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IDENTICARDS  (See IDENTIFICATION)
IDENTIFICATION  IDENTIFICATION RSS Feed
               
Identicards, applying for, proof of Washington residency: HB 1041
Identicards, applying for, providing proof of citizenship or lawful presence: SB 5380
Identicards, applying for, verifying citizenship or lawful presence in U.S.: SB 5012
Identicards, authorizing veteran designation on driver's license, application process: SB 5775
Identicards, confidential, issuance for certain law enforcement purposes, including records provisions: HB 1832, SB 5591, * SSB 5591, CH 336 (2013)
Identicards, enhanced, for crossing state border with Canada, setting fee for: SHB 1954, SB 5857, ESSB 5857
Identicards, fee for, modifying distribution to improve transportation system revenue: HB 1954, SHB 1954, SB 5920
Identicards, visible marker on, using to identify restriction of driving privileges due to driving under the influence: SB 5915, SB 5917
Poll-site voting identification procedures: HB 1317
IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANTS  IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANTS RSS Feed
               
Immigration detainer, detaining individual on basis of, prohibiting law enforcement officers from, exception: HB 1874
Immigration warrant, administrative, arresting or detaining individual based on, prohibiting law enforcement officers from: HB 1874
Immigrations and customs enforcement agency or border patrol, employee or agent of, restricting interviews of certain persons in custody by, conditions: HB 1874
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE REVIEW BOARD  INDETERMINATE SENTENCE REVIEW BOARD RSS Feed
               
Gubernatorial appointments of legislators, restrictions: SB 5004
Persistent offenders, minimum term sentence for some offenders, board role: SB 5487, SB 5708
INDIANS  INDIANS RSS Feed
               
Adult and child behavioral health system, improvement of, creating tribal-centric behavioral health system: * 2SSB 5732, CH 338 (2013)
Adult behavioral health system, improvement of, creating tribal-centric behavioral health system: E2SHB 1522, SB 5732, SSB 5732
Ballots, drop boxes, county auditors and local election officials to consider reservations as locations for drop boxes: ESHB 1290
Child welfare services for Indian children, purchase of care by agencies from tribes and tribal agencies: HB 1361, * SB 5235, CH 32 (2013)
Conservation easements, authority of tribes to hold or acquire: * HB 1277, CH 120 (2013)
Cultural resources of Washington state, protecting, relationship to state environmental policy act: HB 1809
Health security trust, involvement of tribes in trust: HB 1085, SB 5224
Hunting-related enforcement actions against tribal members, referring action to tribal enforcement authority in certain cases: HB 1496
Hunting-related enforcement actions against tribal members, using training module on tribal hunting rights prepared by attorney general's office: ESHB 1496
Land, department of transportation authority to transfer unused land to Indian tribes: HB 1286
Land, owned exclusively by Indian tribes, eliminating property tax and adding leasehold excise tax: EHB 1287
Land, owned exclusively by Indian tribes, fire protection services when located within fire protection district or regional service district: EHB 1287
Methow watershed, authorization and implementation of water management board in, inviting participation of tribes: SB 5677
Native American heritage day, legal state holiday: HB 1014
Northwest Indian college, tax incentives for donating laboratory equipment to college: SB 5131
Procurement by tribes, contract length limitation and termination prohibition: HB 1143
Public facilities loans and grants, assistance to tribes, expanding board funding role through greater flexibility: SB 5334
Public facilities loans and grants, assistance to tribes, expanding community economic revitalization board funding role through greater flexibility: HB 1260, SHB 1260
Renewable energy system cost recovery program, to include certain solar energy systems on tribal property: HB 1105, SHB 1105
Schools, state-tribal education compact schools, authorization and operation: HB 1134, SHB 1134, * E2SHB 1134, CH 242 (2013)
State lands, closed, access by tribes with federally recognized hunting rights in spite of closure: HB 1495, SHB 1495
Transportation benefit districts, including area from Indian tribal reservation: SHB 1954
Transportation projects, environmental review and permitting, reforming to expedite projects through streamlined environmental decision making, role of Indian tribes: HB 1978, ESHB 1978, HB 2070
Tribal courts, solemnizing of marriages by judges: HB 1083, ESHB 1083
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE  (See INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS, BOARD; WORKERS' COMPENSATION)
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS, BOARD  INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE APPEALS, BOARD RSS Feed
               
Claims, appeals in certain cases, board to set attorney's fees and fix costs for reimbursement: HB 1354
Gubernatorial appointments of legislators, restrictions: SB 5004
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM  INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM RSS Feed
               (See also ELECTIONS)
Capital gains tax, submitting to voters as referendum: SB 5738
Donors to ballot measure campaigns, printing public disclosure commission web address on voters' pamphlets and ballots: HB 1720, SB 5507, * SSB 5507, CH 283 (2013)
Initiative 517, protect the initiative act, protections for initiative and referendum participants: SI 517, HI 517
Initiative 522, genetically engineered foods, disclosure for retail sale: SI 522, HI 522
Initiative measure no. 502, marijuana, correcting definition of THC concentration in initiative: * EHB 2056, CH 116 (2013)
Initiative measure no. 502, marijuana, directing that HB 2056 correcting definition of THC concentration in initiative be considered: * HCR 4405 (2013)
Initiative measures, requiring filing within twenty months prior to election: SB 5499
Initiatives, text of, removing requirement that complete text be included in printed version of voters' pamphlets: HB 2033, SHB 2033, HB 2066
Initiatives, with sufficient valid voter signatures, people's right to vote on: SB 5347
Ordinances, in counties without home rule charter, initiating or amending through initiative process: HB 1595
Petitions, signatures on, counting duplicate valid signatures once, conditions within towns, cities, and code cities: HB 1847
Petitions, signatures on, prohibiting rejection of a valid signature: SB 5505, SSB 5505
Petitions, signatures on, protecting personal voter signatures: SB 5676, SSB 5676
INNOVATE WASHINGTON  INNOVATE WASHINGTON RSS Feed
               
Eliminating innovate Washington and transferring mission, powers, duties, and functions to department of commerce and creating innovate Washington program: SHB 2029
Eliminating innovate Washington and transferring powers, duties, and functions to department of commerce: HB 2029
INSECTS  INSECTS RSS Feed
               (See also PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES)
Mosquitos, controlling with integrated pest management: SB 5002, * SSB 5002, CH 208 (2013), SB 5324, * ESSB 5324, CH 209 (2013)
Mosquitos, inhibiting mosquito breeding in storm water retention ponds through certain measures: * ESSB 5324, CH 209 (2013)
INSURANCE  INSURANCE RSS Feed
               (See also HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY; INSURANCE COMMISSIONER)
Agencies, effective date of practice, policy, or procedure used when administering, interpreting, enforcing, or implementing law: HB 1775
Agents, preferential business and occupation tax rates, eliminating to provide basic education and higher education funding: HB 2038
Alien insurers, adopting insurer state of entry model act: HB 1402, SB 5489
Dental coverage, pediatric oral services, stand-alone coverage outside Washington health benefit exchange: * ESHB 1846, CH 325 (2013)
Dental coverage, pediatric oral services, stand-alone coverage through Washington health benefit exchange: HB 1846, SB 5719
Disability insurance, eosinophilia gastrointestinal associated disorders treatment, providing coverage: HB 1216, SB 5130
Dwelling property coverage, prohibiting use of credit history to deny coverage or determine rates, etc.: HB 1212
Earthquake coverage, prohibiting use of credit history to deny coverage or determine rates, etc.: HB 1212
Electronics, portable electronics insurance programs, provisions: HB 1032, SHB 1032, SB 5008, * SSB 5008, CH 152 (2013)
Health care, access to, for certain LEOFF plan 2 members catastrophically disabled in line of duty: HB 1868, * SHB 1868, CH 287 (2013), SB 5698
Health care, association or member-governed group health benefit plans: HB 1700, SB 5605, SSB 5605
Health care, basic health plan, limiting enrollment to citizens of United States and qualified aliens: HB 1391
Health care, carriers offering health benefit plans outside health benefit exchange, clarifying requirements: HB 2061, SB 5931
Health care, certain agencies to identify and brief legislature on promising current and emerging health care practices: SB 5538
Health care, coverage for voluntary termination of pregnancy, plan requirements and right of objection: EHB 1044, SB 5009, SB 5576, SB 5798
Health care, creation of Washington health security trust: HB 1085, SB 5224
Health care, direct patient-provider practices, prescription drugs: HB 1480, * ESHB 1480, CH 126 (2013), SB 5539
Health care, disability, hearing aid coverage: HB 1356
Health care, disability, prohibiting discrimination in medical eye care and vision care in benefits or providers: HB 1942
Health care, eligibility of separated members of PERS, SERS, and TRS plan 2 for insurance plans and contracts: HB 1668, SB 5650
Health care, emergency medical care and transportation services, ensuring direct payment to provider: HB 1263, SHB 1263, SB 5388
Health care, employee wellness programs, governor to appoint health and wellness advisory committee: ESSB 5811
Health care, eosinophilia gastrointestinal associated disorders treatment, providing coverage: HB 1216, * SHB 1216, CH 168 (2013), SB 5130
Health care, essential health benefits benchmark plan, modifying provisions in connection with affordable care act implementation: HB 1712
Health care, family and medical leave insurance program, implementing by amending provisions of family leave insurance program: HB 1457, SHB 1457, SB 5292
Health care, family leave insurance program, delaying implementation until funding and benefits payment authorized in law: HB 2044
Health care, family leave insurance program, establishing joint legislative task force on family and medical leave insurance: ESB 5903
Health care, family leave insurance program, repealing family and medical leave insurance act: SB 5159
Health care, family leave insurance program, repealing family and medical leave insurance act if not funded: ESB 5903
Health care, health benefit exchanges, applying for wavier to authorize multiple private exchanges in state: SB 5919
Health care, health benefit plan rate review, including carrier surplus: HB 1349
Health care, health care service claim payments to enrolled participants, ensuring direct payment by participant to provider not under health care service contract: SHB 1263
Health care, health care service contractors, maximum capital and reserves accumulations: SB 5340
Health care, health insuring entities to submit price and quality data: SB 5537
Health care, health maintenance organizations, maximum capital and reserves accumulations: SB 5340
Health care, health maintenance organizations, prohibiting discrimination in medical eye care and vision care in benefits or providers: HB 1942
Health care, hearing aid coverage: HB 1356
Health care, long-term care insurance policies, protecting insured from unintentional lapses through notification requirements: SB 5447
Health care, long-term care, requiring prompt payment and denials: HB 1441, * SB 5216, CH 8 (2013)
Health care, medical eye care and vision care, participation of optometrists: HB 1942
Health care, medical eye care and vision care, prohibiting discrimination in benefits or providers: HB 1942
Health care, noninsured retiree long-term care and major medical service costs, local government self-insurance program to support LEOFF plan 1 retirees to develop voluntary risk pool for: SB 5916, SSB 5916
Health care, out-of-state carriers, allowing purchase of health care coverage from foreign insurers that are qualifying reciprocal plans: SB 5540, SSB 5540, 2SSB 5540
Health care, premium assistance for health benefit exchange coverage for medicaid-eligible adults and children: SB 5914, SSB 5914
Health care, prescribing of drugs, insurer or utilization review entity clinical review criteria, allowing off-label uses and repeat prescriptions: HB 1943
Health care, prior authorization forms and procedures, requirements: HB 1380, SB 5267, SSB 5267
Health care, prior authorization process, work group to develop criteria for streamlining: * E2SSB 5267, CH 215 (2013)
Health care, provider compensation, instituting filing and public disclosure requirements: HB 1543, SB 5434, * SSB 5434, CH 277 (2013)
Health care, requiring wellness programs in state employee health care benefits: ESSB 5811
Health care, requiring wellness programs in state employee health care benefits but excluding from state employee collective bargaining: SB 5811
Health care, retirees of political subdivisions of state, participation in state insurance or self-insurance programs: HB 1741, SB 5654
Health care, stand-alone pediatric oral services coverage outside Washington health benefit exchange: * ESHB 1846, CH 325 (2013)
Health care, state employee collective bargaining concerning health care benefits, modifying provisions: ESSB 5811
Health care, state employees, expanding health and wellness program: SB 5474
Health care, telemedicine health plan coverage, provider reimbursement: HB 1448, ESHB 1448
Health care, third-party reimbursement programs, prohibiting provider participation as a licensure condition: SB 5215, SSB 5215, * E2SSB 5215, CH 293 (2013)
Health care, uninsured persons, authorizing receiving of donated prescription drugs and supplies: HB 1382, SHB 1382, SB 5148, * SSB 5148, CH 260 (2013)
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, business and occupation tax exemption: HB 1517, SHB 1517, ESHB 1947, SB 5283, SSB 5283
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, carriers offering health benefit plans outside of, clarifying requirements: HB 2061, SB 5931
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, funding exchange operations with insurance carrier assessment: HB 1947, ESHB 1947
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, limiting information provided by in connection with affordable care act implementation: HB 1712
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, monitoring of enrollment and establishing trigger for federal basic health option: SB 5482
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, premium assistance for exchange coverage for medicaid-eligible adults and children: SB 5914, SSB 5914
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, requesting waiver to authorize enrollment in exchange rather than medicaid: HB 1713, SB 5918
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, stand-alone pediatric oral services coverage: HB 1846, SB 5719
Health care, Washington health benefit exchange, using for school district, state agency, and higher education part-time employees' health benefits: ESSB 5905
Health care, Washington state health care freedom act of 2013, prohibiting required participation in a health care system: HB 1168
Health care, Washington state health insurance pool, providing limited access for some residents: SB 5449, * ESSB 5449, CH 279 (2013)
Health care, wellness programs, allowing offering of programs with inducements or incentives: HB 1410, HB 1776, SB 5339, SB 5695
Homeowners insurance, prohibiting use of credit history to deny coverage or determine rates, etc.: HB 1212
Insurance code, authority and means of implementing, revisions and updates: HB 1638, SHB 1638, SB 5471, SSB 5471
Insurance premium tax credit, under insurance guaranty association act, repealing: SB 5168
Insurers, examinations of, implementation of sunshine committee recommendations concerning disclosure of reports: HB 1298, SB 5169, SSB 5169
Life insurance, netting agreements, settling certain derivative transactions: HB 1033, SHB 1033, SB 5007, SB 5065
Marine, portable electronics insurance issued on commercial inland marine policy: HB 1032, SHB 1032, SB 5008, * SSB 5008, CH 152 (2013)
Medical malpractice insurance, removing exemption for various data filed in connection with claims and actions: HB 1299, SB 5171
Motor vehicle financial security, proof of, to include proof on portable electronic device: * ESSB 5095, CH 157 (2013)
Motor vehicle liability insurance, proof of sufficient, random sampling program to determine financial responsibility of vehicle owners, establishment: HB 1803
Motor vehicle liability insurance, proof of sufficient, to include proof on mobile electronic device: HB 1813, SB 5095
Motor vehicles, impounded, redemption by insurer or vendor on behalf of insurer: HB 1130, * SHB 1130, CH 150 (2013)
Netting agreements, settling certain insurer transactions in cases of insolvency, delinquency, etc.: HB 1033, SHB 1033, SB 5007
Ocean marine and foreign trade insurance contracts, eliminating tax exemption: SB 5041
Qualified financial contracts, settling certain insurer transactions in cases of insolvency, delinquency, etc.: HB 1033, SHB 1033, SB 5007
Residence, coverage related to a, prohibiting use of credit history to deny coverage or determine rates, etc.: HB 1212
Self-insurance, local government, to support LEOFF plan 1 retirees to develop voluntarily risk pool for certain medical costs: SB 5916, SSB 5916
Service contracts, provisions: * HB 1036, CH 117 (2013)
State employees, de minimis use of state facilities to communicate certain insurance information to: HB 1785
Third party claims, defining "third party claimant" for purposes of fair conduct act: HB 2060
Title insurance, agents and companies, involvement in reconveyances of deeds of trust: HB 1435, * SHB 1435, CH 114 (2013)
Title insurance, insurer statistical reporting and public disclosure: * HB 1035, CH 65 (2013), SB 5269
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER  INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RSS Feed
               (See also INSURANCE)
Agencies, effective date of practice, policy, or procedure used when administering, interpreting, enforcing, or implementing law, commissioner role: HB 1775
Alien insurers, adopting insurer state of entry model act: HB 1402, SB 5489
Business license center, participation by office of insurance commissioner: HB 1403, * ESHB 1403, CH 111 (2013), SB 5680, SSB 5680, E2SSB 5680
Health benefit exchanges, multiple private, office of commissioner role in applying for waiver to authorize multiple private exchanges in state: SB 5919
Health care insurance, commissioner role in purchase of coverage from foreign insurers that are qualifying reciprocal plans: SB 5540, SSB 5540, 2SSB 5540
Health care insurance, insuring entities to submit price and quality data to commissioner and large group purchasers: SB 5537
Health care insurance, prior authorization forms, commissioner to develop and implement: HB 1380, SB 5267, SSB 5267
Health care, commissioner role in identifying and briefing legislature on promising current and emerging health care practices: SB 5538
Insurance code, authority and means of implementing, revisions and updates: HB 1638, SHB 1638, SB 5471, SSB 5471
Long-term care insurance, commissioner to adopt rules for prompt payment requirements: HB 1441, * SB 5216, CH 8 (2013)
Rule making by commissioner, specific grant of legislative authority, requirement: HB 1163
Title insurance, commissioner to designate statistical reporting agent for insurers: * HB 1035, CH 65 (2013), SB 5269
Workers' compensation, introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage, commissioner role: SB 5675
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, PERSONS WITH  (See DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, PERSONS WITH)
INVESTMENT BOARD  INVESTMENT BOARD RSS Feed
               
First class cities, retirement systems of, authorizing agreements for investment of assets by board: HB 1899
Rule making by board, specific grant of legislative authority, requirement: HB 1163
State lands, divestiture, board role: HB 1111
IRRIGATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS  (See WATER)