NOON SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia

Thursday, January 19, 2017

The Senate was called to order at 12:00 o’clock noon by the President of the Senate, Lt. Governor Habib presiding. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.

MOTION

There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

January 18, 2017

SB 5114 Prime Sponsor, Senator Braun: Providing that a quarterly revenue forecast is due on February 20th during both a long and short legislative session year. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Braun, Chair; Brown, Vice Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Honeyford, Vice Chair, Capital Budget ; Rolfes, Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Operating Budget; Frockt, Assistant Ranking Member on the Capital Budget; Ranker, Ranking Minority Member; Becker; Billig; Carlyle; Darneille; Fain; Keiser; Miloscia; Padden; Pedersen; Rivers; Schoesler; Warnick and Zeiger.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 18, 2017

SB 5162 Prime Sponsor, Senator McCoy: Creating the wastewater treatment plant operator certification account. Reported by Committee on Ways & Means

MAJORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senators Braun, Chair; Brown, Vice Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Honeyford, Vice Chair, Capital Budget ; Rolfes, Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Operating Budget; Frockt, Assistant Ranking Member on the Capital Budget; Ranker, Ranking Minority Member; Becker; Billig; Carlyle; Conway; Darneille; Fain; Hasegawa; Keiser; Miloscia; Padden; Pedersen; Rivers; Schoesler; Warnick and Zeiger.

Passed to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 5274 by Senators Conway, Bailey, Schoesler and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to defining salary for purposes of the Washington state patrol retirement system; and amending RCW 43.43.120.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5275 by Senators Conway, Bailey, Schoesler and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to transferring public employees' retirement system service credit to the public safety employees' retirement system due to differing definitions of full-time; adding a new section to chapter 41.37 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5276 by Senators Bailey, Conway, Schoesler and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to allowing new government employees the option of opting out of retirement system membership if the employee is age sixty or older when first hired, or when the employee's employer opts into retirement plan participation; amending RCW 41.40.023, 41.35.030, and 41.32.032; adding new sections to chapter 41.40 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 41.35 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.50 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5277 by Senators Padden, Pedersen and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to disqualification of judges; and amending RCW 4.12.040 and 4.12.050.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5278 by Senators Padden and Pedersen

AN ACT Relating to the authority of the public safety review panel; amending RCW 10.77.020, 10.77.110, 10.77.120, 10.77.140, 10.77.145, 10.77.150, 10.77.155, 10.77.160, 10.77.163, 10.77.180, 10.77.190, 10.77.195, 10.77.200, 10.77.230, and 10.77.270; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5279 by Senators Warnick and Keiser

AN ACT Relating to allowing sales of growlers of wine; and amending RCW 66.28.360.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5280 by Senators Honeyford, Rivers, Becker, Sheldon, Brown, Angel, Miloscia, Warnick, Padden and Bailey

AN ACT Relating to making crimes and threats against persons because of their occupation as a law enforcement officer a hate crime; amending RCW 9A.36.078, 9A.36.080, 9A.46.060, 9A.36.031, and 36.28A.030; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5281 by Senators Angel, Fortunato, Takko, Fain, Sheldon and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to state board of health rules regarding on-site sewage systems; and amending RCW 43.20.050.

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

SB 5282 by Senator Baumgartner

AN ACT Relating to authorizing local governments to prohibit the operation of licensed marijuana retail businesses within alcohol impact areas; and amending RCW 69.50.331.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5283 by Senators Warnick, Mullet, Rivers and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to educational staff associate positions; and amending RCW 28A.150.410.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5284 by Senators Carlyle and Rivers

AN ACT Relating to the oversight and regulation of marijuana; amending RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.339, 69.50.348, 69.50.351, 69.50.357, 69.50.363, 69.50.366, 69.50.369, 69.50.372, 69.50.500, 69.50.580, 66.08.100, and 9.94A.832; adding a new section to chapter 69.50 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5285 by Senators Wilson and Palumbo

AN ACT Relating to conducting a workforce study of employment opportunities in the agriculture, environment, and natural resources economic sectors intended to provide educators with the information needed for informing students about employment opportunities in the studied fields; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

SB 5286 by Senators Angel, Hobbs, Fain and Takko

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting regulation of the amount of rent for commercial properties; and adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance.

SB 5287 by Senators Darneille, Saldaña, Pedersen and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to persistent offenders; amending RCW 9.94A.030; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5288 by Senators Hunt and Liias

AN ACT Relating to authorizing certain public transportation benefit areas to impose a sales and use tax increase approved by voters; amending RCW 82.14.045; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5289 by Senators Rivers, Liias, Miloscia and Carlyle

AN ACT Relating to updating the distracted driving infraction; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; repealing RCW 46.61.667 and 46.61.668; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5290 by Senators Hobbs, Takko, Palumbo and Chase

AN ACT Relating to the administration of marijuana to students for medical purposes; amending RCW 69.51A.060; adding a new section to chapter 28A.210 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 69.51A RCW.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5291 by Senators Pearson, McCoy, Warnick, Chase, Hobbs, Fain, Hasegawa, Palumbo, Wellman and Hunt

AN ACT Relating to creating a pilot project to provide middle and junior high school students strategic and intentional academic support beyond the traditional school day to promote accountability and responsibility and to ensure high school readiness; adding new sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; creating new sections; making appropriations; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5292 by Senator Ranker

AN ACT Relating to government efficiency by eliminating, revising or decodifying obsolete or inactive statutory provisions that concern the office of financial management; amending RCW 4.84.360, 38.40.030, 43.03.049, 43.08.015, and 43.320.090; decodifying RCW 43.41.901, 43.41.940, and 43.41.950; and repealing RCW 28B.15.101, 43.41.220, 43.41.230, 43.41.240, 43.41.250, and 43.41.905.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SB 5293 by Senator Darneille

AN ACT Relating to court-based and school-based efforts to promote attendance and reduce truancy; amending RCW 28A.225.020, 28A.225.025, 28A.225.026, and 28A.225.090; and repealing RCW 28A.225.115.

Referred to Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.

SB 5294 by Senators Padden and O'Ban

AN ACT Relating to addressing the department of corrections early release error; amending RCW 72.09.010, 43.06.010, 42.40.040, and 42.40.110; adding new sections to chapter 72.09 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5295 by Senators Braun and Ranker

AN ACT Relating to adding the use of shared leave for employees who are sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy disability or for the purposes of parental leave to bond with the employee's newborn, adoptive, or foster child; amending RCW 41.04.650, 41.04.655, 41.04.660, and 41.04.665; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SB 5296 by Senators Braun and Ranker

AN ACT Relating to removing the requirement that an employee must work at least six months before taking vacation leave; amending RCW 43.01.040 and 43.01.044; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SB 5297 by Senators Ranker and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to educational employees' compensation; and amending RCW 28A.150.410, 28A.400.200, and 28A.400.205.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5298 by Senator Ranker

AN ACT Relating to lowering the levy authority and local effort assistance; amending RCW 28A.500.020 and 28A.500.020; reenacting and amending RCW 84.52.0531, 84.52.0531, 28A.500.030, and 28A.500.030; providing effective dates; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5299 by Senators Keiser, Darneille and Chase

AN ACT Relating to promoting healthy outcomes for pregnant women and infants; amending RCW 74.09.480; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.10 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5300 by Senators Zeiger, Wellman, Fain, Billig, Walsh and Nelson

AN ACT Relating to authorizing specified local governments, including federally recognized Indian tribes, to designate a portion of their territory as a creative district subject to certification by the Washington state arts commission; adding new sections to chapter 43.46 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development.

SB 5301 by Senators Miloscia and Hunt

AN ACT Relating to the inclusion of repeat and willful violations of chapters 49.46, 49.48, and 49.52 RCW to the state's responsible bidder criteria; amending RCW 39.04.350 and 39.26.160; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SB 5302 by Senators Van De Wege and King

AN ACT Relating to establishing pilot projects for destination steelhead fisheries on the Olympic Peninsula and Klickitat river; amending RCW 77.65.500; adding a new chapter to Title 77 RCW; and providing expiration dates.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5303 by Senators Honeyford, Rolfes, Chase, Hawkins and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to aquatic invasive species management; amending RCW 43.43.400, 77.120.110, 82.16.020, 77.120.070, 77.135.160, 77.120.010, 77.135.110, and 77.135.120; reenacting and amending RCW 88.02.640, 88.02.640, 77.15.160, and 77.135.010; adding new sections to chapter 77.135 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 77.120 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 77.12.879; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5304 by Senators Braun, Wilson, Baumgartner and King

AN ACT Relating to review and adoption of electrical rules; and amending RCW 19.28.031.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5305 by Senator O'Ban

AN ACT Relating to supporting access to state recreation lands by disabled veterans; and amending RCW 79A.80.080 and 79A.05.065.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5306 by Senators Rolfes and Takko

AN ACT Relating to secondary commercial fish receivers; and amending RCW 77.15.568.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SB 5307 by Senator Darneille

AN ACT Relating to creating alternatives to total confinement for certain qualifying offenders with minor children; and amending RCW 9.94A.030, 9.94A.655, and 9.94A.6551.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5308 by Senators Palumbo, Fain, Hunt, Billig, McCoy, Ranker, Liias and Saldaña

AN ACT Relating to limiting disclosure of information about the religious affiliation of individuals; and adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 5309 by Senator Hunt

AN ACT Relating to adding new counties to a regional transit authority; and amending RCW 81.112.050.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 5310 by Senators Hunt and Baumgartner

AN ACT Relating to retired teachers working as coaches; amending RCW 41.32.068; repealing 2016 c 233 s 19 (uncodified); and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 5311 by Senators Hunt and Miloscia

AN ACT Relating to state reimbursement of election costs; and amending RCW 29A.04.420.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SB 5312 by Senators Baumgartner and Saldaña

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting certain employers from including any question on an application about an applicant's criminal record, inquiring either orally or in writing about an applicant's criminal records, or obtaining information from a criminal background check, until after the employer initially determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor & Sports.

SB 5313 by Senators Fain and Billig

AN ACT Relating to the funding of civics education and campaign compliance; amending RCW 82.04.4282; and adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 5314 by Senators Wilson, Sheldon, Rivers, Becker, Miloscia and Warnick

AN ACT Relating to county treasurer administrative efficiencies; amending RCW 84.56.020, 84.56.050, and 82.45.090; and repealing 2014 c 13 s 3 (uncodified).

Referred to Committee on Local Government.

SB 5315 by Senators King, Baumgartner, Hawkins, Hobbs, Fortunato and Pearson

AN ACT Relating to home site leases on lands managed by the department of natural resources; amending RCW 79.17.200; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

SJM 8003 by Senators Rivers, Takko, Fortunato, Palumbo, Wilson, Angel, Walsh, Miloscia, O'Ban, Brown, Warnick, Honeyford, Rossi and Hobbs

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.

Referred to Committee on State Government.

SJM 8004 by Senators Sheldon, Honeyford, Padden, Rossi, Baumgartner, Brown, Rivers, Schoesler, Becker, Hawkins, Braun and Warnick

Requesting that certain federal officials prevent the breaching of any dam in the Columbia River system.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated with the exception of Senate Joint Memorial No. 8003 which was designated to the Committee on Law & Justice and referred to the Committee of State Government.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

The President welcomed and introduced The Honorable Jennifer Gregerson, Mayor of Mukilteo, who was present in the wings.

MOTION

At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 9:00 o'clock a.m. Friday, January 20, 2017.

CYRUS HABIB, President of the Senate

HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate

5114

Committee Report......................................... 1

5162

Committee Report......................................... 1

5274

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5275

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5276

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5277

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5278

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5279

Introduction & 1st Reading........................... 1

5280