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

Phasing out the use of studded tires.

Increases the fee, from five dollars to one hundred dollars, on the retail sale of each new tire sold that contains studs.

Decreases the amount, from ten percent to one percent, that the seller can retain.

Prohibits a person, firm, or corporation from selling or offering for sale a studded tire or a stud for installation in a tire.

Concerning the presidential primary.

Changes the dates for the presidential primary; and for the secretary of state to propose an alternative date for the primary, including to coordinate a regional primary with Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, or Utah.

Prohibits the proposed date from being before the earliest date permitted by the national rules of the major political parties.

Requires each party to determine which candidates are to be placed on the presidential primary ballot for that party.

Concerning college bound scholarship eligible students.

Permits eligibility to the college bound scholarship program if a student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunches in the ninth or tenth grade and was previously ineligible during the seventh or eighth grade while he or she was a student in the state.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to: (1) Develop and distribute to schools with students in grades seven through ten, a pledge form that can be completed and returned electronically or by mail to the office; and

Amending the schedule for updates to the comprehensive plan of Kitsap county that are required under the growth management act to match the update schedules of other central Puget Sound counties.

Concerning rewards cards.

Relieves businesses from the obligation to report rewards cards as unclaimed property.

Concerning ethnic studies in public schools.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Adopt essential academic learning requirements and grade level expectations that identify the knowledge and skills that students need to be global citizens in a global society with an appreciation for the contributions of diverse cultures;

(2) Develop a model ethnic studies curriculum for use in grades seven through twelve; and

Concerning concealed pistol license training requirements.

Requires an issuing authority to issue a concealed pistol license or a denial: (1) Within thirty days of the date the application was filed; or

(2) Within sixty days if the applicant does not have a valid permanent state driver's license or state identification card or has not been a resident of the state for the previous consecutive ninety days.

Prohibits an application for a concealed pistol license from being denied unless the person has not provided evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form and manner required by the Washington state patrol.

Provides the requirements for when an applicant for a concealed pistol license must submit to a licensing authority.

Requires the Washington state patrol to, by rule, establish minimum standards for handgun proficiency and develop a course to teach handgun proficiency and examinations to measure handgun proficiency.

Authorizes the chief of the Washington state patrol to certify, as a qualified handgun instructor, a person who: (1) Is certified by the criminal justice training commission to instruct others in the use of handguns;

(2) Regularly instructs others in the use of handguns and has graduated from a handgun instructor school; or

Prohibiting dual agency in certain real estate transactions.

Establishing the profession of dental therapist.

Expands access to oral health care through an evidence-based mid-level dental provider called a dental therapist.

Declares an intent to follow the national commission on dental accreditation's standards for dental therapy education.

Changes the composition of the state dental quality assurance commission by adding two members who are licensed dental therapists.

Making the public art capital budget language permanent for efficiency.

Expanding local government authority to regulate firearms.

Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.

Requiring reporting regarding the costs of certain transportation projects.

Concerning dual language learning in early learning and K-12 education.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop and administer the K-12 dual language grant program and the heritage language grant program to grow capacity for high quality dual language and heritage language learning.

Requires the office of student financial assistance, upon documentation of federal student loan indebtedness, to enter into agreements with certificated teachers to repay all or part of the teacher's federal student loans in exchange for teaching service in a dual language program.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Develop and administer the early learning dual language grant program to grow capacity for high quality dual language learning in child care and early childhood education and assistance programs;

(2) Establish one full-time employee dual language specialist position to administer the early learning dual language grant program; and

Creating a business and occupation tax deduction for certain amounts received by zoological facilities.

Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.

Establishes the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.

Requires the department of commerce to accept applications for approval as a rural development and opportunity zone fund.

Establishes an insurance premium tax credit and a business and occupation tax credit.

Creates the rural development and opportunity zone account.

Regulating personal delivery devices.

Authorizes an eligible entity to operate a personal delivery device on a sidewalk or crosswalk if certain requirements are met.

Subjects the operation of a personal delivery device to all rules of the road (chapter 46.61 RCW) that apply to pedestrians.

Collecting DNA samples.

Establishes Jennifer and Michella's law.

Requires a biological sample to be collected for purposes of DNA identification analysis from an adult or juvenile convicted of a felony or convicted of indecent exposure.

Providing services and supports to parenting minors to improve educational attainment.

Allows an applicant to receive the maximum temporary assistance for needy families grant award regardless of his or her income if certain conditions are met.

Allows a parent who is under eighteen years of age and attending high school or working toward completing a G.E.D. certificate to receive working connections child care.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to follow certain requirements when determining consumer eligibility and copayment.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish a competitive application process to provide grants to school districts for the establishment of a graduation, reality, and dual-role skills program.

Requires the state institute for public policy to evaluate the effectiveness of the awarded grants.

Increasing employment opportunities for spouses of military members.

Requires the department of veterans affairs, employment security department, and department of commerce to consult local chambers of commerce, associate development organizations, and businesses to initiate a demonstration campaign to increase military spouse employment.

Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Develop a military spouse recruitment program that targets military spouses and gives them credit for their knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities;

(2) In developing the program, consult with the department of enterprise services, the department of veteran affairs, the state military transition council, the veterans employee resource group, the employment security department, and other interested stakeholders.

Concerning the methods of services provided by the office of public guardianship.

Requires the office of public guardianship to contract with public or private entities or individuals to provide: (1) Supported decision-making services, for a fee, to people at least eighteen years old when there is no one else qualified who is willing and able to serve; and

(2) Estate administration services, for a fee, to decedents who are at least eighteen years old, in circumstances where a service provider under contract with the office is granted letters of administration.

Concerning the management of services provided by the office of public guardianship.

Requires the office of public guardianship to: (1) Develop and adopt a case-weighting system designed to balance the increasing need for access to guardianship services, effectively managing public guardian caseloads, and providing appropriate supports for individuals on that caseload; and

(2) Develop case-weighting guidelines to include a process for adjusting caseload limits, relevant policies and procedures, and recommendations for changes in court rules which may be appropriate for the implementation of the system.

Requires the administrative office of the courts to notify the superior courts of the policies contained in the final case-weighting system.

Concerning opioid use disorder treatment, prevention, and related services.

Declares that opioid use disorder is a public health crisis.

Requires state agencies to: (1) Increase access to evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment services;

(2) Promote coordination of services within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery support system;

(3) Strengthen partnerships between opioid use disorder treatment providers and their allied community partners;

(4) Expand the use of the state prescription drug monitoring program; and

(5) Support comprehensive school and community-based substance use prevention services.

Requires agencies that administer state purchased health care programs to: (1) Coordinate activities to implement this act and the state interagency opioid working plan;

(2) Explore opportunities to address the opioid epidemic; and

Concerning updating and streamlining energy facility site evaluation council operations.

Changing the definition of public employee for public employees' collective bargaining.

Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention.

Transferring duties of the life sciences discovery fund.

Requires the department of commerce to contract with a statewide nonprofit organization to either provide services or make grants, or both, to entities under a contract to foster growth of the state's life science sector and to improve the health and economic well-being of its residents.

Authorizes the department of commerce to sue and be sued on behalf of the life sciences discovery fund and adopt rules for the implementation of this act.

Expanding career connected learning opportunities.

Creates a career connected learning cross-agency work group to: (1) Scale up and expand high-quality career connected learning opportunities in communities across the state; and

(2) Coordinate agency functions and external partnerships and carry out certain duties and responsibilities.

Establishes the career connected learning grant program as a competitive grant program to advance the strategic plan.

Creates the career connected learning account and allows the employment security department to use funds deposited in the account for purposes of the grant program.

Requires the following to employ or contract with at least one career connected learning coordinator: The state board for community and technical colleges, the University of Washington, Washington State University, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College.

Adding code enforcement officers to assault in the third degree provisions.

Concerning state board of health rules regarding on-site sewage systems.

Enacting the Native American voting rights act of Washington.

Establishing a statewide free college program by changing the state need grant to the Washington college promise scholarship.

Creates the Washington college promise scholarship program to: (1) Replace the state need grant program; and

(2) Provide a statewide free college program for eligible participants and greater access to postsecondary education for state residents.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to: (1) Implement and administer the program;

(2) Establish rules for implementation of the program; and

(3) Award Washington college promise scholarships to eligible students beginning in academic year 2021-2022.

Requires the legislature to appropriate funding for the program.

Concerning the use of unmanned aerial systems near certain protected marine species.

Concerning the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic products.

Increasing revenues for the support of state government.

Imposes a tax on individuals for the privilege of selling or exchanging long-term capital assets or receiving Washington capital gains.

Allows a business and occupation tax deduction against a person's gross income of the business to the extent necessary to avoid taxing the same amounts under chapter 82.04 RCW and section 102 of this act.

Authorizes the department of revenue to enter into reciprocal tax collection agreements with the taxing officials of any other state imposing a specified tax.

Concerning child care access.

Establishes the Washington child care access now act.

Creates the child care access work group and requires the work group to: (1) Develop a regional mechanism to measure the cost of quality that can be used to determine child care subsidy rates;

(2) Consider how the measure of area median income could be used in place of federal poverty level when determining eligibility for child care subsidy;

(3) Evaluate recommendations from the department of children, youth, and families' technical work group on compensation to achieve pay parity with K-12 teachers by January 1, 2025; and

(4) Develop a phased implementation plan for policy changes to the working connections child care program.

Limiting overtime for correctional officers.

Preventing lead exposure in young people.

Prohibits a person from: (1) Selling, transferring, giving, or otherwise making available, any ammunition other than nonlead ammunition to a person who is under the age of twenty-one years; or

(2) Selling or offering for sale, ammunition that is knowingly or intentionally representing ammunition containing more than trace amounts of lead as nonlead ammunition.

Requires the department of health to develop and make available a handout and warning sign regarding the adverse health risks from exposure to lead for certain people and the risk for lead exposure arising from the use of lead ammunition while engaged in sport shooting activities.

Permits local health departments and districts to: (1) Investigate and issue notices of and enforce civil infractions relating to the sale of ammunition other than nonlead ammunition; and

Concerning vehicle reseller permits.

Requires the county auditor to collect the use tax on vehicles at the time an applicant applies for transfer of certificate of title to the vehicle, except when the applicant presents a valid reseller permit issued to the vehicle owner by the department of revenue.

-- 2019 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 18	First reading, referred to Finance.