 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 14 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 30, 2015 | 19th Day - 2015 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2015.
HB 1105-S
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Ormsby, Sullivan, and Gregerson; by request of Governor Inslee)
Making 2015 supplemental operating appropriations.
Makes 2015 supplemental operating appropriations.
| Jan 28 | APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Jan 29 | Placed on second reading. | |
| 1st substitute bill substituted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
HB 1145-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored 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 meeting solely in the county seat of a participating county.Authorizes, under certain circumstances, two or more county legislative authorities to hold a joint special meeting at the county seat or other agreed upon location within the jurisdiction of a participating county.
| Jan 28 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1170-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored 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.
| Jan 28 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
HB 1793
by Representatives Lytton, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, and Morris
Working within the existing in-stream flow rules adopted by the department of ecology to provide a suite of tools, applicable to property owners located in areas with limited access to legal new water withdrawals, for alternative water procurement that does not result in a net loss to area surface waters.
Requires the governing body of each county and city, subject to certain limitations, to develop and adopt specific local ordinances outlining when and how alternative water systems may be used to satisfy potable water requirements.Requires the department of ecology to make information available to landowners, unable to rely on an approved water purveyor or on new, unmitigated withdrawals from surface or groundwaters to satisfy certain requirements, that provides both mitigation options and information on alternative water systems.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1794
by Representatives Sawyer, Walsh, Kagi, S. Hunt, and McBride; by request of Department of Early Learning
Concerning early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
Changes the name of the birth-to-six interagency coordinating council to the birth-to-three interagency coordinating council.Specifies that the department of early learning is the lead agency with regard to early intervention services.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1795
by Representatives Sullivan, Magendanz, Santos, Ortiz-Self, Haler, S. Hunt, Pettigrew, Stambaugh, Lytton, Reykdal, Pollet, and Muri
Concerning school-community learning assistance program action plans.
Requires school-community learning assistance program action plans detailing partnerships with community-based organizations to be submitted annually to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.Requires each school district using funds from the learning assistance program for certain purposes to coordinate with relevant local community-based organizations that provide educational or enhancement services to students eligible for the learning assistance program.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1796
by Representatives Reykdal, Nealey, Manweller, Sullivan, Stokesbary, Springer, Wilcox, Pettigrew, Fitzgibbon, and Condotta
Concerning taxation of businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting.
Addresses business and occupation taxes for businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1797
by Representatives Sawyer, Pollet, Goodman, and Walkinshaw
Addressing the publication of legal and other official notices.
Requires all legal and other official notices required by law that affect any right in real property to be published in a legal newspaper with general circulation to the address of the affected real property.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1798
by Representatives Takko, Griffey, and Haler
Eliminating the collection of anticipated taxes and assessments.
Eliminates the collection of anticipated taxes and assessments.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1799
by Representatives Nealey, Haler, Pike, and Takko
Concerning county electronic public auctions.
Authorizes a county treasurer to conduct a public auction sale by electronic media.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1800
by Representatives Hargrove, Kagi, and Walsh
Concerning filing a petition seeking termination of parental rights.
Requires a court to order that a petition seeking termination of a parent and child relationship be filed, if the court determines that: (1) The child has been in out-of-home care for at least twelve consecutive months following the filing of a dependency petition; and(2) The parents have been noncompliant with court-ordered services and have made no progress towards correcting parental deficiencies.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1801
by Representative Moeller
Concerning child support.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Consistent with the federal deficit reduction act of 2005, pass through certain amounts of child support collected on behalf of a family; and(2) Establish a gambling payment intercept program to require licensees to withhold payments from winning players who owe past due child support.Requires certain persons or entities doing business in the state to report to the state support registry the hiring of any independent contractor who resides or works in this state to whom the person or entity anticipates paying compensation.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1802
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Takko, and Springer
Concerning optional methods of financing long-range planning costs.
Addresses the costs to local governments of long-range planning.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1803
by Representatives S. Hunt and Holy; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning nonsubstantive updates and realignments of the statutory responsibilities of the office of financial management.
Makes nonsubstantive updates and realignments of the statutory responsibilities of the office of financial management.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1804
by Representatives Springer, Magendanz, Lytton, Muri, and Reykdal; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, professional growth plans in educator license renewals submitted through the eCert system in the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1805
by Representatives Magendanz and Manweller
Changing the definition of "school day."
Prohibits late start, early release of students, and partial days resulting in less than six instructional hours unless the release is for a full school day.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1806
by Representatives Van Werven, Bergquist, Holy, Appleton, Gregory, and S. Hunt
Correcting references to elections statutes.
Corrects references to elections statutes.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1807
by Representatives Condotta and Hurst
Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state.
Addresses license issuance fees for licensees who are holders of former state liquor store operating rights or owners of former contract liquor stores, and who are qualified as a small business.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1808
by Representatives Stanford, Manweller, Blake, Orcutt, Ryu, Zeiger, Moscoso, Harris, Appleton, Wilcox, Takko, Haler, Pollet, Kochmar, Ormsby, Holy, Vick, Fey, Sells, Dunshee, Hayes, Farrell, S. Hunt, Reykdal, and Van De Wege
Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees.
Requires the utilities and transportation commission to: (1) Regulate charter party carriers providing railroad crew transportation and contract crew hauling vehicles with respect to the safety of equipment, driver qualifications, insurance levels, and safety of operations;(2) Compile data regarding reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving passenger-carrying vehicles; and(3) Develop an inspection program for vehicles used to carry railroad employees.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1809
by Representatives Haler, Blake, Orcutt, S. Hunt, Harris, Takko, Walsh, Stanford, Muri, Moscoso, Holy, Pollet, Magendanz, Ryu, McCaslin, Appleton, Klippert, Fey, Johnson, Sells, Stokesbary, Vick, Young, Zeiger, Ormsby, Kochmar, Dunshee, Hayes, Farrell, Reykdal, Van De Wege, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, and Harmsworth
Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains.
Addresses crew sizes on trains carrying freight or passengers and on trains transporting hazardous materials.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1810
by Representatives Holy, S. Hunt, Manweller, Walkinshaw, Haler, Harris, Zeiger, Nealey, Smith, G. Hunt, Wylie, Shea, DeBolt, Rodne, and Johnson
Making ample provisions to support higher education.
Requires the first one-tenth of one cent of the state portion of the sales and use tax for each dollar on which the tax is applied to be dedicated to and used for funding a public system of higher education within the state.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1811
by Representatives Holy, Ormsby, Haler, Wylie, Zeiger, Scott, Shea, Kochmar, Condotta, Johnson, McCaslin, G. Hunt, and Rodne
Restricting bonuses and other incentives in higher education.
Prohibits compensation for the president or any chancellor of the University of Washington, Washington State University, The Evergreen State College, or the regional universities from including bonuses or other incentives that are more than twenty percent of their base salaries or that are awarded more than once in any four-year period.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1812
by Representatives Hansen, Magendanz, Hargrove, Haler, Zeiger, Carlyle, Tharinger, and Pollet
Creating an informational program to increase applications from high-achieving low-income high school students to selective institutions of higher education.
Requires the student achievement council to design and implement a program that provides customized information to high-achieving, low-income high school students with the purpose of increasing the number of applications from this group of students to four-year institutions of higher education and independent, nonprofit baccalaureate degree-granting institutions in the state.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1813
by Representatives Hansen, Magendanz, Reykdal, Muri, Tarleton, Zeiger, Lytton, Haler, Senn, Harmsworth, Tharinger, Young, Walkinshaw, Stanford, S. Hunt, and Pollet
Expanding computer science education.
Creates the computer science and education grant program to address Washington's shortage of computer science professionals.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to adopt computer science learning standards developed by a nationally recognized computer science education organization.Requires the professional educator standards board to develop standards for a K-12 computer science endorsement.Changes the name of the retooling to teach mathematics and science conditional scholarship program to the educator retooling conditional scholarship program and modifies the program.Creates the computer science and education grant matching account.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1814
by Representatives Tarleton, Haler, Hargrove, Van Werven, Sells, Zeiger, and Reykdal
Creating the certified public accounting scholarship program.
Creates the certified public accounting scholarship program to increase the number of students pursuing the certified public accounting license in the state.Creates the certified public accounting scholarship transfer account.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1815
by Representatives Wylie, Harris, Takko, Moeller, and Ryu
Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.
Modifies the practices and procedures of local government treasuries.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1816
by Representatives Wilson, Wylie, Pike, Moeller, Griffey, Caldier, Stokesbary, Van Werven, Scott, Shea, and Vick
Adding responsibilities to the duties of the joint administrative rules review committee.
Requires the joint administrative rules review committee to review a rule: (1) Upon receipt of a petition for review signed by at least fifteen members of the legislature;(2) If the rule has an economic impact of ten million dollars or more; or(3) Upon receipt of a petition for review signed by five or more local governments representing collectively fifty thousand or more residents.Subjects the following agency actions to selective review by the joint administrative rules review committee: (1) A water quality general permit or individual wastewater discharge permit issued by the department of ecology under chapter 90.48 RCW (water pollution control) or pursuant to the federal clean water act;(2) Certain permits issued by the department of ecology;(3) The use by the department of ecology of advisory materials or guidelines issued pursuant to the shoreline management act in the review of a local shoreline master program; and(4) The use by the department of commerce of advisory materials or guidelines issued pursuant to the growth management act regarding the local designation of a critical area.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1817
by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Holy, Scott, Griffey, Reykdal, and Condotta
Providing liability immunity for local jurisdictions when wheeled all-terrain vehicles are operated on public roadways.
Provides immunity from liability to local jurisdictions when wheeled all-terrain vehicles are operated on public roadways.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1818
by Representatives Shea, McCaslin, Taylor, Haler, Klippert, and Schmick
Creating a task force to determine the impacts of adjusting the boundary lines of Washington to create two new states with one state east and one state west of the Cascade mountain range.
Creates a legislative task force on state boundaries to determine: (1) The legal and political processes of making boundary line changes necessary to create two new states from the territories of this state, with one state east of the Cascade mountain range and one state west of the Cascade mountain range; and(2) The various impacts of creating the two new states based on the assumption that their creation would occur.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1819
by Representatives Wilson, Griffey, Dent, Van Werven, Caldier, Pike, Shea, Vick, Harmsworth, and Condotta
Concerning appointments to inspect the books of account of a political committee or a candidate committee.
Requires a person wishing to inspect the books of account of a political committee or a candidate committee to: (1) Provide the treasurer with his or her name and telephone number; and(2) Show photo identification before the inspection begins.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1820
by Representatives Reykdal, Zeiger, Senn, Haler, Riccelli, Bergquist, Kagi, Wilcox, Pollet, Walkinshaw, McBride, Stambaugh, Muri, Harmsworth, Springer, Stanford, Tharinger, and Goodman
Requiring the department of social and health services to request all necessary exemptions and waivers from the federal government to allow students to use electronic benefit transfer cards at institutions of higher education.
Requires the department of social and health services, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges and the student achievement council, to seek all necessary exemptions and waivers from and amendments to federal statutes, rules, and regulations to authorize the state's public and private institutions of higher education to accept supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in the form of an electronic benefit transfer card at the institutions' on-campus food retail establishments.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1821
by Representatives Sullivan, Manweller, Condotta, Orwall, Blake, Fitzgibbon, and Gregerson
Addressing industrial insurance requirements and options for owners and lessees of for hire vehicles, limousines, and taxicabs.
Exempts from mandatory industrial insurance, for hire vehicle operators who own or lease the for hire vehicle, chauffeurs who own or lease the limousine, and operators of taxicabs who own or lease the taxicab.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1822
by Representatives Farrell, Orcutt, Fey, Fitzgibbon, and Moscoso
Extending and modifying the commute trip reduction tax credit.
Modifies commute trip reduction tax credit provisions.Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of the commute trip reduction tax credit.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1823
by Representatives Nealey, Springer, Chandler, Blake, Buys, Lytton, Walsh, Orcutt, Dent, Schmick, and Condotta; by request of Office of Financial Management
Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for food processing.
Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of tax preferences for food processing.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1824
by Representatives Takko, Johnson, Van De Wege, Fitzgibbon, Kochmar, Ryu, Goodman, and McBride
Promoting fire safety with long-life smoke detection devices.
Requires smoke alarms that are solely battery powered to contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery capable of powering the smoke alarm for a minimum of ten years.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1825
by Representatives Kilduff, Muri, Gregory, Haler, Riccelli, Walkinshaw, Zeiger, and McBride; by request of Governor Inslee
Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.
Revises the definition of "resident student," for purposes of chapter 28B.15 RCW (college and university fees), to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1826
by Representatives Johnson and Blake
Creating flexibility in the state's recreational fee-for-access programs to better accommodate families that recreate with multiple vehicles.
Allows a discover pass or a vehicle access pass to be displayed on only one of two vehicles when both vehicles listed on either pass are simultaneously accessing the same recreational site or recreational land.Requires the family discover pass to be available for purchase by January 1, 2016.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1827
by Representatives Haler, Manweller, and Harmsworth
Providing an exemption for nonprofit entities from LEED standards for major facility projects funded by the state capital budget.
Exempts entities, that have filed under the Washington nonprofit corporation act, from LEED standards for major facility projects funded by the state capital budget.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1828
by Representatives Haler and Hayes
Concerning a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire individuals with developmental disabilities.
Provides a business and occupation tax credit equal to one thousand dollars per calendar year for each full-time employment position filled by an individual with a developmental disability.Expires July 1, 2020.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1829
by Representatives Goodman and Rodne
Establishing an honest belief requirement for adverse possession claims.
Establishes an honest belief requirement for adverse possession claims.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5112-S
by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored 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.
| Jan 28 | TRED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Jan 29 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5156-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Warnick, and Conway)
Concerning the disclosure of information regarding elevators and other conveyances in certain real estate transactions.
Revises the real estate seller's disclosure form to include residential and incline elevators, stairway chair lifts, and wheelchair lifts.
| Jan 29 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5230-S
by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Chase, Angel, Benton, Rivers, Schoesler, Bailey, Parlette, Becker, Warnick, and Dammeier)
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 provides businesses with the latitude to invest their business and occupation tax back into their business or to locate a business in the state.Provides a business and occupation tax credit for a portion of the costs incurred by a person for the construction of a qualified industrial facility.
| Jan 28 | TRED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Jan 29 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5234-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Dansel, Dammeier, Becker, Schoesler, Honeyford, and Conway)
Regarding miniature hobby boilers.
Exempts certain miniature hobby boilers from the requirements of chapter 70.79 RCW (boilers and unfired pressure vessels).
| Jan 29 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5267-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Habib, Roach, Liias, Pearson, Keiser, Mullet, and Chase; by request of Secretary of State)
Ordering development of processes to allow prerecorded video testimony and written testimony on pending legislation.
Establishes the accessible legislative testimony act.Requires the legislature and legislative agencies, through the joint legislative systems committee, to develop processes for both mobile devices and computers to allow the public to provide testimony on pending legislation through prerecorded videos and written statements.
| Jan 28 | GOSS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 29 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5684
by Senators Nelson, Hargrove, McCoy, Miloscia, Rolfes, Ranker, Fraser, Mullet, Habib, Billig, Frockt, Darneille, Liias, Hasegawa, Keiser, Cleveland, Conway, Jayapal, and McAuliffe
Concerning flame retardants.
Prohibits the sale, distribution, or manufacturing of children's products or residential upholstered furniture containing certain flame retardants.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5685
by Senators Padden, Bailey, Sheldon, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Concerning the election of supreme court justices by district.
Requires the secretary of state, in cooperation with the chief justice, to assign by lot: (1) Each supreme court judicial position to be filled in November 2016 to a judicial district; and(2) Each judicial position to be filled in November 2018 and in November 2020 to a supreme court judicial district.Takes effect January 1, 2016, if the proposed amendment to Article IV, section 3 of the state Constitution, providing for the election of supreme court justices from judicial districts, is approved by the voters at the next general election.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5686
by Senators Padden, Miloscia, Rivers, Dansel, Dammeier, Becker, Schoesler, Braun, Litzow, Warnick, and Honeyford
Addressing adjudicative proceedings involving a state agency that is also a party to the proceeding.
Requires an administrative law judge to preside over a hearing or an adjudicative proceeding when a statute or rule provides for a state agency to conduct or preside over the hearing or adjudicative proceeding and that state agency is also a party to the hearing or proceeding.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5687
by Senators Hargrove, Miloscia, Dammeier, Parlette, Braun, Honeyford, Darneille, Warnick, and McAuliffe
Concerning standards for detention of persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency.
Modifies detention standards for persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5688
by Senators Litzow, Rolfes, McAuliffe, Fain, Hill, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, Billig, Darneille, Jayapal, and Frockt
Providing students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group to recommend comprehensive social emotional learning benchmarks for grades kindergarten through high school.Requires educational service districts to develop and maintain the capacity to serve as a convener, trainer, and mentor for educators and other school district staff on social emotional learning.Authorizes school districts to use specific funding to develop and update school specific action plans to implement multitiered systems of support frameworks and curriculum aligned with the frameworks.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5689
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Dammeier, Frockt, Jayapal, and McAuliffe
Concerning the scope and costs of the diabetes epidemic in Washington.
Requires the state health care authority, the department of social and health services, and the department of health to collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to: (1) Reduce the incidence of diabetes in the state;(2) Improve diabetes care; and(3) Control complications associated with diabetes.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5690
by Senators Dammeier, Billig, Litzow, Rolfes, McCoy, Rivers, Hill, Fain, Cleveland, Hasegawa, Fraser, and McAuliffe
Concerning school-community learning assistance program action plans.
Requires school-community learning assistance program action plans detailing partnerships with community-based organizations to be submitted annually to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.Requires each school district using funds from the learning assistance program for certain purposes to coordinate with relevant local community-based organizations that provide educational or enhancement services to students eligible for the learning assistance program.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5691
by Senators Rolfes, Keiser, Nelson, Darneille, Hasegawa, Conway, and McAuliffe
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 grow with inflation.Requires the department of revenue to annually: (1) Update the income thresholds; and(2) Publish the updated income thresholds by January 1st of each year.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5692
by Senators Hargrove and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Addressing permanency plans of care for dependent children.
Modifies permanency plan provisions relating to: (1) A permanency plan of care for a child who is between the age of sixteen and eighteen years; and(2) Planned permanent living arrangements.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5693
by Senators Miloscia, Darneille, Fraser, and O'Ban; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Authorizing the department of social and health services special commitment center to seek eligibility and reimbursement for health care costs covered by federal medicare, medicaid, and veterans health benefits.
Authorizes the secretary of the department of social and health services to act on behalf of a civilly committed resident for the purposes of applying for medicare and medicaid benefits, veterans' health benefits, or other health care benefits or reimbursement available as a result of participation in a health care exchange as defined by the affordable care act.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5694
by Senators Padden, Baumgartner, and Billig
Allowing assessments for nuisance abatement in cities and towns.
Requires a city, town, or code city, that exercises its authority to abate a nuisance which threatens health or safety, to provide prior notice, sent by regular mail, to the property owner that abatement is pending and a special assessment may be levied on the property for the expense of abatement.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5695
by Senators Rivers, Liias, Mullet, and Darneille
Addressing health insurance coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs.
Requires health plans that include coverage for prescription drugs to also provide coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs as preferred drugs on their formulary, preferred drug list, or other lists of similar construct.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5696
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Dammeier, Hobbs, O'Ban, Pearson, Parlette, Chase, Rivers, Angel, Conway, Hasegawa, Roach, Pedersen, Miloscia, Cleveland, McCoy, Liias, Billig, Keiser, Benton, and Jayapal
Concerning hours of service for certain railroad employees.
Regulates the hours of service for yardmasters.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5697
by Senators Parlette, Rivers, Liias, Conway, Pearson, Angel, Hatfield, Billig, Roach, Hasegawa, Pedersen, Hobbs, Warnick, Miloscia, McCoy, Bailey, Cleveland, Chase, Rolfes, Benton, Keiser, O'Ban, Jayapal, and Frockt
Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains.
Addresses crew sizes on trains carrying freight or passengers and on trains transporting hazardous materials.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5698
by Senators Hewitt, Hatfield, Schoesler, and Warnick; by request of Office of Financial Management
Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for food processing.
Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of tax preferences for food processing.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5699
by Senators Nelson, Darneille, Hasegawa, Keiser, Conway, and McAuliffe; by request of Office of Financial Management
Enacting an excise tax on capital gains to improve the fairness of Washington's tax system and provide funding for the education legacy trust account.
Provides funding for the education legacy trust account.Imposes a tax on individuals for the privilege of: (1) Selling or exchanging long-term capital assets; or(2) Receiving Washington capital gains.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5700
by Senators Hargrove, Hatfield, Conway, and Warnick; by request of Office of Financial Management
Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.
Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.Provides a forest derived biomass credit to encourage the harvesting, collection, and use of forest derived biomass.Increases investments in energy efficiency and conservation programs and supports efforts by utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy conservation as required under state law.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5701
by Senators Warnick, Hargrove, and Conway; by request of Office of Financial Management
Creating a business and occupation tax credit for advanced composite manufacturing and wholesaling.
Provides a business and occupation tax credit on the manufacturing and wholesale sales of carbon fiber, carbon fiber composites, or carbon fiber composite products.Expires July 1, 2020.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5702
by Senators Hobbs, Pearson, McCoy, Bailey, McAuliffe, Liias, and Chase
Concerning the taxation of wax and ceramic materials used to make molds.
Provides permanent tax relief for wax and ceramic materials used to create molds during the process of creating ferrous and nonferrous investment castings used in industrial applications.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5703
by Senators Hobbs, Billig, Miloscia, Mullet, Conway, Dansel, Roach, Chase, Hargrove, Keiser, Fraser, Jayapal, Frockt, Pearson, Liias, Hatfield, and Ranker
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 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5704
by Senators Billig, Benton, Fain, Liias, Hobbs, and Mullet
Establishing a sampling program to determine proof of financial responsibility to operate a motor vehicle.
Requires the insurance commissioner to establish a random sampling program to determine if registered vehicle owners meet financial responsibility requirements to operate a vehicle.Requires the department of licensing to provide information and support as deemed necessary by the insurance commissioner.Creates the financial responsibility education account.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5705
by Senators Ericksen, Sheldon, Pearson, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, and Padden
Establishing a mineral prospecting and mining advisory committee.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission to establish and maintain an advisory committee to represent the interests of mineral prospectors and miners to the commission and the department of fish and wildlife on matters including but not limited to: (1) Issues relating to individual hydraulic project approval permit processing;(2) Relevant rules and proposed rule changes under chapter 77.55 RCW (construction projects in state waters); and(3) The gold and fish pamphlet.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5706
by Senators Ericksen, Becker, Sheldon, Bailey, Baumgartner, Brown, Pearson, Warnick, and Padden
Extending the property tax exemption for certain nonprofit fair associations.
Extends, until 2024, the property tax exemption for certain nonprofit fair associations.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5707
by Senators Ericksen, Baumgartner, Bailey, Warnick, and Padden
Exempting cities with a population of ten thousand or less from prevailing wage requirements.
Exempts from prevailing wage requirements, public works or public building service maintenance contracts of any city with a population of ten thousand or less.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5708
by Senators Ericksen, Bailey, Sheldon, Becker, Baumgartner, Brown, Pearson, Warnick, and Padden
Concerning the taxation of certain rented property owned by nonprofit fair associations.
Revises the definition of "leasehold interest," for purposes of chapter 82.29A RCW (leasehold excise taxes), to include portions of property owned by a nonprofit fair association exempt from property taxes but rented for periods of fifty days or more.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5709
by Senator Keiser; 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 29 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5710
by Senators Fain, Habib, Roach, Jayapal, Hobbs, Hasegawa, and Conway
Addressing industrial insurance requirements and options for owners and lessees of for hire vehicles, limousines, and taxicabs.
Exempts from mandatory industrial insurance, for hire vehicle operators who own or lease the for hire vehicle, chauffeurs who own or lease the limousine, and operators of taxicabs who own or lease the taxicab.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5711
by Senators Rivers, Conway, and Braun
Providing a comprehensive spirits sales tax reduction for all consumers in both on-premise and off-premise settings.
Provides a comprehensive spirits sales tax reduction for consumers in on-premise and off-premise settings.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5712
by Senator Pearson
Addressing certain damage caused by wildlife.
Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife from taking any wildlife management action that is likely to result in the increase of a species in an area of the state where that species has caused damage to commercial crops or livestock until the fish and wildlife commission makes a finding that certain conditions have been met.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5713
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Jayapal, Keiser, Darneille, Chase, Rolfes, Billig, and Frockt
Concerning legal financial obligations.
Addresses legal financial obligations.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5714
by Senators Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Roach, Chase, Darneille, Hasegawa, Benton, Keiser, and Rolfes
Concerning technology-enhanced government surveillance.
Prohibits a state agency or state organization, having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations, from purchasing an extraordinary sensing device unless money is expressly appropriated by the legislature for this specific purpose.Prohibits a local agency, having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations, from procuring an extraordinary sensing device without the explicit approval of the governing body of the locality, given for that specific extraordinary sensing device to be used for a specific purpose.Requires the department of enterprise services to convene a work group to submit a report to the legislature proposing standards for the use of extraordinary sensing devices for regulatory enforcement purposes.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5715
by Senators Fain, Pedersen, Braun, and Angel
Including the contents of fiscal impact statements in the ballot title for certain initiative measures.
Authorizes the ballot title for an initiative to the people or the legislature, for which the legislature has not proposed an alternative, to also consist of a short statement of the findings of the fiscal impact statement.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SJM 8008
by Senators Hobbs, Roach, Conway, Miloscia, Hatfield, King, Bailey, Keiser, Billig, Padden, Mullet, Ericksen, Frockt, Fraser, and McAuliffe
Calling for a National Guard Stryker Brigade stationed on the west coast.
Calls for a National Guard Stryker Brigade stationed on the west coast.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SJM 8009
by Senators Baumgartner, Brown, Honeyford, Angel, Benton, Schoesler, Parlette, Miloscia, Becker, Ericksen, Bailey, Warnick, Braun, Padden, Hewitt, and Dammeier
Promoting the competitiveness of Washington state ports.
Promotes the competitiveness of Washington state ports.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SJR 8205
by Senators Padden, Bailey, Sheldon, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Amending the state Constitution so that justices of the supreme court are elected by qualified electors of a supreme court judicial district.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution so that justices of the supreme court are elected by qualified electors of a supreme court judicial district.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SCR 8401
by Senators Schoesler, Nelson, Hasegawa, and McAuliffe
Honoring former members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington who have passed from this life.
Honors former members of the senate and the house of representatives who have passed from this life.
| Jan 29 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | |
SCR 8402
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, and Liias
Establishing the Washington state commission on the evaluation of the legislature.
Creates the state commission on the evaluation of the legislature.
| Jan 29 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |