Concerning juvenile offenses that involve depictions of minors.

Establishes the responsible teen communications act.

Requires the Washington coalition of sexual assault programs, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the Washington association for the treatment of sexual abusers, the department of children, youth, and families, the department of social and health services, the juvenile court administrators, the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys, representatives from public defense, youth representatives, and other relevant stakeholders, to convene a work group to make recommendations to the legislature regarding age-appropriate prevention and intervention strategies to address potential harm caused by exchange of intimate images by minors.

Addressing the methodology for establishing the prevailing rate of wages for the construction of affordable housing, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and low-income weatherization and home rehabilitation public works.

Requires an industrial statistician to: (1) Establish the prevailing rate of wage for residential construction by conducting wage and hour surveys; and

Concerning state government processes to verify hours worked on computers for certain government contracts.

Requires a contract subject to chapter 39.26 RCW regarding procurement of goods and services, to: (1) Require a contractor to use software to verify that hours billed for work under the contract that are performed on a computer are legitimate; and

(2) Specify that the agency will not pay for hours worked on a computer unless those hours are verifiable by the software or by data collected by the software.

Providing local governments with options to preserve affordable housing in their communities.

Authorizes a city or county governing authority to adopt a property tax exemption program to preserve affordable housing within the city, or unincorporated areas within the county, that meets health and quality standards for low-income and very low-income households at risk of displacement or that cannot afford market rate housing.

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 risk-based water quality standards for on-site nonpotable water systems.

Requires the department of health, in consultation with the state building code council, to adopt rules for: (1) Risk-based water quality standards for the on-site treatment and reuse of nonpotable alternative water sources for nonpotable end uses in multifamily residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings, and district-scale projects; and

Concerning the hospital safety net assessment.

Allows funds from the hospital safety net assessment program to be used: (1) Instead of payments from the general fund for medicaid hospital services through the 2023-2025 biennium; and

(2) For integrated evidence-based psychiatry residency program slots and family medicine residency program slots.

Establishing the child welfare housing assistance program that provides housing assistance to parents reunifying with a child and parents at risk of having a child removed.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Establish a child welfare housing assistance program, which provides housing vouchers, rental assistance, navigation, and other support services to eligible families and is intended to shorten the time that children remain in out-of-home care and to provide support to allow families to remain intact; and

Filling vacancies in county sheriff offices.

Concerning communication services and electronic media services in prisons and jails.

Requires a vendor to charge reasonable rates under a contract for communication services and electronic media services for inmates in state correctional facilities or in jail.

Increasing contractor bonding requirements.

Allows the director of the department of labor and industries to require an applicant applying to renew or reinstate a registration or applying for a new registration to file a bond of up to three times the normally required amount, if the director determines that the applicant or a previous registration of a corporate officer, owner, or partner of a current applicant, has had one, instead of three, final judgment in actions in the past five years involving a residential single-family dwelling.

Requiring a statement of inquiry for rules affecting fees related to health professions.

Concerning the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations.

Requires counties, cities, and towns to protect the health and safety of residents in temporary settings that are hosted by religious organizations.

Authorizes counties, cities, and towns to enact an ordinance or regulation that requires a host religious organization and a distinct managing agency using the organization's property, to enter into a memorandum of understanding to protect the public health and safety of the residents of the particular hosting and the residents of the county.

Prohibits a county, city, or town from enacting an ordinance or regulation or take other action that places an undue burden on a religious organization providing housing or shelter for the homeless.

Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education.

Concerning the safety and security of adult entertainers.

Requires the department of labor and industries to: (1) Develop or contract for the development of training for entertainers; and

(2) Convene an entertainer advisory committee to assist with implementation of this act including the elements of the training.

Requires an adult entertainment establishment to: (1) Provide a panic button to each entertainer, at no cost to the entertainer; and

Addressing the employer status of franchisors.

Clarifies that a franchisor is not an employer of a franchisee or an employee of a franchisee for the purpose of: (1) Chapter 49.12 RCW regarding industrial welfare;

(2) Chapter 49.17 RCW regarding the state industrial safety and health act;

(3) Chapter 49.46 RCW regarding the state minimum wage act;

(4) Chapter 49.52 RCW regarding labor relations, wages, deductions, contributions, and rebates;

(5) Chapter 49.60 RCW regarding the state civil rights act;

(6) Title 50 RCW regarding the employment security act; and

Exempting school districts from the state portion of sales and use taxes on school construction.

Concerning veteran diversion from involuntary commitment.

Modifies the involuntary treatment act with regard to the emergency detention of a person with a mental disorder or a substance use disorder.

Requires the appropriate facility to: (1) Inquire as to a person's veteran status or eligibility for veteran's benefits;

(2) Report to the veterans health administration;

(3) Take into consideration the person's emergency care needs, when he or she has been identified as a veteran or is eligible for veterans services and is being treated for a mental health or substance use disorder; and

Homeschooling foster youth.

Homeschooling foster youth.

Concerning the sale of software used in the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.

Preparing for and responding to active shooter events and other acts of mass violence at schools.

Creates the committee on school violence preparedness and requires the committee to, by June 30, 2019: (1) Establish training curriculum standards that private and public entities may use to develop: (a) Voluntary training programs, offered to common school and charter school employees who hold a concealed pistol license, on how to safely use a firearm to prevent, stop, and respond to an active shooter event or other act of mass violence at a school; and (b) training programs on the issues of children's mental health awareness and conflict de-escalation; and

(2) Determine which school employees, except for classroom teachers, are eligible for the training.

Adjusting monetary thresholds for found property.

Changes the monetary thresholds, from twenty-five dollars to one hundred dollars, for found property.

Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Adjust the dollar thresholds for inflation every five years, beginning July 1, 2025; and

(2) Calculate the new dollar threshold and transmit it to the office of the code reviser for publication in the Washington State Register.

Concerning medical deductions for calculating disposable income.

Allows the deduction of the following from the calculation of disposable income for qualifying for senior property tax programs: (1) Health care insurance premiums for health care coverage, including dental coverage, vision coverage, copayments, and medicare;

(2) Durable medical equipment, mobility enhancing equipment, prosthetic devices, and medically prescribed oxygen;

(3) Alterations made to a residence to accommodate or install medical equipment; and

Concerning unmanned aircraft.

Finds a person guilty of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft if he or she knowingly uses an unmanned aircraft to: (1) Conduct surveillance of another person in a private place;

(2) Operate the aircraft in a manner which places another person in reasonable fear of bodily injury; or

(3) Deliver, provide, transmit, or furnish contraband to a person confined in a detention facility or secure facility.

Declares that the state hereby occupies and preempts the field of unmanned aircraft regulation within the boundaries of the state.

Establishing a law enforcement grant program to expand alternatives to arrest and jail processes.

Concerning substance use disorder professional practice.

Concerning a vessel crewmember license.

Requires each individual who must have a crewmember license to have at least one piece of identifying documentation in their possession that contains the signature and photograph of the individual and produce the documentation at the request of a fish and wildlife officer or ex officio fish and wildlife officer.

Authorizes the fish and wildlife commission to adopt fishery specific rules that: (1) Increase the number of crewmember licenses that may be held by a commercial fishing license holder; and

Concerning occupational board reform.

Establishing the welcome to Washington baby act to create family supports through universal home visiting programs and a statewide family linkage program for resources and referrals.

Establishes the welcome to Washington baby act of 2019.

Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Implement a universal home visiting program for newborns and their families; and

(2) Develop a statewide family linkage program that provides resources and referrals to all families.

Authorizes the eligible activities of the universal home visiting program to be funded by the home visiting services account.

-- 2019 REGULAR SESSION --
Jan 30	First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning.