Protecting public safety through responsible storage of firearms.

Includes in the crime of reckless endangerment, when a person leaves or stores a firearm in a location where he or she knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access, and the child does gain possession of the firearm, and: (1) Causes physical harm or death with the firearm;

(2) Displays the firearm in a public place;

(3) Displays the firearm in an angry or threatening manner; or

(4) Uses the firearm in the commission of a crime.

Concerning an educational grant program to promote confidence, public speaking, and leadership skills in students.

Establishes the little toasters act.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish a pilot project grant program to award grants to two school districts for the promotion of confidence, public speaking, and leadership skills in students in grades two through five.

Concerning powered automatic doors in buildings accessible to the public.

Requires at least one exterior door at accessible public entrances in certain state building code groups to be: (1) A fully powered automatic door actuated by a push button or a motion sensor; or

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

Increases access to health care services for the citizens of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia residing in this state by providing premium assistance for health coverage purchased through the state health benefit exchange.

Creating the Washington wage recovery act.

Concerning private road maintenance agreements.

Requires the holders of an interest in an easement to maintain the easement and permits agreements that allow maintenance obligations to be allocated to fewer than all holders of an interest in an easement.

Granting binding interest arbitration rights to certain uniformed personnel.

Grants binding interest arbitration rights to duly sworn police officers employed as members of a police force by a regional or state university or The Evergreen State College.

Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.

Making financial services available to marijuana producers, processors, retailers, qualifying patients, health care professionals, and designated providers.

States that a person or entity that provides certain financial services for a marijuana producer, processor, or retailer, or a qualifying patient, health care professional, or designated provider, does not commit a crime solely by virtue of receiving deposits, extending credit, conducting funds transfers, transporting cash or other financial instruments, or providing other financial services.

Concerning wastewater operator certifications.

Requires the department of ecology to: (1) Establish and collect fees for the issuance and renewal of wastewater treatment plant operator certificates;

(2) With the advice of an advisory committee, establish an initial fee schedule by rule;

(3) Once the initial fee schedule is adopted by rule, conduct a workload analysis and prepare a biennial budget estimate for the wastewater treatment plant operator certification program; and

Reducing barriers to student participation in extracurricular activities.

Requires the maximum fee charged to a public or private high school student, eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced-price meals program, for an associated student body card, other student identification card, participating in an extracurricular activity, or participating in career and technical student organizations to be five dollars.

Prohibits a student from being required to complete a physical examination to participate in extracurricular activities more often than every twenty-four months.

Creates the promoting lively activities for youth grant program to subsidize small school districts impacted by the cap on the fees charged to public high school students eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced-price meals program.

Requires the office of financial management to contract with the Washington interscholastic activities association to administer the program.

Allowing property insurers to assist their insureds with risk mitigation goods or services.

Authorizes a personal property insurer to: (1) With prior approval of the insurance commissioner, include certain goods and services intended to reduce the probability of loss or the extent of loss from a covered event as part of a policy of personal property insurance; and

(2) Conduct a pilot program as a risk mitigation strategy through which the insurer offers or provides risk mitigation goods and services in connection with a personal insurance policy covering property risks.

Concerning expansion of extended foster care eligibility.

Modifies extended foster care provisions with regard to: (1) Increasing the maximum age of eligibility for extended foster care services for a nonminor dependent whose dependency case was dismissed by the court;

(2) Allowing a youth, at any time before he or she reaches the age of twenty-one, to request extended foster care services; and

Regulating the use of cannabinoid additives in marijuana products.

Authorizes licensed marijuana producers and processors to use a CBD product: (1) As an additive for the purpose of enhancing the cannabidiol concentration of a product authorized for production, processing, and sale under the uniform controlled substances act; and

Concerning business practices by marijuana retailers that may mislead the public as to the ownership of a retailer.

Establishing a donation program for resident disabled veterans to receive hunting and fishing licenses.

Addressing the establishment of an individual health insurance market claims-based reinsurance program.

Creates the Washington reinsurance program to stabilize the rates and premiums for individual health plans and provide greater financial certainty to consumers of health insurance.

Requires the program to be operated by the Washington vaccine association through the Washington reinsurance program management board.

Requires the insurance commissioner, in consultation with the office of financial management, the department of revenue, the state health care authority, and the state health benefit exchange, to conduct a study on alternative financing mechanisms for the program.

Exempts the following from disclosure under the public records act: Data, information, and documents necessary to prepare the state innovation waiver application, determine reinsurance parameters obtained by the commissioner, and determine reinsurance claims payments.

Concerning stem cell therapies not approved by the United States food and drug administration.

Requires a license holder, subject to chapter 18.130 RCW (the uniform disciplinary act), who performs a stem cell therapy that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration, to: (1) Provide the patient with a written notice informing him or her of the nonapproval before performing the therapy; and

Establishing a child care collaborative task force.

Requires the department of commerce to convene and facilitate a child care collaborative task force to: (1) Examine the effects of child care affordability and accessibility on the workforce and on businesses; and

(2) Develop policies and recommendations to incentivize employer-supported child care and improve child care access and affordability for employees.

Concerning regulation of permanent cosmetics under the Washington body art, body piercing, and tattooing act.

Regulates the body art known as permanent cosmetics which is the process of using tattooing techniques to apply permanent eyebrows, eyeliner, lip liner, lip color, hair follicles, or scar camouflage.

Establishing the working families' child care access and affordability through regional employers act.

Creates the child care workforce conditional scholarship and loan repayment program for: (1) Awarding conditional scholarships to eligible students attending an institution of higher education who meet certain requirements; and

(2) Loan repayments for participants providing early learning services who meet certain requirements.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Consult with the department of commerce to develop a web site containing current resources for businesses regarding employer-supported child care; and

(2) Consult with the office of financial management to modify the bring your infant to work policy for use in state agencies.

Provides a business and occupation tax credit and a public utility tax credit for: (1) Qualifying contributions made to dependent care flexible spending accounts for employees;

(2) Amounts paid to a third-party administrator for the purpose of administering employee dependent care flexible spending accounts; and

(3) Contributions made to the child care workforce conditional scholarship and loan repayment account.

Concerning transit-only lane enforcement cameras.

Authorizes a pilot project for up to three transit lane corridors for the testing of automated transit-only lane enforcement cameras in certain cities.

Requires the appropriate local legislative authority to prepare an analysis of the locations within the jurisdiction where transit-only lane enforcement cameras are proposed to be located as part of a pilot project: (1) Before enacting an ordinance allowing for the initial use of the cameras; and

(2) Before adding additional cameras or relocating an existing camera to a new location within the jurisdiction.

Allows the cameras to be used to detect transit-only lane violations.

Restricts the use of the cameras to specifically designated areas of transit lane exclusivity.

Expanding the activities of the children's mental health services consultation program.

Requires the state health care authority, in collaboration with the University of Washington department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and in consultation with Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, to implement a partnership access line for moms and kids program to: (1) Support certain health care professionals who provide care to pregnant women and new mothers through same-day telephone consultations in the assessment and provision of appropriate diagnosis and treatment of depression;

(2) Facilitate referrals to children's mental health services and other resources for parents and guardians with concerns related to the mental health of the parent or guardian's child; and

Modifying the adoption provisions on the state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education.

Adopting new requirements for locating underground facilities, including positive response, minimum marking standards, adopting a new process for coordinating large projects, and requiring new and replacement facilities to be locatable.

Creating tax incentives for mushroom farming.

Provides a sales and use tax exemption on: (1) Labor and services rendered with respect to the constructing of new buildings or facilities made for the exclusive purposes of mushroom farming; and

(2) Tangible personal property, including construction materials, machinery, and equipment, that will be incorporated as an ingredient or component of the buildings or facilities during the course of the constructing.

Incentivizing the development of commercial office space in cities in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand.

Provides certain cities with local options to incentivize the development of commercial office space in urban centers with access to transit, transportation systems, and other amenities.

Authorizes a governing authority of a city to designate a commercial office space development area, and within the area, the city may: (1) Adopt a local sales and use tax remittance program to incentivize the development of commercial office space; and

(2) Establish a local property tax reinvestment program to make public improvements that incentivize the development of commercial office space.

Concerning the Kennewick and Pasco school district regionalization factors used for compensation.

Provides a regionalization factor of six percent for the Kennewick and Pasco school districts.

-- 2018 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 1	First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).