 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 9 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 23, 2015 | 12th Day - 2015 Regular Session | |
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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=2015.
HB 1043-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Ryu and Parker)
Concerning self-service storage facilities.
Modifies provisions relating to notification requirements to occupants by the owner of a self-service storage facility.
| Jan 20 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1060-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Short, Farrell, Pike, Gregerson, Jinkins, and Fey)
Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
Places existing litter tax revenue in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
| Jan 20 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
HB 1063-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Blake, and Ryu)
Concerning cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring.
Addresses online training for cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians.
| Jan 20 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1064-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Blake, Stanford, and Ryu)
Concerning regulation of locksmith services.
Addresses locksmith services misrepresenting their geographic location.
| Jan 20 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Jan 21 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1069-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Appleton, Kagi, Gregerson, Reykdal, Carlyle, Stanford, Sawyer, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Hudgins, Goodman, Clibborn, Moeller, Moscoso, Farrell, and Fey)
Concerning preservation of DNA work product.
Addresses the preservation of a DNA work product.
| Jan 20 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1070-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, and Jinkins)
Creating the international commercial arbitration act.
Establishes the international commercial arbitration act.
| Jan 15 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 19 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1076-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu, McBride, and Stanford; by request of Insurance Commissioner)
Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.
Revises the standard valuation law to modernize life insurance reserve requirements.
| Jan 20 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 21 | Referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech. | |
HB 1088-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representative Takko)
Modifying per diem compensation for flood control zone district supervisors.
Fixes the compensation for flood control zone district supervisors at one hundred fourteen dollars per day or portion of a day spent in actual attendance at official meetings of the governing body or in performance of other official services or duties on behalf of the flood control zone.
| Jan 20 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Jan 21 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1511
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Hurst, Appleton, Stokesbary, Goodman, Reykdal, Moscoso, Rodne, Pollet, Magendanz, Zeiger, Johnson, Tharinger, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Van De Wege, Santos, Wylie, Ormsby, Walkinshaw, and Gregerson
Requiring Washington's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.
Requires the state's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1512
by Representatives Sells, Hayes, Moscoso, and Ormsby
Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.
Prohibits a law enforcement agency from taking punitive action against a peace officer solely because the officer's name was placed on a potential impeachment list.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1513
by Representatives Springer, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, and McBride
Concerning local infrastructure project areas.
Addresses local infrastructure project areas.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1514
by Representatives Jinkins, Manweller, and Cody
Concerning dental office support services.
Addresses dental practice provisions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1515
by Representatives MacEwen, Griffey, Blake, Condotta, Stanford, Moscoso, and Young
Modifying the operation of motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic.
Allows an operator of a motorcycle to: (1) Overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken; and(2) Operate the motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles if the motorcycle is traveling at a rate of speed no more than ten miles per hour over the speed of traffic flow and not more than thirty-five miles per hour.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1516
by Representatives Pettigrew, Santos, Magendanz, Condotta, Fitzgibbon, and Ormsby
Providing an exemption for certain lodging services from the convention and trade center tax.
Exempts from the convention and trade center tax, premises classified as a hostel.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1517
by Representatives Reykdal, Orcutt, Condotta, Springer, Johnson, Takko, Wylie, Nealey, Ryu, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Tharinger, Robinson, Moeller, Fey, Moscoso, Orwall, Haler, Peterson, Pike, Young, Magendanz, and Goodman
Concerning the distribution of liquor revenues to local jurisdictions.
Addresses liquor revolving fund distributions to local jurisdictions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1518
by Representatives Gregerson, Reykdal, Pollet, Ryu, Goodman, Moscoso, McBride, Sells, Peterson, Fitzgibbon, Wylie, Pettigrew, Cody, Takko, Dunshee, Tharinger, Ormsby, Lytton, Riccelli, Stanford, Hudgins, Kagi, Van De Wege, Ortiz-Self, Bergquist, Santos, and Walkinshaw
Creating the Washington wage recovery act.
Establishes the Washington wage recovery act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1519
by Representatives Riccelli, Reykdal, Robinson, Takko, Walkinshaw, McBride, Sells, Peterson, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, Ryu, Pollet, Pettigrew, Moscoso, Ormsby, Cody, Dunshee, Tharinger, Kagi, Lytton, Moeller, Stanford, Hudgins, Orwall, Van De Wege, Bergquist, and Santos
Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy.
Establishes the employee fair classification act to simplify and enforce employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1520
by Representatives Taylor, Scott, Griffey, Shea, G. Hunt, Young, and Magendanz
Requiring a finding of guilt prior to the forfeiture of private property.
Prohibits a court from entering a final order of forfeiture of personal or real property until after the court has found that: (1) The owner of the property to be forfeited is guilty of committing a felony offense; and(2) The property to be forfeited was directly involved in, connected with, traceable to, or derived from the commission of the felony offense for which the owner of the property was found guilty.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1521
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Scott, Condotta, G. Hunt, Griffey, and Young
Making licensed dealer delivery provisions consistent with federal law.
Allows a licensed firearms dealer to deliver a firearm to a purchaser or transferee if three business days have elapsed from the date the licensed dealer requested a background check.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1522
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, G. Hunt, Buys, Griffey, Scott, Van De Wege, and Young
Establishing an intrastate meat inspection program.
Requires the department of agriculture to make an annual custom meat license available that allows the holder to operate a custom meat facility.Creates the meat inspection account.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1523
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, G. Hunt, Buys, Scott, Condotta, and Young
Regarding the relinquishment of water rights.
Abolishes relinquishment by removing all references to relinquishment in the Revised Code of Washington.Declares an intent to rely solely on the common law doctrine of abandonment.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1524
by Representatives Caldier, Young, Pike, Reykdal, Buys, Zeiger, Scott, Ormsby, and Riccelli
Authorizing the termination of all legal responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows by clear and convincing evidence that a man is not the genetic father of a child.
Authorizes the termination of legal responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows that a man is not the genetic father of a child.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1525
by Representatives Caldier, Buys, Stokesbary, Wilson, Van Werven, and Riccelli
Concerning beverage containers.
Removes beer and other malt beverages from the definition of "beverage" in chapter 70.132 RCW (beverage containers).
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1526
by Representatives Dent, Tharinger, Pike, Tarleton, Fagan, Van Werven, Hargrove, Orcutt, Harris, Condotta, Riccelli, Pettigrew, Takko, Lytton, Klippert, Johnson, Kochmar, Griffey, McCabe, Manweller, Moscoso, and Young
Dedicating aircraft excise tax revenue to the airport aid grant program.
Requires all aircraft excise tax revenue to be deposited in the aeronautics account to be solely dedicated to fund the operation and administrative expenses of the department of transportation aviation airport aid grant program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1527
by Representatives Dent, Blake, Buys, and Van De Wege
Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act.
Requires the department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the pesticide control act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1528
by Representatives Robinson, Riccelli, Rodne, Magendanz, DeBolt, Harris, Clibborn, Stanford, Caldier, Tharinger, Kagi, and Wylie
Allowing authorized health care providers to prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors.
Authorizes an authorized health care provider to prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1529
by Representatives Tharinger, Fey, Takko, Haler, Reykdal, Walsh, Tarleton, and Moscoso
Modifying per diem rates for port district officers and employees.
Modifies port district officer and employee per diem rate requirements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1530
by Representatives Wylie, Harris, Schmick, Ryu, Tharinger, Wilson, Pike, and Moeller
Modifying the definition of prepared food to exclude food required to be cooked by the consumer prior to consumption.
Excludes from the definition of prepared food, food sold that ordinarily requires additional cooking, as opposed to just reheating, by the consumer before consumption.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1531
by Representatives Tharinger, Harris, Jinkins, Cody, Caldier, Kagi, Wylie, and Senn; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Removing expiration dates for training and certification exemptions for certain long-term care workers.
Eliminates the expiration of training and certification exemptions for certain long-term care workers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1532
by Representatives Smith, Stanford, DeBolt, Riccelli, and Tarleton
Concerning budget submissions for capital design and construction at institutions of higher education.
Increases the threshold for certain projects from five million dollars to ten million dollars for institutions of higher education.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1533
by Representatives Van Werven, Hurst, Buys, Takko, Vick, Scott, Shea, Condotta, Dent, G. Hunt, Wilson, Caldier, Holy, Blake, Kirby, Griffey, Rodne, Moscoso, MacEwen, Zeiger, Sawyer, Hayes, Orwall, Hargrove, Haler, Ryu, Johnson, Wylie, McBride, Young, Parker, and Magendanz
Exempting the transfer of a firearm donated to a historical society or museum for temporary exhibition and the transfer of the firearm back to the donor from the background check requirement.
Exempts from background check requirements, the transfer of a firearm: (1) From a person or organization to a recognized historical society or museum for the temporary exhibition of the firearm; and(2) From the historical society or museum back to the person or organization from which it received the firearm.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1534
by Representatives Van Werven, Clibborn, and Buys
Modifying the use of motor vehicle and special fuel tax proceeds by border area transportation benefit districts.
Requires proceeds of the border area motor vehicle fuel and special fuel taxes to be used solely for the purposes of border area jurisdiction transportation improvements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1535
by Representatives Klippert, Goodman, Orwall, Muri, Stokesbary, Haler, and Hayes
Concerning dealer deliveries to active law enforcement officers.
Authorizes a firearms dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser if the purchaser produces a valid commission card issued by a state law enforcement agency that shows the purchaser is a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer of the agency.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1536
by Representatives Klippert, Cody, Goodman, Muri, Stokesbary, Haler, Hayes, Tharinger, and Wylie
Addressing the timing of emergency detentions and assessments under the involuntary treatment act.
Revises involuntary treatment act provisions relating to the timing of emergency detentions and assessments.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1537
by Representatives Moscoso, Hudgins, and Wylie; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce certain penal provisions while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1538
by Representatives Sells, Moscoso, Dunshee, Reykdal, Pollet, S. Hunt, Orwall, Stanford, Robinson, Fey, Tarleton, Ryu, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Santos, McBride, Ormsby, and Walkinshaw
Restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees.
Requires an incremental increase to base salary allocations to be provided to school districts for school employees in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Requires each college district to receive an incremental allocation to increase academic employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Requires each technical college board of trustees to receive an incremental allocation to increase classified employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Addresses bonuses for certificated instructional staff.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1539
by Representatives Moeller and Wylie
Concerning hardship property tax waivers for interest and penalties.
Increases the occasions in which court treasurers may waive the interest and penalties for delinquencies on property taxes.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1540
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Pettigrew, Condotta, Stanford, Lytton, Short, Sawyer, S. Hunt, Hurst, Moscoso, and Wylie
Concerning tribal timber harvest excise tax agreements.
Authorizes the governor to enter into a timber harvest excise tax agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1541
by Representatives Santos, Ortiz-Self, Tharinger, Moscoso, Orwall, and Gregerson
Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee.
Adopts the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee relating to: (1) Disproportionality in student discipline;(2) Educator cultural competence;(3) Instructing English language learners;(4) English language learner accountability;(5) Disaggregated student data; and(6) Recruitment and retention of educators.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1542
by Representatives S. Hunt, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sells, Pollet, and Dunshee
Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
Provides retirement benefits at an earlier age in plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1543
by Representatives Blake and Vick
Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction.
Declares that the legislature intends that: (1) The department of revenue should administer the deduction for income on loans secured by a first mortgage fully and according to the original intent of the legislature, without regard for accounting peculiarities required by generally accepted accounting principles; and(2) This tax preference is being amended to correct a technical inconsistency, and these corrections are not intended to create a new or expanded tax preference.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1544
by Representatives Dent and Takko
Concerning the administrative steps required to be satisfied by a municipality in the procurement of water services in order for RCW 35.22.625 to not apply to the selection of water service contractors.
Exempts first-class cities from complying with certain public works requirements when selecting persons or entities to service and maintain water facilities and collection systems.Requires each municipality to publish, in advance, its requirements to procure water services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1545
by Representatives Robinson, Johnson, and Cody
Encouraging the safe practice of public health nurses dispensing certain medications.
Authorizes a licensed registered nurse who is an employee of a local health department or district, or a clinic or facility under contract with a local health department or district, to dispense a drug or device for purposes of prevention or treatment of a communicable disease or family planning.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1546
by Representatives Reykdal, Pollet, Springer, Bergquist, S. Hunt, Lytton, Tarleton, Wylie, and McBride; by request of Office of Financial Management
Concerning dual credit opportunities provided by Washington state's public institutions of higher education.
Modifies provisions relating to the college in the high school program and the running start program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1547
by Representatives S. Hunt, Holy, and Condotta; by request of State Treasurer
Authorizing funding and expenditures for the hosting of the annual conference of the national association of state treasurers.
Specifies that, when soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to host an official conference within the state of a national association as approved by the state treasurer, the state treasurer and designated employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in chapter 42.52 RCW (ethics in public service).
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1548
by Representatives Appleton, Pike, and Condotta
Increasing the percentage of votes required in order for a write-in candidate to appear on the general election ballot.
Prohibits the printing of a candidate's name on the general election ballot unless he or she receives at least five percent of the total votes cast for that office at the preceding primary.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1549
by Representative Carlyle; by request of Department of Revenue
Providing reasonable tools for the effective administration of the public utility district privilege tax.
Modifies provisions relating to the administration of the public utility district privilege tax.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1550
by Representatives Carlyle, Nealey, Reykdal, and Wylie; by request of Department of Revenue
Simplifying the taxation of amusement, recreation, and physical fitness services.
Simplifies the taxation of amusement and recreation services and physical fitness services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1551
by Representatives Ryu, Haler, Kagi, Gregerson, and Wylie; by request of Department of Revenue
Improving the administration of unclaimed property laws.
Addresses unclaimed property law administration.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1552
by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Condotta, Pike, Goodman, G. Hunt, Scott, Buys, Holy, Griffey, Blake, Fitzgibbon, Hurst, Ormsby, Young, and Magendanz
Concerning industrial hemp.
Legalizes the agricultural production of industrial hemp and provides a regulatory framework that will ensure the security and safety of hemp crops.Requires Washington State University to study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in the state.Creates the industrial hemp account.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1553
by Representatives Walkinshaw, MacEwen, Ryu, Appleton, Moscoso, Holy, Gregerson, Zeiger, Peterson, Farrell, Walsh, Reykdal, Orwall, Pettigrew, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, and Kagi
Encouraging certificates of restoration of opportunity.
Prohibits certain state, county, and municipal departments, boards, officers, and agencies authorized to assess the qualifications of an applicant for a license, certificate of authority, qualification to engage in the practice of a profession or business, or for admission to an examination to qualify for the license or certificate from disqualifying a qualified applicant, solely based on the applicant's criminal history, if the qualified applicant has obtained a certificate of restoration of opportunity and the applicant meets all other statutory and regulatory requirements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1554
by Representatives Stambaugh, S. Hunt, Holy, Zeiger, Scott, G. Hunt, Bergquist, Condotta, Ormsby, and Young
Exempting information of guardians or family members of children enrolled in child care, early learning, parks and recreation, after-school, and youth development programs.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information of certain family members and guardians of children enrolled in early learning or child care services, parks and recreation programs, youth development programs, and after-school programs.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1555
by Representatives Robinson, Walsh, Kagi, Johnson, Ortiz-Self, and McBride
Concerning applied behavior analysis.
Creates new credentials for behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and behavior technicians.Creates the Washington state applied behavior analysis advisory committee.Requires the secretary of the department of health to consult with the committee in determining the qualifications for licensure or certification.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1556
by Representatives Hargrove, Walkinshaw, Zeiger, Pollet, Van Werven, Bergquist, Ortiz-Self, and Parker
Strengthening the Washington advanced college tuition payment program by setting new requirements on the purchase and use of tuition units.
Allows purchasers to buy more tuition units per beneficiary and allows beneficiaries with high tuition unit balances to use more units per year to strengthen the advanced college tuition payment program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1557
by Representatives Riccelli, Shea, Stokesbary, McCaslin, and Orwall
Concerning informant and accomplice evidence and testimony.
Addresses the unreliability of accomplice and criminal informant evidence and testimony to ensure that the jury is fully informed when an accomplice or informant testifies.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1558
by Representatives Muri, Orwall, Stokesbary, Haler, Kilduff, Klippert, Riccelli, Ryu, and Wylie
Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute.
Provides law enforcement with the ability to seize and forfeit the property of buyers of sex who use that property to commit the crime of patronizing a prostitute.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1559
by Representatives Riccelli, Johnson, Wylie, Parker, MacEwen, Harris, Rodne, Schmick, Short, Pettigrew, Ormsby, Robinson, Van De Wege, Klippert, Reykdal, Sawyer, Holy, Walsh, S. Hunt, Kretz, Vick, Gregerson, McCaslin, Pike, Scott, Smith, Lytton, Hudgins, Ryu, Condotta, Sells, Moscoso, Hurst, Santos, Buys, Fey, Takko, Blake, Dent, Nealey, Kilduff, Chandler, Wilcox, Haler, Magendanz, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Appleton, Manweller, Shea, Senn, Hayes, Kochmar, Hargrove, Muri, Stanford, Fagan, Griffey, Van Werven, Wilson, Harmsworth, Kirby, Tharinger, McBride, and Goodman
Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
Changes certain courses of instruction: (1) Common to the University of Washington and Washington State University; and(2) Exclusive to the University of Washington.Authorizes and directs the board of regents of Washington State University to establish, operate, and maintain a school of medicine at the university.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1560
by Representatives Hudgins, Ortiz-Self, Ryu, Moscoso, Reykdal, Gregerson, Peterson, Bergquist, Santos, McBride, and Ormsby
Recognizing the thirty-first of March as Cesar Chavez Day.
Recognizes the thirty-first of March as Cesar Chavez Day.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1561
by Representatives Hudgins, Scott, Stanford, Magendanz, Ormsby, Smith, S. Hunt, and Wylie
Concerning the consideration of information technology security matters.
Allows a governing body to hold an executive session during a regular or special meeting to consider information regarding the infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks, security and service recovery plans, security risk assessments and security test results to the extent that they identify specific system vulnerabilities, and other information that if made public may increase the risk to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of agency security or to information technology infrastructure or assets.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1562
by Representatives Sullivan, Tarleton, and Orwall
Requiring posting of allergen information in public schools.
Requires public schools to display allergen information on a conspicuous sign in a prominent place within each area where food is served.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1563
by Representatives Blake, Van De Wege, Tharinger, and Moscoso
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account.
Increases revenue to the state wildlife account.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4203
by Representatives Hudgins, Scott, Stanford, Magendanz, Ormsby, Smith, S. Hunt, Tarleton, and Ryu
Amending the Constitution to permit appropriations from the budget stabilization account in certain cases where there has been a breach of information technology systems.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to permit appropriations from the budget stabilization account in certain cases where there has been a breach of information technology systems.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5012-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield, Honeyford, Rolfes, Ericksen, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Chase, and Hobbs)
Authorizing the growing of industrial hemp.
Allows industrial hemp to be grown, produced, possessed, and commercially traded in the state.Requires Washington State University to study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in the state.
| Jan 20 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 21 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5030-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Washington State Bar Association)
Addressing the limited liability company act.
Repeals the existing Washington limited liability company act and creates a new Washington limited liability company act.
| Jan 20 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Jan 21 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5450
by Senator O'Ban
Expanding the restrictions on locating marijuana businesses.
Includes churches and licensed chemical dependency programs in the buffer distance requirements of recreational marijuana businesses.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5451
by Senators Braun, Keiser, Conway, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.
Modifies vocational rehabilitation provisions to: (1) Make certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent; and(2) Create certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.Requires the department of labor and industries to conduct a study of injured workers whose employers participate in certain vocational services incentives to determine the impact on return-to-work outcomes, long-term disability, and claim costs.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5452
by Senators Litzow, Billig, Fain, Dammeier, Hargrove, Hill, Rivers, Brown, Mullet, Frockt, Jayapal, Angel, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, McAuliffe, and Habib
Improving quality in the early care and education system.
Establishes the early start act.Prioritizes the integration of child care and preschool in an effort to promote full day programming.Rewards quality and creates incentives for providers to participate in a quality rating and improvement system.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5453
by Senators Becker, Frockt, Bailey, Jayapal, Chase, and McAuliffe
Establishing extended stay recovery centers.
Establishes extended stay recovery centers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5454
by Senators Becker, Frockt, Dammeier, Jayapal, Bailey, Keiser, Parlette, Conway, Cleveland, and Chase
Requiring reporting of infections consequent to laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery.
Requires a physician or osteopathic physician who performs laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery to report to the department of health any patient infection caused or likely to have been caused as a consequence to the laser in-situ keratomileusis procedure.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5455
by Senators Rivers, Parlette, Hatfield, and Hobbs
Addressing the delivery of basic firefighter training and testing.
Requires the director of fire protection to develop and adopt a plan for the Washington state patrol fire training academy to deliver basic firefighter training and testing.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5456
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Liias, Warnick, and Mullet; by request of Attorney General
Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.
Prohibits the use or sale of software, the purpose of which is to circumvent, thwart, interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's internet web site.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5457
by Senators Litzow, Liias, Hobbs, and King
Modifying certain firefighting apparatus length and weight limits.
Changes the weight limits of a firefighting apparatus.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5458
by Senators Angel, Rolfes, and Hasegawa
Concerning health district banking.
Allows a health district to perform certain banking functions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5459
by Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Conway, McCoy, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Implementing family and medical leave insurance.
Allows workers to care for family members with a serious health condition or to recover from their own serious health condition.Expands duties of the employment security department.Requires each employer, for each individual, to pay a premium to the employment security department based on the amount of the employee's wages.Provides a business and occupation tax credit for certain employers.Changes the name of the family leave insurance program to the family and medical leave insurance program.Changes the name of the family leave insurance account to the family and medical leave insurance account.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5460
by Senators Parlette, Cleveland, Rivers, Keiser, Angel, Chase, and Bailey
Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available.
Authorizes a hospital to allow a practitioner to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to patients being discharged from a hospital emergency department during times when community or hospital pharmacy services are not available within fifteen miles by road.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5461
by Senators Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Pedersen, Chase, Keiser, Hasegawa, and Darneille
Vacating marijuana convictions.
Authorizes a person convicted of a misdemeanor marijuana offense to apply to the sentencing court for a vacation of the applicant's record of conviction for the offense.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5462
by Senators Ranker, Jayapal, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Pedersen, Nelson, Hatfield, Frockt, Keiser, Habib, Conway, Cleveland, Chase, and Liias
Requiring public works contractors to comply with laws prohibiting discrimination.
Requires an agency, in determining whether a bidder is a responsible bidder, to consider previous and existing compliance by the bidder with federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination, including Title VII of the civil rights act, the Americans with disabilities act, and the state civil rights act.Authorizes the director of the department of enterprise services to debar a contractor based on a violation of a federal or state law prohibiting discrimination, including Title VII of the civil rights act, the Americans with disabilities act, and the state civil rights act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5463
by Senators Hill, Kohl-Welles, Fain, Fraser, Litzow, King, Angel, Nelson, Chase, Pedersen, Roach, Liias, and McAuliffe
Concerning access to and creation of cultural and heritage programs and facilities.
Addresses cultural access programs.Authorizes the imposition of a sales and use tax and an additional regular property tax levy for the purposes authorized in this act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5464
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Parlette, Hargrove, Ranker, Hewitt, Fraser, and Chase; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Concerning unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity.
Creates the crime of unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5465
by Senators Frockt, Jayapal, Keiser, McCoy, Hasegawa, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning mid-level dental professionals.
Creates new mid-level dental professions.Attempts to increase access for all Washingtonians through the introduction of an evidence-based mid-level dental provider that is geared towards working in, and reducing oral health disparities within, the state's communities with the greatest need.Encourages the American dental association and the state dental association to consult with stakeholders to study programs in the state that use volunteer dentists and oral surgeons to provide specialty care dental services to low-income adults and children.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5466
by Senators Becker, Keiser, and Conway; by request of Health Care Authority and LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board
Clarifying employee eligibility for benefits from the public employees' benefits board and conforming the eligibility provisions with federal law.
Clarifies eligibility for employee benefits from the public employees' benefits board and conforms the eligibility provisions with federal law.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5467
by Senators Hatfield, Rivers, and Kohl-Welles
Providing a single point of excise taxation on sales of recreational marijuana.
Provides a single point of excise taxation on recreational marijuana sales.Requires marijuana excise taxes to be paid by the buyer to the seller.Addresses the administrative review of a notice of unpaid trust fund taxes.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5468
by Senators King, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, and Conway; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs.
Subjects to the allotment of all expenditures under chapter 43.88 RCW (state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system), money used for administrative expenses to assist employers with developing a stay-at-work program and other related services that respond to employer needs or employee needs, or both, in the stay-at-work program as they arise.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5469
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, McAuliffe, Liias, Rolfes, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, and Habib
Restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees.
Requires an incremental increase to base salary allocations to be provided to school districts for school employees in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Requires each college district to receive an incremental allocation to increase academic employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Requires each technical college board of trustees to receive an incremental allocation to increase classified employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.Addresses bonuses for certificated instructional staff.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5470
by Senators Warnick and Liias
Concerning municipal procurement of water services.
Exempts first-class cities from complying with certain public works requirements when selecting persons or entities to service and maintain water facilities and collection systems.Requires each municipality to publish, in advance, its requirements to procure water services.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5471
by Senators Angel, Mullet, Litzow, and Hobbs
Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products.
Authorizes a notice to a party or other document required under applicable law in an insurance transaction or that is to serve as evidence of insurance coverage to be delivered, stored, and presented by electronic means as long as it meets the requirements of the uniform electronic transactions act.Authorizes standard property and casualty insurance policies and endorsements that do not contain personally identifiable information to be mailed, delivered, or posted on the insurer's web site.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5472
by Senators Parlette, McCoy, Hatfield, Hobbs, Honeyford, and Dansel
Concerning tribal timber harvest excise tax agreements.
Authorizes the governor to enter into a timber harvest excise tax agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5473
by Senators Chase, Hasegawa, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Conway, and Kohl-Welles
Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
Provides retirement benefits at an earlier age in plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5474
by Senators Rivers, Conway, Angel, and Frockt
Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.
Addresses relationships between health insurers and contracting health care providers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5475
by Senators Benton, Hobbs, Litzow, Angel, and Fain
Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction.
Declares that the legislature intends that: (1) The department of revenue should administer the deduction for income on loans secured by a first mortgage fully and according to the original intent of the legislature, without regard for accounting peculiarities required by generally accepted accounting principles; and(2) This tax preference is being amended to correct a technical inconsistency, and these corrections are not intended to create a new or expanded tax preference.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5476
by Senators Dammeier, Angel, Honeyford, and Warnick
Concerning dealer deliveries to active law enforcement officers.
Authorizes a firearms dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser if the purchaser produces a valid commission card issued by a state law enforcement agency that shows the purchaser is a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer of the agency.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5477
by Senators Dammeier, Becker, Warnick, Kohl-Welles, and Darneille
Concerning the packaging, labeling, and advertising of vapor products.
Requires child-resistant packaging for substances intended for use in a vapor product that is sold at retail in this state.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5478
by Senators Dammeier, Keiser, Honeyford, Angel, and Conway
Financing facilities to support education reform.
Provides additional financial assistance to school districts for: (1) The development and modernization of facilities that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; and(2) The phase-in of all-day kindergarten.Creates the specialized STEM facility grant program which will be administered by the superintendent of public instruction in consultation with the STEM education innovation alliance and the statewide STEM organization.Creates the all-day kindergarten facility grant program which will be administered by the superintendent of public instruction in consultation with an advisory committee.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5479
by Senators Liias, Pearson, Chase, and Hasegawa; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors.
Authorizes the director of the department of enterprise services to impose a fine on a contractor for cause in replacement of, or in addition to, debarment.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5480
by Senators King, Hobbs, Miloscia, Rivers, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Ericksen, Liias, and Rolfes
Establishing a priority for the use, reuse, and recycling of construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials in Washington.
Requires the department of transportation, state construction associations, and local governmental entities to develop and establish criteria and incentives for the reuse and recycling of construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5481
by Senators Hill, Litzow, Mullet, Chase, Rivers, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, Rolfes, and Hasegawa
Concerning tolling customer service reform.
Requires a customer service representative to assist a toll customer who has received a notice of civil penalty.Establishes requirements for the department of transportation before issuing a notice of civil penalty to a registered owner of a vehicle with an electronic toll collection account.Requires the department of transportation to administer a toll amnesty program which will allow a toll customer, on a one-time basis, to pay tolls owed and have civil penalties and associated administrative fees waived.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5482
by Senators Roach and Liias
Addressing the disclosure of global positioning system data by law enforcement officers.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, the global positioning system data that would indicate the location of the residence of an employee or worker of a criminal justice agency.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5483
by Senators Roach, Billig, and Hasegawa
Concerning fund sharing between political committees.
Revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of the fair campaign practices act, to include the payment in full, by a candidate or political committee, of a joint campaign expense in the amount of the joint campaign expense incurred by the nonpaying candidate or political committee.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5484
by Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Liias, Kohl-Welles, Chase, and Hasegawa; by request of Office of Financial Management
Modifying provisions related to tuition setting authority at public institutions of higher education.
Modifies provisions relating to tuition setting authority at public institutions of higher education.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5485
by Senators Hobbs and Benton
Concerning nonprofit organizations engaged in debt adjusting.
Modifies debt adjusting provisions relating to nonprofit organizations.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5486
by Senators Frockt, O'Ban, Darneille, Fraser, Miloscia, Rolfes, Hargrove, Billig, Ranker, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, and McAuliffe
Creating the parents for parents program.
Specifies that the parents for parents program currently exists in seven counties and has been shown to increase the number of family reunifications, where appropriate, while decreasing the length of time needed to establish permanence. The goal is to: (1) Continue to support the program in those counties;(2) Standardize the parents for parents curriculum among counties in which it is currently used; and(3) Replicate the program statewide by the end of the 2019-2021 biennium.Requires the parents for parents program to provide structured peer mentoring, administered by veteran parents, for families entering the dependency court system.Requires funding for the parents for parents program to be through the office of public defense and centrally administered through a pass-through to a state nonprofit-lead organization that has extensive experience supporting veteran parents.Requires a child welfare research entity based at the University of Washington to conduct an evaluation of the parents for parents program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5487
by Senators Baumgartner, Billig, Rivers, Keiser, Schoesler, Hatfield, Angel, King, Liias, Mullet, Dansel, Ericksen, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Hasegawa, Hewitt, and Chase
Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
Changes certain courses of instruction: (1) Common to the University of Washington and Washington State University; and(2) Exclusive to the University of Washington.Authorizes and directs the board of regents of Washington State University to establish, operate, and maintain a school of medicine at the university.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5488
by Senators Keiser, Jayapal, Parlette, and Cleveland
Concerning applied behavior analysis.
Creates new credentials for behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, and behavior technicians.Creates the Washington state applied behavior analysis advisory committee.Requires the secretary of the department of health to consult with the committee in determining the qualifications for licensure or certification.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5489
by Senators Hewitt, Keiser, and Parlette
Concerning price agreements between contact lens manufacturers or distributors and retailers.
Prohibits a manufacturer or distributor of prescription contact lenses from preventing a retailer from selling or advertising the contact lenses to consumers below a specified price.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5490
by Senators Ericksen, Hobbs, King, and Ranker
Modifying the use of motor vehicle and special fuel tax proceeds by border area transportation benefit districts.
Requires proceeds of the border area motor vehicle fuel and special fuel taxes to be used solely for the purposes of border area jurisdiction transportation improvements.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5491
by Senators Parlette, Hatfield, King, Hargrove, Benton, Pearson, Braun, Rivers, Cleveland, Warnick, Honeyford, and Bailey
Maintaining reservations of water for certain future uses.
Declares that it is clear that overriding considerations of the public interest will be served by ensuring that reservations of water are maintained for certain future uses included in rules establishing levels and flows.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5492
by Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Billig, Conway, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Ranker, Jayapal, Miloscia, and McAuliffe
Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability.
Establishes the tax exemption transparency and accountability act.Creates a tax expenditure budget as part of the biennial budget adopted by the legislature.Reforms the tax expenditure process by including tax expenditures in a tax expenditure budget in the biennial state budget process and requires they be readopted every two years as part of the budget process or they expire.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to report its findings and recommendations for scheduled tax expenditures to the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax expenditures by June 30th of each year.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5493
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rivers, McAuliffe, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, Chase, and Hatfield
Distinguishing cannabis health and beauty aids from marijuana.
Exempts cannabis health and beauty aids from the regulations of the uniform controlled substances act that apply to marijuana, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana-infused products.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5494
by Senators Miloscia, Liias, McCoy, Keiser, and McAuliffe; by request of Attorney General
Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made.
Raises the legal smoking age to twenty-one.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5495
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes, and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, professional growth plans in educator license renewals submitted through the eCert system in the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5496
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes, and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
Changes explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5497
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes, and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Confirming that the professional educator standards board is an authorized representative of the state educational agencies.
Clarifies that data exchanged between educator preparation programs and the state professional educator standards board is subject to the federal educational rights and privacy act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5498
by Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Uniform Law Commission
Revising the uniform interstate family support act.
Revises the uniform interstate family support act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5499
by Senators Roach, Hasegawa, Rivers, Rolfes, Warnick, Dansel, Padden, Angel, and Chase
Allowing the filing of a special allegation of a nefarious drone enterprise.
Prohibits an unmanned aerial vehicle from being used to facilitate or commit nefarious criminal purposes.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5500
by Senators Roach, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, Dansel, Parlette, and Padden
Permitting retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms on school facilities.
Allows a retired law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency within this state, who is permitted to carry a concealed pistol, to carry onto, or to possess on, public or private elementary or secondary school premises, school-provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public or private schools.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5501
by Senators Fain, Frockt, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Preventing animal cruelty.
Revises animal cruelty provisions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5502
by Senators Padden, Rivers, Litzow, Darneille, Miloscia, Bailey, Angel, Fain, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Chase, and Keiser
Concerning the distribution of intimate images.
Addresses the distribution of intimate images.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5503
by Senators Padden, Litzow, Baumgartner, Miloscia, Conway, Rivers, Becker, Angel, Schoesler, Warnick, Sheldon, Honeyford, Chase, and Pearson
Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders.
Increases the sanctions for habitual property offenders to provide more effective deterrents to recidivism.Enhances the courts' discretion to more appropriately sentence habitual property offenders with significant histories of burglary and theft.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5504
by Senators Hewitt and Hasegawa
Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances.
Authorizes nonretail class liquor licensees to allow their employees between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years to stock, merchandise, and handle liquor on or about the licensee's premises as long as there is an adult twenty-one years of age or older, employed by the retail licensee, and present at the retail licensee's premises during the activities.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5505
by Senators McAuliffe, Darneille, Chase, Frockt, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, O'Ban, Pearson, and Conway
Creating an office of corrections ombuds.
Creates an office of corrections ombuds within the office of the governor for the purpose of: (1) Providing information to offenders and their families;(2) Promoting public awareness and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of offenders;(3) Identifying system issues and responses for the governor and the legislature to act upon; and(4) Ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to corrections facilities, services, and treatment of offenders under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.Requires funding for the office to be provided from the proceeds of the department of corrections' institutional offender betterment accounts, after distribution is made to the crime victims' compensation program.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5506
by Senators McAuliffe, Darneille, Frockt, Liias, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Keiser, and Hasegawa
Including information on preventing sexual abuse and violence in sexual health education.
Requires public schools that offer sexual health education to assure that the education includes information on preventing sexual abuse and violence and understanding consent.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5507
by Senators Braun, Rivers, Sheldon, Angel, and Schoesler
Addressing appeals by employers of department of labor and industries' fines or civil penalties.
Addresses employers' appeals of fines or civil penalties imposed by the department of labor and industries.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5508
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Dammeier, Schoesler, and Bailey
Concerning recovery for purposes of legal actions under the industrial insurance statutes.
Specifies that this act is an explicit restatement of the legislature's original intent to grant the department of labor and industries or a self-insured employer the authority to reimburse itself from a third-party recovery for the amount paid on behalf of the worker or beneficiary for all economic and noneconomic damages except loss of consortium.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5509
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, and Parlette
Concerning workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims.
Assures that the workers' compensation system will only be responsible for costs due to workplace injuries.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5510
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, and Angel
Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.
Simplifies and adds certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5511
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Angel, Bailey, and Honeyford
Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes.
Removes the option for a local sales and use tax change to take effect on the first day of October.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5512
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Bailey, Schoesler, and Warnick
Concerning independent medical exam and consultation and vocational rehabilitation assessment scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
Authorizes retrospective rating plan employers and groups to assist the department of labor and industries in the processing of certain claims.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5513
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Dammeier, Rivers, Bailey, Sheldon, Schoesler, Warnick, and Honeyford
Creating the workers' recovery act by amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent.
Establishes the workers' recovery act.Revises structured settlement provisions, lowers age barriers, and clarifies legislative intent.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5514
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Padden, Sheldon, Schoesler, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, and Honeyford
Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.
Creates a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5515
by Senators Braun and Baumgartner
Excluding retirement as a subject of collective bargaining for individual providers under chapter 74.39A RCW.
Excludes any matters relating to retirement benefits from the scope of collective bargaining for individual providers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5516
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Sheldon, Schoesler, Bailey, and Honeyford
Addressing compensation for injured workers.
Authorizes the parties to an allowed claim for benefits to enter into a voluntary settlement agreement with respect to one or more allowed claims for industrial insurance benefits.Requires the department of labor and industries to contract for an independent study of: (1) Voluntary settlement agreements approved by the board of industrial insurance appeals; and(2) The return to work provisions.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5517
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Keiser, and Hasegawa
Concerning sexual harassment prevention and response through policies and training in schools.
Requires a school district's sexual harassment policy to be in clearly understandable language and be provided to administrators, certificated staff, classified staff, and parents or guardians, as well as students in secondary schools.Requires administrators, certificated staff, and classified staff, upon hiring, to sign a statement of receipt and agreement with the sexual harassment policy.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5518
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Frockt, Darneille, McAuliffe, Liias, Dammeier, Fain, Keiser, Hasegawa, and Habib
Creating procedures to address campus sexual violence.
Addresses campus sexual violence.Creates a campus sexual violence work group and requires the work group to submit a report to the governor and the legislature with recommendations for improving state oversight of campus sexual violence policies and procedures.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5519
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Habib, Keiser, Hasegawa, Conway, Pedersen, Darneille, Chase, and Mullet
Enacting the comprehensive marijuana reform act.
Establishes the comprehensive marijuana reform act.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SJM 8006
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Dammeier, Keiser, Darneille, and Frockt
Requesting Congress, the President, and the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice to take action to implement the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office concerning efforts to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by school personnel and sexual abuse between peers.
Requests congress, the president, and the departments of education, health and human services, and justice to take action to implement the recommendations of the government accountability office concerning efforts to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by school personnel and sexual abuse between peers.
| Jan 22 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SJR 8201
by Senators Fain, Mullet, Litzow, Pedersen, Dammeier, Darneille, Hill, Kohl-Welles, Braun, Hobbs, Cleveland, Miloscia, Fraser, Rivers, Billig, Angel, Honeyford, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, Parlette, Padden, Hewitt, Ranker, Hatfield, McCoy, Chase, King, Dansel, Rolfes, O'Ban, Hargrove, Habib, Jayapal, Conway, and Keiser
Amending the Constitution to address changes in state expenditures and revenues made by initiative.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to address changes in state expenditures and revenues made by initiative.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SJR 8202
by Senators Chase, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, and Jayapal
Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to allow an income tax.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |