 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 8 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 22, 2015 | 11th 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 1436
by Representatives Kagi, Zeiger, Robinson, Walsh, Walkinshaw, Pettigrew, Senn, Johnson, Orwall, Ortiz-Self, Reykdal, Carlyle, Gregerson, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Clibborn, Jinkins, Bergquist, Goodman, McBride, Pollet, Riccelli, and Kilduff; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection.
Establishes the homeless youth act.Creates the office of homeless youth programs within the department of commerce.Requires the office of homeless youth programs to be operational no later than January 1, 2016.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services, pertaining to youth homeless services and programs, to the department of commerce.Changes the name of "the homeless families services fund" to "the Washington youth and families fund."
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1437
by Representatives Cody, Harris, DeBolt, Johnson, Jinkins, Wilcox, Van De Wege, Stokesbary, Riccelli, Tharinger, Moeller, Kagi, Gregerson, Fitzgibbon, and Ormsby; by request of Governor Inslee
Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information.
Improves health care quality and cost transparency with regard to the all payer claims database.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1438
by Representatives Sawyer, Kirby, and Appleton
Permitting cities, towns, and counties to prohibit the production, processing, and sale of marijuana under Initiative Measure No. 502 only by public vote.
Allows a county, code city, city, or town to prohibit by ordinance the siting or operation of a marijuana business or facility.Authorizes a registered voter of a county, city, or town to submit a petition calling for the county, city, or town to prohibit the siting or operation of a marijuana business or facility.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1439
by Representatives Sawyer, Zeiger, Reykdal, Gregerson, Manweller, and Tarleton
Establishing an online alternative credit model at Central Washington University.
Creates an online alternative credit model that awards degrees.Requires Central Washington University to: (1) Host the online alternative credit model;(2) Consult with the department of early learning to target students who are early learning providers and to develop programs; and(3) Develop and launch a bachelor of arts in early childhood education using the online alternative credit model.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1440
by Representatives Taylor, Goodman, Pollet, Scott, Condotta, Shea, G. Hunt, Young, Moscoso, Smith, Ryu, Jinkins, Magendanz, Farrell, and McCaslin
Prohibiting the use of a cell site simulator device without a warrant.
Prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from collecting or using a person's electronic data or metadata without: (1) That person's informed consent;(2) A warrant; or(3) Acting in accordance with a legally recognized exception to the warrant requirements.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1441
by Representatives Sawyer, Appleton, Gregerson, Robinson, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Jinkins, and Pollet
Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.
Authorizes dental health aide therapist services provided by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to promote increased dental care access for persons served in these practice settings.Requires the state health care authority to coordinate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide that dental health aide therapist services are eligible for federal funding of up to one hundred percent.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1442
by Representatives G. Hunt, Shea, Young, Scott, Taylor, Condotta, and Short
Expanding economic development and creating jobs by increasing the availability of ammunition and firearm parts and accessories in Washington state.
Establishes the Washington state firearms ammunition, parts, and accessories jobs act.Encourages the manufacture of smokeless propellant, small arms primers, cartridge cases, and small arms ammunition and firearm parts and accessories within the borders of the state.Requires the department of commerce, the county-designated associate development organization, the small business development center, and impact Washington to provide technical assistance if requested by a manufacturer of firearm ammunition, parts, or accessories.Authorizes only this state and the department of ecology to regulate the chemicals used to manufacture ammunition components.Exempts a manufacturer of firearms ammunition, parts, or accessories from business and occupation taxes, property taxes, and business license fees.Provides a business and occupation tax deduction on interest received on loans made to manufacturers of firearm ammunition, parts, or accessories by banking, loan, security, and other financial businesses.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1443
by Representatives G. Hunt, S. Hunt, Condotta, Shea, Taylor, Scott, Riccelli, and Jinkins
Concerning fees charged by commercial parking businesses and requiring notice to customers.
Prohibits a commercial parking business from charging a parking charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted on the parking lot that clearly states specific information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1444
by Representatives G. Hunt, Shea, Taylor, Scott, and McCaslin
Providing property tax relief.
Requires the state property tax levy for collection in 2016 through 2040 to be reduced by three hundred forty million dollars each calendar year from the amount that would otherwise be allowed.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1445
by Representatives Reykdal and Magendanz
Using computer sciences to satisfy world language college admission requirements.
Requires the student achievement council, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and an organization that represents the public four-year institutions of higher education to facilitate a dialogue with state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College to allow two years of computer sciences to count as two years of world languages for the purposes of admission into a four-year institution of higher education.Expires July 1, 2018.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1446
by Representative Manweller
Creating the youth internship opportunity act.
Establishes the youth internship opportunity act.Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish a youth internship pilot program for qualified restaurant employers to employ youth interns under special certificates at wages authorized by the department.Expires December 31, 2018.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1447
by Representatives Holy, S. Hunt, and Appleton; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors.
Authorizes the director of the department of enterprise services to impose a fine on a contractor for cause in replacement of, or in addition to, debarment.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1448
by Representatives Riccelli, Holy, Parker, Ormsby, Caldier, Hayes, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, Appleton, Ryu, McBride, and Shea
Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide.
Establishes Sheena's law.Provides procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1449
by Representatives Farrell, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, Senn, McBride, Robinson, Tarleton, Pollet, Cody, Ormsby, Riccelli, Kagi, Blake, Fey, Hudgins, Lytton, Bergquist, Sells, Takko, Tharinger, Jinkins, Wylie, S. Hunt, Stanford, Reykdal, Sawyer, Appleton, Van De Wege, Clibborn, Ryu, Goodman, and Kilduff
Concerning oil transportation safety.
Addresses oil transportation safety.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1450
by Representatives Jinkins, Rodne, Walkinshaw, Harris, Cody, Goodman, Senn, Walsh, Riccelli, Robinson, Orwall, Moeller, Gregerson, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Clibborn, McBride, Tharinger, Kagi, and Stanford
Concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment.
Modifies involuntary outpatient mental health treatment provisions relating to persons in need of assisted outpatient treatment.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1451
by Representatives Rodne, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Harris, Walsh, Senn, Goodman, Riccelli, Moeller, Ormsby, McBride, and Tharinger
Regarding civil commitment.
Addresses mental health and civil commitment with regard to persons with a persistent or acute disability.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1452
by Representative Pike
Creating cost savings through the formation of a centralized administrative office to manage many of the state's significant real estate assets.
Creates the state real estate asset management office, within the department of natural resources, and requires the office to manage the real estate portfolio for all consolidated state lands.Requires the state parks and recreation commission and the departments of transportation and fish and wildlife to: (1) Evaluate the level of staffing dedicated to real estate management in light of the transfer of management responsibilities to the state real estate asset management office; and(2) Implement a process by which the total number of agency employees is reduced to match the reduced real estate management needs that result from the consolidation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1453
by Representatives Pike, Wylie, Takko, and Vick
Eliminating the backlog of land use applications in the Columbia River Gorge commission for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the natural scenery and regional economic development of the Columbia River Gorge national scenic area.
Requires the Columbia River Gorge commission to eliminate the backlog of complete and unprocessed land use applications.Provides the commission with two full-time equivalent employees for the purpose of: (1) Eliminating the backlog;(2) Improving the land use application process; and(3) Enabling the commission to manage new projects that strengthen the economy within the Columbia River Gorge region.Expires July 1, 2018.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1454
by Representatives Pike, Johnson, Shea, Manweller, Vick, Buys, Van Werven, Harris, Wilson, and McCaslin
Limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Prohibits industrial insurance benefits, other than medical benefits, from being paid to or on behalf of a worker or to his or her spouse, child, or dependent if the worker's being under the influence of or affected by intoxicating liquor or any drug was the primary cause of the worker's injury or death.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1455
by Representatives Pike, Johnson, Shea, Manweller, Harris, Wilson, Scott, Condotta, Magendanz, and McCaslin
Permitting local governments to opt out of prevailing wage requirements.
Authorizes a county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state, by a simple majority vote of the local governing body, to opt out of prevailing wage requirements for certain public works projects.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1456
by Representatives Pike, Vick, Manweller, Harris, Wilson, Magendanz, and McCaslin
Limiting prevailing wage requirements to labor performed at the site of work.
Limits prevailing wage requirements to laborers, workers, or mechanics employed directly on the site of the work.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1457
by Representatives Springer, Vick, Reykdal, and Scott
Authorizing sixteen and seventeen year old store employees to handle liquor.
Authorizes grocery store or beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to allow employees between the ages of sixteen and seventeen years to handle liquor for the sole purpose of providing direct assistance to an individual customer making a liquor purchase.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1458
by Representatives Orwall, Goodman, Pettigrew, Ryu, Stanford, Gregerson, Jinkins, Bergquist, McBride, Magendanz, Cody, Kagi, S. Hunt, and Pollet; by request of Attorney General
Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made.
Raises the legal smoking age to twenty-one.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1459
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, and Tharinger; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Health Care Authority
Excluding healthpath Washington, a federal-state partnership providing coordinated medicare and medicaid services, from certain taxes and assessments.
Lowers costs for providing medical, behavioral health, and long-term services and support to high-risk populations.Exempts the healthpath Washington program from the calculation of the premium tax, business and occupation taxes, and the state health insurance pool assessment.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1460
by Representatives Robinson, Walkinshaw, Walsh, Stanford, Bergquist, Appleton, Sells, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Tarleton, Peterson, Pettigrew, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Jinkins, Kilduff, McBride, and Pollet
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 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1461
by Representatives Hurst and Condotta
Relating to marijuana.
Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to marijuana.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1462
by Representatives Takko and Pike; by request of State Treasurer
Implementing and operating state and county government investment pools.
Provides a more complete statutory framework for the creation and operation of state and county administered investment pools.Requires the office of the state treasurer, in consultation with the state association of county treasurers, to develop and maintain a list of educational opportunities for state and local government personnel responsible for investing public funds.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1463
by Representatives Reykdal, Van De Wege, Ormsby, S. Hunt, Jinkins, Tarleton, and Farrell
Requiring disclosure by entities that compensate for petition signatures.
Regulates signature gatherers and those who employ signature gatherers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1464
by Representatives Hudgins, MacEwen, Senn, and S. Hunt; by request of Department of Health
Transferring public water system financial assistance activities from the public works board and the department of commerce to the department of health.
Transfers, from the public works board and the department of commerce to the department of health, public water system financial assistance activities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1465
by Representatives MacEwen, Hudgins, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Creating a dedicated account for elevators, lifting devices, moving walks, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, and contractor registration and compliance activities.
Creates the construction registration inspection account for elevators, lifting devices, moving walks, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, and contractor registration and compliance activities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1466
by Representatives Hudgins, Magendanz, Stanford, Smith, S. Hunt, and Ormsby
Establishing data classification and encryption standards for state agencies.
Establishes a classification schedule for data stored on or passing through state data networks.Requires state agencies to classify all data stored on state data systems according to the schedule.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1467
by Representatives Hudgins, Stanford, S. Hunt, and Ormsby
Requiring adoption of data encryption standards for state agencies.
Requires the office of financial management to adopt data encryption standards with which all state agencies must comply.Requires the standards to include a classification schedule for ranking data sensitivity.Requires state agencies to classify any data held on state networks according to the schedule.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1468
by Representatives Hudgins, Stanford, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Ormsby, and Tarleton
Granting the governor authority to proclaim a state of emergency in the event of a cybersecurity incident.
Authorizes the governor, after finding that a cybersecurity incident exists within the state, to proclaim a state of emergency.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1469
by Representatives Hudgins, Magendanz, Stanford, Ormsby, and Tarleton
Addressing removal of payment credentials and other sensitive data from state data networks.
Prohibits state agencies from holding cardholder data or other payment credentials on state data systems.Requires state agencies that currently hold payment credentials to work with the office of the chief information officer to eliminate the data from state data systems.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1470
by Representatives Hudgins, Smith, Stanford, S. Hunt, Ormsby, McBride, and Tarleton
Establishing a blue-ribbon panel on cybersecurity.
Requires the office of the chief information officer to convene a blue-ribbon panel on cybersecurity.Requires the panel to review issues including: (1) Protecting critical infrastructure from the threat of cyberattack;(2) Enhancing the security of the state's intergovernmental network; and(3) Best practices for local government response in the event of a debilitating cybersecurity incident.Expires June 30, 2016.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Gen Govt & Info Tech (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1471
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Harris, Van De Wege, DeBolt, Hurst, Kretz, Moeller, Jinkins, and Tharinger
Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices.
Addresses health insurance contracting practices with regard to barriers to a patient's access to care.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1472
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Goodman, McBride, Springer, Fey, Farrell, Hudgins, Kagi, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, S. Hunt, Jinkins, Tharinger, and Pollet; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning use of chemical action plans to require safer chemicals in Washington.
Establishes the toxics reduction act.Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with the department of health, to adopt by rule a list of not more than one hundred fifty priority Washington chemicals.Requires the director of the department of ecology to select up to twenty of the priority Washington chemicals for potential chemical action plan development.Requires the department of enterprise services to establish purchasing and procurement policies that provide a preference for products and products in packaging that do not contain priority Washington chemicals.Prohibits an agency from knowingly purchasing products or products in packaging containing priority Washington chemicals.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1473
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Scott, Young, G. Hunt, Condotta, Magendanz, and McCaslin
Creating the Fourth Amendment protection act.
Establishes the Fourth Amendment protection act relating to the authority to collect electronic data and metadata.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1474
by Representatives Taylor, G. Hunt, Young, Scott, Shea, and Van De Wege
Ensuring the right of self-defense against attacks by aggressive, violent animals.
Prohibits placing a person in legal jeopardy for protecting by any reasonable means necessary, himself or herself, his or her family, or his or her real or personal property, or for coming to the aid of another who is in imminent danger of or the victim of an attack by an aggressive, violent animal.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1475
by Representatives Kirby and Vick
Addressing premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan.
Excludes from the definition of "net direct written premiums," for purposes of the Washington insurance guaranty association act, the premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan by its servicing carrier.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1476
by Representatives Rodne, Hayes, Lytton, Zeiger, Orwall, Fagan, Moscoso, Gregerson, and Van De Wege
Removing references to faith-based exemptions regarding criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults.
Removes the references to faith-based exemptions with regard to criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1477
by Representatives MacEwen and Scott
Providing that a quarterly revenue forecast is due on February 20th during both a long and short legislative session year.
Requires a quarterly revenue forecast on February 20th during both a long and short legislative session year.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1478
by Representatives Condotta, Moscoso, Scott, and Hurst
Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances.
Authorizes nonretail class liquor licensees to allow their employees between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years to stock, merchandise, and handle liquor on or about the licensee's premises as long as there is an adult twenty-one years of age or older, employed by the retail licensee, and present at the retail licensee's premises during the activities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1479
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, Condotta, and Sawyer
Implementing year-round Pacific Standard Time.
Eliminates daylight saving time and implements year-round Pacific Standard Time.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1480
by Representatives Holy, Riccelli, Orcutt, Haler, Shea, Johnson, Clibborn, Ormsby, Condotta, Tharinger, and McCaslin
Creating intermittent-use trailer license plates.
Allows a registered owner to apply to the department of licensing, a county auditor or other agent, or a subagent appointed by the director of licensing for an intermittent-use trailer license plate for an intermittent-use trailer.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1481
by Representatives Kagi, Zeiger, Senn, Walsh, Peterson, Stambaugh, Walkinshaw, Goodman, Muri, Pettigrew, Jinkins, Hudgins, Appleton, Robinson, Gregerson, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Clibborn, S. Hunt, Ryu, McBride, Sawyer, Stokesbary, Rodne, Young, Farrell, and Kilduff
Concerning the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases.
Addresses the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1482
by Representatives Pollet, Zeiger, Stanford, Haler, Bergquist, and Tarleton
Requiring an analysis of regional higher education capacity to meet educational attainment goals.
Requires the student achievement council, in collaboration with the state board for community and technical colleges, the public four-year institutions of higher education, the workforce training and education coordinating board, and the office of financial management, to conduct a study to assess the gap between demand for higher education in various regions of the state and the capacity of higher education institutions to meet demand.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1483
by Representatives Pollet, Ormsby, S. Hunt, and Tarleton
Eliminating the investment income business and occupation tax deduction for corporations and other business entities.
Eliminates the business and occupation tax deduction for investment income for corporations and other business entities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1484
by Representatives Jinkins, S. Hunt, Tharinger, Robinson, Fitzgibbon, Wylie, Pollet, Reykdal, Farrell, Ryu, Van De Wege, Kagi, Ormsby, Clibborn, Appleton, Bergquist, Walkinshaw, McBride, and Tarleton; by request of Office of Financial Management
Enacting an excise tax on capital gains to improve the fairness of Washington's tax system and provide funding for the education legacy trust account.
Provides funding for the education legacy trust account.Imposes a tax on individuals for the privilege of: (1) Selling or exchanging long-term capital assets; or(2) Receiving Washington capital gains.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1485
by Representatives Haler, Cody, Schmick, Shea, Zeiger, Tarleton, Tharinger, and Riccelli
Concerning family medicine residencies in health professional shortage areas.
Creates a family medicine education advisory board and requires the board to advise the deans and the chairs of the departments of family medicine in the implementation of the educational programs provided for in chapter 70.112 RCW (family medicine--education and residency programs).Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a performance audit and evaluation of the family medicine residency programs created in chapter 70.112 RCW.Requires the schools of medicine to coordinate with the office of student financial assistance to notify prospective family medicine students and residents of their eligibility for the health professional loan repayment and scholarship program.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1486
by Representatives Hayes, Takko, Lytton, Orcutt, Vick, Tarleton, and Griffey
Concerning maximum gross weights for vehicle tires.
Encourages the use of new tire technologies with improved side wall tire strength ratings that will reduce motor carrier costs when replacing vehicles or tires.Allows single tires to be used when historically four or more tires are required when an axle is carrying more than ten thousand pounds.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1487
by Representatives Fey, McBride, S. Hunt, and Pollet; by request of Department of Ecology
Reducing emissions by making changes to the clean car standards and clean car program.
Makes changes to the clean car standards and clean car program to reduce motor vehicle emissions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1488
by Representatives Hudgins, Walkinshaw, Reykdal, Stanford, McBride, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Farrell
Regulating debt adjusting services.
Regulates debt adjusting services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1489
by Representatives Ryu, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Walkinshaw, McBride, Fitzgibbon, Santos, Pollet, Appleton, and Farrell
Prohibiting debt adjusting services and defining and regulating debt management services.
Defines and regulates debt management services and prohibits debt adjusting services.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1490
by Representatives Hudgins, Walkinshaw, Reykdal, Stanford, McBride, Fitzgibbon, Santos, Pollet, and Farrell
Providing requirements for debt adjusters.
Establishes a fiduciary interest to the consumer on the part of providers of debt adjusting services to protect seniors, veterans, and other vulnerable consumers from out-of-state corporations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1491
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Hunter, Johnson, Ormsby, MacEwen, Senn, Magendanz, Farrell, Hayes, Ortiz-Self, Hudgins, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, S. Hunt, Ryu, Jinkins, Bergquist, Goodman, Tharinger, and Riccelli
Improving quality in the early care and education system.
Establishes the early start act.Prioritizes the integration of child care and preschool in an effort to promote full day programming.Rewards quality and creates incentives for providers to participate in a quality rating and improvement system.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1492
by Representatives Magendanz, Walkinshaw, Reykdal, and Bergquist; 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 21 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1493
by Representatives Shea, Scott, Taylor, McCaslin, Holy, G. Hunt, Wilson, Young, Hayes, Haler, Griffey, Rodne, Van Werven, Condotta, Klippert, Muri, and Short
Establishing parental notification requirements for abortion.
Requires parental notification for abortion.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1494
by Representatives Zeiger, Jinkins, Vick, Stokesbary, and Stambaugh
Requiring ticket brokers and resellers to make certain disclosures.
Requires online ticket brokers and ticket resellers doing business in this state to prominently display certain information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1495
by Representatives Reykdal, Magendanz, Springer, S. Hunt, Pollet, and Stanford
Enacting the student user privacy in education rights act.
Establishes the student user privacy in education rights act or SUPER act.Requires school service providers to: (1) Provide information about the types of student personal information they collect and how they use and share the information; and(2) Maintain a comprehensive information security program designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of student personal information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1496
by Representatives Sells, Gregerson, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.
Modifies vocational rehabilitation provisions to: (1) Make certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent; and(2) Create certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.Requires the department of labor and industries to conduct a study of injured workers whose employers participate in certain vocational services incentives to determine the impact on return-to-work outcomes, long-term disability, and claim costs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1497
by Representative Pettigrew
Concerning appointments of the board of directors of a school district of the first class having within its boundaries a city with a population of four hundred thousand people or more.
Addresses the membership of the board of directors of a school district of the first class.Requires certain school districts of the first class to redraw their boundaries to encompass five districts.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1498
by Representatives Goodman, Clibborn, Springer, Senn, and McBride
Concerning adrenal insufficiency.
Requires the state's ambulance and aid services to make hydrocortisone sodium succinate or similar medication for the treatment of acute adrenal insufficiency available to their emergency medical technicians in their emergency care supplies.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of health, to develop policy guidelines related to medical emergencies resulting from acute adrenal insufficiency.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1499
by Representatives Goodman, Jinkins, Johnson, Orwall, Appleton, Lytton, and Tharinger
Concerning vulnerable adults.
Addresses vulnerable adults.Revises the definition for first, second, and third degree criminal mistreatment.Creates the crime of theft from a vulnerable adult.Authorizes persons who are trained and qualified to serve on multidisciplinary personnel teams to disclose information and records to each other that are relevant to the prevention, identification, or treatment of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1500
by Representatives Zeiger, Haler, Pollet, Manweller, Bergquist, Condotta, Magendanz, and McCaslin
Concerning a study of higher education cost drivers.
Requires the joint higher education committee to: (1) Conduct a study of higher education costs at the state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College; and(2) Convene an advisory panel to provide study guidance, data, and recommendations.Requires the study to describe the cost drivers for each institution and the cost drivers for students over the most recent twenty-year period for which data is available.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1501
by Representatives Zeiger, Kagi, Magendanz, Muri, Walkinshaw, Walsh, Ryu, Robinson, Hayes, Stokesbary, Gregerson, Condotta, Sawyer, Jinkins, Farrell, Senn, Appleton, Goodman, and McBride
Concerning public-private financing of prevention-based social service programs.
Authorizes the office of financial management to procure and enter into a multiyear pay-for-success contract with an investor and a provider that requires the investor to finance a social service intervention for sixteen to twenty year old youth exiting a juvenile rehabilitation institution who are at risk of reentering a criminal justice system or homelessness.Authorizes the housing finance commission to enter into an agreement with the office of financial management to find an investor or investors to finance a social service intervention.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1502
by Representatives Jinkins, Appleton, Lytton, Kilduff, Clibborn, McBride, Gregory, Senn, Wylie, Robinson, Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Santos, Ryu, Tarleton, Farrell, Gregerson, Orwall, Carlyle, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Moeller, Riccelli, Pettigrew, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Sawyer, Pollet, Bergquist, Hudgins, Reykdal, Van De Wege, Ormsby, S. Hunt, and Goodman
Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device.
Establishes the employee reproductive choice act.Declares an intent to clarify that, in this state, barrier-free access to birth control remains a fundamental right and that discriminating against women through limitations on access to essential health benefits is against the public policy of this state and subject to the jurisdiction of the human rights commission and the state's law against discrimination.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1503
by Representatives Jinkins, Ryu, Tharinger, DeBolt, Senn, Robinson, Harris, Cody, Riccelli, Walsh, Sawyer, and Moeller
Concerning medical liens.
Modifies provisions relating to medical liens.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1504
by Representatives Jinkins, Johnson, Harris, Caldier, Robinson, Tharinger, Riccelli, Goodman, Cody, Walsh, Sawyer, Tarleton, Pollet, Senn, Kilduff, Moeller, Fitzgibbon, and McBride
Standardizing hospital charity care determinations.
Requires the department of health to establish and maintain a standardized charity care application form.Requires a hospital to notify persons who may be eligible for charity care at the time of the first visit or admission, discharge, and the first billing.Allows a person to apply for charity care at any time and prohibits a hospital from denying a charity care application based on the person's failure to apply or provide supporting documentation within a specific time frame.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1505
by Representatives Goodman, Kagi, Appleton, Jinkins, and Tharinger
Allowing prosecutors to refer juveniles to restorative justice programs.
Authorizes a prosecutor, a juvenile court probation counselor, or a diversion unit to refer juveniles to restorative justice programs except in cases where the juvenile is alleged to have committed a sex offense or a serious violent offense.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1506
by Representatives Kirby, Blake, Zeiger, and Muri
Exempting firearms transfers between licensed private security guards and their employers from background check requirements.
Exempts from firearms background check requirements, the transfer of a firearm between a private security guard and his or her private security company employer, if the transfer is in the course or scope of employment or official duties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1507
by Representatives DeBolt and Jinkins
Requiring nursing homes to make the sodium content of meals available to residents.
Requires nursing home facilities to identify the sodium content of each menu item to be served and make the information available to residents at each meal.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1508
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Short, Reykdal, and Condotta
Providing permissive authority for counties to assume authority over local forest fire management.
Authorizes a county to create a local forest fire protection division that is responsible for preventing and responding to forest fires in the county.Authorizes two or more counties to organize into a single local forest fire protection division.Requires notification to the department of natural resources of the creation of a local forest fire protection division within thirty days of its creation.Requires the department of natural resources to, upon the request of a county's local forest fire protection division, assist the county in any fire response necessary to protect public safety.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1509
by Representatives Kretz, Blake, Reykdal, and Condotta
Giving priority selection to forest fire suppression resource contractors that are located geographically close to fire suppression activities.
Requires the department of natural resources, in implementing the authority to direct the work of forest fire suppression, to give first priority to fire suppression resource contractors that are located geographically closer to the actual fire suppression activities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1510
by Representative Sells
Requiring employers to reimburse employees for work-related expenses.
Requires employers to reimburse their employees for the cost of a cell phone and cell phone plan if the employer requires the employee to use a cell phone in the discharge of his or her duties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5379
by Senators Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Hatfield, McAuliffe, Chase, Keiser, and Jayapal
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder to the terminal or debilitating medical conditions that qualify for the medical use of marijuana.
Revises the definition of "terminal or debilitating medical condition," for purposes of the medical use of cannabis act, to include posttraumatic stress disorder.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5380
by Senator Pearson
Modifying provisions of the code that deal with migratory birds.
Addresses migratory bird license validation, stamps, and permits.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5381
by Senators Billig, Frockt, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, Liias, Nelson, Fraser, Cleveland, McCoy, and McAuliffe
Creating a protocol for the return of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies.
Establishes the Sheena Henderson act.Requires law enforcement agencies to: (1) Before returning a privately owned firearm, confirm that the individual to whom the firearm will be returned is the individual from whom the firearm was obtained or an authorized representative of that person and that he or she is eligible to possess a firearm; and(2) Develop a notification protocol that allows a family or household member to use an incident or case number to request to be notified when a law enforcement agency returns a privately owned firearm.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5382
by Senators Parlette, Ericksen, Hatfield, Braun, Honeyford, and Benton
Continuing tax preferences for aluminum smelters.
Delays, until January 1, 2027, the expiration of tax preferences for aluminum smelters.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5383
by Senators Hatfield, Becker, and McAuliffe
Addressing gifts of food and beverage to state officers and state employees.
Allows gifts in the form of food and beverage to be considered to be made on infrequent occasions under rules adopted by the legislative ethics board only if the gift is reported as provided in the fair campaign practices act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5384
by Senators Miloscia, Jayapal, Chase, Keiser, Conway, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Darneille, and Frockt
Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs.
Requires the department of labor and industries to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation.Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5385
by Senators Pedersen, Litzow, Liias, Fain, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Rivers, Darneille, Cleveland, Fraser, McAuliffe, Frockt, and Chase
Creating a commissioner of civil marriages.
Designates the county clerk for each county as the commissioner of civil marriages.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5386
by Senators Pedersen, Miloscia, Rivers, Cleveland, and Litzow; by request of Legislative Ethics Board
Addressing the reporting of gifts in the form of food and beverage to state officers and state employees.
Addresses food and beverage gifts to state officers and employees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5387
by Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Uniform Law Commission
Creating uniformity in common provisions governing business organizations and other entities.
Establishes the uniform business organizations code.Makes revisions to the business corporation act, the nonprofit corporation act, the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act, the general and limited liability partnerships and revised uniform partnership act, the uniform limited partnership act, and the limited liability companies act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5388
by Senators Darneille, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Concerning child support.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Consistent with the federal deficit reduction act of 2005, pass through certain amounts of child support collected on behalf of a family; and(2) Establish a gambling payment intercept program to require licensees to withhold payments from winning players who owe past due child support.Requires certain persons or entities doing business in the state to report to the state support registry the hiring of any independent contractor who resides or works in this state to whom the person or entity anticipates paying compensation.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5389
by Senators Darneille and Chase
Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report.
Declares an intent to implement recommendations made by the 2011 child support schedule work group.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5390
by Senators Dansel, Liias, and Keiser; by request of State Treasurer
Implementing and operating state and county government investment pools.
Provides a more complete statutory framework for the creation and operation of state and county administered investment pools.Requires the office of the state treasurer, in consultation with the state association of county treasurers, to develop and maintain a list of educational opportunities for state and local government personnel responsible for investing public funds.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5391
by Senators Litzow, Rolfes, Fain, Rivers, Dammeier, Ranker, Hill, McAuliffe, Angel, Benton, Chase, Keiser, Jayapal, and Conway
Concerning applied baccalaureate degree programs at community and technical colleges leading to teacher certification.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to submit to the professional educator standards board up to five proposals from community and technical college sites at which applied baccalaureate degree programs in education and leading to teacher certification via a professional educator standards board-approved alternative route program will be provided.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5392
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Fain, Dammeier, Hill, and Rivers
Eliminating the quality education council.
Eliminates the quality education council.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5393
by Senators Litzow, Fain, Dammeier, Hill, Rivers, and Angel
Providing flexibility for schools recognized for exemplary performance under the Washington achievement index.
Provides greater flexibility to schools that are recognized for exemplary performance.Empowers schools and school districts to comply with fewer state mandates.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5394
by Senators Rivers, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Cleveland, Brown, and Keiser
Clarifying the applicability of child abduction statutes to residential provisions ordered by a court.
Clarifies the applicability of child abduction statutes to residential provisions ordered by a court.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5395
by Senators Roach, Liias, Benton, and McCoy
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 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5396
by Senators Roach, Liias, Benton, McCoy, Dammeier, and Chase
Exempting information of guardians or family members of children enrolled in child care, early learning, parks and recreation, after-school, and youth development programs.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information of certain family members and guardians of children enrolled in early learning or child care services, parks and recreation programs, youth development programs, and after-school programs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5397
by Senators Litzow, Hobbs, and King
Concerning the disclosure of certain transportation-related information by the department of licensing.
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 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5398
by Senators Rivers and Hasegawa; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning marijuana, useable marijuana, and marijuana-infused products in public.
Addresses consuming or opening a package containing marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana-infused products, or marijuana concentrate in a public place.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5399
by Senators Conway, Rivers, Hasegawa, and Keiser; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce certain penal provisions while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5400
by Senators Conway and Hasegawa; by request of Liquor Control Board
Implementing a temporary additional fee on licenses and permits issued by the Washington state liquor control board.
Imposes a nonrefundable additional fee on applications and renewals of: (1) Licenses and permits relating to spirits, wine, and beer; and(2) Licenses relating to marijuana.Creates the licensing and enforcement system modernization project account.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5401
by Senators Rivers, Hatfield, McAuliffe, and Conway; by request of Liquor Control Board
Allowing the Washington state liquor control board to accept donations for funding informational material for the purpose of improving public awareness about marijuana consumption.
Requires the liquor control board to accept and deposit into the general fund-local account and disburse, subject to appropriation, federal grants or other funds or donations from any source for the purpose of improving public awareness of the health risks associated with marijuana consumption by youth and the abuse of marijuana by adults.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5402
by Senators Conway, Rivers, Hasegawa, McAuliffe, and Keiser; by request of Liquor Control Board
Ensuring safe, responsible, and legal acquisition of marijuana by adults.
Addresses marijuana violations of persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5403
by Senators Conway, O'Ban, Darneille, Cleveland, Rivers, and Benton
Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations.
Addresses reimbursement to counties by the department of social and health services for competency to stand trial evaluations.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5404
by Senators O'Ban, Darneille, Frockt, Miloscia, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Chase, Pedersen, and Conway; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection.
Establishes the homeless youth act.Creates the office of homeless youth programs within the department of commerce.Requires the office of homeless youth programs to be operational no later than January 1, 2016.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services, pertaining to youth homeless services and programs, to the department of commerce.Changes the name of "the homeless families services fund" to "the Washington youth and families fund."
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5405
by Senators Pearson, Dansel, and Warnick
Creating a task force to examine land ownership by the federal government in Washington.
Creates a legislative task force on the transfer of federal lands to study the risks, options, and benefits of transferring federal lands in this state to an alternative ownership.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5406
by Senators Billig, Ranker, Cleveland, Nelson, Chase, Fraser, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, and Keiser; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning use of chemical action plans to require safer chemicals in Washington.
Establishes the toxics reduction act.Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with the department of health, to adopt by rule a list of not more than one hundred fifty priority Washington chemicals.Requires the director of the department of ecology to select up to twenty of the priority Washington chemicals for potential chemical action plan development.Requires the department of enterprise services to establish purchasing and procurement policies that provide a preference for products and products in packaging that do not contain priority Washington chemicals.Prohibits an agency from knowingly purchasing products or products in packaging containing priority Washington chemicals.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5407
by Senators Pearson, Bailey, and Benton
Concerning existing lots and the Skagit instream flow rule.
Addresses existing lots and the Skagit instream flow rule.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5408
by Senators Mullet, O'Ban, Darneille, Fain, Sheldon, Kohl-Welles, Chase, and Keiser
Removing references to faith-based exemptions regarding criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults.
Removes the references to faith-based exemptions with regard to criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5409
by Senators Roach, Rivers, Angel, and Benton
Concerning the use of credit cards for campaign expenditures.
Requires a candidate to declare whether he or she will use a credit card for campaign expenditures.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5410
by Senators Roach, Angel, Miloscia, Bailey, Padden, Warnick, Hill, Dammeier, and Benton
Modifying qualifications for disabled veterans to receive fee exempt license plates.
Changes the service-connected compensation rate that allows disabled veterans to receive fee exempt license plates.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5411
by Senators Roach, Rivers, Braun, Warnick, Dansel, Honeyford, Hatfield, and Benton
Providing liability immunity for local jurisdictions when wheeled all-terrain vehicles are operated on public roadways.
Provides immunity from liability to local jurisdictions when wheeled all-terrain vehicles are operated on public roadways.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5412
by Senator Angel
Addressing the regulation of service contracts.
Promotes service contract arrangements between members of the public and lawyers and other trained professionals who provide legal assistance and counsel to the general public for any type of legal needs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5413
by Senators Warnick, Chase, Honeyford, Hobbs, and Hatfield
Increasing the flexibility for industrial development district levies for public port districts.
Increases the flexibility for public port districts with regard to industrial development district levies.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5414
by Senator McAuliffe
Regulating trees and shrubs located near solar energy systems.
Requires specific and limited controls on trees and shrubs located near solar energy systems.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5415
by Senators McAuliffe, Mullet, Chase, Rolfes, McCoy, Billig, Liias, Fraser, Cleveland, Keiser, and Conway
Concerning professional educator learning days.
Requires the legislature to provide additional time and resources for high-quality, content-specific, professional learning days for each state-funded certificated instructional staff and school building-based administrator.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5416
by Senators King and Benton
Concerning service fees on vessel-related transactions.
Requires applications for vessel registration to be accompanied by certain department of licensing service fees.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5417
by Senators Rivers, Mullet, Dansel, Cleveland, Hatfield, and Hill
Concerning local government marijuana policies.
Eliminates the dedicated marijuana fund and creates the dedicated marijuana account.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 is necessary to create enough potential locations within the city or town to allow a marijuana retail facility to be sited.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5418
by Senators Keiser, Braun, Parlette, McAuliffe, Benton, and Conway
Creating a pilot program to improve care for catastrophically injured workers.
Requires the department of labor and industries to implement a pilot program whereby an experienced medical management firm partners with the department in being responsible for the medical management and treatment of catastrophically injured workers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5419
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Rivers, Fain, Mullet, Frockt, Hill, Dammeier, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Enacting the student user privacy in education rights act.
Establishes the student user privacy in education rights act or SUPER act.Requires school service providers to: (1) Provide information about the types of student personal information they collect and how they use and share the information; and(2) Maintain a comprehensive information security program designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of student personal information.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5420
by Senators Baumgartner and Braun
Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage.
Creates an efficient and cost-effective industrial insurance system for the benefit of employers and employees by introducing competition into the system through a choice of insurance carriers from whom employers may purchase industrial insurance.Creates the joint legislative task force on private competition for industrial insurance and requires the task force to develop proposed legislation to eliminate the monopoly of the industrial insurance fund by conforming current statutes to make them consistent with the provisions contained in this act.Creates the Washington state industrial insurance fund and a revolving fund to be known and designated as the industrial insurance administrative fund.Vests in the Washington state industrial insurance fund, the powers, duties, and functions of the industrial insurance division relating to insurance coverage, actuarial computations, claims management, premium collection, accounting, and all other powers necessary to administer the state fund as an insurer.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5421
by Senators Baumgartner and Braun
Creating a teen summer employment wage.
Creates a seasonal wage applicable to new employees age fourteen to nineteen who are employed during the summer months.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5422
by Senators Baumgartner, Braun, and Angel
Establishing a temporary teen training wage.
Authorizes employers to pay teen training wages to new employees sixteen to nineteen years of age at eighty-five percent of the minimum wage or at the minimum wage rate required under federal law, whichever is greater.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5423
by Senators McCoy, Rolfes, Ranker, Jayapal, McAuliffe, Frockt, and Chase; by request of Department of Ecology
Reducing emissions by making changes to the clean car standards and clean car program.
Makes changes to the clean car standards and clean car program to reduce motor vehicle emissions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5424
by Senators King, McCoy, Ericksen, and Hobbs
Allowing public utility districts to produce and distribute renewable natural gas.
Authorizes public utility districts to produce and distribute renewable natural gas.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5425
by Senators Ericksen and Dansel
Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualified broadband equipment.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for qualified broadband equipment used to provide retail broadband service to underserved areas in the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5426
by Senators Ericksen and Benton
Requiring the use of liquefied natural gas as fuel in the ferry system.
Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Issue a request for proposals for a design-build finance contract to fully convert the existing diesel-powered Issaquah class fleet to vessels capable of being powered by liquefied natural gas; and(2) Use liquefied natural gas that is sourced from biogas to fuel ferries that are powered by liquefied natural gas.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5427
by Senators Ericksen, Baumgartner, Angel, Brown, Bailey, Dansel, Padden, and Benton
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption provided to the state on highway-related construction when the funds used were obtained from indebtedness.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for highway construction, maintenance, or improvement of facilities owned by the state, when the purchase is made with money acquired by the department of transportation from indebtedness.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5428
by Senators Ericksen, Baumgartner, and Benton
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption provided to the state on highway-related construction.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for highway construction, maintenance, or improvement of facilities owned by the state when the buyer provides the seller with an exemption certificate in a form and manner prescribed by the department of revenue.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5429
by Senator Ericksen
Concerning license plate fees and purchasing.
Changes the process for determining license plate fees.Provides that the department of licensing is not required to purchase license plates from inmate work programs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5430
by Senators Ericksen, Brown, and Hewitt
Amending the energy independence act.
Revises energy independence act provisions relating to: (1) Expanding the definition of "eligible renewable resource" and adding definitions for "long on resources" and "slow-growing"; and(2) Energy conservation and renewable energy targets.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5431
by Senators Chase, Hasegawa, and Benton
Concerning synthetic plastic microbeads.
Prohibits manufacturing of a personal care product, except for an over-the-counter drug, that contains synthetic plastic microbeads.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5432
by Senators Chase, Hasegawa, and Benton
Concerning retail store carryout bags.
Prohibits an owner or operator of a retail store from providing a carryout bag to a consumer unless the carryout bag is a compostable plastic carryout bag, a recyclable paper carryout bag, or a reusable carryout bag.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5433
by Senators Litzow, Rolfes, Roach, Fain, Hasegawa, Dammeier, McCoy, Nelson, Frockt, McAuliffe, Rivers, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Jayapal, Conway, and Habib
Requiring Washington's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.
Requires the state's tribal history, culture, and government to be taught in the common schools.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5434
by Senators Bailey and Dammeier
Placing certain synthetic cannabimimetics into schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.
Places certain synthetic cannabimimetics into schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5435
by Senators Bailey and Schoesler
Expanding participation in the Washington state deferred compensation program.
Requires counties, municipalities, and other subdivisions of the state that participate in one or more of the state retirement systems, to offer the state deferred compensation program as an option to employees eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5436
by Senators Bailey and Dammeier
Concerning the joint legislative executive committee on aging and disability.
Creates the joint legislative executive committee on aging and disability and requires the committee to: (1) Identify key strategic actions to prepare for the aging of the population in the state, including state budget and policy options; and(2) Consult with the office of the insurance commissioner, the caseload forecast council, the state health care authority, and other appropriate entities with specialized knowledge of the needs and growth trends of the aging population and people with disabilities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5437
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Fain, Billig, Rivers, Hill, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Jayapal, Habib, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Pedersen, and Conway
Concerning breakfast after the bell programs.
Requires each high-needs school to offer breakfast after the bell to each student and provide adequate time for students to eat.Requires the state to provide financial assistance to support the costs of implementing breakfast after the bell programs at participating high-needs schools.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop and distribute procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this act; and(2) Dedicate staff within the office to offer training and technical and marketing assistance to public schools and school districts related to offering breakfast after the bell.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5438
by Senators King, Hobbs, Dammeier, Rolfes, Hill, Rivers, Liias, Mullet, Billig, and Pedersen
Allowing bicycles to stop and proceed through traffic control signals under certain conditions.
Authorizes the operator of a bicycle to stop and proceed through traffic control signals under certain conditions.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5439
by Senators Dansel and Benton
Eliminating penalties for delinquent property taxes.
Eliminates delinquent property tax penalties.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5440
by Senators Jayapal, Becker, and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Health
Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers.
Modifies provisions relating to the scope of practice for certified counselors and certified advisers.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5441
by Senators Rivers, Frockt, Parlette, Bailey, Conway, Keiser, and Benton
Addressing patient medication coordination.
Addresses health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5442
by Senators Warnick and Hatfield; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Concerning eligibility criteria for the community economic revitalization board programs.
Requires the community economic revitalization board to: (1) Award a minimum of seventy-five percent of the money appropriated to it in the omnibus capital appropriations act to projects that are able to demonstrate convincing evidence that the median hourly wage of the private sector jobs created after the project is completed will exceed the countywide median hourly wage for private sector jobs; and(2) Give funding priority to eligible projects applying under the committed private sector partner construction program.Authorizes the board to award up to twenty-five percent of the biennial money appropriated to projects that cannot demonstrate the convincing evidence.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5443
by Senators Dammeier, Frockt, Parlette, Keiser, Hill, Jayapal, and Chase
Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers.
Addresses the disclosure, by health plan carriers, of incentive payments for the prescription of specific formulary and nonformulary medications and descriptions and justifications for all provider compensation programs.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5444
by Senators Hobbs, Liias, Mullet, Litzow, Pedersen, Fain, Frockt, Jayapal, and Habib; by request of Governor Inslee
Establishing an electric vehicle infrastructure bank.
Creates a Washington electric vehicle infrastructure bank and requires the bank to provide financial assistance for the installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations within the state.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5445
by Senators Liias, Litzow, and Jayapal; by request of Governor Inslee
Extending the alternative fuel vehicle retail sales and use tax exemption.
Delays, until July 1, 2025, the expiration of the alternative fuel vehicle retail sales and use tax exemption.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5446
by Senators Hobbs, Liias, Mullet, Litzow, Pedersen, Fain, Frockt, McAuliffe, Benton, Chase, and Jayapal; by request of Governor Inslee
Requiring incentives for electric vehicle readiness in buildings.
Encourages the transition to electric vehicle use by developing an infrastructure of convenient electric vehicle charging opportunities.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5447
by Senators Ericksen, Benton, King, Hobbs, and Ranker
Concerning border area jurisdiction fuel tax authority.
Revises the definition of "border area jurisdictions," for purposes of chapter 82.47 RCW (border area motor vehicle fuel and special fuel tax), to include cities and towns within twenty-five miles of an international border crossing.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5448
by Senator Hatfield
Concerning the treatment of Lyme disease.
Authorizes physicians, osteopathic physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and osteopathic physician assistants to prescribe, administer, or dispense long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient who has been diagnosed with Lyme disease.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5449
by Senators Braun, Rivers, Brown, Hobbs, Dammeier, Becker, Mullet, Sheldon, Warnick, Fain, Honeyford, Hewitt, and Frockt
Creating a tax division of the court of appeals.
Creates a new tax appeal division in the court of appeals to resolve tax disputes.Transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the state board of tax appeals to the tax division of the court of appeals.
| Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |