Washington Bill Actions

Monday, December 23, 2024

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PREFILED FOR INTRODUCTION.

HB 1114 Respiratory Therapy Licensure Compact

Leavitt, Ybarra

Establishes an interstate compact to facilitate cross-state practice for licensed respiratory therapists.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1115 Title and Escrow Taxation

Tharinger, Corry

Exempts document recording surcharge amounts from sales, use, and business and occupation taxes for title and escrow businesses.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1116 Election Day Recognition

Mena

Recognizes election day as a significant day in Washington state without making it a legal holiday.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1117 California Emissions Repeal

Barkis

Eliminates the adoption of California motor vehicle emissions standards in Washington State.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1118 Firearm Rights Restoration

Simmons, Mcentire

Expands eligibility for firearm rights restoration for certain drug offenders and clarifies petition filing locations.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1119 Supervision Compliance Credit

Goodman

Simplifies criteria and expands ineligibility for earning supervision compliance credit.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1120 School Staff Salaries

Shavers

Updates state allocations for school staff salaries with inflation adjustments and regional cost considerations.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1121 Minor Work Hours

Mcclintock, Schmidt

Aligns working hour regulations for minors in college and CTE programs during school weeks with nonschool periods.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1122 Student Mobile Restrictions

Mcclintock, Leavitt

Restricts student mobile device use during instructional hours in public schools.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1123 Public Employee Healthcare Reimbursement

Macri

Mandates reimbursement rate caps for hospital and healthcare services for public employees in Washington State.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1124 Prescribing Psychologist Certification

Simmons, Macri, Senn, Stonier, Ormsby, Tharinger, Kloba, Duerr

Establishes certification for psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1125 Sentence Modification Discretion

Simmons, Obras, Stearns, Ryu, Taylor, Peterson, Reeves, Tharinger, Fey, Morgan, Alvarado, Macri, Ormsby, Stonier, Doglio, Berg, Fosse, Reed, Berry, Duerr, Kloba, Goodman, Farivar, Street, Donaghy, Pollet, Bernbaum, Nance, Ortiz-Self, Slatter, Ramel, Mena, Gregerson, Wylie

Allows judicial discretion to modify sentences for justice, focusing on long-term incarceration impacts.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1126 Local Tax Notification

Walen, Reeves

Standardizes notification requirements for local tax rate changes and bond retirements to the Department of Revenue.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1127 Unclaimed Property Management

Walen, Reeves

Amends unclaimed property procedures for prearrangement funeral contracts and other assets.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1128 Child Care Workforce Standards

Fosse, Stonier, Berry, Bronoske, Davis, Taylor, Wylie, Nance, Pollet, Ormsby, Mena, Doglio, Alvarado, Berg, Peterson, Goodman, Reeves, Reed, Stearns, Slatter, Simmons, Cortes, Ramel, Ryu, Timmons, Hackney, Kloba, Callan, Farivar, Ortiz-Self

Establishes a Child Care Workforce Standards Board to improve compensation and working conditions for child care workers in Washington State.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1129 Infertility Insurance Coverage

Stonier, Macri, Street, Shavers, Farivar, Simmons, Tharinger, Obras, Fosse, Reeves, Bernbaum, Mena, Fey, Taylor, Berry, Pollet, Entenman

Mandates insurance coverage for infertility diagnosis, treatment, and fertility preservation services.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

HB 1130 Developmental Disabilities Prioritization

Farivar, Couture

Prioritizes enrollment for developmental disabilities services for specified high-need populations.

Prefiled for introduction (H).

PREFILED FOR INTRODUCTION.

SB 5100 Long-term Care Training

Bateman

Standardizes training and certification requirements for long-term care workers providing in-home care to family members.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5101 Hate Crime Victim Protections

Valdez, Hansen

Expands workplace protections and accommodations for victims of hate crimes and bias incidents.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5102 Public Risk Pools

Hasegawa

Exempts proprietary financial data of public risk pools from public disclosure.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5103 Clemency Immigration Provisions

Hasegawa

Expedites clemency reviews for deportation cases and clarifies eligibility regardless of immigration status.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5104 Workplace Immigration Coercion

Hasegawa

Establishes penalties for employers coercing employees based on immigration status.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5105 Fabricated Depictions Crimes

Orwall

Expands legal definitions to criminalize fabricated depictions of minors in sexually explicit conduct.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5106 Islamic Holidays Recognition

Trudeau, Warnick

Establishes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state legal holidays in Washington.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5107 Underinsured Motorist Coverage

Boehnke

Mandates underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees using government-owned vehicles.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5108 Service Contract Regulation

Kauffman, Dozier

Enhances regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5109 Mortgage Fraud Surcharge

Kauffman, Stanford

Increases the surcharge for recording deeds of trust to fund mortgage lending fraud prosecutions.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5110 Tribal Elder Tuition Waivers

Kauffman

Authorizes tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington's community and technical colleges.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5111 Title and Escrow Taxation

Chapman, Dozier

Exempts document recording surcharges from sales, use, and business and occupation taxes for title and escrow businesses.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5112 Prescribing Psychologists Certification

Bateman, Harris, Shewmake, Trudeau, Conway, Nobles, Riccelli, Wilson, C., Robinson

Establishes certification for psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications under specific conditions.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5113 Retiree COLA Adjustments

Boehnke

Establishes ongoing cost-of-living adjustments for Plan 1 retirees in Washington State's TRS and PERS.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SB 5114 Retirement Benefit Payments

Boehnke

Extends state retirement benefit payments to the end of the month in which a retiree or beneficiary dies.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SJM 8001 Campaign Finance Reform

Hasegawa

Urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to regulate campaign finance and enhance election integrity.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SJM 8002 Medicare Privatization Opposition

Hasegawa

Opposes further privatization of Medicare and advocates for reforms to enhance Original Medicare.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SJM 8003 Highway Memorial Designation

Torres, Lovick

Designates a section of Interstate 82 in Yakima County as the "Washington State Patrol Trooper Charles Frank Noble, Jr. Memorial Highway."

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SJM 8004 Universal Health Care

Hasegawa

Advocates for federal establishment of universal health care or state-level implementation in Washington.

Prefiled for introduction (S).

SJM 8005 Reinstating Glass-Steagall Act

Hasegawa

Advocates for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act to separate commercial and investment banking.

Prefiled for introduction (S).