 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 10 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, January 26, 2015 | 15th 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 1564
by Representatives Kilduff and Muri
Concerning the local option prohibition on the sale of liquor.
Authorizes municipalities and counties to repeal a local option prohibition on the sale of liquor, but no earlier than two years after voter approval of the prohibition.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1565
by Representatives Ormsby, Walsh, Pettigrew, Kirby, Jinkins, Robinson, Riccelli, Wylie, and Santos
Concerning the preservation of housing options for participants in government assistance programs.
Addresses housing options for participants in government assistance programs.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1566
by Representatives Robinson, Harris, Tharinger, DeBolt, Jinkins, Riccelli, and Cody
Addressing patient medication coordination.
Addresses health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1567
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Fitzgibbon, and Jinkins; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Uniform Law Commission
Revising the uniform interstate family support act.
Revises the uniform interstate family support act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1568
by Representatives Reykdal, Pike, Sawyer, Springer, Walkinshaw, Riccelli, Ryu, S. Hunt, Robinson, McBride, Stanford, Pettigrew, Fitzgibbon, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Kagi, and Santos
Concerning dropout prevention through engaging youth in farming.
Creates the dropout prevention through farm engagement pilot project for the purpose of measuring the effectiveness and cost-benefit of a particular alternative high school program on improving outcomes for at-risk youth.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Select five pilot projects from school districts that agree to partner with community-based organizations, food banks, and farms or gardens to establish an alternative high school program targeted primarily to at-risk youth; and(2) Conduct a rigorous evaluation after the pilot projects have been operating for two years, including analysis of a statistical comparison group of students who did not participate in the project.Expires August 31, 2018.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1569
by Representatives Kagi, Goodman, Hayes, Holy, Fitzgibbon, and Ormsby
Improving the drug offender sentencing alternative.
Changes availability of the residential chemical dependency treatment-based alternative to thirty-six months or less for the midpoint of the standard range.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1570
by Representatives Gregory, Bergquist, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Kilduff, Ortiz-Self, and Pollet; by request of Governor Inslee
Creating flexibility for the educator retooling conditional scholarship program.
Changes the name of "the retooling to teach mathematics and science conditional scholarship program" to "the educator retooling conditional scholarship program."Addresses program requirements relating to special education, bilingual education, English language learner, computer science education, and environmental and sustainability education.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1571
by Representatives Peterson, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Pollet, Robinson, Stanford, S. Hunt, and Riccelli
Concerning paint stewardship.
Creates an architectural paint recovery program that will be enforced by the department of ecology.Requires all producers of architectural paint selling in or into the state to participate in an approved state paint stewardship plan.Prohibits a producer or paint retailer from selling architectural paint in the state unless the producer or brand of architectural paint is participating in an approved stewardship plan.Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, records filed with the department of ecology under this act that a court has determined are confidential valuable commercial information.Creates the paint product stewardship account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1572
by Representatives Clibborn, Bergquist, Fey, Fitzgibbon, and S. Hunt; 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 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1573
by Representatives Johnson, Muri, and Stanford
Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property.
Authorizes any tenant property placed upon the nearest public property to be disposed of by the landlord at the tenant's expense.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1574
by Representatives Rodne, Wylie, Shea, Johnson, Muri, Stanford, and Jinkins
Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
Requires a tenant, upon written request of a landlord, to: (1) Provide the landlord with the name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of a designated person to contact in the event of the tenant's death; and(2) Sign a statement authorizing the landlord, in the event of the tenant's death, to settle certain matters relating to the decedent's rental of the property.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1575
by Representatives Buys, Dunshee, DeBolt, and Stanford
Regulating retainage bonds on public contracts.
Modifies public improvement contract provisions relating to retainage bonds.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1576
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Cody, and Pollet
Concerning sales and use tax for cities to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
Modifies provisions relating to sales and use taxes for cities to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1577
by Representatives Manweller, Stanford, Sells, Bergquist, Reykdal, and Ormsby
Restricting employment noncompetition agreements.
Makes noncompetition agreements for low-wage positions unenforceable and creates a presumption that a restriction period of more than six months is unreasonable.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1578
by Representatives Kirby and Vick
Authorizing insurers to offer customer satisfaction benefits.
Authorizes an insurer to include contractual benefits based on customer satisfaction as part of an insurance policy.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1579
by Representatives Sawyer, G. Hunt, and Shea
Addressing motor vehicle underinsured coverage.
Requires the insurance commissioner to: (1) Adopt rules requiring the development and use of a standard form that must be signed by an insured who chooses to opt out of underinsured coverage;(2) Collect data regarding the number of motorists who are involved in accidents in the state and who are underinsured or uninsured; and(3) Use the data to periodically update the standard form regarding the risk of opting out of underinsured coverage.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1580
by Representatives Fey, Rodne, Moscoso, Hargrove, Hayes, Zeiger, Sells, Hurst, Stokesbary, Van De Wege, Ormsby, and Condotta
Concerning the monthly salary and benefits paid to state patrol officers.
Requires Washington state patrol officers' monthly salaries and benefits to be competitive with law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of the state.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1581
by Representatives Fey, Rodne, Moscoso, Sells, Hayes, and Hurst
Modifying the distribution of the thirty dollar vehicle license fee.
Eliminates the distribution to the Puget Sound ferry operations account from initial and renewal vehicle license fees.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1582
by Representatives Fey, Rodne, Moscoso, Zeiger, Sells, Hurst, and Wylie
Modifying penalty amounts and fees for certain traffic violations.
Increases funding to the motor vehicle fund from certain traffic violations.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1583
by Representatives Young, Caldier, Taylor, G. Hunt, Griffey, Scott, Shea, Muri, and Santos
Exempting school districts from the state portion of sales and use taxes on school construction.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption to school districts for labor and materials used for qualifying construction.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1584
by Representatives Young, Taylor, Griffey, Scott, Shea, and Condotta
Prohibiting the use of international law to infringe on property rights.
Prohibits the adoption, development, or implementation of community development policies based on international accords that infringe or restrict private property rights.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1585
by Representatives Young, Shea, Scott, G. Hunt, Taylor, and Santos
Providing a right of first repurchase for surplus transportation property.
Gives a former owner the right of repurchase if the department of transportation determines that all or a portion of the former owner's real property or an interest in the real property that was acquired through condemnation within the previous ten years is no longer necessary for a transportation purpose.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1586
by Representatives Manweller, Dent, Orcutt, and Wylie
Transferring a railroad right-of-way to the Port of Royal Slope.
Requires the department of transportation to transfer to the Port of Royal Slope the Royal Slope railroad right-of-way, and any materials, equipment, and supplies purchased as a part of the Royal Slope rehabilitation project.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1587
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Harris, Short, G. Hunt, Scott, Pike, and Condotta
Creating a cause of action for persons who are adversely affected by the judicial review of a decision made under the state environmental policy act.
Authorizes a person adversely affected by the commencement of a judicial review of the adequacy of an environmental impact statement or a threshold determination to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1588
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Harris, Short, G. Hunt, Scott, Pike, and Condotta
Establishing categorical exemptions in the state environmental policy act for development proposals that are consistent with locally adopted land use and shoreline regulations.
Exempts from the requirement of the state environmental policy act: (1) Development proposals in counties and cities planning under the growth management act that are consistent with the applicable comprehensive plan and development regulations adopted or amended under that act; and(2) Development proposals in shorelines of the state that are consistent with the applicable master programs adopted or amended under the shoreline management act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1589
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Harris, Short, G. Hunt, Scott, Pike, and Condotta
Concerning natural resource management activities.
Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to manage acquired lands using the best available land management techniques which may include: (1) Issuance or reissuance of grazing leases;(2) Licenses or approvals to remove firewood;(3) Issuance of leases for brush picking;(4) Periodic use of chemical or mechanical means to maintain public and recreational land; and(5) Issuance of rights-of-way, easements, and use permits to use existing roads in nonresidential areas.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1590
by Representatives Reykdal, Haler, Dunshee, Ryu, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Blake, Tarleton, McBride, Wylie, and Goodman
Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level or residential specialty electrician certificate of competency.
Requires completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level or residential specialty electrician certificate of competency.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1591
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Johnson, Reykdal, Moscoso, Pollet, Santos, Bergquist, Peterson, S. Hunt, Sells, Gregerson, and Wylie
Concerning high school and beyond plans.
Requires each student to have a high school and beyond plan to guide the student's high school experience and prepare the student for postsecondary education or training and career.Requires the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with a nonprofit organization representing school counselors, to: (1) Develop and disseminate an inventory of best practices for high quality high school and beyond plans; and(2) Provide assistance to school districts in the development and implementation of the plans.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1592
by Representatives S. Hunt, Sells, Hayes, Bergquist, Santos, Pollet, Sullivan, Moscoso, and Wylie
Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees.
Allows waivers of tuition and services and activities fees for K-12 classified staff.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1593
by Representatives McBride, Fey, Clibborn, Moscoso, Reykdal, Takko, Tarleton, Farrell, Sells, and Kagi
Concerning local transportation options.
Eliminates street utilities.Authorizes the creation of a transportation utility by cities to serve the residents, businesses, governmental entities, and all other like users in transportation utility service areas.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1594
by Representative Wylie
Adopting the toy gun manufacturing requirement act.
Establishes the toy gun manufacturing requirement act.Allows individuals within the state to only own or possess a toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm having the appearance, shape, or configuration of a firearm if the entire exterior of the toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm is white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink, or bright purple in color or a mixture of these colors.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1595
by Representatives Senn, Clibborn, Walsh, and Ormsby
Changing the definition of labor hours for the purposes of the apprenticeship utilization statute.
Revises the definition of "labor hours" for purposes of the apprenticeship utilization statute.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1596
by Representatives Riccelli, Johnson, Cody, Harris, Stanford, and Rodne
Concerning the registration and professional education of surgical technologists.
Addresses the professional education of surgical technologists.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1597
by Representatives Jinkins, Rodne, and Wylie; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Improving timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services.
Encourages the department of social and health services to develop, on a phased-in basis, alternative locations and increased access to competency restoration services under chapter 10.77 RCW (criminally insane) for individuals who do not require in-patient psychiatric hospitalization level services.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1598
by Representatives Jinkins and Rodne; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the criminal justice treatment account.
Modifies criminal justice treatment account provisions relating to: (1) State matching funds for federal medicaid payments; and(2) Expanding the definition of "treatment" to include additional services.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1599
by Representatives Rodne, Jinkins, and Wylie; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning secure facilities for the criminally insane.
Eliminates the expiration of RCW 10.77.091 relating to secure facilities for the criminally insane.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1600
by Representatives Rodne, Cody, Schmick, Johnson, Jinkins, Harris, Walkinshaw, Tharinger, and Wylie
Creating a pilot project to test a three-part aim solution that improves health and health care in a manner that lowers overall health care costs in a normally distributed population.
Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Conduct a pilot project for enrollees in the uniform medical plan to test a three-part aim solution that improves health and health care in a manner that lowers overall health care costs in a normally distributed population;(2) Conduct a matched cohort study to determine the cost containment capabilities of the three-part aim solution; and(3) Contract, directly or through an insuring or plan administration entity, with a vendor that offers a three-part aim solution.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1601
by Representative Rodne
Concerning venue of actions by or against counties.
Specifies that any provision in a public works contract with a county that requires actions arising under the contract to be commenced in the superior court of the county is against public policy and the provision is void and unenforceable.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1602
by Representatives Bergquist, Van De Wege, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Goodman
Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting emergency medical technicians.
Addresses the presumption of occupational disease for emergency medical technicians.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1603
by Representatives Moeller, Van De Wege, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, and Goodman
Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting public employee fire investigators.
Addresses the presumption of occupational disease for public employee fire investigators.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1604
by Representatives Reykdal, Hayes, Sawyer, Van De Wege, Holy, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, and Pollet
Studying an occupational disease exposure reporting requirement for firefighters.
Requires the department of labor and industries to convene a work group to discuss establishing definitions, policies, and procedures for mandatory reporting of hazardous exposures suffered in the course of employment by firefighters.Expires January 31, 2016.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1605
by Representatives Peterson, Van De Wege, Griffey, Riccelli, and Fitzgibbon
Modifying certain provisions governing benefit charges of fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities.
Addresses benefit charges of fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1606
by Representatives McBride, Hayes, Van De Wege, Rodne, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, and Ormsby
Establishing regional fire protection service authorities within the boundaries of regional cities.
Authorizes regional cities to create a regional fire protection service authority.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1607
by Representatives Griffey, MacEwen, Taylor, Haler, Stokesbary, Dent, Wilson, Scott, Muri, and Condotta
Recognizing hydroelectricity as an eligible renewable resource in the energy independence act.
Revises the definition of "eligible renewable resources," for purposes of the energy independence act, to include hydroelectricity.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1608
by Representatives Buys and Vick
Concerning the replacement of like-in-kind household appliances.
Addresses certified HVAC/refrigeration specialty electricians and certified appliance repair specialty electricians.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1609
by Representatives Manweller, Vick, and Condotta
Granting exemptions to the plumbing and electrical codes.
Exempts from the plumbing and electrical codes, minor or incidental work that does not require regulation for the protection of public health or safety.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1610
by Representatives McCaslin, Riccelli, Rodne, Orwall, Holy, Stokesbary, G. Hunt, Taylor, and Shea
Changing jury service provisions.
Decreases the period of time for jury terms and juror service.Addresses excusals for juror service and optimal jury terms.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1611
by Representatives Reykdal, Dunshee, Sells, and Pollet
Addressing claims and compensation under the industrial insurance laws.
Addresses attorneys' fees and costs for certain claims under the industrial insurance laws.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1612
by Representatives Robinson, Reykdal, Sells, Dunshee, and Pollet
Addressing the payment of workers' compensation benefits by self-insured employers pending appeal.
Requires a self-insurer that unreasonably delays or refuses to pay benefits pending an appeal to the board of industrial insurance appeals to, upon order of the director of the department of labor and industries, pay an additional amount.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1613
by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Reykdal, Sells, Dunshee, Walkinshaw, and Gregerson
Authorizing treatment to protect life or alleviate pain of injured workers with permanent partial disabilities.
Gives discretion to the department of labor and industries to allow continuing treatment in all cases of permanent disability.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1614
by Representatives Reykdal, Santos, Dunshee, Sells, Moscoso, Pollet, S. Hunt, Ormsby, and Goodman
Establishing comparable and professional wages for K-12 employees.
Phases in the compensation technical working group's recommendations for comparable, market-based salaries for all K-12 staff and a revised compensation system for certificated instructional staff.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1615
by Representatives Appleton, Santos, Pollet, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sells, S. Hunt, Dunshee, Ormsby, Bergquist, Ortiz-Self, and Fitzgibbon
Concerning postretirement employment.
Removes postretirement employment language in the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public employees' retirement system laws.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1616
by Representatives Riccelli, Reykdal, S. Hunt, Moscoso, Dunshee, Pollet, Santos, and Ormsby
Establishing competitive wages for beginning teacher salaries.
Increases state allocations and school districts' minimum pay requirements for beginning educators to the comparable wage established by the compensation technical work group as adjusted for inflation.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1617
by Representatives Rodne, Goodman, and Jinkins
Concerning the use of the judicial information system by courts before granting certain orders.
Requires a court to consult the judicial information system or any related databases, if available, before granting: (1) Certain orders under Title 26 RCW (domestic relations);(2) An order regarding a vulnerable child, vulnerable adult, or alleged incapacitated person;(3) Letters of guardianship or administration or letters testamentary;(4) Any relief under Title 71 RCW (mental illness); or(5) Any relief in certain juvenile proceedings.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1618
by Representatives Kilduff, Rodne, Goodman, Orwall, and Jinkins
Concerning objecting to relocation in child custody cases.
Addresses objections to relocation in child custody cases.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1619
by Representatives S. Hunt, Nealey, Fitzgibbon, and Pollet
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for environmental handling charges.
Clarifies that environmental handling charges are not subject to business and occupation taxes.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1620
by Representatives Tharinger, Fey, Lytton, Van De Wege, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Walkinshaw, Cody, Pollet, and Jinkins; by request of Department of Health
Increasing the surcharge to fund biotoxin testing and monitoring.
Increases surcharges for resident and nonresident shellfish and seaweed licenses, resident and nonresident adult combination licenses, annual resident and nonresident razor clam licenses, and three-day razor clam licenses for funding biotoxin testing and monitoring by the department of health.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1621
by Representatives Young, G. Hunt, Taylor, Shea, Scott, Harmsworth, Zeiger, and Hayes
Requiring the display of the national league of families' POW/MIA flag on certain days.
Requires the national league of families' POW/MIA flag to be displayed on Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day on April 9th and on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on December 7th.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1622
by Representatives Young, Blake, Caldier, Scott, Shea, and Takko
Expanding the products considered to be potentially nonhazardous as they apply to cottage food operations.
Includes nonpotentially hazardous baked candies and candies made on a stovetop in the definition of cottage food products.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1623
by Representatives Manweller, Moscoso, Hayes, Blake, Zeiger, Kirby, Vick, Sells, Buys, Fagan, Haler, Tarleton, and Tharinger
Providing funding for the maintenance and improvement of state-owned railroads.
Requires the state treasurer to transfer from the multimodal transportation account to the essential rail assistance account such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the multimodal transportation account not to exceed ten million dollars.Requires a minimum of fifty percent of the money deposited in the account to be expended by the department of transportation for the maintenance and improvement of state-owned railroads.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1624
by Representatives Orwall, Buys, Goodman, Jinkins, Robinson, Sawyer, Carlyle, Ormsby, Kagi, and Wylie
Concerning the distribution of intimate images.
Addresses the distribution of intimate images.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1625
by Representatives Schmick and Wylie
Concerning provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services.
Authorizes a pharmacy that is operated by a hospital to provide minimal quantities of drugs to ambulance or aid services for use associated with providing emergency medical services to patients if certain conditions are met.Requires the pharmacy quality assurance commission to collaborate with representatives of the emergency medical services and trauma steering committee to develop guidelines for the provision of drugs.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1626
by Representative Schmick
Addressing health benefit plan grace periods.
Authorizes a health care provider to choose whether to provide care to an enrollee who is in the second or third month of a grace period.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1627
by Representative Schmick
Expanding the existing prohibition on unlawfully entering the land of another to hunt or to retrieve hunted wildlife under Title 77 RCW to include entering the land of another to collect wildlife parts.
Creates the crime of unlawfully collecting wildlife parts from the property of another.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1628
by Representatives DeBolt and Schmick
Modifying health benefit exchange provisions related to the aggregation or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for a health plan.
Prohibits the state health benefit exchange from aggregating or delegating the aggregation of funds that comprise the premium for an individual qualified health plan.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1629
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, and Shea
Prohibiting conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands or fish habitat under the shoreline management act.
Prohibits agricultural lands from being subjected to tidal inundation and from being converted to wetlands or fish habitat under the shoreline management act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1630
by Representatives Scott, Taylor, and Shea
Prohibiting conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands or fish habitat under the growth management act and the shoreline management act.
Prohibits agricultural lands from being subjected to tidal inundation and from being converted to wetlands or fish habitat under the growth management act and the shoreline management act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1631
by Representatives Lytton, Appleton, Van De Wege, Pollet, and Santos
Allowing federally recognized tribes with lands held in trust in a county that is west of the Cascade mountain range that borders Puget Sound with a population of at least one hundred eighteen thousand, but less than two hundred fifty thousand, persons to enter into agreements regarding fuel taxes.
Authorizes the governor to enter into an agreement, regarding fuel taxes, with a federally recognized Indian tribe that has lands held in trust by the United States government in certain counties.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1632
by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Orwall, Hayes, Jinkins, and Wylie
Concerning domestic violence.
Modifies domestic violence provisions relating to: (1) Offender scores for assault of a child and criminal mistreatment; and(2) Revising the crime of fourth degree assault.Authorizes a sheriff to waive fees associated with service of a writ of habeas corpus that was issued for the return of a child when the person who was granted the writ is, by reason of poverty, unable to pay the cost of service.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1633
by Representatives Zeiger, Jinkins, Young, Fey, Appleton, Hargrove, Sawyer, Walsh, Stanford, Johnson, Riccelli, Kochmar, Muri, Pollet, Kagi, and Wylie
Giving preferences to housing trust fund projects that involve collaboration between local school districts and housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers to help children of low-income families succeed in school.
Requires the department of commerce to give preference to housing trust fund projects involving collaborative partnerships between local school districts and either public housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers, that help children of low-income families succeed in school.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5520
by Senators Rolfes and Billig; by request of Office of Financial Management
Modifying the high school assessment system by changing the administration of alternative assessments, continuing the requirement for students to demonstrate achievement of state academic standards to earn a high school diploma, and aligning the system with career and college ready graduation requirements.
Implements a more efficient assessment system and provides additional pathways for students to demonstrate academic proficiency required for graduation.Eliminates the statewide end-of-course assessments for high school mathematics and the tenth grade assessments for reading and writing and English language arts.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a college readiness transition course in science to be piloted in high schools.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to offer an online version of the college readiness transition course in mathematics, English, and science through the digital learning department online course offerings.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5521
by Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Becker, Warnick, and Honeyford
Adding persons who serve legal process to assault in the third degree provisions.
Includes in the crime of assault in the third degree, the assault of a person in the act of serving legal process.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5522
by Senators Sheldon and Rivers
Expanding the definition of special district to include lake water quality districts.
Revises the definition of "special district," for purposes of chapter 85.38 RCW (special district creation and operation), to include a lake water quality district.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5523
by Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Angel, Schoesler, Padden, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, and Roach
Removing the requirement that a process server disclose a social security number when registering.
Prohibits a county auditor from requiring, during the registration process of process servers, disclosure of the process server's social security number.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5524
by Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Parlette, Angel, Bailey, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Dammeier, and Conway
Enhancing the employment of persons with disabilities.
Establishes the state employment disability parity act.Requires state agencies employing one hundred or more people to submit a report to the human resources director within the office of financial management, with copies to the director of the department of social and health services' division of vocational rehabilitation and the governor's committee on disabilities and employment that includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) The number of employees classified as individuals with disabilities;(2) The number of employees hired from a division of vocational rehabilitation services or from the division of the services for the blind program during the previous year; and(3) Opportunities for internships for a division of vocational rehabilitation or division of the services for the blind client placement leading to an entry-level position placement upon successful completion for the current year.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5525
by Senators Sheldon and Ericksen
Concerning property taxation.
Sets base years for property tax valuation computation and limits property tax valuation increases to one percent per year over the base year until ownership of the property changes on owner-occupied property claimed as a principal place of residence.Takes effect if the proposed amendment to Article VII of the state Constitution, providing property tax relief, is approved by the voters at the next general election.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5526
by Senators Liias, Litzow, Pedersen, Fain, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, and Chase
Preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.
Requires each school district to: (1) Adopt or amend a transgender student policy and procedure that at a minimum incorporates the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the state school directors' association and share the policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees; and(2) Designate one person in the district as the primary contact regarding the transgender student policy.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a statewide training class for those people who act as the primary contact.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5527
by Senators Liias, Roach, Billig, McCoy, Habib, Darneille, Mullet, and Hasegawa
Concerning voter registration.
Extends the time period for voter registration.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5528
by Senators Billig, Fain, Liias, Roach, Darneille, Mullet, McAuliffe, and Hasegawa
Concerning contributions from political committees to other political committees.
Prohibits a political committee from receiving seventy percent or more of its aggregate funds from another political committee.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5529
by Senators Warnick, Rivers, Schoesler, Honeyford, Parlette, Becker, and King
Transferring a railroad right-of-way to the Port of Royal Slope.
Requires the department of transportation to transfer to the Port of Royal Slope the Royal Slope railroad right-of-way, and any materials, equipment, and supplies purchased as a part of the Royal Slope rehabilitation project.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5530
by Senators Fain, Mullet, Pedersen, and Litzow
Concerning cancellation or revocation of product subscriptions.
Establishes the revocation parity act.Allows a person who enters into a commercial transaction for a product, that is delivered by subscription, to cancel or revoke the product subscription by the same means as the original transaction occurred.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5531
by Senators Hatfield and Chase
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account.
Increases revenue to the state wildlife account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5532
by Senators Rolfes, Bailey, and Kohl-Welles
Modifying certain Washington gift of life award provisions.
Requires the governor's office to annually present the Washington gift of life award to families of donors who have donated organs.Requires organ procurement organizations to seek permission from the family of organ donors selected to receive the award to release the name of the organ donor to the governor's office for printing of a gift of life certificate and use at any gift of life ceremonies or events.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5533
by Senators Hobbs, Rivers, and Mullet
Establishing charges for providing electronic data under the public records act.
Authorizes local governments to charge a reasonable fee for electronic copies of public records requests.Exempts from the fee, certain entities that are in the regular business of news gathering and disseminating news or information to the public, if the request is made as part of news gathering and not for a different use.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5534
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Hill, Conway, Rivers, Rolfes, Hargrove, and Chase
Creating the certified public accounting scholarship program.
Creates the certified public accounting scholarship program to increase the number of students pursuing the certified public accounting license in the state.Creates the certified public accounting scholarship transfer account.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5535
by Senators Fain, Liias, Rivers, Miloscia, Nelson, McCoy, Mullet, Dammeier, Litzow, Frockt, Hill, Chase, Darneille, and Kohl-Welles
Establishing a citizens' initiative review pilot program.
Creates the citizens' initiative review oversight committee and requires the committee to: (1) Select two initiatives to be voted on at the general election for review by the panel; and(2) Review the work of the citizens' initiative review panels to determine compliance with legislative intent.Requires the secretary of state, after the 2016 general election, to contract for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the citizen initiative review process.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5536
by Senators Sheldon and Angel
Concerning the recoupment of certain costs by collection agencies.
Authorizes a collection agency to recoup the surcharge for local homeless and housing assistance from the debtor for documents recording a lien or satisfaction of lien.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5537
by Senators Habib, Miloscia, Roach, Dansel, Liias, and Fain
Establishing regional fire protection service authorities within the boundaries of regional cities.
Authorizes regional cities to create a regional fire protection service authority.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5538
by Senators Angel and Sheldon
Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
Requires a tenant, upon written request of a landlord, to: (1) Provide the landlord with the name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of a designated person to contact in the event of the tenant's death; and(2) Sign a statement authorizing the landlord, in the event of the tenant's death, to settle certain matters relating to the decedent's rental of the property.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5539
by Senators Roach, Sheldon, Angel, and Warnick
Concerning delivery of a pistol to a current law enforcement officer.
Authorizes a firearms dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser if the purchaser produces current, valid identification as a general law enforcement officer and the dealer has recorded the purchaser's name, identification number, and issuing agency.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5540
by Senators Brown, Becker, Schoesler, Braun, Bailey, Warnick, Dammeier, Parlette, and Conway
Recognizing the national day of the cowboy.
Recognizes the fourth Saturday in July as national day of the cowboy.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5541
by Senator Hill; by request of Department of Revenue
Improving tax fairness for businesses engaged in electronic commerce by eliminating inconsistent tax treatment of digital business inputs, ensuring that prewritten computer software developers remain eligible for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales and use tax exemption, and providing greater clarity for out-of-state sellers concerning their tax obligations.
Eliminates inconsistent tax treatment of digital business inputs.Ensures that prewritten computer software developers remain eligible for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales and use tax exemption.Provides greater clarity for out-of-state sellers concerning their tax obligations.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5542
by Senator Hill; by request of Department of Revenue
Providing reasonable tools for the effective administration of the public utility district privilege tax.
Modifies provisions relating to the administration of the public utility district privilege tax.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5543
by Senator Hill; by request of Department of Revenue
Improving the administration of unclaimed property laws.
Addresses unclaimed property law administration.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5544
by Senators McAuliffe, Hasegawa, Chase, Liias, Rolfes, Conway, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Establishing comparable and professional wages for K-12 employees.
Phases in the compensation technical working group's recommendations for comparable, market-based salaries for all K-12 staff and a revised compensation system for certificated instructional staff.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5545
by Senators McAuliffe, Chase, Liias, Conway, and Keiser
Concerning postretirement employment.
Removes postretirement employment language in the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public employees' retirement system laws.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5546
by Senators Liias, Hasegawa, Chase, Conway, Rolfes, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Establishing competitive wages for beginning teacher salaries.
Increases state allocations and school districts' minimum pay requirements for beginning educators to the comparable wage established by the compensation technical work group as adjusted for inflation.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5547
by Senators Bailey, Rivers, Angel, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, and Padden
Requiring a minimum grade point average or equivalent to renew a state need grant.
Changes the qualifications for renewal of a state need grant to require a student to maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average except for those students attending The Evergreen State College.Requires students enrolled at The Evergreen State College to meet the requirements of the college's satisfactory academic progress policy for state financial aid to remain qualified.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5548
by Senators Liias, Pearson, Hobbs, Pedersen, and Rolfes
Providing immunity for school bus drivers.
Provides immunity from civil or criminal liability for school bus drivers for certain acts.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5549
by Senators Jayapal, Angel, Keiser, and Cleveland; by request of Department of Health
Concerning the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants.
Addresses the registration and disciplining of pharmacy assistants.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5550
by Senators Habib and Fain
Regulating providers of commercial transportation services.
Regulates transportation network companies.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5551
by Senators Pearson, Hatfield, and Chase
Concerning salmon recovery project funds.
Prohibits the salmon recovery funding board from awarding funds for a project or activity if the project sponsor has, within ten calendar years before the date of the grant application, brought any legal action before a court or administrative tribunal against the state relating to hatchery facility operations.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5552
by Senators Padden, Baumgartner, Braun, Honeyford, and Angel
Accommodating the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations.
Accommodates the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5553
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, Jayapal, Rolfes, Darneille, Conway, Frockt, and Kohl-Welles
Creating the Washington investment trust.
Creates the Washington investment trust as a legacy institution that amasses sufficient capital reserves to address opportunities now and in the future.Creates the Washington investment trust commission as the primary governing authority of the trust.Creates the trust transition board and the investment trust advisory board. The trust transition board expires July 1, 2016.Exempts the trust from payment of all fees and taxes levied by the state or any of its subdivisions.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5554
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, and Honeyford
Clarifying that irrigation district facilities are not within the definition of shorelands.
Clarifies that irrigation ditches, canals, and drainage and other return flow conveyances are not within the definition of "shorelands" or "shoreland areas" for purposes of the shoreline management act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5555
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, and Honeyford
Concerning irrigation district review and conditioning authority.
Requires the responsible administrator, when a local government receives an application for the approval of an alteration of an existing subdivision, the creation of a new parcel, or the modification of existing parcels for real property that lies in an irrigation district, to give written notice of the application to the irrigation district.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5556
by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, and Honeyford
Concerning irrigation district administration.
Modifies irrigation district provisions relating to legal action to foreclose assessment liens.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5557
by Senators Parlette, Conway, Rivers, Dammeier, Becker, Frockt, Schoesler, Keiser, Jayapal, Warnick, and Honeyford
Services provided by pharmacists.
Prohibits benefits from being denied, under certain circumstances, for a health care service performed by a pharmacist.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5558
by Senators Angel and Keiser
Increasing the number of members on the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
Changes the composition of the state board of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5559
by Senators Billig, McAuliffe, Conway, Litzow, Rolfes, Rivers, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees.
Allows waivers of tuition and services and activities fees for K-12 classified staff.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5560
by Senators Dammeier, Keiser, Rivers, McCoy, Angel, Becker, Bailey, Rolfes, and Cleveland
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 23 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5561
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Honeyford, Hewitt, Rolfes, McAuliffe, and Angel
Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
Addresses waivers of tuition and fees for veterans' survivors.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5562
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Honeyford, Frockt, and Keiser
Concerning budget submissions for capital design and construction at institutions of higher education.
Increases the threshold for certain projects from five million dollars to ten million dollars for institutions of higher education.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5563
by Senators Honeyford, Sheldon, and Ericksen
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for environmental handling charges.
Clarifies that environmental handling charges are not subject to business and occupation taxes.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5564
by Senators O'Ban, Darneille, Miloscia, Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Fain, Jayapal, Brown, Habib, Dammeier, Frockt, Litzow, Warnick, Hasegawa, and McAuliffe
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 23 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5565
by Senators McCoy, McAuliffe, Miloscia, Frockt, Hill, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Hobbs, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, and Chase
Recognizing César Chávez day.
Recognizes the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez Day.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5566
by Senators Frockt, Hasegawa, Jayapal, Darneille, Keiser, Conway, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, McCoy, Chase, McAuliffe, Fraser, and Billig
Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy.
Establishes the employee fair classification act to simplify and enforce employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5567
by Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Conway, Frockt, Darneille, Rolfes, Kohl-Welles, Jayapal, Liias, Ranker, Nelson, McCoy, Chase, McAuliffe, Fraser, and Billig
Creating the Washington wage recovery act.
Establishes the Washington wage recovery act.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5568
by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Jayapal, Frockt, Chase, Keiser, Darneille, Nelson, Rolfes, Liias, Kohl-Welles, Ranker, McCoy, McAuliffe, Fraser, and Billig
Providing damages for wage violations.
Increases the penalty for certain wage violations.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5569
by Senators Hasegawa, Jayapal, McCoy, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Fraser, Ranker, Rolfes, Frockt, Keiser, Liias, McAuliffe, Chase, Darneille, Nelson, and Billig
Concerning the employee antiretaliation act.
Addresses retaliation and discrimination against employees and providing protection for employees.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5570
by Senators McCoy, Darneille, and Hasegawa
Exempting Washington state from daylight saving time.
Exempts this state from daylight saving time.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & State Security. | |
SB 5571
by Senators Fain, Pedersen, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Chase, and Habib
Providing a tax deferral for the expansion of certain existing public facilities district convention centers.
Provides a sales and use tax deferral for the expansion of certain existing public facilities district convention centers.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5572
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Cleveland, Darneille, Conway, and Mullet
Concerning the sales, distribution, and delivery of marijuana.
Authorizes a local government to adopt an ordinance to: (1) Decrease to no less than five hundred feet the distance that marijuana businesses must be located from recreation centers or facilities, child care centers, public parks, public transit centers, libraries, or certain game arcades admissions; and(2) Prohibit a marijuana business from locating its premises up to one thousand feet from a church.Prohibits a local government from adopting, renewing, or extending a prohibition or moratorium on marijuana licensees except by ordinance.Creates a marijuana distribution license and a marijuana delivery license.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SJM 8007
by Senators Pearson, Hatfield, Hewitt, Chase, McAuliffe, Dansel, and Warnick
Requesting Congress to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries with sufficient resources to expedite review of Puget Sound hatchery and genetic management plans and that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries prioritize and conduct immediate review and approval of these plans.
Requests congress to provide the national oceanic and atmospheric administration fisheries with sufficient resources to expedite review of Puget Sound hatchery and genetic management plans and that the national oceanic and atmospheric administration fisheries prioritize and conduct immediate review and approval of these plans.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SJR 8203
by Senators Sheldon, Ericksen, and Padden
Setting base years for property tax valuation.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to set base years for property tax valuation.
| Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |