Addressing nonpublic personal health information.

Prohibits the insurance commissioner from disclosing nonpublic personal health information except in the furtherance of regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the insurance commissioner's official duties.

Creating a legislative page scholarship program.

Authorizes the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives to administer and conduct a legislative page scholarship program to provide resources for students who participate in the page programs of the senate or house.

Concerning the timing and content of disclosures by continuing care retirement communities.

Concerning requests for medical records to support an application for social security benefits.

Requires a health care facility or a health care provider to, upon request of a patient or a patient's personal representative, provide the patient or representative with one copy of the patient's health care information free of charge if the patient is appealing the denial of federal supplemental security income or social security disability benefits.

Concerning the release of wild beavers.

Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to require the notification of potentially affected adjacent landowners before permitting the release of wild beavers.

Creating a preferred alternative for the placement, sale, and public notice of impounded livestock.

Creating the Washington wage recovery act.

Eliminating the placement of foster youth in hotel rooms or department offices.

Modifying who is eligible for relocation assistance for tenants of closed or converted mobile home parks.

Clarifying the roles of state and local governments in the regulation and mitigation of water resources.

Concerning the responsibilities of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education.

Addresses the superintendent of public instruction's and the state board of education's responsibilities with regard to the following: Accountability; assessments and high school graduation requirements; basic education requirements; private schools; educational service district boundaries; waivers for effective education programs and innovation schools; state board governance; and students with medical conditions.

Granting a tuition and fees exemption for children and surviving spouses of public employees of public agencies.

Improving student success at community and technical colleges by considering benefits of full-time faculty and staff.

Develops a planning process through which the colleges and the state board for community and technical colleges develop a long-term strategic plan and timeline for faculty and student support staff conversions.

Requires the colleges and the state board for community and technical colleges to use research support from the Evans School for Public Policy at the University of Washington and use and build upon the 2005 task force report on best employment practices for part-time faculty.

Requires the state board for community and technical colleges and the student achievement council to conduct a joint study on priorities and impacts of the overuse of part-time faculty in the community college system.

Creating an office of the corrections ombuds.

Creates the office of the corrections ombuds to: (1) Work for improved conditions and programs for inmates;

(2) Support fair treatment of inmates; and

(3) Support changes that facilitate the successful reentry of inmates into the community and promote high standards of justice throughout the state correctional system.

Requires the governor to: (1) Convene an ombuds advisory council with several purposes in support of the ombuds function; and

Concerning the plumbing industry.

Changes the composition of the state advisory board of plumbers.

Prohibiting contributions to gubernatorial candidates by entities that collectively bargain with the state.

Prohibits an entity, that engages in collective bargaining with the office of the governor or its representatives, from making contributions reportable under the fair campaign practices act to a candidate for the office of governor, directly or indirectly.

Simplifying the taxation of amenities owned by homeowners' associations.

Concerning the use of credit cards for purchases of spirits and wine by a purchaser licensed to sell spirits and/or wine for consumption on the licensed premises.

Reinstating tax preferences for certain high-technology research and development.

Provides a business and occupation tax credit for advanced spacecraft manufacturing, life science, and environmental technology companies performing research and development.

Prohibiting the use of public resources to assist the federal government in any activity that might impede or interfere with Washington state's regulation of marijuana and marijuana-related products as prescribed by the laws of the state of Washington.

Expanding civics education in public schools.

Creates the expanded civics education teacher training program within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide for the selection of a team of qualified social studies teachers from across the state.

Concerning ensuring fairness and compliance with public works and procurement practices.

Requires the office of minority and women's business enterprises to identify state agencies and educational institutions: (1) In the lowest quintile of utilization of minority and women-owned contractors as a percentage of all contracts issued by the agency;

(2) In the lowest quintile of the dollar value awarded to minority and women-owned contractors as a percentage of the dollar value of all contracts issued by the agency; and

(3) That are performing significantly below their established goals, as determined by the office.

Establishes an investigation unit within the office for the purpose of detecting and investigating fraud and violations.

Repeals the attorney general's authority to investigate and enforce compliance with regard to contracts with minority and women-owned businesses.

Requires the department of enterprise services to work with the municipal research and services center to notify local governments that are authorized to use small works rosters of this authority and to provide guidance on how to use the authority.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review implementation of changes to small works roster and limited public works processes.

Concerning middle school career and technical education.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Allocate grants to middle schools for career and technical education programs with priority in allocating the funds going to programs that develop and improve skills that have direct applicability in construction trades; and

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.

Providing funding for the hunter education training program operated by the department of fish and wildlife through the issuance of national rifle association special license plates.

Recognizing the month of September as the month of the kindergartener.

Declares the month of September as the month of the kindergartener.

Modifying tavern license provisions.

Concerning state reimbursement of election costs.

Concerning the sale and taxation of Washingtonian's personal information and related data.

Finds that there are businesses engaged in: (1) Accumulating personal data that is available to be collected about people as they use the internet; and

(2) Aggregating or compiling that information and reselling it.

Modifying the volume limitation for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act.

Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program, including certain southwest Washington counties.

Concerning abandoned cemeteries.

Revises the definition of "abandoned cemetery" for purposes of chapter 68.60 RCW (abandoned and historic cemeteries and historic graves).

Requires the funeral and cemetery board to consult with the department of archaeology and historic preservation to adopt rules that allow burials in abandoned cemeteries.

Requires records, maps, or other documents associated with an abandoned cemetery to be transferred to the state archives.

Restricting aggressive panhandling at public rest stops and rest areas.

Authorizing the use of automated license plate recognition systems.

Authorizes the following to use an automated license plate recognition system: (1) A law enforcement agency or parking enforcement agency for locating vehicles on a watch list;

(2) A parking enforcement agency for enforcing time restrictions on parking spaces;

(3) A transportation agency for providing real time traffic information to the public; and

(4) An agency for controlling access to secured areas.

Requiring a study of economic impacts of contributions of institutions of higher education in various economic sectors.

Authorizing the masking of odors by regulated marijuana facilities.

Improving the community economic revitalization board program.

Requires the community economic revitalization board to use the outcome-based evaluation reports of the financial assistance provided under chapter 43.160 RCW (economic development--public facilities loans and grants) to develop a strategic plan for the appropriated funding.

Creating a leasehold excise tax exemption for certain leasehold interests in facilities owned or used by schools, colleges, or universities.

Provides a leasehold excise tax exemption for leasehold interests in facilities owned or used by a school, college, or university, and the leasehold interest provides: (1) Food services for students, faculty, and staff;

(2) The operation of a bookstore on campus; or

Creating a pilot program for the supervision of motor vehicle-related felonies.

Creates a pilot program for the supervision of offenders convicted of felonies relating to the theft or taking of a motor vehicle.

Addressing hospital inspections by limiting the uses of the fire protection contractor license fund and directing the department of health to engage in rule making to appropriately fund the cost of hospital inspections from hospital license fees.

Requires the department of health to set the fees for an application for a license, or renewal of a license, by a hospital to include the costs of inspections for fire protection purposes.

Creating a business and occupation tax exemption for certain sales of commercial fertilizer, agricultural crop protection products, and seed.

Concerning the imposition of port district facility entry fees for certain ground transportation service providers.

Addressing treatment of groundwater under state water codes to support rural development while protecting instream flows.

Supports rural development and protects instream flows, by modifying provisions relating to the treatment of groundwater under state water codes.

Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops.

Concerning inspections of licensed marijuana processors' equipment and facilities.

Concerning telecommunications services.

Modifying the due date for applications by local governments for designation as a health sciences and services authority.

Concerning school construction assistance grants for small, rural school districts.

Concerning small forest landowners.

Authorizes a burning permit, issued by the department of natural resources, to applicants who are small forest landowners to be multiple year permits if a multiple year permit is requested by the landowner.

Authorizes the department of natural resources to adopt a reduced fee schedule for applicants who are small forest landowners.

Taking action to address lead in drinking water in schools.

Requires schools to: (1) Develop and adopt a plan of action to prevent elevated lead levels in water used for drinking or cooking;

(2) Periodically test outlets used for drinking water or cooking in school facilities 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.

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.

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

(2) Receiving Washington capital gains.

Allows a business and occupation tax deduction against a person's gross income of the business to the extent necessary to avoid taxing the same amounts under chapter 82.04 RCW and this act.

Concerning government efficiency by eliminating, revising or decodifying obsolete or inactive statutory provisions that concern the office of financial management.

Concerning the use of solid fuel burning devices.

Provides that a person who is in violation of RCW 70.94.473 (limitations on the use of a solid fuel burning device--burn bans): (1) May not be subject to an enforcement action within the first twelve hours after the issuance of a public notice that a burn ban is in effect;

(2) For the first violation within a calendar month, must be provided educational materials regarding public health and air quality and information about obtaining or purchasing a certified solid fuel burning device; and

Concerning independent security testing of state agencies' information technology systems and infrastructure by the military department.

Authorizes the office of the state chief information officer to test the security of a state agency's information technology systems and infrastructure to identify and mitigate system vulnerabilities.

Authorizes the state military department to conduct independent security testing of the information security of a private entity operating within the state, or unit of local government of the state, involved in the management of critical infrastructure.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 2	First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).