Concerning the national fire incident reporting system.

Requires the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, to administer the national fire incident reporting system including purchasing equipment, establishing procedures, standards, and guidelines, providing training and education, and employing staff.

Improving transitions in extended foster care to increase housing stability for foster youth.

Authorizes eligible nonminor dependents to unenroll and reenroll, an unlimited number of times between ages eighteen and twenty-one, in extended foster care through a voluntary placement agreement.

Requires the department of social and health services to allow youth who have received extended foster care services, but lost his or her eligibility, to reenter the extended foster care program through a voluntary placement agreement when he or she meets the eligibility criteria again.

Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a study measuring the outcomes for youth who have received extended foster care services.

Concerning the release of driving record abstract information affecting registered tow truck operators.

Modifying limitations for certain vessels exempt from the pilotage act.

Authorizing the use of automated license plate recognition systems.

Authorizes the following to use an automated license plate recognition system: (1) A law enforcement agency or parking enforcement agency for locating vehicles on a watch list;

(2) A parking enforcement agency for enforcing time restrictions on parking spaces;

(3) A transportation agency for providing real time traffic information to the public, traffic modeling purposes, and traffic studies such as origin and destination studies, ramp meter efficiencies, and determining construction delays and route use;

(4) A transportation agency for commercial vehicle systems at Washington state patrol enforcement sites and weigh stations; and

(5) An agency for controlling access to secured areas.

Improving the community economic revitalization board program.

Concerning independent security testing of state agencies' information technology systems and infrastructure by the military department.

Authorizes the office of the state chief information officer to test the security of a state agency's information technology systems and infrastructure to identify and mitigate system vulnerabilities.

Authorizes the state military department to conduct independent security testing of the information security of a private entity operating within the state, or unit of local government of the state, involved in the management of critical infrastructure.

Requires the chief information security officer, the utilities and transportation commission, and the state military department to meet regularly to share information, trends, and best practices regarding information technology systems and infrastructure security.

Limiting nursing home direct care payment adjustments to the lowest case mix weights in the reduced physical function groups and authorizing upward adjustments to case mix weights in the cognitive and behavior groups.

Revises the duties of the department of social and health services regarding nursing home direct care payment adjustments in the reduced physical function groups and the cognitive and behavior groups.

Creating a low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program.

Creates the low-income home rehabilitation revolving loan program within the department of commerce.

Requires the department of commerce to contract with rehabilitation agencies to provide home rehabilitation to participating homeowners.

Concerning the rehabilitation of historic buildings.

Creates the historic building rehabilitation financing pilot program in the department of commerce.

Requires the department to: (1) Choose a municipality within which to implement the pilot program;

(2) Issue a competitive request for qualifications and quotations;

(3) Select a certified nonprofit community development financial institution to implement the pilot program within the selected municipality; and

(4) Along with the selected financial institution, consult with the department of archaeology and historic preservation to determine which proposed projects involve historically significant buildings and whether the rehabilitation plans for those buildings are consistent with the United States department of the interior's standards for rehabilitation.

Creates the historic building rehabilitation revolving loan fund.

Concerning independent security testing of state agencies' information technology systems and infrastructure by the military department.

Authorizes the office of the state chief information officer to test the security of a state agency's information technology systems and infrastructure to identify and mitigate system vulnerabilities.

Authorizes the state military department, at the request of the entity involved in the management of critical infrastructure to be tested, to conduct independent security testing of the information security of a private entity operating within this state, or unit of local government of this state, involved in the management of critical infrastructure.

Requires the chief information security officer, the utilities and transportation commission, and the state military department to meet regularly to share information, trends, and best practices regarding information technology systems and infrastructure security.

Addressing ballot drop box accessibility.

Requires a county auditor to: (1) By 2027, establish at least one ballot drop box per thirty thousand registered voters in the county; and

(2) Submit a request with the office of the secretary of state for new ballot drop boxes for the following year.

Authorizes the secretary of state to agree to reimburse the county for the costs of providing new ballot drop boxes or contract with a third party to fulfill the counties' requests.

Authorizes a county auditor to place a ballot drop box at a public school, public library, or fire station.

Making licensed dealer delivery provisions consistent with federal law.

Concerning natural resource management activities.

Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to manage acquired lands using the best available land management techniques, which may include: (1) Issuance or reissuance of grazing leases;

(2) Licenses or approvals to remove firewood;

(3) Issuance of leases for brush picking;

(4) Periodic use of chemical or mechanical means to maintain public and recreational land; and

(5) Issuance of rights-of-way, easements, and use permits to use existing roads in nonresidential areas.

Aligning the issuance of drivers' licenses and identicards with the federal requirements of the REAL ID act.

Provides a process for obtaining a driver's license or identicard that is accepted by the federal government for official purposes.

Requires a driver's license, instruction permit, or identicard to include a statement on the front of the document that states it is not for federal purposes.

Requires the director of the department of licensing to investigate conviction records and pending charges of a current employee of, or prospective employee being considered for, a position with the department who has or will have: (1) The ability to create or modify records of applicants for a federally compliant driver's license; or

(2) The ability to issue a federally compliant driver's license.

Creating the rural county high employer demand jobs program.

Creates the rural county high employer demand jobs program to: (1) Assist students in obtaining local jobs by earning certificates, associate degrees, or other industry-recognized credentials in high employer demand fields; and

(2) Provide student tuition and required fees for up to forty-five credits or the equivalent of one year of full-time study at a community or technical college located in an eligible county.

Requires the state board for community and technical colleges or the community or technical college located in an eligible county to identify high employer demand fields.

Authorizes the board or the community or technical college to publicize those high employer demand fields as part of existing community outreach efforts.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to: (1) Administer the program and adopt rules necessary to administer the program; and

Concerning sanctuary from state policies, rules, and statutes.

Establishes the county and city regulatory sanctuary act.

States that a county legislative authority, a metropolitan municipal corporation, or the legislative body of a code city has the power to designate, by ordinance, the county, the municipal corporation, or the code city to be a regulatory sanctuary county, municipal corporation, or code city, as appropriate, and identify within the ordinance which state agency policies, sections of the WAC, and sections of the RCW to which the county, the municipal corporation, or the code city, as appropriate, has granted itself and its people sanctuary.

Prohibits a state or local agency or state court from compelling a person acting within a regulatory sanctuary county, municipal corporation, or code city to comply with the enumerated provisions of law in the ordinance designating the county, municipal corporation, or code city to be a regulatory sanctuary county, municipal corporation, or code city.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 22	First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).