Allowing the department of corrections to provide temporary housing assistance to individuals being released from the Washington corrections center for women.

Concerning impacts from wildlife damage.

Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Reimburse a public agency for the expense of an emergency response to a collision between a motor vehicle and elk that occurs on a highway; and

Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.

Authorizes dental health aide therapist services under certain conditions.

Provides that dental health aide therapist services are eligible for medicaid funding in order to promote increased dental care access for persons served in settings operated by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.

Concerning actions for damage to real property resulting from construction, alteration, or repair on adjacent property.

Adopting the revised uniform law on notarial acts.

Adopts the revised uniform law on notarial acts.

Requiring the owner of a rental property or condominium to certify compliance with fire safety requirements prior to obtaining insurance for the premises.

Requires an insurer, before issuing or renewing a policy of insurance to the owner of commercial or residential rental property for coverage of the premises, to require the owner to certify that he or she is in compliance with fire safety requirements.

Concerning notice of relief from the duty to register.

Addresses the petition for relief from registration or exemption from notification, with regard to sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.

Providing women with timely information regarding their breast health.

Enacting the uniform voidable transactions act.

Changes the name of the uniform fraudulent transfer act to the uniform voidable transactions act.

Concerning the capital budget.

Concerning the evaluation and prioritization of capital budget projects at the public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.

Concerning the financing of local infrastructure.

Authorizes the housing finance commission to develop and implement a program to provide financing to local governments for infrastructure projects.

Concerning more efficient use of state facilities through aligning the functions of the department of enterprise services and the office of financial management, collecting additional space use data, and making technical corrections.

Aligns the functions of the department of enterprise services and the office of financial management to make more efficient use of state facilities.

Requires the office of financial management to evaluate opportunities for colocating and consolidating state facilities in the same geographic area.

Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

Removing expiration dates, obsolete dates, and an outdated statutory reference from the enforcement provisions of the underground utility damage prevention act.

Designating the revenue from the sales and use tax on feminine hygiene products to the women helping women grant program.

Establishes the women helping women act.

Creates a women helping women grant program within the department of commerce to enhance the capacity of local communities to: (1) Develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to reduce violent crimes against women; and

(2) Develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

Directs the sales and use tax for feminine hygiene products to women helping women grants to support services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and the children of victims.

Creates the women helping women account.

Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Estimate the amount of tax the general fund would lose if a tax exemption for feminine hygiene products was enacted; and

(2) Notify the state treasurer of the estimated amount.

Providing tax relief to females by exempting feminine hygiene products from retail sales and use tax.

Preventing breed-based dog regulations.

Prohibits the breed of a dog from being considered when declaring a dog dangerous or potentially dangerous.

Making 2015-2017 supplemental transportation appropriations.

Making transportation appropriations for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium.

Clarifying procedures for appointment to the Chehalis board created by chapter 194, Laws of 2016.

Concerning high hazard flammable train speed limits in certain urban areas.

Authorizes the utilities and transportation commission, and any first-class city, to adopt a limit upon the speed of a high hazard flammable train under certain circumstances.

Concerning crimes against vulnerable persons.

Increases penalties, reduces barriers to prosecution, and expands the scope of protection for vulnerable persons.

Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education.

Concerning licensing agreements and consulting contracts for licensed marijuana businesses.

Authorizes a licensed marijuana business to enter into a licensing agreement, or consulting contract, with an individual, partnership, employee cooperative, association, nonprofit corporation, or corporation.

Clarifying residency requirements for licensed marijuana businesses.

Concerning petitions for review of involuntary commitment decisions filed by an immediate family member, guardian, or conservator.

Revises the involuntary treatment act to require that: (1) A petition to the superior court for a person's initial detention be filed within ten calendar days following the designated mental health professional investigation or the request for a designated mental health professional investigation;

(2) A designated mental health professional or agency disclose the date of a designated mental health professional investigation to an immediate family member, guardian, or conservator of a person to assist in the preparation of a petition; and

(3) A designated crisis responder or agency disclose the date of a designated crisis responder investigation to an immediate family member, guardian, or conservator of a person to assist in the preparation of a petition.

Concerning the creation of a property tax exemption for spouses of military members or first responders killed in the line of duty.

Streamlining foster care licensing.

Requires the department of social and health services, when processing a child-placing agency application, to: (1) Accept scanned foster care parent applications that include an original signature electronically;

(2) Complete and return background authorization forms within thirty days;

(3) Ensure that the forms required across the state are uniform and consistent between regions;

(4) If related department forms change after the application has been received by the department, not require the applicant to resubmit information on a substantially similar form;

(5) Ensure that foster care parent applications are processed in a timely manner; and

Clarifying obligations under the involuntary treatment act.

Creating a local pathway for local governments, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to provide more high quality early learning opportunities by reducing barriers and increasing efficiency.

Requires the department of early learning to create a local pathway to high quality early learning to help local governments, school districts, nonprofit organizations, and early learning providers use additional local and/or private funds to expand access, increase quality, and extend hours for existing early care and education programs.

Concerning contributions from political committees to other political committees.

Requiring the senate committee on commerce, labor and sports to approve certain athletic department budgets.

Enhancing youth voter registration.

Allows a person who is sixteen or seventeen years old to preregister to vote at any location where voter registration occurs or through electronic means.

Requires a licensing agent to determine if an applicant wants to preregister to vote.

Enacting an excise tax on capital gains to improve the fairness of Washington's tax system and provide funding for the education legacy trust account.

Provides funding for the education legacy trust account.

Imposes a tax on individuals for the privilege of: (1) Selling or exchanging long-term capital assets; or

Investing in education and other vital public services by narrowing or eliminating tax preferences, making administrative revenue changes, and redirecting existing revenue sources.

Invests in education and other vital public services by: (1) Narrowing the use tax exemption for extracted fuel;

(2) Modifying the nonresident sales and use tax exemption;

(3) Eliminating the sales and use tax exemption for bottled water; and

Investing in education by modifying the business and occupation tax and providing small business tax relief.

Providing that a quarterly revenue forecast is due on February 20th during both a long and short legislative session year.

Concerning school directors' compensation.

Authorizing the state investment board to invest the assets of the first class cities' retirement systems.

Authorizes the state investment board to enter into agreements with the city councils or commissions of first-class cities to assume the duties of investing the retirement funds of the first-class cities' retirement systems.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 12	First reading, referred to Ways & Means.