 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 27 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | 38th 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 1238-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Bergquist, Hargrove, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Fey, and Tarleton)
Concerning affordable tuition planning.
Declares it is the legislature's goal: (1) To use the total cost of attendance as a factor when considering student financial aid policy to accurately represent the true cost of higher education;(2) To make higher education accessible and affordable for all families; and(3) For tuition at public institutions of higher education to be no higher than ten percent of the median family income.Requires the student achievement council, when it conducts its planning and outlines strategies, to report to the legislature on the affordability of the higher education system.Expires June 30, 2017.
| Feb 11 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1257-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Walkinshaw, Senn, Robinson, Stanford, Farrell, Ormsby, Riccelli, Gregerson, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Bergquist, Santos, and Pollet)
Concerning tenant screening.
Addresses comprehensive tenant screening reports.
| Feb 12 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1344-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Appleton, Walsh, Bergquist, McBride, S. Hunt, Goodman, Ormsby, Dunshee, Gregerson, Reykdal, Tarleton, Cody, Sawyer, Orwall, Pettigrew, Jinkins, Moscoso, Kilduff, Wylie, Tharinger, and Riccelli)
Creating the nurse educator pay it forward program.
Creates the nurse educator pay it forward program to provide greater access to higher education for registered nurses pursuing careers as educators.Requires the student achievement council to develop and implement the program in collaboration with the nursing commission.Creates the nurse educator pay it forward account.
| Feb 11 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1346-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Takko, Sawyer, Appleton, and Buys)
Allowing additional hunting opportunities on state land.
Requires the parks and recreation commission to: (1) Conduct a pilot project exploring the feasibility, limitations, and benefits of allowing hunting in state parks; and(2) Develop the pilot project in partnership with the department of fish and wildlife.Requires the pilot project to allow some level of hunting activity in four state parks during the 2016, 2017, and 2018 calendar years.
| Feb 12 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1364-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives S. Hunt, Johnson, Bergquist, Walsh, Hunter, Zeiger, Harris, Kagi, Stanford, Ormsby, and Farrell)
Establishing a citizens' initiative review pilot program.
Establishes a pilot program for a citizen's review of initiatives in 2016.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 a citizen panel; and(2) Review the work of the review panels to determine compliance with legislative intent.Requires the voters' pamphlet to include statements submitted by citizens' initiative review panels.Requires the state institute for public policy, after the 2016 general election, to contract for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the citizen initiative review process.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Feb 12 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1415-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Santos, Tarleton, Ryu, Van De Wege, S. Hunt, Kilduff, Ortiz-Self, McBride, and Gregerson; by request of Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises)
Concerning the linked deposit program.
Authorizes the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises, with regard to the linked deposit program, to adopt rules to: (1) Ensure that certain businesses are given first priority when making a qualified loan under the program; and(2) Develop reporting requirements for businesses receiving linked deposit loans.
| Feb 13 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 17 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1426-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Jinkins, Nealey, Sawyer, Kochmar, Muri, Fey, Zeiger, and Kilduff)
Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations.
Modifies the department of social and health services' requirement to reimburse a county for the cost of competency to stand trial evaluations by qualified experts and professional persons.
| Feb 12 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1428-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, S. Hunt, Jinkins, Tarleton, Bergquist, Gregerson, Goodman, and Pollet)
Concerning voter registration.
Changes the deadlines for voter registration.
| Feb 11 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1475-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby and Vick)
Addressing premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan.
Excludes from the definition of "net direct written premiums," for purposes of the Washington insurance guaranty association act, the premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan by its servicing carrier.
| Feb 11 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1482-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Zeiger, Stanford, Haler, Bergquist, and Tarleton)
Requiring an analysis of regional higher education capacity to meet educational attainment goals.
Requires the student achievement council, in collaboration with the state board for community and technical colleges, the public and private four-year institutions of higher education, the workforce training and education coordinating board, and the office of financial management, to conduct a study to assess the gap between the current availability of high school completion, certificate, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate higher education in various regions of the state and the capacity needed at higher education institutions to meet the state's educational attainment goals.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Feb 11 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1536-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Klippert, Cody, Goodman, Muri, Stokesbary, Haler, Hayes, Tharinger, and Wylie)
Addressing the timing of emergency detentions and assessments under the involuntary treatment act.
Revises involuntary treatment act provisions relating to the timing of emergency detentions and assessments.
| Feb 12 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1552-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Gaming (originally sponsored by Representatives Shea, Taylor, Condotta, Pike, Goodman, G. Hunt, Scott, Buys, Holy, Griffey, Blake, Fitzgibbon, Hurst, Ormsby, Young, and Magendanz)
Concerning industrial hemp.
Legalizes the agricultural production of industrial hemp and provides a regulatory framework that will ensure the security and safety of hemp crops.Requires Washington State University to study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in the state.Creates the dedicated industrial hemp account.
| Feb 10 | COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1567-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 12 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1571-S
by House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 12 | ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1604-S
by House Committee on Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Hayes, Sawyer, Van De Wege, Holy, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, and Pollet)
Creating a work group on occupational disease exposure 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.
| Feb 12 | LAB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1611-S
by House Committee on Labor (originally sponsored 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.
| Feb 12 | LAB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1617-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored 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 related databases, if available, before granting: (1) Certain orders under Title 26 RCW (domestic relations);(2) Orders regarding a vulnerable child, vulnerable adult, or alleged incapacitated person;(3) Letters of guardianship or administration or letters testamentary;(4) Relief under Title 71 RCW (mental illness);(5) Relief in certain juvenile proceedings; or(6) Orders of protection, temporary orders of protection, or criminal no-contact orders.
| Feb 12 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1635-S
by House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives S. Hunt and Appleton; by request of Secretary of State)
Concerning write-in candidates and votes.
Modifies election provisions relating to write-in voting and candidates.
| Feb 11 | SG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. | |
HB 1654-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Lytton, Fitzgibbon, Blake, and Walkinshaw)
Controlling noxious weeds while still supporting pollen-rich forage plant communities for honey bees.
Requires the state noxious weed control board to conduct a pilot project that evaluates the advantages of purposefully replacing pollen and nectar-rich noxious weeds with either native or noninvasive, nonnative forage plants that can produce similar levels of pollen and nectar to support honey bee populations.Requires state agencies, while conducting planned projects, to give preference to replacing pollen-rich or nectar-rich noxious weeds with native forage plants that are beneficial for all pollinators, including honey bees.Requires any corps project that involves the removal of noxious weeds to include the planting of pollen-rich and nectar-rich native plants to provide forage for all pollinators, including honey bees.
| Feb 12 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1685-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Gregerson, Hudgins, McBride, Peterson, Bergquist, Ortiz-Self, Tarleton, Orwall, Robinson, Farrell, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Walkinshaw, Senn, Lytton, Appleton, Ryu, Tharinger, Moscoso, Ormsby, Fey, and Jinkins)
Establishing a Washington food policy forum.
Creates the Washington food policy forum as a public-private partnership.Requires the forum to develop recommendations to advance certain food system goals.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Feb 12 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1793-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, and Morris)
Working within the existing in-stream flow rules adopted by the department of ecology to provide a suite of tools, applicable to property owners located in areas with limited access to legal new water withdrawals, for alternative water procurement that does not result in a net loss to area surface waters.
Requires the governing body of each county and city with jurisdiction over property that is not eligible to be served by an approved water purveyor, and for which new, unmitigated use of surface or groundwater is not legally available on a year-round basis, to develop and adopt specific local ordinances outlining when and how alternative water sources may be used to satisfy certain adequate water supply requirements and other state or local potable water requirements for new construction.Requires the department of ecology to coordinate with the appropriate local governmental entities and utility districts to identify possible capital projects that may assist in the legal provision of water to any properties using water in potential violation of the supreme court of Washington's October 3, 2013, opinion in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. Washington State Department of Ecology as of January 1, 2015.
| Feb 12 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 16 | Referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 1922-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored 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 11 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 17 | Referred to General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 2135
by Representative Appleton
Modifying Washington homeless client management information system requirements and policies.
Requires the department of commerce to provide technical assistance to a participating local government, or its designated subcontractor at the local level, that includes assistance to implement confidentiality and privacy policies and protocols relating to personal information collected and maintained about homeless individuals and families.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2136
by Representative Carlyle
Relating to comprehensive marijuana market reforms to ensure a well-regulated and taxed marijuana market in Washington state.
Declares an intent to enact legislation concerning comprehensive marijuana market reforms.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2137
by Representatives Cody and Harris
Concerning the nursing home payment system.
Declares an intent to: (1) Simplify the nursing home payment system through the elimination of rate add-ons;(2) Target funding to pay for quality workforce standards;(3) Correlate payments to the acuity and unique costs of the clients served; and(4) Promote a quality living environment for the increasingly medically complex population.Requires the department of social and health services to complete a study by January 1, 2019, about the impact of new increased staffing standards on resident satisfaction, worker turnover, worker satisfaction, and resident health outcomes.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2138
by Representatives Reykdal, S. Hunt, Sells, Muri, Pollet, Pettigrew, Johnson, Haler, Ormsby, Dunshee, Lytton, Walkinshaw, and Ortiz-Self
Providing cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.
Provides the same annual cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system as is provided for plan 2 and plan 3 members of those systems.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2139
by Representatives S. Hunt, Kretz, and Muri; by request of Secretary of State
Modifying presidential primary provisions.
Modifies provisions relating to the presidential primary.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2140
by Representatives Kagi, Orwall, Johnson, Walsh, Sells, Clibborn, Tarleton, Appleton, Ortiz-Self, Hargrove, Zeiger, Senn, Ormsby, Kilduff, Walkinshaw, and Goodman
Concerning good cause exceptions during permanency hearings.
Removes the expiration of certain "good cause exceptions" with regard to permanency planning hearings.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2141
by Representatives Young, Caldier, and Condotta
Dedicating revenue from civil penalties associated with tolls for crossing the Tacoma Narrows bridge to repaying debt issued to construct the bridge.
Requires civil penalties deposited into the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account that are in excess of amounts necessary to support the toll adjudication process applicable to toll collection on the Tacoma Narrows bridge to first be allocated toward paying bond obligations incurred in constructing the bridge.Repeals RCW 47.46.140 (repayment of motor vehicle fund from toll charges).
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2142
by Representatives Young and Caldier
Providing for a sufficient minimum balance to cover Tacoma Narrows bridge operating expenses.
Prohibits toll charges, other revenue, and interest deposited into the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account from being used to satisfy a requirement from the office of the state treasurer regarding a sufficient minimum balance as a contingency that would cover forty-five days of operating expenses.Authorizes the office of the state treasurer to require that a sufficient minimum balance be retained in a state account or multiple state accounts to provide a contingency that would cover forty-five days of operating expenses for the Tacoma Narrows bridge only if the office has adopted a rule, in consultation with the transportation commission, requiring such a balance.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2143
by Representatives Young, Caldier, and Condotta
Deferring the repayment of state sales and use tax on the Tacoma Narrows bridge project.
Delays the deadlines for repayment of the state sales and use taxes on the Tacoma Narrows bridge project.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2144
by Representatives Young, Caldier, and Condotta
Requiring that drivers pay only one toll on the Tacoma Narrows bridge for multiple crossings in one calendar day.
Requires the department of transportation to charge a customer only one toll for multiple crossings of the Tacoma Narrows bridge while traveling in the same vehicle in a single calendar day.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5018-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford and Ericksen)
Concerning underground artificial storage and recovery projects.
Specifies that an underground artificial storage and recovery project is deemed to comply with state water quality standards for groundwater if the following requirements are met: (1) Water stored in the project is controlled so there is a high likelihood that the quantity of water stored will be available for recovery;(2) Water stored in the project that is not recovered does not preclude groundwater from being used for beneficial uses in the future;(3) The project is protective of aquatic resources; and(4) At the point of injection, water quality for water in the project does not exceed fifty percent of the state drinking water quality standard for maximum contaminant levels or maximum residual disinfectant levels.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5043-S
by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban, Benton, and Warnick)
Providing greater small business assistance by modifying the filing threshold for excise tax purposes.
Modifies the filing threshold for excise tax purposes to provide greater small business assistance.
| Feb 12 | TRED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5065-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Frockt, Liias, McCoy, Jayapal, Keiser, Litzow, Pedersen, Darneille, McAuliffe, Hasegawa, Ranker, Billig, Kohl-Welles, and Fain)
Improving educational opportunities for homeless students through increased state-funded in-school supports, housing stability, and reporting.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to create a competitive grant process to evaluate and award state-funded three-year grants to school districts to increase identification of homeless students and the capacity of the districts to provide support, which may include education liaisons, for homeless students.Requires the department of commerce, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to administer a grant program that links homeless students and their families with stable housing located in the homeless student's school district.Makes appropriations.Provides that section 3 of this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 12 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5129-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson and Honeyford)
Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state.
Requires the department of ecology to review the Skagit river basin instream resources protection program rule to determine whether the rule has set aside sufficient water reservations to satisfy year-round human domestic needs in designated water resource inventory areas 3 and 4.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5130-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson and Benton)
Restricting marijuana producer and processor businesses from being located in certain residential and rural areas.
Prohibits the liquor control board from issuing a marijuana producer or marijuana processor license for any premises located within an area zoned for residential use or rural use with a minimum lot size of five acres.
| Feb 12 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| On motion, referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5147-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Bailey, Brown, and Rivers)
Establishing a medicaid baseline health assessment and monitoring the medicaid population's health.
Requires a baseline health status for medicaid enrollees to be determined through a mandatory assessment conducted by the service contracting entity.
| Feb 11 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5179-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Litzow, Mullet, Hobbs, and Dammeier)
Concerning paraeducators.
Addresses minimum employment standards for paraeducators who work in the learning assistance program, the federal disadvantaged program, and English language learner programs.
| Feb 12 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5209-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Padden, Schoesler, Hobbs, and Hewitt)
Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state.
Exempts from hazardous substance taxes, possession of a hazardous substance that is solely for use by a farmer or certified applicator as an agricultural crop protection product and warehoused in this state or transported to or from this state, provided that the person possessing the substance does not otherwise use, manufacture, package for sale, or sell the substance in this state.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5235-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Rivers, Angel, and Chase)
Requiring a state resident preference on competitive examinations for public employment.
Establishes the state employment resident hiring preference act.Requires state agencies that employ one hundred or more people to submit a report to the director of the office of financial management, with copies to the superintendent of public instruction and state university and college administrators. The report must include the following information: (1) The number of employees hired during the previous calendar year and hired from outside the state;(2) A list of reasons why the jobs could not be filled by a resident of this state;(3) The number of planned hires for the current year; and(4) Opportunities for internships for job types with a history of being filled by out-of-state residents.
| Feb 12 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5277-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Padden, Pedersen, Fain, Frockt, Keiser, Chase, and Fraser)
Concerning the crime of patronizing a prostitute.
Provides that patronizing a prostitute is a gross misdemeanor upon the third and any subsequent conviction within a five-year period.
| Feb 12 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5311-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Rolfes, O'Ban, Frockt, Darneille, Keiser, McCoy, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, and Jayapal)
Requiring crisis intervention training for peace officers.
Establishes the Douglas M. Ostling act.Requires the criminal justice training commission to provide crisis intervention training to new full-time law enforcement officers employed after July 1, 2017, by a general authority Washington law enforcement agency.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 12 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5316-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Rivers, Hasegawa, Brown, Frockt, Dansel, Braun, Chase, Angel, and Kohl-Welles)
Concerning privacy and security of personally identifiable student information.
Prohibits the superintendent of public instruction and employees and contractors of the superintendent, educational service districts' board of directors, employees, and contractors, and school districts' board of directors, employees, and contractors from collecting, retaining, or using in any manner, student biometric information.Requires the K-12 data governance group to: (1) Develop a detailed data security plan and procedures to govern the use and maintenance of certain data systems; and(2) Develop a model plan for school districts to use to safeguard personally identifiable student-level data at the school district level.
| Feb 12 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5339-S
by Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Rivers, Angel, Dansel, Schoesler, Becker, Warnick, Honeyford, and Parlette)
Creating a business and occupation tax deferral program for small businesses.
Authorizes a new small business to defer business and occupation taxes during the first three years of operation.
| Feb 12 | TRED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5405-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson, Dansel, and Warnick)
Creating a task force to examine land ownership by the federal government in Washington.
Creates a legislative task force on the transfer of federal lands to study the risks, options, and benefits of transferring federal lands in this state to an alternative ownership.Expires July 1, 2017.
| Feb 12 | NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5407-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson, Bailey, and Benton)
Concerning the effects of instream flow rules on water use.
Addresses the effects of instream flow rules on water use.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5437-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Fain, Billig, Rivers, Hill, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Jayapal, Habib, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Pedersen, and Conway)
Concerning breakfast after the bell programs.
Requires each high-needs school to offer breakfast after the bell to each student and provide adequate time for students to eat.Requires the state to provide, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to administer, one-time start-up allocation grants of up to six thousand dollars to each high-needs school implementing a breakfast after the bell program.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop and distribute procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this act; and(2) Dedicate staff within the office to offer training and technical and marketing assistance to public schools and school districts related to offering breakfast after the bell.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 12 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 13 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5501-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Fain, Frockt, Kohl-Welles, and Chase)
Preventing animal cruelty.
Revises animal cruelty provisions.
| Feb 12 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5509-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, and Parlette)
Concerning workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims.
Assures that the workers' compensation system will only be responsible for costs due to workplace injuries.
| Feb 12 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5554-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Hatfield, and Honeyford)
Adding a definition of streams to the shoreline management act.
Adds a definition of "streams" to the shoreline management act.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5601-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Rivers, Schoesler, and Honeyford)
Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act.
Requires the department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the state pesticide control act.
| Feb 12 | AWRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5678-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Pearson, Roach, Schoesler, and Hobbs)
Concerning public records requests for the purpose of obtaining exempted employment and licensing information.
Prohibits a party that obtains the identity of employees or volunteers from a public records request to an agency from using that information for the purpose of obtaining information that is exempt under the public records act.
| Feb 13 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5705-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen, Sheldon, Pearson, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, and Padden)
Establishing a mineral prospecting and mining advisory committee.
Requires the fish and wildlife commission to establish and maintain an advisory committee to represent the interests of small scale mineral prospectors and miners to the commission and the department of fish and wildlife on matters including but not limited to: (1) Issues relating to individual hydraulic project approval permit processing;(2) Relevant rules and proposed rule changes under chapter 77.55 RCW (construction projects in state waters); and(3) The gold and fish pamphlet.
| Feb 12 | NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5767-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Benton, Honeyford, and Fraser)
Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.
Modifies the practices and procedures of local government treasuries.
| Feb 12 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5785-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored 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 12 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6010
by Senators Parlette and Keiser
Concerning the nursing home payment system.
Declares an intent to: (1) Simplify the nursing home payment system through the elimination of rate add-ons;(2) Target funding to pay for quality workforce standards;(3) Correlate payments to the acuity and unique costs of the clients served; and(4) Promote a quality living environment for the increasingly medically complex population.Requires the department of social and health services to complete a study by January 1, 2019, about the impact of new increased staffing standards on resident satisfaction, worker turnover, worker satisfaction, and resident health outcomes.Makes appropriations.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6011
by Senators Mullet and Braun
Allowing industry members to provide alcoholic beverage retailers with credit on alcoholic beverage purchases.
Authorizes an industry member to provide purchase credit to a retailer, for up to one month, on liquor purchases from the industry member.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6012
by Senators Roach and Liias
Concerning the protection of drinking water when issuing building permits.
Requires a building permit application for a construction project costing more than five thousand dollars to include a risk assessment of possible impacts to the drinking water supply of the surrounding property owners, if the building permit application is for a structure that is outside the urban growth area and is not connected to a public sewer system.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6013
by Senators Roach, Angel, and Dammeier
Providing use tax relief for individuals who support charitable activities.
Eliminates the July 1, 2017, expiration of the use tax exemption on nonprofit fund-raising activities.Removes the dollar limits on articles of personal property eligible for the use tax exemption.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6014
by Senators Honeyford, Cleveland, Hatfield, and Chase
Changing remedies for actions under the public records act.
Provides that it is within the discretion of a court to impose a fine on a responsible agency in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for each day that a prevailing person was denied the right to inspect or copy a public record.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6015
by Senators Roach, Becker, Hargrove, Angel, Pearson, Conway, Sheldon, Hatfield, Dammeier, King, Honeyford, Schoesler, Hobbs, Ranker, and Baumgartner
Providing funding for the hunter education training program through the issuance of national rifle association special license plates.
Creates national rifle association special license plates for the enhanced support of firearm safety and education as part of the hunter education training program.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6016
by Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Benton, Angel, Schoesler, and Honeyford
Requiring explicit statutory authorization for the use of interest arbitration.
Prohibits a public employer from entering into a collective bargaining agreement that permits the use of interest arbitration as a means of resolving issues arising in collective bargaining.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6017
by Senators Liias, Conway, Fraser, McAuliffe, Chase, Kohl-Welles, and Darneille
Providing cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.
Provides the same annual cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement system as is provided for plan 2 and plan 3 members of those systems.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6018
by Senator Fain
Modifying the appointment process for trustees and the selection process for librarians of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.
Modifies rural county library district provisions relating to the appointment process for trustees and the selection process for librarians.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6019
by Senators Padden, Pedersen, Frockt, and O'Ban
Addressing adjudicative proceedings by state agencies.
Addresses state agency adjudicative proceedings with regard to ex parte communications, entry of initial and final orders, and review of initial orders.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6020
by Senators Chase and Roach
Implementing recommendations of the sunshine committee.
Implements the sunshine committee's recommendations on exemptions from disclosure with regard to: (1) A guardian ad litem's background information record that contains results of a criminal background check and the criminal history from the federal bureau of investigation;(2) Certain financial information identifiable to an individual that concerns the amount and conditions of his or her assets, liabilities, or credit;(3) Information contained in a local or regionally maintained gang database; and(4) Proprietary reports or information obtained by the Washington pollution liability insurance program director in soliciting bids from insurers.Allows participants' names, general locations, and e-mail addresses to be disclosed to other persons who apply for ride-matching services and who need that information in order to identify potential riders or drivers with whom to share rides.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6021
by Senator Roach
Requiring the voters to ratify the agreement between public hospital district No. 1 of King county and UW Medicine.
Requires a proposition to ratify the strategic alliance agreement between public hospital district No. 1 of King county and UW Medicine effective June 30, 2011, to be submitted to the voters of public hospital district No. 1 of King county at the next general election.
| Feb 17 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SJM 8007-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks (originally sponsored 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 its endangered species act and national environmental policy act 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 Puget Sound hatchery and genetic management plans.
Requests congress to provide the national oceanic and atmospheric administration fisheries with sufficient resources to expedite its endangered species act and national environmental policy act 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.
| Feb 12 | NRP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SCR 8402-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Roach, and Liias)
Establishing the Washington state commission on the evaluation of the legislature.
Creates the state commission on the evaluation of the legislature.Terminates the commission on December 31, 2016.
| Feb 12 | GOS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 13 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |