Legislative Update 2023 Week 8

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March 3, 2023

2023 Legislative Update Week 8

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

Passing new legislation is liken to a footrace with hurdles and pitfalls. For many bills, its takes several tries win the race.

Two cutoffs are in rear view and the half-way point in session nears. House of Origin cutoff, the next hurdle, is March 8th. Any bill, with only a few exceptions, still in the chamber where it originated will most likely fizzle this session.

For those bills that have crossed to the opposite chamber, the process then begins again. Your input can lead to change. Find information on our website or at this link on how to reach your representatives by email, phone or using the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000.

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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: House Finance Committee

HB 1002

Increasing the penalty for hazing

Sponsor: Rep. Levitt

Status: Senate Law and Justice

HB 1004

Suicide Prevention Efforts

Companion bill: SB 5478

Effect: Installs signs near bridges to deter jumping

Sponsor: Abbarno

Status: House Rules Committee

Companion bill in Senate Rules Committee

HB 1005

Tax incentives to support vets & military families

Sponsor: Abbarno

Status: House Rules Committee

2SHB 1009

Military Spouse Employment

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

Sponsor: Leavitt

Status: Passed House to Senate Labor & Commerce Committee

SHB 1012

Extreme weather response

Effect: Designates funds to localities for response costs

Sponsor: Leavitt

Status: Passed House to Senate State Govt & Elections Committee

SHB 1013

Regional apprenticeship programs

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

Sponsor: Maycumber

Status: Passed House chamber

SHB 1015

Paraeducator minimum employment

Companion bill: SB 5264

Effect: Revises minimum employment requirements for paraeducators

Sponsor: Santos

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 1:30 PM in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee

Companion bill did not pass committee before cutoff

HB 1017

Cosmetologists licensure

Companion bill: SB 5307

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

Sponsor: Ryu

Status: Senate Labor & Commerce

Companion bill failed to pass before cutoff

SHB 1019

Pesticide Advisory Board

Effect: Creates a formal and permanent advisory board

Sponsor: Dent

Status: House Rules Committee

HB 1021

Social worker licensure

Companion Bill is SB 5354

Effect: Aligns licensing requirements with national standards

Sponsor: Thai

Status: House Rules Committee

Companion bill did not pass committee before cutoff

SHB 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: House Rules 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: House Appropriations Committee

SHB 1059

Protecting Minors from Sexual Exploitation

Effect: Modifies crimes and exemptions

Sponsor: Walen

Status: House Rules Committee

HB 1089

Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking

Companion bill: SSB 5114

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

Sponsor: Orwall

Status: House Appropriations Committee

Companion bill in House Human Services, Youth & Early Learning Committee

SHB 1094

Creating the Washington Future Fund Program

Companion bill: SSB 5125

Effect: Invests a sum of money into a savings and investment account each year on behalf of a cohort of children born in the state meeting certain criteria

Sponsor: Stonier

Status: House Appropriations Committee

Companion bill in Senate Ways & Means Committee

SHB 1124

Protecting tenants from excessive rent and related fees

Effect: Requires landlords to provide at least 180 days' and no more than 220 days' notice for rent increases
over 5 percent. Allows a tenant to terminate a tenancy without penalty for any rent increase over 5 percent. Limits late rental payment fees under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act to
$75.

Sponsor: Peterson

Status: 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: House Capital Budget Committee

Companion bill in Senate Ways & Means Committee

HB 1189

Concerning the release of incarcerated individuals
from total confinement prior to the expiration of a
sentence

Effect: Modifies the membership of the Clemency and Pardons Board (CPB). Establishes
a process for qualifying persons to petition the CPB for conditional commutations. It also requires the
CPB to recommend to the Governor that conditional commutations be granted in certain
circumstances. Will authorize the Department of Corrections (DOC) to supervise persons granted
conditional commutations. Expands the eligibility criteria and modifies electronic monitoring
requirements for persons granted extraordinary medical placement by the DOC

Sponsor: Hackney

Status: House Rules Committee

2SHB 1204

Implementing the family connections program

Companion bill: SB 5426

Effect: Makes the Family Connections program permanent

Sponsor: Callan

Status: Passed to Senate Human Services Committee

Companion bill in Senate Ways & Means 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: Passed to Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee

SHB 1228

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

Effect: Expands dual language education programs

Sponsor: Ortiz-Self

Status: House Appropriations

SHB 1229

Voter registration processes

Companion bill: E2SSB 5112

Effect: Strengthening voter registration

Sponsor: Simmons

Status: House Rules committee

Companion bill: Public hearing scheduled Friday, March 10 at 8:00 AM in House State Govt. & Tribal Relations Committee

HB 1232

College Bound Scholarship

Effect: Increasing scholarship capacity

Sponsor: Bergquist

Status: Passed to Senate Higher Ed & Workforce Development Committee

2SHB 1238

Free school meals

Companion bill: SSB 5339

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

Sponsor: Riccelli

Status: Passed House headed to Senate

Companion bill: Senate Ways & Means

2SHB 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: House Rules

SHB 1240

Firearm safety

Companion bill: SB 5265

Effect: Restricts assault-style weapons

Sponsor: Peterson

Status: House Rules Committee

Companion bill failed

SHB 1250

Low-income home rehabilitation program

Effect: Modifies the low-income home rehabilitation program

Sponsor: Steele

Status: Public hearing scheduled Friday, March 10 at 10:30 AM in Senate Housing 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: House Rules Committee

Companion bill failed

SHB 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: House Appropriations

2SHB 1389

Residential Rent Increases

Companion bill: SB 5435

Effect: Prohibits rent increases with certain exemptions

Sponsor: Ramel

Status: House Rules Committee

Companion bill died in committee

2SHB 1470

Concerning private detention facilities

Effect: Creates a private right of action and civil penalties for violations of laws related to private detention
facilities. Specifies conditions for the operations of private detention facilities.
Requires state and local agencies to inspect private detention facilities for compliance with food, workplace conditions, water and air quality, and performance audits. Makes private detention facilities subject to the Public Records Act

Sponsor: Ortiz-Self

Status: Passed to Senate Human Services Committee

2SHB 1474

Creating the covenant homeownership account
and program to address the history of housing
discrimination due to racially restrictive real
estate covenants in Washington state.

Companion bill: SSB 5496

Effect: requires the Department of Commerce to
contract with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to create one or more special
purpose credit programs to provide down payment and closing cost assistance to one or more
economically disadvantaged classes of persons identified in a CHP study

Sponsor: Ramel

Status: House Rules Committee

Companion bill in Senate Ways & Means

2SHB 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: House Rules

Companion bill did not pass committee before cutoff

2SHB 1559

Establishing the student basic needs at colleges/universities

Companion bill: SB 5566

Effect: Establishes a student basic needs taskforce on campus to help students connect with public benefits
resources for which they are eligible, a meal voucher program to provide free/low cost meals at dining
halls, and navigators on all community college campuses to help SNAP eligible students connect with
SNAP and the BFET program which helps students have transportation vouchers, ESL classes, and
other support needed to complete their CTC degrees/programs/certifications.

Sponsor: Entenman

Status: House Rules

Companion bill in Senate Ways & Means

HB 1651

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

Effect: Establishes payment plans for certain parking infractions and debt collection practices

Sponsor: Reeves

Status: House Transportation Committee

SHB 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: Passed House chamber

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: House Appropriations

Senate Bills

Senate Bill Number

Title & Description

Status

SSB 5003

Increasing the number of judges in Snohomish county

Sponsor: Lovick

Status: House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee

SSB 5005

Real Property

Effect: concerning heir property

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee

SSB 5006

Firearm rights waiver

Effect: clarifying waiver of firearm rights

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee

SB 5015

Productivity Board

Effect: Reestablishes the board

Sponsor: Fortunato

Status: Senate Rules Committee

SB 5019

Classified staff & student safety

Effect: change in definition for funding considerations

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 8:00 AM in House Education Committee

SB 5020

Elementary education age

Effect: children beginning school at age six

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Senate Ways & Means Committee

SB 5023

Roadside Safety

Companion bill: HB 1485

Effect: Makes safety provisions for tow trucks

Sponsor: Wilson

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 4:00 PM in House Transportation committee

Companion bill in House Rules Committee

SSB 5025

DOC technology systems

Effect: Changes to DOC offender information system

Sponsor: Dozier

Status: Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5028

Name changes

Effect: Revising the process for name changes

Sponsor: Pedersen

Status: House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee

SB 5032

Felony DUI lookback

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

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5033

Custodial sexual misconduct reclassification / penalties

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 8:00 AM in House Community Safety , Justice & Reentry Committee

SSB 5039

Wildfire risk

Companion bill: 2SHB 1032

Effect: Best practice management for utilities to mitigate wildfire risk

Sponsor: Rolfes

Status: Senate Ways & Means

Companion bill in House Rules Committee

SB 5041

Federal motor carrier safety admin compliance

Companion bill: HB 1448

Sponsor: Lovick

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 4:00 PM in House Transportation Committee

Companion bill in House Rules Committee

E2SSB 5045

Accessory dwelling incentives

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

Sponsor: Kuderer

Status: Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 8:00 AM in House Committee on Housing

2SSB 5046

Concerning postconviction access to counsel

Effect: Directs the Office of Public Defense to study the barriers to providing postconviction counsel to indigent persons and provide counsel for youth under age 25, youth or
adults with sentences in excess of 120 months, youth or adults with
disabilities, and youth or adults with limited English proficiency

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Passed Senate. Headed to House chamber

SSB 5047

Enhancing the Washington voting rights act

Companion bill: SHB 1048

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Senate Rules Committee

Companion bill in House Rules Committee

2SSB 5128

Concerning jury diversity

Companion bill: HB 1598

Effect: Requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect data on juror demographics and establish a
childcare assistance program workgroup. Provide additional compensation for jurors who qualify for means-tested state-run benefits programs. Permits electronic service of jury service summons.

Sponsor: Trudeau

Status: Passed Senate headed to House chamber

Companion bill died in Committee

SSB 5221

Washington state Opportunity Scholarship program

Companion bill: SHB 1289

Effect: expands program capacity and access

Sponsor: Liias

Status: Senate Rules Committee

Companion bill passed to Senate High Ed & Workforce Development Committee

2SSB 5225

Working Connections expansion

Effect: Expands Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) eligibility to include child care employees who have incomes up to 85 percent of the state median income and waives their copayment to the extent
allowable. Directs the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to establish and implement
policies to allow WCCC eligibility for families with children who in the last six months have a parent or
guardian participating in a specialty or therapeutic court. Prohibits DCYF from considering the
immigration status of a WCCC applicant or consumer's child when determining eligibility.

Sponsor: Wilson, C.

Status: Senate Rules Committee

SSB 5226

DOC active warrant mitigation

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

Sponsor: Padden

Status: Senate Ways & Means Committee

SSB 5230

Extended foster care services

Effect: extension for youths age 18 to 25 years

Sponsor: Wilson, C.

Status: 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 Ways & Means Committee

Companion bill failed

SSB 5235

Accessory dwelling units

Companion bill: HB 1276

Sponsor: Shewmake

Status: Passed Senate. Public hearing scheduled Thursday, March 9 at 8:00 AM in House Housing Committee

Companion bill failed

SB 5238

Expanding collective bargaining

Companion bill: SHB 1291

Effect: collective bargaining for employees of public higher education

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Passed Senate; Headed to House chamber

Companion bill passed House; headed to Senate

2SSB 5243

Higher education planning

Companion bill: SHB 1273

Effect: addresses post high school education planning or training

Sponsor: Wellman

Status: Senate Rules Committee

Companion bill in House Appropriations Committee

SSB 5248

COVID funding for tutoring and learning programs

Companion bill: HB 1710

Effect: Redirects funding into enhanced student learning opportunities

Sponsor: Braun

Status: Substitute passed to Senate Ways & Means

Companion bill failed

SSB 5256

Child welfare housing assistance program

Companion bill: 2SHB 1186

Effect: Permanent expansion of the program

Sponsor: Saldana

Status: Passed Senate to House Human Services, Youth & Early Learning Committee

Companion bill in House Rules Committee

ESSB 5257

Daily recess for elementary students

Companion bill: SHB 1504

Effect: Establishes daily recess guidelines

Sponsor: Nobles

Status: House Education Committee

Companion bill passed House to Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee

2SSB 5268

Public works procurement

Companion bill: SHB 1306

Effect: Increase equity in public works procurement

Sponsor: Hasegawa

Status: Senate Rules

Companion bill: House Rules Committee

SSB 5339

Free school meals

Companion bill: 2SHB 1238

Effect: Free meals for all public school students

Sponsor: Nobles

Status: Senate Ways & Means Committee

Companion bill: Passed House chamber headed to Senate

SSB 5366

Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

Companion bill: SHB 1329

Sponsor: Nguyen

Status: Senate Rules Committee

Companion bill: Passed House chamber to Senate Enviro, Energy & Technology Committee

SSB 5434

Creates a Raise the Age Juvenile Justice Task Force

Companion bill: HB 1440

Effect: improve outcomes for young people and will advance race equity for everyone
throughout Washington by building community trust in our legal system and providing
developmentally appropriate responses that will reduce crime and recidivism. This bill encourages
community response to behavior rather than resorting to the harmful criminal legal system

Status: Senate Ways & Means Committee

Companion bill failed

SSB 5474

Concerning juvenile justice

Companion bill: HB 1432

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

Sponsor: Frame

Status: Senate Ways & Means Committee

Companion bill failed

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: Senate Rules Committee