 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 8 | ||
| SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 21, 2016 | 11th Day - 2016 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=2016.
HB 2742
by Representatives Reykdal, Muri, Bergquist, Hayes, Magendanz, Kilduff, and Rossetti
Modifying provisions applicable to library materials and associated costs in requirements governing allocations per annual average full-time equivalent student for educational materials, supplies, and operating costs.
Modifies school district provisions with regard to allocations per student for educational materials, supplies, and operating costs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2743
by Representatives Reykdal, McBride, Rossetti, Santos, and Pollet
Concerning the issuance of a Washington state high school diploma.
Requires a high school equivalency certificate, that is issued by the state board for community and technical colleges and the superintendent of public instruction, to be issued as a Washington state high school diploma.Requires the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the state board for community and technical colleges, to develop recommendations for modifying state and school district graduation rate data collection and tabulation requirements and processes to reflect the Washington state high school diplomas.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2744
by Representatives Santos, Ryu, Gregerson, and Stanford
Concerning certain cultural foods.
Requires the state board of health, in considering the adoption of rules for food service, to consider scientific data regarding time-temperature safety standards for Asian rice-based noodles and Korean rice cakes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2745
by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Cody
Modifying the authority to appoint members to a certain ferry advisory committee.
Allows the legislative authority of King county to appoint the members for the ferry advisory committee for Vashon Island if the Vashon/Maury Island community council is unable to appoint the members.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2746
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Walsh, Kagi, Senn, Frame, Kilduff, Sawyer, McBride, Goodman, Ormsby, and Tarleton
Concerning mental health and chemical dependency treatment for juvenile offenders.
Modifies the juvenile justice act with regard to court orders for residential treatment and expanding the chemical dependency disposition alternative to include mental health and co-occurring disorder treatment.Requires the costs incurred by the juvenile courts for the mental health, chemical dependency, and/or co-occurring disorder evaluations, treatment, and costs of supervision required under this act to be paid by the department of social and health services.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2747
by Representatives Scott, Young, Manweller, McCaslin, Holy, Shea, and Haler
Concerning wetlands.
Revises the definition of "wetlands" for purposes of the growth management act and the shoreline management act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2748
by Representatives Griffey, Scott, Manweller, McCaslin, Young, Buys, Holy, and Shea
Concerning the payment of attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims.
Requires the court to order a government party to pay costs and attorneys' fees to a nongovernment party in an action brought by the nongovernment party for judicial review of an administrative action or decision, when the nongovernment party proves beyond a reasonable doubt that a government party has knowingly acted contrary to law.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2749
by Representatives Kagi and Ormsby; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Extending dates concerning measuring performance and performance-based contracting of the child welfare system.
Modifies child welfare system provisions with regard to extending certain deadlines concerning performance-based contracts, child welfare demonstration sites, and duties of the department of social and health services.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2750
by Representatives Taylor, McCaslin, Shea, G. Hunt, Scott, Condotta, Young, Van Werven, Wilson, and Haler
Concerning newborn screening practices.
Requires a hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital to obtain the written consent of a parent or legal guardian before the collection of a sample blood specimen.Requires the department of health to: (1) Receive consent from the parent or guardian of a newborn infant before requiring screening tests of the newborn that is born in any setting;(2) Destroy any blood specimen no later than the date that the person who is the subject of that specimen is eighteen years old; and(3) Adopt a procedure and timetable for the destruction of blood specimens collected pursuant to chapter 70.83 RCW (phenylketonuria and other preventable heritable disorders).
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2751
by Representatives Dent, Blake, Buys, Schmick, Klippert, McCabe, Dye, Griffey, and Haler
Concerning investigations of pesticide exposure by the Washington state department of agriculture and other agencies.
Encourages the department of agriculture, the department of health, and the department of labor and industries to begin an investigation of suspected human exposure to pesticide on the same day the department learns of the suspected human exposure and requires the investigation to begin no later than forty-eight hours after the department learns of the suspected human exposure.Requires the department of agriculture, the department of health, and the department of labor and industries to agree to and designate one of the three agencies as the lead agency for each investigation of an alleged human exposure to pesticide so that people affected by the exposure or an investigation know which agency to contact.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2752
by Representatives G. Hunt, Shea, Young, Taylor, Scott, Zeiger, Klippert, Holy, and Haler
Enacting the protection of the rights of religious exercise and conscience from government discrimination act.
Establishes the protection of the rights of religious exercise and conscience from government discrimination act.Prohibits the state from taking any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that the person believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2753
by Representatives G. Hunt, Young, Taylor, Shea, and Scott
Requiring secrecy flaps for ballot envelopes.
Requires the return ballot envelope provided by the county auditor to include a secrecy flap that the voter can seal to cover the voter's signature and telephone number.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2754
by Representatives Van Werven, Hargrove, Buys, and Griffey
Restricting the use of funds for grants to organizations that provide elective abortions.
Prohibits the state from providing benefits or services to permit a woman to voluntarily terminate her pregnancy, except when the abortion is medically necessary.Prohibits the secretary of the department of health from entering into contracts, distributing grants, or directing funds to an organization that provides elective abortions.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2755
by Representatives Zeiger, Pollet, Haler, Springer, Muri, and Hickel; by request of Council of Presidents
Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
Authorizes an institution of higher education to: (1) Working with the arts commission, expend up to ten percent of the projected art allocation for a project during the design phase in order to select an artist and design art to be integrated in the building design; and(2) Develop independent training or certification programs, or both, to ensure consistency in procurement practices for employees authorized to perform procurement functions.Creates administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2756
by Representative Haler
Providing an exemption from the false academic credential law for doctorate degrees awarded by a religious institution.
Exempts the following from the definition of "false academic credential": Doctorate degrees issued by a religious seminary, institute, college, or university whose certificate, diplomas, or degrees clearly identify the religious character of the educational program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2757
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Muri, Kilduff, Fey, Stokesbary, Jinkins, Goodman, Tarleton, and Hickel
Directing state transportation projects to include evaluation under the state environmental policy act of impacts to public transportation.
Requires a transportation project proposed by the department of transportation to evaluate environmental impacts under the state environmental policy act to the public transit operations of a transit authority.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2758
by Representatives Fey, Muri, Kilduff, Stambaugh, Farrell, Stokesbary, Rossetti, and Bergquist
Requiring the use of an ordinance to advise the county governing body of a city's preliminary intent regarding inclusion or exclusion from a public transportation benefit area.
Requires a city to use an ordinance adopted by the legislative body of that city when advising the county governing body of its desire to be included or excluded from a transportation benefit area.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2759
by Representatives Wylie, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Rossetti, Kilduff, and Stanford
Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.
Provides property tax relief to senior citizens, disabled persons, and veterans.Establishes a mechanism for adjusting income thresholds into the future.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2760
by Representatives Manweller, Springer, Zeiger, and Hickel
Modifying who is eligible for relocation assistance for tenants of closed or converted mobile home parks.
Addresses mobile home relocation assistance.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2761
by Representatives Clibborn, Orcutt, and Fey
Modifying the business and occupation tax credit for alternative fuel commercial vehicles.
Revises alternative fuel commercial vehicle provisions regarding the business and occupation tax credit.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2762
by Representatives Fey, Clibborn, and Manweller
Modifying certain vehicle filing and service fees and fee distributions.
Increases the filing fees for vehicle registration applications and for certificate of title applications.Increases the service fees collected by the department of licensing, the county auditor, or other agents.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2763
by Representatives Fey and McBride
Using the state environmental policy act to encourage development that is consistent with forward-looking growth plans.
Changes the time frame in which a proposed development may not be challenged in administrative or judicial appeals for noncompliance with the state environmental policy act.Authorizes money in the growth management planning and environmental review fund to be used to cover costs associated with the adoption of optional elements of comprehensive plans consistent with provisions of the state environmental policy act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2764
by Representatives Jinkins, Chandler, Gregerson, Johnson, Appleton, and Senn
Clarifying public defense fund distributions.
Provides that, each fiscal year, nine hundred thousand dollars of the revenue generated by the 2015 supreme court order to increase the base traffic infraction fines is for the office of public defense.Requires the office of public defense to distribute fifty percent of those funds to counties and fifty percent to cities, according to the requirements in sections 3 and 4 of this act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2765
by Representatives Kretz, Moscoso, Griffey, Hayes, and Holy
Clarifying the limited authority of park rangers.
Addresses the police powers of the parks and recreation commission and its designated employees.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2766
by Representatives Harmsworth, Vick, Manweller, Springer, and Zeiger
Concerning the maintenance of certificates of title for manufactured homes.
Authorizes the department of licensing, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director of the department of licensing to issue a temporary certificate of title for a manufactured home and withhold issuance of a new certificate of title or require a bond as a condition of issuing a new certificate of title if the department is not satisfied: (1) As to the ownership of the manufactured home; or(2) That there are no undisclosed security interests in the manufactured home.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2767
by Representatives Walsh, Kagi, Kilduff, Schmick, and Dye
Defining and using the term center-based services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Provides a definition for "center-based services" for purposes of Title 71A RCW (developmental disabilities).
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2768
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Tharinger, Jinkins, Harris, and Robinson
Addressing taxes and service charges on certain qualified stand-alone dental plans offered in the individual or small group markets.
Addresses qualified stand-alone dental plans offered in the individual or small group markets with regard to taxes and service charges.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2769
by Representatives Senn, Zeiger, Bergquist, Haler, Reykdal, Frame, Rossetti, Kilduff, and Goodman
Creating a pilot program for community and technical colleges to offer bachelor degrees.
Increases access to bachelor degrees through expansion of upper-division capacity and the creation of bachelor degree programs at community and technical colleges on a pilot basis.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to select up to five community or technical colleges to develop and offer programs of study leading to bachelor degrees in high-demand fields of study.Authorizes a college to submit an application to the state board to become a pilot college.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2770
by Representatives Hayes, Bergquist, Goodman, and Griffey
Creating uniformity in driver training education provided by public and private entities.
Requires all driver training education curriculum and instructors to be licensed and regulated by the department of licensing.Changes the name of a traffic safety education course to a driver training education course.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2771
by Representatives Bergquist and Johnson
Concerning public hospital district contracts for material and work.
Removes language that disallowed public hospital district contracts from being let in excess of the estimated cost of the materials or work.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2772
by Representatives Johnson and Bergquist
Concerning job order contracts by public hospital districts.
Authorizes public hospital districts with total revenues greater than fifteen million dollars per year to award job order contracts and use the job order contracting procedure.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2773
by Representatives Klippert, Appleton, Haler, Hayes, Dent, and Nealey
Repealing the warrant authority of coroners.
Requires the coroner, if a jury finds that a person was killed and the party committing the homicide is ascertained by the inquisition but is not in custody, to deliver, to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the inquest was held, the findings of the jury and all documents, testimony, and records generated, possessed, or used during the inquest.Eliminates the warrant authority of coroners.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2774
by Representatives Riccelli, Zeiger, and Ormsby
Concerning the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles near certain airports.
Prohibits the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle within five miles of an airport with over two million total passengers annually, unless certain conditions are met.Requires a person, authorized to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, to, at all times during the operation, maintain on his or her person documentation of any waiver, exemption, authorization, or consent permitting the operation.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2775
by Representatives Klippert, Appleton, Haler, Hayes, and Dent
Concerning coroners and medical examiners regarding death investigations.
Addresses the moving, disturbance, or molestation of, and the interference with, human remains coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2776
by Representatives Klippert and Hayes
Clarifying the authority of officers to restrain children when necessary.
Allows the use, attempt, or offer to use force upon or toward the person of another when reasonably used by a person acting in his or her official capacity as a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or school security officer to restrain a person under the age of eighteen if doing so is necessary to prevent the person from endangering the physical safety of himself or herself, the officer, or another person, or from damaging real or personal property.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2777
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, and Clibborn
Providing an alternative to Initiative Measure No. 732.
Provides a placeholder for an alternative to Initiative Measure No. 732.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2778
by Representatives Fey, Orcutt, Clibborn, McBride, Moscoso, Hickel, Stambaugh, Bergquist, Tharinger, and Tarleton
Modifying retail sales and use tax exemption criteria for certain clean alternative fuel vehicles.
Extends the existing sales and use tax exemption on certain clean alternative fuel vehicles.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2779
by Representatives Kilduff, Magendanz, Pollet, Stanford, Lytton, and Rossetti
Regarding competitive bid procedures for school districts.
Requires the contract of a school district for the building, improvement, repair, or other public works project to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2780
by Representatives Young, Bergquist, Stambaugh, Kilduff, Hargrove, Zeiger, and Hickel
Making higher education more affordable by providing incentives for the use of open source instructional materials.
Establishes the textbook affordability via open sourcing act.Provides a business and occupation tax credit and a public utility tax credit for a person that provides open source instructional material, at no cost, to a private or public institution of higher education that is used in lieu of other instructional materials for any course of study offered at the institution.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2781
by Representatives Harris, Cody, Senn, and Moeller
Requiring the Washington state board of massage to adopt rules to allow approved massage programs to establish transfer programs.
Requires the state board of massage to adopt rules to allow massage programs that are approved by the board to establish transfer programs that accept an individual's credits or clock hours from schools that have not been approved by the board.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2782
by Representatives Klippert, Dent, and Griffey
Concerning the use of facilities segregated by gender.
Establishes the Washington gender privacy protection act.Addresses the entry and/or use of public or private facilities when the facility has been segregated by gender.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2783
by Representatives Springer, Stokesbary, Reykdal, Vick, Robinson, Orcutt, Johnson, and Wilson
Specifying the documentation that must be provided to determine when sales tax applies to the sale of a motor vehicle to an enrolled tribal member.
Provides that the sales and use tax applies when a retail vehicle dealer makes a sale of a vehicle to an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in the state, unless the seller: (1) Is provided certain information by the buyer; and(2) Delivers the vehicle to the buyer at a location on a reservation of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2784
by Representatives Shea, Rodne, Manweller, Klippert, Haler, Schmick, McCaslin, and Griffey
Concerning the state supreme court.
Establishes the we want a constitutional court act.Changes the number of supreme court judges from nine to five.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2785
by Representatives Shea, Short, Schmick, Taylor, Scott, and McCaslin
Ensuring that restrictions on the use of solid fuel burning devices do not prohibit the installation or replacement of solid fuel burning devices or the use of these devices during temporary outages of other sources of heat.
Authorizes a person to install, repair, or replace an approved or certified solid fuel burning device in a residence or commercial establishment.Authorizes the burning of solid fuel in a solid fuel burning device, regardless of whether a burn ban has been called, if there is an emergency power outage.Requires a nonprevailing petitioner that challenges the use of a solid fuel burning device in an emergency power outage to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in opposing the challenge to the use of the solid fuel burning device during the emergency power outage.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2786
by Representatives Shea and Orcutt
Removing the requirement for majority legislative approval of fee increases from the contingency provisions of the sales tax rate decrease created by Initiative Measure No. 1366.
Removes the requirement for majority legislative approval of fee increases from the contingency provisions of the sales tax rate decrease created by Initiative Measure No. 1366.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2787
by Representatives Shea, McCaslin, Griffey, and Haler
Eliminating unnecessary laws.
Authorizes certain codified laws and administrative laws to be brought before the legislature and removed from current law and repealed by a constitutional majority vote of both the house of representatives and the senate.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2788
by Representatives Shea and McCaslin
Identifying water rights for municipal water supply purposes.
Expands the definition of "municipal water supply purposes," for purposes of this act, to include irrigation or agricultural irrigation purpose of use water rights, and dairy purpose of use water rights, held or acquired by a municipal water supplier.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2789
by Representatives Hurst and Kochmar
Creating a testamentary privilege for alcohol or drug addiction recovery sponsors.
Prohibits an individual who acts as a sponsor providing guidance, emotional support, and counseling in an individualized manner to a person participating in an alcohol or drug addiction recovery fellowship from testifying in a civil action or proceeding about any communication made by the sponsee to the individual except with the written authorization of the sponsee or, in the case of death or disability, the sponsee's personal representative.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2790
by Representatives Walsh, Kilduff, Nealey, Kagi, Senn, Zeiger, Sawyer, Schmick, Dye, McBride, Pollet, Haler, Walkinshaw, and Tarleton
Concerning employment and community access services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires the department of social and health services to use the same algorithm to determine the number of hours that clients with developmental disabilities receive for employment and community access services.Addresses the exception to the requirement that a client participate in an employment program for nine months before transitioning to a community access program.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2791
by Representatives Pettigrew, Goodman, Moscoso, Senn, Frame, Stanford, Santos, and Walkinshaw
Creating the Washington statewide reentry council.
Creates the Washington statewide reentry council within the department of commerce for the purpose of promoting successful reentry of offenders after incarceration.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a performance audit of the council every six years.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of programs aimed at assisting offenders with reentering the community after incarceration.Exempts the executive director of the Washington statewide reentry council from the state civil service law.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2792
by Representatives Magendanz, Stokesbary, and Wilson
Shortening the period of time in which the department of revenue must process unclaimed property applications.
Shortens the length of time, from ninety days to thirty days, in which the department of revenue must process unclaimed property applications.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2793
by Representatives Orwall, Blake, Kretz, Sullivan, Cody, Jinkins, Kagi, Goodman, Ormsby, Tharinger, Rossetti, and Reykdal
Providing for suicide awareness and prevention education for safer homes.
Creates the safe homes task force to raise public awareness and increase suicide prevention education among new partners who are in key positions to help reduce suicide.Requires Forefront at the University of Washington school of social work to administer and staff the task force and convene the initial meeting of the task force.Requires the department of health to develop and administer a safe homes project to provide financial incentives to firearms dealers to encourage participation in a program to implement suicide awareness and prevention strategies.Provides a business and occupation tax credit for a licensed firearms dealer that is certified as a safe homes partner.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to update the pamphlet to incorporate information on suicide awareness and prevention.Requires a licensed pharmacist or a person holding a retired active pharmacist license to complete a one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.Requires the schools of pharmacy at the University of Washington and Washington State University to convene a work group to jointly develop a curriculum on suicide assessment, treatment, and management for pharmacy students.Requires the department of health and the pharmacy quality assurance commission to jointly develop written materials on suicide awareness and prevention that pharmacies can post or distribute to customers.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2794
by Representative Orwall
Addressing initial detention determinations by designated mental health professionals.
Requires a designated mental health professional to conduct an evaluation and make an initial detention determination in every case in which a person is taken into custody by a peace officer and certain criteria apply.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2795
by Representatives Kirby, Muri, and Kilduff
Concerning tax relief for the construction of adapted housing for disabled veterans.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption to an eligible purchaser of materials and labor with respect to the construction of adapted housing if the eligible purchaser and the United States department of veterans affairs or other federal agency place the payment in full or in part for the adapted housing project into an escrow account, from which reimbursement is paid directly to the seller.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2796
by Representatives Van Werven, Lytton, Stambaugh, Bergquist, Hargrove, Haler, Zeiger, Kilduff, Young, Stanford, Buys, Wilson, and Tarleton
Providing students with the costs of required course materials during registration.
Requires community and technical colleges to indicate the cost of required textbooks or other course material to students in the course description during the registration process.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2797
by Representative Santos
Concerning communication, visitation, and interaction involving incapacitated persons.
Prohibits a guardian or limited guardian from restricting an incapacitated person's right to communicate, visit, or interact with other persons unless specifically authorized by court order.Authorizes the court, upon a guardian or limited guardian's motion and a showing of good cause, to enter an order allowing restrictions to be placed on an incapacitated person's ability to communicate, visit, or interact with another person.Requires a guardian or limited guardian to promptly inform any relatives entitled to notice of proceedings and any other person designated by the incapacitated person if the incapacitated person: (1) Changes residence or is staying at a location other than his or her residence;(2) Has been admitted to a medical facility for emergency care in response to a life-threatening injury or medical condition, or for acute care; or(3) Dies, in which case the notification must be made in person or by telephone.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2798
by Representatives Robinson, Walkinshaw, Jinkins, Riccelli, Goodman, Ormsby, and Tarleton
Concerning mitigation of the adverse impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Establishes the sugar-sweetened beverages safety warning act.Prohibits a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale a sugar-sweetened beverage in a sealed container, a multipack of sugar-sweetened beverages in sealed containers, or a syrup or powder in packaging that is intended for retail sale unless the container or packaging bears a specific safety warning.Requires every person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls the premises where a vending machine or beverage dispensing machine is located, or where a sugar-sweetened beverage is sold in an unsealed container, to place a safety warning in certain locations.Requires the department of health to develop and conduct a retailer outreach and education program designed to inform businesses about the requirements of this act and provide retailers with examples of compliant safety warnings.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2799
by Representatives McBride, Robinson, Zeiger, Ormsby, Gregerson, Orwall, Goodman, Tharinger, Tarleton, and Appleton
Concerning the sale of manufactured/mobile home communities.
Addresses the sale of manufactured/mobile home communities.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2800
by Representative Haler
Correcting a double amendment concerning county legislative authorities.
Corrects a double amendment regarding regular meetings and joint regular meetings of county legislative authorities.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2801
by Representatives Hansen, Haler, Hudgins, Stanford, Ortiz-Self, Santos, Pollet, Walkinshaw, and Tarleton
Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students.
Expands higher education opportunities for certain students.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4213
by Representatives Shea, Orcutt, Hargrove, Griffey, and Haler
Requiring the referral of a constitutional amendment that requires a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases, legislative approval for fee increases, and removes the advisory vote requirement for tax increases.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases and legislative approval for fee increases and removing the advisory vote requirement for tax increases.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HJR 4214
by Representatives Shea, Orcutt, Hargrove, Griffey, and Haler
Requiring the referral of a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for tax increases.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 6408
by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Litzow, Hobbs, Mullet, Benton, Rolfes, Frockt, and Conway
Concerning paraeducators.
Specifies the minimum employment standards for a paraeducator who works in the special education program, the basic education program, the learning assistance program, the federal disadvantaged program, and English language learner programs.Requires the professional educator standards board to design and implement a training program for teachers and principals as it relates to their role working with paraeducators.Provides the requirements for obtaining a paraeducator associate of arts degree.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study on the effectiveness of paraeducators in improving student outcomes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6409
by Senators Bailey, Frockt, Braun, Becker, Carlyle, and Chase; by request of Council of Presidents
Creating administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
Authorizes an institution of higher education to: (1) Working with the arts commission, expend up to ten percent of the projected art allocation for a project during the design phase in order to select an artist and design art to be integrated in the building design; and(2) Develop independent training or certification programs, or both, to ensure consistency in procurement practices for employees authorized to perform procurement functions.Creates administrative efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 6410
by Senators Hewitt and Warnick
Requiring periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees.
Requires periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6411
by Senators Angel, Bailey, Rivers, Becker, Warnick, and Padden
Expanding the eligibility of certain representatives and transferees to serve as directors, officers, and shareholders of professional service corporations.
Modifies professional service corporation provisions with regard to eligibility requirements of representatives and transferees to serve as directors, officers, and shareholders.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6412
by Senators Hewitt and Schoesler
Modifying the penalty for taxpayers that do not submit an annual survey or report.
Modifies penalties for taxpayers who fail to submit an annual survey or report.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6413
by Senators Mullet, Benton, Pedersen, and Frockt
Modifying residential landlord-tenant act provisions relating to tenant screening, evictions, and refunds.
Addresses tenant screening, evictions, and deposit or security refunds under the residential landlord-tenant act.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. | |
SB 6414
by Senators Rolfes, Pearson, Warnick, and Angel
Concerning hatchery management agreements.
Addresses the requirements in becoming a partner in the operation and management of state-owned salmonid hatcheries.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6415
by Senators Rolfes, Rivers, Parlette, Cleveland, Bailey, Jayapal, McAuliffe, Ranker, Warnick, Angel, Benton, and Hasegawa
Concerning career and technical education materials, supplies, and operating costs.
Addresses career and technical education materials, supplies, and operating costs.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6416
by Senators Liias, Fain, Rolfes, Rivers, King, Billig, Parlette, Mullet, Pearson, Habib, Sheldon, Roach, Hobbs, Darneille, Benton, and Conway
Creating firefighter memorial special license plates.
Creates firefighter memorial special license plates to organize, finance, fund, construct, utilize, and maintain a memorial on the state capitol grounds to honor fallen firefighters and provide support and assistance to survivors and families of fallen firefighters in the state.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6417
by Senators Pearson and Roach
Adding certain commissioned court marshals of city police departments to the definition of uniformed personnel for the purpose of public employees' collective bargaining.
Revises the definition of "uniformed personnel," for purposes of public employees' collective bargaining, to include certain commissioned court marshals of city police departments.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6418
by Senators Ranker, Rolfes, Nelson, Hargrove, Liias, Carlyle, Billig, Pedersen, Darneille, Keiser, Frockt, McCoy, Habib, Chase, Hasegawa, and Conway
Concerning oil transportation safety.
Addresses oil transportation safety.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6419
by Senators Ranker, Nelson, Rolfes, Frockt, and Chase
Concerning air pollution emission control devices.
Prohibits a motor vehicle manufacturer from falsely certifying that the vehicles it produces meet applicable emission standards or otherwise misrepresent that the vehicles meet applicable emission standards.Prescribes penalties, places the entire responsibility for correcting the failures on the vehicle manufacturer, and provides full compensation to the vehicle owners for their damages.Creates the motor vehicle emission control subaccount of the air pollution control account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6420
by Senators Roach and Takko
Modifying certain land capacity review and evaluation requirements.
Modifies the growth management act with regard to land capacity review and evaluation requirements.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6421
by Senators Ranker, Becker, McAuliffe, and Mullet
Authorizing the use of epinephrine autoinjector devices through collaborative agreements.
Authorizes an eligible entity to purchase, acquire, possess, and use epinephrine autoinjector devices pursuant to a collaborative agreement with an emergency health care provider.Requires the department of health to establish or approve a training course on the use of epinephrine autoinjector devices.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6422
by Senators Miloscia and Chase
Creating an affordable housing for all program.
Establishes the Washington affordable housing for all act.Creates the state affordable housing for all program within the department of commerce with the goal a decent, appropriate, and affordable home in a healthy, safe environment for every very low-income household in the state by 2026.Requires each county to: (1) Convene a county affordable housing task force; and(2) Direct the task force to prepare and recommend to its county legislative authority a county affordable housing for all plan for its jurisdictional area.Requires the department of commerce to contract with the employment security department to annually establish two self-sufficiency income standards.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 6423
by Senators Miloscia, Braun, Schoesler, Brown, Roach, Sheldon, and Benton
Improving state budgeting through zero-based budget reviews.
Establishes the zero-based budget review process to provide more thorough analysis of the programs and services provided by state agencies and to better prioritize the expenditure of public resources.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Accountability & Reform. | |
SB 6424
by Senators Miloscia, Braun, Schoesler, Brown, and Roach
Expanding the subjects to be covered in annual self-assessments performed by state agencies under the quality management statute and requiring the results of such assessments to be conveyed to the legislature.
Requires large agencies, those with five hundred or more full-time equivalent staff who execute business by means of semi-autonomous operating division, branch, or institution, to conduct a yearly assessment of its quality management, accountability, and performance system and report the results for each division, branch, and institution.Requires the governor to include the following in his annual report to the citizens and the legislature on the performance of state agency programs: Lawsuit payments, leadership, regulatory efficiency, transparency, ethics, worker death or injury, and client death or injury.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Accountability & Reform. | |
SB 6425
by Senators Hewitt, Fraser, Roach, Parlette, Mullet, Hobbs, Rivers, Takko, McCoy, Liias, Warnick, Ericksen, Rolfes, Darneille, Habib, Sheldon, Chase, Hasegawa, and Conway
Concerning gradually increasing the local government share of excess liquor revenues until the percentage-based method for distributions is restored.
Declares an intent to: (1) Remove the statutory cap on excess liquor revenues and gradually return the distributions to cities and counties to the percentage amounts before Initiative Measure No. 1183; and(2) Restore the previous funding percentages based on a phased-in approach, over several years.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6426
by Senators Conway, Dammeier, Takko, Becker, Mullet, Sheldon, and Chase
Allowing schools to be sited as essential public facilities outside an urban growth area.
Requires the comprehensive plan of each county and city that is planning under the growth management act to identify schools as essential public facilities outside the urban growth area.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Security. | |
SB 6427
by Senators Fain, Hargrove, Keiser, Honeyford, Rolfes, and Roach
Specifying the documentation that must be provided to determine when sales tax applies to the sale of a motor vehicle to an enrolled tribal member.
Provides that the sales and use tax applies when a retail vehicle dealer makes a sale of a vehicle to an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in the state, unless the seller: (1) Is provided certain information by the buyer; and(2) Delivers the vehicle to the buyer at a location on a reservation of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6428
by Senator King
Authorizing the freight mobility strategic investment board to remove funding allocation for projects after a certain number of years without construction occurring.
Authorizes the freight mobility strategic investment board to remove a project from consideration after six years for certain reasons.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6429
by Senators McAuliffe and Litzow
Creating the sandman act.
Establishes the sandman act.Requires public schools, beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, to start one hour later than the time they started in the 2015-2016 school year.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6430
by Senators Parlette, Darneille, O'Ban, and Conway
Providing continuity of care for recipients of medical assistance during periods of incarceration.
Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Suspend, rather than terminate, medical assistance benefits by July 1, 2017, for persons who are incarcerated; and(2) Collaborate with the department of social and health services, the Washington state association of counties, and accountable communities of health to improve population health and reduce avoidable use of intensive services and settings by requesting expenditure authority from the federal government to provide behavioral health services to persons who are incarcerated in local jails.Requires the department of social and health services and the state health care authority to publish written guidance and provide trainings to behavioral health organizations, managed care organizations, and behavioral health providers related to how they can provide outreach, assistance, transition planning, and rehabilitation case management reimbursable under federal law to persons who are incarcerated, involuntarily hospitalized, or in the process of transitioning out of one of these services.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. | |
SB 6431
by Senators Mullet, Litzow, Billig, and Fain
Requiring a study of costs associated with maternity and paternity leave for K-12 teachers.
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) Conduct an analysis of the costs and impacts associated with maternity and paternity leave for K-12 certificated classroom teachers; and(2) With assistance from the state institute for public policy, also analyze the impact of state-funded maternity and paternity leave on increasing recruitment and retention of teachers.Expires August 1, 2017.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6432
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Fain, Dammeier, Mullet, Carlyle, and Darneille
Making provisions to evaluate student mental health services and provide students with skills that promote mental health and well-being and increase academic performance.
Requires each educational service district to develop and maintain the capacity to serve as a convener, trainer, and mentor for educators, administrators, and other school district staff on social and emotional learning.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct an inventory of the mental health service models available to students through schools, school districts, and educational service districts.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6433
by Senators Bailey, Angel, Becker, Brown, Braun, Warnick, and Rolfes
Authorizing the forfeiture of the pension of a public employee convicted of a felony for misconduct associated with such person's service as a public employee.
Requires a court, if a member of a state retirement system or plan is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to an offense that is a class 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 felony that was committed in the course of, or was related to, the member's employment as a public official or public employee, to order the person's membership terminated and the person shall forfeit all rights and benefits earned under the state retirement system or plan.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6434
by Senators Bailey, Angel, Becker, Miloscia, Braun, Warnick, and Roach
Garnishing public pensions to pay for the costs of incarceration of a public employee convicted of a felony for misconduct associated with such person's service as a public employee.
Addresses the department of retirement systems' compliance with an order to garnish up to fifty percent of the gross monthly benefit for costs of incarceration, probation, parole, or restitution imposed on a member, former member, or retiree as a result of a conviction of or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to the commission of a felony for misconduct associated with the person's service as a public employee for which credit in the plan was earned or accrued, for felonies committed on or after July 1, 2015.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6435
by Senators Bailey, Schoesler, Miloscia, Angel, Roach, Becker, and Parlette
Creating optional salary deferral programs.
Creates optional salary deferral programs.Creates the money-purchase retirement savings principal account.Creates the money-purchase retirement savings administrative account.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6436
by Senator Ericksen
Concerning dredged materials.
Revises the model toxics control act to facilitate the disposal of contaminated dredged sediments.Declares it is the policy of the state to encourage commerce and navigation by facilitating the use of aquatic land dredged material disposal sites on state-owned aquatic lands consistent with other environmental permitting and authorization processes.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6437
by Senators Roach, O'Ban, Schoesler, Warnick, Brown, Honeyford, and Benton
Detecting and deterring dangerous drone operations near correctional facilities.
Requires the department of corrections to acquire and use technology to detect and deter drone operations near, over, or within correctional facilities.Allows the department of corrections to authorize, upon receipt of a request, specific drone operations at or near correctional facilities where there is a clear public interest or benefit and the drone operations are conducted safely in accordance with federal regulations.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6438
by Senators Schoesler and Hargrove
Concerning improvements to tax and licensing laws administered by the department of revenue.
Addresses the department of revenue's administration of tax and licensing laws regarding: (1) Real estate excise tax exemption for inheritance transfers;(2) Pet adoption fees;(3) Automated sales suppression devices and phantom-ware;(4) Annual surveys and reports for tax preferences;(5) Private school bus operators;(6) Estate tax return filing relief;(7) Clarification that licensing information may not be disclosed for commercial purposes;(8) Background investigations; and(9) Revision of the date by which the department of revenue is required to provide estimates of the amount of public forestland that is available for timber harvesting.
| Jan 20 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |