Addressing workplace practices to achieve gender pay equity.

Protecting Washington waters from negative impacts of nonnative finfish by requiring nonnative finfish cultivated in Washington to be single-sex.

Authorizes the department of natural resources to enter into a new aquatic land lease, or renew or extend the lease, for the purpose of Atlantic salmon or nonnative finfish aquaculture if the lease is for the culture of single-sex Atlantic salmon or other single-sex nonnative marine finfish.

Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Permit Atlantic salmon or other nonnative marine finfish aquaculture if the permits are for activities or operations related to marine aquaculture of single-sex Atlantic salmon or other single-sex nonnative finfish; and

(2) Permit the transport of Atlantic salmon or other nonnative finfish if the transport is for single-sex Atlantic salmon or other nonnative finfish.

Reducing escape of nonnative finfish from marine finfish aquaculture facilities.

Prohibits the department of natural resources from entering into a new lease, or renewing or extending the lease, or other use authorization where the use includes marine finfish aquaculture of Atlantic salmon.

Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife and the department of ecology to only authorize or permit marine finfish aquaculture of Atlantic salmon where it is an authorized use under a lease of state-owned aquatic lands.

Requires the department of ecology, the department of natural resources, and the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Continue the existing effort to update guidance and informational resources to industry and governments for planning and permitting commercial marine net pen aquaculture; and

(2) Design the guidance to eliminate commercial marine net pen escapement and negative impacts to water quality and native fish, shellfish, and wildlife. Expires December 31, 2020.

Requires a facility operator, for marine finfish aquaculture of Atlantic salmon authorized or permitted consistent with this act, to hire a marine engineering firm approved by the department of fish and wildlife to conduct inspections.

Concerning veteran diversion from involuntary commitment.

Modifies the involuntary treatment act with regard to the emergency detention of a person with a mental disorder or a substance use disorder.

Requires the appropriate facility to: (1) Inquire as to a person's veteran status or eligibility for veteran's benefits;

(2) Report to the veterans health administration;

(3) Take into consideration the person's emergency care needs, when he or she has been identified as a veteran or is eligible for veterans services and is being treated for a mental health or substance use disorder; and

Concerning surf pools.

Requires the state board of health, in adopting rules regarding the operation or design of water recreation facilities containing a surf pool, to review and consider the most recent version of the United States centers for disease control and prevention model aquatic health code.

Authorizing local governments to enact ordinances requiring that all marijuana be cultivated indoors in a fully enclosed and secure structure.

Authorizes a city, town, or county to enact an ordinance requiring that the cultivation of marijuana be conducted indoors within a fully enclosed and secure structure, when the cultivation is done by: (1) A marijuana producer licensed under the uniform controlled substances act, or by any other person or entity; or

Concerning election year restrictions on email updates from state legislators.

Revising statutory deadlines for redistricting plans.

Concerning the consumer directed employer program.

Concerning special education funding.

Declares an intent to: (1) Provide additional state funding and improve access to educational opportunities for students enrolled in special education programs;

(2) Require the superintendent of public instruction to modify the multipliers in the excess cost allocations to school districts, lower the threshold to qualify for safety net funding, and determine an appropriate threshold for institutions providing special education; and

(3) Review the special education multiplier and adjust as necessary to provide adequate funding for special education.

Requires the state safety net oversight committee to consider the extraordinary high cost needs of one or more individual special education students served in residential schools or certain programs to the extent they are providing a program of education for students enrolled in special education.

Concerning dedicated funding for animal shelter capital projects.

Establishing a special allegation and sentencing enhancement for wearing body armor during the commission of any violent offense.

Adds an additional twelve months to the standard sentence range for a conviction of a violent offense that included a finding by special allegation of wearing body armor.

Requires the enhancements to be mandatory, be served in total confinement, and run consecutively to other sentencing provisions.

Assisting Washington families by improving the fairness of the state's tax system by enacting a capital gains tax and providing property tax relief.

Creating a sentencing enhancement for body armor.

Establishes the deputy Daniel McCartney act.

Doubles the amount of a firearms enhancement if an offender is being sentenced for any firearm enhancement, and the offender or accomplice was in possession of body armor at the time of the offense.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 30	First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).