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WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
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Legislative Digest No.
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| SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE | Monday, January 28, 2019 | | 15th Day - 2019 Regular Session |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2019.
House Bills HB 1008-Sby House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Pollet, and Frame)
Studying the constitutional and statutory obligations and tax revenue capacity of local government entities. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Requires the department of commerce to conduct a study that analyzes local governments' revenue capacity in relation to its constitutional and statutory obligations. Makes an appropriation from the dedicated marijuana account to the department of commerce for the purposes of this act. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1009-Sby House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Dolan, Kirby, and Jinkins; by request of State Auditor)
Addressing the state auditor's duties and procedures. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Modifies certain duties and procedures of the state auditor regarding the loss of public funds or assets and other illegal activity. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 24 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. |
HB 1010-Sby House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Lovick, Chapman, Walen, Slatter, Kloba, Peterson, Valdez, Kilduff, Ryu, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Jinkins, Macri, Wylie, Goodman, Cody, Bergquist, Doglio, Robinson, Orwall, Stanford, Ortiz-Self, Santos, Frame, and Leavitt)
Concerning the disposition of forfeited firearms by the Washington state patrol. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Revises firearms and dangerous weapon provisions regarding the Washington state patrol having the option to destroy a forfeited firearm. Requires the Washington state patrol to develop and have in place policies addressing the criteria for determining when forfeited firearms should be destroyed. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 18 | CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 22 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. |
HB 1012-Sby House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Barkis, Jinkins, Steele, Riccelli, Fey, Valdez, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Robinson, Pollet, and Stanford)
Concerning the use of child passenger restraint systems. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
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 (4) Legal penalties for not properly using restraint systems. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. |
HB 1033-Sby House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans (originally sponsored by Representatives Ryu, Barkis, Dolan, Macri, Stanford, Kloba, Sells, Tharinger, Bergquist, Doglio, Robinson, Pollet, Santos, Reeves, and Leavitt)
Concerning relocation assistance for manufactured/mobile home park tenants. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Addresses the closure and conversion of manufactured/mobile home parks. Provides a mechanism for assisting park tenants to demolish and dispose of their homes and to secure housing. Changes the name of the mobile home park relocation fund to the manufactured/mobile home park relocation fund. Entitles eligible tenants, who have relocated, to financial grants from the fund, up to a maximum of twelve thousand dollars for a multisection home and up to a maximum of seven thousand five hundred dollars for a single-section home. Requires the department of commerce to determine the amount of each grant distributed up to the maximum amount. Permits the department to require a tenant who has received financial grants from the fund to provide documentation of actual relocation expenses. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1040-Sby House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Stanford, Barkis, Slatter, and Ryu; by request of Insurance Commissioner)
Concerning the creation of a work group to study and make recommendations on natural disaster mitigation and resiliency activities. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Creates a work group to study and make recommendations on natural disaster and resiliency activities. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1048-Sby House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Stokesbary, Jinkins, Macri, Appleton, Wylie, and Chambers)
Modifying the process for prevailing parties to recover judgments in small claims court. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Revises small claims court provisions with regard to the process for prevailing parties to recover judgments in the court. Increases the fee for the filing of a small claims action. Requires fifty cents of each filing fee to be deposited into: (1) The judicial stabilization trust account to fund indigent defense through the office of public defense; and (2) The crime victims' compensation account to assist crime victims. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 18 | CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 22 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1049-Sby House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Macri, Stokesbary, Riccelli, Jinkins, Tharinger, Slatter, Caldier, Appleton, Wylie, Cody, Doglio, and Stonier)
Concerning health care provider and health care facility whistleblower protections. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Addresses whistleblower protection provisions with regard to health care providers and health care facilities. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 18 | CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 22 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. |
HB 1067-Sby House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations (originally sponsored by Representatives Pellicciotti, Pollet, Gregerson, Macri, Dolan, Kilduff, Irwin, Appleton, and Leavitt; by request of Attorney General)
Concerning employment after public service in state government. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Addresses the postemployment of former state officers and state employees. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 24 | Referred to Rules 2 Review. |
HB 1105-Sby House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Ryu, Wylie, Pollet, Stanford, and Frame)
Protecting taxpayers from home foreclosure. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Modifies home foreclosure provisions regarding the protection of taxpayers. Creates the counselor referral hotline account and the housing counseling activities account. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1348by Representatives Chapman, Maycumber, Springer, Tharinger, Steele, and Morris
Helping Washington businesses succeed by modifying certain business and occupation tax provisions.
Changes the business and occupation tax structure of manufacturers to encourage economic growth and lower the unemployment rate, especially in rural areas. Delays, from July 1, 2024, until July 1, 2056, the expiration date for the timber products business and occupation tax rate of the state forest practices habitat conservation plan. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. |
HB 1349by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Jinkins, Doglio, and Leavitt
Clarifying the definition of a geriatric behavioral health worker for individuals with a bachelor's or master's degree in social work, behavioral health, or other related areas.
Revises the definition of "geriatric behavioral health worker," for purposes of chapter 74.42 RCW (nursing homes--resident care, operating standards), to include a person with a bachelor's or master's degree in social work, behavioral health, or other related areas. Requires a geriatric behavioral health worker to have a bachelor's or master's degree in social work, behavioral health, or other related areas, in order to qualify for the exception which allows the worker to be recognized in minimum staffing requirements as part of the direct care service delivery to individuals who have a behavioral health condition. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
HB 1350by Representatives Kilduff, Irwin, Jinkins, Fey, Leavitt, and Ortiz-Self
Issuing temporary protection orders.
Requires the municipal and district courts to have jurisdiction and cognizance of certain criminal actions and the issuance and enforcement of temporary orders for protection. Requires the district or municipal court to set the full hearing in superior court and transfer the case, when the jurisdiction of a district or municipal court is limited to the issuance and enforcement of a temporary order. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. |
HB 1351by Representatives Goodman, Senn, Callan, Lovick, Frame, Ortiz-Self, Kilduff, Appleton, Dolan, Stanford, Valdez, Kloba, Doglio, Pollet, and Leavitt; by request of Office of the Governor
Expanding eligibility to the early childhood education and assistance program.
Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Establish a pilot project to implement a state-funded birth to three early childhood education and assistance program to eligible children who are under thirty-six months old; (2) Offer home visiting services that the child or family are eligible for under the particular home visiting service's statutory eligibility requirements; and (3) Select up to ten pilot project locations during the first year of the project, with an attempt to select a combination of rural, urban, and suburban locations. Requires the children included in the early childhood education and assistance program to have a family income at or less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. |
HB 1352by Representatives Thai, Harris, Slatter, Appleton, Jinkins, and Ortiz-Self
Compounding drugs.
Exempts the following from the definition of "compounding" for purposes of chapter 18.64 RCW: Mixing, reconstitution, or other acts that are performed in accordance with directions contained in approved labeling provided by the product's manufacturer and other manufacturer directions consistent with that labeling. Requires medicinal preparations that are compounded for patient administration or distribution to a licensed practitioner for patient use or administration to meet the standards of the official United States pharmacopeia as it applies to nonsterile and sterile administered preparations. Requires the pharmacy quality assurance commission to adopt rules identifying which chapters or provisions of the official United States pharmacopeia are applicable to nonsterile and sterile products and preparations compounded for patient administration or distribution to a licensed practitioner for patient use or administration. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
HB 1353by Representatives Vick, Wylie, Hoff, Harris, Stonier, and Eslick
Concerning zoning regulations relating to accessory dwelling units.
Authorizes a local government to allow the development and placement of accessory apartments within or outside urban growth areas. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. |
HB 1354by Representatives Walen, Stokesbary, Wylie, Orcutt, Vick, Frame, Eslick, and Ormsby
Providing that scan-down allowances on food and beverages intended for human and pet consumption are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation tax.
Provides a business and occupation tax deduction on scan-down allowances. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. |
HB 1355by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Ryu, Sells, Macri, Entenman, Stonier, Valdez, Frame, Gregerson, Tarleton, Doglio, Dolan, Appleton, Bergquist, Slatter, Goodman, Pollet, and Santos
Establishing staffing standards and ratios for counselors in community and technical colleges.
Provides criteria that a person must meet in order to become a counselor for community and technical colleges. Requires every community and technical college to have and maintain a staffing ratio of no more than nine hundred students to one full-time equivalent counselor. Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to ensure that each college district, in coordination with colleges, meets and maintains the student-to-counselor ratio. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. |
HB 1356by Representatives Lovick, Maycumber, Tarleton, Pettigrew, Doglio, Stonier, Morgan, Orwall, Gregerson, Kilduff, Mead, Kloba, Valdez, Ortiz-Self, Thai, Lekanoff, Cody, Stanford, Chapman, Walen, Sells, Kirby, Appleton, Blake, Ryu, Reeves, Bergquist, Jinkins, Goodman, Pollet, Leavitt, and Ormsby
Concerning privileged communication with peer support group counselors.
Modifies peer support group counselor provisions regarding privileged communication. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. |
HB 1357by Representatives Doglio, Macri, Dolan, Barkis, and Appleton
Eliminating certain requirements for the annexation of an unincorporated island of territory.
Eliminates certain requirements for the annexation of an unincorporated island of territory. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. |
HB 1358by Representatives Kirby, Vick, Blake, and Appleton
Establishing an endorsement to the marijuana retailer's license authorizing delivery services to individuals twenty-one years of age or older.
Establishes a marijuana delivery endorsement to a marijuana retailer license to permit a qualifying marijuana retailer to deliver marijuana for personal use to an individual who is at least twenty-one years old. Requires the individual that receives the delivery to be at least twenty-one years old and provide the delivery person with valid identification. Requires the state liquor and cannabis board to establish the fee for the marijuana delivery endorsement. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. |
HB 1359by Representatives Leavitt, Irwin, Tharinger, Eslick, and Pollet
Concerning local government procurement modernization and efficiency.
Authorizes a county to procure public works with a unit priced contract for the purpose of completing anticipated types of work based on hourly rates or unit pricing for one or more categories of work or trades. Requires unit priced contracts to be executed for an initial contract term not to exceed three years, with the county having the option of extending or renewing the contract for one additional year. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Local Government. |
HB 1360by Representatives Irwin and Fey
Concerning abstracts of driving records.
Authorizes the director of the department of licensing to enter into a contractual agreement with: (1) A transit authority for the purpose of reviewing the driving records of existing vanpool drivers for changes to the record during specified periods of time; and (2) A unit of local government for the purpose of reviewing the driving records of existing employees for changes to the record during specified periods of time. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Transportation. |
HB 1361by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, and Chapman; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Concerning setting fees for administration of the prevailing wage program.
Requires the fees charged for the approval of statements of intent to pay prevailing wages and the certification of affidavits of wages paid to be forty dollars or less, as determined by the director of the department of labor and industries, and for the 2019-2021 biennium, the fees must be twenty dollars or less. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. | Jan 24 | LAWS - Majority; do pass. | Jan 25 | Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1362by Representative Klippert
Concerning benefits eligibility during postretirement employment for members of the public employees', teachers', and school employees' retirement systems, plans 2 and 3.
Modifies plans 2 and 3 of certain retirement systems with regard to benefits eligibility during postretirement employment. Repeals RCW 41.32.068 (postretirement employment options for retired teachers). -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1363by Representatives Blake, MacEwen, Dolan, Orcutt, Doglio, Dent, Shewmake, Springer, Bergquist, Chandler, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Stanford, Steele, and Pettigrew
Concerning state agency employee access to peer-reviewed journals.
Directs the state institute for public policy to conduct a study that addresses potential funding, organizational structure, and policy mechanisms that would provide relevant state employees with comprehensive electronic access to peer-reviewed journals. Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the state institute for public policy for conducting the study. Expires June 30, 2021. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. |
HB 1364by Representatives Smith, Gregerson, and Reeves; by request of Office of Financial Management
Eliminating, revising, or decodifying obsolete or inactive statutory provisions that concern the office of financial management.
Revises, deletes, or decodifies obsolete or inactive statutory provisions regarding the office of financial management. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. |
House Joint Memorials HJM 4002by Representatives Young, Kraft, Griffey, Rude, Blake, Walsh, Jenkin, Vick, Harris, Caldier, Corry, Dent, Hoff, Stokesbary, Boehnke, Chandler, Dufault, Sutherland, Wilcox, Gildon, and Barkis
Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of Congress.
Applies for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of congress. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. |
House Joint Resolutions HJR 4204by Representative Klippert
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution concerning county implementation of measures initiated by the people.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution concerning county implementation of measures initiated by the people. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. |
Senate Bills SB 5003-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen and Padden; by request of Washington State Bar Association)
Concerning Washington's business corporation act. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Revises the Washington business corporation act. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5010-Sby Senate Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Rolfes, Van De Wege, and Ranker)
Concerning protected lands not being assessed local fire district levies. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Addresses parcels of land that do not pay the forest fire protection assessment or a local fire district levy. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5017-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Salomon, Van De Wege, and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Law Commission)
Concerning the uniform unsworn declarations act. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Revises the current uniform unsworn foreign declarations act and changes the name of that act to the uniform unsworn declarations act. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5020-Sby Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Salomon, Hasegawa, King, Saldaña, Nguyen, Wilson, C., Keiser, and Rivers)
Establishing a soju endorsement to certain restaurant licenses. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Requires the state liquor and cannabis board to: (1) Create a soju endorsement to the spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license that allows the holder of the license to serve soju for on-premises consumption by the bottle to tables of two or more adult patrons; (2) Develop additional responsible sale and service of soju training curriculum related to the provisions of the endorsement that includes certification procedures and enforcement policies; and (3) Make the information available in both Korean and English languages. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5021-Sby Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Van De Wege, Walsh, Keiser, Conway, Hunt, Hobbs, Wellman, Hasegawa, and Kuderer)
Granting interest arbitration to department of corrections employees. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Declares an intent to grant employees of the department of corrections interest arbitration rights as an alternative means of settling disputes in order to maintain dedicated and uninterrupted services to the supervision of criminal offenders that are in state correctional facilities and on community supervision. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | And refer to Ways & Means. | Jan 25 | Referred to Ways & Means. |
SB 5024-Sby Senate Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Hasegawa and Fortunato)
Concerning the transparency of local taxing districts. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Requires the following corporations to disclose the rates of state and local taxes imposed on the corporation with respect to the billed services, if any, and also disclose the amount of taxes to be paid directly by the customer or taxpayer: Metropolitan municipal corporations; public utility districts; diking, draining, and sewerage improvement districts; solid waste collection districts; solid waste disposal districts; water-sewer districts; and cities or towns operating as a municipal utility. Requires an electric utility to: (1) Provide written or electronic notice of public hearings where changes in electricity rates will be considered or approved by the commission or governing body; and (2) Disclose on each billing statement the rate of tax imposed upon the electric utility, if any, and the amount of tax to be paid directly by the retail electric customer through the billing statement. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5027-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Frockt, Carlyle, Palumbo, Wellman, Pedersen, Keiser, Saldaña, Mullet, and O'Ban)
Concerning extreme risk protection orders. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Revises the extreme risk protection order act regarding: Penalties for previous convictions; age of respondent and appointment of a guardian ad litem; proceedings in juvenile court; sealing court records of a person under eighteen years old; a parent's or guardian's obligation to secure firearms; and the development and preparation, by the administrative office of the courts, of a standard petition and order form for an extreme risk protection order and an informational brochure. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5123-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senator Padden)
Concerning unlawful detainer actions. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Defines the term "four days" as four calendar days and does not include weekend days or holidays, for purposes of unlawful detainer actions. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5131-Sby Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability (originally sponsored by Senators Takko, Short, and Kuderer)
Regarding foreclosure and distraint sales of manufactured/mobile or park model homes. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
States that the registered owner of record, legal owner on title, and purchaser are not required to sign the certificate of title and title application to transfer title when a manufactured/mobile or park model home is sold at a county treasurer's foreclosure or distraint sale. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | HSA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | Jan 25 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. |
SB 5143-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Dhingra, Wellman, Das, Keiser, Palumbo, Darneille, Kuderer, and Saldaña)
Concerning the authorized removal, safekeeping, and return of firearms and ammunition by law enforcement during and after domestic violence incidents. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Requires a peace officer, who responds to a domestic violence call and has probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed, to seize all firearms and ammunition that he or she believes were used or threatened to be used in the commission of the offense and may seize all firearms and ammunition in plain sight or discovered under a consensual or other lawful search. Requires a law enforcement agency to: (1) Comply with certain domestic violence requirements before returning a seized firearm or ammunition to the owner or individual from whom the firearm or ammunition was obtained; and (2) Forward the offense report regarding any incident of domestic violence to the appropriate prosecutor within ten days of making the report. Requires the criminal justice training commission to implement a course of instruction for training law enforcement officers in the handling of domestic violence complaints. Provides immunity from liability to appointed or elected public officials, public employees, public agencies, or units of local government and its employees, for damages arising out of the seizure or failure to seize a firearm. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5149-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Wilson, L., Becker, Kuderer, Short, and Takko)
Monitoring with victim notification technology. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Modifies the sentencing reform act of 1981 to include electronic monitoring with victim notification technology that is capable of notifying a victim or protected party, either directly or through a monitoring agency, if the monitored individual is at or near a location from which he or she is required to stay away. Requires the administrative office of the courts to: (1) Develop a list of vendors or enter into a contract with a vendor that provides the technology; (2) Create an informational handout on the opportunity to request the technology to be provided to individuals seeking a protection order; and (3) Provide funding to counties to cover the cost of the technology when a respondent is unable to pay for the costs. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | Jan 25 | On motion, referred to Ways & Means. |
SB 5163-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hasegawa, Pedersen, Kuderer, Darneille, McCoy, Saldaña, Dhingra, Frockt, Wilson, C., Liias, Palumbo, and Nguyen)
Concerning actions for wrongful injury or death. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Modifies provisions relating to actions for wrongful injury or death. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | And refer to Ways & Means. | | Minority; do not pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. | Jan 25 | Referred to Ways & Means. |
SB 5167-Sby Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Senators Hasegawa, Saldaña, Darneille, Frockt, Keiser, Nguyen, and Mullet)
Addressing the linked deposit program. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Increases the amount of funds that the state treasurer may use for qualifying loans that are made to a veteran-owned business. Requires a line of credit issued under the linked deposit program that has a zero balance for twelve or more months to be removed from the program. Directs the office of minority and women's business enterprises to adopt rules to prioritize loans that ensure that when making a qualified loan under the linked deposit program priority is given to loans that: (1) Create jobs in underserved communities that have inadequate access to capital; and (2) Are for applicants that do not currently have loans with other small business lending agencies. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | FIET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | And refer to Ways & Means. | Jan 25 | Referred to Ways & Means. |
SB 5174-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Palumbo and Pedersen)
Concerning concealed pistol license training requirements. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
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 proof that he or she has completed a recognized firearms safety training program within the last five years. Requires an applicant for a concealed pistol license to submit the following to a licensing authority: The completed application, a complete set of fingerprints, his or her photograph, evidence of completing safety training, and the licensing fee. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5258-Sby Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Wellman, Saldaña, Randall, Das, Dhingra, Cleveland, Conway, Wilson, C., Darneille, Kuderer, Takko, Salomon, Hasegawa, and Hunt)
Preventing the sexual harassment and sexual assault of certain isolated workers. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Requires every hospitality, retail, behavioral health, or custodial employer, or labor contractor who employs a custodian, security guard, hotel or motel housekeeper, or behavioral health caregiver or counselor who spends a majority of his or her working hours alone at a location that is not his or her home to: (1) Adopt a sexual harassment policy; (2) Provide mandatory training to the managers, supervisors, and employees; (3) Provide a list of resources for the employees to use; and (4) Provide a panic button to each worker that spends most of his or her working hours alone at a location that is not his or her home. Requires the department of labor and industries to publish advice and guidance for employers with fifty or fewer employees relating to the requirements mentioned above. Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish procedures for licensing property service contractors. Requires hotels and motels with sixty or more rooms to meet the requirements in this act by January 1, 2020. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
SB 5273-Sby Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Hunt, Kuderer, Wellman, Cleveland, McCoy, Dhingra, Saldaña, Billig, Mullet, Liias, Conway, Das, Frockt, Keiser, and Palumbo)
Concerning the presidential primary. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
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. Requires a ballot, if requested by a party chair, to contain a place for a voter to indicate a preference for having delegates to the party's national convention remain uncommitted. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | | Minority; without recommendation. | Jan 24 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | Jan 25 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. |
SB 5333-Sby Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen and Rivers)
Making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, entry of protective orders by the court, use of mandatory forms, criteria for notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, clarifying the crimes included in sexual assault for purposes of preclusion of parentage, and correcting citations and terminology. (DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)
Modifies the uniform parentage act regarding access to court records, entry of protective orders by the court, the use of mandatory forms, criteria for notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, clarifying the crimes included in sexual assault for purposes of preclusion of parentage, and corrections to certain citations and terminology. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 24 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | | Minority; do not pass. | Jan 25 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
Senate Joint Memorials SJM 8007by Senators Rivers, Brown, O'Ban, Fortunato, Takko, Wagoner, Warnick, Bailey, Honeyford, Zeiger, Sheldon, Palumbo, Schoesler, and Wilson, L.
Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of Congress.
Applies for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and terms of office for federal officials and for members of congress. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 22 | First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. |
Senate Joint Resolutions SJR 8203by Senators Cleveland and Hunt
Amending the state Constitution to modify legislative session days.
Proposes an amendment to the the state Constitution to modify legislative session days. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. |
SJR 8204by Senators Braun, Fortunato, Takko, Wagoner, and Wilson, L.
Amending the Constitution to guarantee the right to fish, hunt, and otherwise harvest wildlife.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to guarantee the right to fish, hunt, and otherwise harvest wildlife. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 23 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions SCR 8402by Senators Liias and Short
Convening a joint session for the purpose of receiving an address from Premier John Horgan of British Columbia.
Convenes a joint session for the purpose of receiving an address from Premier John Horgan of British Columbia. -- 2019 REGULAR SESSION -- | Jan 21 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. | | Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | | Third reading, adopted. | -- IN THE HOUSE -- | Jan 22 | Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. |
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