Returning bills to their house of origin.

Adjourning SINE DIE.

Adjourns SINE DIE.

-- 2017 2ND SPECIAL SESSION --
Jun 21	First Reading.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, adopted.
-- IN THE SENATE --
	Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, adopted.
-- IN THE HOUSE --
	Speaker signed.
-- 2017 3RD SPECIAL SESSION --
-- IN THE SENATE --
	President signed.
-- 2017 2ND SPECIAL SESSION --
-- OTHER THAN LEGISLATIVE ACTION --
	Delivered to Governor.
	Filed with Secretary of State.

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Takko, Warnick, Rolfes, McCoy, Zeiger, and Chase)

Concerning tourism marketing.

Establishes the statewide tourism marketing act.

Creates the Washington tourism marketing authority to contract for statewide tourism marketing services that promote tourism on behalf of the citizens of the state and manage the authority's financial resources.

Requires the department of commerce to provide administrative assistance to the authority and serve as the fiscal agent of the authority for money appropriated for purposes of the authority.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct an evaluation of the performance of the authority to determine the extent to which the authority has contributed to the growth of the tourism industry and economic development of the state.

Making operating appropriations for the 2015-2017 and 2017-2019 fiscal biennia.

Promoting a sustainable, local renewable energy industry through modifying renewable energy system tax incentives and providing guidance for renewable energy system component recycling.

Concerning the Columbia river salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

Delays, until June 30, 2019, the expiration of the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program.

Making supplemental capital appropriations for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, making capital reappropriations for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, and making new appropriations for the school construction assistance program for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.

Addressing paid family and medical leave.

States that the legislature declares it to be in the public interest to create a family and medical leave insurance program to provide reasonable paid family leave for the birth or placement of a child with the employee, for the care of a family member who has a serious health condition, and for a qualifying exigency under the federal family and medical leave act, and provide reasonable paid medical leave for an employee's own serious health condition.

Requires the employment security department to establish and administer the family and medical leave program and pay family and medical leave benefits as specified in this act.

Requires the commissioner of the employment security department to: (1) Appoint an advisory committee to review issues and topics of interest related to this act; and

(2) Establish an ombuds office for family and medical leave within the department to: (a) Offer and provide information on family and medical leave to employers and employees; and (b) act as an advocate for employers and employees in their dealings with the department.

Declares an intent to assist small businesses with the costs of an employee's use of family or medical leave.

Repeals chapter 49.78 RCW (family leave) and chapter 49.86 RCW (family leave insurance).

Relating to revenue.

Concerning revenue.

Addresses revenue provisions as follows: (1) Provides tax credits to businesses in main street communities;

(2) Reduces the general manufacturing business and occupation tax rate and the processing for hire rate;

(3) Creates a business and occupation tax exemption for agricultural fertilizer and seed;

(4) Extends preferential business and occupation tax rates for manufacturers and wholesalers of specific solar energy material and parts and for manufacturers and processors for hire of semiconductor materials;

(5) Extends preferential sales and use tax rates for gases and chemicals used in the production of semiconductor materials;

(6) Provides sales and use tax exemptions to encourage coal-fired electric generation plants to convert to natural gas-fired plants or biomass energy facilities;

(7) Provides a public utility tax credit, a business and occupation tax credit, and an exemption from the brokered natural gas use tax for silicon smelters;

(8) Extends the sales tax deferral on construction and expenditure costs of up to two new manufacturing facilities per calendar year;

(9) Extends the sales and use tax deferral for historical auto museums;

(10) Exempts land removed from the designated forest land program, due to certain natural disasters, from payment of compensating taxes;

(11) Increases the business and occupation tax credit for qualifying activities to attract additional motion picture and film projects;

(12) Exempts martial arts from retail sales taxes and makes it subject to service and other business and occupation tax;

(13) Provides a leasehold excise tax credit to the University of Washington and Washington State University; and

Creating an office of the state ombuds.

Creates the office of the state ombuds in the office of the governor. The office will be readily available to the public, responsible to the legislature, and empowered to investigate the acts of state administrative agencies; and will recommend appropriate changes toward the goals of safeguarding the rights of persons and promote higher standards of competency, efficiency, and justice in the administration of state laws.

Requires the office of financial management to study the duties and salary of the chief executive officer of the office of the state ombuds.

Transfers certain functions and duties of the following to the office of the state ombuds: The office of the family and children's ombuds, the office of the education ombuds, the office of the state long-term care ombuds, the office of the developmental disabilities ombuds, and the office of the ombuds for workers of industrial insurance self-insured employers.

Concerning nonresident beneficiaries of wrongful death actions.

Removes the requirement that beneficiaries of wrongful death actions must be resident within the United States.

-- 2017 3RD SPECIAL SESSION --
Jul 3	First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Keiser, King, Chase, Hasegawa, Short, Becker, Schoesler, Hobbs, and Billig

Requesting that the TRACON facilities at the Grant County International Airport be made permanent.

Requests that the terminal radar approach control facilities (TRACON) at the Grant County International Airport be made permanent.

-- 2017 3RD SPECIAL SESSION --
Jul 3	First reading, referred to Transportation.

by Senators Palumbo, Kuderer, and Billig

Requiring bills to be available to members and the public for seventy-two hours prior to final passage.

Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring bills to be available to members and the public for seventy-two hours before final passage.

-- 2017 3RD SPECIAL SESSION --
Jul 3	First reading, referred to State Government.