CAAA Legislative Update Week 4

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February 3, 2023

2023 Legislative Update Week 4

The 2023 legislative session in Olympia is underway and being held both in-person and remotely.

Unlike the federal government, our state legislature is a 'part-time' legislature - meaning it only convenes for a short period each year to pass or refine laws and determine how money should be spent for new projects (capital budget), current expenditures (operating budget) and transportation expenses.

For a bill to be successful, it must pass through a series of deadlines known as "cutoffs" --with the first taking place Friday, February 17th. Bills that have not moved out of a policy committee by this date will become inactive or "die."

Thousands of bills are filed each session and our Legislative Update provides a snapshot of those that have our attention. Use this list as a tool to communicate your concerns with your elected representatives. Find information on our website or at this link on how to reach them by email, phone or using the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000.

Sharing your opinion or concern is the foundation of this process and we encourage everyone to participate. Need to know how the legislative process works? Click here for online classes and tutorials, testifying in a committee, submitting written testimony, getting your position noted for the legislative record, and how to contact the elected member representing you.

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House Bills

House Bill Number

Title & Description

Status

HB 1000

Expanding the Working Families Tax Credit

Effect: Provides a tax credit in the form of a refund for eligible low-income persons

Sponsor: Rep. Stokesbary

Status: Heard in House Finance Committee. Still in committee.

HB 1002

Increasing the penalty for hazing

Sponsor: Rep. Levitt

Status: House Rules Committee. Needs a pull to the House Floor

HB 1003

Expansion of dual credit programs

Effect: Pays dual credit program costs for low-income high school students to increase participation and completion rates

Sponsor: Rep. Stokesbary

Status: Heard in House Education Committee. Still in committee

HB 1004

Suicide Prevention Efforts

Companion bill: SB 5478

Effect: Installs signs near bridges to deter jumping

Sponsor: Abbarno

Status: Heard in House Transportation Committee. Still in committee

HB 1005

Tax incentives to support vets & military families

Sponsor: Abbarno

Status: Heard in House Finance Committee. Still in committee

HB 1009

Military Spouse Employment

Effect: Eliminates employment contract termination penalty when service member receives permanent change of station

Sponsor: Leavitt

Status: Heard in House Appropriations Committee. Still in committee

HB 1011

Repealing the long-term services & support program

Effect: Repeals part of the enacted program

Sponsor: Abbarno

Status: House Health Care & Wellness Committee. No action taken thus far

HB 1012

Extreme weather response

Effect: Designates funds to localities for response costs

Sponsor: Leavitt

Status: Heard in House Appropriations Committee. Still in committee

SHB 1013

Regional apprenticeship programs

Effect: New regional apprenticeship program between educational service districts and OSPI

Sponsor: Maycumber

Status: Substitute passed. Public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 8 at 4:00 PM in House Appropriations Committee

SHB 1015

Paraeducator minimum employment

Companion bill: SB 5264

Effect: Revises minimum employment requirements for paraeducators

Sponsor: Santos

Status: Substitute passed House chamber. Headed to Senate

HB 1017

Cosmetologists licensure

Companion bill: SB 5307

Effect: Expedites licensure for commercial hair designers, barbers, estheticians or manicurists

Sponsor: Ryu

Status: Passed the House. Now in Senate Labor and Commerce Committee

SHB 1019

Pesticide Advisory Board

Effect: Creates a formal and permanent advisory board

Sponsor: Dent

Status: Substitute moved to House Rules Committee

HB 1021

Social worker licensure

Companion Bill is SB 5354

Effect: Aligns licensing requirements with national standards

Sponsor: Thai

Status: Moved to House Rules Committee

HB 1025

Regarding peace officers

Effect: provides legal remedy under state law for persons injured when a peace officer or the employer violates the state Constitution

Sponsor: Thai

Status: Heard in House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee. Still in committee

HB 1035

Health care entities/health care services

Effect: a health care provider may not withhold health care services related to pregnancy etc.

Sponsor: Walen

Status: Heard in House Health Care & Wellness Committee. Still in committee

SHB 1045

The Evergreen Basic Income Pilot Program

Effect: Creates a pilot program to provide 2 years of monthly payments equal to 100% of fair market rent for a two-bedroom dwelling in the county of residence.

Sponsor: Berry

Status: Substitute passed to House Appropriations Committee

HB 1089

Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking

Companion bill: SB 5114

Effect: Creates a program for healing, support and transition services for adults with lived experience of sex trafficking

Sponsor: Orwall

Status: Passed to House Appropriations Committee

SHB 1124

Protecting tenants from excessive rent and related fees

Effect: Provides at least six months' notice for rent increases over a certain amount; allowing tenants the
right to terminate a tenancy without penalty, and limiting late fees.

Sponsor: Peterson

Status: Substituted. Now in House Rules Committee

HB 1147

Concerning the capital budget

Companion bill: SB 5200

Effect: Makes 2023-25 capital budget appropriations and supplemental 21-23 capital budget appropriations

Sponsor: Tharinger

Status: Heard in House Capital Budget Committee. Still in committee

HB 1195

Prohibiting certain fire arms from open carry in public hospitals and parks

Effect: Prohibits open carry in public parks and hospitals. Establishes violation as a gross misdemeanor

Sponsor: Senn

Status: Heard in House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee. Still in committee

SHB 1204

Implementing the family connections program

Companion bill: SB 5426

Effect: Makes the Family Connections program permanent

Sponsor: Callan

Status: Substitute passed to House Appropriations Committee

SHB 1207

Concerning harassments, bullying, intimidation and discrimination in schools

Effect: Procedures and policies to prevent and respond to harassment in schools

Sponsor: Senn

Status: Substitute passed to House Rules Committee

HB 1220

Universal civic duty voting

Companion bill is 5209

Sponsor: Mena

Status: House State Govt. & Tribal Relations Committee. No action taken thus far

HB 1228

Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education

Effect: Expands dual language education programs

Sponsor: Ortiz-Self

Status: Heard in House Education Committee. No action taken thus far

HB 1229

Voter registration processes

Companion bill: SB 5112

Effect: Strengthening voter registration

Sponsor: Simmons

Status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 7 at 1:30 PM in House State Govt & Tribal Relations Committee

HB 1232

College Bound Scholarship

Effect: Increasing scholarship capacity

Sponsor: Bergquist

Status: Passed to House Appropriations

HB 1238

Free school meals

Companion bill: SB 5339

Effect: provides all public school students with meals at no charge

Sponsor: Riccelli

Status: Heard in House Education Committee. No action taken

HB 1239

Educator code of ethics / complaint process in public elementary and secondary schools

Effect: establishes simple, uniform state-level process for complaints involving public elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor: Santos

Status: Heard in House Education Committee. No action taken

SHB 1240

Firearm safety

Companion bill: SB 5265

Effect: Restricts assault-style weapons

Sponsor: Peterson

Status: Substitute passed to House Rules Committee

HB 1250

Low-income home rehabilitation program

Effect: Modifies the low-income home rehabilitation program

Sponsor: Steele

Status: Public hearing scheduled for Thursday, February 9 at 1:30 PM in House Capital Budget Committee

HB 1324

Concerning scoring of prior juvenile offenses in sentencing calculations

Companion bill: SB 5475

Effect: Requires courts to grant resentencing hearing if a sentence included prior juvenile dispositions in the calculation.

Sponsor: Hackney

Status: Heard in Community Safety, Justice & Reentry Committee. Still in committee

HB 1388

Protecting tenants by prohibiting predatory residential
rent practices

Effect: Applies the consumer protection act to the residential landlord-tenant act and the
manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.

Sponsor: Macri

Status: Heard in House Housing Committee. Still in committee

HB 1440

Concerning juvenile court jurisdiction

Companion bill: SB 5434

Effect: The Raise the Age juvenile justice task force

Sponsor: Thai

Status: Public hearing scheduled Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30 PM in Human Services, Youth & Early Learning Committee

HB 1541

Establishing the Nothing About Us Without Us Act

Companion bill: SB 5616

Effect: requires statutory group membership of a diversity of people with direct lived
experience from underrepresented populations when examining an identified issue

Sponsor: Farivar

Status: Heard in House State Govt. & Tribal Relations. Still in committee

HB 1559

Establishing the student basic needs at colleges/universities

Companion bill: SB 5566

Effect: Creates a task force to develop a hunger-free campus strategic plan by April 2024

Sponsor: Entenman

Status: Heard in House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee. Still in committee

HB 1651

Concerning debts arising from infractions for standing, stopping, and parking violations, and violations captured by safety cameras

Effect:

Sponsor: Reeves

Status: House Transportation Committee. No action taken thus far

HB 1658

Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience

Effect: Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, public high school students age 16 years and older may earn elective high school credit through paid work experience.

Sponsor: Shavers

Status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 6 at 1:30 PM in House Education Committee

HB 1661

Mobile mental health crisis intervention pilot project

Effect: Subject to the availability of
funds, the emergency crisis assistance team pilot project is created

Sponsor: Maycumber

Status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday February 7 at 10:30 AM in House Innovation, Community & Economic Development & Veterans Committee

HB 1666

Making changes to certain fee and debt collection practices

Effect: Refines certain debt collection actions

Sponsor: Reeves

Status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 7 at 1:30 PM in House Consumer Protection & Business Committee

Senate Bills

Senate Bill Number

Title & Description

Status

SB 5003

Increasing the number of judges in Snohomish county

Sponsor: Lovick

Status: Voted out of Senate chamber. Now in House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee

SSB 5005

Real Property

Effect: concerning heir property

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5006

Firearm rights waiver

Effect: clarifying waiver of firearm rights

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: Substitute passed. Now in Senate Rules Committee

SB 5008

Instructional materials

Effect: Access for parents and legal guardians

Sponsor: McCune

Status: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee

SB 5009

Sex Education Approval

Effect: parental approval for a child to receive sexual health education

Sponsor: McCune

Status: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5011

Resentencing repeal second degree conviction

Sponsor: Wilson

Status: Senate Law & Justice Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5015

Productivity Board

Effect: Reestablishes the board

Sponsor: Fortunato

Status: Heard in Senate Ways & Means Committee. Still in committee

SB 5016

Homelessness

Effect: actions to decrease homelessness

Sponsor: Fortunato

Status: Senate Housing Committee. No action thus far

SB 5019

Classified staff & student safety

Effect: change in definition for funding considerations

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Passed to Senate Rules Committee

SB 5020

Elementary education age

Effect: children beginning school at age 6

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5022

Drug test equipment exemption

Effect: Excludes fentanyl testing equipment from paraphernalia definition

Sponsor: Muzzall

Status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 6 at 10:30 AM in Senate Law & Justice Committee

SB 5023

Roadside Safety

Companion bill: HB 1485

Sponsor: Wilson

Status: Passed Transportation to Senate Rules Committee

SB 5024

Parent's bill of right re: public education

Sponsor: Dozier

Status: Heard in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee. Still in committee

SB 5025

DOC technology systems

Effect: Changes to DOC offender information system

Sponsor: Dozier

Status: Passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5027

Housing affordability incentives

Effect: promoting housing affordability

Sponsor: Fortunato

Status: Heard in Senate Housing Committee. Still in committee

SB 5028

Name changes

Effect: Revising the process for name changes

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: Substitute bill passed Senate. Now in House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee

SB 5032

Felony DUI lookback

Effect: Lookback of 15 years and creation of a drug offender sentencing alternative

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Passed Senate Transportation. Now in Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5033

Custodial sexual misconduct reclassification / penalties

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Heard in Senate Law & Justice Committee. Still in committee

SB 5034

Peace officer vehicular pursuits

Effect: Removes public safety protections

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Senate Law & Justice Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5035

Possession of controlled substances

Effect: Penalties for counterfeit substances

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 6 at 10:30 AM in Senate Law & Justice Committee

SB 5037

Protecting use of natural gas in buildings

Effect: Use of natural gas in buildings exempt from Washington state energy code

Sponsor: Wilson

Status: Senate Environment, Energy & Tech Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5038

Education employment contract modification

Sponsor: Mullet

Status: Heard in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5039

Wildfire risk

Companion bill: HB 1032

Effect: Best practice management for utilities to mitigate wildfire risk

Sponsor: Rolfes

Status: Heard in Senate Environment, Energy & Tech. Committee. Still in committee

SB 5041

Federal motor carrier safety admin compliance

Companion bill: HB 1448

Sponsor: Lovick

Status: Moved. Passed to Senate Rules Committee

SB 5042

Authorizing vascular neck restraints

Effect: Increasing risk to public safety by restoring the use of neck restraints/chokeholds by peace officers

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Senate Law & Justice Committee. No action taken thus far

SSB 5045

Accessory dwelling incentives

Effect: property tax exemption for rental of accessory dwelling to low-income households

Sponsor: Kuderer

Status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 6 at 4:00 PM in Senate Ways & Means Committee

SSB 5046

Post-conviction access to counsel

Effect: provides counsel to indigent persons and studies barriers to post-conviction counsel

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee.

SSB 5047

Enhancing the Washington voting rights act

Companion bill: HB 1048

Effect: Strengthening
WVRA makes sure all communities have fair and equal access to the electoral process

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5128

Concerning jury diversity

Companion bill: HB 1598

Effect: Requires data collection on juror demographics; permits electronic service of jury service summons

Sponsor: Trudeau

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SSB 5221

Washington state Opportunity Scholarship program

Companion bill: HB 1289

Effect: expands program capacity and access

Sponsor: Liias

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5223

Protecting minors from sexual exploitation

Companion bill: HB 1059

Effect: adding protections to current statute

Sponsor: Wilson, C.

Status: Senate Law & Justice Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5224

Performance requirements for homelessness service providers

Effect: Establishing program goals and performance measures for service providers

Sponsor: Wilson, J.

Status: Heard in Senate Housing Committee. No action taken thus far

SSB 5225

Working Connections expansion

Effect: increases access to the Working Connections child care program

Sponsor: Wilson, C.

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5226

DOC active warrant mitigation

Effect: actions by the Department of Corrections concerning those violating terms of their supervision

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Heard in Senate Human Services Committee. Still in committee

SSB 5230

Extended foster care services

Effect: extension for youths age 18 to 25 years

Sponsor: Wilson, C.

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5232

Enhancing requirements for firearm purchases or transfers

Companion bill: HB 1144

Effect: adding safeguards to firearm acquisition

Sponsor: Salomon

Status: Senate Law & Justice Committee. No action taken thus far

SB 5235

Accessory dwelling units

Companion bill: HB 1276

Sponsor: Shewmake

Status: Heard in Senate Local Govt., Land Use and Tribal Affairs Committee

SB 5238

Expanding collective bargaining

Companion bill: HB 1291

Effect: collective bargaining for employees of public higher education

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Moved to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5243

Higher education planning

Companion bill: HB 1273

Effect: addresses post high school education planning or training

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5248

COVID funding for tutoring and learning programs

Effect: Redirects funding into enhanced student learning opportunities

Sponsor: Braun

Status: Heard in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee

SSB 5256

Child welfare housing assistance program

Companion bill: HB 1186

Effect: Permanent expansion of the program

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SSB 5257

Daily recess for elementary students

Companion bill: HB 1504

Effect: Establishes daily recess guidelines

Sponsor: Nobles

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5268

Public works procurement

Companion bill: HB 1306

Effect: Increase equity in public works procurement

Sponsor: Hasegawa

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5270

Limiting the department of corrections' assistance with
federal immigration enforcement activities.

Effect: Prohibits DOC assistance wit the arrest, detention, transfer, interrogation or deportation for an immigration enforcement purpose and other restrictions

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Heard in Senate Human Services Committee. Still in committee

SB 5339

Free school meals

Companion bill: HB 1238

Effect: Free meals for all public school students

Sponsor: Nobles

Status: Heard in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee

SB 5366

Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

Companion bill: HB 1329

Sponsor: Nguyen

Status: Heard in Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee

SB 5435

Protecting tenants from excessive rent

Companion bill: HB 1389

Effect: Providing at least six months' notice for rent increases over a certain amount; allowing tenants the right to terminate a tenancy without penalty, and limiting late fees.

Sponsor: Trudeau

Status: Heard in Senate Housing Committee. Still in committee

SB 5474

Concerning juvenile justice

Companion bill: HB 1432

Effect: Decreases barriers to successful community participation for juvenile justice individuals

Sponsor: Frame

Status: Heard in Senate Human Services Committee. Still in committee

SB 5629

Concerning hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening and health care services

Effect: Primary care providers shall offer a hepatitis B screening test and a
hepatitis C screening test to any patient receiving patient care services

Sponsor: Conway

Status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 7 at 8:00 AM in Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee