WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 24

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
Friday, February 10, 201733rd Day - 2017 Regular Session

SENATE
SB 5069-SSB 5366-SSB 5393-SSB 5394-SSB 5411-SSB 5766SB 5767
SB 5768SB 5769SB 5770SB 5771SB 5772SB 5773SB 5774
SB 5775SB 5776SB 5777SB 5778SB 5779SB 5780SB 5781
SB 5782SB 5783SB 5784SB 5785
HOUSE
HB 1010-SHB 1266-SHB 1289-SHB 1365-SHB 1366-SHB 1434-SHB 1566-S
HB 1713-SHB 2042HB 2043HB 2044HB 2045HB 2046HB 2047
HB 2048HB 2049HB 2050HB 2051HB 2052HB 2053HB 2054
HB 2055HB 2056HB 2057HB 2058HB 2059HB 2060HB 2061
HB 2062HB 2063HB 2064HB 2065HB 2066

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 1010-S

by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Holy, Short, McCaslin, Pike, Haler, and Young)


Directing the department of ecology to submit an annual report to the legislature detailing the department's participation in interagency agreements.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the director of the department of ecology to list on the department's web site information regarding the current interagency agreements to which the department is a party or in which the department is a participant.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 9Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 2:00 PM.
Feb 7ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM.
Feb 9Referred to Rules 2 Review.

HB 1266-S

by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Young, and Fitzgibbon)


Concerning petroleum storage tank systems.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Changes the name of the state heating oil pollution liability protection act to the state pollution liability protection act and modifies certain provisions in the act.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 24Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM.
Feb 9Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1289-S

by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Riccelli, DeBolt, Tharinger, Doglio, Pike, McBride, Sells, Van Werven, Ryu, Macri, MacEwen, Stonier, and Ormsby)


Concerning plaques for certain state-funded capital budget projects.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Directs the department of commerce to require a plaque that must be affixed to buildings or displayed as part of projects receiving a capital budget appropriation of more than ninety-nine thousand dollars and capital budget local and community projects that receive more than ninety-nine thousand dollars.

Directs the state historical society to require a plaque that must be affixed to buildings or displayed as part of projects that receive more than ninety-nine thousand dollars.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
Feb 7CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 3:30 PM.

HB 1365-S

by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Pettigrew, Hargrove, Ryu, Lovick, and Ormsby)


Requiring the use of trained meeting facilitators in certain planning meetings involving children, parents, caregivers, and others.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Ensures that facilitators guide the decision-making process in all child welfare shared planning meetings, unless the department of social and health services finds good cause to proceed without a facilitator.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
Feb 7ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
Feb 9Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1366-S

by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Hargrove, Caldier, Tarleton, Pettigrew, Gregerson, Kilduff, Senn, Ryu, Appleton, Goodman, Lovick, Ormsby, and Frame)


Concerning family reunification in the child welfare process.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the department of social and health services to convene a parent-child visitation work group to: (1) Engage relevant stakeholders to include biological parents involved in or with experience in the child welfare process; and

(2) Develop and implement changes in policy or practice to increase the amount and quality of parent-child visitation.

Includes in the definition of "remedial services," for purposes of the juvenile court act, services and activities designed to facilitate access to and visitation of children by parents and siblings except in cases where that visitation is not in the best interest of the child or a court limits visitation.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
Feb 7ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.

HB 1434-S

by House Committee on State Govt, Elections & IT (originally sponsored by Representatives Robinson, Ormsby, Jinkins, Appleton, Senn, Kilduff, Stanford, Slatter, Kagi, and Pollet; by request of Office of Financial Management)


Adding the use of shared leave for employees who are sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy disability or for the purposes of parental leave to bond with the employee's newborn, adoptive, or foster child.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Allows an agency head to permit an employee to receive leave, under the state leave sharing program, if the employee: (1) Needs the time for parental leave; or

(2) Is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy disability.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government and Elections & Information Technology at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government and Elections & Information Technology at 8:00 AM.
Feb 9Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1566-S

by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Pellicciotti, McDonald, Stambaugh, Gregerson, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Riccelli, Stanford, Stonier, Kilduff, Holy, Ormsby, Haler, Bergquist, and Dolan)


Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Revises the definition of "work activity" for purposes of the WorkFirst temporary assistance for needy families program to change the amount of vocational training time, from twelve months to twenty-four months, to qualify as work activity.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review the impact of extending that time.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 10:00 AM.
Feb 7ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.

HB 1713-S

by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Dent, Kagi, and Kilduff)


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


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST 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 depression screening for certain youth; and

(3) Require provider payment for maternal depression screening for mothers of certain children.

Requires the department of early learning to collaborate with stakeholders to develop an early childhood mental health training and consultation program focused on the provision of trauma-informed care for infants and young children.

Requires educational service districts to establish a lead staff person for mental health.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to employ a children's mental health services coordinator.

Requires the health workforce council to collect and analyze workforce survey and administrative data for clinicians qualified to provide children's mental health services.

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

Requires a behavioral health organization to reimburse a provider for a behavioral health service provided to certain covered persons through telemedicine or store and forward technology.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.

HB 2042

by Representatives J. Walsh, Blake, and Kretz


Restoring certain gubernatorial powers to waive statutory obligations or limitations in order to preserve and maintain life, health, property, or the public peace during a state of emergency.


Authorizes the governor, after proclaiming a state of emergency and before terminating the proclamation, to issue an order concerning the waiver or suspension of other statutory and regulatory obligations or limitations as he or she reasonably believes should be waived or suspended to help preserve and maintain life, health, property, or the public peace, unless the authority: (1) Has been expressly granted to another statewide elected official; or

(2) Conflicts with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2043

by Representatives Stonier, Wylie, Harris, Senn, Kloba, Lovick, Hudgins, Stanford, Kilduff, Ormsby, and Santos


Requiring the insurance commissioner to educate breast cancer patients about the availability of insurance coverage for breast reconstruction and breast prostheses.


Requires the state health care authority, in coordination with the department of health, to create and implement a campaign to educate breast cancer patients about the availability of insurance coverage for breast reconstruction and breast prostheses.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2044

by Representatives McBride, Peterson, Robinson, Orwall, Chapman, Kloba, Santos, and Pollet


Concerning the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations.


Places restrictions and requirements on certain local governments, and religious organizations who host the homeless on property owned or controlled by the organization.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Feb 15Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Feb 16Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)

HB 2045

by Representatives Sawyer, Ryu, Robinson, Stokesbary, and Ormsby


Concerning transfer of jurisdiction from a tribe in dependency cases involving Indian children.


Requires the state to recognize a child and take jurisdiction of a case if a tribal court orders transfer of jurisdiction from the tribe because of unforeseen circumstances when the tribe has exercised jurisdiction of the Indian child but is unable to continue with its jurisdiction.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Feb 15Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Feb 16Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)

HB 2046

by Representatives Steele, Springer, and Barkis


Creating a local infrastructure investment program to support the development of affordable housing, workforce housing, and revitalization efforts.


Authorizes a participating local jurisdiction, that builds approved local infrastructure to support the development of affordable housing or workforce housing or revitalization efforts within a revitalization district, to receive a remittance that is the equivalent of a 4.37 percent sales or use tax on the construction of the local infrastructure.

Requires the city or county to notify the department of revenue that a local infrastructure investment program has been established.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Feb 15Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Feb 16Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)

HB 2047

by Representatives Steele, Chapman, Condotta, and Johnson


Concerning outdoor burning.


Prohibits outdoor burning in an urban growth area with a population greater than ten thousand.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2048

by Representatives Steele, Springer, and Condotta


Concerning state-shared taxes for the purpose of designated disaster area financing.


Authorizes a local government to finance public improvements using designated disaster area financing subject to certain conditions.

Prohibits a designated disaster area from having within its geographic boundaries any part of a hospital benefit zone, revenue development area, revitalization area, increment area, or another designated disaster area.

Allows a city or county to impose a sales and use tax after applying to the department of commerce and being approved for a project award amount.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2049

by Representatives Blake, Dye, Steele, Springer, Buys, and Condotta


Addressing the payment of production-based compensation wages for the employment and use of labor in agricultural activities and in the production, handling, and storage of farm products.


Addresses production-based safe harbor compensation which is a wage rate paid to employees in connection with work related to the growing, production, handling, or storage of farm products or in performing agricultural activities based upon the employee's job performance as measured through the number of: (1) Units picked, packed, or manufactured;

(2) Tasks performed;

(3) Events completed; or

(4) Other measurable recurring circumstances produced, completed, or performed.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2050

by Representatives McCaslin, Bergquist, Volz, and Gregerson


Concerning additional classroom support for teachers in schools with demonstrated capital facility needs.


Requires a school district, unable to accept certain funding from the superintendent of public instruction for class size reductions because of demonstrated capital facility needs that prevent it from doing so, to provide a classroom teacher in grades kindergarten through three who has class sizes that exceed the weighted average class size with the option of having additional support in the classroom in the form of a teaching assistant.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2051

by Representatives Buys and Van Werven


Increasing affordable housing opportunities in targeted areas.


Increases the opportunities for affordable housing in targeted areas.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2052

by Representative Buys


Concerning recertification of public bodies using alternative contracting methods.


Authorizes the project review committee to accept late applications from a public body for a recertification for the use of an alternative contracting method, if administratively feasible, to avoid expiration of certification on a case-by-case basis.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2053

by Representatives Young, Shea, Taylor, Buys, and Hargrove


Allowing foster children to be homeschooled.


Reverses the changes to foster parent licensing rules, by the department of social and health services, forbidding home-based instruction to children in the care and custody of the department.

Allows foster youth to receive home-based instruction including instruction offered by a foster parent.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2054

by Representatives Young, Shea, Taylor, Buys, and Hargrove


Providing that home-based instruction of a foster child may not be the sole basis for denying a foster-family home license.


Reverses the changes to foster parent licensing rules, by the department of social and health services, forbidding home-based instruction to children in the care and custody of the department and allows foster parents to provide home-based instruction to foster youth.

Prohibits the department of social and health services from denying a foster-family home license on the sole basis that a foster youth received home-based instruction.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2055

by Representatives Young and Shea


Requiring certain traffic lane merge education and testing.


Requires the superintendent of public instruction to include the following in traffic safety education courses: The late merge zipper method which is applied when two lanes are merging and drivers are using both lanes of traffic until reaching the defined merge area and then alternating in zipper fashion into the single lane.

Requires the department of licensing to: (1) Include testing on the late merge zipper method during a driver licensing examination;

(2) Provide information on the late merge zipper method to driver's license renewal applicants; and

(3) Include information on the late merge zipper method in the required curriculum for an instructor's license or a driver training school license.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2056

by Representatives Peterson, Lovick, Dolan, Doglio, Farrell, Ortiz-Self, Frame, Sells, Stanford, and Ormsby


Recognizing the final Saturday of September as public lands day.


Recognizes the last Saturday of September as public lands day.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2057

by Representative Orwall


Concerning services and processes available when residential real property is abandoned or in foreclosure.


Requires the housing finance commission to create a process by which entities, such as servicers, may apply to obtain a certificate of abandonment for properties that meet the definition of abandoned.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Feb 14Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Feb 16Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:00 PM. (Subject to change)

HB 2058

by Representative Harmsworth


Creating procedures for the redemption of certain vehicles that are towed from accident scenes by registered tow truck companies when the vehicle owner is admitted as a patient in a hospital due to the accident.


Establishes the Denise Chew scooter recovery act.

Authorizes a person who is known to the registered or legal owner of a motorcycle or moped that was towed from the scene of an accident to redeem the motorcycle or moped as a bailment on behalf of the owner if he or she is admitted as a patient in a hospital due to the accident.

Authorizes a registered tow truck operator, if he or she is notified that the registered or legal owner of a moped or motorcycle is an admitted patient in the hospital, to delay the auction of the moped or motorcycle for a reasonable time in a good faith effort to provide additional time for the redemption of the vehicle.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2059

by Representatives Frame, Ortiz-Self, Dolan, Doglio, Gregerson, Goodman, Orwall, Jinkins, Stonier, Sells, Appleton, Chapman, Stanford, Tharinger, Kloba, Ormsby, Santos, and Pollet


Establishing the Washington investment trust.


Creates the Washington investment trust which is a publicly owned depository to be known as a legacy institution that amasses sufficient capital reserves to address opportunities now and in the future.

Creates the Washington investment trust commission as the primary governing authority of the trust.

Creates the trust transition board to develop and recommend the following to the commission: (1) A start-up business plan for the trust;

(2) Initial capital requirements of the trust; and

(3) Options for capitalizing the trust.

Creates an investment trust advisory board to review the trust's operations and make recommendations relating to the trust's management, services, policies, and procedures.

Requires the state auditor to conduct an annual postaudit on all accounts and financial transactions of the trust.

Exempts the trust from payment of fees and taxes levied by the state.

Exempts the president of the trust from the provisions of the state civil service act.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2060

by Representative Taylor


Requiring counties, cities, and towns to permit the operation of state licensed marijuana retail businesses in order to receive marijuana-related tax distributions.


Requires a county, city, or town, that chooses to have a state licensed marijuana retailer within its jurisdiction, to have a retailer that is fully operational and doing business within its jurisdictional boundaries in order to receive its share of the marijuana tax distribution.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2061

by Representatives Sells, Caldier, and Ormsby


Excluding holidays and weekends from the time period required for youth shelters to notify parents.


Excludes holidays and weekends from the time period required for youth shelters to notify parents.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2062

by Representatives Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Orcutt, and Ormsby


Concerning the motion picture competitiveness program.


Provides a business and occupation tax credit for contributions made by a person to a Washington motion picture competitiveness program for a major motion picture production that portrays a significant historical event in this state.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2063

by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Condotta, Buys, and Schmick


Exempting motorcycles from the payment of a motor vehicle weight fee.


Incentivizes the use of mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles as a means to reduce emissions and the wear and tear on the roadways by providing the users of the mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles an exemption from paying a motor vehicle weight fee.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2064

by Representatives Shea, Blake, Taylor, Condotta, Buys, Kloba, and Ormsby


Removing industrial hemp from the scope of the uniform controlled substances act.


Excludes industrial hemp from the definitions of "controlled substance" and "marijuana" for purposes of the uniform controlled substances act.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2065

by Representative Condotta


Requiring the regionalization of the minimum wage.


Addresses an employer's payment of wages in an urban area, a nonurban area, and a standard area, as those terms are defined in this act.

Provides that the state occupies and preempts the entire field regarding payment of wages.

Prohibits a city, town, county, or port district from requiring, enforcing, or regulating payment of wages.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2066

by Representative Kretz


Authorizing the creation of regional transportation planning organizations by large counties.


Allows the creation of a regional transportation planning organization in a county that has a population of at least forty thousand and covers a geographic area of at least five thousand square miles.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


Senate Bills

SB 5069-S

by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Walsh, Frockt, O'Ban, Zeiger, Chase, Hasegawa, Conway, and Palumbo; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges)


Providing associate degree education to enhance education opportunities and public safety.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Authorizes the state board for community and technical colleges to authorize a board of trustees within the system to promote and conduct associate degree education and training of incarcerated adults through new or expanded partnerships between the community and technical colleges and the department of corrections.

Authorizes an inmate to be selected to participate in a state-funded associate degree education program, based on priority criteria determined by the department of corrections.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM.
Feb 8LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
Feb 9Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5366-S

by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, King, Liias, and Fortunato; by request of Department of Transportation)


Concerning the authorization of and deposit of moneys from department of transportation advertising activities.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


     Authorizes the department of transportation to: (1) Sell commercial advertising, including product placement, on department web sites and social media; and

(2) Sell a version of its mobile application to users who desire to have access to an application without advertising.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
Feb 6TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.
Feb 9Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5393-S

by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Liias, Takko, and Pearson)


Including fish passage barrier removal projects that comply with the forest practices rules in the streamlined permit process provided in RCW 77.55.181.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Authorizes a fish habitat enhancement project to also be approved through the approval process established for forest practices hydraulic projects in chapter 76.09 RCW (the forest practices act).

Requires an applicant for a forest practices hydraulic project to submit a copy of his or her forest practices application to the appropriate local government in lieu of a joint aquatic resource permit.

Prohibits a person who is aggrieved by the approval, denial, conditioning, or modification of a forest practices hydraulic project from appealing the decision.

Addresses fish passage barrier removal projects that comply with forest practices rules.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
Feb 9Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5394-S

by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Takko, Hasegawa, Braun, Chase, Warnick, Honeyford, Rolfes, and Zeiger)


Concerning the forest riparian easement program.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Share information regarding the carbon sequestration benefits of the forest riparian easement program with other state programs attempting to quantify carbon storage or account for carbon emissions; and

(2) Promote the expansion of funding for the forest riparian easement program as one part of the state's overall climate strategy.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
Feb 7NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
Feb 9Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 5411-S

by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Rivers, Warnick, Conway, and Keiser)


Concerning eye care.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Establishes the consumer protection in eye care act.

Protects consumers from improper or unsupervised use of technology for purposes of obtaining a prescription for corrective lenses or obtaining any other diagnosis or assistance.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 2Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM.
Feb 7HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
And refer to Ways & Means.
Minority; do not pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM.
Feb 8Referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5766

by Senators Liias, Pedersen, Billig, Fain, Hunt, Keiser, Kuderer, and Saldaña


Preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.


Requires each school district to: (1) Adopt or amend a transgender student policy and procedure that at a minimum incorporates the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the state school directors' association and share the policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees; and

(2) Designate one person in the district as the primary contact regarding the transgender student policy.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a statewide training class for those people who act as the primary contact.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5767

by Senators Wellman, Mullet, and Keiser


Concerning notice requirements of health care providers.


Requires a health care provider's office to post a statement on its web site and in locations accessible to and visible by patients or clients that a health care provider will not perform certain medical procedures or prescribe specific drugs because of his or her religious or philosophical beliefs.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5768

by Senators Rossi and Frockt


Concerning a leasehold excise tax credit for properties of market value in excess of ten million dollars and for certain major international airport leases.


Provides a leasehold excise tax credit for a leasehold interest in real property owned by a state university or a major international airport.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5769

by Senator Padden


Concerning coroner inquest procedures.


Authorizes a county legislative authority, by a majority vote, to call for an inquest to be conducted if a coroner unreasonably refuses to conduct an inquest in a case.

States that special consideration should be taken in conducting an inquest when a death results from interaction with law enforcement and when a death occurs during incarceration and is by unnatural means.

Allows a juror to submit written questions for a witness, summoned by the coroner, to the coroner or prosecuting attorney.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5770

by Senators McCoy, Darneille, Saldaña, and Hunt


Concerning transfer of jurisdiction from a tribe in dependency cases involving Indian children.


Requires the state to recognize a child and take jurisdiction of a case if a tribal court orders transfer of jurisdiction from the tribe because of unforeseen circumstances when the tribe has exercised jurisdiction of the Indian child but is unable to continue with its jurisdiction.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5771

by Senators Rivers and Wilson


Concerning harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse.


Makes harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse a class B felony if the person kills the dog or horse.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5772

by Senators Pedersen, Hobbs, Takko, Walsh, Keiser, and Saldaña


Replacing the one percent property tax revenue limit with a limit tied to cost drivers.


Establishes a new statutory limit on local government property taxes which is responsive to the additional public demand for service and associated costs.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Local Government.

SB 5773

by Senator Chase


Addressing the overpayment of benefits paid to an individual unemployed due to a lockout.


Requires the employment security department to notify the employer and assess and collect the amount of overpayment from the employer if a recipient of a back pay award or settlement due to loss of wages received the award or settlement as the result of a labor dispute regarding a lockout.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5774

by Senator Chase


Disqualifying employers from tax credits and tax incentives when there have been certain violations of labor relations.


Prohibits a person from claiming a tax credit or benefit from a tax incentive if, within the previous five years from the date the person is claiming the tax credit or benefiting from the tax incentive, the national labor relations board or a court has issued a final order finding that the person engaged in certain unfair labor practices with regard to an employee supporting a union or engaging in lawful union activities.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5775

by Senator Chase


Repealing existing tax preferences.


Repeals the state's tax preferences.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5776

by Senators Miloscia, O'Ban, Wilson, and Pearson


Concerning the publication of offender photographs.


Requires the department of corrections to make certain identifying information about an offender public upon issuance of a secretary's warrant for that offender and the information must include a recent identifiable photograph of the offender that may be copied and distributed by the public for the purpose of enhanced safety.

Requires law enforcement to provide the department of corrections with requested photographs.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5777

by Senators Brown, Carlyle, Angel, Chase, and Saldaña


Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses.


Requires a city, that requires a general business license of a person that engages in business activities within that city, to partner with the department of revenue to have the license issued, and renewed if the city requires renewal, through the business licensing service.

Requires the department of revenue to phase in the issuance and renewal of general business licenses of cities that required a general business license and are not already partnering with the department.

Requires cities, working through the association of Washington cities, to form a model ordinance development committee made up of a representative sampling of cities that impose a general business license requirement.

Creates the local business and occupation tax apportionment task force to seek input or collaborate with other parties as it deems necessary.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports.
Feb 15Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor & Sports at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)

SB 5778

by Senators Wilson and Zeiger


Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with the 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 include a student who is entitled to transferred federal post-9/11 veterans educational assistance act of 2008 benefits based on the student's relationship as a spouse, former spouse, or child to an individual who is on active duty in the uniformed services.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Higher Education.
Feb 14Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)

SB 5779

by Senators Brown and O'Ban


Concerning behavioral health integration in primary care.


Establishes the youth behavioral health protection act.

Addresses a health care integration model in which behavioral health care is colocated, collaborative, and integrated within a primary care setting.

Requires the state health care authority to: (1) In order to increase the availability of behavioral health services to children and youth and incentivize adoption of the primary care behavioral health model, establish a methodology and rate which provides increased reimbursement to providers for behavioral health services provided to patients up to eighteen years of age in primary care settings;

(2) Complete a review of payment codes available to health plans and providers related to behavioral health;

(3) Create a matrix listing behavioral health-related codes available for provider payment through medical assistance programs; and

(4) Along with the department of social and health services, establish a performance measure to be integrated into the statewide common measure set which tracks the degree of integration of behavioral health services in primary care settings.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5780

by Senators Darneille, Walsh, Rolfes, Rivers, Saldaña, Angel, Wellman, Brown, Chase, Wilson, Cleveland, Keiser, Warnick, Short, Kuderer, Becker, Ranker, Bailey, Conway, and Hunt


Making provisions to commemorate the centennial of national women's suffrage.


Requires the Washington women's history consortium to: (1) Provide leadership for a 2020 statewide commemoration of the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (women's right to vote);

(2) Begin preparations for the statewide commemoration;

(3) Create and distribute a portfolio of public humanities programs to engage the citizens with important aspects of the women's right to vote movement;

(4) Encourage private organizations and local governments to organize and participate in activities; and

(5) Administer a grant program for certain public agencies, educational institutions, and organizations to assist with the activities.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to State Government.

SB 5781

by Senators Fortunato and Baumgartner


Concerning special occasion and banquet provisions for charitable or nonprofit organizations.


Provides that the state liquor and cannabis board's fee: (1) For a special occasion license is sixty dollars per day for events where the licensee will spend more than two hundred fifty dollars on alcoholic beverages; and

(2) When issuing a special permit to consume liquor at a banquet, is eleven dollars per day for events where the charitable or nonprofit organization will spend more than two hundred fifty dollars on alcoholic beverages.

Prohibits the board from: (1) Charging a fee for events where the licensee will serve complimentary alcoholic beverages or spend two hundred fifty dollars or less on alcoholic beverages; and

(2) Requiring a permit for special permit banquets where the charitable or nonprofit organization will serve complimentary alcoholic beverages or spend two hundred fifty dollars or less on alcoholic beverages.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports.
Feb 13Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor & Sports at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)

SB 5782

by Senators Rivers and Mullet


Restricting the use of step therapy by public and private insurers for drugs used in mental health treatment.


Places restrictions on health carriers who offer or renew a health benefit plan, and on the state health care authority regarding step therapy for medications necessary for the treatment of mental illness.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Health Care.
Feb 16Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)

SB 5783

by Senators Sheldon, Fain, Liias, Pearson, and Becker


Exempting multipurpose senior citizen centers from property taxation.


Exempts the following from property taxes: Real and personal property used by, and for the purposes of, a multipurpose senior citizen center if the multipurpose senior citizen center meets certain requirements.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5784

by Senators Kuderer and Palumbo


Exempting materials of certain volunteers from public inspection and copying.


Exempts information of certain volunteers from disclosure under the public records act.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to State Government.

SB 5785

by Senators Fain and Saldaña


Modifying eligibility criteria for transportation benefit districts to establish a vehicle fee rebate program.


Changes the population criteria for a transportation benefit district's eligibility to establish a vehicle fee rebate program.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 9First reading, referred to Transportation.