WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 37

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
Friday, March 3, 201754th Day - 2017 Regular Session

SENATE
SB 5042SB 5128SB 5234SB 5266SB 5671-SSB 5751-S
HOUSE
HB 1136-SHB 1163-S2HB 1358-S2HB 1426-SHB 1440-S2HB 1513-SHB 1523-S
HB 1548-SHB 1600-SHB 1713-S2HB 1753-SHB 1796-SHB 1819-S2

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=2017.


House Bills

HB 1136-S

by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Dye, Blake, Haler, Shea, Taylor, Farrell, Dent, Nealey, Manweller, Short, Muri, Schmick, Ormsby, Fey, Young, and Buys)


Exempting short-line railroads that haul nonfuel oils from oil spill contingency planning requirements.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Prohibits the rules adopted by the department of ecology from requiring the following to be included as components of contingency plans of class III railroads transporting oil in bulk that is not crude oil in an amount greater than twenty-four tank car loads per year: (1) Contracted access to oil spill response equipment; or

(2) The completion of more than a total of one drill of any type every three years to test the contingency plans.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 6Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM.
Feb 14Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM.
Feb 15ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 16Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 24Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1163-S2

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Hayes, Orwall, Appleton, Klippert, Pellicciotti, Pettigrew, Chapman, Kilduff, Bergquist, Stanford, and Kloba)


Concerning domestic violence.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Modifies domestic violence provisions relating to: (1) Offender scores for assault of a child and criminal mistreatment; and

(2) Revising the crime of fourth degree assault.

Requires a biological sample to be collected for purposes of DNA identification analysis from an adult or juvenile convicted of assault in the fourth degree where domestic violence was pleaded and proven.

Authorizes a sheriff to waive fees associated with service of a writ of habeas corpus that was issued for the return of a child when the person who was granted the writ is, by reason of poverty, unable to pay the cost of service.

Requires the administrative office of the courts, through the Washington state gender and justice commission of the supreme court, to convene a work group to address the issue of domestic violence perpetrator treatment and the role of certified perpetrator treatment programs in holding domestic violence perpetrators accountable.

Creates the Washington domestic violence risk assessment work group to study how and when risk assessment can best be used to improve the response to domestic violence offenders and victims and find effective strategies to reduce domestic violence homicides, serious injuries, and recidivism that are a result of domestic violence incidents in the state.

Requires the Washington state gender and justice commission, in collaboration with the Washington state coalition against domestic violence and the Washington State University criminal justice program, to coordinate the work group and provide staff support.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 16Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
Jan 19Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM.
Feb 8Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
Feb 15APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
Feb 17Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 12nd substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1358-S2

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Griffey and Cody)


Concerning reimbursement for services provided pursuant to community assistance referral and education services programs.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Requires the state health care authority to adopt standards for the reimbursement of health care services provided to eligible clients by fire departments pursuant to a community assistance referral and education services program.

Requires the standards to allow payment for covered health care services provided to individuals whose medical needs do not require ambulance transport to an emergency department.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to, in consultation with the state health care authority, conduct a cost-effectiveness review of the standards for reimbursement.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 17Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 23Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 12nd substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1426-S

by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Robinson, Harris, Cody, Caldier, Rodne, Slatter, Jinkins, Peterson, Kilduff, and Kagi)


Concerning persons and entities to whom the department of health may provide prescription monitoring program data.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Authorizes the department of health to provide data in the prescription monitoring program to the following: (1) The director of the state health care authority regarding medicaid clients;

(2) Personnel of the department of health for assessing prescribing practices, including controlled substances-related mortality and morbidity, and providing quality improvement feedback to providers;

(3) A health care facility or entity or a health care provider group of five or more providers for quality improvement purposes;

(4) The local health officer of a local health jurisdiction for patient follow-up and care coordination following a controlled substance overdose event; and

(5) The coordinated care electronic tracking program.

Requires the department of health to: (1) Provide certain facilities, entities, and provider groups with certain prescriber information;

(2) In consultation with the state hospital association, the state medical association, and the state health care authority, to determine what prescriber information will be provided; and

(3) Provide dispenser or prescriber data and data that includes indirect patient identifiers to the state hospital association for use solely in connection with its coordinated quality improvement program.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
Feb 17HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Referred to Appropriations.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 23Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.

HB 1440-S2

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Stonier, Stambaugh, Hudgins, Johnson, Ortiz-Self, Stokesbary, Sells, Jinkins, Ryu, Appleton, Pollet, Senn, Peterson, Kilduff, Bergquist, Stanford, Frame, Slatter, and Dolan; by request of Attorney General)


Establishing a student loan bill of rights.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Establishes the Washington student education loan bill of rights.

Requires the student achievement council to designate a student education loan ombuds within the office of student financial assistance to provide timely assistance to a student education loan borrower with a student education loan.

Requires the director of the department of financial institutions to establish fees sufficient to cover the costs of administering the department's program for student education loan servicers and the student education loan ombuds.

Creates the student education loan ombuds account.

Requires the state treasurer, beginning in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to annually transfer from the financial services regulation fund to the student loan ombuds account, the greater of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars or twenty percent of the annual assessment derived from student education loan servicing.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM.
Feb 14Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM.
Feb 24APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 12nd substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1513-S

by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Stambaugh, Frame, Hudgins, Sawyer, Slatter, Macri, Gregerson, Peterson, McBride, Doglio, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, Tharinger, Farrell, Pollet, Ormsby, Dolan, and Riccelli)


Concerning the collection of youth voter registration sign up information.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Permits a person to sign up to register to vote at the department of licensing if he or she is sixteen or seventeen years of age.

Requires a social studies teacher to, each year on temperance and good citizenship day, coordinate a voter registration event in each history or social studies class attended by high school seniors.

Allows county auditors to help coordinate and participate in voter registration events for students on that day.

Requires the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the secretary of state, to update and distribute youth voter registration materials annually for eligible students to register to vote at school.

Provides delivery options for voter registration applications.

Requires the secretary of state to: (1) For each electronic registration application, obtain a digital copy of the applicant's driver's license or identicard signature from the department of licensing; and

(2) Employ additional security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter preregistration applications submitted electronically.

Requires the voter registration database to provide storage of pending registration records for persons under eighteen years of age.

Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Information provided for persons under eighteen years old.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government and Elections & Information Technology at 10:00 AM.
Feb 7Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government and Elections & Information Technology at 8:00 AM.
Feb 21Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
Feb 22TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1523-S

by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Robinson, Johnson, Cody, Harris, Pollet, Doglio, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Farrell, McBride, Fey, and Macri)


Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Requires a health plan to provide coverage for the same preventive services required to be covered under: (1) 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-13 (2016); and

(2) Federal rules or guidance in effect on December 31, 2016, implementing 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-13.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 7Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
Feb 17HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 24Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1548-S

by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Schmick and Cody)


Concerning curricula for persons in long-term care facilities with behavioral health needs.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Requires the department of social and health services to adopt rules to establish: (1) Minimum competencies and standards for the approval of curricula for facility-based caregivers serving persons with behavioral health needs and geriatric behavioral health workers; and

(2) An exception allowing geriatric behavioral health workers to be recognized in the minimum staffing requirements as part of the direct care service delivery to individuals who have a behavioral health condition.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 10Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 17HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Referred to Appropriations.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
Feb 23APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1600-S

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Pettigrew, Harris, Young, Stonier, Pike, Appleton, Johnson, Fey, Bergquist, Hudgins, Kraft, Slatter, and Tarleton)


Increasing the career and college readiness of public school students.


(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Creates the work-integrated learning demonstration pilot project to promote work-integrated learning experiences for students.

Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to convene a work-integrated learning advisory committee to provide advice to the legislature and the education and workforce sectors on creating opportunities for students.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the advisory committee to jointly select three or four high schools to develop work-integrated learning project programs.

Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to jointly review and analyze reports and data submitted to evaluate the work-integrated learning project programs.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 6Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
Feb 14Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
Feb 16Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
Feb 23Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1713-S2

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Dent, Kagi, and Kilduff)


Implementing recommendations from the children's mental health work group.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Oversee the coordination of resources and services through the managed health care system and tribal organizations providing health care services for children who are eligible for medical assistance and have been identified as requiring mental health treatment;

(2) Require provider payment for annual depression screening for certain youth; and

(3) Require provider payment for maternal depression screening for mothers of children ages birth to one year.

Requires the department of early learning to establish a child care consultation program linking child care providers with evidence-based, trauma-informed, and best practice resources regarding caring for infants and young children who present behavioral concerns or symptoms of trauma.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to produce a case study of an educational service district that is successfully delivering and coordinating children's mental health activities and services.

Requires Washington State University to offer one twenty-four month residency position that is approved by the accreditation council for graduate medical education to one resident specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Requires a behavioral health organization to, upon initiation or renewal of a contract with the department of social and health services, reimburse a provider for a behavioral health service provided to certain covered persons through telemedicine or store and forward technology.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
Feb 20Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 21Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 22APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 27Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 12nd substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1753-S

by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody and Jinkins; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)


Concerning professionals qualified to examine individuals in the mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Corrects a technical oversight by recognizing a designated chemical dependency specialist as one of the qualified examining professionals authorized to sign an initial fourteen-day substance use disorder detention petition during the interim period between June 28, 2016, and April 1, 2018.

Allows a physician assistant working with a supervising psychiatrist to qualify as a designated crisis responder.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 7Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
Feb 16JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:00 PM.
Feb 17Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 24Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
Feb 27Rules suspended.
Placed on second reading.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1796-S

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Kilduff, Doglio, Robinson, Stanford, Hudgins, McBride, Macri, Ormsby, Frame, Slatter, Jinkins, and Pollet)


Providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace for pregnant women.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Prohibits an employer from failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodation for an employee for pregnancy.

Requires the attorney general to investigate complaints and enforce this act.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 6Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 1:30 PM.
Feb 13Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 1:30 PM.
Feb 22APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 27Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

HB 1819-S2

by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Dent, Senn, Kagi, Griffey, Johnson, and McBride)


Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the department of social and health services to immediately perform a review of its rules, policies, and procedures related to the documentation requirements for behavioral health services with regard to individual initial assessments to identify areas in which duplicative or inefficient documentation requirements can be eliminated or streamlined for providers.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 8Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 21APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
Feb 24Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 27Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 12nd substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.


Senate Bills

SB 5042

by Senators Angel, Hobbs, and Wellman


Authorizing funeral planning and funeral services as noninsurance benefits under group life and disability insurance policies.


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Authorizes life insurers and disability insurers, with prior approval of the insurance commissioner, to include funeral planning and funeral services as part of a policy or certificate of group life insurance or group disability insurance, however, it must be disclosed that this noninsurance benefit does not constitute an insurance funded prearrangement contract.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 11First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance.
Jan 19FI - Majority; do pass.
Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance at 8:00 AM.
Jan 23Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 14On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
Mar 1Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

SB 5128

by Senators Takko, Rivers, and Chase


Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of certain capital investment projects to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resource," for purposes of the energy independence act, to include incremental electricity produced as a result of a capital investment completed after January 1, 2020, that increases, relative to a baseline level of generation before the capital investment, the amount of electricity generated in a facility that generates qualified biomass energy and commenced operation before March 31, 1999.

Requires the facility to demonstrate: (1) Its baseline level of generation over a three-year period before the capital investment in order to calculate the amount of incremental electricity produced; and

(2) That the incremental electricity resulted from the capital investment, which does not include expenditures on operation and maintenance in the normal course of business, through direct or calculated measurement.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 13First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.
Jan 26Work session, public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy, and Environment & Telecommunications at 10:00 AM.
Feb 1EET - Majority; do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 6:40 PM.
Feb 2Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 1Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

SB 5234

by Senators Mullet, Palumbo, Rivers, Liias, Wilson, and Kuderer


Requiring establishment of a systemwide credit policy regarding AP exams. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Requiring establishment of credit policies regarding AP exams. )


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Requires institutions of higher education to establish a coordinated, evidence-based policy for granting as many undergraduate college credits to students who have earned minimum scores of three on AP exams as possible and appropriate.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 18First reading, referred to Higher Education.
Jan 31Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM.
Feb 2HIE - Majority; do pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM.
Feb 3Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 14On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 1Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

SB 5266

by Senators O'Ban, Pedersen, Angel, and Darneille


Modifying theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property provisions. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning theft of rental property. )


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Includes in the crime of theft of rental property, when a person who has control of personal property under a written rental agreement intentionally holds the property beyond the expiration of the rental period without the effective consent of the owner of the property, depriving the owner of the property of its use in further rentals.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 18First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
Jan 24Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM.
Feb 1LAW - Majority; do pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
Feb 2Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Mar 1Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0.

SB 5671-S

by Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports (originally sponsored by Senators Fortunato, Sheldon, Rivers, and Wilson)


Simplifying the process for bona fide charitable and nonprofit organization to engage in activities and social pastimes, and raise funds for their authorized purposes.


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Simplifies the process for bona fide charitable and nonprofit organizations to: (1) Engage in activities and social pastimes; and

(2) Raise funds for their authorized purposes.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 8Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor & Sports at 1:30 PM.
Feb 15CLS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor & Sports at 5:45 PM.
Feb 17Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

SB 5751-S

by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senator Schoesler)


Concerning personnel requirements for municipal ambulance services.


(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/01/17)


Requires an ambulance service established by volunteer or municipal corporations in a rural area with insufficient personnel, with approval from the department of health, to use a driver without medical or first-aid training as long as the driver is at least eighteen years old, successfully passes a background check issued or approved by the department, possesses a valid driver's license with no restrictions, is accompanied by a nondriving emergency medical technician while operating the ambulance during a response or transport of a patient, and only provides medical care to patients to the level that they are trained.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 14Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM.
Feb 16HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM.
Feb 17Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 28Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 11st substitute bill substituted.
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.