Amending the state Constitution to provide governmental continuity during emergency periods resulting from a catastrophic incident.

Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide governmental continuity during emergency periods resulting from a catastrophic incident.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 11	Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM.
Jan 18	PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM.
Jan 23	Referred to Appropriations.
Feb 1	Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)

by Representatives Hudgins, Shea, Morris, and Muri

Establishing a joint select committee on autonomous vehicle technology policy.

Creates a joint select committee on autonomous vehicle technology policy.

Expires December 31, 2023.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31	First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
Feb 5	Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
Feb 6	Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)

by Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Keiser, Miloscia, Hobbs, Takko, Wellman, Chase, Darneille, Hunt, and Saldaña)

Adding training on public works and prevailing wage requirements to responsible bidder criteria.

Requires a bidder, before award of a public works contract, to also meet the following responsibility criteria to be considered a responsible bidder and qualified to be awarded a public works project: (1) Have received training on the requirements related to public works and prevailing wage under chapters 39.04 and 39.12 RCW; and

(2) Have designated a person or persons to be trained on these requirements.

Requires the department of labor and industries to: (1) Provide the training on the public works and prevailing wage requirements; and

(2) Keep records of entities that have satisfied the training requirement, or are exempt, and make the records available on its web site.

Addressing compliance with apprenticeship utilization requirements.

Addresses apprenticeship utilization requirements on public works.

Requires awarding agencies to: (1) Monitor apprenticeship utilization hours by contractor; and

(2) Report the apprenticeship utilization by contractor and subcontractor to the supervisor of apprenticeship at the department of labor and industries by final project acceptance.

Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition.

Concerning health care for Pacific Islanders residing in Washington under a compact of free association.

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.

Requiring training for long-term care providers on the needs of the LGBTQ population.

Requires adult family home licensees, assisted living facility licensees or administrators, and nursing home licensees to complete two hours on a one-time basis of department of social and health services-approved cultural competency training relating to the LGBTQ population.

Preventing harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in public schools.

Requires each school district to: (1) Adopt or amend a transgender student policy and procedure that includes addressing discriminatory harassment of transgender students and that incorporates, at a minimum, the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the state school directors' association;

(2) Share the policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees; and

(3) Designate one person in the district as the primary contact regarding the transgender student policy.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop a statewide training class for those people who act as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, or bullying policy; and

Commemorating the centennial of national women's suffrage.

Requires the Washington women's history consortium to: (1) Provide leadership for statewide commemoration from 2018 through 2020 of the centennial pertaining to the passage by congress of the Nineteenth Amendment and its subsequent ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures in August 1920;

(2) Begin preparations for the statewide commemoration;

(3) Create and distribute a portfolio of public humanities programs to engage Washingtonians and visitors with important aspects of the women's right to vote movement;

(4) Encourage private organizations, schools, institutions of higher education, public agencies, and local governments to organize and participate in activities;

(5) Coordinate with regional and national organizations and agencies with respect to their commemorative work;

(6) Coordinate with the national collaborative for women's history sites by contributing a Washington component to the development of a nationwide votes for women trail; and

(7) Administer a grant program for certain public agencies, educational institutions, and organizations to assist with the activities.

Creating a presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the United States department of energy Hanford site.

States that there exists a prima facie presumption, with regard to United States department of energy Hanford site workers who are covered under the state industrial insurance act, that the following diseases and conditions are occupational diseases: (1) Respiratory disease;

(2) Heart problems, experienced within seventy-two hours of exposure to fumes, toxic substances, or chemicals at the site;

(3) Cancer;

(4) Beryllium sensitization, and acute and chronic beryllium disease; and

Authorizing the issuance of personalized collector vehicle license plates.

Authorizes a registered owner with a collector vehicle license plate to receive a personalized collector vehicle license plate upon payment of a one-time initial fee of fifty-two dollars.

Allows a person applying for a collector vehicle license plate to personalize their collector vehicle license plate by paying the additional fifty-two dollar fee, in addition to any other required fees or taxes.

Extending the period for voter registration.

Allows a person to register to vote at the division of elections if in a separate city from the county auditor's office, a voting center, or other location designated by the county auditor.

Extends the period for voter registration.

Requires the secretary of state to establish procedures to enable new or updated voter registrations to be recorded on an expedited basis.

Concerning the motion picture competitiveness program.

Creating the veterans service officer program.

Creates the veterans service officer program in the department of veterans affairs to provide funding to underserved eligible counties to establish a veterans service officer within the county.

Modifying qualifications for disabled veterans to receive fee exempt license plates.

Concerning the transparency of local taxing districts.

Establishing the water infrastructure program.

Creates the water infrastructure program which will be administered by the department of ecology.

Requires the department to administer the program to support and fund infrastructure projects designed to reduce pollution from stormwater, prevent flooding, increase the availability of water supplies for beneficial uses, or improve fish passage.

Declares an intent to appropriate two hundred fifty million dollars for projects to achieve the goals in this act.

Establishing a joint legislative task force on the data center industry.

Creates the joint select legislative task force on maintaining and expanding the data center industry in Washington.

Requires the task force to review the following issues: (1) The current state of the data center industry in the state;

(2) Policies and incentives available in the state and other areas for data centers; and

(3) Recommendations for changes to state and local policies to maintain and expand data centers and create jobs.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 31	First reading, referred to Economic Development & International Trade.
Feb 1	Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development & International Trade at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)