Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

Authorizing funeral planning and funeral services as noninsurance benefits under group life and disability insurance policies.

Prohibiting regulation of the amount of rent for commercial properties.

Creating an exemption from the intents and affidavits requirements when paying prevailing wages.

Identifying certain water rights held by municipal water suppliers as water rights available for municipal water supply purposes.

Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential areas.

Authorizes amendments to the uniform building code that: (1) Eliminate any minimum gross floor area requirement for single-family detached dwellings; or

Promoting the completion of environmental impact statements within two years.

Reducing the penalty for possession of controlled substances.

Allowing for more than one vacation of a misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor conviction.

Amending the schedule for updates to the comprehensive plan of Kitsap county.

Concerning breed-based dog regulations.

Authorizing tribal court judges to solemnize marriages.

Authorizing home production of recreational marijuana.

Allows the possession of no more that six marijuana plants and up to twenty-four ounces of useable marijuana harvested from lawfully grown plants if the person in possession is at least twenty-one years old.

Clarifying legal financial obligation provisions.

Concerning medical marijuana patients and their employers.

Revises the medical use of cannabis act to prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a qualifying patient, discharging or barring a qualifying patient from employment, or discriminating against a qualifying patient in compensation or other terms and conditions of employment because of the qualifying patient's: (1) Status as a qualifying patient; or

Concerning antifreeze products.

Removing the limit on the total number of marijuana retail outlets that may be licensed.

Eliminates the limit on the total number of marijuana retail outlets that may be licensed or medical marijuana endorsements that may be issued in the state or in any county, city, or town.

Concerning tribal consultation regarding hunting rights and activities.

Authorizes the governing body of any tribal government of a tribe with federally recognized hunting rights within the state to request a consultation with the governor and the fish and wildlife commission regarding a specific fish and wildlife department policy, rule, or action that affects tribal hunting rights.

Requires the governor to convene a meeting within thirty days of receiving the request.

Establishing a process for qualifying patients age eighteen and over and designated providers to purchase their lawful marijuana plants and seeds from marijuana retailers with a medical marijuana endorsement.

Addressing local governments' unofficial moratoria on state-licensed marijuana retail outlets.

Concerning concealed pistol license renewal notices.

Requires the department of licensing, approximately ninety days before a concealed pistol license expiration date, to mail a renewal notice to the licensee.

Simplifying the population growth criteria for planning required by the growth management act.

Concerning technology-enhanced government surveillance.

Prohibits a state agency from procuring an extraordinary sensing device unless money is expressly appropriated by the legislature for that specific purpose.

Concerning the transfer of federal land to the state.

Establishes the transfer of public lands act.

Creates the joint select committee on the transfer of public lands to: (1) Prepare certain proposed legislation, with guidance from other interested parties and stakeholders, including creating a public lands commission; and

Concerning unlawful entry onto private property.

Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees.

Requires the utilities and transportation commission to: (1) Regulate persons providing contract railroad crew transportation and contract crew hauling vehicles with respect to the safety of equipment, driver qualifications, insurance, and safety of operations;

(2) Compile data regarding reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving passenger-carrying vehicles; and

Regulating water pollution discharges from motorized mineral prospecting activities.

Eliminating the term "branch" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education.

Addressing controlled substances trafficking investigations pursuant to the privacy act.

Supporting victims of sexual assault.

Creates the Washington sexual assault initiative pilot project within the office of the attorney general to provide funding to support multidisciplinary community response teams engaged in seeking a just resolution to sexual assault cases resulting from evidence found in previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits.

Creates the joint legislative task force on sexual assault forensic examination best practices to: (1) Review best practice models for managing all aspects of sexual assault examinations; and

(2) Reduce the number of untested sexual assault examination kits that were collected.

Requires the criminal justice training commission to provide training for persons responsible for investigating sexual assault cases involving adult victims.

Levies a four-dollar fee upon the admission to a sexually oriented live adult entertainment establishment.

Concerning the slaughter of horses and other equines for human consumption.

Prohibits a person from: (1) Slaughtering a horse if the person knows or should know that the meat from the slaughtered animal is intended to be used for human consumption; and

Concerning DNA biological samples.

Provides that this act may be known and cited as Jennifer and Michella's law.

Finds that: (1) The state has routinely required collection of DNA biological samples from certain convicted offenders and persons required to register as sex and kidnapping offenders; and

Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

Concerning gradually increasing the local government share of excess liquor revenues until the percentage-based method for distributions is restored.

Exempting certain leasehold interests in performing arts facilities or arenas from the leasehold excise tax.

Exempts from leasehold excise taxes, leasehold interests in the public or entertainment areas of a performing arts facility or arena if the facility or arena has a seating capacity of more than two thousand and is located on property that is owned by a city and: (1) Was formerly the site of a World's Fair; or

Concerning paraeducators.

Provides 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 school districts to begin implementing the paraeducator certification for paraeducators working in the 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.

Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study on the effectiveness of paraeducators in improving student outcomes.

Implementing family and medical leave insurance.

Allows workers to: (1) Care for family members with a serious health condition or to recover from their own serious health condition; and

(2) Deal with exigencies arising out of the military service of a family member.

Requires the employment security department to: (1) Establish and administer a family and medical leave insurance program; and

(2) Pay family and medical leave insurance benefits.

Addressing health care services balance billing.

Establishes the balance billing protection act to provide for the protection of consumers against balance billing for emergency and other health care services when: (1) Emergency health care services are provided to a covered person; or

Concerning immunity from civil liability for damage or injury that results from the entry of a vehicle to render assistance.

Equalizing differences in the distillery and winery industries by authorizing certain sales of spirits carrying a private label exclusive to a restaurant or private club that is a licensed spirits retailer.

Concerning the regulatory fairness act.

Provides that the regulatory fairness act does not apply to the adoption of a rule if an agency is able to demonstrate that the proposed rule does not affect small businesses.

Requires a proposing agency to consider mitigation options if a proposed rule affects only small businesses.

Requires the office of regulatory assistance to: (1) Act as the central entity to collaborate with and provide support to state agencies to assist agencies in meeting the requirements of the regulatory fairness act;

(2) Conduct extemporaneous reviews of agency compliance with the regulatory fairness act; and

Concerning the frequency of Puget Sound action agenda implementation strategy and science work plan updates.

Protecting public safety through responsible storage of firearms.

Addresses community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the first and second degree.

Concerning tourism marketing.

Establishes the statewide tourism marketing act.

Creates the Washington tourism marketing authority to act as a business management organization on behalf of the citizens of the state to manage financial resources and contract for statewide tourism marketing services.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct an evaluation of the performance of the authority to determine the extent to which the authority has contributed to the growth of the tourism industry and economic development of the state.

Addressing marijuana-infused edible product packaging and labeling requirements.

Limiting the total number of retail marijuana licenses that may be held by a retailer and co-owners.

Establishing a deadline for the use and implementation of a marijuana retail license by a licensee.

Concerning the licensing of marijuana-related businesses involving a partnership, employee cooperative, association, nonprofit corporation, corporation, business entity, or nonprofit entity.

Addresses licenses for producing, processing, researching, transporting, delivering, or selling marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana-infused products with regard to marijuana-related businesses involving a partnership, employee cooperative, association, nonprofit corporation, corporation, business entity, or nonprofit entity.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 11	First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).