Concerning penalties for marijuana offenses.

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

Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency with the most recent assessment of climate change science.

Addresses the most recent assessment of climate change science and changes certain requirements of the state with regard to emissions of greenhouse gases.

Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Report, by individual institution, the total emissions of greenhouse gases from state universities, regional universities, and the state college;

(2) Identify the annual costs incurred by each institution to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; and

Addressing municipal access to local financial services.

Revises public depositary provisions with regard to: (1) Investigation of a financial institution that is applying to become a public depositary; and

Modifying when towing fees terminate.

Concerning deficiency claims after auction of a private property vehicle impound.

Concerning the alignment of state statutes with federal standards for the issuance of nondomiciled commercial drivers' licenses and nondomiciled commercial learners' permits.

Revises the uniform commercial driver's license act.

Exempts the following from providing a social security number when applying for a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit: An applicant for a nondomiciled commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit who is domiciled in a foreign country and who has not been issued a social security number.

Authorizes the department of licensing to issue a nondomiciled commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit to a person who is domiciled in: (1) A foreign country as provided in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 383.23(b)(1); or

Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy.

Concerning the harmonization of the open public meetings act with the public records act in relation to information technology security matters.

Allows a governing body to hold an executive session during a regular or special meeting to consider, if in compliance with any required data security breach disclosure under RCW 19.255.010 and 42.56.590, and with legal counsel available, information regarding: (1) Infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks;

(2) Security and service recovery plans; and

Concerning enforcement of the electrical laws.

Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act.

Relating to utility relocation costs.

Increasing the dependability of the guaranteed education tuition program.

Establishes the guaranteed education tuition dependability act.

Requires the governing body, for the 2017-2018 academic year, to set the payout value for tuition units redeemed during that academic year to one hundred twenty dollars per tuition unit.

Requires the payout value of a tuition unit, when the funded status of the program is equal to or greater than one hundred ten percent, to increase by three percent annually beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year.

Limiting disclosure of information about the religious affiliation of individuals.

Establishing community appeals boards that review licensing decisions of the department of early learning.

Requires the early learning advisory council to establish community appeals boards to resolve adverse licensing and application decisions made by the department of early learning.

Prohibiting the imposition of regional transit authority property taxes on less than a whole parcel.

Requiring a public hearing before a local government may remove a restrictive covenant from land owned by the local government.

Establishes the land covenant preservation and transparency act.

Addressing fiscal notes.

Requires the office of financial management, in consultation with the economic and revenue forecast council, to establish a process and methodology for dynamic fiscal impact statements and dynamic impact estimates.

Addressing urban growth area amendments.

Requires urban growth to also be located in areas adjacent to highways of statewide significance.

Authorizes the legislative body of a city planning under the growth management act to request as part of the county's annual comprehensive plan amendment process that the county legislative body adjust the boundary of an existing urban growth area within which the city is located.

Concerning disciplinary procedures at private institutions of higher education.

Requires private institutions of higher education that participate in state student financial aid programs to have policies establishing disciplinary procedures for violations of the institution's student code of conduct.

Concerning electric utility meter-based performance programs.

Concerning clean energy financing.

Standardizing the collection and distribution of criminal records.

Requires an application for an original concealed pistol license or alien firearm license to include only one complete set of fingerprints to be forwarded to the Washington state patrol.

Authorizes a photograph or copy of an individual's palmprints to be taken to update the file of a sex offender or a kidnapping offender.

Addressing the minimum operating requirements and the review of plans necessary to be included in the small business retirement marketplace.

Concerning noncompetition agreements.

Requires an employer, in order for a noncompetition agreement to be enforceable, to: (1) Disclose the terms of the agreement in writing to the prospective employee no later than the time of the offer of employment; or

Limiting nursing home direct care payment adjustments to the lowest case mix weights in the reduced physical function groups and authorizing upward adjustments to case mix weights in the cognitive and behavior groups.

Prohibiting mandatory child support for postsecondary education of adult children.

Prohibits a court from ordering either or both parents to pay support for postsecondary education of a child over eighteen years of age.

Prohibits the use of the child support schedule to order postsecondary educational support of a child.

Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.

Prohibiting nonphysicians from performing abortions.

Concerning the mental health evaluation and treatment of individuals who threaten to murder a family member or other person who resides with the individual.

Prohibiting the use of voluntary intoxication as a defense against a criminal charge.

Concerning the rights of crime victims, survivors of crime victims, and witnesses of crime.

Concerning a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

Imposes a tax on: (1) The first sale of prepackaged sugar-sweetened beverages made by a distributor in this state;

(2) Syrup or powder sold or offered for sale to a retailer for sale to a consumer;

(3) The first sale of prepackaged diet beverages made by a distributor in this state; and

(4) Diet syrup or diet powder sold or offered for sale to a retailer for sale to a consumer.

Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to evaluate the impact of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax on the consumption of the beverages by residents.

Requires the department of health and the department of revenue to provide the committee with access to data necessary to conduct the evaluation.

Creating a pilot program for the supervision of offenders who commit motor vehicle-related and property offenses.

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

Requiring attestation of financial responsibility at the time of vehicle registration.

Requiring annual reporting on the implementation of laws to streamline licensing processes for military service members and their spouses.

Requires the regulating authorities for the department of licensing and the department of health to: (1) File reports to the legislature biennially and the state military transition council annually beginning January 1, 2018; and

Concerning funding of industrial hemp research.

Creating a low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program.

Creates the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program within the department of commerce.

Requires the department of commerce to contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners.

Estimating the effective tax rate of proposed ballot measures and legislation.

Requires the office of financial management to prepare a revenue equity statement for certain state ballot measures.

Requires the director of the department of financial management, in consultation with the legislature, the department of revenue, and other appropriate state or local agencies, to establish a procedure for the provision of a tax rate equity statement for legislative bills.

Concerning school safety.

Requires a first responder agency, when notifying a school of a situation that may require an evacuation or lockdown, to: (1) Determine if schools in the vicinity are similarly threatened; and

(2) Notify schools in the vicinity for which an evacuation or lockdown appears reasonably necessary.

Reducing the population requirement in a consortium of counties in order to operate a juvenile correctional facility.

Concerning the association of Washington generals.

Includes the following as one of the purposes of the association of Washington generals: To expand educational and/or employment opportunities for youth, veterans, and people with disabilities in the state.

Establishing a statewide policy supporting Washington state's economy and immigrants' role in the workplace.

Establishes the keep Washington working act.

Creates the keep Washington working statewide steering committee established within the department of commerce.

Requires the attorney general, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies for limiting immigration enforcement consistent with federal and state law at public schools, health facilities operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, courthouses, and shelters, to ensure they remain safe and accessible to residents, regardless of immigration or citizenship status.

Requires state agencies to review their confidentiality policies and identify changes necessary to ensure that information collected from individuals is limited to that necessary to perform agency duties and is not used or disclosed for any other purpose.

Prohibits a state agency, department, or law enforcement from using agency or department funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, enforce, cooperate with, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of unconstitutional or illegal registrations or surveillance programs that target residents on the basis of race, religion, immigration status, citizenship status, or national or ethnic origin.

Making crimes and threats against persons because of their occupation as an honorably discharged veteran or military status a hate crime.

Concerning allowing affordable housing development on religious organization property.

Implementing a vulnerable youth guardianship program.

Authorizes a vulnerable youth to petition the court to have a vulnerable youth guardianship established for him or her by filing a petition in juvenile court.

Applying the open public meetings act to advisory boards and committees that provide formal advice or recommendations to their governing bodies.

Providing that usury laws apply to interest, penalties, and costs imposed on certain delinquent property taxes.

Clarifying the county treasurer's administration of payments and costs related to delinquent properties.

Concerning administrative costs of county treasurers.

Authorizes the county treasurer to retain a portion of the collected taxes each year, from local jurisdictions, for administrative costs of the county treasurer.

Authorizing county treasurers to contract with other county treasurers for services.

Limiting actions of the legislative ethics board during preelection periods.

Concerning the rehabilitation of historic buildings.

Creates the historic building rehabilitation financing pilot program in the department of commerce.

Requires the department to: (1) Choose a municipality within which to implement the pilot program;

(2) Issue a competitive request for qualifications and quotations;

(3) Select a certified nonprofit community development financial institution to implement the pilot program within the selected municipality; and

(4) Along with the selected financial institution, consult with the department of archaeology and historic preservation to determine which proposed projects involve historically significant buildings and whether the rehabilitation plans for those buildings are consistent with the United States department of the interior's standards for rehabilitation.

Creates the historic building rehabilitation revolving loan fund.

Concerning maintaining the quarterly average census method for calculating state hospital reimbursements.

Creating a driver training instructor advisory committee.

Creates the driver training instructor advisory committee to assist the director of the department of licensing in his or her duties and responsibilities under chapter 46.82 RCW (driver training schools).

Exempting from property taxation mobile homes, manufactured homes, and park model trailers that were manufactured prior to 1976.

Exempts mobile homes, manufactured homes, and park model trailers, manufactured before 1976, from property taxes.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 6	First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).