WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 17

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
Wednesday, February 1, 201724th Day - 2017 Regular Session

SENATE
SB 5596SB 5597SB 5598SB 5599SB 5600SB 5601SB 5602
SB 5603SB 5604SB 5605SB 5606SB 5607SB 5608SB 5609
SB 5610SB 5611SB 5612SB 5613SB 5614SB 5615SB 5616
SB 5617
HOUSE
HB 1046-SHB 1097-SHB 1123-SHB 1414-SHB 1820HB 1821HB 1822
HB 1823HB 1824HB 1825HB 1826HB 1827HB 1828HB 1829
HB 1830HB 1831HB 1832HB 1833HB 1834HB 1835HB 1836
HB 1837HB 1838HB 1839HB 1840HB 1841HB 1842HB 1843
HB 1844

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=2017.


House Bills

HB 1046-S

by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representative MacEwen)


Concerning certificates of academic and individual achievement.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Discontinues certificates of academic and individual achievement as graduation requirements.

Requires school districts to prepare plans for and notify students and their parents or legal guardians to assure: (1) Continued progress in academic achievement as a foundation for high school graduation; and

(2) That students are on track for high school graduation.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 19Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
Jan 30Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1097-S

by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Sawyer, Hansen, Fitzgibbon, Stanford, Jinkins, Frame, Gregerson, Santos, Tarleton, and Pollet)


Concerning tribal consultation regarding hunting rights and activities.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


Authorizes the governing body of a tribe 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 activities.

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

Requires the fish and wildlife commission to attend the meeting or delegate the responsibility to the director of the department of fish and wildlife, when agreed upon by the requesting tribe.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
Jan 31Referred to Rules 2 Review.

HB 1123-S

by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Condotta, Ryu, Barkis, Kirby, Wilcox, Tarleton, McBride, Smith, Muri, Frame, Tharinger, Morris, and J. Walsh)


Concerning tourism marketing.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


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.

Creates the statewide tourism marketing account.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
Jan 31Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1414-S

by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Stonier, Sawyer, Smith, Ryu, Hayes, Cody, Stambaugh, Appleton, Stokesbary, Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Wilcox, Barkis, Gregerson, Macri, Jinkins, Chapman, Pollet, Ortiz-Self, Robinson, Frame, Kagi, Dolan, and Doglio)


Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.


(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)


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 and tribal organizations.

Requires the state health care authority to coordinate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide that dental health aide therapist services are eligible for federal funding of up to one hundred percent.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
Jan 26Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
Jan 27CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 31Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

HB 1820

by Representatives Volz, Tharinger, Senn, McCaslin, Koster, Haler, Shea, Irwin, and Holy


Concerning the maintenance and operations of parks and recreational land acquired through the conservation futures program.


Authorizes a county to use up to twenty-five percent of the total amount of revenue from a conservation futures fund for maintenance and operations of recreational land if it has acquired rights and interests in four hundred or more acres of certain real property and has collected a conservation futures levy for twenty or more years.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1821

by Representatives Lovick, Irwin, Stanford, Pellicciotti, and Goodman


Clarifying the crime of attempting to elude a police vehicle.


Changes the term "driving a vehicle in a reckless manner while attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle" to "driving a vehicle in a reckless manner in an attempt to elude a police vehicle" to clarify the crime of attempting to elude a police vehicle.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1822

by Representative Manweller


Requiring the provision of receipts and invoices regarding additional charges to a mobile home lot tenant upon request.


Requires a landlord, upon request of a tenant, to provide written receipts and invoices regarding additional charges to allow the tenant to verify that the additional charges are used for the stated purpose.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1823

by Representatives Peterson, Springer, and Gregerson


Concerning business improvement districts.


Modifies business improvement district provisions and changes the term "parking and business improvement areas" to "business improvement areas."
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1824

by Representatives Peterson, Lovick, Kagi, Ortiz-Self, and Tarleton


Concerning electronic product recycling.


Addresses a system for the collection, transportation, and recycling of covered electronic products.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1825

by Representatives Senn, Dent, Kilduff, Muri, Sawyer, Klippert, and Ortiz-Self; by request of Department of Social and Health Services


Extending the timeline for completing a family assessment response, allowing the department of social and health services to complete a family assessment response upon the verbal agreement of a parent to participate, and defining disqualifying crimes.


Authorizes the department of social and health services to complete a family assessment response upon the verbal agreement of a parent to participate.

Extends the timeline for completing a family assessment response.

Addresses a criminal offense that is within the categories of disqualifying crimes described in the adoption and safe families act of 1997.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1826

by Representatives Fitzgibbon and Orcutt


Exempting certain innovative activities relying on recycled carbon fiber materials from solid waste handling facility permit requirements.


Authorizes, without a permit, research and development activities intended to evaluate, develop, or demonstrate potential new or improved beneficial use, reuse, or recycling methods or technologies for cured or uncured fiber-reinforced composite materials.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1827

by Representative Santos


Relating to expanding the current and future educator workforce supply through evidence-based strategies to improve and incentivize the recruitment and retention of highly effective educators, especially in high-need subject, grade-level, and geographic areas, and to establish a cohesive continuum of high quality professional learning from preparation programs to job embedded induction, mentoring, collaboration, and other professional development opportunities.


Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to expanding the current and future educator workforce supply.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1828

by Representatives Irwin and Hudgins; by request of Office of Financial Management


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.

Requires agencies to report space use data for office facilities.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1829

by Representatives Hudgins, Johnson, Goodman, Klippert, Smith, Dolan, Haler, Koster, Volz, Kraft, and Irwin


Concerning the exemption from public disclosure of information regarding public and private computer and telecommunications networks.


Exempts the following from disclosure under the public records act: Information regarding the public and private infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1830

by Representatives Hudgins and Manweller


Creating the cybersecurity conditional loan program.


Creates the cybersecurity conditional loan program to support students interested in cybersecurity.

Creates the cybersecurity conditional loan account.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1831

by Representatives Pettigrew, Macri, Santos, Ortiz-Self, Frame, Kagi, and Fitzgibbon


Revising resource limitations for public assistance.


Revises the definition of "resource" for purposes of eligibility requirements for an exemption of a resource in order to qualify for public assistance.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1832

by Representatives Pellicciotti and Irwin


Concerning the commercially sexually exploited children statewide coordinating committee.


Changes the expiration date from June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2023, for the commercially sexually exploited children statewide coordinating committee and revises duties of the committee with regard to reporting deadlines and overseeing and reviewing implementation of the state model protocol for commercially sexually exploited children at task force sites.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1833

by Representatives Dolan, Doglio, and Jinkins; by request of Public Disclosure Commission


Concerning financial reporting by elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.


Addresses the financial reporting by elected and appointed officials, candidates, and appointees.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1834

by Representatives Dolan, Jinkins, and Doglio; by request of Public Disclosure Commission


Concerning campaign finance reporting.


Revises the fair campaign practices act with regard to campaign finance reporting.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1835

by Representatives Dolan, Jinkins, and Doglio; by request of Public Disclosure Commission


Updating inflationary amounts in campaign finance laws.


Revises the fair campaign practices act to update inflationary amounts in campaign finance laws.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1836

by Representatives Riccelli, Reeves, Tarleton, and Farrell


Concerning overtime compensation for individual providers of home care services.


Increases the number of hours that the department of social and health services may pay to a single individual provider.

Exempts an individual provider, caring for his or her adult disabled child, from the hours per workweek limits.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1837

by Representative Schmick


Concerning the operation of wheeled all-terrain vehicles in less populated counties.


Provides restrictions and authorizations for locations for the operation of a wheeled all-terrain vehicle.

Authorizes a county legislative body to designate roadways or highways within its boundaries that are unsuitable for use by wheeled all-terrain vehicles.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1838

by Representative Schmick


Concerning the crossing of certain public roadways by wheeled all-terrain vehicles.


Authorizes a person operating a wheeled all-terrain vehicle, east of the summit of the Cascade mountains in a county with a population of fewer than fifty thousand, to cross certain public roadways.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1839

by Representatives Dent, Lovick, Griffey, Blake, Frame, Irwin, Goodman, and Dye


Creating a sales tax exemption for equipment purchased by fire districts in rural counties.


Provides a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or use of an item of equipment by an eligible fire district located in a rural county.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1840

by Representatives Pollet, Frame, Springer, and Orwall


Establishing the Washington promise program.


Creates the Washington promise program to help make the first two years of college affordable and accessible by offering a tuition waiver for eligible students enrolled in associate degree or certificate programs offered by community and technical colleges.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to administer the program for resident students seeking an associate's degree or certificate from a community or technical college.

Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to develop a plan to provide program students who are enrolled at a community or technical college with a quarter-long student success course, during or before their first enrollment period, that teaches essential skills for college success.

Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study on the effectiveness of the program.

Requires the caseload forecast council to estimate the anticipated caseload of the program and include the information in the official state caseload forecast.

Revises the definition of "caseload," for purposes of the caseload forecast council, to include the number of students who are eligible for the program and are expected to attend a community or technical college.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1841

by Representatives Pollet and Orwall


Expanding state need grant eligibility.


Establishes the state need grant eligibility expansion act.

Changes the eligibility requirements for state need grants.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1842

by Representative Pollet


Taking action to address lead in drinking water at facilities frequented by children.


Requires the school and early childhood programs to: (1) Develop and adopt a plan of action to prevent elevated lead levels in all water used for drinking or cooking;

(2) Periodically test each outlet used for drinking water or cooking in each school or early childhood program facility for the presence of lead; and

(3) Submit its plan of action and information on testing activities to the department of health and the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of ecology, to adopt emergency rules to implement this act.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1843

by Representatives Sullivan and Lytton


Fulfilling the state's paramount duty for all children through equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions.


Addresses equitable and responsible investments in the state's basic education program and reductions to local effort contributions to fulfill the state's paramount duty for all children.

Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a technical working group to provide recommendations for revising school district accounting practices.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1844

by Representatives Sells and Robinson


Concerning attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle.


Provides a definition for "pursuing police vehicle" for purposes of chapter 46.61 RCW (rules of the road).
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).


Senate Bills

SB 5596

by Senator Darneille


Phasing out use of the valid court order exception to place youth in detention for noncriminal behavior.


Phases out the use of juvenile detention as a remedy for contempt of a valid court order.

Prohibits a youth from being committed to juvenile detention as a contempt sanction and prohibits the issuance of a warrant, under chapter 13.32A, 13.34, or 28A.225 RCW, for failure to appear at a court hearing that requires commitment of a youth to juvenile detention.

Requires a youth, if he or she is committed to juvenile detention as a sanction for contempt or for failure to appear at a court hearing, to be detained in a manner so that no direct communication or physical contact may be made between that youth and a youth who is detained to juvenile detention pursuant to a violation of criminal law.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 30Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services and Mental Health & Housing at 1:30 PM.
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5597

by Senators O'Ban and Pedersen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services


Concerning electronic payments to the division of child support when remitting funds in response to an order to withhold income.


Requires an employer or other business that has received an income withholding order from the department of social and health services, requiring payment to the Washington state support registry, to remit payments through electronic funds transfer when certain conditions apply.

Authorizes the division of child support to issue a notice of noncompliance to a person, firm, entity, or agency of state or federal government that it believes is not complying with the requirement above.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5598

by Senators Pedersen, Angel, Rolfes, King, Darneille, Bailey, Brown, Mullet, Carlyle, Braun, Hobbs, Palumbo, Wellman, Keiser, Honeyford, Ranker, Nelson, Liias, McCoy, Billig, Cleveland, Hasegawa, Frockt, Conway, Rivers, Saldaña, Kuderer, Chase, Hunt, Fain, Walsh, Van De Wege, Rossi, Zeiger, Warnick, Becker, Takko, Wilson, and Schoesler


Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.


Allows a relative to seek visitation with a child through the courts.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5599

by Senators Rivers, Baumgartner, Bailey, and Braun


Requiring unused state funds for the health care benefits of long-term care workers to be returned to the state.


Requires unused state funds for the health care benefits of long-term care workers to be returned to the state.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5600

by Senators Darneille and Saldaña


Concerning rehabilitated offenders.


Creates the community review board within the office of the governor to review incarcerated offenders for possible early release after twenty years of confinement.

Authorizes an offender, convicted of and incarcerated for one or more crimes, to petition the community review board for early release after serving at least twenty years of total confinement.

Requires the governor to review each decision of the community review board to approve or deny a petition for release.

Requires the sentencing guidelines commission to contract for the services of an external consultant to evaluate the state's sentencing laws and practices.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5601

by Senators Darneille, Hasegawa, Wellman, and Chase


Concerning teachers' postretirement employment options.


Expands the postretirement employment options for teachers.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5602

by Senators Keiser, Cleveland, Wellman, Rolfes, Nelson, Kuderer, Conway, Pedersen, Hobbs, Saldaña, McCoy, Liias, and Ranker


Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.


Requires a health plan to provide coverage for the same preventive services required to be covered under: (1) 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-13 (2016); and

(2) Federal rules or guidance in effect on December 31, 2016, implementing 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-13.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5603

by Senator Fortunato


Exempting state highway projects from local ordinances.


Exempts a department of transportation project on a state highway from an ordinance adopted by a local government.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Transportation.

SB 5604

by Senators Rivers and Cleveland


Purchasing managed dental care for medicaid enrollees.


Creates a statewide prepaid dental managed care program for children and adults to: (1) Improve access to dental care and the dental program infrastructure;

(2) Expand the provider network and increase provider capacity; and

(3) Retain innovative programs that improve access and care such as the access to baby and child dentistry program.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Health Care.

SB 5605

by Senators Walsh and Billig; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction


Aligning the office of the superintendent of public instruction's background check authority with that of the department of early learning.


Aligns the background check authority of the office of the superintendent of public instruction with that of the department of early learning.

Creates the K-12 criminal background check account.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5606

by Senators Walsh, Rivers, and Cleveland


Authorizing licensed marijuana producers to sell marijuana plants and marijuana seeds to qualifying medical marijuana patients and designated providers, and to sell marijuana seeds to medical marijuana cooperatives.


Allows a licensed marijuana producer to sell: (1) Marijuana plants and seeds to qualifying patients and designated providers; and

(2) Marijuana seeds to medical marijuana cooperatives.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5607

by Senators Braun, Rivers, Fain, Zeiger, and Schoesler


Concerning education.


Revises education provisions with regard to: The weighted per pupil funding model; local effort levy; local excess levy authority for calendar year 2020 and thereafter; providing a one-year delay in the levy lid reduction; compensation and salary; housing allowance; national board for professional teaching standards bonus; state-funded extended year contracts; health care benefits; measures of a school district's success; accountability through improved accounting transparency; providing flexibility to school districts; recognizing school districts meeting the performance targets; addressing school districts not meeting the performance targets; establishing the top teacher recognition grant program; conforming future collective bargaining agreements to this act; prohibiting teacher strikes; student absenteeism; technical amendments to align statutes with the per pupil funding distribution model and recognizing and rewarding school districts that meet the measures of success; education sector excellence assessment framework; and authority to remove teachers that are detrimental to student academic performance.

Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 30Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
Jan 31First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)

SB 5608

by Senator Darneille


Allowing minors to consent to share their personally identifying information in the Washington homeless client management information system.


Authorizes an unaccompanied youth who is at least thirteen years old to give consent for the collection of his or her personally identifying information for the state homeless client management information system.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5609

by Senator Darneille


Addressing resource limitations for public assistance.


Revises the definition of "resource" for purposes of eligibility requirements for an exemption of a resource in order to qualify for public assistance.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5610

by Senator Darneille


Addressing the sentencing of juveniles.


Addresses sentencing enhancements and exceptional sentences with regard to an offender being sentenced in adult court for a crime committed as a minor.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5611

by Senators Zeiger, O'Ban, and Conway


Creating a demonstration project for preserving public infrastructure and agricultural lands in floodplains.


Requires the department of agriculture, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the department of ecology to expedite the permitting of a demonstration project in Pierce county that tests the effectiveness and costs of river management by using various sediment management strategies and techniques as applied to accomplish the following goals: (1) Restoration or enhancement of fish runs;

(2) Protection of public infrastructure and recreational access; and

(3) Effectiveness monitoring to inform future projects.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5612

by Senators Padden and Pedersen


Concerning the death investigations account.


Authorizes the state forensic investigations council to authorize expenditures from the council's death investigations account appropriation for the purpose of funding a statewide case management system for coroners and medical examiners.

Requires the council to confer with the state association of coroners and medical examiners in the selection of a statewide system.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5613

by Senator Darneille


Addressing confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities for juveniles convicted in adult court.


Requires a child to be placed in a facility operated by the department of social and health services instead of the department of corrections, to determine the child's earned release date, when the child is convicted as an adult in the state courts of a crime amounting to a felony and is committed for a term of confinement.

Requires the state institute for public policy to assess the impact of this act on community safety and youth rehabilitation.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5614

by Senator Darneille


Concerning diversion agreements and counsel and release agreements.


Addresses the records of successfully completed diversion agreements and counsel and release agreements.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5615

by Senators Sheldon, Padden, Fortunato, Hobbs, and Warnick


Authorizing the development of new manufactured housing communities outside of urban growth areas under the growth management act.


Authorizes counties, that are required or that choose to plan under the growth management act, to establish a process as part of its urban growth areas for reviewing proposals to authorize new fully contained manufactured housing communities located outside of the initially designated urban growth areas.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Local Government.

SB 5616

by Senator Fortunato


Limiting the enforcement of administrative rules and policies.


Prohibits a rule or policy of a state agency from being enforced unless and until the rule or policy has been: (1) Adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act;

(2) Codified in the Washington Administrative Code; and

(3) Ratified by act of the legislature.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to State Government.

SB 5617

by Senator Fortunato


Limiting the enforcement of policies of the department of ecology.


Prohibits any policy of the department of ecology from being enforced unless and until it has been adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure act, codified in the Washington Administrative Code, and ratified by act of the legislature.
-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.