HB 2313 - DIGEST

Raises revenue by restricting or eliminating tax exemptions, deductions, and credits.

Repeals RCW 82.04.062, 82.04.293, 82.04.315, 82.04.317, 82.04.4292, and 82.04.44525.

Declares an intent to make additional revenue available for appropriation for programs that are not adequately funded in the state budget, such as the following: (1) $20,000,000 for the state board for community and technical colleges to bring the pay rate for part-time faculty up to sixty-five percent of the pay rate for full-time faculty.

(2) $5,400,000 for the state board for community and technical colleges for salary increments for faculty and for professional development activities.

(3) $11,040,000 for the state board for community and technical colleges to provide 5,650 additional full-time equivalent student enrollments.

(4) $13,000,000 for the department of social and health services to ensure that medicaid recipients are not subject to copays for prescription drugs.

(5) $3,000,000 for the department of social and health services for the limited English proficiency (LEP) pathways program.

(6) $1,000,000 for the department of social and health services for efforts to facilitate naturalization of immigrants.

(7) $13,000,000 for the department of social and health services to increase the vendor rate paid to hospitals.

(8) $24,000,000 to fund gain sharing under public employee pension plans.

Declares an intent to supersede the holding of the supreme court of the state of Washington in Puget Sound National Bank v. Department of Revenue, 123 Wn.2d 284 (1994).