Modifying the offense of rape in the third degree.

Establishing a soju endorsement to certain restaurant licenses.

Requires the state liquor and cannabis board to: (1) Create a soju endorsement to the spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license that allows the holder of the license to serve soju for on-premises consumption by the bottle to tables of at least two patrons who are at least twenty-one years old;

(2) Develop additional responsible sale and service of soju training curriculum related to the provisions of the endorsement, that includes certification procedures and enforcement policies; and

Granting interest arbitration to department of corrections employees.

Recognizes that a public policy exists in the state: (1) Against strikes as a means of settling labor disputes;

(2) That uninterrupted and dedicated service of department of corrections employees is vital to the state; and

(3) In order to promote a dedicated and uninterrupted public service there should exist an effective and adequate alternative means of settling disputes.

Grants interest arbitration to the classified employees of the department of corrections.

Defines "department of corrections employees" as employees covered by the state civil service law who work for the department.

Exempts confidential employees, members of the Washington management service, and internal auditors from interest arbitration.

Requires the state's bargaining representative and the exclusive bargaining representative of a unit of department employees to attempt to agree on an interest arbitration panel to be used if the parties are not successful in negotiating a comprehensive agreement.

Requires the public employment relations commission to: (1) Review the appropriateness of bargaining units that consist of or include department employees; and

Concerning long-term services and supports.

Addresses alternative funding for long-term care access.

States that the creation of a long-term care insurance benefit of an established dollar amount per day for eligible employees, paid through an employee payroll premium, is in the best interest of the state.

Creates the long-term services and supports trust commission.

Creates the long-term services and supports trust program.

Gives the state health care authority, the department of social and health services, and the employment security department distinct responsibilities in the implementation and administration of the program.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) Report on the performance of the commission in providing oversight to the program; and

(2) Make recommendations to the legislature on improving the functioning, efficiency, and membership, as well as whether the commission should continue to exist or expire.

Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.

Evaluating competency to stand trial.

Implementing child support pass-through payments.

Requires the department of social and health services, effective February 1, 2020, to pass through child support: (1) An amount that does not exceed one hundred dollars per month collected on behalf of a family; or

Concerning Washington child care access for resident employees of the state.

Establishes the Washington CARES act.

Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Consult with the child care collaborative task force to modify its model policy for a bring your infant to work program as appropriate for implementation at state agencies; and

(2) Provide the modified model policy and implementation guidelines to state agency directors by February 1, 2020.

Permits a state employee to help a fellow state employee with leave, under the shared leave program, if his or her child is too ill to attend child care.

Permits an agency head to allow an employee to also receive leave under the shared leave program if the employee has a child under the age of thirteen who is too ill to attend child care.

Creates the child care shared leave pool to allow employees to donate leave to be used as shared leave for employees who meet certain requirements.

Requires the state health care authority to establish a pilot project under which a state agency will provide matching contributions to its employees' dependent care assistance program accounts.

Requires the department of commerce, in partnership with the office of financial management, the department of enterprise services, the department of children, youth, and families, and the state health care authority, to develop a survey for state employees in order to better understand issues affecting child care access and affordability for their families.

Including referred and diverted youth in establishing community juvenile accountability program guidelines.

Revises the juvenile justice act of 1977.

Includes a referred and diverted youth, as well as adjudicated juvenile offenders, when establishing guidelines for a community juvenile accountability program.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Provide an annual report to the appropriate legislative committees that includes a county by county description of the youth served by the funded programs; and

(2) Implement a stop loss policy when allocating funding under RCW 13.40.510 (section 1 of this act).

Extending collective bargaining rights to assistant attorneys general.

Grants the right to assistant attorneys general to collectively bargain unless otherwise excluded below.

Excludes the following from collective bargaining: Division chiefs, deputy attorneys general, the solicitor general, assistant attorneys general in the labor and personnel division, special assistant attorneys general, certain confidential employees, and any assistant or deputy attorney general who reports directly to the attorney general.

Concerning paid family and medical leave.

Modifies and reorganizes certain statutes in the family and medical leave program.

-- 2019 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 28	LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
Jan 31	Referred to Appropriations.