Concerning employment after public service in state government.

Finds that the ability of a former public officer or employee in state government to be paid to influence state government actions immediately after leaving state service creates the appearance to the public of special favor, unfair access, and conflicts of interest.

Requires a person who leaves state service and takes a new employment position or receives compensation during the one-year period to provide the required information on the postemployment disclosure statement and submit it to the appropriate ethics board.

Supporting access to state recreation lands by disabled veterans.

Exempts a person who displays a lifetime veteran's disability pass from the requirements of the discover pass.

Allows free admission, for the holder of a lifetime veteran's disability pass, to any state recreation sites or lands.

Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems.

Revises child restraint system requirements.

Requires the traffic safety commission to produce and disseminate informational and educational materials explaining: (1) The proper use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles;

(2) Safety risks of not properly using the restraint systems;

(3) Where assistance on proper installation and use of restraint systems can be obtained; and

Establishing the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force.

Creates the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force.

Creates the intergenerational poverty advisory committee to assist the task force.

Requires the task force to, among other things: (1) Oversee the partner agencies' operation of the WorkFirst program and temporary assistance for needy families program;

(2) Determine evidence-based outcome measures for the WorkFirst program;

(3) Develop accountability measures for WorkFirst recipients and the state agencies responsible for their progress toward self-sufficiency;

(4) Collaborate with partner agencies and the advisory committee to analyze available data and information regarding intergenerational poverty in the state; and

Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs.

Authorizes port districts to contract with nonprofit corporations and private and public entities that provide certain training systems and promote workforce diversity.

Creating a community care and supportive services program for veterans.

Requires the department of veterans affairs to select one county veterans' assistance program or community partner to pilot a community care and supportive services program that assists veterans and their families in rural or remote areas that do not have adequate access to federal veterans' benefits, reintegration services, and other public services.

Concerning relocation assistance for mobile home park tenants. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning relocation assistance for manufactured/mobile home park tenants. )

Provides a mechanism for assisting manufactured/mobile home tenants to relocate their manufactured/mobile homes to suitable alternative sites or demolish and dispose of their homes and secure housing.

Requires a tenant to also include the following information in the application for relocation assistance: Proof of ownership of the home at the time of notice of closure and a statement of other available assistance he or she has received.

Concerning the services and processes available when residential real property is abandoned or in foreclosure.

Requires the beneficiary on whose behalf a notice of trustee's sale has been recorded, to remit three hundred twenty-five dollars for each notice of trustee's sale recorded on residential real property, to the department of commerce.

Requires the payment for every recorded notice of trustee's sale for noncommercial loans on residential real property.

Requires the department of commerce to establish the amount of the fee, not to exceed three hundred twenty-five dollars, at a sufficient level to defray the costs of the foreclosure mediation program.

Providing tax relief to small businesses located in rural counties.

Provides a business and occupation tax credit to qualified small businesses as that term is defined in this act.

Providing business and occupation tax relief to rural manufacturers.

Concerning the responsibilities for state routes in cities or towns.

Establishing a commission on persons with disabilities.

Creates the commission on persons with disabilities within the office of the governor.

Requires the commission to: (1) Bring about full and equal participation in all aspects of life for all persons with disabilities; and

(2) Strive for the advancement of legal rights and the promotion of the fullest possible opportunities, supportive services, accommodations, and accessibility.

Creates a persons with disabilities advisory council.

Requires the council to: (1) Advise the executive director of the commission on policy, planning, and needs for programs and services;

(2) Assist the executive director in establishing priorities for commission activities; and

(3) Review the programs, budgets, and policies of the commission.

Concerning changes in the operation of public contracting to address proven disparities.

Modifies the state civil rights act.

Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women.

Requires the Washington state patrol to conduct a study to determine how to increase state criminal justice protective and investigative resources for reporting and identifying missing Native American women in the state.

Concerning officially naming a recreational trail.

Renames the portion of the Milwaukee road corridor in the city of Spokane Valley known as the Appleway trail the Senator Bob McCaslin trail.

Regarding the school construction assistance program.

Concerning regulation of licensed child care providers.

Modifies provisions regarding the composition of the oversight board for children, youth, and families.

Gives authority to the oversight board to select its officers and adopt rules and regulations for orderly procedure and service delivery.

Requires the rules to be approved by a two-thirds vote of the board.

Removing the production cap on craft distillers.

Modifies craft distiller provisions by removing the production cap on distillers.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 29	First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).