 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 4 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, January 17, 2014 | 5th Day - 2014 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=2014.
HB 1402-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford and Morrell; by request of Insurance Commissioner)
Adopting the insurer state of entry model act.
Adopts the insurer state of entry model act.Repeals chapter 48.35 RCW (alien insurers).
| Feb 7 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 13 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 14 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2157-S
by House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representative Takko)
Concerning per diem compensation for flood control zone district supervisors.
Increases compensation for certain flood control zone district supervisors.Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Adjust the compensation, for inflation, every five years; and(2) Transmit that information to the code reviser's office for publication in the Washington state register.
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 15 | LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2350
by Representatives Senn, Dahlquist, Kagi, Walsh, Ryu, Morrell, Roberts, Goodman, and Freeman; by request of Department of Early Learning and Superintendent of Public Instruction
Allowing valid portable background check clearance cards issued by the department of early learning to be used by certain educational employees and their contractors for purposes of their background check requirements.
Allows an individual who holds a valid portable background check clearance card issued by the department of early learning to meet certain record check requirements by providing a true and accurate copy of their Washington state patrol and federal bureau of investigation background report results to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2351
by Representatives Tarleton, Harris, Cody, Schmick, Walkinshaw, Riccelli, Ryu, Morrell, Roberts, Zeiger, and Freeman
Concerning the practice of out-of-state health care professionals volunteering in Washington.
Authorizes certain persons licensed as health care professionals in another state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia to practice in this state on a limited voluntary basis.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2352
by Representatives Sawyer, Warnick, Seaquist, Walsh, Johnson, Manweller, Sells, Riccelli, Reykdal, Ryu, Morrell, Zeiger, Tarleton, and Freeman
Establishing an online alternative credit degree program.
Creates an online alternative credit degree program that awards degrees based on an alternative credit model to position the state to meet baccalaureate degree production goals and to serve nontraditional students who may already hold some postsecondary academic credits or life experience that can count towards a degree.Requires Central Washington University to host the online alternative credit degree program.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2353
by Representatives Rodne and Haler
Concerning actions for trespass upon a business owner's premises.
Provides that a business owner has a cause of action for trespass against any person who enters or remains unlawfully upon the business owner's premises.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2354
by Representatives Buys and Blake; by request of Department of Agriculture
Extending the dairy inspection program assessment expiration date.
Extends until June 30, 2020, the expiration of the dairy inspection program assessment.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2355
by Representatives Condotta and Warnick
Allowing multiple liquor licenses at the same physical premises.
Allows, under certain circumstances, any number or combination of liquor licenses or approvals to be issued and approved for the same premises, overlapping premises, adjacent premises, or separate premises to the same licensee or to different licensees, including different licensees under common ownership.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2356
by Representatives DeBolt, Dunshee, Ross, Orcutt, Johnson, and Zeiger
Concerning state general obligation bonds for flood hazard reduction projects.
Establishes the flood hazard reduction act of 2014.Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance flood control, prevention, protection, and mitigation projects in areas of the state that are at greatest risk and most vulnerable to flooding.Creates the flood hazard reduction account.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2357
by Representatives DeBolt, Dunshee, Ross, Orcutt, Johnson, and Haler
Concerning state general obligation bonds for flood hazard reduction and storm water projects.
Authorizes the state finance committee to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to finance: (1) Flood control, prevention, protection, and mitigation projects in areas of the state that are at greatest risk and most vulnerable to flooding; and(2) An ongoing, statewide competitive program of grants to cities and counties for storm water projects that protect and improve water quality and improve watershed functionality.Creates the flood hazard reduction account and the storm water financial assistance account.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2358
by Representatives Lytton, Carlyle, Dahlquist, Haigh, Pettigrew, and Tarleton
Adopting a definition of professional learning.
Adopts a statewide definition of effective professional learning and encourages each public school and school district to establish sustained, job-embedded, relevant professional learning opportunities that meet the definition.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2359
by Representatives Kochmar, Fagan, Vick, Hurst, Kirby, Morrell, Orwall, Dahlquist, Tarleton, and Freeman
Exempting collectible vehicles from emission test requirements.
Exempts collectible vehicles from emission test requirements.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2360
by Representatives Kochmar, Freeman, MacEwen, Parker, Dahlquist, and Fagan
Revising payment requirements for court review of industrial insurance taxes, penalties, or interest.
Addresses court appeals with regard to payment of industrial insurance taxes, penalties, and interest.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2361
by Representatives DeBolt, Harris, Ross, Rodne, and Manweller
Concerning vehicle license plate replacement and change of ownership.
Modifies provisions relating to vehicle license plate replacement and change of ownership.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2362
by Representatives DeBolt, Harris, Ross, Rodne, and Manweller
Modifying certain license plate requirements.
Requires the director of the department of licensing to furnish to a person making satisfactory application for a vehicle registration one license plate if the vehicle as manufactured does not include a front mounting bracket.Requires the department of licensing to design and issue an identifying sticker to certain vehicles that display a single license plate.Requires the sticker to: (1) Be readable by the state's photo toll system; and(2) Link to the vehicle's license plate number; and(3) Be displayed in the front windshield.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2363
by Representatives Muri, Seaquist, Zeiger, Morrell, Freeman, Christian, Kochmar, Dahlquist, and Appleton
Concerning home and community-based services programs for dependents of military service members.
Authorizes an application to be filed with the department of social and health services for dependents of military service members to receive services provided under the home and community-based services programs.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2364
by Representatives Hurst, Blake, Pettigrew, Manweller, Pollet, and Vick
Concerning sales by craft and general licensed distilleries of spirits for off-premise consumption and spirits samples for on-premise consumption.
Addresses craft and general licensed distilleries sales of spirits for off-premise consumption and spirits samples for on-premise consumption.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2365
by Representatives Bergquist, Dahlquist, Santos, Stonier, Haigh, Ryu, Reykdal, Fey, Orwall, Gregerson, Freeman, and Pollet
Concerning paraeducator development.
Requires the professional educator standards board to convene a work group to design program-specific minimum employment standards for paraeducators, professional development and education opportunities that support the standards, a paraeducator career ladder, an articulated pathway for teacher preparation and certification, and teacher professional development on how to maximize the use of paraeducators in the classroom.Authorizes the professional educator standards board and the state board for community and technical colleges to exercise their respective authorities regarding program approval to implement the articulated pathway for teacher preparation and certification in approved teacher certification programs and certificate and degree programs offered by community and technical colleges.Requires community or technical colleges that offer an apprenticeship program or certificate program for paraeducators to provide candidates the opportunity to earn transferrable course credits within the program.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2366
by Representatives Morrell, Ryu, Van De Wege, and Cody
Concerning the delivery of medication and services by unlicensed school employees.
Requires certain school district employees who are asked to administer certain medications or perform certain nursing services to, at the time he or she is asked to administer the medication or perform the nursing service, file a voluntary written, current, and unexpired letter of intent stating the employee's willingness to administer the medication or perform the nursing service.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2367
by Representatives Sawyer, Rodne, Appleton, Kirby, Robinson, Ryu, Hope, and Pollet
Requiring internet notice of a trustee's sale.
Requires the department of commerce to develop and maintain an internet web site to serve as a statewide portal for the public to find and access notices of trustees' sales.Requires a notice of trustee's sale to be posted on the web site by the trustee.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2368
by Representatives Sawyer, Walsh, Gregerson, Jinkins, Orwall, Robinson, Bergquist, Reykdal, Hansen, Van De Wege, Goodman, Sullivan, Hunt, Pettigrew, Ryu, Kagi, Lytton, Tarleton, Freeman, Ormsby, Walkinshaw, Morrell, Pollet, Appleton, and Riccelli; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Concerning a surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance.
Delays the date that the additional surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance increases to forty dollars.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2369
by Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Shea, and Vick
Increasing legislative transparency by providing mandatory notice and waiting periods before legislative action, banning title-only bills, and opening all legislative committees to the public.
Provides mandatory notice and waiting periods before legislative action.Opens all legislative committees to the public.Prohibits title-only bills.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2370
by Representatives Kirby, Parker, Ryu, Fagan, and Christian
Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
Delays until September 30, 2025, the expiration of: (1) The ten-dollar fee on each real estate broker and managing broker's original license;(2) The Washington real estate research account; and(3) The real estate research center.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2371
by Representatives Vick, Kirby, Rodne, Blake, and Hurst
Concerning the sale of beer by grocery store licensees.
Authorizes a grocery store licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer to a purchaser in certain sanitary containers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2372
by Representatives Klippert and Clibborn
Concerning monetary penalties for failing to register a vehicle.
Allows the suspension, deferral, or reduction of certain penalties for failure to register a vehicle.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2373
by Representatives Parker, Lytton, Stonier, Dahlquist, Seaquist, Zeiger, Santos, Farrell, Pettigrew, Kagi, Bergquist, Walsh, Pollet, Fey, Ryu, Roberts, Cody, Gregerson, Orwall, Haler, Hunt, Tarleton, Freeman, Walkinshaw, Muri, and Habib
Enacting provisions to improve educational outcomes for homeless students.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Report to the governor and the legislature certain data for homeless students;(2) In collaboration with experts from community organizations on homelessness and homeless education policy, develop or acquire a short video that provides information on how to identify signs that indicate a student may be homeless, how to provide services and support to homeless students, and why this identification and support is critical to student success; and(3) Adopt and distribute to each school district, best practices for choosing and training school district-designated homeless student liaisons.Requires school districts to strongly encourage: (1) All school staff to annually review the video; and(2) Every district-designated homeless student liaison to attend trainings provided by the state to ensure that homeless children and youth are identified and served.Requires school districts to report annually to the superintendent of public instruction, dropout rates for student populations in each of the grades seven through twelve by homeless status.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2374
by Representative Hunt
Making nonsubstantive changes to procurement law.
Makes nonsubstantive changes to procurement law.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2375
by Representatives Pike and Takko
Allowing appraisers to place a lien on property for unpaid balances for services rendered.
Authorizes an appraiser to place a lien on property for unpaid balances for services rendered.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2376
by Representatives Hayes, Hunt, Haler, Appleton, Zeiger, Farrell, Reykdal, MacEwen, Sawyer, Holy, Harris, Ross, Roberts, Springer, Wylie, Ryu, Morrell, Parker, and Freeman
Exempting agency employee driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and identification numbers from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and employee identification numbers of employees or volunteers of a public agency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2377
by Representatives Hunter, Kagi, Walsh, Sullivan, Farrell, Carlyle, Senn, Moeller, Tharinger, Ryu, Reykdal, Morrell, Roberts, Goodman, Tarleton, Freeman, Pollet, and Habib
Improving quality in the early care and education system.
Establishes the early start act.Prioritizes the integration of child care and preschool in an effort to promote full-day programming.Rewards quality and creates incentives for providers to participate in a quality rating and improvement system that will also provide valuable information to parents regarding the quality of care available in their communities.Expands the duties of the department of early learning.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2378
by Representatives Harris, Rodne, Green, Ryu, Morrell, and Roberts; by request of Department of Health
Concerning practice settings for certified chemical dependency professionals and trainees.
Authorizes, under certain circumstances, a person credentialed as a certified chemical dependency professional or a certified chemical dependency professional trainee to treat patients in settings other than programs approved under chapter 70.96A RCW (treatment for alcoholism, intoxication, and drug addiction).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2379
by Representatives Harris, Cody, Rodne, Green, and Ryu; by request of Department of Health
Allowing the Washington state dental quality assurance commission to adopt rules regarding credential renewal requirements for dental professionals.
Authorizes the dental quality assurance commission to adopt rules for renewal requirements for a credential, including continuing education requirements for expanded function dental auxiliary licenses.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2380
by Representatives Cody, Schmick, Rodne, Green, Ryu, Morrell, and Tarleton; by request of Department of Health
Concerning the protection of patient health care information in the comprehensive hospital abstract reporting system.
Requires the department of health to maintain the confidentiality of patient discharge data it collects.Exempts patient discharge data that includes direct and indirect identifiers from public inspection.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2381
by Representatives Hurst and Dahlquist
Creating an inactive certification, license, or registration status for real estate appraisers.
Authorizes a real estate appraiser, who holds a valid certification, license, or registration, to place his or her certification, license, or registration on inactive status.Requires the director of the department of licensing to establish: (1) Rules governing inactive certifications, licenses, or registrations, and their maintenance and reactivation; and(2) An inactive renewal fee.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2382
by Representatives Dahlquist, Smith, Hurst, and Pollet
Improving the methods for evaluation of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
Requires the department of commerce to submit a report to the legislature evaluating the data and information collection methodologies used by sponsoring local governments to comply with certain requirements.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature evaluating the economic activity in revenue development areas.Requires the community economic revitalization board, the department of revenue, the department of commerce, the employment security department, and sponsoring local governments to, upon request, provide the joint legislative audit and review committee with assistance in collecting data and information necessary for the completion of the report.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2383
by Representatives Reykdal, Tarleton, Pollet, Stonier, Tharinger, Ryu, Morrell, Hunt, Gregerson, Freeman, and Santos
Integrating career and college readiness standards into K-12 and higher education policies and practices.
Requires the state board of education to examine options and strategies for making the high school and beyond plan a more rigorous and meaningful tool for students to identify and pursue career and college pathways beginning in the eighth grade and align their high school course-taking with those pathways.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with career and technical educators and directors across the state, to identify and recommend specific strategies and resources needed to embed the common core state standards into career and technical course curriculum and instruction.Requires the professional educator standards board to examine the strategies being used to incorporate the common core state standards into educator certification.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to continue convening college faculty and high school teachers to design and develop courses and curricula for students in their senior year of high school who do not meet the career and college ready standard on the eleventh grade consortium-developed assessments of the common core state standards.Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Conduct an analysis of dual credit courses offered to high school students; and(2) Convene the state education agencies at least three times in 2014 to address tasks assigned in this act and as specified in the ten-year roadmap in RCW 28B.77.020.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2384
by Representatives Hudgins, Ryu, Kirby, Hunt, and Pollet
Concerning debt adjusting services.
Revises debt adjusting services provisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2385
by Representatives Hudgins, Ryu, Kirby, Hunt, and Pollet
Concerning fiduciary duties of debt adjusters.
Addresses a debt adjuster's fiduciary duties.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2386
by Representatives Van De Wege, Appleton, Hayes, Moscoso, Pettigrew, Hunt, Takko, Zeiger, Muri, Tharinger, Ryu, and Freeman
Designating Washington's shoreline as a state maritime heritage area.
Designates the state's saltwater coast as the state maritime heritage area.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2387
by Representatives Blake, Takko, Hunt, Reykdal, Hansen, Haigh, Santos, Kretz, Ryu, Orcutt, Morrell, Goodman, Cody, Robinson, Haler, and Appleton
Declaring the Ostrea lurida the official oyster of the state of Washington.
Designates the Ostrea lurida as the official oyster of the state.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2388
by Representatives Morrell, Green, and Ryu; by request of Department of Health
Regarding expenditures from the public health supplemental account.
Authorizes expenditures from the public health supplemental account to include funding for staff.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2389
by Representatives Riccelli, Cody, Rodne, Green, and Ryu; by request of Department of Health
Requiring physicians and physician assistants to provide requested demographic information at the time of license renewal.
Requires physicians and physician assistants to provide demographic information requested by the medical quality assurance commission at the time of license renewal.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2390
by Representatives Parker, Kirby, Fagan, Ryu, Morrell, Christian, Orwall, Pollet, and Muri; by request of Attorney General
Preserving the integrity of veterans' benefit-related services.
Establishes the pension poacher prevention act.Restricts how individuals receive compensation and remuneration for providing assistance with veterans' benefit-related services and encourages certain disclosures from individuals offering veterans' benefit-related services.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2391
by Representative Hudgins
Requiring the department of licensing to conduct a review of the need for regulation of process servers.
Requires the department of licensing to conduct a review of the need for the regulation of persons who serve legal process using certain public interest criteria.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2392
by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, and Taylor
Providing property tax relief.
Reduces the state property tax levy, for collection in 2015 through 2039, by three hundred forty million dollars each calendar year from the amount that would otherwise be allowed under chapter 84.55 RCW (limitations upon regular property taxes).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2393
by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, and Taylor
Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.
Reduces the sales and use tax rate.Expires July 1, 2040.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2394
by Representatives Moscoso, Takko, Ryu, and Hope; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Changes the liquor control board's status from limited authority Washington law enforcement agency to general authority Washington law enforcement agency.Grants basic peace officer certification to current employees hired and commissioned by the liquor control board if certain conditions have been met.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2395
by Representatives Moscoso, Walsh, Ryu, Stonier, Reykdal, Gregerson, and Freeman
Establishing a state seal of biliteracy for high school students.
Creates the Washington state seal of biliteracy to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in one or more world languages in addition to English.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules establishing criteria for award of the state seal of biliteracy.Allows the standardized high school transcript to include a notation of whether the student has earned the state seal of biliteracy.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2396
by Representatives Orwall, Bergquist, Seaquist, Ryu, Roberts, Riccelli, Tarleton, Gregerson, Pollet, and Habib
Addressing barriers for students to participate in the running start program.
Requires the student achievement council to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the running start program, and include in the analysis: (1) A review of the barriers that students face in participating in the program;(2) Identification of best practices in making the program accessible and preparing students academically for the program; and(3) The degree completion outcomes of students who participate in the program.Requires participation plans to be developed to increase enrollment of underrepresented students in the running start program.Requires school districts to meet with participating institutions of higher education located within their district and identify a plan for increasing enrollment of underrepresented students in the running start program.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Provide guidelines to the appropriate committees of the legislature for improving outreach to students who have been underrepresented in the running start program and for collaboration among middle and high schools and participating institutions of higher education based on the plans reported by school districts and participating institutions of higher education; and(2) Collect current demographic data from school districts related to student participation in the running start program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2397
by Representatives Seaquist, MacEwen, Orwall, Ryu, Morrell, Zeiger, Haler, Tarleton, and Pollet
Concerning Medal of Honor special license plates.
Changes the name of congressional medal of honor special license plates to medal of honor special license plates.Allows medal of honor special license plates to be used on up to three motor vehicles.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2398
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Haler, Seaquist, Zeiger, Muri, Smith, Ryu, Reykdal, Hunt, Gregerson, and Pollet
Permitting community colleges that confer applied baccalaureate degrees to confer honorary bachelor of applied science degrees.
Authorizes the board of trustees of a community college, if it is authorized to award baccalaureate degrees, to confer honorary bachelor of applied science degrees.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2399
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Goodman, Orwall, Roberts, Jinkins, Tharinger, Ryu, Riccelli, Gregerson, Pettigrew, and Pollet
Establishing a certificate of restoration of opportunity.
Creates a certificate of restoration of opportunity to: (1) Support more successful reentry and personal responsibility after criminal justice involvement; and(2) Reduce recidivism by lifting statutory bars to occupations, licenses, or permits that result from a criminal history and often create barriers to employment.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2400
by Representatives Walkinshaw, Moscoso, Kagi, Tarleton, Sawyer, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Morrell, Liias, Tharinger, Ryu, Fey, Gregerson, Santos, and Pollet
Concerning mentoring and service learning opportunities in education.
Requires Western Washington University to host a statewide consortium of public and private institutions of higher education to provide and increase the number of campus-based mentoring and service learning opportunities in K-12 education and at eligible institutions.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2401
by Representatives Takko, Johnson, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Van De Wege, and Tarleton
Promoting fire safety with long-life smoke detection devices.
Requires smoke alarms that are solely battery powered, including combination smoke alarms offered for retail sale in the state for the purpose of installation in residential buildings, to contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery capable of powering the smoke alarm for a minimum of ten years.Requires the state building code council to update codes regarding solely battery-powered smoke alarms.Authorizes a landlord to require reimbursement from a tenant for the cost of the smoke alarm.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2402
by Representatives Overstreet, Shea, Taylor, Reykdal, and Van De Wege
Removing the culminating project as a state graduation requirement.
Prohibits the state board of education, beginning with the graduating class of 2015, from establishing a requirement for students to complete a culminating project for graduation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2403
by Representatives Takko and Kochmar
Exempting portions of certain records containing geographic information systems (GIS) data for sewer mains, water mains, and manholes from public disclosure.
Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, those portions of records containing geographic information systems data for sewer mains, water mains, and manholes to the extent they identify specific system vulnerabilities or where the release of information may increase the risk to the agency's infrastructure or assets from criminal terrorist acts.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2404
by Representatives Vick, Riccelli, Bergquist, Manweller, Hayes, and Orcutt
Expanding the definition of an electric personal assistive mobility device.
Revises the definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device," for purposes of motor vehicle provisions, to include a self-balancing device with one wheel.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2405
by Representatives Buys, Blake, Condotta, Warnick, and Tharinger
Regarding hemp as a component of commercial animal feed.
Requires the department of agriculture to conduct a study evaluating whether hemp and hemp products should be an allowable component of commercial feed in the state.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2406
by Representatives Tarleton, Short, Ryu, and Smith; by request of Utilities & Transportation Commission and Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
Modifying administrative processes for managing deposits and cost reimbursements of the energy facility site evaluation council.
Addresses reimbursement to the utilities and transportation commission for costs incurred in processing applications for energy facility site certification.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2407
by Representatives Ormsby, Sullivan, and Chandler
Correcting restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for retirees returning to work in an ineligible position or a position covered by a different state retirement system.
Corrects restrictions on collecting a pension in the public employees' retirement system for certain retirees.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2408
by Representatives Ormsby, Chandler, Sullivan, and Haler; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy
Removing the statutory provision that allows members of plan 3 of the public employees' retirement system, school employees' retirement system, and teachers' retirement system to select a new contribution rate option each year.
Removes the provision allowing members of plan 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system to select a new contribution rate option each year.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2409
by Representatives Carlyle, Nealey, and Tharinger
Delaying the use of existing tax preferences by the marijuana industry to ensure a regulated and safe transition to the controlled and legal marijuana market in Washington.
Monitors the implementation of producing, processing, and selling marijuana for recreational use.Delays specific tax preferences the industry may qualify for that will provide the necessary data to ensure a regulated and safe implementation and evaluates whether tax relief for the industry is warranted.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2410
by Representatives Riccelli, Hawkins, Stonier, Santos, Reykdal, Farrell, Bergquist, Senn, Appleton, Ormsby, Parker, Walkinshaw, Robinson, Tharinger, Ryu, Morrell, Stanford, Hunt, Gregerson, and Freeman
Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.
Establishes the apple a day act of 2014.Creates a competitive equipment assistance grant program, to be known as the apple a day program, to enhance overall student nutrition in public schools.Places duties related to the program with the superintendent of public instruction.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2411
by Representatives Wylie, Nealey, Tharinger, and Ryu
Creating a tax stamp system for the sale of recreational marijuana.
Requires the liquor control board, in consultation with the department of revenue, to develop and implement a tax stamp program for the production and sale of recreational marijuana.Requires licensed marijuana producers, processors, and retailers to keep and preserve an accurate set of records for a period to be determined by the liquor control board.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2412
by Representatives Condotta and Haler
Addressing license issuance fees imposed on spirits retail licensees.
Addresses the payment of license issuance fees imposed on spirits retail licensees.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2413
by Representatives Takko, Kochmar, and Ryu
Modifying water-sewer district provisions.
Prohibits a city or town from assuming the jurisdiction of all or part of a water-sewer district unless voters of the entire district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the assumption under general election law.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2414
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Senn, Ryu, and Pollet
Concerning water conservation appliances.
Requires certain toilets to be high-efficiency toilets.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2415
by Representatives Parker, Ormsby, Zeiger, Walsh, Holy, Christian, Lytton, Riccelli, Fagan, Kagi, Gregerson, Orwall, and Santos
Creating a temporary homeless status certification.
Requires the department of commerce to: (1) Provide a temporary homeless status certificate form to a homeless person who may need to provide a physical or mailing address for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining employment; and(2) Publish and circulate the certificate form to temporary housing and homeless service providers throughout the state.Authorizes the department of commerce to integrate the gathered information with the homeless client management information system.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2416
by Representatives Parker, Ormsby, Zeiger, Walsh, Holy, Lytton, Riccelli, Fagan, and Kagi
Creating a temporary homeless identification card.
Requires the department of licensing to issue a temporary homeless identification card that contains a picture, a fingerprint, a current address, and the signature of the applicant.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 6014-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach and Fain)
Concerning the operation of a vessel under the influence of an intoxicant.
Addresses testing of a person's breath or blood with regard to the operation of certain watercraft.
| Jan 13 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 15 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 16 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6127
by Senators Litzow, Billig, Fain, Rolfes, Tom, Angel, Rivers, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Dammeier, Frockt, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, and O'Ban
Improving quality in the early care and education system.
Establishes the early start act.Prioritizes the integration of child care and preschool in an effort to promote full-day programming.Rewards quality and creates incentives for providers to participate in a quality rating and improvement system that will also provide valuable information to parents regarding the quality of care available in their communities.Expands the duties of the department of early learning.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 17 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6128
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Dammeier, Tom, and Mullet
Concerning the delivery of medication and services by unlicensed school employees.
Requires certain school district employees who are asked to administer certain medications or perform certain nursing services to, at the time he or she is asked to administer the medication or perform the nursing service, file a voluntary written, current, and unexpired letter of intent stating the employee's willingness to administer the medication or perform the nursing service.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6129
by Senators Hill, McAuliffe, Tom, Dammeier, Hobbs, Litzow, Baumgartner, and Mullet
Concerning paraeducator development.
Requires the professional educator standards board to convene a work group to design program-specific minimum employment standards for paraeducators, professional development and education opportunities that support the standards, a paraeducator career ladder, an articulated pathway for teacher preparation and certification, and teacher professional development on how to maximize the use of paraeducators in the classroom.Authorizes the professional educator standards board and the state board for community and technical colleges to exercise their respective authorities regarding program approval to implement the articulated pathway for teacher preparation and certification in approved teacher certification programs and certificate and degree programs offered by community and technical colleges.Requires community or technical colleges that offer an apprenticeship program or certificate program for paraeducators to provide candidates the opportunity to earn transferrable course credits within the program.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6130
by Senators Roach, Kline, and Kohl-Welles; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Changes the liquor control board's status from limited authority Washington law enforcement agency to general authority Washington law enforcement agency.Grants basic peace officer certification to current employees hired and commissioned by the liquor control board if certain conditions have been met.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6131
by Senators King, Kohl-Welles, and Mullet
Modifying special occasion licenses provisions.
Authorizes a special occasion licensee, in addition to offering the sale of wine by the individual serving for on-premises consumption, to sell wine in original, unopened containers for on-premises consumption if permission is obtained from the liquor control board before the event.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6132
by Senators Rolfes, Dammeier, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Hasegawa, Keiser, and Conway
Allowing medicare supplemental insurance premiums to be deducted from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
Allows medicare and medigap supplemental insurance premiums to be deducted from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6133
by Senators Braun, Conway, King, and Tom
Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
Delays until September 30, 2025, the expiration of: (1) The ten-dollar fee on each real estate broker and managing broker's original license;(2) The Washington real estate research account; and(3) The real estate research center.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6134
by Senators Hobbs, Benton, Hatfield, Mullet, and Fain; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions.
Clarifies the statute of limitations for enforcement actions, sharing of information with federal and state regulatory authorities, and requiring call reports for nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6135
by Senators Benton, Mullet, Hatfield, Hobbs, and Fain; by request of Department of Financial Institutions
Addressing banks and trust companies.
Addresses the modernization, clarification, reorganization, and amendment of the laws regarding the charter and regulation of nondepository trust companies, fiduciary activities and trust business of state commercial banks, alien banks, state savings banks, and state savings associations, and fiduciary activities and trust business of other trust institutions and persons engaging in trust business.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6136
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Braun, and Kline
Concerning the sale of beer by grocery store licensees.
Authorizes a grocery store licensee, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement to permit the sale of beer to a purchaser in certain sanitary containers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6137
by Senators Conway, Pearson, Parlette, and Keiser
Regulating pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy audits.
Requires a pharmacy benefit manager, in order to conduct business in the state, to register with the office of the insurance commissioner and annually renew the registration.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6138
by Senators Bailey, Pedersen, Parlette, and Kline; by request of Department of Health
Allowing the Washington state dental quality assurance commission to adopt rules regarding credential renewal requirements for dental professionals.
Authorizes the dental quality assurance commission to adopt rules for renewal requirements for a credential, including continuing education requirements for expanded function dental auxiliary licenses.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6139
by Senators Becker, Pedersen, and Keiser; by request of Department of Health
Concerning the protection of patient health care information in the comprehensive hospital abstract reporting system.
Requires the department of health to maintain the confidentiality of patient discharge data it collects.Exempts patient discharge data that includes direct and indirect identifiers from public inspection.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6140
by Senators Becker, Pedersen, Bailey, and Keiser; by request of Department of Health
Concerning the practice settings for certified chemical dependency professionals and trainees.
Authorizes, under certain circumstances, a person credentialed as a certified chemical dependency professional or a certified chemical dependency professional trainee to treat patients in settings other than programs approved under chapter 70.96A RCW (treatment for alcoholism, intoxication, and drug addiction).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6141
by Senators Roach, Hasegawa, Fain, Hobbs, Hatfield, Honeyford, and Tom
Concerning the confidentiality of certain records filed with the utilities and transportation commission or the attorney general.
Exempts from inspection or copying under the public records act, records filed with the utilities and transportation commission or the attorney general that contain valuable commercial information, including trade secrets or confidential marketing, cost, or financial information, or customer-specific usage information.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6142
by Senators Pearson, Keiser, Bailey, Nelson, Rolfes, Darneille, Dammeier, Brown, Fain, Rivers, Honeyford, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Hewitt, Cleveland, McAuliffe, Braun, Conway, King, Fraser, Hobbs, Litzow, and Tom
Standards for detention of persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency.
Modifies provisions relating to detention standards for persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6143
by Senators Padden and Sheldon
Clarifying tenant remedies upon landlord's failure to perform duties.
Addresses the decision of the state court of appeals in Landis & Landis Constr. LLC v. Nation, 171 Wn. App. 157 (2012) and its interpretation of the state supreme court case Foisy v. Wyman, 83 Wn.2d 22 (1973).Establishes that the remedy for defective conditions at residential rental premises under RCW 59.18.070 is paramount.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
| Jan 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6144
by Senators Fain, Angel, McAuliffe, Hill, Benton, Hobbs, Dammeier, Rivers, Schoesler, Tom, Frockt, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning cosmetology training and licensure requirements.
Modifies training and licensure requirements for cosmetologists, barbers, and manicurists.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6145
by Senators Hatfield, Roach, Chase, Sheldon, Fraser, and McAuliffe
Declaring the Ostrea lurida the official oyster of the state of Washington.
Designates the Ostrea lurida as the official oyster of the state.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6146
by Senators Cleveland and Benton
Concerning county electronic public auctions.
Addresses the sale of foreclosed property by a county public auction via the internet or other electronic media.Authorizes a county treasurer to accept electronic funds transfers for a purchase at a tax sale of any tax, assessment, fees, or charges.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6147
by Senators Honeyford and King
Concerning reserve studies for certain unit owners' associations.
Provides an exemption to certain unit owners' associations with regard to annual reserve study requirements if the association has had one reserve study conducted by a reserve study professional.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6148
by Senators King and Kohl-Welles; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning snack bar licenses.
Modifies snack bar license provisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6149
by Senators Angel, Rolfes, and Sheldon
Addressing contractor liability for industrial insurance premiums for not-for-profit nonemergency medicaid transportation brokers.
Addresses contractor liability for industrial insurance premiums for not-for-profit nonemergency medicaid transportation brokers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6150
by Senators Bailey, Hobbs, Angel, Benton, Conway, O'Ban, Roach, and McAuliffe
Concerning Medal of Honor special license plates.
Changes the name of congressional medal of honor special license plates to medal of honor special license plates.Allows medal of honor special license plates to be used on up to three motor vehicles.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6151
by Senators Hill, Fraser, Litzow, Kohl-Welles, Angel, Nelson, Chase, Pedersen, and Frockt
Concerning the creation of cultural access authorities.
Authorizes a county to create a cultural access authority by resolution of the county legislative authority.Allows the board of trustees of a cultural access authority to impose a sales and use tax and annual regular property tax levies within the authority service area when authorized by a majority of the voters voting on a proposition submitted at a special election held after June 30, 2015.Requires a cultural access authority to develop and provide a public school cultural access program within its service area.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6152
by Senators Litzow and McAuliffe; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
Changes explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6153
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes, and Tom; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board
Requiring the collection of teacher attendance that matches student, course, and teacher.
Expands reporting requirements of the office of the superintendent of public instruction with regard to teacher attendance data collection.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6154
by Senators Chase and Kline
Concerning measures that will provide energy assistance for low-income families within the framework of the energy independence act.
Includes provisions that provide several incentives to utilities to increase energy assistance to low-income families through mechanisms that recognize these investments within the framework of the energy independence act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6155
by Senators Ranker and Chase
Concerning current use valuation for farm and agricultural land.
Revises the definition of "farm and agricultural land" in chapter 84.34 RCW (open space, agricultural, timber lands--current use--conservation futures).
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6156
by Senator King
Concerning permits for state transportation corridor projects.
Authorizes the appeal of a permit, for certain transportation corridor projects, to a local hearing officer or other local appeal process if the department of transportation consents, but if the department does not consent, permits must be appealed directly to superior court.Clarifies existing law such that, when exercising its authority, the department of transportation is not required to obtain certain permits for staging areas related to the construction of state highways.Prohibits the appeal of certain building permits, issued by a city, town, county, or code city, by any party other than the permittee or the department of transportation.Requires a permit to be issued to the greatest extent practicable, by a city, town, county, or code city, to the department of transportation for a transportation corridor project within ninety days of the department completing the permit application.Exempts normal maintenance, repairs, safety upgrades, and signage improvements within the right-of-way of state highway facilities from all local permits and reviews conducted to implement the shoreline management act.Exempts from the state environmental policy act, department of transportation projects that are categorically excluded under the national environmental policy act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6157
by Senators Hatfield, Padden, Hobbs, Schoesler, Hewitt, and Ericksen
Concerning a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain hazardous substances defined under RCW 82.21.020(1)(c) that are used as agricultural crop protection products and warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in this state.
Provides an exemption from the hazardous substances tax for possession of a hazardous substance that is solely for use by a farmer as an agricultural crop protection product and warehoused in this state or transported to or from this state, provided that the person possessing the substance does not otherwise use, manufacture, package for sale, or sell the substance in this state.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6158
by Senators Conway and Kline; by request of Liquor Control Board
Encouraging safe and responsible sales of marijuana by authorizing the use of minors in compliance checks and addressing identification and manufacturing.
Authorizes the use of minors in compliance checks and addressing identification and manufacturing conducted by the liquor control board or other law enforcement agencies.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6159
by Senator Conway; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning the regulation of alcoholic beverages.
Addresses the regulation of alcoholic beverages.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6160
by Senators Conway and Kohl-Welles; by request of Liquor Control Board
Concerning marijuana processing and retail licenses.
Addresses marijuana processing and retail licenses.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6161
by Senators Rolfes, McAuliffe, Ranker, Billig, Dansel, Conway, Cleveland, Chase, Hasegawa, Mullet, McCoy, Keiser, Pedersen, Kline, Kohl-Welles, and Frockt
Requiring state funding to support professional development for K-12 educators.
Provides funding to support professional development outside the regular school year.Requires the legislature to appropriate sufficient funds to provide at least two professional development days per year for all state-funded certificated instructional staff, state-funded certificated building-level administrators, and state-funded classified teaching or instructional assistants.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6162
by Senators Litzow, Rolfes, Fain, Sheldon, McCoy, Hasegawa, McAuliffe, Conway, and Kline
Subjecting federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
Subjects federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6163
by Senators Billig, Litzow, Frockt, Dammeier, McAuliffe, Rolfes, King, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Creating the summer knowledge improvement pilot program.
Creates the summer knowledge improvement pilot program to implement an extended school year to combat summer learning loss and provide an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of an extended school year to improve student achievement, close the educational opportunity gap, and provide successful models for other districts to follow.Authorizes school districts with an eligible school to submit a plan to the office of the superintendent of public instruction to participate in the pilot program.Requires state funding for each school in the pilot program to be equal to twenty days of the average daily per student amount of all the basic education and nonbasic education funding provided by the state to the school for the regular one hundred eighty-day school year, including transportation.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program.Expires September 1, 2019.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6164
by Senators Roach, Kohl-Welles, and Chase
Allowing a standing committee of the legislature to hold a public hearing on a ballot proposition.
Allows a standing committee of the legislature to hold a public hearing on a ballot proposition.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6165
by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, and Keiser
Concerning accountability in caucus political committee accounts.
Authorizes the public disclosure commission to conduct annual audits or investigations of the expenditures, receipts, debts, and obligations of each caucus political committee.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6166
by Senators Roach, Hasegawa, and Chase
Concerning the use of credit cards for campaign expenditures.
Requires a candidate, on the day a treasurer is designated, to declare whether he or she will use a credit card for campaign expenditures.Requires the credit card balance for certain campaign expenditures to be included in the report required of candidates and political committees under the fair campaign practices act.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6167
by Senators Dammeier, Nelson, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Frockt
Allowing physical therapists to perform spinal manipulation.
Authorizes certain physical therapists to perform spinal manipulation and manipulative mobilization of the spine and its immediate articulations.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6168
by Senators Rivers, Eide, Hargrove, Padden, Fraser, Honeyford, and Rolfes
Concerning review of licensing and employment decisions by the children's administration.
Revises children's administration provisions relating to the review of licensing and employment decisions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Jan 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6169
by Senator Benton
Changing membership provisions of the Washington economic development finance authority.
Addresses the membership of the Washington economic development finance authority.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6170
by Senators Keiser, Becker, Pedersen, Cleveland, Hasegawa, McCoy, Kohl-Welles, Frockt, McAuliffe, and Kline
Concerning cultural competency education for health care professionals.
Requires a disciplining authority to adopt rules requiring a person authorized to practice the profession regulated by the disciplining authority to receive cultural competency continuing education training.Requires the department of health to approve, develop, and make available to each disciplining authority a list of continuing education opportunities related to cultural competency.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6171
by Senators Angel, Rolfes, Bailey, Rivers, and Kline
Creating passenger-only ferry service districts.
Authorizes a governing body of a public transportation benefit area to establish one or more passenger-only ferry service districts within all or a portion of the boundaries of the public transportation benefit area establishing the passenger-only ferry service district.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6172
by Senators Hargrove, Chase, Rivers, Rolfes, Benton, Hasegawa, Baumgartner, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Darneille, Keiser, Pedersen, and Kline
Protecting Washington citizens from warrantless surveillance, reducing liability, and establishing clear standards under which agencies may utilize unmanned aerial vehicles.
Provides clear standards for the lawful use of unmanned aerial vehicles by state and local jurisdictions.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6173
by Senator Becker
Concerning Washington's standard of care for medical malpractice.
Establishes the standard of care protection act.Declares that: (1) As health system reform is implemented at both the federal and state levels, health care providers may face additional liability exposure related to federal guidelines in state civil actions;(2) Additional liability exposure could lead to more civil actions against health care providers, increased medical liability insurance premiums, and reduced access to health care for patients; and(3) States have the constitutional authority to amend their statutes to prevent the use of these provisions in medical liability actions brought under state law and should do so in order to prevent their liability climate from deteriorating for health care providers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6174
by Senators Cleveland, Parlette, Keiser, and Hewitt
Requiring free infectious disease testing for good samaritans.
Addresses infectious disease testing, free of charge, for good samaritans.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6175
by Senator Braun
Modifying the tax appeal process.
Declares it is the intent of the legislature that this act foster the settlement or other resolution of tax disputes to the extent possible and, in cases in which litigation is necessary, to provide the people of this state with a fair, independent, prepayment procedure to determine a dispute with tax administration agencies.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6176
by Senator Braun
Modifying the tax appeal process.
Declares it is the intent of the legislature that this act foster the settlement or other resolution of tax disputes and, in cases in which litigation is necessary, to provide the people of this state with a fair, independent, prepayment procedure to determine a dispute with tax administration agencies.Creates the tax tribunal of the state as an agency of state government.Eliminates the state board of tax appeals and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the tax tribunal.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6177
by Senators Litzow, McCoy, Honeyford, and Kline
Regarding financing for stewardship of mercury-containing lights.
Finds that additional flexibility is needed for mercury-containing light manufacturers to comply with certain requirements in order to provide a sustainable funding mechanism and provide effective state protections to producer-operated product stewardship programs.Provides for termination and review, under the sunset act, of the mercury-containing lights product stewardship program.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6178
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Keiser, Pedersen, Cleveland, and Kline
Aligning the medical marijuana system with the recreational marijuana system.
Aligns the medical marijuana system with the recreational marijuana system.Requires the department of health to: (1) Convene a work group of representatives of the University of Washington, Washington State University, the medical quality assurance commission, the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the nursing care quality assurance commission, the board of naturopathy, and certain other persons to develop evidence-based practice guidelines for health care professionals to consider when authorizing the medical use of marijuana; and(2) Adopt rules for the creation, implementation, maintenance, and timely upgrading of a secure and confidential medical marijuana verification program and for removing qualifying patients and designated providers from the medical marijuana verification program.Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, records in the medical marijuana verification program containing names and other personally identifiable information of qualifying patients and designated providers.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6179
by Senators Braun, Benton, Becker, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Brown, Schoesler, Rivers, Honeyford, Tom, Hewitt, and Parlette
Authorizing workers' compensation group self-insurance plans.
Authorizes workers' compensation group self-insurance plans.Requires a group of employers seeking to qualify as a group self-insurer to apply for certification as such to the director of the department of labor and industries.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6180
by Senators Braun, Holmquist Newbry, Padden, Sheldon, Brown, Schoesler, Rivers, and Parlette
Consolidating designated forest lands and open space timber lands for ease of administration.
Consolidates designated forest lands and open space timber lands for ease of administration.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 6181
by Senators Braun, Angel, Bailey, Rivers, Becker, and Honeyford
Concerning child care subsidies and child support enforcement services.
Modifies provisions relating to subsidized child care services and working connections child care services and child support enforcement services.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Jan 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6182
by Senators Braun, Bailey, Angel, Roach, Becker, Benton, Dammeier, Brown, Sheldon, Honeyford, O'Ban, Rivers, Schoesler, Tom, and Fain
Establishing a tax credit for employers participating in the apprenticeship program.
Provides a business and occupation tax credit to employers participating in the Washington apprenticeship program approved by the apprenticeship council.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to annually identify and report to the department of revenue the approved apprenticeship programs that qualify for the tax credit.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6183
by Senators Braun, Tom, Becker, Angel, Bailey, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Honeyford, Brown, and Holmquist Newbry
Requiring public employee collective bargaining sessions to be open meetings.
Requires collective bargaining sessions with employee organizations involving contract negotiations to be open to the public.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SJR 8214
by Senators Roach and Padden
Amending the state Constitution to state that the Governor is subject to public records requests.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to state that the governor is subject to public records requests.
| Jan 16 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |