 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 16 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | 23rd 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 1870
by Representatives Schmick and Cody
Concerning the ownership of hospitals.
Prohibits the department of health, from January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, from issuing a certificate of need for the sale, purchase, or lease of an existing hospital to another hospital or a purchasing entity that has an ownership or investment interest in any other hospital within this state.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1871
by Representatives Ryu and Vick
Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments.
Revises the state credit union act with regard to: (1) Duties of the board of directors;(2) Compensation to directors and supervisory committee members;(3) Payment of dividends; and(4) Investment of funds.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1872
by Representative Ryu
Addressing credit unions' capital.
Authorizes a credit union, under certain circumstances, to receive payments on accounts or instruments subject to the terms, rates, and conditions as may be established by the board of directors.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1873
by Representatives Tharinger, Cody, Riccelli, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Health
Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal.
Requires physicians and physician assistants, at the time of license renewal, to provide the information requested by the medical quality assurance commission.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1874
by Representatives Tharinger, Cody, and Riccelli; by request of Department of Health
Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure.
Addresses allopathic physician licensing requirements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1875
by Representatives Walsh, Kagi, Johnson, Sawyer, Pettigrew, Moscoso, Zeiger, Ormsby, Appleton, and Young
Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program.
Revises the definition of "work activity," for purposes of the WorkFirst program, to increase the threshold from twelve months to twenty-four months for vocational educational training, with respect to any individual.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1876
by Representative Manweller
Concerning residential security system installations.
Exempts from licensing requirements, under chapter 19.28 RCW (electricians and electrical installations), persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, and other entities for work limited to certain installations in one and two family dwellings.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1877
by Representatives MacEwen, Johnson, and Ormsby
Requiring fines and assessments against professional athletes be donated to charity.
Requires the entire amount of a fine or penalty assessed on an athlete employed by a professional sports organization to be paid to a charitable organization of the athlete's choosing.Prohibits a professional sports organization from requiring an athlete to pay any amount of a fine or penalty to the professional sports organization.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1878
by Representatives Kagi, Jinkins, Manweller, Tharinger, and Appleton
Authorizing emergency medical technicians to administer glucagon in emergency situations.
Requires the state's ambulance and aid services to make glucagon emergency kits available to their emergency medical technicians in their emergency care supplies.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1879
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Cody, Harris, Orwall, Tarleton, and Ormsby
Directing the health care authority to issue a request for proposals for integrated managed health and behavioral health services for foster children.
Requires the state health care authority to issue a request for proposals to provide integrated managed health and behavioral health care for foster children receiving care through the medical assistance program.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1880
by Representatives Springer, Haler, Reykdal, Hargrove, Pollet, Zeiger, Moscoso, Scott, Tarleton, and Sells
Including Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program.
Includes Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1881
by Representatives Short, Harris, Parker, Chandler, Kretz, Scott, Young, Schmick, and Buys
Requiring express legislative authorization prior to the enactment of any regulation regarding the carbon content of fuel.
Prohibits the executive branch and its related agencies, without prior express direction from the legislature, from creating rules related to or adopting, ordering, restricting, or otherwise implementing any fuel standard or setting carbon reduction requirements for fuel distributors or vehicles based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of the fuel or greenhouse gas emissions.Prohibits the implementation of a low-carbon fuel standard in this state.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1882
by Representatives Moscoso, Orcutt, Kochmar, Farrell, and Young; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission
Concerning the regulation of passenger charter and excursion carriers.
Modifies provisions relating to charter party carriers and excursion service carriers.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1883
by Representatives Senn and Walsh; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning investigations and family assessments in cases of child abuse and neglect.
Modifies child abuse and neglect provisions relating to investigations and family assessments.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1884
by Representatives Vick, Bergquist, Hayes, Riccelli, Orcutt, Wilson, and Pike
Expanding the definition of an electric personal assistive mobility device to include a one-wheeled self-balancing device.
Revises the definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device," for purposes of motor vehicle provisions, to include a self-balancing device with one wheel designed to transport only one person by an electric propulsion system.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1885
by Representatives Klippert, Hudgins, Chandler, Hunter, MacEwen, Goodman, Ormsby, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Ryu, Reykdal, Stanford, and Walkinshaw
Addressing and mitigating the impacts of property crimes in Washington state.
Responds to the findings of the state justice reinvestment task force by: (1) Changing sentencing policy to require supervision of certain people convicted of property offenses;(2) Providing treatment, if needed, and programs to reduce recidivism; and(3) Providing additional support to local governments and victims of property crime.Transfers the duties and functions of the sentencing guidelines commission to the Washington justice commission.Provides for termination and review, under the sunset act, of the Washington justice commission.Requires the Washington justice commission, if requested by a legislator, to prepare a racial and ethnic impact analysis that describes the effects of proposed legislation on the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population or recipients of human services.Creates the Washington justice commission account.Makes appropriations.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1886
by Representatives G. Hunt, Shea, Taylor, Young, Klippert, Dent, Haler, Wilcox, Short, Wilson, Scott, Condotta, Harris, Schmick, and Buys
Referring a full repeal of Initiative Measure No. 594 to the people.
Repeals Initiative Measure No. 594 relating to criminal and public safety background checks for gun sales and transfers.Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1887
by Representatives Stanford, MacEwen, Gregerson, Peterson, Orwall, Wylie, Moscoso, Tarleton, Zeiger, Kilduff, and Bergquist
Creating the student veterans' support program.
Creates the Washington student veterans' support program under the authority of the department of veterans affairs to provide grants to community or technical colleges.Creates the student veterans' support program account.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1888
by Representatives Dent, Kagi, McCabe, Haler, Manweller, Fagan, Walsh, Farrell, Johnson, Van Werven, Moeller, and Buys
Transferring certification responsibilities for chemical dependency treatment programs from the department of social and health services to the department of health.
Transfers powers, duties, and functions of the department of social and health services, pertaining to certification of chemical dependency treatment programs, to the department of health.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1889
by Representatives Dent, Schmick, Manweller, Buys, Haler, Van Werven, Short, Griffey, Harris, Klippert, Blake, Chandler, Condotta, Fagan, Kretz, McCaslin, and Wilson
Limiting the authority of growth management hearings boards to hear petitions challenging the regulation of permit exempt wells.
Limits the growth management hearings board's authority to hear petitions challenging the regulation of permit-exempt wells.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1890
by Representatives Schmick and Cody
Concerning a second-party payment process for paying insurers.
Clarifies that an entity that makes premium payments from accounts that are owned and controlled by the insured do not constitute a third party for the purposes of acceptance of premium payments by an insurer.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1891
by Representatives Fey, Orcutt, Farrell, and Moscoso
Concerning stage II gasoline vapor control programs.
Requires the department of ecology to analyze certain stage II gasoline vapor recovery system requirements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1892
by Representatives Fey, Clibborn, Farrell, Moscoso, Tarleton, Ormsby, and Bergquist
Repealing the deduction for handling losses of motor vehicle fuel.
Repeals RCW 82.38.083 (deductions for handling losses of motor vehicle fuel).
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1893
by Representatives Sells, Haler, Moscoso, Zeiger, Pollet, S. Hunt, Appleton, Riccelli, Tarleton, Ormsby, and Bergquist
Increasing transparency in community and technical colleges by requiring certain budget detail to be available online.
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to post all nonstate appropriated funds and any other revenue-generating fees and charges that are nonstate appropriated revenues on its web site.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1894
by Representatives Gregerson, Jinkins, Goodman, Kirby, Walkinshaw, Ormsby, Moeller, and Pollet
Creating a cause of action for the protection of workers acting in furtherance of public policy.
Prohibits an employer from taking materially adverse action against an employee where retaliation is a substantial factor in the employer's decision to take the adverse action.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1895
by Representatives Smith, Tarleton, and Young
Concerning smart grid technology reporting.
Requires electrical companies to file a smart grid technology report with the utilities and transportation commission by September 1st of each even-numbered year through September 1, 2026.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1896
by Representatives Smith, Hudgins, Tarleton, and Young
Providing a statewide minimum privacy policy for disclosure of customer energy use information.
Prohibits an electric utility from disclosing or selling private or proprietary customer information for the purposes of marketing services or product offerings to a retail electric customer who does not already subscribe to that service or product, unless the electric utility has first obtained the customer's written or electronic permission to do so.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1897
by Representatives Smith, Morris, Tarleton, Young, Hayes, Haler, Sells, Buys, Fagan, and Short
Creating the joint center for deployment and research in earth-abundant materials.
Establishes the JCDREAM act.Creates the joint center for deployment and research in earth-abundant materials to establish a transformative program in earth-abundant materials to accelerate the development of next generation clean energy and transportation technologies.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1898
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Johnson, Walkinshaw, Muri, Robinson, Pettigrew, Lytton, and Kilduff
Concerning awareness of the possibility of children testifying remotely in certain cases.
Requires certain child victims to be made aware of the possibility that a court may allow children under the age of fourteen to testify in a room outside the presence of the defendant and the jury.Requires the criminal justice training commission to include in its training session on investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases a reference to the possibility that a court may allow children under the age of fourteen to testify in a room outside the presence of the defendant and the jury.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1899
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Pettigrew, Walkinshaw, Lytton, Tarleton, Appleton, Sells, and Pollet
Concerning consideration of equity and social justice impacts from public education system decision making.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to convene a work group to design a uniform equity impact review process to identify, evaluate, and communicate the potential impacts of proposed administrative rules and budget requests that affect educational equity.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of early learning, the student achievement council, the state board of education, the state board for community and technical colleges, and the professional educator standards board to make equity impact reviews available for public comment when: (1) Notice of a public hearing on a proposed rule is published in the State Register; or(2) A budget request is submitted to the office of financial management.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1900
by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Johnson, Orwall, Muri, Lytton, Tarleton, Pollet, and Bergquist
Defining the role of the school counselor, social worker, and psychologist.
Specifies that the primary role of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists is to: (1) Focus on student mental health;(2) Work with at-risk and marginalized students;(3) Perform risk assessments; and(4) Collaborate with mental health professionals.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1901
by Representatives Harmsworth, Farrell, Buys, Vick, Griffey, Young, Sells, and Peterson
Authorizing two-year registration periods for certain vehicles while maintaining existing annual vehicle registration fee amounts.
Allows a person to designate either a one-year or two-year registration period when registering a vehicle that is eligible for a two-year registration period.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1902
by Representatives Harmsworth, Young, Scott, Griffey, and Hayes
Renaming the spirits retail license fee as a tax and dedicating revenue to education.
Changes the name of the license issuance fee to a license issuance tax and requires licensees to pay the tax to the department of revenue.Requires the tax to be deposited in the education legacy trust account if funds are available after certain other distributions have been made.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1903
by Representatives Peterson, Harmsworth, Reykdal, Moscoso, and Hurst
Modifying distillers' spirit sampling provisions.
Authorizes distilleries to provide spirits samples that are adulterated with nonalcoholic mixers, water, and/or ice.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1904
by Representatives Tharinger, Cody, Harris, Tarleton, and Appleton
Concerning assisted living payment rates.
Addresses payment rate methodology of medicaid home and community-based long-term care services.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1905
by Representatives Klippert, Haler, and Buys
Concerning government ownership of vacant or undeveloped land for extended periods of time.
Requires each public agency that owns certain vacant or otherwise undeveloped property to: (1) Develop a list of these properties by parcel number; and(2) Develop, adopt, and implement a master real estate plan to use or dispose of the properties on the list.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1906
by Representative Klippert
Prohibiting mandatory child support for postsecondary education of adult children.
Prohibits a court from ordering either or both parents to pay support for postsecondary education of a child over eighteen years of age.Prohibits the use of the child support schedule to order postsecondary educational support of a child.Authorizes a party to petition for modification of an existing order to pay postsecondary child support without showing a substantial change of circumstances.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1907
by Representative Klippert
Restricting the operation of state licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, or marijuana retailers within one thousand feet of a religious facility.
Includes religious facilities in the buffer distance requirements of recreational marijuana businesses unless a governing body or authorized representative of the religious facility consents in writing to the location of the business.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1908
by Representatives Klippert, Caldier, Hayes, Griffey, Young, and Buys
Requiring photo identification on electronic benefit cards.
Requires electronic benefit cards issued to or on behalf of a person receiving public assistance to contain a photo identification of the person authorized to use the card.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1909
by Representatives Walsh, Kagi, Tarleton, Appleton, and Ryu
Concerning service options for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires the department of social and health services to pilot a program that allows clients to be able to choose either a qualified home care agency or an individual provider to provide community access services.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1910
by Representatives Ryu, Moscoso, Gregerson, Appleton, and Taylor
Encouraging effective oversight of law enforcement conduct.
Addresses the use of law enforcement oversight recorders.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1911
by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Tarleton
Authorizing municipalities to create assessment reimbursement areas for the construction or improvement of water or sewer facilities.
Revises the municipal water and sewer facilities act to authorize a municipality to: (1) Create an assessment reimbursement area on its own initiative, without the participation of a private property owner;(2) Finance the costs of the construction or improvement; and(3) Become the sole beneficiary of reimbursements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1912
by Representatives Morris and Tarleton
Relating to distributed generation.
Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to distributed generation.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1913
by Representatives Wylie, Wilson, Gregerson, Ryu, and Scott
Concerning rule making, including requiring new information uncovered during the rule-making process to be provided to the appropriate legislative policy committees and a review of certain rules.
Requires an agency head to inform appropriate legislative policy committees if information is revealed during a rule-making hearing that indicates the existence of new data, an unanticipated adverse impact, or new cost information.Requires the joint administrative rules review committee to review proposed rules if the rule is not within the intent of the legislature or certain new information that was not known during the legislative process is identified.Requires any rule that has a fiscal impact of one million dollars or more to be reviewed by the joint administrative rules review committee.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1914
by Representatives Orwall, Hansen, and Ormsby; 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.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1915
by Representatives S. Hunt, Harris, MacEwen, Walkinshaw, Sells, Goodman, Moscoso, Reykdal, Robinson, Kilduff, Fitzgibbon, Hayes, Hudgins, Tarleton, Appleton, Ormsby, Pollet, and Bergquist
Protecting taxpayers by providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting.
Establishes the taxpayer protection act.Provides for accountability and transparency in government contracting.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1916
by Representatives Cody and Harris
Integrating administrative provisions for chemical dependency and mental health.
Addresses the integration of chemical dependency and mental health administrative provisions.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1917
by Representatives Hansen, Pettigrew, Ortiz-Self, and Appleton
Concerning video and/or sound recordings made by law enforcement or corrections officers.
Allows individuals who interact with law enforcement or corrections officers to access the video and/or sound recordings of these interactions under certain circumstances.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1918
by Representatives Shea, Orcutt, Hayes, and Scott
Modifying provisions applicable to off-road, nonhighway, and wheeled all-terrain vehicles and their drivers.
Modifies off-road vehicle provisions relating to: (1) Liability immunity for sponsoring organizations;(2) Certificate of title requirements;(3) Exemptions for out-of-state owners; and(4) Equipment and declaration requirements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1919
by Representative S. Hunt
Clarifying the timing of special elections.
Clarifies special election timing.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1920
by Representatives S. Hunt, Appleton, Johnson, and Ormsby; by request of Office of Financial Management
Promoting the use, acceptance, and removal of barriers to the use and acceptance of electronic signatures.
Establishes the Washington electronic commerce and governmental affairs act.Requires the chief information officer, in coordination with state agencies, to establish standards, guidelines, or policies for the electronic submittal and receipt of electronic records and electronic signatures.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1921
by Representatives S. Hunt and Reykdal
Authorizing the addition of new counties to a regional transit authority.
Addresses elections to add counties or portions of counties west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that are contiguous with counties already within the regional transit authority boundaries.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1922
by Representatives Springer, Lytton, Hurst, DeBolt, Rodne, S. Hunt, Kirby, Morris, Senn, Pettigrew, Blake, Clibborn, Takko, MacEwen, Harris, Stanford, Short, Vick, Parker, Wilcox, G. Hunt, Wylie, Pike, Moeller, Nealey, Hawkins, Johnson, Condotta, Walsh, Fagan, Buys, Kretz, Santos, Fey, Tarleton, and Gregerson
Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans.
Establishes the small consumer installment loan act.Addresses check cashers and sellers and small consumer installment loans.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1923
by Representatives Zeiger, Bergquist, Kirby, Haler, Hargrove, and Parker
Regulating income share agreements.
Provides for income share agreements which are an alternative to loans and would allow an individual to receive funds to pay for higher education or workforce development in exchange for a certain percentage of his or her income over a fixed period of time.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1924
by Representatives Hargrove, Farrell, Zeiger, Blake, Rodne, Kochmar, and Tarleton
Adding elected members to regional transit authority boards.
Changes the composition of regional transit authority boards.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1925
by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Peterson; 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.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 1926
by Representatives Stanford, Sells, Bergquist, Reykdal, and Ormsby
Restricting noncompetition agreements.
Restricts noncompetition agreements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Labor (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJM 4004
by Representatives Wylie, Tarleton, Lytton, S. Hunt, Van De Wege, Kirby, Sawyer, Riccelli, Robinson, Moscoso, Hurst, Jinkins, Farrell, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, Cody, Sells, Peterson, Takko, Appleton, Goodman, Kilduff, Moeller, Carlyle, Morris, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Stanford, Dunshee, Pollet, Fey, Reykdal, and Ormsby
Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections.
Calls on congress to exercise its authority to regulate money spent on elections.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4209
by Representatives Scott, Young, Shea, Taylor, Haler, Kochmar, Pike, Wilson, and Buys
Requiring a balanced budget.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring a balanced budget.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5745
by Senators Hargrove and Miloscia
Implementing Becca task force truancy reform recommendations.
Implements truancy reform recommendations of the Becca task force.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5746
by Senators Bailey, Hobbs, Liias, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, Chase, and McAuliffe
Including Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program.
Includes Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5747
by Senators Padden and Miloscia
Prohibiting actions for wrongful life and wrongful birth, and expanding the beneficiaries in an action for wrongful death.
Prohibits a person from maintaining a civil cause of action or from receiving an award of damages for wrongful life or wrongful birth based on the claim that, but for an act or omission of another person, the person would not or should not have been born.Expands the list of beneficiaries in wrongful death actions.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5748
by Senators Litzow, Mullet, Fain, Dammeier, Hill, Rivers, Becker, King, Angel, Braun, Warnick, and Bailey
Clarifying the teacher and principal evaluation process with the intent of strengthening the process.
Addresses the evaluation process for: (1) Teachers who teach reading or language arts or mathematics in a grade in which the federally mandated statewide student assessments are administered; and(2) Principals assigned to a school in which reading or language arts or mathematics are taught in at least one of the grades in which the federally mandated statewide assessments are administered.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide to each school district the relevant state-level assessment information necessary to determine student growth for the purpose of teacher and principal evaluations.Delays the time in which evaluation results for certificated classroom teachers and principals must be used as one of multiple factors in making human resource and personnel decisions.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5749
by Senators Litzow and Dammeier; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Specifying that student growth data elements used in teacher and principal evaluations include state-based tools and delaying the use of the evaluation results in making human resources and personnel decisions until the 2016-17 school year.
Addresses the inclusion of state-based tools in student growth data elements used in teacher and principal evaluations.Delays the time in which evaluation results for certificated classroom teachers and principals must be used as one of multiple factors in making human resource and personnel decisions.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5750
by Senators Parlette, Dansel, Hatfield, Rolfes, and Warnick
Regarding payments to counties in lieu of property taxes by the department of fish and wildlife.
Addresses the department of fish and wildlife's payments to counties in lieu of property taxes.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5751
by Senators Hasegawa, Jayapal, Darneille, and Chase
Changing the burden of proof in certain civil asset forfeiture hearings.
Changes the burden of proof in certain civil asset forfeiture hearings.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5752
by Senators Hasegawa, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Jayapal, Chase, and McAuliffe
Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.
Requires the caseload forecast council to: (1) In cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and staff, the office of financial management, the department of corrections, the department of social and health services, the administrative office of the courts, the minority and justice commission, the state institute for public policy, and the sentencing guidelines commission, establish a procedure for the provision of racial impact statements on the effect that legislative bills and resolutions will have on racial and ethnic minority groups, including the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal and juvenile justice systems; and(2) Provide a racial and ethnic impact statement on any legislative proposal at the request of a legislator.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5753
by Senators Liias, Roach, Hobbs, and Benton
Creating a county property tax exemption for energy efficient construction.
Authorizes a county legislative authority to provide an exemption from county property tax levies for certified third-party green building construction or improvements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5754
by Senators Keiser, Cleveland, McAuliffe, Conway, Jayapal, Parlette, and Dammeier; by request of Department of Health
Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.
Authorizes a disciplining authority to, after investigation, offer a remediation plan to licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5755
by Senators Hargrove, Hill, Ranker, Dammeier, Braun, Keiser, Billig, Becker, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Conway, Darneille, Hasegawa, Fain, Habib, Hewitt, Pedersen, Jayapal, and McAuliffe
Addressing and mitigating the impacts of property crimes in Washington state.
Responds to the findings of the state justice reinvestment task force by: (1) Changing sentencing policy to require supervision of certain people convicted of property offenses;(2) Providing treatment, if needed, and programs to reduce recidivism; and(3) Providing additional support to local governments and victims of property crime.Transfers the duties and functions of the sentencing guidelines commission to the Washington justice commission.Provides for termination and review, under the sunset act, of the Washington justice commission.Requires the Washington justice commission, if requested by a legislator, to prepare a racial and ethnic impact analysis that describes the effects of proposed legislation on the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal offender population or recipients of human services.Creates the Washington justice commission account.Makes appropriations.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5756
by Senators Braun, Hatfield, Rivers, Angel, Ericksen, Honeyford, and Benton
Extending specific aerospace tax preferences to include other types of commercial aircraft to encourage the migration of good wage jobs in the state.
Provides a preferential business and occupation tax rate, business and occupation tax credit, and sales and use tax deferral for the manufacturing of rotorcraft, including the components used in the manufacturing process.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5757
by Senators Benton and Mullet
Addressing credit unions' corporate governance and investments.
Revises the state credit union act with regard to: (1) Duties of the board of directors;(2) Compensation to directors and supervisory committee members;(3) Payment of dividends; and(4) Investment of funds.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 5758
by Senators Honeyford, Becker, Hargrove, Frockt, Hatfield, and Bailey
Concerning federal medicaid payment reconciliations.
Requires the state health care authority to complete an annual reconciliation of enhancement payments for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics within two years of the close of the calendar year for which the payments are made.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5759
by Senators Padden and Baumgartner
Concerning prevailing wages for workers employed in residential construction.
Requires distinct prevailing wage rates to be calculated and paid to workers employed in residential construction.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5760
by Senators Brown, Sheldon, Keiser, and Dansel
Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.
Increases the threshold from ten thousand dollars to fifteen thousand dollars for materials purchased, and from ten thousand dollars to twenty-five thousand dollars for work ordered, by joint operating agencies.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5761
by Senators Pearson, Hobbs, McCoy, Bailey, and Benton
Providing for property tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities in targeted urban areas.
Authorizes cities that plan under the growth management act meeting certain criteria where the governing authority of the affected city has found there is insufficient family living wage jobs for its wage earning population to designate a portion of the city's industrial and manufacturing zoned and undeveloped land to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the value of new construction of industrial/manufacturing facilities within the designated area.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5762
by Senators Fraser, Angel, Ericksen, Sheldon, Hatfield, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, and Benton
Concerning the taxation and permitting of vessels in Washington.
Addresses sales and use taxes on vessels.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5763
by Senators Warnick, Pearson, and Hatfield
Addressing the public employees' collective bargaining act as applied to commissioned officers of the department of fish and wildlife.
Specifies that the public employees' collective bargaining act applies to the state with respect to commissioned officers, except for captains, of the department of fish and wildlife.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5764
by Senators Fain, King, Hill, Rivers, and Benton
Requiring the removal of graffiti from state-owned transportation facilities by the department of transportation within twenty-four hours of notice.
Requires the department of transportation to remove graffiti from state-owned transportation facilities within twenty-four hours of the graffiti being reported to the department.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5765
by Senators Jayapal, Angel, and McAuliffe
Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.
Allows only a registered nurse or an advanced registered nurse practitioner to supervise, direct, or evaluate a licensed nurse working in a school setting with respect to the practice of nursing.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5766
by Senators Roach, O'Ban, Padden, and Darneille
Establishing performance requirements and measures for monitoring agencies providing home detention programs utilizing electronic monitoring.
Changes the duties of monitoring agencies that provide home detention programs using electronic monitoring.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5767
by Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford, and Fraser
Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.
Modifies the practices and procedures of local government treasuries.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5768
by Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford, and Fraser
Concerning county electronic public auctions.
Authorizes a county treasurer to conduct a public auction sale by electronic media.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5769
by Senators Schoesler, Angel, Becker, Brown, Hatfield, Braun, Ericksen, Roach, Rivers, Conway, Hewitt, Parlette, and Benton
Concerning the management of noxious weeds on state lands.
Addresses liens, with regard to the management of noxious weeds, on lands owned by the state.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5770
by Senators Frockt, Keiser, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Ranker, and Jayapal
Prohibiting health care facilities from limiting providers' patient care.
Prohibits a health care facility that employs a health care provider from limiting or prohibiting a health care provider's patient care.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5771
by Senators Liias, Pearson, Dansel, Hatfield, Rivers, Hobbs, and Fain
Addressing investigations under the ethics act.
Provides for due process during an ethics investigation.Prohibits the ethics board from contracting with or requesting the assistance of the office of the attorney general in conducting an investigation.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5772
by Senators Conway, Frockt, and Bailey; by request of Department of Health
Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal.
Requires physicians and physician assistants, at the time of license renewal, to provide the information requested by the medical quality assurance commission.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5773
by Senators Conway, Frockt, and Bailey; by request of Department of Health
Regarding the requirements of allopathic physician licensure.
Addresses allopathic physician licensing requirements.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5774
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, and Brown
Requiring tracking of prevailing wage surveys.
Requires the department of labor and industries to keep track of the number of wage surveys it sends and the number of responses it receives.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5775
by Senators Braun and Baumgartner
Improving the accuracy of the prevailing rate of wage.
Requires the department of labor and industries, in establishing the prevailing rate of wage, to use a stratified random sampling methodology.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5776
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Becker, Padden, Schoesler, Brown, Angel, Bailey, Benton, and Honeyford
Concerning food stamp work requirements.
Prohibits the state from seeking, accepting, or maintaining any waivers from the federal food stamp work requirements in P.L. 104-193.Requires the state to terminate any federal work requirement waivers in existence.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5777
by Senators Becker, Rivers, O'Ban, Hewitt, Dammeier, Litzow, Schoesler, Dansel, Padden, Angel, Baumgartner, King, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, Hill, Parlette, Fain, Braun, Sheldon, Brown, Ericksen, and Benton
Concerning state employee whistleblower protection.
Revises the definition of "improper governmental action," for purposes of state employee whistleblower protection, to include any action by an employee undertaken in the performance of the employee's official duties that violates the administrative procedure act or analogous provisions of law that prohibit ex parte communication regarding cases or matters pending in which an agency is party between the agency's employee and a presiding officer, hearing officer, or an administrative law judge.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 5778
by Senators Becker, Frockt, Keiser, Bailey, Dammeier, Liias, Hatfield, Angel, Dansel, King, Baumgartner, Brown, Cleveland, Warnick, Honeyford, Parlette, Hill, Rivers, Fain, Braun, Litzow, Conway, Sheldon, Ericksen, and Hewitt
Concerning ambulatory surgical facilities.
Holds initial licensing fees and license renewal fees at their current level for ambulatory surgical facilities by enacting an inspection fee for ambulatory surgical facilities not certified as a medicare ambulatory surgical facility or accredited by a national organization with equivalent standards.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5779
by Senators Parlette and Darneille
Reducing penalties applied to regional support networks and behavioral health organizations.
Reduces penalties applied to regional support networks and behavioral health organizations.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5780
by Senators Fraser, Becker, King, and Hobbs
Authorizing the addition of new counties to a regional transit authority.
Addresses elections to add counties or portions of counties west of the crest of the Cascade mountains that are contiguous with counties already within the regional transit authority boundaries.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5781
by Senators Billig, O'Ban, Darneille, Frockt, and Kohl-Welles
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.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 5782
by Senators Nelson, Pedersen, Frockt, Habib, Darneille, Kohl-Welles, Benton, and McAuliffe
Allowing a parent to bring an action for the injury or death of a child younger than twenty-six years old who has not been emancipated.
Establishes Katie's law.Authorizes a parent to bring an action for the injury or death of an unemancipated child younger than twenty-six years old.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5783
by Senators Rivers, Dansel, Fain, Sheldon, Hatfield, and Benton
Authorizing peace officers to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
Allows a peace officer to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5784
by Senator Rivers
Concerning estate tax interest waivers.
Requires the department of revenue to waive interest accruing for the period beginning October 18, 2012, through October 2, 2014, on the amount of unpaid estate taxes due on the value of property included in the decedent's gross estate under section 2044 of the internal revenue code if the decedent's interest in the property was acquired before May 17, 2005.
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5785
by Senators Rivers, Nelson, Dansel, Hatfield, Pearson, Fain, Liias, and Hobbs
Revising the definition of official duties of state officers.
Revises the definition of official duties of state officers for purposes of chapter 42.52 RCW (ethics in public service).
| Feb 2 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |