 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 31 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | 44th 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 1270-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Buys, Blake, and Haler)
Increasing salmon populations in Washington through the implementation of a new fish hatchery management structure that is modeled on the proven, successful structure utilized by the state of Alaska for the past forty years.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to issue one permit to a qualified regional aquaculture association based in a county that borders both Canada and the Puget Sound to construct and operate individual salmon hatcheries.
| Feb 19 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1323-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Sawyer, S. Hunt, and Pollet)
Repealing advisory votes.
Eliminates advisory votes.
| Feb 19 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1331-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Muri, Reykdal, Magendanz, Springer, Fagan, S. Hunt, Klippert, and Wylie)
Concerning school library and technology programs.
Changes the name of "the school-library media program" to "the school library information and technology program."Expands the duties of the program and the teacher-librarian.
| Feb 19 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1345-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Magendanz, and Bergquist)
Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning.
Adopts a statewide definition of effective professional learning.Directs public schools and school districts to establish targeted, sustained, relevant professional learning opportunities that meet the definition and are aligned to state and district goals.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 19 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1390-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Holy, Jinkins, Kagi, Moscoso, Ormsby, and Pollet)
Concerning legal financial obligations.
Addresses legal financial obligations.
| Feb 19 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1420-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Wilcox, Springer, Magendanz, G. Hunt, Muri, Kirby, Takko, Kilduff, and Hargrove)
Establishing a legislative task force on school siting.
Creates the legislative task force on school siting and requires the task force to review the issue of siting schools outside of urban growth areas.Expires January 1, 2016.
| Feb 18 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1424-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, Jinkins, Gregerson, Goodman, Santos, Fey, and Sawyer)
Concerning suicide prevention.
Requires the department of health to adopt rules establishing minimum standards for the suicide assessment, treatment, and management training programs, including content specific to veterans and the assessment of issues related to imminent harm via lethal means or self-injurious behaviors.Exempts certified registered nurse anesthetists from the training programs.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1445-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal and Magendanz)
Using computer sciences to satisfy world language college admission requirements.
Requires the student achievement council, in collaboration with an organization that represents the public four-year institutions of higher education to facilitate a dialogue with state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College on the curriculum, courses, and course sequencing necessary in the K-12 secondary schools to allow two years of computer sciences to count as two years of world languages for the purposes of admission into a four-year institution of higher education.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct a study to assess the implication of adding ten minutes of instruction to the school day for grades one through eight for the purpose of learning a world language other than English.Expires July 1, 2018.
| Feb 18 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1514-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Manweller, and Cody)
Concerning dental office support services.
Prohibits an entity or person from having an equity interest or investment in a dental practice operating in this state, unless he or she is a licensed dentist.Authorizes an entity or person not licensed as a dentist to provide ordinary consulting and clerical services to a dentist under certain circumstances.Imposes requirements on contracts between a licensed dentist, professional corporation, or professional limited liability company with an individual, association, partnership, or other entity not owned entirely by one or more licensed dentists.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1540-S
by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Pettigrew, Condotta, Stanford, Lytton, Short, Sawyer, S. Hunt, Hurst, Moscoso, and Wylie)
Concerning tribal timber harvest excise tax agreements.
Authorizes the governor to enter into a tribal timber harvest excise tax agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Nation.
| Feb 17 | CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Finance. | |
HB 1556-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Hargrove, Walkinshaw, Zeiger, Pollet, Van Werven, Bergquist, Ortiz-Self, and Parker)
Strengthening the Washington advanced college tuition payment program by setting new requirements on the purchase and use of tuition units.
Allows purchasers to buy more tuition units per beneficiary and allows beneficiaries to use more units per year to strengthen the advanced college tuition payment program.
| Feb 18 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1669-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Riccelli, Harris, Cody, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Jinkins, Sawyer, Moeller, and S. Hunt)
Establishing a task force on continuity of health coverage and care.
Creates the task force on continuity of health coverage and care.Requires the governor to convene the initial meeting of the task force.Requires the office of financial management to contract for a study of the affordability and availability of health care coverage to be completed by March 1, 2016, and submitted to the governor, the legislature, and the task force.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1730-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby and Vick)
Concerning the handling of earnest money.
Addresses the requirements of a holder of earnest money.
| Feb 18 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1745-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Bergquist, S. Hunt, Haler, Orwall, Sawyer, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Appleton, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Fey, Jinkins, Wylie, Goodman, Ormsby, Farrell, Riccelli, Sells, Hudgins, Lytton, McBride, and Santos)
Enacting the Washington voting rights act.
Establishes the Washington voting rights act of 2015 to: (1) Authorize district-based elections;(2) Require redistricting and new elections in certain circumstances; and(3) Establish a cause of action to redress lack of voter opportunity.
| Feb 18 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1760-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Magendanz, Orwall, Stambaugh, Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Sells, Tharinger, Reykdal, Jinkins, Muri, Goodman, Riccelli, Robinson, Pollet, McBride, and Santos)
Providing students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group to recommend comprehensive benchmarks for developmentally appropriate interpersonal and decision-making knowledge and skills of social and emotional learning 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 and emotional learning.
| Feb 17 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1761-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford, Vick, Kirby, Parker, Ryu, G. Hunt, Blake, Santos, and Hurst)
Addressing insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents activities with customers and potential customers.
Addresses inducements by insurance producers, insurers, and title insurance agents.
| Feb 18 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1762-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Riccelli, Schmick, Jinkins, Harris, Cody, Van De Wege, Robinson, and Tharinger)
Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.
Addresses relationships between health insurers and contracting health care providers.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1763-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Lytton, Riccelli, and Tharinger)
Regulating music licensing agencies.
Regulates music licensing agencies.Requires the department of licensing, in collaboration with the office of the attorney general, to conduct a consumer alert campaign to inform business proprietors of their rights and responsibilities regarding the public performance of copyrighted music.
| Feb 18 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1780-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Jinkins, S. Hunt, Appleton, Haler, MacEwen, Farrell, Harris, Tarleton, Fey, Pollet, Riccelli, and Sells)
Regulating interpreter services.
Authorizes the department of social and health services and the state health care authority to purchase interpreter services on behalf of limited-English speaking applicants and recipients of public assistance.Authorizes the department of labor and industries to purchase interpreter services for medical and vocational providers authorized to provide services to limited-English speaking injured workers or crime victims.Requires the department of enterprise services to develop and implement a model that all state agencies must use to procure spoken language interpreter services by purchasing directly from language access providers or through contracts with scheduling and coordinating entities, or both.Authorizes the department of social and health services, the state health care authority, and the department of labor and industries to procure interpreters through the department of enterprise services if the demand for spoken language interpreters cannot be met through their respective contracts.
| Feb 18 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1814-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 18 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1815-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Wylie, Harris, Takko, Moeller, and Ryu)
Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.
Modifies local government treasury provisions with regard to: (1) Acceptance of electronic payments;(2) Transaction processing costs; and(3) Loss or destruction of a warrant.
| Feb 18 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1825-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 18 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1852-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Caldier, Jinkins, Young, Moeller, Short, Manweller, Hayes, Riccelli, Cody, and Tharinger)
Addressing the pediatric oral services essential health benefit category.
Requires health plans that offer pediatric oral services to pay for pediatric oral services classified as diagnostic and preventive in the American dental association's code on dental procedures and nomenclature before the health plan's deductible is reached, unless prohibited by federal law and guidance.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1879-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Cody, Harris, Orwall, Tarleton, and Ormsby)
Directing the health care authority to issue a request for proposals for integrated managed health and behavioral health services for foster children.
Requires the state health care authority to issue a request for proposals to provide integrated managed health and behavioral health care for foster children receiving care through the medical assistance program.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1893-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Haler, Moscoso, Zeiger, Pollet, S. Hunt, Appleton, Riccelli, Tarleton, Ormsby, and Bergquist)
Increasing transparency in community and technical colleges by requiring certain budget detail to be available online.
Requires each community and technical college to: (1) Within thirty days of adopting its annual college budget, post on its web site the budgeted and nonbudgeted revenues and anticipated expenditures for all nonstate, nonappropriated funds and all other nonappropriated accounts; and(2) Within thirty days after fiscal closing, post on its web site the ending fund balances for all nonstate, nonappropriated funds and accounts from the previous fiscal year.
| Feb 18 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1896-S
by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Smith, Hudgins, Tarleton, and Young)
Providing a statewide minimum privacy policy for disclosure of customer energy use information.
Prohibits an electric utility from disclosing or selling private or proprietary customer information for the purposes of marketing services or product offerings to a retail electric customer who does not already subscribe to that service or product, unless the electric utility has first obtained the customer's written or electronic permission to do so.Prohibits an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization or commercial entity from capturing private or proprietary customer information for a commercial purpose unless the customer is informed before capturing the information and the customer's written or electronic permission to capture the information has been received.
| Feb 18 | TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1911-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Tarleton)
Authorizing municipalities to create assessment reimbursement areas for the construction or improvement of water or sewer facilities.
Revises the municipal water and sewer facilities act to authorize a municipality, as an alternative to certain procedures for financing the construction or improvement of water or sewer facilities, to: (1) Create an assessment reimbursement area on its own initiative, without the participation of a private property owner;(2) Finance all of the costs associated with the construction or improvement; and(3) Become the sole beneficiary of reimbursements.
| Feb 18 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1919-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representative S. Hunt)
Clarifying the timing of special elections.
Clarifies special election timing.
| Feb 18 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1923-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Zeiger, Bergquist, Kirby, Haler, Hargrove, and Parker)
Regulating income share agreements.
Provides for income share agreements which are an alternative to loans and would allow an individual to receive funds to pay for higher education or workforce development in exchange for a certain percentage of his or her income over a fixed period of time.
| Feb 18 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1932-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Caldier, Carlyle, Gregerson, and Ryu)
Concerning medication management for youth.
Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Require a second opinion review from an expert in psychiatry for all prescriptions of one or more antipsychotic medications of all children under eighteen years of age in the foster care system; and(2) Require all managed health care systems to develop and maintain a list of evidence-based treatments and other behavioral health resources under contract with the managed health care system.
| Feb 18 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 2131-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representative Kirby)
Regulating insurance for providers of commercial transportation services.
Establishes the insurance for providers of commercial transportation services act.Requires personal vehicles, before being used to provide commercial transportation services, to be covered by a primary automobile insurance policy that specifically covers commercial transportation services.
| Feb 18 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 2167
by Representatives Scott, Sells, Shea, Taylor, G. Hunt, Takko, and Pollet
Giving parents and guardians an unrestricted right to excuse their children from taking statewide assessments.
Gives parents and guardians an unrestricted right to excuse their children from taking statewide assessments.
| Feb 23 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5041-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Fain, and Dammeier)
Concerning sexual exploitation.
Changes the name of the crime of patronizing a prostitute to sexual exploitation.Provides law enforcement with the ability to seize and forfeit the property of buyers of sex who use that property to commit the crime of sexual exploitation.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5044-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Ericksen, and Hewitt)
Concerning mitigation measures for shoreline development.
Requires each master program provided in the shoreline management act to provide that: (1) An applicant for a proposed development may not be required to mitigate for environmental impacts that are not a direct result of the proposed development;(2) Environmental mitigation applied to a proposed development must be limited to mitigation measures that are proportional in scope to the environmental impacts that are a direct result of the proposed development; and(3) The local government administering and enforcing the permit system is responsible for demonstrating that mitigation measures applied to a proposed development satisfies certain master program provisions and must establish a process by which it may consult with federal agencies that require environmental mitigation for a proposed development.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5056-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen and Chase)
Concerning the use of chemical action plans.
Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Complete and publish a chemical action plan for any flame retardant identified as a chemical of high concern for children within two years of the adoption of the rule that identifies that flame retardant;(2) Select substances that impact state water bodies, as identified by the United States environmental protection agency in the clean water act, for development of a chemical action plan;(3) In consultation with the department of health, complete and publish a chemical action plan for two substances to identify, characterize, and evaluate uses and releases of the substances in the state, the levels of the substances present in the environment, and the levels of the substances present in state water bodies; and(4) Create an external advisory committee for each chemical action plan developed to provide stakeholder input, expertise, and additional information.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5084-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Frockt, Conway, Keiser, and Mullet; by request of Governor Inslee)
Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information.
Modifies statewide all-payer health care claims database provisions to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing certain definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information.
| Feb 20 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5113-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Brown)
Requiring the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs.
Requires the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5115-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Brown)
Studying the siting of small modular reactors in Washington.
Requires the energy facility site evaluation council to: (1) Study matters relating to the siting of small modular reactors in the state; and(2) Consult with the military department, the department of ecology, and the department of health to review the permitting responsibilities of those agencies as they may relate to siting small modular reactors.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5149-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Bailey, and Parlette)
Concerning certificates of need appeals process.
Provides that any person other than the certificate of need applicant or recipient, including a health care facility or health maintenance organization, that has the right to an adjudicative proceeding under the administrative procedure act to contest the department of health's granting of a certificate of need application or other department authorization is, in the event that a final decision is rendered in favor of the certificate of need applicant or recipient, required to pay reasonable attorneys' fees and documented costs including any costs borne by the applicant or recipient associated with a delay of services or construction and any department costs and attorneys' fees associated with the appeal.
| Feb 20 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5167-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senator O'Ban)
Concerning the local option prohibition on the sale of liquor.
Addresses territory annexed into a city after passage of a liquor prohibition by that city.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5189-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Benton and Angel)
Concerning eminent domain.
Prohibits private property from being taken or damaged for public or private use that is to be transferred for use or possession by a governmental agency of another state.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5248-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Conway, Rivers, Keiser, Warnick, Kohl-Welles, King, and Braun)
Concerning performance of personal services by liquor industry members to retailers.
Authorizes the performance of certain personal services offered by a distiller, importer, manufacturer of spirits, or spirits importer to retailers.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5256-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Darneille, Rolfes, and Chase)
Requiring reasonable suspicion before allowing strip searches of juveniles in juvenile detention facilities.
Requires reasonable suspicion before allowing a strip search of a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility.
| Feb 20 | HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5274-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, and Hewitt)
Revising the responsibilities of the joint administrative rules review committee.
Changes the duties of the joint administrative rules review committee relating to administrative rules.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5280-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Braun, and Warnick)
Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees.
Authorizes certain grocery store licensees, upon approval by the state liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer and cider in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided by the licensee or manufacturer, and filled at the tap by the licensee at the time of sale.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5292-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Billig, Hasegawa, and Benton)
Protecting children and youth from powdered alcohol.
Ensures the use, purchase, sale, and possession of powdered alcohol is treated in the same manner as other liquors.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 5309-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Liias, Dansel, McCoy, Pearson, Keiser, and Benton; by request of Public Disclosure Commission)
Improving efficiency of public disclosure commission operations and requirements.
Changes the duties of the public disclosure commission with regard to improving the efficiency of the operations and requirements.
| Feb 20 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5321-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Mullet, Hobbs, Angel, and Fain)
Concerning licensure of persons providing debt settlement services.
Establishes the debt settlement services act.
| Feb 19 | FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5346-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Mullet, Darneille, Liias, Conway, McAuliffe, Keiser, and Chase)
Providing first responders with contact information for subscribers of personal emergency response services during an emergency.
Requires employees of companies providing personal emergency response services, when requested by first responders during an emergency, to provide the name, address, and other information necessary for first responders to contact their subscribers within the jurisdiction of the emergency.
| Feb 20 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5353-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senator Angel)
Concerning marketing opportunities for spirits produced in Washington by craft and general licensed distilleries.
Authorizes certain distilleries to: (1) Serve spirit samples of their own production that are adulterated with water and/or ice;(2) Apply to the state liquor control board for an endorsement to sell spirits of its own production at retail for off-premises consumption at a qualifying farmers market; and(3) Accept orders for spirits from customers and deliver spirits to customers if certain conditions are met.Authorizes the state liquor control board to issue special permits to certain distilleries for an event not open to the general public, including at the licensed premises of the applying distillery, for the purpose of tasting and selling spirits of its own production.Authorizes licensed retailers to sell gift certificates and gift cards intended to be exchanged for consumer goods, including alcohol, produced and sold by the licensee.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5381-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Billig, Frockt, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, Liias, Nelson, Fraser, Cleveland, McCoy, and McAuliffe)
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.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 5398-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers and Hasegawa; by request of Liquor Control Board)
Concerning marijuana, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products in public.
Addresses consuming or opening a package containing marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, or marijuana concentrate in view of the general public or in a public place.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5417-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Mullet, Dansel, Cleveland, Hatfield, and Hill)
Concerning local government marijuana policies.
Eliminates the dedicated marijuana fund and creates the dedicated marijuana account.Allows the state liquor control board to issue a license for recreational marijuana business premises within one thousand feet of the perimeter of the grounds of an elementary or secondary school, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park, a public transit center, a library, or certain game arcade admissions if the legislative body of an incorporated city or town has exempted the city or town from the one thousand foot restriction by adopting legislation that declares that the exemption is necessary to create enough potential locations within the city or town to allow a marijuana retail facility to be sited.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5425-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen and Dansel)
Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualified broadband equipment.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for qualified broadband equipment used for the primary purpose of providing retail broadband service to underserved areas in the state, if the equipment is located in the underserved area and is purchased by a business that provides broadband service.Provides a business and occupation tax credit on the capital costs associated with providing retail broadband service using qualified broadband equipment.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5449-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Rivers, Brown, Hobbs, Dammeier, Becker, Mullet, Sheldon, Warnick, Fain, Honeyford, Hewitt, and Frockt)
Creating a tax division of the court of appeals.
Creates a new tax appeal division in the court of appeals to resolve appeals of tax disputes.Transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the state board of tax appeals to the tax division of the court of appeals.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5483-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Billig, and Hasegawa)
Concerning fund sharing between political committees.
Revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of the fair campaign practices act, to include the payment, by a candidate or authorized committee, of a campaign expense shared with another candidate or authorized committee in the amount of the joint campaign expense incurred by the nonpaying candidate or committee if the paying committee is not reimbursed within five business days.
| Feb 18 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 19 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5498-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Uniform Law Commission)
Revising the uniform interstate family support act.
Revises the uniform interstate family support act.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5507-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Rivers, Sheldon, Angel, and Schoesler)
Addressing appeals by employers of department of labor and industries' fines or civil penalties.
Addresses employers' appeals of fines or civil penalties imposed by the department of labor and industries.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5563-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Sheldon, and Ericksen)
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for environmental handling charges.
Provides a business and occupation tax exemption to producers, retailers, and stewardship organizations for environmental handling charges.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5596-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators King, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe)
Creating a special permit for a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production.
Creates a special permit for a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5609-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Ranker, Hatfield, Baumgartner, Liias, and Rolfes)
Protecting waterways from pollution from synthetic plastic microbeads.
Prohibits producing, manufacturing, or selling personal care products or over-the-counter drugs containing synthetic plastic microbeads.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5622-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Miloscia, Angel, Becker, Warnick, and Pearson)
Concerning the use of empirical science to support agency actions affecting land use.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife and the department of ecology, where a significant agency action will change, supersede, or invalidate a local land use policy or will directly or indirectly diminish the allowed uses of a private property, to include in its required list of sources all empirical science relied upon by the agency in the course of preparing to take the significant agency action.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5653-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Darneille, Padden, Kohl-Welles, O'Ban, Fraser, and Pearson)
Collecting DNA at jail and corrections facilities as part of the intake process.
Changes DNA collection requirements at jails and correctional facilities.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5659-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen, Sheldon, Pearson, Braun, Hatfield, Hobbs, Mullet, and Benton)
Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
Places existing litter tax revenue in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5660-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Honeyford, and Angel)
Assisting small businesses licensed to sell spirits in Washington state.
Changes payment requirements of 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.Allows a group of individual retailers, authorized to sell spirits for consumption off the licensed premises, to accept delivery of spirits intended for multiple licensees at the licensed premises of any one of the individual licensees, or at a warehouse facility registered with the state liquor control board.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5670-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Sheldon, Hatfield, Rivers, Bailey, Dansel, Ericksen, Becker, and Hewitt)
Clarifying expenditures under the state universal communications services program.
Clarifies expenditures for the state universal communications services program.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5737-S
by Senate Committee on Accountability & Reform (originally sponsored by Senators Miloscia and Chase)
Concerning government performance and accountability.
Establishes the performance management act.Creates the office of performance management in the office of the governor and intends that the office of performance management should: (1) Be granted administrative authority over state performance management programs, ensuring that all executive branch agencies properly implement lean performance management systems;(2) Coordinate performance assessments of state agencies by independent examiners; and(3) Analyze and report agency performance systems, data, and assessment results to the public, appropriate agencies, and the legislature.Requires state agencies to adopt an agency strategic plan, an agency ethics plan, a workforce learning and training development and workforce performance management system, and an agency performance management implementation plan.
| Feb 19 | ACRE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5755-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Hill, Ranker, Dammeier, Braun, Keiser, Billig, Becker, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Conway, Darneille, Hasegawa, Fain, Habib, Hewitt, Pedersen, Jayapal, and McAuliffe)
Addressing and mitigating the impacts of property crimes in Washington state.
Responds to the findings of the state justice reinvestment task force by: (1) Changing sentencing policy to require supervision of certain people convicted of property offenses;(2) Providing treatment, if needed, and programs to reduce recidivism; and(3) Providing additional support to local governments and victims of property crime.Changes the duties and composition of the sentencing guidelines commission.Provides for termination and review, under the sunset act, of the sentencing guidelines commission's authorities as established in this act.Requires the sentencing guidelines commission, if requested by a legislator, to prepare a racial and ethnic impact analysis that describes the effects of proposed legislation on the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population or recipients of human services.Requires the department of commerce to: (1) Establish a law enforcement grant program and a pretrial grant program;(2) Use an advisory committee to evaluate grant applications and monitor the effectiveness of grant projects in terms of property crime reduction;(3) Consult with counties and local law enforcement agencies when determining grant eligibility requirements and criteria; and(4) Report to the sentencing guidelines commission on the effectiveness of the grant programs.Authorizes the prosecuting attorney to file a special allegation when sufficient evidence exists to show that an accused is a habitual property offender.Makes appropriations.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5766-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, O'Ban, Padden, and Darneille)
Concerning monitoring agencies providing electronic monitoring.
Requires a supervising agency to establish terms and conditions of electronic monitoring for each individual subject to electronic monitoring in the supervising agency's jurisdiction and requires a monitoring agency to comply with those terms and conditions.Provides that defendants who have a prior conviction for a violent offense, a sex offense, or for escape in the first, second, or third degree are ineligible for electronic monitoring while awaiting trial.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5775-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Braun and Baumgartner)
Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage.
Requires the department of labor and industries, in establishing the prevailing rate of wage, to use a stratified random sampling methodology.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| On motion, referred to Rules. | ||
SB 5787-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Jayapal, Fain, McAuliffe, Darneille, and Hasegawa)
Concerning a model policy and procedures for language access by limited-English proficient parents of students.
Requires the state school directors' association to, with the assistance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, develop a model policy and procedures for language access by limited-English proficient parents.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Convene an advisory committee to develop sample materials for school districts to disseminate to school employees and parents regarding parents' rights under the model policy developed by the state school directors' association and the resources available to assist parents and guardians in accessing the services available to them;(2) Maintain and have available upon request a list of school districts that have and have not adopted the state school directors' association's model policy; and(3) Develop a list of and post information on the agency's web site regarding language access services providers available to school districts and training programs that are available to support school districts in preparing employees for how to access and effectively use an interpreter.Requires each school district to: (1) Establish its own language access policy and procedures and make them available on the district's web site; and(2) Notify the office of the superintendent of public instruction whether the district adopted the model policy, procedures, and sample materials or the district adopted something different.
| Feb 19 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5803-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier, McAuliffe, and Keiser)
Concerning the notification of parents when their children are below basic on the third grade statewide English language arts assessment.
Requires elementary schools, each spring before the administration of the statewide student assessment in English language arts, to require meetings between teachers and parents of students in third grade who are reading below grade-level or who scored in the basic or below basic level on the prior year's statewide student assessment.
| Feb 19 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5809-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senator Benton)
Concerning the disclosure of information during negotiations for the acquisition of real property by government agencies.
Addresses the provision of just compensation to real property owners during negotiations for the acquisition of the property by government agencies.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5823-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers and Litzow)
Concerning guardians ad litem.
Requires guardians ad litem to notify each party and court of any conflicts of interest before accepting appointment as a guardian ad litem.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5842-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Hatfield, Ericksen, Sheldon, and Chase)
Providing a compliance path based on sound utility planning under the energy independence act.
Modifies energy independence act provisions relating to energy conservation and renewable energy targets.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5846-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Braun, and Ericksen)
Granting exemptions to the plumbing and electrical codes.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to exempt from the requirements of the plumbing and electrical codes, minor or incidental work that does not require certification in order to protect public health or safety.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5849-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Pedersen, Hatfield, and Pearson)
Authorizing establishment of ethics defense trust funds.
Authorizes a state officer to establish an ethics defense trust fund and name a trustee if the state officer is subject to a complaint for an ethics violation filed or issued under chapter 42.52 RCW (ethics in public service) relating to the state officer's official duties.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 23 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5883-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Padden, Keiser, Conway, Chase, and Hasegawa)
Requiring that human trafficking information be posted in public restrooms.
Requires establishments that maintain restrooms for use by the public to post, in all restrooms of the establishment, a notice which may be in a variety of languages and include toll-free telephone numbers a person may call for assistance, including numbers for the national human trafficking resource center and the state office of crime victims advocacy.Authorizes the office of crime victims advocacy to work with businesses, other establishments, and human trafficking victim advocates to adopt policies for the placement of the notices.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5884-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Padden, Keiser, Conway, Chase, and Hasegawa)
Concerning the trafficking of persons.
Designates the office of crime victims advocacy as the single point of contact in state government regarding the trafficking of persons.Creates the Washington state clearinghouse on human trafficking as an information portal to share and coordinate statewide efforts to combat the trafficking of persons.Reestablishes the state task force against the trafficking of persons which will be chaired by the director of the office of crime victims advocacy.Delays, until June 30, 2017, the expiration of the commercially sexually exploited children statewide coordinating committee.Requires establishments that maintain restrooms for use by the public to post, in all restrooms of the establishment, a notice which may be in a variety of languages and include toll-free telephone numbers a person may call for assistance, including numbers for the national human trafficking resource center and the office of crime victims advocacy.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5891-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senator Angel)
Prohibiting the sale and commercial display of human remains.
Prohibits the sale for profit of human remains and the commercial display for advertising or other benefit.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5892-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Ericksen)
Encouraging reliable distributed solar energy.
Prohibits an applicant, beginning January 1, 2016, from receiving a certification for an investment cost recovery incentive.Authorizes an individual, business, educational institution, utility, or local governmental entity or administrator of a community solar project to apply to the department of revenue for authorization of the utility serving the situs of the system to remit an annual investment cost recovery incentive for each economic development kilowatt-hour.Provides mechanisms for low-cost financing of energy systems on the distribution side of the electricity grid.Addresses the deployment of solar energy systems and qualified solar energy systems to encourage energy independence by customers.Prohibits a solar energy service company from engaging in business as a solar energy service company in this state without first registering with the utilities and transportation commission.Provides a public utility tax credit to a utility in an amount equal to certain investment cost recovery incentive payments.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5907-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Cleveland, and Litzow)
Creating a sales and use tax exemption for technology sold to, or used in, public schools.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the sales of technology to, and the use of technology in, public schools.
| Feb 19 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5908-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Cleveland, Billig, Kohl-Welles, Habib, and Hasegawa)
Concerning restraint or isolation of students, including students with disabilities, in public schools.
Prohibits schools from physically restraining or isolating a student except when the student's behavior poses an imminent likelihood of serious harm to that student or another person.Requires the state school directors' association to adopt a model policy limiting restraint or isolation of students in public schools.
| Feb 19 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5933-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Kohl-Welles, Miloscia, Fraser, Fain, Padden, Hasegawa, Litzow, Dammeier, Chase, and Conway)
Establishing a statewide training program on human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel.
Requires the office of crime victims advocacy to establish a statewide training program on Washington's human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5942-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Rivers, Rolfes, Litzow, Mullet, Dammeier, Billig, and Fain)
Concerning an outcome evaluation of the national guard youth challenge program.
Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a longitudinal outcome evaluation of the national guard youth challenge program to determine the impact of the program on students as they proceed through high school and into postsecondary education or their careers.Expires August 15, 2025.
| Feb 19 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 20 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5952-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Braun and Baumgartner)
Creating an exemption from the intents and affidavits requirements when paying prevailing wages.
Exempts certain public works contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers from the requirement to submit a statement of intent to pay prevailing wages and an affidavit of wages paid.
| Feb 19 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5965-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Pearson, Hobbs, and Bailey)
Evaluating mitigation options for impacts to base flows and minimum instream flows.
Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Produce a report evaluating options for mitigating the effects of permit-exempt groundwater withdrawals on base flows and minimum instream flows; and(2) Consult with the office of the attorney general when preparing the report.
| Feb 19 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5972-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Schoesler, Hatfield, and Warnick)
Concerning the procurement of seeds by state agencies.
Requires agencies, when purchasing seed, to require suppliers of seed to ensure the identity and purity of the seed through appropriate testing performed by the state department of agriculture or other agency authorized under the laws of any state, territory, or possession that has standards and procedures approved by the United States secretary of agriculture to ensure the identity and purity of seed.
| Feb 19 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6004-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Honeyford, and Hatfield)
Providing for the acquisition of coal displacement power.
Allows electrical companies, that participated previously in the retirement of a coal-fired generation plant in this state by purchasing coal transition power, to receive the same rate of return on power purchase agreements that will displace the coal transition power purchase agreements.
| Feb 19 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6019-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Pedersen, Frockt, and O'Ban)
Addressing adjudicative proceedings by state agencies.
Addresses state agency adjudicative proceedings with regard to ex parte communications, entry of final orders, and issuance of final decisions or proposals for decisions by administrative law judge.
| Feb 19 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 20 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6045
by Senators Becker and Frockt
Extending the hospital safety net assessment.
Delays, until July 1, 2019, the expiration of the hospital safety net assessment.
| Feb 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6046
by Senators Rolfes and Hasegawa
Providing for a vote of the public to authorize public utility districts to provide telecommunications services.
Authorizes public utility districts to provide telecommunications services.Requires a public utility district to develop a written implementation plan describing how the district intends to provide retail telecommunications services before constructing, purchasing, acquiring, developing, financing, leasing, licensing, handling, providing, adding to, contracting for, interconnecting, altering, improving, repairing, operating, or maintaining telecommunications facilities for the provision of retail telecommunications services.
| Feb 23 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |