 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 16, 2015 | 5th 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 1180
by Representatives Fey, Farrell, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Walkinshaw, Sells, Pollet, Ortiz-Self, Dunshee, Goodman, Bergquist, Tarleton, Ryu, Cody, Clibborn, Kagi, Morris, Peterson, Jinkins, Senn, McBride, Pettigrew, Sawyer, Gregerson, Robinson, and Reykdal
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.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1181
by Representatives Taylor, Manweller, Shea, Griffey, Scott, and Buys
Addressing respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects.
Requires an employer to comply with federal standards established in 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, for the purposes of respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1182
by Representatives Hurst, Scott, Blake, Chandler, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Buys, Hudgins, Stanford, Van De Wege, Lytton, Ormsby, Takko, Morris, Farrell, Orcutt, Zeiger, Moscoso, and Walkinshaw; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Concerning a geological hazards assessment.
Expands the duties of the geological survey.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1183
by Representatives Harris and Cody
Concerning radiology benefit managers.
Requires a radiology benefit manager, in order to conduct business in this state, to register with the department of revenue's business licensing service and annually renew the registration.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1184
by Representatives Cody and Harris
Allowing licensed marriage and family therapist associates access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
Provides licensed marriage and family therapist associates with online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1185
by Representatives Kirby and Vick
Allowing public funds to be deposited outside of the state.
Authorizes public funds to be deposited in institutions located outside of this state if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1186
by Representatives Clibborn, Springer, Johnson, Senn, Moeller, McBride, Walkinshaw, Caldier, and Fey
Requiring notification to patients in observation status at hospitals.
Requires a hospital to provide oral and written notification to a patient or patient's representative within twenty-four hours of having been determined to be in observation status.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1187
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Buys, Stanford, Hayes, and Parker
Concerning best practices for water banks.
Establishes the water banking best practices act.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1188
by Representatives S. Hunt, Johnson, Appleton, and Holy
Delaying annual leave payments upon employment termination.
Allows state government officers and employees who resign, are dismissed, or who leave employment because of a reduction in force to request that payment of earned vacation leave be delayed for a period of up to one hundred eighty calendar days.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1189
by Representatives S. Hunt, Holy, Bergquist, Johnson, Appleton, and Buys
Regarding hours of availability of cities, towns, and special purpose districts for inspection and copying of public records.
Requires cities, towns, and special purpose districts that customarily do not maintain regular office hours to post, on the agency headquarters location and their web site, directions on how to contact agency personnel to inspect or copy public records.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1190
by Representatives Harris, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Robinson, Goodman, Buys, and Vick
Concerning the use of hydrocodone products by licensed optometrists in Washington state.
Preserves the ability of licensed optometrists to use hydrocodone products to treat pain, regardless of potential action by agencies of the federal government to reclassify these products as schedule II narcotics.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1191
by Representatives Taylor, Scott, G. Hunt, Rodne, Shea, Griffey, MacEwen, Blake, Pike, Hayes, Buys, Haler, Muri, Condotta, Wilson, Young, and McCaslin
Concerning concealed pistol license renewal notices.
Requires the department of licensing, approximately ninety days before a concealed pistol license expiration date, to mail a renewal notice to the licensee.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1192
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Kretz, G. Hunt, Short, Chandler, Schmick, Scott, McCaslin, Buys, Vick, Haler, Condotta, and Young
Concerning the transfer of federal land to the state.
Establishes the transfer of public lands act.Creates the joint select committee on the transfer of public lands to analyze the various public lands in the state and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the disposal of these properties, including transfer of title.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1193
by Representatives Taylor, Scott, G. Hunt, Rodne, Shea, Griffey, Blake, Pike, Hayes, McCaslin, Buys, Vick, Haler, Muri, Condotta, Wilson, and Young
Prohibiting a government database of law abiding owners of legal firearms.
Prohibits the department of licensing from keeping copies or records of applications to purchase pistols or copies or records of pistol transfers.Requires the department of licensing to eliminate from any of its databases any copies or records of pistol purchase applications or pistol transfers maintained by the department.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1194
by Representatives Kirby, Holy, Van De Wege, Hayes, Stokesbary, Fitzgibbon, and Bergquist; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board
Addressing the death benefits of a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or the state patrol retirement system.
Requires the continuation of life-long monthly benefits for a surviving spouse of a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system or the state patrol retirement system.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1195
by Representatives Rodne, Clibborn, Buys, and Pollet
Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators.
Allows a tow truck business office to be closed for no more than one hour between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. if a notice is clearly visible at the door with a telephone number at which personnel can be reached to return within no more than one-half of an hour to release an impounded vehicle.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1196
by Representatives G. Hunt and Kirby
Concerning requirements for real estate appraisers.
Modifies real estate appraiser provisions relating to licensing real estate appraisers by reciprocity, fingerprint-based background checks for real estate appraiser applicants, and creating an inactive status for real estate appraisers.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1197
by Representatives Takko and Kochmar
Concerning water-sewer districts.
Modifies water-sewer district provisions.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1198
by Representatives Vick, Kirby, and Hayes
Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees.
Authorizes a grocery store licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer and cider in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser, or provided by the licensee or manufacturer, and filled at the tap by the licensee at the time of sale.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1199
by Representatives Short, Blake, Kretz, Wilcox, Schmick, and Buys
Providing the fish and wildlife commission with the tools necessary to enact changes to the status of a species.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission, if it has listed a terrestrial mammal species statewide as endangered, threatened, or sensitive in this state, to consider any petitions for removing a species from classification on a regional basis.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1200
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Short, Taylor, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Haler, Condotta, and McCaslin
Limiting the enforcement of policies of the department of fish and wildlife and providing for abrogation of policies by act of the governor or either house of the legislature.
Prohibits a department of fish and wildlife rule or policy from being enforced unless and until it has been adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act, codified in the Washington Administrative Code, and ratified by act of the legislature.Provides that, if the governor by executive order or either house of the legislature by resolution declares an administrative rule or policy of the department to be abrogated, the rule or policy is null and void and of no force or effect.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1201
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Taylor, Short, Holy, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Vick, Condotta, Young, and McCaslin
Providing that an administrative rule may be abrogated by act of the governor or either house of the legislature.
Provides that, if the governor by executive order or either house of the legislature by resolution declares any rule to be abrogated, the rule is null and void and of no force or effect.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1202
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Taylor, Short, Holy, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Condotta, Young, and McCaslin
Providing that an administrative rule or policy of the department of ecology may be abrogated by act of the governor or either house of the legislature.
Provides that, if the governor by executive order or either house of the legislature by resolution declares an administrative rule or policy of the department of ecology to be abrogated, the rule or policy is null and void and of no force or effect.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1203
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Short, Taylor, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Vick, Condotta, Young, and McCaslin
Limiting the enforcement of administrative rules and policies.
Prohibits a rule or policy of any state agency from being enforced unless and until the rule or policy has been adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act, codified in the Washington Administrative Code, and ratified by act of the legislature.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1204
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Taylor, Short, Holy, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Condotta, and Young
Limiting the enforcement of policies of the department of ecology.
Prohibits any policy of the department of ecology from being enforced unless and until it has been adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act, codified in the Washington Administrative Code, and ratified by act of the legislature.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1205
by Representatives Shea, Scott, Taylor, Manweller, Holy, Buys, and Young
Concerning the payment of interim attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims.
Allows the payment of interim attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1206
by Representatives Shea, Scott, Taylor, Short, Holy, Manweller, Buys, Griffey, Haler, Condotta, and Young
Modifying limitations on new evidence taken on judicial review of administrative actions.
Modifies limitations on new evidence taken on judicial review of administrative actions.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1207
by Representatives Shea, Scott, Taylor, Short, Holy, Manweller, Buys, Condotta, and Young
Concerning judicial interpretation of law and other writings without deference to agency interpretation.
Modifies the administrative procedure act with regard to judicial interpretation of law and other writings without deference to agency interpretation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1208
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Taylor, Holy, Buys, Condotta, and Young
Authorizing the removal of an adjudicative proceeding to the office of administrative hearings.
Authorizes a party to remove an adjudicative proceeding to the office of administrative hearings upon notice provided within ten days following the commencement of the adjudicative proceeding.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1209
by Representatives Scott, Shea, Short, Taylor, Manweller, Holy, Buys, and Condotta
Concerning proceedings of the joint administrative rules review committee.
Modifies the administrative procedure act with regard to proceedings of the joint administrative rules review committee.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1210
by Representatives G. Hunt, Taylor, Muri, Zeiger, Griffey, Shea, Scott, Van Werven, Buys, and Haler
Concerning poll-site voting and voting identification requirements.
Provides procedures for poll-site voting in the event an initiative to allow poll-site voting has passed in a county.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1211
by Representatives G. Hunt, Reykdal, Sawyer, Manweller, Vick, S. Hunt, and Buys
Addressing fees and costs related to methods of wage payment.
Requires employers to offer a method of wage payment that allows an employee to obtain all of his or her wages in legal tender of the United States without fees or costs for the transaction.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1212
by Representatives G. Hunt, Goodman, Blake, Wilcox, Lytton, Taylor, Scott, Shea, Young, and McCaslin
Prohibiting retail businesses from recording consumer identification information during transactions.
Prohibits an owner, manager, or employee of a retail store or chain from copying or recording a customer's personal information contained on a photo or other identification.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1213
by Representatives Orwall, Klippert, MacEwen, Moeller, Hayes, Moscoso, Ormsby, Muri, Kilduff, and Tarleton
Concerning the definition of veteran for the purposes of the county veterans assistance fund.
Revises the definition of veteran for purposes of the county veterans assistance fund.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1214
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, Chandler, Blake, Shea, Griffey, Buys, Condotta, Young, and McCaslin
Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act.
Prohibits land qualifying as agricultural under the shoreline management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1215
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, Chandler, Blake, Shea, Griffey, Buys, Young, and McCaslin
Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act.
Prohibits land designated as agricultural under the growth management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1216
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, Chandler, Blake, Shea, Griffey, Buys, Haler, Young, and McCaslin
Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act.
Prohibits land designated as agricultural under the growth management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.Prohibits land qualifying as agricultural under the shoreline management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1217
by Representatives Moeller, Johnson, Appleton, S. Hunt, Chandler, Walsh, Riccelli, Vick, Pettigrew, and Buys
Concerning the capitol furnishings preservation committee.
Changes the composition and duties of the capitol furnishings preservation committee.Revises the definition of "state capitol group" to include the Pritchard building, and the general administration building if the building is repurposed to serve a different function or is substantially remodeled.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1218
by Representatives Zeiger, Clibborn, Orcutt, Fey, Kochmar, Hargrove, Muri, Pike, Hayes, Stambaugh, Magendanz, Buys, and Moscoso
Implementing public-private partnership best practices for nontoll transportation projects.
Provides that the legislature intends that the review process, criteria, and approvals for public-private partnership projects involving toll-related facilities remain unchanged, but that the review and approval process for nontoll projects be modified so that the criteria and review process can be more closely tailored to the specific type of proposed nontoll project or program.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1219
by Representatives Zeiger, Clibborn, Orcutt, Fey, Kochmar, Hargrove, Muri, Ortiz-Self, Pike, Hayes, Stambaugh, Magendanz, Buys, Moscoso, Haler, Condotta, and Wilson
Authorizing expedited permitting and contracting for Washington state bridges deemed structurally deficient.
Finds that, as of November 2014, there were one hundred thirty state-owned bridges classified as structurally deficient.Provides for expedited permitting and contracting for state bridges identified as structurally deficient by the department of transportation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1220
by Representatives Blake, Wilcox, Takko, Nealey, Lytton, Orcutt, Haler, Klippert, McCaslin, Buys, and Parker
Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state.
Exempts from hazardous substance taxes, possession of a hazardous substance that is solely for use by a farmer or certified applicator as an agricultural crop protection product and warehoused in this state or transported to or from this state, provided that the person possessing the substance does not otherwise use, manufacture, package for sale, or sell the substance in this state.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1221
by Representatives Hansen, Young, Appleton, Caldier, Griffey, and MacEwen
Creating passenger-only ferry service districts.
Authorizes the governing body of a certain public transportation benefit area to establish one or more passenger-only ferry service districts within all or a portion of the boundaries of the public transportation benefit area establishing the passenger-only ferry service district.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1222
by Representatives McBride, Griffey, Clibborn, Orcutt, Van De Wege, Fey, Takko, Young, Sawyer, and Bergquist
Modifying certain firefighting apparatus length and weight limits.
Changes the weight limits of a firefighting apparatus.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1223
by Representatives Springer, Kochmar, Sullivan, Rodne, Pettigrew, Wilcox, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Tarleton, Stokesbary, Sells, Lytton, Bergquist, Ormsby, Pollet, Fey, Santos, and Walkinshaw
Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing.
Uses lodging taxes to finance loans or grants to nonprofit organizations or public housing authorities for affordable workforce housing within one-half mile of a transit station.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1224
by Representatives Kretz and Short
Accelerating the rate of wolf recovery in Washington.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to conduct a pilot project to explore active wolf recovery options as an alternative to passive population dispersal.Exempts the intrastate translocation of wolves by the department of fish and wildlife from environmental impact statement requirements when conducted for the purposes of recovering wolf populations.Expires June 30, 2019.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1225
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Short, Wilcox, Scott, and Buys
Increasing the social acceptance of endangered species recovery by providing the fish and wildlife commission with the tools necessary to enact changes to the status of a species.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission, if it has listed a species statewide as endangered, threatened, or sensitive in this state, to consider any petitions for removing a species from classification or changing the classification of the species, on a regional basis.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1226
by Representatives Goodman, Kagi, Orwall, Van De Wege, and Ortiz-Self
Concerning arrest of sixteen and seventeen year olds for domestic violence assault.
Authorizes a police officer, under certain circumstances, to arrest a person who: (1) Is sixteen or seventeen years old; and(2) Within the preceding four hours has assaulted a family or household member.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1227
by Representatives Sells and Moscoso
Creating working Washington special license plates.
Creates working Washington special license plates to provide funds to the workforce training and education coordinating board for the purpose of funding workforce training programs.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1228
by Representatives Johnson, S. Hunt, Appleton, Robinson, Haler, Van De Wege, Short, Riccelli, Pike, MacEwen, Kretz, Orwall, Buys, McBride, Fagan, Ortiz-Self, Bergquist, Walkinshaw, Holy, Rodne, Walsh, Sawyer, Caldier, Scott, Kagi, Magendanz, Goodman, Stambaugh, Vick, Moscoso, Ormsby, Muri, Wilson, McCaslin, and Parker
Requiring fiscal impact statements for ballot measures.
Requires the office of financial management, in consultation with the secretary of state, the department of revenue, other state agencies, selected local governments and associations of local governments, and legislative fiscal staff, when appropriate, to prepare a fiscal impact statement for each: (1) Initiative to the people, initiative to the legislature, alternative measure, and referendum measure certified for the ballot; and(2) Referendum bill referred to voters by the legislature.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1229
by Representatives Johnson, S. Hunt, Zeiger, Appleton, Robinson, Haler, Van De Wege, Short, Riccelli, Pike, MacEwen, Kretz, Buys, McBride, Fagan, Orwall, Ortiz-Self, Bergquist, Walkinshaw, Holy, Rodne, Sawyer, Caldier, Kagi, Magendanz, Vick, Ormsby, and Wilson
Requiring more official information about initiatives.
Requires the office of financial management, in consultation with the secretary of state, the department of revenue, other state agencies, selected local governments and associations of local governments, and legislative fiscal staff, when appropriate, to prepare a fiscal note for each initiative to the people the petition for which has been filed with the secretary of state and for each initiative to the legislature that will appear on the ballot, including a separate fiscal note for any alternative measure appearing on the ballot that is proposed by the legislature.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1230
by Representatives Sells and Ormsby
Authorizing the ordering of interest arbitration.
Modifies unfair labor practice provisions relating to the ordering of interest arbitration by the public employment relations commission.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1231
by Representatives Ormsby, Sells, Morris, Goodman, Ortiz-Self, Wylie, Gregerson, Stanford, Riccelli, Moeller, Sawyer, Fitzgibbon, Takko, Reykdal, Bergquist, Moscoso, Kirby, Pollet, Walkinshaw, and Hudgins
Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.
Requires the industrial statistician to establish the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1232
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, and McCabe
Concerning employer-purchased fishing guide licenses.
Requires an employee to return an employer-purchased fishing guide license to the person, firm, or business who purchased the license on the employee's behalf upon termination of the employment relationship.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1233
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Buys, Dent, Taylor, Scott, Hayes, Condotta, Young, McCaslin, and Parker
Specifying that the ability to withdraw a certain amount of groundwater for domestic purposes without first obtaining a permit from the department of ecology is not subject to relinquishment through nonuse.
Provides that certain unpermitted groundwater withdrawals for domestic uses are not subject to relinquishment through nonuse.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1234
by Representative Senn; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Modifying certain building permit fees.
Increases building permit fees.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1235
by Representatives Holy and S. Hunt; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Making nonsubstantive changes to procurement law.
Makes nonsubstantive changes to procurement law.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1236
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Johnson, Santos, Lytton, Moscoso, Pettigrew, Walkinshaw, Kilduff, Sawyer, Reykdal, Bergquist, Fey, Tarleton, and Hudgins
Eliminating the parent or guardian approval requirement for the college bound scholarship pledge.
Eliminates the requirement of parent or guardian approval for the college bound scholarship pledge.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1237
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Dent, Lytton, Manweller, Pettigrew, Short, Scott, Buys, and Condotta
Providing landowners with necessary tools for the protection of their property from forest fires.
Authorizes certain landowners, landowners' agents, and other persons to access land owned or managed by the department of natural resources or the department of fish and wildlife to construct a fire line or take other preventive measures intended to stop or slow the spread of a fire onto property owned by, or under the responsibility of, the actor.Provides that, for the purposes of this act: (1) Accessing department of natural resources-managed land for the purposes of fire suppression is considered authorized access; and(2) Cutting and/or removing timber for the purposes of fire suppression is considered an authorized activity.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1238
by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Bergquist, Hargrove, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Fey, and Tarleton
Concerning affordable tuition planning.
Requires the student achievement council's ten-year roadmap to address meeting affordability and access goals by evaluating and proposing strategies, including increased state support, to return to tuition not exceeding ten percent of the state median household income at institutions of higher education and basing financial aid policies on the total cost of attendance, provided these strategies do not harm institutional quality.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1239
by Representatives Pollet, Appleton, Reykdal, Moscoso, S. Hunt, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Farrell, Ortiz-Self, Dunshee, Walkinshaw, Pettigrew, Tharinger, Ryu, Sells, Tarleton, Santos, Goodman, Cody, Wylie, McBride, Bergquist, Riccelli, Ormsby, and Kirby
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 15 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1240
by Representatives Pollet, Santos, S. Hunt, Orwall, Senn, Lytton, Robinson, Walsh, Griffey, Goodman, Buys, and Tarleton
Concerning restraint or isolation of students, including students with disabilities, in public schools.
Prohibits schools from physically restraining or isolating a student except when the student's behavior poses an imminent likelihood of serious harm to that student or another person.Requires the state school directors' association to adopt a model policy limiting restraint or isolation of students in public schools.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1241
by Representatives Muri, G. Hunt, Kilduff, Zeiger, Magendanz, Stambaugh, Hayes, Haler, Condotta, and Young
Providing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses that hire veterans.
Provides employment for unemployed veterans by providing employers with a credit against the business and occupation tax or public utility tax for hiring unemployed veterans.Expires July 1, 2023.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1242
by Representatives Muri and Magendanz
Clarifying the prohibition of educational employees from striking or refusing to perform official duties.
Provides that nothing contained in the educational employment relations act permits or grants an educational employee the right to strike or refuse to perform his or her official duties.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1243
by Representatives Muri, Hargrove, Magendanz, and Lytton
Providing flexibility for how school districts address truancy of students.
Reduces the administrative and paperwork load for school districts and the court system by providing flexibility for how school districts address truancy.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4200
by Representatives Taylor, G. Hunt, Scott, Shea, Griffey, Pike, Reykdal, McCaslin, Buys, Goodman, Haler, Schmick, Condotta, Pollet, Wilson, and Young
Amending the state Constitution to ensure that electronic communications and data are secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to ensure that electronic communications and data are secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5154
by Senator Hargrove
Concerning registered sex or kidnapping offenders.
Modifies provisions relating to registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5155
by Senator King
Modifying special occasion licenses provisions.
Allows a licensee to sell wine in original, unopened containers for on-premises consumption, in addition to offering the sale of wine by the individual serving for on-premises consumption, if permission is obtained from the liquor control board before the event.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5156
by Senators Keiser, Warnick, Angel, and Conway
Concerning the disclosure of information regarding elevators and other conveyances in certain real estate transactions.
Revises the real estate seller's disclosure form to include residential and incline elevators, stairway chair lifts, and wheelchair lifts.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5157
by Senator McCoy
Concerning the state universal communications services program.
Allows a communications provider to receive distributions from the universal communications services account for the purpose of providing advanced telecommunications services to a reservation of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5158
by Senators McCoy and Fraser
Requiring call location information to be provided to law enforcement responding to an emergency.
Establishes the Kelsey Smith act.Requires a wireless telecommunications provider to provide information in its possession concerning the current or most recent location of a telecommunications device and call information of a user of the device when requested by a law enforcement agency.Requires the Washington state patrol to maintain a database containing emergency contact information for all wireless telecommunications providers registered to do business in the state and make the information immediately available upon request to facilitate a request from law enforcement for call location information.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5159
by Senators McCoy, Frockt, Hasegawa, Fraser, Chase, and Keiser
Concerning Indian tribes and dental health aide therapy services.
Authorizes a federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization to train, employ, or contract with or for the services of a dental health aide, including a dental health aide therapist.Directs the state health care authority to coordinate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to ensure the dental health aide services are eligible for maximum federal funding of up to one hundred percent.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5160
by Senators McCoy, Hasegawa, Cleveland, Frockt, Liias, Rolfes, Chase, Habib, and Kohl-Welles
Creating an office of Native early child care and education.
Creates the office of Native early child care and education within the department of early learning to increase support, technical assistance, access, and advocacy for early child care and education for American Indian and Alaska Native students in the state.Creates the Native early child care and education public-private partnership account.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5161
by Senators Angel, Ranker, Bailey, Keiser, Rivers, and Parlette
Concerning East Asian medicine practitioners.
Clarifies that East Asian medicine practitioners may administer liquid vitamins and other sterile preparations in point injection therapy.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5162
by Senators Angel, Ranker, Bailey, Rivers, Keiser, and Parlette
Concerning the practice of East Asian medicine.
Creates the Washington state East Asian medicine advisory committee.Requires the committee to advise and make recommendations to the secretary of the department of health on standards for the practice of East Asian medicine.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5163
by Senators Hobbs, Roach, Rolfes, O'Ban, Hatfield, Litzow, McCoy, Mullet, Conway, Fain, Chase, and Darneille
Providing for educational data on students from military families.
Requires school districts to collect and submit data that includes, for all newly enrolled students including transfer students, 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.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5164
by Senators Hobbs, Bailey, Rolfes, Roach, Hatfield, O'Ban, McCoy, Litzow, Conway, and Chase
Concerning transient lodging for military service members in armories.
Addresses transient lodging of service personnel in armories.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing . | |
SB 5165
by Senators Angel and Frockt
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.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5166
by Senators Rolfes, Ranker, and Hasegawa
Concerning the management of forage fish resources.
Requires a recreational fishing license to fish for smelt.Requires the department of natural resources and the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Collaborate to conduct a survey of the location of surf smelt and sand lance spawning grounds; and(2) To the extent available, conduct the surveys using crews of the veterans conservation corps.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to conduct a mid-water trawl survey to evaluate the prevalence of adults of all species of forage fish.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5167
by Senator O'Ban
Concerning the local option prohibition on the sale of liquor.
Authorizes municipalities and counties to repeal a local option prohibition on the sale of liquor, but no earlier than two years after voter approval of the prohibition.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5168
by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Hatfield, Schoesler, and Benton
Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act.
Prohibits land qualifying as agricultural under the shoreline management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5169
by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Hatfield, and Schoesler
Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act.
Prohibits land designated as agricultural under the growth management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5170
by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Hobbs, Schoesler, and Hatfield
Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act.
Prohibits land designated as agricultural under the growth management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.Prohibits land qualifying as agricultural under the shoreline management act from being converted to wetland or fish habitat, or from being subjected to tidal inundation.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5171
by Senators Bailey, Conway, Hobbs, Hewitt, Angel, Chase, and Rolfes
Concerning the definition of veteran for the purposes of the county veterans assistance fund.
Revises the definition of veteran for purposes of the county veterans assistance fund.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5172
by Senators Dammeier, Roach, and Conway
Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
Allows lien recording and release fees for collection of sewer charges by counties.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5173
by Senators Habib, Fain, Darneille, and Mullet; by request of Department of Corrections
Creating an identicard program for certain incarcerated offenders.
Requires the department of corrections, in conjunction with the department of licensing, to implement an identicard program to provide state identification to offenders upon release to the community, which is critical for accessing services, employment, housing, and various other opportunities in the community.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5174
by Senators Bailey, Ranker, Pearson, and Sheldon; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of district court judges in Skagit county.
Increases the number of district court judges in Skagit county.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5175
by Senators Becker, Frockt, Angel, Rivers, Cleveland, Dammeier, Keiser, Fain, Parlette, Darneille, Pedersen, Habib, Kohl-Welles, and Mullet
Regarding telemedicine.
Recognizes the application of telemedicine as a reimbursable service by which an individual receives medical services from a health care provider without in-person contact with the provider.Reduces the compliance requirements on hospitals when granting privileges or associations to telemedicine physicians.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5176
by Senators Keiser, Honeyford, Roach, Fraser, Schoesler, and Chase
Concerning the capitol furnishings preservation committee.
Changes the composition and duties of the capitol furnishings preservation committee.Revises the definition of "state capitol group" to include the Pritchard building, and the general administration building if the building is repurposed to serve a different function or is substantially remodeled.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5177
by Senators O'Ban and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Improving timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services.
Encourages the department of social and health services to develop, on a phased-in basis, alternative locations and increased access to competency restoration services under chapter 10.77 RCW (criminally insane) for individuals who do not require in-patient psychiatric hospitalization level services.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing . | |
SB 5178
by Senators O'Ban and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the criminal justice treatment account.
Modifies criminal justice treatment account provisions relating to: (1) State matching funds for federal medicaid payments; and(2) Expanding the definition of "treatment" to include additional services.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing . | |
SB 5179
by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Litzow, Mullet, Hobbs, and Dammeier
Concerning paraeducators.
Addresses minimum employment standards for paraeducators who work in the learning assistance program, the federal disadvantaged program, and English language learner programs.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5180
by Senators Benton, Mullet, Angel, Hobbs, Hargrove, Keiser, and Darneille; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.
Revises the standard valuation law by modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5181
by Senators Pearson, Hasegawa, Roach, Hobbs, Dammeier, Liias, Chase, and Mullet
Addressing the scope of state fire service mobilization and ensuring compliance with existing state and federal disaster response policies.
Clarifies that state fire service mobilization be allowed in all incidents to which fire departments, fire districts, and regional fire protection authorities typically respond, as long as the mobilization meets the requirements identified in the state fire service mobilization plan.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5182
by Senators Dammeier and Liias
Granting fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities biennial budget authority.
Authorizes a fire protection district to adopt a biennial budget with a mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium in lieu of adopting an annual budget.Authorizes a regional fire protection service authority to adopt a biennial budget with a mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5183
by Senator Keiser; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Modifying certain building permit fees.
Increases building permit fees.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5184
by Senators Benton and Hasegawa
Authorizing counties to establish and conduct polling place voting.
Grants counties the option of establishing polling place voting and provides standards for conducting polling place voting.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5185
by Senator Benton
Creating a six-year time frame for substantial building code amendments.
Provides a six-year time frame for substantial building code amendments.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5186
by Senators Benton, Hasegawa, Sheldon, and Keiser
Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
Authorizes the following health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs: (1) Health care insurance premiums for health care coverage, including dental coverage, vision coverage, and copayments;(2) Durable medical equipment and mobility enhancing equipment; and(3) Long-term care insurance.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5187
by Senator Benton
Concerning voter approval of a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan.
Prohibits the proposing transit agency, if a proposal for a high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan is rejected by the voters, from devoting any time or resources to the further development of the high capacity transportation system plan and financing plan until the voters approve the proposal.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5188
by Senators Benton and Angel
Limiting the power of eminent domain.
Prohibits the government from taking or damaging private land or any interest in real property that is not to be used for the construction of a public use facility or the provision of a public service necessary to protect public health and safety.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5189
by Senators Benton and Angel
Concerning eminent domain.
Prohibits private property from being taken or damaged for public or private use that is to be transferred for use or possession by a governmental agency of another state.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5190
by Senator Benton
Eliminating the requirement to purchase public art with appropriations made for construction of public buildings.
Eliminates the requirement to purchase public art with appropriations made for construction of public buildings.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5191
by Senators Benton and Angel
Prohibiting the state of Washington and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that infringe or restrict private property rights without due process.
Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that infringe or restrict private property rights without due process.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5192
by Senator Benton
Protecting citizens from foreign laws, codes, or systems.
Establishes the American laws for American courts act and requires this act to be used in all of this state's courts.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5193
by Senator Benton
Exempting documents recording a water-sewer district lien from the surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance.
Exempts from the surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance, documents recording a water-sewer district lien or satisfaction of lien.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing . | |
SB 5194
by Senators Benton and Angel
Concerning wage garnishment.
Exempts earnings spent on monthly health insurance premiums or penalties for not maintaining minimum essential coverage from the definition of "disposable earnings" for purposes of chapter 6.27 RCW (garnishment).
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5195
by Senator Benton
Concerning driver's license and instruction permit examination fees.
Addresses application and examination fees for new and renewed drivers' licenses and for drivers' instruction permits.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5196
by Senator Benton
Concerning funding for certain transportation planning organizations.
Prohibits providing state funds to a regional transportation planning organization or an organization designated as a metropolitan planning organization for federal transportation planning purposes if either organization has received federal funds in the same biennium.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5197
by Senator Benton
Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making.
Establishes consistent standards for agency decision making relating to timelines for decisions on certain applications and for returning decisions to the applicants.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Accountability and Reform . | |
SB 5198
by Senators Benton, Angel, Hatfield, and Hargrove
Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen.
Authorizes a person who is at least eighteen years old to operate or ride on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped on a state highway, county road, or city street without wearing a motorcycle helmet.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5199
by Senator Benton
Concerning members of regional transportation planning organizations representing out-of-state governments or organizations.
Allows a member of a regional transportation planning organization representing a government or organization outside the state to serve only as a nonvoting member of the regional transportation planning organization or any of its boards.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5200
by Senator Benton
Modifying legislators' participation on regional transportation planning organization transportation policy boards.
Addresses participation by legislators on regional transportation planning organizations' transportation policy boards.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5201
by Senators Benton and Angel
Concerning the verification of voter registration qualifications.
Addresses verification of voter registration qualifications.Requires the director of the department of licensing to prepare and transmit to the secretary of state a complete list of all persons, including certain identifying information, who hold a valid driver's license, driver's instruction permit, identicard, intermediate license, or commercial driver's license.Requires the secretary of state to compare the official state voter registration list to that list and upon identifying any registered voters that are not listed through a name and date of birth comparison, suspend the voter registration from the official state voter registration list.Requires a person obtaining or renewing his or her driver's license, driver's instruction permit, agricultural driving permit, identicard, intermediate license, or commercial driver's license to show proof of his or her United States citizenship or his or her lawful presence within the United States.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5202
by Senators Mullet, Fain, Litzow, Billig, Frockt, Keiser, and Habib
Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.
Changes the composition and duties of the financial education public-private partnership.Authorizes teachers appointed as members by the superintendent of public instruction to be paid travel expenses from funds available in the financial education public-private partnership account.Adopts the jumpstart coalition national standards in K-12 personal finance education as the essential academic learning requirements for financial education.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Make available to school districts the curriculum for a course or courses in financial education with sufficient content to be equivalent to one-half of one high school credit; and(2) Select the courses with input from the financial education public-private partnership.Requires school districts to provide students in grades nine through twelve the opportunity to complete a financial education course.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5203
by Senators Warnick, Hasegawa, and Keiser; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Modifying certain job order contracting requirements.
Specifies that the maximum total dollar amount that may be awarded under a job order contract for the department of enterprise services is six million dollars per year for a maximum of three years.Allows the department of enterprise services to have six job order contracts in effect at any one time.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5204
by Senators Parlette, Pearson, and Warnick
Providing an exemption from hydraulic project permit fees for certain emergency permits.
Exempts from hydraulic project permit fees, emergency permits where the hydraulic project is necessitated by a fire, earthquake, storm, flood, or similar natural disaster or phenomena for which the governor has declared a state of emergency.Expires June 30, 2017.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5205
by Senators Becker, Parlette, and Warnick
Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass.
Allows married spouses to present an agency with combined vouchers demonstrating the collective performance of twenty-four hours of service on agency-sanctioned volunteer projects in a year to be redeemed for a single complimentary discover pass.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5206
by Senators Becker, Miloscia, Bailey, Braun, Padden, Hewitt, Hill, Dammeier, Honeyford, and Parlette
Addressing state audit findings of noncompliance with state law.
Requires a state agency, within thirty days of receipt of an audit containing findings of noncompliance with state law, to submit a response and a plan for remediation to the governor, the state auditor, the office of financial management, the joint legislative audit and review committee, and the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the senate and house of representatives.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Accountability and Reform . | |
SB 5207
by Senators Liias and King
Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators.
Allows a tow truck business office to be closed for no more than one hour between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. if a notice is clearly visible at the door with a telephone number at which personnel can be reached to return within no more than one-half of an hour to release an impounded vehicle.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5208
by Senators Miloscia, Fain, Frockt, Litzow, Mullet, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Darneille, Pedersen, Keiser, and Hill
Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing.
Uses lodging taxes to finance loans or grants to nonprofit organizations or public housing authorities for affordable workforce housing within one-half mile of a transit station.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing . | |
SB 5209
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Padden, Schoesler, Hobbs, and Hewitt
Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state.
Exempts from hazardous substance taxes, possession of a hazardous substance that is solely for use by a farmer or certified applicator as an agricultural crop protection product and warehoused in this state or transported to or from this state, provided that the person possessing the substance does not otherwise use, manufacture, package for sale, or sell the substance in this state.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5210
by Senators Bailey, Conway, Hobbs, Schoesler, Angel, Keiser, and Benton; 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.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5211
by Senators Bailey, Conway, Hobbs, and Schoesler; 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.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5212
by Senators Warnick, Kohl-Welles, and Braun
Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license.
Increases, from two to four, the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5213
by Senators Warnick, Braun, and Kohl-Welles
Allowing sales of growlers of wine.
Allows the sale of growlers of wine, except for fortified wine.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5214
by Senator Roach
Permitting certain uniformed personnel, as defined in chapter 41.56 RCW, who are employed by counties and are members of the public employees' retirement system or the public safety employees' retirement system to negotiate to have their employers make the member retirement system contributions that are picked up pursuant to the federal tax code.
Authorizes a county, subject to a collective bargaining agreement, to agree to pay all or a portion of certain retirement plan contributions for certain uniformed personnel who are members of the public employees' retirement system or the public safety employees' retirement system.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5215
by Senators Roach, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, Baumgartner, Padden, Darneille, Keiser, Benton, and O'Ban
Establishing the Washington internet crimes against children account.
Creates the Washington internet crimes against children account and requires expenditures from the account to be used exclusively by the Washington internet crimes against children task force and its affiliate agencies.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5216
by Senators Warnick and Benton
Modifying rental agreement renewal requirements under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.
Modifies manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act provisions relating to rental agreement renewal requirements.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5217
by Senators Benton and Warnick
Concerning the maintenance of manufactured home title and registration certificates by tenants under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.
Modifies manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act provisions relating to the maintenance of manufactured home title and registration certificates by tenants.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5218
by Senators Hobbs and Benton
Expanding the definition of unlawful detainer to include a provision governing at-will tenancies.
Revises the definition of "unlawful detainer" to include a provision governing at-will tenancies.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5219
by Senators Benton and Roach
Concerning unlawful detainer.
Modifies unlawful detainer provisions relating to a default in the payment of rent or other fees.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5220
by Senators Benton and Roach
Concerning the entering of monetary judgments against defendants under the residential and manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant acts.
Modifies residential and manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act provisions relating to the entering of monetary judgments against defendants.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5221
by Senators Benton and Roach
Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property.
Authorizes any tenant property placed upon the nearest public property to be disposed of by the landlord at the tenant's expense.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5222
by Senators Angel, Benton, and Hobbs
Concerning collection agency transaction fees for processing electronic payments.
Prohibits a collection agency from collecting a transaction fee for processing an electronic payment in an amount that does not exceed ten dollars or three percent of the payment amount, whichever is greater, provided that a no-cost payment option is available to the debtor.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5223
by Senators Dansel, Benton, Rolfes, Habib, Ranker, Billig, and Keiser
Authorizing regular meetings of county legislative authorities to be held at alternate locations within the county.
Authorizes regular meetings of county legislative authorities to be held at a location outside of the county seat but within the county if the county legislative authority determines that holding a meeting at an alternate location would be in the interest of supporting greater citizen engagement in local government.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5224
by Senators McAuliffe, Conway, King, Parlette, Keiser, Hasegawa, Chase, and Pearson
Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location.
Addresses floral product businesses misrepresenting their geographic location.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5225
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, Keiser, Darneille, Padden, Fraser, Pedersen, Fain, Frockt, Chase, and Benton
Concerning sexual assault examination kits.
Creates a work group to study the issue of untested sexual assault examination kits and make recommendations relating to reducing the number of untested sexual assault kits in the state.Expires June 30, 2017.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5226
by Senators Becker, Braun, Warnick, Dammeier, and Benton
Protecting public sector workers' rights through public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
Increases transparency and financial disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5227
by Senators Baumgartner, O'Ban, Dammeier, and Fain
Creating the international commercial arbitration act.
Creates the international commercial arbitration act.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5228
by Senators Baumgartner, Dansel, Padden, Benton, and Warnick
Adjusting the maximum speed limit for Interstate 90 in rural counties.
Provides a seventy-five mile per hour speed limit on Interstate 90 on the portion of the interstate that is within a rural county.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5229
by Senators Litzow and McAuliffe; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Addressing technology literacy.
Requires a school district to: (1) Require students to demonstrate technology literacy and fluency through the use of the office of the superintendent of public instruction-developed education technology assessments or through culminating projects or other substantively equivalent method; and(2) Submit implementation verification reports to the office of the superintendent of public instruction documenting the use of these assessments or alternative approaches.
| Jan 15 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |