Requesting that the Brown Farm Road Northeast bridge at exit 114 over I-5 be named the "Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Bridge."

Requesting that the South Tacoma Way bridge at exit 127 over I-5 be named the "World War I Veterans Memorial Bridge."

Requests that the South Tacoma Way Bridge at exit 127 over I-5 be named the World War I Veterans Memorial Bridge.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 25	First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

by Senators Fain, Braun, Sheldon, Wagoner, and Wilson

Extending a sales and use tax exemption for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces for certain equipment and services that assist physically challenged persons to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Eliminating the reduction in state basic education funding that occurs in counties with federal forestlands.

Concerning the designation and support of projects of statewide significance.

Modifies provisions regarding projects of statewide significance.

Ensuring compliance with the state's fiduciary duty in managing state trust lands.

Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Endeavor to generate an average of two hundred thirty million dollars from state lands and state forestlands each year;

(2) Evaluate its lands portfolio and revenue streams, management practices, and transaction processes, and develop options and recommendations to promote achievement of this goal;

(3) Seek to account for the volatility of forest product markets and consider ways to mitigate the impact of market downturns on its revenues; and

(4) Annually adjust the two hundred thirty million dollar goal for inflation, however, it may not count trust land transfer funds towards the goal.

Directing the health care authority to submit a waiver to pursue reforms to the state medicaid program.

Requires the state health care authority to submit a demonstration waiver request under section 1115 of the social security act to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services.

Requires the waiver request to be designed to achieve the broadest federal financial participation and, to the extent permitted under federal law, shall authorize: (1) Eliminating the three-month retroactive coverage benefit for applicants, other than pregnant women and children under one year old, for medical benefits under the social security act;

(2) Establishing a work requirement for able-bodied adults ages nineteen through sixty-four without dependents; and

Changing rule-making requirements to require a yearly expiration.

Requires a rule adopted or amended before November 1st of any year to expire on June 1st of the year following adoption unless the legislature acts to postpone the expiration, unless the agency adopting the rule has successfully completed an excellence assessment by an independent examiner.

Lowering the ceiling of the business and occupation manufacturing tax rate to 0.2904 percent.

Reducing community and technical college tuition.

Requires, in the 2018-2019 academic year, tuition operating fees for resident undergraduates at community and technical colleges, excluding applied baccalaureate degrees, to be ten percent less than the 2017-2018 academic year tuition operating fees.

Establishing the future of work task force.

Creates the future of work task force to: (1) Inventory and periodically assess trends and factors that are current or potential drivers of transformation of industries and work in the state;

(2) Identify policies and practices that will help businesses, workers, and communities thrive economically, while responding to rapid changes in technology, workplace practices, environmental and security issues, and global interdependence;

(3) Recommend mechanisms and structures for sustainable industry sector partnerships through which employers and workers can collaborate to support their sector's growth; and

(4) Create a policy framework that supports a talent development pipeline and lifelong learning structure.

Concerning community economic revitalization board administered broadband infrastructure.

Concerning design-build and job order contracting for alternative public works.

Establishing an equitable debt service repayment plan for the Tacoma Narrows bridge.

Addresses the Tacoma Narrows bridge repayment plan.

Declares an intent, in order to offset the toll rate increases that would otherwise be necessary to meet increases in future debt service payments, to set forth state contributions in the transportation budget for each fiscal biennium through the life of the debt service plan of up to one hundred twenty-five million dollars.

Establishing the joint legislative task force on fire service administration.

Finds that the administration of emergency response and fire suppression services in the state is fragmented at the statewide level with responsibilities being fulfilled by the state patrol, the state military department, and the department of natural resources among others.

Creates the joint legislative task force on fire service administration to examine the current administrative structure and division of responsibilities and recommend improvements which are intended to streamline, consolidate, and increase the efficiency of fire suppression and emergency response services.

Expanding the access to baby and child dentistry program to serve children with disabilities.

Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Expand the access to baby and child dentistry program to include children with disabilities as eligible clients; and

(2) Pay enhanced fees for program services to dentists certified to provide the services to those children.

Requires children with disabilities, once enrolled in the program, to: (1) Be covered until their thirteenth birthday; and

(2) Receive all services and benefits received by program clients.

Requires a dentist to: (1) Be licensed to practice dentistry; and

Concerning diversion of juvenile offenses.

Revises juvenile justice act of 1977 provisions regarding: (1) Diversion agreement limits and positive youth development; and

Modifying vehicular assault provisions.

Establishes the Leprechaun Cain act.

Increasing marijuana revenue distributed to counties, cities, and towns.

Concerning early literacy.

Modifies education-related provisions relating to: (1) State menus of best practices and strategies;

(2) Recording growth in the learning assistance program;

(3) Literacy screening and diagnostic literacy assessments;

(4) Significant literacy challenges and implementation of an intensive literacy improvement strategy; and

Creating a director of homelessness for certain counties.

Requires the department of commerce to: (1) Create the position of director of homelessness; and

(2) In conjunction with the housing finance commission, the department of children, youth, and families, and the department of social and health services, supply information and assistance as necessary for the director to carry out his or her duties.

Requires the director to: (1) Work to create greater levels of interagency coordination;

(2) Coordinate state and local agency efforts addressing homelessness in every county;

(3) Consider homeownership and rental housing as viable options for the provision of housing;

(4) Six months after the state's homeless census, and in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board, prepare and publish a ten-year homeless housing strategic plan; and

Concerning temporary homeless housing by religious organizations.

Addresses a religious organization's hosting of temporary encampments for the homeless on property owned and/or controlled by the organization.

Prohibits a city, town, code city, or county from enacting an ordinance or regulation or taking any other action that: (1) Requires the installation of fire sprinklers or any structural modification to the size of windows or doors in buildings owned and operated by the organization that were built in accordance with the laws at the time of construction and are being used for housing the homeless; or

(2) Changes the certificate of occupancy for a building.

Requires a religious organization, for buildings owned by the organization and being used for housing the homeless, to install smoke detectors in accordance with the smoke detector manufacturer's recommendations at the request of the fire code official.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 24	First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections.
Jan 29	Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)