells, Stambaugh, Klippert, Smith, and Gregerson; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Authorizing waivers of building fees and services and activities fees for certain military service members.
Authorizes the governing boards of the community and technical colleges, the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College to waive all or a portion of building fees and services and activities fees not covered by the United States department of defense tuition assistance program for military service members eligible to participate in the program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1707
by Representatives Takko, Dent, and Fagan
Concerning irrigation district administration.
Modifies irrigation district provisions relating to legal action to foreclose assessment liens.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1708
by Representatives Dent, Takko, Fagan, and Nealey
Clarifying that irrigation district facilities are not within the definition of shorelands.
Clarifies that irrigation ditches, canals, and drainage and other return flow conveyances are not within the definition of "shorelands" or "shoreland areas" for purposes of the shoreline management act.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1709
by Representatives Springer, Kretz, Takko, Pike, Wilcox, and Fitzgibbon
Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
Requires counties, cities, and towns collecting impact fees to adopt a permanent system for the collection of impact fees from applicants for certain residential building permits.Allows counties, cities, and towns to adopt local systems for the collection of impact fees that differ from the aforementioned requirements.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1710
by Representatives Tarleton, Walkinshaw, McBride, Ortiz-Self, Sawyer, Peterson, Gregerson, and Hudgins
Fostering economic growth in Washington by supporting the in-state production, processing, and distribution of food supply.
Requires the Washington State University center for sustaining agriculture and natural resources to study the economic development of the local food system in the state.Requires Washington State University to form an advisory committee to provide technical information, advice, and assistance in completing the study.Makes appropriations.Provides that section 2 of this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.Expires December 31, 2016.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1711
by Representatives Senn, Condotta, Takko, G. Hunt, Gregerson, Tarleton, and Ormsby
Concerning criteria for bidders on public works contracts.
Addresses bidder responsibility supplemental criteria for public works contracts.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1712
by Representatives Harris, Riccelli, Rodne, Van De Wege, and Caldier
Concerning audit procedures to assist medicaid providers.
Requires the director of the state health care authority to establish and publish, on the authority's web site, audit protocols to assist medicaid providers in developing programs to improve compliance with medicaid requirements under state and federal laws.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1713
by Representatives Cody, Harris, Jinkins, Moeller, Tharinger, Appleton, Ortiz-Self, and Pollet
Integrating the treatment systems for mental health and chemical dependency.
Requires the secretary of the department of social and health services to combine the functions of a designated mental health professional and designated chemical dependency specialist by establishing a designated crisis responder who is authorized to conduct investigations, detain persons up to seventy-two hours to the proper facility, and carry out the other functions identified in chapter 71.05 RCW (mental illness) and chapter 71.34 RCW (mental health services for minors).Requires the behavioral health organizations to provide training to the designated crisis responders.Requires the state institute for public policy to evaluate the effect of the integration of the involuntary treatment systems for chemical dependency and mental health and make preliminary reports to appropriate committees of the legislature.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1714
by Representatives Manweller and Bergquist
Concerning the achievement index rating system.
Requires the state board of education to revise its annual school rating system for the Washington achievement index to weigh various performance indicators.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1715
by Representatives Peterson, Fitzgibbon, and S. Hunt; by request of Department of Health
Protecting Puget Sound through funding and implementing local on-site sewage program management plans.
Requires the local board of health in the twelve counties bordering Puget Sound to collect a minimum charge of thirty dollars annually for each on-site sewage system located in the Puget Sound basin for the purpose of implementing the on-site sewage program management plan.Authorizes the local board of health to collect the on-site sewage system charge in areas of the county located outside the Puget Sound basin.Prohibits the local board of health from: (1) Retroactively collecting the on-site sewage system charge; and(2) Collecting the on-site sewage system charge to finance on-site sewage management plan services already paid for by other fees, rates, or charges.Authorizes counties and the department of health, in order to assist homeowners with the repair and replacement of on-site sewage systems, to consult with the department of ecology to capitalize and administer a sustainable unified low-interest loan program through the department of ecology's established water quality financial assistance program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1716
by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, Sells, Ortiz-Self, Robinson, Jinkins, Gregerson, Ryu, Peterson, Walkinshaw, Santos, Pollet, and Farrell
Addressing state and local enforcement of federal immigration detainers and administrative warrants.
Establishes the Washington family unity act.Addresses state and local enforcement of federal immigration detainers and administrative warrants.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1717
by Representatives Sawyer, Walsh, Kagi, Lytton, Ortiz-Self, Goodman, Buys, Farrell, and Ormsby
Concerning children's advocacy centers.
Addresses children's advocacy centers.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1718
by Representatives Ormsby, Kilduff, Sullivan, Hayes, Tharinger, MacEwen, Sawyer, Zeiger, Walsh, Rodne, Hudgins, Van De Wege, Appleton, Muri, Reykdal, Tarleton, and Pollet
Authorizing membership in the Washington public safety employees' retirement system for employees who provide nursing care to, or ensure the custody and safety of, offender, probationary, and patient populations in institutions and centers.
Revises the following definitions for purposes of the public safety employees' retirement system: (1) "Employer" to include the department of veterans affairs and the department of social and health services; and(2) "Member" to include certain employees whose primary responsibility is to provide nursing care to or ensure the custody and safety of offender, probationary, or patient populations.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1719
by Representatives Robinson, Cody, and Tharinger; by request of Department of Health
Concerning the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants.
Addresses the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1720
by Representatives Robinson, Peterson, Stanford, Riccelli, Gregerson, Senn, Appleton, Ortiz-Self, Tarleton, Jinkins, and Santos
Concerning healthy housing.
Addresses healthy housing improvements to increase the health and safety of a home by integrating energy efficiency activities and indoor environmental quality measures, consistent with the weatherization plus health initiative of the federal department of energy and the healthy housing principles adopted by the federal department of housing and urban development.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1721
by Representatives Robinson, Schmick, Cody, Harris, Riccelli, and Van De Wege
Concerning the transport of patients by ambulance to facilities other than hospitals.
Requires the department of health, in consultation with the department of social and health services, to convene a work group comprised of members of the steering committee and representatives of ambulance services, mental health providers, and chemical dependency treatment programs to establish alternative facility guidelines for the development of protocols and procedures for the appropriate transport of patients in need of immediate mental health or chemical dependency services.Requires the state health care authority to develop a reimbursement methodology for ambulance services when transporting a medical assistance enrollee to a mental health facility or chemical dependency program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1722
by Representatives Hayes, Blake, Sawyer, Manweller, Takko, Shea, Rodne, Taylor, McCaslin, and MacEwen
Concerning the manufacture and repair of short-barreled rifles.
Addresses exemptions from short-barreled rifle requirements.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1723
by Representatives Hayes, Hurst, Harmsworth, Takko, Rodne, Griffey, Pettigrew, and Wilson
Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public.
Requires certain booking photographs and information at jails to be open to the public.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1724
by Representatives Walkinshaw, S. Hunt, Ortiz-Self, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Hansen, Tharinger, Senn, Tarleton, Robinson, Appleton, Reykdal, Gregerson, Pollet, Farrell, Van De Wege, Ormsby, and Hudgins
Providing prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots.
Requires return envelopes for primary and general election ballots to include prepaid postage.Requires the state to reimburse counties for the cost of return postage on mail and absentee ballots for primary and general elections.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1725
by Representatives Cody and Tharinger; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning a consumer's right to assign hours to individual providers and the department of social and health services' authority to establish criteria regarding the payment of individual providers.
Addresses a consumer's right to assign hours to individual providers and the department of social and health services' authority to establish criteria regarding the payment of individual providers.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1726
by Representatives Moeller, Jinkins, Tharinger, and Appleton; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Modifying certain definitions concerning the abuse of vulnerable adults.
Modifies abuse of vulnerable adult provisions relating to the definitions of "abuse" and "restraints."
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1727
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, and Short
Permitting nursing assistants to perform simple care tasks under indirect supervision.
Authorizes a nursing assistant, employed in a health care facility that provides services in a health professional shortage area, to take and record blood pressure and vital signs under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1728
by Representatives Ormsby, Walsh, Ortiz-Self, Senn, Kagi, S. Hunt, Farrell, Dent, Zeiger, and Gregerson
Creating the parents for parents program.
Specifies that the parents for parents program currently exists in seven counties and has been shown to increase the number of family reunifications, where appropriate, while decreasing the length of time needed to establish permanence. The goal is to: (1) Continue to support the program in those counties;(2) Standardize the parents for parents curriculum among counties in which it is currently used; and(3) Replicate the program statewide by the end of the 2019-2021 biennium.Requires the parents for parents program to provide structured peer mentoring, administered by veteran parents, for families entering the dependency court system.Requires funding for the parents for parents program to be through the office of public defense and centrally administered through a pass-through to a state nonprofit-lead organization that has extensive experience supporting veteran parents.Requires a child welfare research entity based at the University of Washington to conduct an evaluation of the parents for parents program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1729
by Representatives Pettigrew, Magendanz, Kagi, Walsh, Van De Wege, DeBolt, Jinkins, Goodman, Dunshee, Hudgins, Wylie, Cody, Sawyer, Senn, Moeller, Tarleton, and Santos
Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services.
Requires the department of social and health services to develop and maintain a plan for: (1) Delivering domestic violence victim services, prevention efforts, and access to emergency shelter across the state; and(2) Providing a statewide toll-free information and referral hotline or other statewide accessible information and referral service for victims of domestic violence.Increases funding for the domestic violence prevention account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1730
by Representatives Kirby and Vick
Concerning the handling of earnest money.
Addresses the requirements of a holder of earnest money.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1731
by Representatives Ormsby, Riccelli, Walkinshaw, Fitzgibbon, and Jinkins
Creating a protocol for the return of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies.
Establishes the Sheena Henderson act.Requires law enforcement agencies to: (1) Before returning a privately owned firearm, confirm that the individual to whom the firearm will be returned is the individual from whom the firearm was obtained or an authorized representative of that person and that he or she is eligible to possess a firearm; and(2) Develop a notification protocol that allows a family or household member to use an incident or case number to request to be notified when a law enforcement agency returns a privately owned firearm.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1732
by Representatives Reykdal, Riccelli, Ryu, S. Hunt, Peterson, Ormsby, Stanford, Goodman, Cody, Tharinger, Ortiz-Self, Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Sullivan, Dunshee, Moscoso, Appleton, Sells, Pollet, Robinson, Walkinshaw, Jinkins, Senn, Wylie, Lytton, Hudgins, Tarleton, Kagi, Moeller, Sawyer, Fey, Pettigrew, Gregerson, Orwall, Santos, Kirby, McBride, Takko, Gregory, Clibborn, Springer, Van De Wege, Blake, Kilduff, and Hansen
Addressing meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees.
Addresses meals and rest periods for licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, surgical technologists, diagnostic radiologic technologists, cardiovascular invasive specialists, respiratory care practitioners, and nursing assistants-certified.Prohibits an employer, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility, from: (1) Using prescheduled on-call time to fill chronic or foreseeable staff shortages; and(2) Scheduling nonemergency procedures that would require overtime.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1733
by Representatives Cody, Ryu, S. Hunt, Peterson, Jinkins, Goodman, Ortiz-Self, Hudgins, Reykdal, Walkinshaw, Wylie, Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Sullivan, Bergquist, Dunshee, Moscoso, Appleton, Sells, Pollet, Riccelli, Robinson, Senn, Ormsby, Lytton, Tarleton, Sawyer, Moeller, Fey, Pettigrew, Gregerson, Orwall, Santos, Kirby, McBride, Takko, Gregory, Clibborn, Van De Wege, Tharinger, and Kagi
Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.
Establishes the Washington state patient safety act.Requires the department of health to: (1) With stakeholder input, adopt patient assignment limits and recommend quality indicators;(2) Upon receipt of a complaint, conduct an audit of a hospital's compliance with this act and investigate complaints of violations of this act; and(3) Maintain, for public inspection, records of civil penalties, administrative actions, or license suspensions or revocations imposed on hospitals.Requires a hospital to: (1) Submit a staffing plan to the department of health on at least an annual basis, implement the staffing plan, and assign nursing personnel to each patient care unit in accordance with the plan; and(2) Regularly collect information regarding nurse staffing and submit it to the department of health semiannually.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1734
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Rodne, Fey, Jinkins, Pettigrew, Carlyle, and McBride
Creating the one family one team public-private innovation demonstration.
Requires the administrative office of the courts to participate in the one family one team public-private partnership, a nongovernmental public-private partnership that supports innovation in dependency court proceedings.Creates the one family one team public-private partnership account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1735
by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, Carlyle, Gregerson, Pollet, and Ormsby
Concerning extended foster care services.
Addresses the maintenance of a dependency proceeding for the delivery of extended foster care services for any youth who is dependent in foster care at the age of eighteen years and who, at the time of his or her eighteenth birthday, is unable to meet specified requirements due to a medical condition.Requires the children's administration to invite representatives from the division of behavioral health and recovery, the disability services administration, the economic services administration, and the juvenile justice and rehabilitation administration to the youth's shared planning meeting that is used to develop a transition plan for youth who will be aging out of foster care.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1736
by Representatives Orcutt, Blake, Pike, Vick, Harris, Wilson, Young, Takko, Muri, and Buys
Extending specific aerospace tax preferences to include other types of commercial aircraft to encourage the migration of good wage jobs in the state.
Provides a preferential business and occupation tax rate, business and occupation tax credit, and sales and use tax deferral for the manufacturing of rotorcraft, including the components used in the manufacturing process.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1737
by Representatives Orcutt, Santos, Magendanz, Bergquist, Ortiz-Self, Kilduff, Kagi, Zeiger, Tarleton, Muri, Condotta, and Pollet
Addressing the availability of retired teachers as substitutes.
Authorizes certain teachers in plan 2 or plan 3 of the teachers' retirement system that have retired under alternate early retirement provisions to be employed with an employer for up to two hundred sixteen hours per school year without suspension of their benefit.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1738
by Representatives Orcutt, Clibborn, Hayes, Fey, Hargrove, Farrell, Zeiger, Moscoso, Muri, Condotta, Buys, and Harmsworth
Concerning marine, off-road recreational vehicle, and snowmobile fuel tax refunds based on actual fuel taxes paid.
Restores the refund percentages of fuel tax purchases made by boaters, off-road vehicle riders, and snowmobilers into nonhighway-purpose accounts established to benefit nonhighway users of fuel.Declares it is the legislature's intent to honor its commitment when the refund amounts from nonhighway-purpose fuel tax purchases are no longer necessary to repay bonded debt associated with the 2003 and 2005 motor vehicle fuel tax increases.Specifies that as of July 1, 2031, the state will apply the total percentage of nonhighway-purpose fuel tax refunds into the proper nonhighway user accounts for boaters, off-road vehicle riders, and snowmobilers.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1739
by Representatives Carlyle, Walsh, Orwall, Magendanz, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Hunter, Peterson, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Jinkins, Goodman, Pollet, Farrell, Ormsby, Hudgins, and Cody
Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
Eliminates the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1740
by Representatives Appleton and Ryu
Addressing political subdivisions purchasing health coverage through the public employees' benefits board program.
Addresses the purchase, by political subdivisions, of health care coverage through the public employees' benefits board program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1741
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, and Condotta
Allowing disabled persons to access public recreational sites or lands without a discover pass, vehicle access pass, or day-use permit.
Authorizes persons who display a disability pass for free admission to state parks, or who display a card, decal, or special license plate issued for a permanent disability, to access public recreational sites and lands without a discover pass, a vehicle access pass, or a day-use permit.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1742
by Representatives Lytton, Young, Pettigrew, Stokesbary, Zeiger, Magendanz, Shea, Taylor, Caldier, Griffey, Gregerson, Condotta, Buys, and McCaslin; by request of Department of Agriculture
Changing cottage food operation provisions.
Changes the maximum annual gross sales amount of cottage food products to twenty-five thousand dollars.Allows the department of agriculture to increase that amount in rule.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1743
by Representatives Lytton, Pollet, Sells, Stanford, Kagi, Reykdal, and Tarleton
Concerning the acceptance of additional high school equivalency tests.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to identify at least one high school equivalency test option that: (1) Is low cost to the student;(2) Does not require computer proficiency; and(3) Is appropriate for students who have been in the workforce, need a high school diploma for employment reasons, have been incarcerated or in the military, have been removed from any academic environment for four years or more, or are not planning to pursue a college education.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1744
by Representative Appleton; by request of Department of Corrections
Modifying provisions governing inmate funds subject to deductions.
Exempts from certain deduction requirements, money received by the department of corrections on behalf of an inmate from family or other outside sources for the payment of certain medical expenses.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4206
by Representatives Orcutt, Hurst, G. Hunt, Vick, Wilson, Pike, Shea, Taylor, Hargrove, Condotta, Buys, and McCaslin
Placing restrictions on tax increases.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to place restrictions on tax increases.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5009-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Braun, and Conway)
Concerning self-service storage facilities.
Modifies provisions relating to notification requirements to occupants by the owner of a self-service storage facility.
| Jan 27 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5025-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Cleveland, and Benton)
Modifying the apportionment of quick title service fees collected by appointed subagents.
Addresses disbursement of quick title service fees collected by subagents appointed by the director of the department of licensing.
| Jan 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5078-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Darneille, and Warnick)
Funding recovery programs for persons with mental illness and chemical dependency disorders.
Requires twenty-two percent of the funds distributed to the basic health plan trust account from marijuana excise taxes and certain fees, penalties, and forfeitures from marijuana producer, processor, and retailer licenses to be used to fund evidence-based or research-based community interventions shown to promote recovery and reduce the need for inpatient hospitalization, involuntary commitment, or criminal justice involvement for persons with mental illness or persons with co-occurring mental illness and chemical dependency disorders.
| Jan 27 | HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5261-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Conway, Darneille, and Chase)
Concerning community policing at and around western state hospital.
Requires western state hospital to enter into a contract with the city in which it is located for the provision of community policing services at the hospital and in the surrounding areas.
| Jan 27 | HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5627
by Senators Bailey, Pearson, and Warnick
Concerning an exemption from discover pass requirements for off-road vehicles.
Exempts vehicles displaying a valid off-road vehicle decal from discover pass requirements at locations where off-road vehicle activity is allowed.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5628
by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Braun, Hobbs, Warnick, and Chase
Providing for storm water, flood control, and water supply infrastructure in the state.
Establishes the Washington waters act.Requires the department of ecology to administer the provisions of this act to significantly reduce risks to public health and safety, economy, and environmental vitality by evaluating, ranking, and funding projects that affect a broad geographic area and are consistent with: (1) Reducing storm water pollution from existing infrastructure and development;(2) Reducing the risk of flooding, protecting against damage caused by floods, and protecting or restoring naturally functioning areas where floods occur; and(3) Improving the availability and reliability of water supplies for instream and out-of-stream uses.Creates a statewide annual special benefit assessment to provide storm water, flood control, and water supply infrastructure throughout the state.Creates the water infrastructure account.Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5629
by Senators Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, and Darneille; by request of Department of Corrections
Awarding positive time credits toward the term of supervision for offenders who are meeting supervision expectations.
Authorizes certain offenders to earn positive time for good behavior and good performance, as determined by the department of corrections.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5630
by Senators Cleveland, Conway, Jayapal, Frockt, Keiser, Rolfes, Nelson, McCoy, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Darneille, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Habib, Billig, Fraser, Hatfield, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Ranker, and Liias
Enacting the equal pay opportunity act by amending and enhancing enforcement of the equal pay act and protecting worker communications about wages and employment opportunities.
Establishes the equal pay opportunity act.Updates the existing state equal pay act to address income disparities, employer discrimination, and retaliation practices.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5631
by Senators Hargrove, O'Ban, Darneille, Pearson, Ranker, Litzow, Rolfes, Jayapal, Liias, Frockt, Dansel, Hill, Fain, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Keiser, Angel, McAuliffe, and Conway
Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services.
Requires the department of social and health services to develop and maintain a plan for: (1) Delivering domestic violence victim services, prevention efforts, and access to emergency shelter across the state; and(2) Providing a statewide toll-free information and referral hotline or other statewide accessible information and referral service for victims of domestic violence.Increases funding for the domestic violence prevention account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5632
by Senators Hatfield and Chase; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account.
Increases revenue to the state wildlife account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5633
by Senators Conway, O'Ban, Hobbs, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Liias, McCoy, and Hatfield
Creating a coordinator for the helmets to hardhats program in the department of veterans affairs.
Requires the department of veterans affairs to establish procedures for coordinating with the federal helmets to hardhats program.Creates a coordinator for the program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5634
by Senators Conway, Rolfes, O'Ban, Hobbs, Dammeier, McCoy, Hatfield, and Chase
Exempting a widow or widower with gold star license plates from vehicle licensing fees for one motor vehicle.
Exempts a widow or widower recipient of a gold star license plate from annual vehicle registration fees and motor vehicle excise taxes for one personal use motor vehicle.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5635
by Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Uniform Law Commission
Enacting the uniform power of attorney act.
Repeals chapter 11.94 RCW (power of attorney).Establishes the uniform power of attorney act.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5636
by Senators Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Keiser, and McAuliffe
Establishing the GET ready for college program.
Creates the GET ready for college program.Requires the office of student financial assistance to pay for the fifty dollar enrollment fee and for one GET unit to open a GET account on behalf of: (1) A child born in this state after the effective date of this act; and(2) A child born after the effective date of this act, who subsequently moves to this state and enrolls in a public school, if one or both of the child's parents or legal guardians have maintained a bona fide domicile in this state for at least one year.Creates the GET ready for college account.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5637
by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Keiser, and McAuliffe
Creating a peer mentoring program.
Requires the six four-year institutions of higher education to: (1) Create and implement a peer mentoring program modeled after the pilot program launched in fall 2009 at Western Washington University; and(2) Working with the state board for community and technical colleges, identify one or more community or technical colleges with which to partner in the program.Revises the definition of "needy student," for purposes of the state work-study program, to include students in the peer mentoring program.Authorizes the office of student financial assistance to award grants to institutions participating in the peer mentoring program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5638
by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Keiser, and McAuliffe
Changing state need grant eligibility provisions.
Changes eligibility requirements for state need grants.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5639
by Senators Miloscia, Kohl-Welles, Pedersen, Chase, Billig, Hasegawa, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Darneille
Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
Eliminates the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5640
by Senator Ericksen
Concerning deficiency claims after auction of a private property vehicle impound.
Addresses deficiency claims of registered tow truck operators after auction of a private property vehicle impound.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5641
by Senators Braun and Hatfield
Concerning taxation of businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting.
Addresses business and occupation taxes for businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5642
by Senators Chase, Hill, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe
Requiring the student achievement council to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.
Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Develop a centralized program for grants for institutions for programs designed to develop training projects focused upon improvement of services to adult individuals with developmental disabilities; and(2) Administer the grant program in consultation with the department of health.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5643
by Senators O'Ban, Dammeier, and Darneille
Concerning firearms access by a person detained for involuntary mental health treatment.
Prevents access of a firearm by a person detained for involuntary mental health treatment.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5644
by Senators O'Ban, Dammeier, and Darneille
Concerning psychiatric boarding under the involuntary treatment act.
Modifies involuntary treatment act provisions relating to psychiatric boarding.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5645
by Senators Parlette, Cleveland, O'Ban, and Darneille
Concerning data reporting concerning the collection of data when a psychiatric patient meets detention criteria and no evaluation and treatment bed is available.
Requires a designated mental health professional to make a report to the department of social and health services when he or she determines an individual meets certain detention criteria and: (1) There are no beds available at an evaluation and treatment facility;(2) The individual has not been provisionally accepted for admission by a facility; and(3) The individual cannot be served on a single bed certification or less restrictive alternative.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5646
by Senators Baumgartner and Ericksen
Terminating the state route number 99 Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project.
Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Terminate the state route number 99 Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project construction contract upon the effective date of this act;(2) Exercise all legal remedies available to cease work on the construction of the deep bore tunnel; and(3) Begin researching construction options to replace or rebuild the viaduct that use the completed portions of the project at the north and south ends of the previous project to the greatest extent possible.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |