 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 7 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | 10th 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 1392
by Representatives Stanford, Tharinger, Dunshee, and McBride; by request of Recreation and Conservation Office
Concerning the administrative rate the recreation and conservation funding board may retain to administer the grant programs established in chapter 79A.15 RCW.
Addresses the administration of grant programs by the recreation and conservation funding board.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1393
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Moscoso, Hayes, Ryu, Stanford, Smith, Robinson, Sells, Dunshee, Reykdal, Tarleton, Gregerson, and Pollet
Authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax approved by voters.
Authorizes the legislative body of public transportation benefit areas located in certain counties to submit an authorizing proposition to the voters and, if approved, impose a sales and use tax.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1394
by Representatives Takko, Taylor, Orcutt, Scott, and Buys
Preserving the common law interpretation and application of the vested rights doctrine.
Preserves the common law interpretation and application of the vested rights doctrine.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1395
by Representatives Springer, Chandler, and Sells; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs.
Subjects to the allotment of all expenditures under chapter 43.88 RCW (state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system), money used for administrative expenses to assist employers with developing a stay-at-work program and other related services that respond to employer needs or employee needs, or both, in the stay-at-work program as they arise.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1396
by Representatives Clibborn, Orcutt, Fey, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Tarleton, Peterson, McBride, Gregerson, and Goodman
Incentivizing the use of alternative fuel commercial use vehicles with tax preferences.
Establishes the clean fuel vehicle incentives act.Provides a sales and use tax exemption and credits to the business and occupation tax and the public utility tax to increase sales of commercial vehicles that use clean alternative fuel vehicles by ten percent.Expires January 1, 2026.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1397
by Representatives Holy, Bergquist, Appleton, Van Werven, and McBride; by request of Public Disclosure Commission
Concerning personal financial affairs statement reporting requirements for elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.
Addresses the suspension or modification of financial affairs reporting requirements for certain elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1398
by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Hurst, Parker, Blake, G. Hunt, and Stanford
Concerning registration of persons providing debt settlement services.
Establishes the debt settlement services act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1399
by Representatives Hudgins, DeBolt, Dunshee, Tharinger, Short, Smith, and McBride; by request of Department of Ecology
Annually adjusting the limit on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state and local toxics control accounts to correct for inflation.
Adjusts the limit annually on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state toxics control account and the local toxics control account to correct for inflation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1400
by Representatives Haler, Pollet, Zeiger, Van Werven, Bergquist, Stambaugh, Buys, Hargrove, Muri, Condotta, and Tharinger
Increasing transparency in higher education by requiring budgeting information to be available online.
Requires the education data center to post on the center's data dashboard, the department-level budgets, including budget planning and expenditures, of the institutions of higher education.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1401
by Representatives Cody, Harris, Riccelli, Caldier, Ortiz-Self, and McBride
Concerning data reporting concerning the collection of data when a psychiatric patient meets detention criteria and no evaluation and treatment bed is available.
Requires a designated mental health professional to make a report to the department of social and health services when he or she determines an individual meets certain detention criteria and: (1) There are no beds available at an evaluation and treatment facility;(2) The individual has not been provisionally accepted for admission by a facility; and(3) The individual cannot be served on a single bed certification or less restrictive alternative.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1402
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Short, Tharinger, Jinkins, Tarleton, and Wylie
Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available.
Authorizes a hospital to allow a practitioner to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to patients being discharged from a hospital emergency department during times when community or hospital pharmacy services are not available within fifteen miles by road.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1403
by Representatives Bergquist, Schmick, Cody, Johnson, Clibborn, Harris, Robinson, DeBolt, Riccelli, Short, Van De Wege, Jinkins, Tharinger, Tarleton, McBride, and Gregerson
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 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1404
by Representatives Wylie, Moeller, and Tarleton
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.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1405
by Representatives Wylie, Moeller, and Tarleton
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.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1406
by Representatives Moeller and Wylie
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.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1407
by Representative Jinkins
Concerning procedures for guardianship termination and modification.
Requires an incapacitated person to have the same due process and procedural rights as an alleged incapacitated person would have in an initial guardianship proceeding.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1408
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Magendanz, Sawyer, Santos, Senn, Robinson, Orwall, Tarleton, Bergquist, and Gregerson
Concerning the development of a definition and model for "family engagement coordinator" and other terms used interchangeably with it.
Requires the office of the education ombuds, together with the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, to develop and recommend to the education committees of the legislature a definition for the term that is variously referred to as "family engagement coordinator," "parent and family engagement coordinator," and "parent involvement coordinator" and a model or framework for such a staff position.Expires July 1, 2016.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1409
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Hayes, Clibborn, Hargrove, Fey, Farrell, Zeiger, Orcutt, and Tarleton
Concerning the disclosure of vessel owner information.
Requires the department of licensing to: (1) Furnish lists of registered and legal owners of vessels only for certain purposes to the manufacturers of vessels, or their authorized agents; and(2) Disclose vessel records for any vessel owned by a governmental entity upon request.Requires requests from law enforcement officers for vessel record information to be granted.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1410
by Representatives Takko, Muri, Kilduff, Zeiger, Manweller, Pike, Stanford, and Condotta
Modifying provisions governing the competitive bidding process of water-sewer districts.
Modifies water-sewer district provisions relating to the competitive bidding process.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1411
by Representatives Moscoso, McBride, Springer, and Condotta
Concerning the siting of marijuana facilities.
Allows the state liquor control board to issue a license for recreational marijuana business premises within one thousand feet of the perimeter of the grounds of an elementary or secondary school, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park, a public transit center, a library, or certain game arcade admissions if the legislative body of an incorporated city or town has exempted the city or town from the one thousand foot restriction by adopting legislation that declares that the exemption: (1) Is necessary to create enough potential locations within the city or town to allow a marijuana retail facility to be sited; and(2) Will not negatively impact the jurisdiction's strong regulatory enforcement, law enforcement interests, public safety, or public health.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1412
by Representative Moscoso
Concerning municipalities prohibiting the operation of recreational marijuana production, processing, and retail facilities within their jurisdictional boundaries.
Authorizes a local government to enact an ordinance prohibiting, within its jurisdictional boundaries, the siting or operation of a business or facility for the production, processing, and/or retail sale of recreational marijuana products.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1413
by Representatives Moscoso, Wylie, Reykdal, Walsh, and Santos
Revising licensing regulations pertaining to the buffer distances required between recreational marijuana businesses and specified public and private facilities.
Decreases the buffer distance between recreational marijuana businesses and recreation centers or facilities, child care centers, public parks, public transit centers, libraries, or certain game arcade admissions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1414
by Representatives Moscoso, Condotta, Wylie, Holy, and Reykdal
Exempting marijuana producers from taxation for sales to other producers of marijuana seeds and cloned marijuana plants.
Exempts from marijuana excise taxes, the sale, between producers, of marijuana seeds and live, cloned, nonflowering, marijuana plants.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1415
by Representatives Kirby, Santos, Tarleton, Ryu, Van De Wege, S. Hunt, Kilduff, Ortiz-Self, McBride, and Gregerson; by request of Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises
Concerning the linked deposit program.
Addresses the duties of the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises with regard to the linked deposit program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1416
by Representative Wylie
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 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1417
by Representatives Takko, Kochmar, and Pike
Subjecting a resolution or ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city or town to assume a water-sewer district to a referendum.
Subjects a resolution or ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city to assume jurisdiction of all or part of a water-sewer district to a referendum.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1418
by Representatives Hudgins and Hurst
Providing for the enforcement of illegal marijuana production.
Requires the state liquor control board to contract with one or more state or local law enforcement agencies to perform activities supporting the locating and eradication of illegal marijuana production.Requires the contract to prioritize, but not exclusively focus on, illegal marijuana production on public land.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1419
by Representative Ormsby
Concerning restrictions on outings from state facilities.
Repeals certain procedures for the criminally insane with regard to prohibiting a confined person from leaving the facility in which he or she is confined.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1420
by Representatives Wilcox, Springer, Magendanz, G. Hunt, Muri, Kirby, Takko, Kilduff, and Hargrove
Concerning school siting and school district aid in reducing overall school construction costs.
Authorizes certain counties, that are required or choose to plan under the growth management act, to permit schools outside of urban growth areas when certain criteria are met.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1421
by Representatives Cody, Riccelli, Jinkins, Robinson, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Moscoso, Pollet, Gregerson, Walkinshaw, Tharinger, Pettigrew, Kagi, Farrell, and Sawyer
Concerning mid-level dental professionals.
Creates new mid-level dental professions.Attempts to increase access for all Washingtonians through the introduction of an evidence-based mid-level dental provider that is geared towards working in, and reducing oral health disparities within, the state's communities with the greatest need.Encourages the American dental association and the state dental association to consult with stakeholders to study programs in the state that use volunteer dentists and oral surgeons to provide specialty care dental services to low-income adults and children.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1422
by Representatives Scott, Griffey, and Condotta
Concerning misrepresentation of a floral product business's geographic location.
Addresses floral product businesses misrepresenting their geographic location.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1423
by Representatives Scott, Young, Caldier, Shea, Taylor, Short, Kochmar, G. Hunt, Condotta, Van Werven, Klippert, Pike, Wilson, Holy, Griffey, Buys, Muri, and Pollet
Creating the crime of female genital mutilation.
Creates the crime of female genital mutilation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1424
by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, Jinkins, Gregerson, Goodman, Santos, Fey, and Sawyer
Concerning suicide prevention.
Requires the department of health to adopt rules by June 30, 2016, establishing minimum standards for the suicide assessment, treatment, and management training programs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1425
by Representatives Pollet, Kretz, S. Hunt, Appleton, Bergquist, Holy, Tarleton, Hargrove, and Kochmar
Ensuring that entities performing government functions and advisory committees are subject to the open public meetings act and public records act.
Subjects to the open public meetings act and the public records act, certain advisory boards, committees, and other entities performing government functions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1426
by Representatives Jinkins, Nealey, Sawyer, Kochmar, Muri, Fey, and Zeiger
Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations.
Modifies the department of social and health services' requirement to reimburse a county for the cost of competency to stand trial evaluations by qualified experts and professional persons.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1427
by Representatives Stokesbary, S. Hunt, Morris, Kilduff, Bergquist, Fey, Buys, Cody, Caldier, Blake, Jinkins, Ormsby, Moeller, Manweller, McBride, Gregerson, Pollet, and Hargrove
Concerning property tax relief programs available to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans and widows or widowers of veterans.
Offers property tax relief, based on their ability to pay, to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans, and widows or widowers of veterans.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1428
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, S. Hunt, Jinkins, Tarleton, Bergquist, Gregerson, Goodman, and Pollet
Concerning voter registration.
Extends the time period for voter registration.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1429
by Representatives S. Hunt and Hurst
Expanding authorized personal services by liquor industry members to retailers.
Authorizes the performance of certain personal services offered by a distiller, importer, manufacturer of spirits, or spirits importer to retailers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1430
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Holy, Clibborn, and McBride
Creating Washington state tree special license plates.
Creates state tree special license plates to provide funds to support the Washington park arboretum and the John A. Finch arboretum.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1431
by Representatives Bergquist, Holy, and S. Hunt
Modifying exemptions relating to real estate appraisals.
Modifies the public inspection and copying exemption, under the public records act, for documents relating to an agency's real estate transactions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1432
by Representative Pettigrew
Scoring an offense a class C felony equivalent if the offense was a felony under the relevant out-of-state statute when there is no clearly comparable offense under Washington law.
Scores an offense as a class C felony equivalent if the offense was a felony under the relevant out-of-state law if there is no clearly comparable offense under this state's law.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1433
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, Shea, Condotta, and Griffey
Concerning Washington state's school zones law and the federal gun-free school zones law.
Brings our state's school zones law into closer conformity with the federal gun-free school zones act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1434
by Representatives Blake, Buys, Takko, Kretz, and Tharinger
Regarding forage fish spawning habitat.
Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to establish reasonable conditions on hydraulic project permits issued for the protection of certain forage fish spawning habitats.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1435
by Representatives Blake, Buys, Takko, and Kretz
Designating a class of existing commercial ocean vessels that may be allowed to moor, without satisfying the insurance requirements of chapter 195, Laws of 2014, at a moorage facility without the moorage facility assuming additional liability.
Allows certain classes of existing commercial ocean vessels to moor at a moorage facility, without satisfying the insurance requirements of chapter 195, Laws of 2014 (2SHB 2457), without the moorage facility assuming additional liability.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5340
by Senators Rivers, Keiser, Cleveland, and McAuliffe
Concerning qualified health plan claims in grace periods.
Requires an issuer of a qualified health plan to reimburse a health care provider or a health care facility for all nonfraudulent claims for service provided to an enrollee during a grace period.Requires the governing board of the state health benefit exchange to certify a plan as a qualified health plan to be offered through the exchange if the plan is determined by the board to ensure adherence to the terms of the contract between the qualified health plan issuer and a health care provider or health care facility.Requires the state health benefit exchange, before terminating the coverage of an enrollee receiving advance payments of the premium tax credit, to conduct outreach to ensure that enrollees who are late in making premium payments are aware that they may be eligible for medicaid coverage or for an increased subsidy level in the exchange.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5341
by Senators Hasegawa and Chase
Concerning the linked deposit investment program.
Increases the amount of funds the state treasurer may use for purposes of the linked deposit investment program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5342
by Senators Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Padden, McAuliffe, Brown, Keiser, Roach, Chase, and Conway
Concerning definitions related to human trafficking.
Adds the following definitions for the purposes of chapter 19.320 RCW (human trafficking): Any person; forced labor; human trafficking; menace of any penalty; and work or service.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5343
by Senators Hasegawa, King, Jayapal, Chase, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Darneille, and Conway
Concerning parking impact mitigation from regional transit authority facility construction.
Requires a regional transit authority, when it constructs or operates a transportation facility, to consider the potential impacts of that facility on parking availability for residents nearby.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5344
by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Liias, Billig, Kohl-Welles, Jayapal, Chase, and Conway
Providing prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots.
Requires return envelopes for primary and general election ballots to include prepaid postage.Requires the state to reimburse counties for the cost of return postage on mail and absentee ballots for primary and general elections.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5345
by Senators Keiser, Conway, Parlette, Ranker, Schoesler, Ericksen, Fraser, and Chase; by request of Department of Ecology
Annually adjusting the limit on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state and local toxics control accounts to correct for inflation.
Adjusts the limit annually on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state toxics control account and the local toxics control account to correct for inflation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5346
by Senators Ranker, Mullet, Darneille, Liias, Conway, McAuliffe, Keiser, and Chase
Providing first responders with contact information for subscribers of life alert services during an emergency.
Requires employees of companies providing life alert services, when requested by first responders during an emergency, to provide to first responders the name, address, and other information necessary for first responders to contact their subscribers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5347
by Senators Hobbs, Hatfield, Warnick, Honeyford, and Pearson
Creating demonstration projects for preserving agricultural land and public infrastructure in flood plains.
Requires the state conservation commission and the departments of agriculture, natural resources, fish and wildlife, and ecology to jointly identify and implement two demonstration projects that test the effectiveness and costs of river management.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5348
by Senators Miloscia and Chase
Allowing public agencies to enter into contracts providing for the joint utilization of architectural or engineering services.
Authorizes any two or more public agencies to enter into a contract providing for the joint utilization of architectural or engineering services if certain conditions are met.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5349
by Senators Bailey, Becker, Warnick, Roach, Mullet, and Chase
Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education.
Requires institutions of higher education, in consultation with the office of student financial assistance, to take reasonable steps to ensure that the institutions present and each enrolled student participates in a live financial literacy seminar.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5350
by Senators Roach and Hatfield
Concerning water-sewer districts.
Modifies water-sewer district provisions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5351
by Senators Litzow and Chase
Relating to education.
Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to education.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5352
by Senators Litzow and Chase
Relating to education.
Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to education.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5353
by Senator Angel
Concerning the service and sales of spirits, wine, and beer.
Modifies alcoholic beverage provisions relating to sales and service.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5354
by Senators Hargrove, Litzow, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Bailey, Hasegawa, and Chase
Addressing the implementation of inmate postsecondary education degree programs to reduce recidivism.
Provides appropriate postsecondary opportunities to inmates.Specifies that an inmate may be selected to participate in a state-funded postsecondary education degree program, based on priority determined by the department of corrections.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5355
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Roach, Conway, Braun, Baumgartner, Rolfes, O'Ban, McAuliffe, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee
Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.
Revises the definition of "resident student," for purposes of chapter 28B.15 RCW (college and university fees), to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5356
by Senators Mullet, Pearson, and Hatfield
Concerning a fishing line or monofilament recycling pilot program.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to establish a pilot program to coordinate the statewide collection and recycling of fishing line or monofilament.Expires December 31, 2017.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5357
by Senators Jayapal, McCoy, Litzow, Mullet, and Keiser
Concerning clean alternative fuel motorcycles.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on the first forty-five thousand dollars of value on the sale or use of new motorcycles that are exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel.Requires a twenty-five dollar fee for an annual vehicle registration renewal for an electric motorcycle that uses propulsion units powered solely by electricity.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5358
by Senators Liias, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning transportation revenue.
Addresses transportation revenue relating to: (1) Creating, increasing, and modifying transportation-related fees;(2) Distribution of revenue;(3) Distribution of driver's license fees;(4) Tax exemptions and authority to modify and impose new taxes; and(5) Local revenue options.Requires the department of licensing, a county auditor or other agent, or a subagent appointed by the director to issue a studded tire permit authorizing the use of studded tires.Authorizes a registered owner to apply to the department of licensing, a county auditor or other agent, or a subagent appointed by the director for an intermittent-use trailer license plate for an intermittent-use trailer.Authorizes a governing body of a public transportation benefit area to establish one or more passenger-only ferry service districts.Creates an electric vehicle infrastructure bank to provide financial assistance for the installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations within the state.Creates the bicycle and pedestrian grant program account, the complete streets grant program account, the local green initiatives account, the public transportation grant program account, the safe routes to school grant program account, and the sustainability account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5359
by Senators Hobbs, Liias, Pedersen, McAuliffe, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee
Making 2013-2015 supplemental transportation appropriations.
Makes 2013-2015 supplemental transportation appropriations.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5360
by Senators Liias, McAuliffe, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee
Making transportation appropriations for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
Makes transportation appropriations for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5361
by Senators Liias, Pedersen, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee
Authorizing bonds for the financing of transportation projects.
Requires the state finance committee, in order to provide funds necessary to finance the projects described and authorized by the legislature in the omnibus transportation appropriations act for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, to issue and sell upon the request of the department of transportation a total of three billion one hundred million dollars of general obligation bonds of the state.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5362
by Senators King and Liias; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission
Concerning the regulation of passenger charter and excursion carriers.
Modifies provisions relating to charter party carriers and excursion service carriers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5363
by Senators Padden, Dansel, Pearson, Roach, Rivers, Angel, Schoesler, Braun, Dammeier, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development.
Allows private property to be taken only for public use and the taking of private property by a public entity for economic development does not constitute a public use.Prohibits a public entity from taking property for the purpose of economic development.Specifies that condemnation of property in blighted areas for economic development is not a public use.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5364
by Senators Dansel, Padden, and Honeyford
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 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5365
by Senators Honeyford and Pearson
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 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5366
by Senators Padden, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, Angel, Bailey, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5367
by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Becker, and Bailey
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 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5368
by Senators Padden, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, Pearson, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5369
by Senators Dansel, Honeyford, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5370
by Senators Dansel, Honeyford, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5371
by Senators Dansel, Padden, Honeyford, and Roach
Modifying limitations on agency declaratory orders.
Addresses declaratory orders by agencies.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5372
by Senators Warnick, Honeyford, Becker, Padden, Pearson, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5373
by Senators Dansel, Hobbs, Honeyford, and Roach
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 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5374
by Senators Padden and Honeyford
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 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5375
by Senators Liias, Warnick, and Billig
Requiring disclosure by entities that compensate for petition signatures.
Regulates signature gatherers and those who employ signature gatherers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5376
by Senators Habib, Miloscia, Darneille, Jayapal, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Frockt, and Chase
Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports.
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from: (1) Making a consumer report containing information on eviction records; and(2) Including a prospective tenant's involvement in a prior eviction suit in a tenant screening report under certain circumstances.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5377
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Miloscia, Frockt, Jayapal, Darneille, Pedersen, McAuliffe, Keiser, and Chase
Concerning the provision of time and assistance for tenants to relocate due to a rent increase or change of use of the residential unit.
Authorizes certain cities, towns, counties, and municipal corporations to require, after reasonable notice to the public and a public hearing, up to ninety days' written notice for a change in rent exceeding ten percent of a tenant's current rent.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5378
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Miloscia, Frockt, Darneille, Pedersen, Jayapal, Hobbs, McAuliffe, Keiser, and Chase
Concerning the preservation of housing options for participants in government assistance programs.
Addresses housing options for participants in government assistance programs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SJM 8002
by Senators Hasegawa, Pedersen, Chase, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Darneille, Cleveland, Billig, Mullet, Frockt, Jayapal, and Conway
Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections.
Calls on congress to exercise its authority to regulate money spent on elections.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SJM 8003
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, and Conway
Concerning international trade policy reforms.
Addresses international trade policy reforms.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SJM 8004
by Senators Hasegawa, Pedersen, Chase, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Darneille, Cleveland, Frockt, Jayapal, and Conway
Requesting Congress to protect and promote Internet openness.
Requests congress to protect and promote internet openness.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SJM 8005
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, Keiser, Darneille, Cleveland, Frockt, Jayapal, and Conway
Requesting that Congress enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall act.
Requests congress to enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |