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 1124 by Representatives Takko, Morris, Springer, and Fey Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption. Authorizes certain licensees to provide samples of two ounces or less of beer and wine free of charge for consumption on the premises.
HB 1125 by Representatives Hawkins, Robinson, Kretz, Sawyer, Johnson, Appleton, Short, Condotta, Tarleton, Haler, and Ryu Concerning expenditures from the economic development strategic reserve account to support economic recovery of businesses due to the wildfires in Okanogan and Chelan counties. Authorizes five hundred thousand dollars to be expended from the economic development strategic reserve account for the purpose of supporting economic recovery from the 2014 wildfires in Okanogan county.Requires the director of the department of commerce to distribute the funds before August 1, 2015, to a nonprofit organization dedicated to the long-term recovery from the Carlton Complex fire to be used by that organization on economic recovery and development projects.
HB 1126 by Representatives Kagi, MacEwen, Tarleton, Walsh, Goodman, Senn, Gregerson, and Ryu Concerning department of early learning fatality reviews. Establishes the Eve Uphold act.Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Convene a child fatality review committee and determine the membership of the review committee; and(2) Conduct a child fatality review if a child fatality occurs in an early learning program, a licensed child care center, or a licensed child care home.
HB 1127 by Representatives Chandler and Sells Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety program. Requires the department of commerce to create and administer the agricultural labor skills and safety grant program that will provide training opportunities for agricultural workers.
HB 1128 by Representative Hurst Allowing for the collection of DNA from adults arrested for a ranked felony or a gross misdemeanor violation of certain orders. Requires the collection of biological samples for DNA identification analysis from all adults lawfully arrested for the commission of certain criminal offenses.
HB 1129 by Representatives Goodman, Walsh, Jinkins, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, and Pollet Granting the office of civil legal aid access to juvenile case records. Requires a court to release to the office of civil legal aid juvenile case records needed to implement the agency's oversight, technical assistance, and other required functions.
HB 1130 by Representatives Fey, Short, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, and Gregerson; by request of Department of Ecology and Department of Fish and Wildlife Concerning water power license fees. Changes reporting requirements of the department of ecology with regard to water power license fees.
HB 1131 by Representatives Pettigrew, Buys, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Gregerson, S. Hunt, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Muri, and Goodman Concerning ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking. Prohibits the sale, offering to sell, purchasing, trading, trafficking, bartering for, or distribution of any ivory article or rhinoceros horn.Expands the crime of unlawful trafficking in fish, shellfish, or wildlife in the second degree.
HB 1132 by Representatives Tharinger, Harris, Wylie, Van De Wege, Johnson, Lytton, Fey, Riccelli, Jinkins, Buys, Cody, Appleton, Ortiz-Self, Hayes, Gregerson, and Short Concerning the regulation of adult family homes. Requires the department of social and health services to charge a licensee a nonrefundable fee in the event of a change in ownership of an adult family home.Authorizes the department of social and health services to: (1) Authorize a one-time waiver of all or any portion of certain licensing, processing, or change of ownership fees if the department determines that an adult family home is being relicensed because of exceptional circumstances and that to require the full payment of the fees would present a hardship to the applicant; and(2) Under exceptional circumstances, consider granting a license to an applicant who has not completed the adult family home administration and business planning class but who meets all other requirements.
HB 1133 by Representatives Tharinger, Muri, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Jinkins, Cody, Moscoso, Dunshee, Gregerson, Johnson, Ryu, and Pollet Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax. Authorizes a county, subject to certain conditions and requirements, to impose an excise tax on the privilege of engaging in business as a utility.
HB 1134 by Representatives Moeller and Harris; by request of Department of Health Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. Modifies provisions relating to the scope of practice for certified counselors and certified advisers.
HB 1135 by Representatives Cody, Harris, Jinkins, and Gregerson; by request of Department of Health Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct. Authorizes a disciplining authority to, after investigation, offer a remediation plan to licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.
HB 1136 by Representatives Carlyle, S. Hunt, Tarleton, Kilduff, Appleton, Pike, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Haler, Ryu, Sells, Pollet, Fey, and Farrell; by request of Attorney General Concerning employment after public service in state government. Addresses employment after public service in state government.
HB 1137 by Representatives Short, Blake, Kretz, Buys, and Van De Wege Authorizing licensed geologists to perform the duties of licensed water well operators or resource protection well operators. Authorizes licensed geologists to perform the duties of licensed water well operators or resource protection well operators.
HB 1138 by Representatives Orwall, Haler, Blake, Carlyle, Kochmar, Reykdal, Appleton, S. Hunt, Pollet, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, Riccelli, Ryu, Tharinger, Walkinshaw, and Fey Creating a task force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education. Requires Forefront at the University of Washington to convene a task force on mental health and suicide prevention at public and private institutions of higher education to determine what policies, resources, and technical assistance are needed to support the institutions in improving access to mental health services and improving suicide prevention responses.Expires July 1, 2017.
HB 1139 by Representatives Orwall, Kochmar, Appleton, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Hayes, Zeiger, Gregerson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, S. Hunt, Riccelli, Ryu, Fey, and Santos Establishing a work group to study human trafficking of youth issues. Creates a work group, administered by the department of commerce, to study the implementation of chapter 289, Laws of 2010 (ESSB 6476, relating to sex crimes involving minors) throughout the state and report its findings and recommendations.
HB 1140 by Representatives Orwall, Moeller, Cody, Appleton, Jinkins, Gregerson, Bergquist, Senn, Ryu, and Tharinger Requiring the health care authority to establish a primary care psychiatric consultation services program. Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Establish a program to support primary care providers in the assessment and provision of the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of adults with behavioral health disorders through the provision of primary care psychiatric consultation services; and(2) Pursue program financing options to supplement state funds with funds from other public or private sources.
HB 1141 by Representative Goodman Requiring certain operational standards for regional jails. Requires local governments that own or operate regional jails to adopt and enforce certain operational standards.Requires a regional jail located within a county with a county jail to have standards consistent with the county standards.
HB 1142 by Representatives Wilcox, Reykdal, G. Hunt, Gregerson, and Magendanz Modifying school district authority with respect to student parking. Authorizes a school district board of directors to establish and collect a fee from students as a condition of parking an automobile or other vehicle on school property.
HB 1143 by Representatives S. Hunt, Reykdal, Bergquist, Appleton, Dunshee, Orwall, Tarleton, Robinson, Gregerson, Ormsby, Riccelli, Ryu, Springer, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, and Pollet Allowing voters to return a voted ballot and signed declaration by fax or email. Authorizes voters to return a signed declaration and voted ballot by fax or e-mail.
HB 1144 by Representatives S. Hunt, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Bergquist, Tarleton, Appleton, Pollet, Riccelli, Dunshee, Orwall, Moscoso, Robinson, Gregerson, Morris, Ormsby, Reykdal, Stanford, Peterson, Tharinger, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Sells, Fey, Farrell, and Goodman Extending the time period for voter registration. Enacts election day registration.
HB 1145 by Representatives Haler and Fey Allowing joint meetings of county legislative authorities under certain circumstances. Authorizes, under certain circumstances, two or more county legislative authorities to hold a joint regular or special meeting solely in the county seat of a participating county.
HB 1146 by Representatives Haler, Pollet, Manweller, Zeiger, Bergquist, and Tharinger Concerning higher education fiscal matters. Declares that: (1) It is the goal of the legislature to make state appropriations to the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College in the omnibus appropriations act for at least fifty percent of the total amount of funds the institutions received for full-time resident undergraduates from state appropriations and the operating fee portion of tuition and fees in the 2014-2015 academic year; and(2) Appropriations shall be increased to the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College in equal amounts over a four-year period beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year in order to meet or exceed the fifty percent funding goal by the 2019-2020 academic year.
HB 1147 by Representatives Haler, Pollet, Manweller, Zeiger, and Bergquist Requiring a study of the transition to a three-track or four-track admission system for public institutions of higher education. Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study of the transition to a three-track admission system for public institutions of higher education on a semester calendar and a four-track admission system for public institutions of higher education on a quarter calendar.Expires July 1, 2016.
HB 1148 by Representative Goodman Determining sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements. Determines sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
HB 1149 by Representatives Muri, Lytton, Appleton, Klippert, Hawkins, Kilduff, Gregerson, Magendanz, and Fey Providing for educational data on students from military families. Requires school districts to collect and submit data on students from military families.Requires the K-12 data governance group to develop best practice guidelines for the collection and regular updating of the data.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct an analysis of the average number of students from military families who are special education students.
HB 1150 by Representatives Muri, Kilduff, Appleton, Lytton, Klippert, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Bergquist, Jinkins, and Fey Requiring the department of social and health services to notify the military regarding child abuse and neglect allegations of families with an active military status. Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Make efforts as soon as practicable to determine the military status of parents whose children are subject to abuse or neglect allegations; and(2) If it determines that a parent or guardian is in the military, notify a department of defense family advocacy program that there is an allegation of abuse and neglect that is screened in open for investigation that relates to that military parent or guardian.
HB 1151 by Representatives Moeller, Tarleton, Robinson, Bergquist, Ormsby, Senn, Tharinger, and Santos Creating pilot projects to offer respite services to primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness. Requires the department of social and health services to establish up to three pilot projects to offer respite services to primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness.Expires June 30, 2018.
HB 1152 by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Stanford, Dunshee, and Tharinger Concerning the management of forage fish resources. Requires a recreational fishing license to fish for smelt.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Conduct a survey of the location of surf smelt and sand lance spawning grounds and use the results from the survey to expand knowledge of documented spawning habitat areas and inform regulatory actions related to spawning areas and times; and(2) Conduct a mid-water trawl survey to evaluate the prevalence of adults of all species of forage fish.
HB 1153 by Representatives Blake and Wilcox Concerning lumber grading. Establishes the native lumber act.Requires the department of labor and industries, in collaboration with Washington State University, to create and administer the native lumber grading program to provide training for inspecting, grading, certifying, and stamping native lumber.Creates the native lumber grading program account.
HB 1154 by Representatives Bergquist, Zeiger, Muri, Haler, Pollet, Moscoso, Gregerson, Tharinger, Jinkins, and Santos Creating the affordable college for everyone grant contract program. Creates a program that allows students who qualify for the state need grant and college bound programs to attend college without paying for tuition and fees.Requires the office of student financial assistance to: (1) Design the Washington affordable college for everyone grant contract program and the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program; and(2) With the assistance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, implement and administer the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program.Requires the caseload forecast council to estimate the anticipated caseload of the Washington college bound affordable college for everyone grant contract program.
HB 1155 by Representatives Pike, Moeller, Buys, Manweller, Hayes, Bergquist, and Pollet Concerning property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability. Allows the income thresholds for the senior citizen property tax exemption and deferral programs to annually grow with inflation.Requires the department of revenue to annually update the income thresholds.
HB 1156 by Representatives Pike, Manweller, Hayes, Magendanz, Hargrove, Wilson, and Muri Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage by enacting the Washington jobs act. Establishes the Washington jobs act.Introduces private competition in industrial insurance coverage.Creates the joint legislative task force on private competition for industrial insurance.Creates the Washington state industrial insurance fund and the industrial insurance administrative fund.Requires the treasurer, on July 1, 2017, to transfer to the state fund the assets and liabilities of the accident fund, the medical aid fund, and the reserve fund.
HB 1157 by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Wilson, and Moeller Modifying the apportionment of quick title service fees collected by appointed subagents. Addresses quick title service fees collected by subagents appointed by the director of the department of licensing.
HB 1158 by Representatives Pike, Blake, DeBolt, Manweller, Harris, Hayes, Buys, Magendanz, Hargrove, Haler, Wilson, and McCaslin Granting local governments the authority to make challenges related to growth management planning subject to direct review in superior court. Establishes the growth management reform act of 2015.Authorizes the legislative authorities of certain counties to adopt an ordinance of direct review providing the superior court with exclusive jurisdiction over petitions to which the county is a party and that would otherwise qualify for filing with the growth management hearings board.Expires December 31, 2025.
HB 1159 by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Moeller, Zeiger, Kochmar, Harmsworth, and Ryu Concerning teen driving safety. Establishes the teen driving safety act.Requires a person who is under nineteen years of age and operating a motor vehicle to affix a "new driver" decal to the inside of the motor vehicle's rear window.Allows a person holding a driver's instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle upon the public highways if the "new driver" decal is displayed on the motor vehicle being operated.Prohibits an intermediate licensee from operating a motor vehicle unless a "new driver" decal is displayed on the motor vehicle.Expires December 31, 2021.
HB 1160 by Representatives Pike, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ryu, and Tharinger Stamping out litter in Washington state by increasing penalties for littering while providing additional funding to state parks. Establishes the no litterbugs in Washington act.Increases penalties for littering and provides additional funding to state parks.
HB 1161 by Representatives Moeller, Bergquist, Pollet, and Santos Indexing qualifying income thresholds for senior citizen property tax relief programs. Indexes the qualifying income thresholds for property tax relief programs to reflect year-to-year changes in income due to inflation and other economic conditions and to reflect county-to-county differences in median income across the state.Requires the department of revenue to annually publish updated income thresholds by January 1st of each year.
HB 1162 by Representatives Tarleton, Pollet, Moeller, Hudgins, Orwall, S. Hunt, Morris, Gregerson, Jinkins, and Ryu Concerning motorized mineral prospecting. Requires the department of fish and wildlife to initiate and complete a scientific study that evaluates the effects of motorized mineral prospecting on native fish species and related habitat.Expires July 1, 2017.
HB 1163 by Representatives Tarleton, Walkinshaw, Moeller, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Pollet, S. Hunt, Appleton, Ormsby, and Goodman Concerning paid vacation leave. Requires minimum paid vacation leave for Washington workers.Requires the state institute for public policy to evaluate the impact of this act on the economy of the state and the health and well-being of employees.
HB 1164 by Representatives Riccelli, DeBolt, Stanford, MacEwen, Santos, Reykdal, Holy, Tharinger, Gregerson, Appleton, Bergquist, Senn, Hawkins, Walkinshaw, Ormsby, Farrell, Tarleton, Haler, and Jinkins Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools. Establishes the apple a day act of 2015.Creates a competitive equipment assistance grant program, to be known as the apple a day program, to enhance overall student nutrition in public schools.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a competitive process to prioritize applications for state assistance.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
HB 1165 by Representatives Condotta, Reykdal, Holy, Scott, Vick, Magendanz, Hargrove, Harmsworth, Senn, Tharinger, Springer, Muri, and Rodne Concerning the establishment of a dedicated local jurisdiction marijuana fund and the distribution of a specified percentage of marijuana excise tax revenues to local jurisdictions. Creates the dedicated local jurisdiction marijuana fund, which consists of marijuana excise taxes.Requires the state treasurer to be custodian of the fund.Distributes a specified percentage of marijuana excise tax revenues to local jurisdictions.
HB 1166 by Representatives Dunshee, Gregerson, and DeBolt; by request of Governor Inslee Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the omnibus capital and operating appropriations acts for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
HB 1167 by Representatives Harris, Tharinger, Tarleton, Ormsby, Ryu, and Jinkins Authorizing palliative care in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness. Provides that persons seeking palliative care services in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness need not be homebound in order to be eligible for insurance coverage.
HB 1168 by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, Sullivan, and Tarleton; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Correcting restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work in an ineligible position or a position covered by a different state retirement system. Corrects restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work in an ineligible position or a position covered by a different state retirement system.
HB 1169 by Representatives Ormsby, Sullivan, Tarleton, and Hayes; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy Authorizing an optional life annuity benefit for members of the Washington state patrol retirement system. Allows members of the Washington state patrol retirement system, at the time of retirement, to purchase an optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit from the Washington state patrol retirement fund.
HB 1170 by Representatives Clibborn, Zeiger, Tarleton, Wilcox, Springer, Jinkins, Fey, Kilduff, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, and Tharinger Granting port districts certain administrative powers. Grants certain administrative powers to port districts.
HB 1171 by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Ryu, Fagan, Kochmar, and Blake Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions. Delays, until September 30, 2025, the expiration of: (1) Real estate broker and managing broker licensing fees;(2) The Washington real estate research account; and(3) The real estate research center.
HB 1172 by Representatives Stanford, Vick, and Ryu; by request of Insurance Commissioner Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act. Establishes the risk management and solvency assessment act.Provides the requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an own risk and solvency assessment and provides guidance and instructions for filing an own risk and solvency assessment summary report with the insurance commissioner.
HB 1173 by Representatives Carlyle, Reykdal, and Stanford Prohibiting noncompete agreements that restrict the right of physicians to practice in a geographic area for a period of time after termination of an employment contract. Limits the use of unreasonable noncompete agreements to protect the physician-patient relationship.
HB 1174 by Representatives Van De Wege, Taylor, Fitzgibbon, Senn, Shea, Magendanz, Springer, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Ormsby, Hunter, Ryu, S. Hunt, Riccelli, Stanford, Tharinger, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Fey, Clibborn, Farrell, and Goodman Concerning flame retardants. Prohibits the sale, distribution, or manufacturing of children's products or residential upholstered furniture containing certain flame retardants.
HB 1175 by Representatives Van De Wege, S. Hunt, Pettigrew, Moeller, Tharinger, Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, Tarleton, Gregerson, Ormsby, Ryu, Stanford, Walkinshaw, and Farrell Creating a penalty for concealing the source of a campaign contribution. Creates a penalty for concealing the source of a campaign contribution.
HB 1176 by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Hurst, Parker, Muri, and Holy Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates. Addresses pawnbroker interest rates and other fees.
HB 1177 by Representatives Kirby and Jinkins Addressing the regulation of service contracts. Promotes service contract arrangements between members of the public and lawyers and other trained professionals who provide legal assistance and counsel to the general public for any type of legal needs.
HB 1178 by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, DeBolt, and Haler Expanding assault in the third degree provisions. Includes in the crime of assault in the third degree, assault of a utility worker, or employee of a publicly or privately owned utility company or agency, who is at the time of the act engaged in official duties and is unable to leave the premises where the act occurred.
HB 1179 by Representatives Lytton, Buys, S. Hunt, Wilcox, Blake, Appleton, Morris, G. Hunt, Short, Walkinshaw, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Van Werven, Tharinger, Sells, Muri, and MacEwen Exempting cider makers from the wine commission assessment. Prohibits agricultural commodity assessments from being levied on the production of cider.
SB 5087 by Senators Rolfes, Ranker, McCoy, Billig, Cleveland, Jayapal, Darneille, Conway, Chase, Hasegawa, Liias, Hargrove, Pedersen, Keiser, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Habib, Nelson, Frockt, and McAuliffe; by request of Governor Inslee Concerning oil transportation safety. Addresses oil transportation safety.
SB 5088 by Senators Pearson, Hargrove, Honeyford, Parlette, Keiser, Liias, Hobbs, Hatfield, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Dammeier, Rolfes, Hewitt, Dansel, Fraser, Chase, and Conway; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands Concerning a geological hazards assessment. Expands the duties of the geological survey.
SB 5089 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon Revising definitions in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future. Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resource," in chapter 19.285 RCW (energy independence act), to include electricity from small modular reactors that commence operation after December 31, 2019.
SB 5090 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon Providing an additional alternative compliance option in the energy independence act to promote the use of clean energy in the future. Considers a qualifying utility in compliance with an annual target for a given year if the utility acquired electricity from a small modular reactor after December 31, 2019, and invested two percent of its total annual retail revenue requirement on the incremental costs of eligible renewable resources, the cost of renewable energy credits, or a combination of both.
SB 5091 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon Including nuclear energy in the definition of a "qualified alternative energy resource" for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090. Revises the definition of "qualified alternative energy resource," for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090 (voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources), to include nuclear energy.
SB 5092 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, and Sheldon Including nuclear energy in the principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy. Expands the state's principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy by including nuclear energy.
SB 5093 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, Mullet, and Sheldon Creating the nuclear energy education program. Creates the nuclear energy education program to promote the benefits of nuclear energy by educating students and science teachers in grades eight through twelve.Requires the program to be administered by the director of the Washington State University extension energy program.Creates the Washington nuclear energy education account.
SB 5094 by Senators Brown, Hewitt, Sheldon, and Hatfield Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act. Authorizes a qualifying utility to use certain eligible renewable resources to meet its compliance obligation.Prohibits a qualifying utility from transferring or selling these eligible renewable resources to another utility for compliance purposes under the energy independence act.Prohibits allocated renewable energy credits from being transferred or sold to another qualifying utility for compliance under the energy independence act.
SB 5095 by Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Governor Inslee Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the omnibus capital and operating appropriations acts for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
SB 5096 by Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of Governor Inslee Concerning the supplemental capital budget. Adopts the supplemental capital budget.
SB 5097 by Senators Honeyford, Keiser, and Hatfield; by request of Governor Inslee Concerning the capital budget. Adopts the capital budget.
SB 5098 by Senators Billig, Litzow, Jayapal, and McAuliffe Increasing efficiency in child care reporting. Removes a reauthorization option for the working connections child care subsidy.Changes reporting requirements of applicants for and recipients of working connections child care benefits.
SB 5099 by Senators Darneille, O'Ban, Conway, Dammeier, Roach, Miloscia, and Becker Restricting conditional releases of sexually violent predators outside their county of origin. Requires a court, before authorizing release to a less restrictive alternative, to consider whether it is appropriate to release a sexually violent predator to his or her county of origin.
SB 5100 by Senators Hobbs and King Concerning the processing of certain motor vehicle-related violations applicable to rental cars. Addresses processing of certain motor vehicle-related violations applicable to rental cars.
SB 5101 by Senators Padden and O'Ban Modifying mental status evaluation provisions. Allows, rather than requires, an order requiring mental status evaluation or treatment to be based on a presentence report.
SB 5102 by Senators Padden and Hargrove Authorizing urban governmental services for schools in rural areas. Allows units of local government to provide urban governmental services, when feasible, to schools sited and permitted in certain rural areas.
SB 5103 by Senators Becker, Padden, Pearson, and O'Ban Requiring that hearings involving the office of the insurance commissioner be presided over by administrative law judges. Requires administrative law judges to preside over hearings that involve the office of the insurance commissioner.Transfers certain state employees of the office of the insurance commissioner to the office of administrative hearings.
SB 5104 by Senator Padden Concerning the possession or use of alcohol and controlled substances in sentencing provisions. Modifies certain sentencing provisions relating to possession or use of alcohol and controlled substances.
SB 5105 by Senators Padden, Frockt, O'Ban, Fain, Fraser, Pearson, Roach, and Darneille Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony. Makes a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.
SB 5106 by Senators O'Ban, Padden, Fain, and Roach Creating a civil action for webcam unauthorized remote access. Creates a civil cause of action for the remote unauthorized access of webcams and provides remedies that more fully compensate victims.
SB 5107 by Senators Padden, Pedersen, Roach, O'Ban, Darneille, and Benton Encouraging the establishment of therapeutic courts. Authorizes, funds, and encourages the establishment of therapeutic courts.
SB 5108 by Senators Padden, Billig, Miloscia, Hasegawa, and Chase Clarifying the order of candidate names on ballots. Addresses the rotation of names of candidates on election ballots.
SB 5109 by Senator Brown Concerning infrastructure financing for local governments. Modifies the state contribution application process.Increases the annual state contribution limit to seven million five hundred thousand dollars.
SB 5110 by Senator Brown Permitting school siting outside of urban growth areas. Requires certain counties that are required or choose to plan under the growth management act to permit schools outside of urban growth areas when certain conditions are met.
SB 5111 by Senator Brown Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation. Provides a mechanism for local governments and state and federal agencies to perform a coordinated and comprehensive review of projects of statewide significance and encourages their expeditious completion.
SB 5112 by Senators Brown, Parlette, and Benton Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington state job creation and economic development. Establishes the invest in Washington act.Creates a pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of a program that invests business taxes from new investments into workforce training programs that support manufacturing businesses in the state.Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Issue a sales and use tax deferral certificate for state and local sales and use taxes due on each eligible investment project; and(2) Keep a running total of the deferrals granted during each fiscal biennium.Creates the invest in Washington account.
SB 5113 by Senator Brown Requiring the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs. Requires the department of commerce to coordinate and advance the siting and manufacturing of small modular reactors in the state to meet future energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs.
SB 5114 by Senator Brown Providing incentives for production of modular reactors. Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the production of modular reactors including sales of modular reactor construction materials, machinery, and equipment, and on the sale or use of tangible personal property that becomes an ingredient or component of modular reactors.
SB 5115 by Senator Brown Studying the siting of small modular reactors in Washington. Requires the energy facility site evaluation council to study matters relating to the siting of small modular reactors in the state.
SB 5116 by Senators Cleveland, Nelson, Keiser, and Chase Directing the office of financial management to take action when the legislature fails to fully fund a bistate megaproject. Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.Requires the office of financial management to reallocate certain funds to construct the bistate megaproject if the legislature fails to fully fund the project.
SB 5117 by Senators Cleveland, Nelson, Liias, Frockt, Fraser, and Chase Concerning the development of a bistate transportation project. Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.Requires the department of transportation, before working with another state on an environmental impact statement that complies with the national environmental policy act on a bistate megaproject, to enter into a contract with the department that manages transportation construction in the neighboring state in which the megaproject will be located.
SB 5118 by Senators Cleveland, Hobbs, Frockt, Nelson, Liias, Pedersen, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Fraser, Conway, and Mullet Requiring a bistate work group for certain transportation projects. Defines "bistate megaproject" as a highway construction project valued at five hundred million dollars or more that extends across the border between this state and another state.Requires the department of transportation to notify the transportation committees of the legislature when it initiates work with another state to prepare an environmental impact statement that complies with the national environmental policy act on a bistate megaproject.
SB 5119 by Senators Angel and Mullet Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. Authorizes two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.
SB 5120 by Senator Parlette Concerning school district dissolutions. Changes requirements for dissolving a school district.
SB 5121 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Bailey, Pedersen, Liias, McAuliffe, Frockt, Chase, Keiser, and Hatfield Establishing a marijuana research license. Creates a marijuana research license that permits a licensee to produce and possess marijuana for limited research purposes.Authorizes the University of Washington and Washington State University to contract with marijuana research licensees to conduct permitted research.Authorizes the life sciences discovery fund authority to: (1) Review and approve or disapprove marijuana research license applications; and(2) Review reports made by marijuana research licensees under state liquor control board rule and provide the state liquor control board with its determination on whether the research project continues to meet certain research qualifications.
SB 5122 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Liias, Bailey, and McAuliffe Concerning precollege placement measures. Authorizes state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College to use multiple measures to determine whether a student must enroll in a precollege course.
SB 5123 by Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, Pedersen, Jayapal, Darneille, McCoy, Conway, and Keiser Concerning tenant screening. Addresses comprehensive tenant screening reports.
SB 5124 by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Dansel, Fain, Keiser, Roach, Mullet, and Darneille Prohibiting the sale of vapor products to minors. Prohibits the sale of vapor products to minors.
SB 5125 by Senators Padden, Darneille, Roach, and Hatfield Increasing district court civil jurisdiction. Increases district court civil jurisdiction.
SB 5126 by Senators Padden, Darneille, Roach, and Hatfield Addressing the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department. Addresses the issuance of subpoenas in proceedings involving the employment security department.
SB 5127 by Senators Angel, Roach, and O'Ban Providing that veterans with total disability ratings and their surviving spouses and domestic partners are eligible to qualify for a property tax exemption without meeting certain income requirements. Addresses property tax exemptions for surviving spouses and surviving domestic partners of veterans.
SB 5128 by Senators Liias, Frockt, Hobbs, Pedersen, Habib, Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Keiser, Nelson, Rolfes, McAuliffe, Fraser, McCoy, Chase, Billig, Conway, Cleveland, Jayapal, Hasegawa, and Ranker Concerning dedicated funding sources for high capacity transportation service. Authorizes a regional transit authority to impose a regular property tax levy. The tax must be used for the purpose of providing high capacity transportation service.
SB 5129 by Senators Pearson and Honeyford Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state. Provides that making uninterruptible water supplies for domestic uses available through the establishment of reservations of water clearly will serve overriding considerations of the public interest.Requires the department of ecology, when establishing levels and flows, to reserve a reasonable amount of water for domestic uses whether or not adopted levels or flows will be met.
SB 5130 by Senators Pearson and Benton Restricting marijuana producer and processor businesses from being located in certain residential and rural areas. Prohibits the liquor control board from issuing a marijuana producer or marijuana processor license for any premises located within an area zoned for residential use or rural use with a minimum lot size of five acres.
SB 5131 by Senators Pearson and Honeyford Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule. Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with appropriate state agencies, Indian tribes, local government, and interested parties, to adopt a new water management plan or instream resources protection program for the lower and upper Skagit water resource inventory area (WRIA 3 and 4) that will reflect an appropriate balance between the needs of people, industry, and fish.
SB 5132 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Hasegawa, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Nelson, Conway, Liias, Jayapal, Cleveland, Darneille, McCoy, Ranker, Billig, Pedersen, and Benton Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust. Creates the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.Requires the joint select committee on health care oversight to contract for an actuarial analysis of the funding needs of the Washington health security trust and recommend a funding mechanism to the appropriate legislative standing committees and the governor.Directs the legislature to enact legislation implementing the recommendations of the joint select committee during the 2016 regular legislative session.Creates the reserve account, the displaced worker training account, and the benefits account.Provides contingent effective dates.
SB 5133 by Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, and Frockt Concerning a study of higher education cost drivers. Requires the joint higher education committee to: (1) Conduct a study of higher education costs at the state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College; and(2) Convene an advisory panel to provide study guidance, data, and recommendations.Requires the study to describe the cost drivers for each institution and the cost drivers for students over the most recent twenty-year period for which data is available.Expires July 1, 2017.
SB 5134 by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, and Honeyford Concerning base flows and minimum instream flows. Addresses minimum water flows and levels with regard to the effect on groundwater withdrawals.
SB 5135 by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, and Honeyford Ensuring that certain existing water uses are not subject to interruption. Ensures that certain groundwater uses shall not be subject to interruption from the instream flows established in chapter 173-503 WAC (instream resources protection program--lower and upper Skagit water resources inventory area).
SB 5136 by Senators Bailey, Pearson, Ericksen, Honeyford, and Benton Repealing an instream flow rule and adopting a new instream flow rule. Finds that the rule currently codified in chapter 173-503 WAC has unnecessarily resulted in hundreds of homeowners and businesses losing access to an uninterruptible groundwater supply.Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Repeal that rule in its entirety; and(2) Initiate a rule-making process to adopt a new rule that replaces that rule.
SB 5137 by Senators Hatfield, Pearson, Hobbs, Chase, Conway, Roach, McAuliffe, O'Ban, and Mullet Providing a complimentary discover pass to veterans with a one hundred percent service-connected disability. Requires a complimentary discover pass to be given upon request each year to a resident of this state who is a veteran and has a service-connected disability of one hundred percent.
SB 5138 by Senators Roach, Liias, and Keiser; by request of Office of Financial Management Concerning notice and review processes for annexations, deannexations, incorporations, disincorporations, consolidations, and boundary line adjustments under Titles 35 and 35A RCW. Revises Title 35 RCW (cities and towns) and Title 35A RCW (optional municipal code) relating to notice and review processes for annexations, deannexations, incorporations, disincorporations, consolidations, and boundary line adjustments.
SB 5139 by Senators Roach, Liias, Conway, Benton, McCoy, Dansel, and Ericksen Concerning building code standards for certain buildings four or more stories high. Revises state building code provisions relating to buildings with four or more stories.
SB 5140 by Senators Billig, Miloscia, Liias, Rolfes, Cleveland, Darneille, Habib, Keiser, Conway, Jayapal, Chase, Mullet, Pedersen, and Hasegawa Allowing motor voter preregistration for sixteen and seventeen year olds. Establishes the young voter registration equality act.Allows eligible youth at least sixteen years old to preregister to vote.
SB 5141 by Senators Becker, Frockt, Dammeier, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, and Parlette Concerning the alternative process for awarding contracts for university medical buildings and facilities. Allows use of the alternative process for awarding contracts for university medical buildings and facilities when the estimated cost of the work is equal to or less than ten million dollars.Eliminates the termination and repeal, under the sunset act, of the alternative process for awarding contracts.
SB 5142 by Senators Becker, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, and Keiser Modifying health benefit exchange provisions related to the aggregation or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for a health plan. Prohibits the state health benefit exchange from aggregating or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for an individual qualified health plan.
SB 5143 by Senators Becker, Bailey, Dammeier, Rivers, Frockt, Brown, and Parlette Concerning the availability of childhood immunization resources for expecting parents. Requires the department of health to develop and make available resources for expecting parents regarding recommended childhood immunizations.
SB 5144 by Senators Dammeier, Becker, Bailey, Rivers, Brown, Parlette, and O'Ban Requiring all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative to be subject to the open public meetings act. Subjects to the open public meetings act, all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative, including those meetings of a subcommittee.
SB 5145 by Senators Dammeier, Frockt, Becker, Bailey, Rivers, and Brown Concerning the membership of the health technology clinical committee. Requires at least one member of the health technology clinical committee to be a medical expert appointed by the Washington state medical association.
SB 5146 by Senators Bailey and Rivers Concerning quality assurance standards for medicaid purchasing. Requires medicaid purchasing to support standards developed by the national committee for quality assurance.
SB 5147 by Senators Becker, Bailey, Brown, and Rivers Concerning monitoring health and health outcomes for medicaid patients. Requires managed care contracts to incorporate accountability measures that monitor patient health and improved health outcomes and include an expectation that each patient receive a wellness examination that documents the baseline health status and allows for monitoring of health improvements and outcome measures.
SB 5148 by Senators Parlette, Dammeier, Chase, Conway, McAuliffe, and O'Ban Allowing members who retire early under alternate early retirement provisions as set forth in RCW 41.32.765(3) and 41.32.875(3) to work as substitute teachers and continue receiving retirement benefits at the same time. Authorizes members of the teachers' retirement system, who retire early under alternate early retirement provisions, to work as substitute teachers and continue receiving retirement benefits at the same time.
SB 5149 by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Bailey, and Parlette Concerning certificates of need appeals process. Provides that no person, including a health care facility or health maintenance organization, has the right to an adjudicative proceeding under the administrative procedure act to contest the department of health's granting of a certificate of need application or other department authorization under chapter 70.38 RCW (health planning and development).
SB 5150 by Senators Keiser, Becker, Frockt, Parlette, Conway, Jayapal, Cleveland, Bailey, and Chase Requiring health insurance carriers to provide notification of carrier network changes. Requires certain health insurance carriers to provide notice to health care providers of changes in provider networks including the purchase, sale, or transfer of a provider network.
SB 5151 by Senators Keiser, Frockt, Conway, Jayapal, Bailey, Cleveland, Parlette, Chase, McAuliffe, and Hasegawa Concerning cultural competency education for health care professionals. Requires a disciplining authority for certain health care professions to adopt rules requiring a person authorized to practice the profession regulated by the disciplining authority to receive cultural competency continuing education training.Requires the department of health to approve, develop, and make available to each disciplining authority a list of continuing education opportunities related to cultural competency.
SB 5152 by Senators Parlette, Keiser, and Becker Implementing a value-based system for nursing home rates. Adopts a new system for establishing nursing home payment rates.Requires the department of social and health services, in cooperation with nursing facility provider associations, to design and develop a new system that matches payments to patient care needs, reward efficiency, incentivize controlling costs, and promote quality of care.
SB 5153 by Senators Billig, Roach, Sheldon, Fain, Liias, Mullet, Fraser, Dansel, McCoy, Rolfes, Cleveland, Darneille, Habib, Padden, Nelson, Benton, Chase, Keiser, Jayapal, and Hasegawa Increasing transparency of campaign contributions. Increases transparency and accountability in the election process and requires the disclosure of contributions and expenditures by nonprofit organizations that participate significantly in Washington state elections.
SJM 8000 by Senator Brown Requesting the permanent siting and development of a federal nuclear waste repository. Requests the permanent siting and development of a federal nuclear waste repository.
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