Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2021 Regular Session of the 67th Legislature
DENNY HECK, President of the Senate KAREN KEISER, President Pro Tem
BRAD HENDRICKSON, Secretary of the Senate STEVE CONWAY, Vice President Pro Tem
STEVE HOBBS, Vice President Pro Tem

March 6, 2021 - Saturday 55TH DAY
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

2SHB 1033 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Leavitt, Boehnke, Bronoske, Santos, Paul and Orwall)

Concerning the Washington customized employment training program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

HB 1034 By Representatives Fitzgibbon, Cody, Ortiz-Self and Wylie

Concerning park and recreation district levies.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

E2SHB 1073 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Berry, Wicks, Fitzgibbon, Bateman, Tharinger, Simmons, Kloba, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Goodman, Ryu, Bronoske, Hackney, Chopp, Riccelli, Stonier, Frame, Macri, Davis, Pollet, Bergquist and Harris-Talley)

Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.

ESHB 1097 By House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Bateman, Ortiz-Self, Kloba, Chopp, Ormsby, Stonier and Macri; by request of Office of the Governor)

Increasing worker protections.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.

ESHB 1113 By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Kloba and Pollet; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

Concerning school attendance.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

E2SHB 1139 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Callan, Berg, Dolan, Ryu, Leavitt, Bronoske, Ramel, Ramos, Lekanoff, Stonier, Ortiz-Self, Frame, Goodman, Rule, Bergquist, Berry, Wylie, Johnson, J., Taylor and Valdez)

Taking action to address lead in drinking water.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

HB 1167 By Representatives Bateman, Dolan and Hackney; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts

Concerning Thurston county superior court judges.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

E2SHB 1186 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Senn, Sullivan, Leavitt, Gregerson, Fitzgibbon, Ortiz-Self, Duerr, Tharinger, Macri, Davis, Pollet, Callan, Harris-Talley and Hackney; by request of Department of Children, Youth and Families)

Concerning juvenile rehabilitation.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

ESHB 1189 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Duerr, Boehnke, Bateman, Sullivan, Fitzgibbon, Walen, Ramel, Springer, Wicks, Slatter, Pollet, Callan and Harris-Talley)

Concerning tax increment financing.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

ESHB 1197 By House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Riccelli, Tharinger, Cody, Pollet and Harris-Talley)

Concerning health care decisions made by a designated person.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SHB 1207 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Ramel, Boehnke, Lekanoff, Lovick, Ortiz-Self, Eslick, Bergquist and Leavitt; by request of Department of Licensing)

Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by extending the issuance period of driver licenses and identicards to eight years, allowing online issuance and renewal of instruction permits, and expanding online renewal of driver licenses and identicards.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SHB 1209 By House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Bronoske, Cody, Sells, Walen, Lekanoff, Peterson, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Taylor, Shewmake, Santos, Thai, Ortiz-Self, Dolan, Gregerson, Hackney, Callan, Valdez, Riccelli, Macri and Goodman)

Concerning immunity protection for nonmedical assistance.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

E2SHB 1220 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Macri, Bateman, Ryu, Lekanoff, Fitzgibbon, Kloba, Davis, Lovick, Santos, Ortiz-Self, Simmons, Berg, Hackney, Chopp, Tharinger and Frame)

Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING & LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

E2SHB 1227 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Callan, Senn, Dolan, Fitzgibbon, Ramos, Davis, Santos, Macri, Gregerson, Young and Ormsby)

Protecting the rights of families responding to allegations of abuse or neglect of a child.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SHB 1259 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Dolan, Ryu, Valdez, Fey, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Hackney, Ramos, Kloba, Callan, Lekanoff, Macri, Gregerson, Slatter, Stonier and Harris-Talley)

Expanding public contracting opportunities for women and minority business enterprises by increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

ESHB 1267 By House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Entenman, Hackney, Senn, Dolan, Leavitt, Berry, Fitzgibbon, Valdez, Simmons, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Ramos, Chopp, Davis, Thai, Bergquist, Peterson, Kloba, Callan, Lekanoff, Macri, Goodman, Gregerson, Johnson, J., Lovick, Slatter, Ryu, Berg, Harris-Talley, Sells, Tharinger, Orwall, Pollet, Santos and Ormsby; by request of Office of the Governor)

Concerning investigation of potential criminal conduct arising from police use of force, including custodial injuries, and other officer-involved incidents.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

E2SHB 1287 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Ramel, Hackney, Bateman, Fitzgibbon, Berry, Goodman, Santos, Kloba, Macri, Bergquist, Ormsby and Pollet)

Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SHB 1301 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Hackney, Valdez and Macri)

Providing expanded options for fare enforcement by regional transit authorities.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SHB 1333 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Tharinger, Steele, Hackney and Lekanoff)

Providing an extension to the local sales and use tax for public facilities in rural counties.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

E2SHB 1335 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Valdez, Rude, Berry, Fitzgibbon, Morgan, Santos, Shewmake, Davis, Berg, Gilday, Bergquist, Fey, Bateman, Lekanoff, Lovick, Callan, Riccelli, Rule, Pollet, Senn and Harris-Talley)

Concerning review and property owner notification of recorded documents with unlawful racial restrictions.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SHB 1357 By House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Mosbrucker, Gregerson, Chase and Berry)

Concerning voters' pamphlets for overseas and service voters.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SHB 1379 By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Lovick, Boehnke, Sutherland, Ryu and Dent)

Establishing an unpiloted aircraft system state coordinator and program funding source.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SHB 1438 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Orcutt, Sutherland, Graham, Young, Volz and Eslick)

Expanding eligibility for property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens by modifying income thresholds for eligibility to allow deductions for common health care-related expenses.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SHB 1446 By House Committee on Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representative Fey)

Prohibiting a utility from being assessed a penalty for not meeting its biennial acquisition target for cost-effective conservation in special circumstances outside the utility's control.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

EHB 1453 By Representatives Bergquist, Volz, Valdez, Lekanoff, Shewmake, Sutherland and Riccelli

Concerning voters' pamphlets.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

HB 1495 By Representatives Chapman, Robertson and Dent

Providing that qualified dealer cash incentives paid to auto dealers are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

E2SHB 1504 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Chopp, Simmons, Berry, Davis, Valdez, Wylie, Johnson, J., Ryu, Tharinger, Taylor, Goodman, Bergquist, Ramel, Peterson, Senn, Dolan, Ormsby, Duerr, Macri, Kloba, Callan, Morgan, Stonier, Pollet, Riccelli and Thai)

Modifying the workforce education investment act.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

ESHB 1521 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Entenman, Sullivan, Callan, Jacobsen, Taylor, Stokesbary, Gregerson and Ormsby)

Supporting warehousing and manufacturing job centers.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.