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WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
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Legislative Digest No.
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SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE |
Thursday, January 26, 2017 | | 18th Day - 2017 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=2017.
House Bills
HB 1594by Representatives McBride, Nealey, Springer, Clibborn, Hayes, Gregerson, Peterson, Koster, Griffey, Klippert, Kilduff, Muri, Senn, Goodman, Haler, Robinson, Sells, Steele, Fitzgibbon, Fey, Kraft, Bergquist, Smith, Tharinger, Stanford, Kloba, Jinkins, Hargrove, Slatter, and Kagi
Improving public records administration.
Revises the public records act to improve public records administration.
Requires training for records officers and public records officers to address particular issues related to the retention, production, and disclosure of electronic documents.
Requires the attorney general to establish a consultation program to provide information for developing best practices for local agencies requesting assistance in compliance with the public records act.
Requires the division of archives and records management in the office of the secretary of state to: (1) Establish and administer a competitive grant program for local agencies to improve certain technology information systems for public records;
(2) Conduct a study to assess the feasibility of implementing a statewide open records portal through which a user can request and receive a response, relating to public records information, through a single internet web site; and
(3) Convene a stakeholder group to develop the initial scope and direction of the study.
Requires the county auditor to charge a surcharge of one dollar per instrument for every document recorded.
Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the secretary of state solely for purposes of the study.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1595by Representatives Nealey, McBride, Senn, Springer, Koster, Klippert, Dye, Schmick, J. Walsh, Haler, Manweller, Harris, Dent, Peterson, Bergquist, Gregerson, Clibborn, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Dolan, Wilcox, Lytton, Griffey, Hayes, Muri, Goodman, Robinson, Sells, Steele, Kraft, Smith, Tharinger, Stanford, Kloba, Jinkins, Hargrove, Slatter, and Kagi
Concerning costs associated with responding to public records requests.
Revises the public records act with regard to: (1) Requiring statements of actual costs for photocopies and electronically produced copies to be adopted by the agency only after public notice and a hearing;
(2) Allowing the denial of a bot request;
(3) Requiring that a request be for identifiable records; and
(4) Expanding information on agency charges.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1596by Representatives Doglio, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Stanford, Peterson, Farrell, Kagi, Senn, Ryu, Sullivan, Gregerson, Hudgins, Pollet, Jinkins, and Tarleton
Requiring manufacturers of electronics to report the presence of high priority chemicals under the children's safe products act.
Requires a manufacturer of certain consumer or children's electronic products to provide notice to the department of ecology that the manufacturer's product contains a high priority chemical.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1597by Representatives Blake, Kretz, and Doglio; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account by increasing commercial fishing license fees and streamlining wholesale fish dealing, buying, and selling requirements.
Increases commercial fishing license fees and streamlines requirements for wholesale fish dealing, buying, and selling to increase revenue to the state wildlife account.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1598by Representatives Sullivan, DeBolt, Kilduff, Caldier, Muri, and Young
Concerning agreements between dentists and third parties that provide supportive services to dentists.
Authorizes a dentist or group practice of dentists to enter into an agreement with a third party for the provision of services in support of a dental practice office as long as certain standards are met.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1599by Representatives Farrell, Vick, Sawyer, and Fey
Authorizing licensed spirits and wine distributors to sell spirits and wine products to their employees in certain circumstances.
Authorizes a spirits distributor license to sell spirits, and a wine distributor license to sell wine, directly to bona fide, full-time employees under certain circumstances.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1600by Representatives Santos, Pettigrew, Harris, Young, Stonier, Pike, Appleton, Johnson, Fey, Bergquist, Hudgins, Kraft, Slatter, and Tarleton
Increasing the career and college readiness of public school students.
Creates the work-integrated learning demonstration pilot project to promote work-integrated learning experiences for students.
Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to convene a work-integrated learning advisory committee to provide advice to the legislature and the education and workforce sectors on creating opportunities for students.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the advisory committee to jointly select three or four high schools to develop work-integrated learning project programs.
Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to jointly review and analyze reports and data submitted to evaluate the work-integrated learning project programs.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1601by Representatives Santos, Fey, Pollet, and Slatter; by request of Office of the Governor
Concerning the beginning educator support team program.
Expands the beginning educator support team program for teachers and adds a program component for beginning principals.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1602by Representatives Young, J. Walsh, McCaslin, Shea, Taylor, Harmsworth, Buys, Orcutt, Holy, Dent, Klippert, Manweller, Vick, Harris, Johnson, Hargrove, Van Werven, Kraft, McCabe, Stambaugh, Caldier, Koster, Condotta, Rodne, Irwin, Chandler, Volz, Short, Haler, Barkis, Steele, Kristiansen, Hayes, Wilcox, Muri, Schmick, Dye, Pike, McDonald, Griffey, Smith, MacEwen, DeBolt, Jenkin, Nealey, Kretz, Stokesbary, and Graves
Concerning the exercise of expressive rights following school sports activities.
Provides that immediately after a school sports activity is completed, any grounds of the school open to the public after the school day has ended or on a weekend day is a designated public forum where all individuals may safely assemble to talk with other individuals, including praying with one another.
Prohibits a school from imposing a sanction of any kind on a school sports coach, student, or other employee or agent of the school for exercising their rights, recognized and protected in section 2(1) of this act.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1603by Representatives Kilduff, Sawyer, Goodman, McBride, and Frame
Updating the child support economic table based on recommendations of the child support work group.
Updates the child support economic table based on recommendations of the child support work group.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1604by Representatives Pettigrew, Hayes, Klippert, Griffey, Appleton, Haler, and McBride; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission
Concerning expanding the permitted uses of surplus funds from boater education card fees to certain boating safety programs and activities.
Allows the parks and recreation commission to use the surplus funds resulting from boater education card fees to fund the programs and activities associated with the administration of RCW 79A.05.310 (program of boating safety education and the casualty and accident reporting program).
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1605by Representatives Pettigrew, Hayes, and Klippert; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission
Concerning vessel impoundment.
Authorizes an arresting officer, or other officer acting at the arresting officer's direction, to impound and secure a vessel when the operator of a vessel is arrested for a violation of operation of a vessel: (1) In a reckless manner; or
(2) Under the influence of intoxicating liquor, marijuana, or any drug.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1606by Representatives Pike, Tarleton, Orcutt, Stambaugh, Harmsworth, Gregerson, and Hargrove
Requiring transportation benefit districts to hold public hearings prior to imposing fees or charges by a vote of the governing board.
Authorizes a transportation benefit district that includes all the territory within the boundaries of the jurisdiction establishing the district to, after holding a public hearing, impose certain fees and charges by a majority vote of the governing board of the district.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1607by Representatives Pike, Shea, Koster, Vick, Taylor, Rodne, Short, Buys, Nealey, Condotta, Schmick, and Manweller
Requiring periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees.
Requires the public employment relations commission to conduct periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1608by Representatives Pike, Manweller, Caldier, Appleton, Stanford, McBride, Wylie, Chapman, Griffey, Blake, Tarleton, Harris, Condotta, Santos, and Haler
Restoring resources to the capital budget beginning with the 2017-2019 biennium.
Restores resources to the capital budget beginning with the 2017-2019 biennium.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1609by Representatives Pike, Blake, Harris, Taylor, Griffey, J. Walsh, Young, and Kraft
Concerning small parcels of land used for agricultural or rural development purposes.
Revises the growth management act to make clear that: (1) Agricultural activities can occur on small parcels of land; and
(2) No interpretation of the growth management act or implementing development regulations should restrict the existence of small parcels for agricultural activities.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1610by Representatives Manweller, McCabe, Condotta, and Pike
Defining employment for purposes of the state unemployment tax.
Exempts the following from the definition of "employment" for purposes of unemployment compensation statutes: Services performed by individuals age fourteen to twenty-two years, which applies only to the determination of whether state unemployment tax premiums are owed.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1611by Representatives Farrell, Fitzgibbon, Fey, Peterson, Slatter, Tharinger, Pollet, Stonier, Senn, Appleton, Chapman, Goodman, Robinson, Pettigrew, Bergquist, Hudgins, McBride, Cody, Macri, Doglio, Stanford, Jinkins, Tarleton, and Kagi
Concerning oil transportation safety.
Addresses oil transportation safety to: (1) Enhance safety measures that protect against the risk of oil spills occurring on land and water;
(2) Provide a sustainable source of funding for the state's oil spill preparedness and response program; and
(3) Ensure the state's ability to recover from a large oil spill.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1612by Representatives Orwall, Harris, Jinkins, Goodman, Haler, Robinson, Fey, Kilduff, and McBride
Creating a suicide-safer homes project account to support prevention efforts and develop strategies for reducing access to lethal means.
Establishes the suicide-safer homes task force to raise public awareness and increase suicide prevention education.
Creates the suicide-safer homes project within the department of health to accept private funds for use by the task force in developing and providing suicide education and prevention materials, training, and outreach programs to help create suicide-safer homes.
Requires a licensed dentist, a licensed dental hygienist, or a person holding a retired active license as a dentist or dental hygienist, to complete the one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
Creates the suicide-safer homes project account.
Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the suicide-safer homes project account.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1613by Representatives Dent, Pettigrew, Chandler, Griffey, Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Johnson, and Fey; by request of Washington State Patrol
Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for 2015 wildfires.
Makes an appropriation from the budget stabilization account for Washington state fire service resource mobilization costs incurred in response to the 2015 wildfires.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1614by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Orwall, Hayes, Pellicciotti, Holy, Griffey, Pettigrew, Muri, and Haler
Concerning impaired driving.
Modifies impaired driving provisions.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1615by Representatives Kloba, Clibborn, Rodne, Doglio, Stanford, and Jinkins; by request of Department of Transportation
Concerning relocation assistance for persons displaced by agency property acquisitions.
Revises relocation assistance provisions with regard to persons displaced by agency property acquisitions.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1616by Representatives McBride, Johnson, Stanford, Pollet, and Jinkins; by request of Housing Finance Commission
Clarifying the type of land eligible for purchase under the affordable housing land acquisition revolving loan fund program.
Clarifies that loans may be made, under the affordable housing land acquisition revolving loan fund program, to purchase vacant or improved land on which to develop affordable housing.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1617by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Farrell, and Riccelli
Concerning child welfare volunteer guardian ad litem program requirements.
Requires guardian ad litem programs to: (1) With volunteer guardian ad litem coordinators, ensure that those coordinators supervise no more than thirty volunteer guardians ad litem; and
(2) Provide additional training to volunteer guardian ad litem coordinators to include the screening of volunteer guardian ad litem reports before those reports are submitted to the court.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1618by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Harris, Santos, Johnson, Bergquist, and Kagi
Concerning family and community engagement coordinators.
Changes the following terms to family and community engagement coordinator: Family engagement coordinator, parent and family engagement coordinator, and parent involvement coordinator.
Requires a family and community engagement coordinator, within a school building or school district, to: (1) Identify and bridge barriers to students' and families' access to needed services;
(2) Consult with an advisory group of students' families who reflect the demographic diversity within the school building or school district; and
(3) Partner with community-based organizations to increase resources for family and community engagement.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1619by Representatives Farrell and Pollet
Addressing health care cost transparency.
Requires the office of the insurance commissioner to: (1) Adopt rules to ensure that an enrollee may obtain an estimate of his or her out-of-pocket costs for a covered health care service before the service being provided; and
(2) Convene a work group of interested parties and relevant state agencies to develop the content of the rules.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1620by Representatives Lovick, McDonald, Johnson, Hayes, Stonier, Griffey, McBride, Harris, Springer, Stambaugh, Gregerson, Appleton, Muri, and Haler
Concerning the authority of local governments to require criminal history background checks.
Authorizes cities, towns, code cities, counties, and metropolitan park districts to require a federal background investigation, a state criminal background investigation, and a criminal background investigation conducted through a private organization of their employees, applicants for employment, volunteers, vendors, and independent contractors who, in the course of their work or volunteer activity, may have unsupervised access to children, persons with developmental disabilities, or vulnerable adults.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1621by Representatives Senn, Pettigrew, Stonier, Clibborn, Lytton, Farrell, Hudgins, Bergquist, Riccelli, Ortiz-Self, Fey, Doglio, Slatter, and Kagi
Providing funding allocations to promote children's health and social-emotional learning.
Promotes children's health and social-emotional learning by providing funding to school districts to employ additional staff who are dedicated to supporting children's health and social-emotional learning.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1622by Representatives Senn, Springer, Tharinger, Ormsby, and Fey
Concerning the state building code council.
Requires the state building code council to: (1) Adopt a revised process for the review of proposed statewide amendments and proposed or enacted local amendments to the codes enumerated in RCW 19.27.031; and
(2) In consultation with the office of the chief information officer, assess the costs and benefits of the potential acquisition and implementation of open public access information technologies to enhance the council's code adoption process.
Changes the composition of the state building code council.
Requires the department of enterprise services to employ permanent and temporary staff and contract for services for the state building code council.
Creates the legislative task force on the state building code council's administration and operations.
Requires the task force to review and provide recommendations on certain issues with regard to the state building code council, the state building code, and the department of enterprise services.
Imposes a fee of five dollars and fifty cents on each residential building permit and ten dollars for each commercial building permit.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
| Committee relieved of further consideration. |
| Referred to Local Government. |
HB 1623by Representatives Senn, Springer, Tarleton, and Slatter
Concerning secondhand dealers utilizing automated kiosks to purchase secondhand electronic devices.
Requires property bought by a secondhand dealer, through the use of an automated kiosk, to be held for at least thirty days after the secondhand property was accepted by the automated kiosk.
Requires an automated kiosk to have certain capabilities in order to be used by a secondhand dealer to purchase secondhand property.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1624by Representatives Senn, Dent, Kagi, Lytton, Farrell, Pettigrew, Hudgins, Goodman, Frame, and Slatter
Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children.
Requires the department of early learning to establish and implement policies in the working connections child care program to allow eligibility for families with children who: (1) In the last six months have received child protective services, child welfare services, or services through a family assessment response;
(2) Have been referred for child care as part of the family's case management; and
(3) Are residing with a biological parent or guardian.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1625by Representative Klippert
Making the smoking of marijuana in the presence of children unlawful.
Prohibits a person from consuming marijuana through inhalation in the presence of a person who is under eighteen years old.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1626by Representatives Blake and J. Walsh
Changing the date in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections.
Changes the time frame in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1627by Representatives Ryu and McBride; by request of Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Addressing nonprofit corporation facilities financing by the Washington state housing finance commission.
Revises the definition of "nonprofit corporation," for purposes of chapter 43.180 RCW (housing finance commission), to include a public development authority, or an organization identified in RCW 43.185A.040 (eligible organizations).
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1628by Representatives Kagi, Dent, Senn, Appleton, Johnson, McDonald, Goodman, Fey, Kilduff, Frame, Clibborn, Tharinger, Stanford, Pollet, Jinkins, and Slatter
Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.
Eliminates academic and nonacademic barriers and changes requirements of school districts with regard to the educational success of youth in foster care.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1629by Representatives Sells and Manweller; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Extending the redetermination timeline regarding appeals to the department of labor and industries.
Changes the timeline of a redetermination period for appeals to the department of labor and industries.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Feb 2 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1630by Representatives Slatter, McDonald, Senn, Dent, Kilduff, McBride, Frame, Jinkins, Kloba, Santos, Appleton, Muri, Fey, Doglio, Stanford, and Kagi; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Allowing minors to consent to share their personally identifying information in the Washington homeless client management information system.
Authorizes an unaccompanied youth who is at least thirteen years old to give consent for the collection of his or her personally identifying information for the state homeless client management information system.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1631by Representatives Hayes, Bergquist, Harmsworth, Irwin, Haler, Van Werven, Hargrove, Shea, Rodne, Harris, Orcutt, Goodman, Young, Pike, and Fitzgibbon
Imposing an additional penalty for distracted driving.
Requires a driver who commits a moving violation to be assessed an additional monetary penalty equal to one-half of the penalty or fine for the moving violation if the driver was dangerously distracted at the time of the violation.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1632by Representatives Hargrove, Rodne, Griffey, Irwin, Stokesbary, Sullivan, and Young
Concerning rules for on-site sewage systems.
Prohibits rules adopted by the state board of health, regarding the design, construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of on-site sewage systems with design flows of less than three thousand five hundred gallons per day, from requiring: (1) That a use permit be encumbered by a monitoring contract between a private company and a private individual; and
(2) Dedicated easements for the inspection, maintenance, or potential future expansion of an on-site sewage system.
Prohibits an existing on-site sewage system from being excluded from repair or required to be replaced if a repair returns an on-site sewage system to its previous functioning state.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 30 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1633by Representatives Riccelli, Kirby, Macri, Frame, Goodman, Kagi, Peterson, Jinkins, Ormsby, Kloba, Senn, Stonier, Stanford, Appleton, Robinson, McBride, Doglio, Pollet, and Santos
Concerning the preservation of housing options for tenants.
Prohibits a landlord from refusing to lease or rent real property to an applicant or expelling a tenant from real property based on the source of income of an otherwise eligible applicant or tenant.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1634by Representatives Pettigrew and Fitzgibbon
Requiring continuity of transit operation reporting by certain public transportation systems.
Requires the legislative authorities of municipalities and regional transit authorities to: (1) Prepare a plan regarding the continuity of its transit operations in the event of a significant earthquake; and
(2) File the plan with the department of transportation, the emergency management division of the state military department, and the cities, counties, and regional planning councils within which the municipality or authority is located.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1635by Representatives Barkis, Stanford, and Harmsworth
Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property.
Authorizes any tenant property placed upon the nearest public property to be disposed of by the landlord after the property has remained for a period of at least five days.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1636by Representatives Jinkins, Johnson, Tharinger, Harris, Appleton, and Fey
Establishing a program to fund long-term services and supports.
Creates the long-term services and supports trust commission and requires the commission to establish rules and policies regarding long-term services and supports.
Creates the long-term services and supports trust program to provide benefits to qualified enrollees.
Specifies duties of the employment security department regarding long-term services and supports.
Requires the department of social and health services to establish a registry for health care providers who meet the minimum qualifications necessary to conduct eligibility assessments.
Requires employers to deduct from an employee's salary the equivalent of 0.49 percent of the employee's total compensation which will be submitted to the employment security department.
Creates the long-term services and supports trust account.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1637by Representatives Pettigrew, Harris, Stonier, Johnson, Cody, DeBolt, Jinkins, Caldier, Riccelli, Appleton, Senn, Kilduff, McBride, and Kagi
Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid.
Requires a medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by a nurse practitioner, a physician with a primary specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine or provided by subspecialists within these primary specialties, on a fee-for-service basis as well as through managed health care systems, to be at a rate not less than one hundred percent of the payment rate that applies to those services and providers under medicare.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
| Committee relieved of further consideration. |
| Referred to Appropriations. |
HB 1638by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Frame, Kagi, and Goodman
Concerning the provision of trauma-informed child care.
Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Provide voluntary training on trauma-informed care to child care providers and administrators participating in the early achievers program; and
(2) Convene an advisory group of stakeholders to review the early achievers rating system and make recommendations for modifications to the rating system criteria.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1639by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Dent, Frame, Kagi, Goodman, Fey, and Doglio
Creating a specialized child care pilot program for vulnerable children.
Requires the department of early learning to establish a two-year pilot program in four licensed child care facilities to provide multitiered behavior support, including specialized trauma informed care, for children from birth to five years of age.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1640by Representatives Graves, Jinkins, and Tharinger
Allowing notaries and proof of identity for advance directives.
Requires a directive to withhold or withdraw from life-sustaining treatment in a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition to be: (1) Signed by the declarer, who has provided proof of identity; and
(2) Acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1641by Representatives McBride, Caldier, Graves, Jinkins, Fey, Clibborn, and Stanford
Concerning informed consent for nonemergency, outpatient, primary health care services for unaccompanied homeless youth under the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act.
Authorizes informed consent for health care on behalf of a patient, who is incapacitated because he or she is under the age of majority and is not otherwise authorized to provide informed consent, to be obtained from a school nurse, school counselor, or homeless student liaison under certain circumstances.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1642by Representatives Irwin, Pellicciotti, Hayes, Orwall, Rodne, McCabe, Holy, and Muri
Changing the seriousness level for the crime of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle.
Changes the seriousness level for the crime of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1643by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Senn, Lovick, Appleton, Goodman, Bergquist, Hudgins, McBride, Frame, Doglio, Stanford, Pollet, Slatter, and Tarleton
Creating a loan forgiveness program for teachers in high-need schools.
Declares an intent to pay off outstanding federal loan balances of teachers who have taught full time for five consecutive years in specific subject matter shortage areas.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1644by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Senn, Lovick, Fey, Bergquist, and Pollet
Providing responsive, needs-based training opportunities for addressing the teacher shortage through improved teacher recruitment, teacher selection, and teacher onboarding and induction.
Requires the professional educator standards board to design, administer, and deliver a training program that will develop the capabilities of public school and school district staff who are responsible for recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new teachers.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1645by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Senn, Lovick, Bergquist, Doglio, and Pollet
Relating to addressing the educator shortage and diversifying the educator workforce by supporting future educators from local communities.
Introduced by title and introductory section only, relating to addressing the educator shortage and diversifying the educator workforce by supporting future educators from local communities.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1646by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Fey, Goodman, McBride, Cody, Macri, Doglio, Pollet, and Jinkins
Promoting an equitable clean energy economy by creating a carbon tax that allows investment in clean energy, clean air, healthy forests, and Washington's communities.
Creates a carbon pollution mitigation tax on fossil fuel emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
Creates the carbon program oversight board to oversee implementation of this act and advise the governor on the achievement of greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Creates an economic and environmental justice oversight panel as a joint body between the office of the governor, the department of ecology, and the department of health.
Requires the department of revenue to establish and administer a low-income carbon pollution mitigation tax grant for state residents to assist in the equitable transition to lower carbon emission energy sources.
Involves the following in some role regarding the imposition of the carbon tax: The department of ecology, the department of revenue, the department of commerce, the department of health, the Washington State University extension energy office, the recreation and conservation office, the office of the attorney general, and other state agencies with control of expenditures of carbon pollution mitigation tax receipts.
Creates the clean energy account, the clean water climate program account, the sustainable forest health account, the carbon reduction investment fund, the sustainable infrastructure fund, and the equitable transition fund.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1647by Representatives Springer, Pettigrew, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Robinson, Tharinger, McBride, and Doglio; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Increasing revenue to the state wildlife account by adjusting recreational fishing and hunting fees.
Adjusts recreational fishing and hunting fees to increase revenue to the state wildlife account.
Authorizes the fish and wildlife commission to: (1) Establish a surcharge on license fees if it determines that the surcharge is necessary to fund maintenance level appropriations;
(2) Assess an administrative fee of up to ten dollars per permit for hunters who have been drawn for multiple permits and wish to surrender excess permits before the start of the hunting season;
(3) Offer a one-time discount on a hunting license purchase to certain first-time resident hunters;
(4) Develop a hunting access reservation system; and
(5) Define the conditions for the collection and possession of birds of prey used in falconry.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1648by Representatives Stonier, Frame, Peterson, Harris, Vick, Wylie, and Pike
Concerning county treasurer administrative efficiencies.
Address the administrative efficiencies of county treasurers.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) |
HB 1649by Representatives Shea, Taylor, McCaslin, Koster, Short, Buys, Hargrove, Holy, and Young
Declaring that the right to life begins at the moment the individual comes into being.
Establishes the Washington state life at conception act.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1650by Representatives Shea, Taylor, McCaslin, Hargrove, and Young
Addressing motorcycle rider liability for actions required of helmet manufacturers.
Revises the definition of "motorcycle helmet" to remove a federal regulation reference to remove liability from the rider for whether the manufacturer complied with the federal regulation as indicated on the helmet.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1651by Representatives Pollet, Doglio, Kilduff, Gregerson, Peterson, Frame, Bergquist, Orwall, Goodman, Fey, Haler, and Stanford
Supporting students' success by increasing retention and graduation rates with evidence-based programs.
Requires the four-year institutions of higher education to implement a student success program for students receiving need-based federal or state grant aid.
Requires the community and technical colleges to implement the following for students enrolled in a degree-granting program: A student success program and an evidence-based remedial program.
Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Administer a competitive grant program to provide precollege or ongoing peer mentoring; and
(2) Contract with the western interstate commission for higher education to conduct an evaluation on: (a) Student success programs, remedial programs, and the competitive grant program for peer mentoring; and (b) mental health counseling and services provided for students at the institutions of higher education.
Creates the public service graduate degree conditional grant program at the University of Washington.
Creates the public service graduate degree conditional grant account.
Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the University of Washington for the public service graduate degree conditional grant program.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1652by Representatives Pollet, Tharinger, and Santos
Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts.
Addresses the alternative process for awarding contracts by the University of Washington.
Requires the university business diversity program to establish targets for each project based on the subcontracting opportunities and the availability of firms.
Requires the university to: (1) Include the following in the annual report provided to the capital projects advisory review board: Small business entities, disadvantaged business enterprises, veterans, and women and minority-owned business use rates on the projects; and
(2) Require contractors to solicit proposals from small business entities and disadvantaged business enterprises.
Includes in the evaluation criteria for selection of a contractor on a roster: The contractor's outreach plan to include small business entities, disadvantaged business enterprises, veterans, and women and minority-owned businesses, and the firm's past performance in the use of the firms.
Repeals the termination and repeal, under the sunset act, of the alternative process for awarding contracts.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
HB 1653by Representatives Pollet and Stanford
Protecting the public health of food consumers.
Prohibits selling or offering to sell, at wholesale or retail, food or food products intended for human consumption that are grown in sewage, sewage sludge, biosolids, compost derived from or containing human waste, or any form or amount of human waste, unless the food, food products, or processed foods are properly labeled.
Requires the state board of health to use the state department of health laboratory to analyze samples and publish a report on the levels of pathogens and hazardous substances, including metals, drug molecules, or endocrine disrupting substances, that are found in a range of selected applications of sewage sludge in which food substances are grown.
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Jan 25 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). |
Senate Bills
SB 5442