MRSC Legislative Tracker

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1	Subject Area	Bill	Effective	Jurisdiction	Bill Summary	MRSC Coverage

2	Affordable Housing, Finance	HB 1590	6/11/2020	City, County	Authorizes county or city legislative authorities to impose the local sales and use tax for housing and related services by councilmanic action as an alternative to submitting an authoriting proposition to voters for approval of the tax.
3	Affordable Housing, Planning	ESHB 1754	6/11/2020	City, County	Places new limitations on the ability of counties, cities or towns, and code cities to regulate outdoor encampments, safe parking efforts, indoor overnight shelters, and temporary small houses on property owned or controlled by a religious organization. Allows a county, city or town, or code city to require a religious organization hosting the homeless and the agency managing the hosting to enter into a memorandum of understanding to protect the public health and safety of residents. Requires religious organizations hosting the homeless to comply with certain regulations relating to sex offender checks, vehicle and driver laws, the homeless client management information system, and public notice.	MRSC: New Legislation on Temporary Homeless Encampments
4	Affordable Housing, Taxes	HB 2497	6/11/2020	All	Expands public improvement eligible for community revitalization financing, the local infrastructure financing tool, and local revitalization financing, to include permanently affordable housing.
5	Affordable Housing, Taxes	SB 6212	10/1/2020	City, County	Expands use of the affordable housing property tax levy to include affordable homeownership, owner-occupied home repair, and foreclosure prevention programs for low-income households with income at or below 80 percent of county median income.
6	Aircraft Noise Abatement	HB 2315	6/11/2020	Port District	Allows properties within an impacted area around an airport to be provided with additional aircraft noise abatement benefits if soundproofing or other mitigation impact equipment that had previously been provided is in need of repair or replacement.
7	Aircraft Noise Abatement	SHB 1847	6/11/2020	Port District	Expands the dimensions of noise impact areas for the purpose of alleviating and abating the impact of aircraft noise on areas surrounding an airport.
8	Annexation	ESSB 5522	6/11/2020	City, County	Allows counties and code cities to jointly initiate an annexation process for unincorporated territory by adopting an interlocal agreement, before which a public hearing must be held. Requires a code city proposing to annex territory to give notice of the annexation to an adjacent city and to certain special purpose districts in specified circumstances, and allows such an adjacent city or special purpose district to prevent the proposed annexation. Requires that areas zoned for residential use within the annexed area maintain a zoning designation that allows residential development for five years after the annexation.
9	Budget	SSB 6168	4/3/2020	All	Makes supplemental changes to the operating budget for the 2019-2021 biennium. Partial Veto: Vetoes several items in the 2020 supplemental budget.
10	Budget	SSB 6248	4/3/2020	All	Authorizes $175 million in capital projects for the 2020 Supplemental Capital Budget, of which $89 million is financed with state general obligation bonds. Includes $13 million in authorizations for agencies and higher education institutions to enter into alternative financing contracts.
11	Budget, Finance	EHB 2965	3/17/2020	All	Appropriates $175 million from the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA) and $25 million of federal general funds to be distributed to local governments and federally recognized tribes for response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Authorizes the Department of Social and Health Services to determine nursing facility payments to adequately resource facilities responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. Establishes the COVID-19 Unemployment Account with $25 million from the BSA to cover the unemployment benefit charges of employers who have employees receiving unemployment insurance benefits as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Allows the State Board of Education to establish an emergency waiver program to grant local education agencies and private schools flexibility from graduation requirements due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
12	Building Permits, Planning	HB 2701	7/1/2021	City, County	Requires inspections of smoke control systems and fire, smoke, and combination dampers, and imposes penalties for noncompliance.
13	Building, Planning	SB 6090	6/11/2020	City, County, Regional Fire Protection Agency	Limits, in certain circumstances, the civil liability of fire protection service agencies and firefighters who deliver or install a detection device in a residential premise.
14	Compensation	HB 2449	6/11/2020	Sewer/Water District	Delays inflation-based adjustments of various special purpose district commissioners' compensation to January 1, 2024.
15	Conflicts of Interest	SB 6326	6/11/2020	All	Amends exceptions to rules covering municipal officers' conflicts of interest to: allow municipal employment of unskilled day labor up to $1,000 per month (previously limited to $200); and permit the letting of an employment contract for substitute teachers or educational aides to an officer of a second-class school district with 300 or fewer students (previously limited to 200 or fewer).
16	Contracting	E2SHB 1521	6/11/2020	All	Narrows the application of the contracting-out requirements for services that have been customarily and historically provided by, and would displace or relocate, classified employees on or after July 1, 2005. Creates additional criteria, with exemptions, for contracting out, including a comprehensive impact assessment, maintenance of certain records, and additional terms in agreements to contract out. Modifies uniform policies and procedures on contract management maintained by the Department of Enterprise Services, including policies and procedures related to contract termination, minority- and women-owned business participation, performance monitoring, and cost recovery. Prohibits the state from contracting with industry partners that have violated the Law Against Discrimination.	MRSC: 2020 Legislative Outcomes for Procurement and Contracting
17	Contracting	ESB 5457	6/11/2020	All	Requires prime contractors to list all subcontractors that will perform structural steel installation and rebar installation work within 48-hours of submitting a bid for a public works contract that is $1 million or more. Permits prime contractors to change listed subcontractors if the subcontractor refuses or is unable to provide a letter of bondability from a surety company. Directs the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board to review current subcontractor listing requirements and submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by November 1, 2020.	MRSC: 2020 Legislative Outcomes for Procurement and Contracting
18	Contracting, Environment	EHB 1187	6/11/2020	All	Removes the requirement that conservation district-sponsored fish habitat enhancement projects eligible for streamlined review must follow design standards established by the Conservation Commission through an interagency agreement with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Provides that conservation district-sponsored fish habitat enhancement projects eligible for streamlined review must be approved by conservation districts.
19	Courts	SSB 5640	6/11/2020	City, County	Expands the types of cases that may be heard by a youth court created by a court of limited jurisdiction by: (1) authorizing youth courts to hear and dispose of civil infractions, as well as traffic and transit infractions; (2) permitting a juvenile with a prior youth court referral for a traffic or transit infraction to be referred to the youth court; and (3) allowing youth court programs to accept referrals, from a juvenile court diversion unit, of traffic, transit, and civil infractions committed by juveniles 12 through 15 years of age.
20	Courts	2SSB 6181	6/11/2020	City, County	Extends the period during which a crime victim or beneficiary may apply for benefits through the Crime Victims' Compensation Program (CVCP) from two years to three years. Authorizes a legal guardian or custodian of a minor victim to receive up to 30 days of lost wage benefits through the CVCP for time spent accompanying the minor to medical or counseling services or criminal justice proceedings. Prohibits a legal guardian or custodian of a minor victim from receiving payments through the CVCP if the legal guardian or custodian's deliberate actions or felony conduct caused the minor's injuries.
21	Courts	2SSB 6211	1/1/2021	City, County	Modifies eligibility criteria for the Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA). Changes the content of and requirements related to certain courtrequested DOSA eligibility assessments. Provides that a person ordered to participate in the residential treatment-based DOSA may be initially confined in a county facility in order to facilitate direct transfer to a residential treatment facility, and that residential treatment may be "up to" six months, rather than three to six months. Provides that treatment completion and continued care for residential treatment-based DOSA sentences must be in accordance with Health Care Authority rulemaking, taking into account certain criteria. Limits credit toward a total confinement sentence for time served on community custody prior to DOSA revocation. Requires the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to report on the effectiveness of the DOSA program. Makes various other changes to the statutes governing the DOSA.
22	Courts	ESSB 6378	6/11/2020	City, County	Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act to: amend the notice to pay or vacate and summons forms; prohibit a landlord from threatening eviction for failure to pay certain charges other than rent; provide for use of emergency rental assistance; revise a provision with respect to attorneys' fees; expressly allow the landlord to refuse cash, and require a receipt if cash payments are allowed; and add a requirement with respect to claims made to the Landlord Mitigation Program.
23	Courts	SB 6164	6/11/2020	City, County	Authorizes a prosecuting attorney to petition the sentencing court to resentence a defendant if the original sentence no longer advances the interests of justice.
24	Courts	SHB 2295	6/11/2020	County	Provides that if the losing party fails to pay the judgment within 30 days after entry on the judgment docket of the district court: (1) garnishment, execution, and other process on execution may issue; and (2) the prevailing party may file a transcript or certified copy of the district court judgment with superior courts for entry in the superior courts' lien dockets.
25	Courts, Criminal Law, Public Health	SHB 1775	6/11/2020	City, County, Public Health District	Limits the crime of Prostitution to individuals age 18 or older effective January 1, 2024. Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to administer funding for two receiving center programs for commercially sexually exploited youth ages 12–17 on the west and east side of the Cascade Mountains. Requires law enforcement officers to take a juvenile into custody based on circumstances which constitute a danger to the child's safety who the officer reasonably believes to be a victim of sexual exploitation to an evaluation and treatment facility or other specified location, including a receiving center for purposes of evaluation for behavioral health treatment. Requires the DCYF to provide services to support commercially sexually exploited children.
26	Courts, Law Enforcement	E2SSB 5291	6/11/2020	City, County	Expands the Parenting Sentencing Alternative and Community Parenting Alternative by modifying the restrictions on criminal history, immigration status, and types of qualifying familial relationships. Authorizes the court to impose up to an additional six months of community custody for a participant in the Parenting Sentencing Alternative when modifying conditions or imposing sanctions.
27	Courts, Law Enforcement	SSB 5867	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires courts to resentence qualifying defendants currently incarcerated for drug offenses committed prior to July 1, 2004 (corresponding to the enactment of specialized drug sentencing laws).
28	Courts, Law Enforcement	SSB 6476	6/11/2020	City, County	Expands the definition of "immediate family," with whom an inmate may have an extended family visit. Increases the inmate indigency level from $10 to $25. Establishes requirements related to minimum frequency of access to Department of Corrections (DOC) commissary programs. Requires the DOC to post certain information on its website related to telecommunication and electronic media services contracts, and requires vendors to provide specified information to the DOC.
29	Criminal Law	SHB 2394	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires terms of community custody to run concurrently when a person is serving consecutive terms of confinement for multiple sentences, unless a court specifically orders otherwise.
30	Criminal Law	3SHB 1504	6/11/2020	City, County	Modifies certain impaired drivingrelated sentencing provisions. Outlines procedures for circumstances in which a person has fulfilled a period of impaired driving-related driver's license suspension through day-for-day credit from a separate suspension arising from the same incident. Makes various changes to procedures and processes related to the ignition interlock restriction in impaired driving cases. Makes costs incurred through emergency response to an incident caused by an Actual Physical Control While Under the Influence offense eligible for emergency response reimbursement. Increases the driver's license reissue fee following an impaired driving-related suspension or revocation from $150 to $170, and modifies the distribution of the fee. Increases the monthly Ignition Interlock Device Revolving Account fee imposed on persons with an ignition interlock restriction from $20 to $21.
31	Criminal Law	EHB 1687	6/11/2020	City, County	Prohibits a criminal defendant from using certain defenses based on the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
32	Criminal Law	ESHB 2231	6/11/2020	City, County	Provides that the crime of Bail Jumping applies only if: a defendant fails to appear for trial; or a defendant is held for, charged with, or convicted of a sex offense or violent offense and he or she fails to quash the related warrant for failing to appear or has had prior warrants issued on the same cause. Creates the crime of Failure to Appear or Surrender
33	Criminal Law	SHB 2393	6/11/2020	City, County	Allows a qualifying person to earn supervision compliance credit to reduce his or her term of community custody by up to 10 days per month.
34	Criminal Law	SHB 2473	3/18/2020	City, County	Modifies references to "family or household member" with respect to domestic violence to also reference "intimate partner" in order to resolve statutory disparities arising from the passage of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1517 (2019). Modifies Assault in the fourth degree involving domestic violence by expanding the types of prior offenses that can elevate a present offense to a felony.
35	Criminal Law	SHB 2417	6/11/2020	City, County	Modifies the requirements for sanctioning violations of community custody conditions by: allowing nonconfinement sanctions for any low level violation; providing a community corrections officer with discretion to elevate a sixth or subsequent low level violation to a high level violation (rather than requiring the officer to do so); and modifying the requirements for detaining persons who commit new offenses while on community custody. Requires the Department of Corrections to contract with an independent third party to conduct a comprehensive review of the community corrections staffing model.
36	Criminal Law	SHB 2527	3/18/2020	City, County	Creates a Washington Bill of Rights and Responsibilities that affirms certain rights related to participating in the United States decennial Census (Census). Makes impersonating a Census taker a gross misdemeanor. Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice under the Consumer Protection Act to mail materials with the intent to deceive a person into believing the material is an official Census communication, interfere with Census operations, or discourage a person from participating in the Census.
37	Criminal Law	2SHB 2277	6/11/2020	County	Prohibits the use of juvenile solitary confinement in juvenile detention and juvenile rehabilitation institutions. Limits the use of juvenile room confinement or isolation to no more than 4 hours in any 24-hour period except in limited circumstances. Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to adopt a model policy regarding the use of juvenile room confinement and isolation by July 1, 2021, and detention facilities or institutions to either adopt or indicate why they are not adopting this policy by December 1, 2021. Requires the DCYF to compile, on a monthly basis until November 1, 2022, certain information regarding juveniles confined in all juvenile rehabilitation institutions and facilities and county detention facilities who are receiving isolation or room confinement. Prohibits a juvenile who is subject to adult court jurisdiction from being held in an adult jail or holding facility for a period exceeding 24 hours excluding weekends and holidays, unless a court finds that it is in the interest of justice.
38	Cultural Access Programs	SB 5792	6/11/2020	County	Eliminates requirements for cultural access programs related to public school access and financial allocation that apply only to counties with a population more than 1.5 million. Applies requirements related to public school access and financial allocation for counties with a population of less than 1.5 million to all counties regardless of size. Establishes additional requirements for all cultural access programs related to public school access and community preservation and development authorities.
39	Dissolution of District, Taxes	ESHB 2588	6/11/2020	County, Special Purpose District	Requires the state auditor to report unauditable special purpose districts to counties. Requires counties to generally withhold funding from unauditable special purpose districts. Allows a county legislative authority to dissolve an unauditable special purpose district and to impose an additional levy if a county assumes responsibility for services previously provided by the dissolved district.
40	Economic Development	E2SHB 2405	6/11/2020	County	Creates a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (C-PACER) program, financed by capital providers and administered by counties or the Department of Commerce, for energy and resiliency retrofits and new construction. Establishes that a CPACER lien, with the consent of other lien holders, is superior to any non-tax lien.
41	Elections	ESHB 2421	7/1/2021	City, County, Special Purpose District	Requires the state to reimburse the prorated share of the state elections costs to counties for primary and general elections in even-numbered years and to reimburse the prorated share of federal elections costs to counties for all primary and general elections. Requires a local voter's pamphlet to be produced before each primary, general, or special election.	MRSC: Elections – What’s New in 2020
42	Elections	ESHB 1520	6/11/2020	County	Requires the county auditor to prominently display the date of the election on the envelope in which a voter receives a ballot and other election materials.	MRSC: Elections – What’s New in 2020
43	Elections	ESB 6313	6/11/2020	County	Permits a 17-year-old who will be 18 years old by the next general election to vote in a primary or presidential primary. Requires the Department of Licensing to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to sign up to be registered to vote by an automated process as part of enhanced driver's license and identicard registration and renewal. Requires Student Engagement Hubs to be established on college campuses. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in collaboration with other entities, to identify and make available civics materials and resources for high school civics courses.	MRSC: Elections – What’s New in 2020
44	Electronic Signatures	SSB 6028	6/11/2020	All	Adopts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), which establishes a general rule that a signature, record, or contract related to a transaction may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. Updates provisions throughout the Revised Code of Washington for consistency with the UETA, and repeals statutes governing the use of electronic signatures and records by governmental agencies and the legal status of records created using distributed ledger technology.
45	Environment	SHB 2246	6/11/2020	All	Recodifies statutes pertaining to environmental health under a new Title 70A of the Revised Code of Washington. Makes technical changes, including correcting references to the names of accounts, statute number citations, and administrative rule number citations.
46	Environment	ESSB 5323	3/25/2020	City, County	Restricts the provision of single-use plastic carryout bags by retail establishments. Authorizes retail establishments to provide recycled-content paper carryout bags and reusable bags made of film plastic that meet minimum performance and technical specifications. Establishes a perbag charge to be collected and retained by the retail establishment for paper and reusable film plastic bags. Preempts local government carryout bag ordinances. Requires the Department of Ecology to establish a forum for complaint filing for enforcement purposes, and to implement specified education and outreach activities related to carryout bag restrictions. Requires the Department of Commerce to submit a report on carryout bags to the Legislature in 2024. Requires the Department of Ecology to prioritize the expedited processing of paper mill permit applications related to the expansion or reconfiguration of a facility to produce paper bags or paper bag materials.
47	Environment	ESHB 1622	6/11/2020	City, County, Sewer/Water District	Authorizes the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to issue a drought advisory when drought conditions may develop. Makes multiple changes to Ecology's responsibilities when an emergency drought order has been issued. Authorizes Ecology to develop and update a drought contingency plan in collaboration with other affected governments. Directs Ecology to initiate a pilot program to explore the cost, feasibility, and benefits of entering into long-term water right lease agreements to alleviate water supply conditions that may occur as a result of drought conditions.
48	Finance	EHB 1390	7/1/2020	All	Provides a one-time 3 percent increase to the retirement benefits of retirees in the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System Plans 1, up to a maximum of $62.50. Applies the one-time increase to eligible retirees on July 1, 2020.
49	Finance	SHB 1293	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires counties to retain 25 percent of the penalty money received from Discover Pass, vehicle access pass, or day-use permit infractions, rather than transferring all of the penalty money to the state.
50	Finance	SSB 6592	6/11/2020	City, County	Authorizes a county with a population of 40,000 or less, or any city or town within the county, to form a Tourism Promotion Area (TPA). Authorizes the legislative authority of a TPA to impose an additional charge of up to $3 per room per night on lodging businesses located in the TPA. Requires signatures from lodging businesses that would pay 60 percent or more of the proposed charges to be provided in order for a legislative authority to impose an additional charge. Authorizes lodging businesses in a TPA to petition to remove charges imposed by the legislative authority.
51	Finance	SB 5519	6/11/2020	Special Purpose District	Changes the statutory provisions that govern liens, collections, payment of assessments, delinquent assessments, interest and penalties, lien foreclosure, and foreclosed property as applied to mosquito control districts from the local county road improvement district statutes to the statutes relating to the collection of property taxes.
52	Finance	SB 6078	6/11/2020	Special Purpose District	Entitles fire protection districts, regional fire protection service authorities, and municipal fire departments to recover the actual costs associated with cleanup or removal of hazardous waste and other hazardous materials from insurers.
53	Finance	SSB 6415	6/11/2020	Special Purpose District	Authorizes fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities to impose a 10-year benefit charge or a permanent benefit charge with voter approval.
54	Finance	SB 6305	6/11/2020	Special Purpose District	Extends the maximum term of nonvoter approved general obligation bonds for a library district from six to 20 years. Allows a county legislative authority to submit a single ballot proposition for establishing a library capital facility area and authorizing financing of library capital facilities.
55	Finance, Housing	SB 6229	6/11/2020	City, County, Special Purpose District	Removes the requirement for eligible organizations receiving over $500,000 from specified housing and homelessness related programs and fund sources to apply to the Washington State Quality Award program.
56	Historic Properties	SHB 2868	6/11/2020	City, County	Allows for two seven-year extensions, in certain cities, of the special property valuation of historic properties for purposes of property taxation.
57	Immigration, Law Enforcement	SHB 2567	6/11/2020	City, County	Prohibits civil arrests inside or near state court facilities, unless certain conditions apply. Prohibits judges, court staff, court security personnel, and prosecutor's office staff from inquiring into or collecting immigration or citizenship status information, except in certain circumstances. Prohibits judges, court staff, court security personnel, and prosecutor's office staff from disclosing nonpublic personal information about an individual to immigration authorities, except as provided by law. Establishes court processes in the event of state or federal law enforcement action at court facilities, including reporting requirements, and requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to publish collected information on a quarterly basis.
58	Indian Law	HB 2491	6/11/2020	City, County	Allows the Governor to enter into compacts with federally recognized tribes in Washington for licensing and registering tribal government and tribal member-owned vehicles and providing tribal license plates issued by the Department of Licensing. Specifies the provisions that each tribal compact must contain.
59	IT, Public Records	SB 6187	6/11/2020	All	Modifies the data breach notification requirements for state and local agencies by adding to the definition of "personal information" an individual's first name or first initial and last name in combination with the last four digits of the individual's social security number.
60	Law Enforcement	SSB 5434	6/11/2020	All	Makes it unlawful for a person to possess a firearm and other weapons on child care center premises, center-provided transportation, or in areas of facilities being used exclusively by a child care center. Provides exceptions for family day care providers, law enforcement, concealed pistol license holders while picking up or dropping off a child, and persons conducting business at the center if the firearm or weapon is secured within an attended vehicle or concealed from view within a locked unattended vehicle. Requires family day care providers to store any firearm, ammunition, or other dangerous weapon in a secure area inaccessible to children when children for whom the provider is licensed to provide care are present on the premises.	MRSC: 2020 Legislative Update on Firearms Regulations
61	Law Enforcement	E2SHB 2467	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires the Washington State Patrol (WSP) to establish and operate a Firearms Background Check Unit (Unit) and an automated firearms background check system to serve as a single point of contact for firearms dealers to conduct background checks required under state and federal law. Requires firearms dealers to use the state firearms background check system to conduct background checks for all firearms transfers beginning 30 days after the WSP issues a notice to dealers that the system is established. Creates the Washington Background Check Advisory Board to oversee the Unit and the operation of the firearms background check system. Revises procedures relating to the reporting of denied firearms transfers, effective 30 days after the WSP issues a notification that a state firearms background check system is established.	MRSC: 2020 Legislative Update on Firearms Regulations
62	Law Enforcement	SHB 2483	6/11/2020	City, County	Removes provisions of current law requiring impoundment of the vehicle in every case in which the driver is arrested for impaired driving. Provides that, when an officer makes a discretionary decision to impound a vehicle in an impaired driving case, the current law procedures preventing the vehicle's redemption for 12 hours must be followed.
63	Law Enforcement	SHB 2622	6/11/2020	City, County	Establishes compliance hearing processes and contempt of court procedures for courts that have issued orders to surrender weapons (OTSWs) and extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Authorizes contempt of court proceedings where a court finds that a person subject to an OTSW or ERPO has failed to fully comply with the order. Allows for imposition of remedial sanctions designed to ensure swift compliance with the order, and imposition of costs and reasonable attorneys' fees against the respondent, if the court finds the respondent in contempt.
64	Law Enforcement	EHB 2792	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to submit missing persons cases, and requires coroners and medical examiners to submit unidentified human remains cases, to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System under certain circumstances. Requires investigating agencies to enter missing persons cases into the National Crime Information Center system through the Washington State Patrol electronic database.
65	Law Enforcement	2SSB 5149	6/11/2020	City, County	Modifies the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) definition of "electronic monitoring" to include electronic monitoring with victim notification technology. Applies the SRA definition of "electronic monitoring" to the statutes governing certain no-contact orders. Requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to take specified measures related to providing access to electronic monitoring with victim notification technology.
66	Law Enforcement	SSB 6074	6/11/2020	City, County	Extends the Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Crimes Investigation and Prosecution Program (Program) until 2030. Extends and increases the surcharges dedicated to funding the Program. Requires the Department of Commerce to include in its annual report information about the Program's use of funds and funding needs.
67	Law Enforcement	ESB 6180	6/11/2020	City, County	Expands eligibility for a juvenile Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) to include offenders who were found to have committed Assault in the fourth degree with Sexual Motivation when the offender has no history of a prior sex offense. Creates a presumption that a juvenile is sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant removal from the sex offender registry when the juvenile completes supervision under a SSODA.
68	Law Enforcement	2SHB 2499	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires corrections officers working in adult jail and detention facilities to obtain certification through the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC), and outlines procedures for the CJTC to grant, deny, or revoke corrections officers' certification. Requires basic corrections officer training to be at least 10 weeks in length.
69	Law Enforcement	ESHB 2571	6/11/2020	City, County	Allows for the safe disposal or release to the environment of seized fish, shellfish, and wildlife by fish and wildlife officers under certain circumstances. Provides additional direction regarding the forfeiture of seized fish, shellfish, and wildlife based on case disposition. Reorganizes and reclassifies certain fish and wildlife violations and adds additional violations which may be cited as infractions. Modifies license suspension timeframes for repeated fish and wildlife violations. Allows the Department of Fish and Wildlife to hire lawful permanent residents as enforcement officers.
70	Law Enforcement	SB 6045	6/11/2020	City, County	Broadens the applicability of the offense of Negligent Driving in the second degree with a Vulnerable User Victim by expanding the definition of "vulnerable user of a public way" to include passengers of farm tractors and implements of husbandry (without enclosed shells), bicycles, electric-assisted bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, motor-driven cycles, motorized foot scooters, and motorcycles.
71	Law Enforcement	SB 6119	6/11/2020	City, County	Authorizes property that has been seized and forfeited as proceeds traceable to or derived from the crime of money laundering, or certain other felony crimes, to alternatively be disposed of according to the provisions for the disposition of forfeited property under the Gambling Act, and used by the seizing agency for the expansion and improvement of gamblingrelated law enforcement activity.
72	Law Enforcement	SSB 6158	6/11/2020	City, County	Establishes the Sexual Assault Coordinated Community Response Task Force within the Office of the Attorney General.
73	Law Enforcement	ESSB 6288	6/11/2020	City, County	Creates the Washington Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention within the Department of Commerce to coordinate and promote state and local efforts to reduce firearm violence.
74	Law Enforcement	SB 6423	6/11/2020	City, County	Grants civil and criminal immunity to any person who, in good faith, provides information or assistance in the report, investigation, and legal proceedings of child abuse or neglect. Clarifies that the immunity for good faith participation in the reporting, investigation, and legal proceedings associated with child abuse and neglect is both civil and criminal.
75	Law Enforcement	SB 6565	6/11/2020	City, County	Authorizes motorcycles to be stopped or parked at an angle to the curb or edge of a highway where parking is permitted, unless a local jurisdiction prohibits it and has posted signage indicating that angled parking is prohibited. Permits more than one motorcycle to occupy a parking space provided they remain within the boundaries of the parking space. Clarifies that motor vehicle parking laws apply to each motorcycle parked in a parking space to the same extent they apply to a single motor vehicle parked in a single parking space.
76	Law Enforcement	ESHB 2638	3/25/2020	City, County	Authorizes sports wagering at tribal gaming facilities subject to the terms of negotiated tribal-state gaming compacts. Amends and adds to the powers and duties of the Gambling Commission, including related to licensing, inspections and audits, the filing of suspicious activity and betting reports, and ensuring sports integrity. Establishes new crimes and amends existing crimes in the Gambling Act. Appropriates $6 million as a loan to the Gambling Commission for enforcement actions in the illicit market for sports wagering and for implementation of the act.
77	Law Enforcement	SHB 2555	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires firearms dealers to conduct background checks on applicants for the purchase or transfer of a firearm frame or receiver once a state background check system is established within the Washington State Patrol, and establishes procedures and requirements applicable to these transfers.
78	Law Enforcement	ESSB 6300	6/11/2020	City, County	Makes various changes to the provisions of law concerning animal welfare, including, but not limited to, changes pertaining to the elements of and consequences for Animal Cruelty and related criminal offenses, and changes related to the regulation of dogs and abandoned animals. Repeals a number of statutory provisions related to animal care and welfare.
79	Law Enforcement, Mental Health	E2SSB 5720	6/11/2020	City, County	Modifies the definition of "likelihood of serious harm" and "grave disability" under the adult Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA) statutes contingent upon monthly single bed certifications falling below 200 for three consecutive months, and the minor ITA statues contingent upon the average wait time for admission to Children's Long-Term Inpatient placements being 30 days or less for two consecutive quarters. Increases the initial detention period from 72 hours to 120 hours, not counting weekends and holidays, beginning January 1, 2021. Provides that a designated crisis responder may perform ITA evaluations by video, provided that a licensed health care professional or professional person is present. Imports numerous provisions from the adult ITA to the minor ITA, and makes numerous other changes to adult and minor ITA provisions.
80	Law Enforcement, Records Management	ESHB 2318	6/11/2020	City, County	Modifies procedures for collecting required DNA samples from convicted offenders who will not immediately be taken into custody. Makes current requirements pertaining to sexual assault kit (SAK) preservation, testing, and tracking apply to all evidence collected during sexual assault medical forensic examinations, with some exceptions. Establishes requirements for storage and preservation of unreported SAKs. Allows local governments to designate alternate departments to accept found property in order to increase storage capacity for law enforcement agencies. Requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission to develop a proposal for a case review program.
81	Licensing	SSB 6632	7/1/2020	City	Modifies the maximum rate for certain handling fees related to business licenses that the Department of Revenue (DOR) must set by rule. Requires the DOR to annually review the balance of the business license account and decrease at least one handling fee should the balance exceed $1 million.
82	Licensing	SSB 5097	6/11/2020	City, County	Requires massage therapists and reflexologists to have a government-issued photo identification on their person or available for inspection when providing services.
83	Licensing, Planning	SSB 5006	6/11/2020	City, County	Creates a new onpremises endorsement to the domestic winery license, domestic brewery license, and microbrewery license, for an annual fee of $200 per location. Authorizes a domestic winery with the endorsement to sell beer produced in Washington by the single serving for onpremises consumption. Authorizes a domestic brewery or microbrewery with the endorsement to sell wine produced in Washington by the single serving for on-premises consumption.
84	Parks	SSB 6670	6/11/2020	City, Special Purpose District	Requires the State Parks and Recreation Commission to provide two Discover Passes each calendar year for libraries to loan to their patrons.
85	Permitting, Planning	SSB 6409	6/11/2020	City, County	Provides an exemption from electrical licensing, certification, and inspection requirements for certain work on industrial equipment.
86	Permitting, Planning	ESSB 6473	6/11/2020	City, County	Prohibits the use of asbestos-containing building materials in nonresidential new construction or renovations. Requires building materials that contain 0.1 percent asbestos, rather than 1 percent asbestos, to be labeled consistent with state or federal requirements and to be made subject to use restrictions, beginning in 2025. Requires certain manufacturing facilities to perform periodic facility inspections for asbestoscontaining building materials and to develop an asbestos management plan.
87	Personnel	ESB 5165	6/11/2020	All	Expands the Washington Law Against Discrimination to include a prohibition on discrimination based on immigration or citizenship status, unless differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status is authorized by federal or state law, regulation, or government contract.	MRSC: New Legislation Expands Washington’s Anti-Discrimination Law
88	Personnel	HB 2602	6/11/2020	All	Amends the Washington Law Against Discrimination by defining race as inclusive of traits historically associated or percieved to be associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of hairstyle or texture.	MRSC: New Legislation Expands Washington’s Anti-Discrimination Law
89	Personnel	SSB 5829	1/1/2021	All	Increases the annual disability relief fees for members and employers of volunteer firefighters, emergency medical workers, and law enforcement reserve officers. Increases the pension paid to volunteers from a maximum of $300, to a maximum of $350 plus $10 per month for each year the retirement fee is paid beyond 25 years. Makes the bill contingent on the Volunteer Firefighters' and Reserve Officers' Relief and Pension System
90	Personnel	SHB 2614	6/11/2020	All	Exempts casual labor from the types of employment covered by Paid Family and Medical Leave. Provides for a private right of action and liquidated damages payable directly to employees, and specifies other enforcement provisions. Makes changes regarding waiting periods, conditional waivers, supplementation of benefits, and other matters.
91	Personnel	HB 2266	6/11/2020	All	Prohibits an employer from requiring written certification from the employee's health care provider regarding the need for a reasonable accommodation to express breast milk.
92	Personnel	SHB 2613	6/11/2020	All	Allows for employer relief of unemployment insurance benefit charges for claimants unable to satisfy a job prerequisite. Requires annual reports from the Employment Security Department to its Advisory Council on noncharged benefits due to the new relief of charges option. Removes outdated statutory provisions.
93	Personnel	SB 6236	6/11/2020	All	Amends the Washington Law Against Discrimination with respect to when a claimant's request for noneconomic damages results in a waiver of health care privileges.
94	Personnel	SHB 2308	10/1/2021	All	Provides that employers include occupational data of their employees in quarterly tax reports to the Employment Security Department (ESD) on a discretionary basis until October 1, 2022, and then on a mandatory basis thereafter. Requires the ESD to report to the Legislature in 2026 regarding the collection of occupational data.
95	Personnel	SHB 2409	9/1/2020	All	Increases certain employer penalties under workers' compensation. Allows penalty waivers for certain recordkeeping violations. Requires licensure and regulation of third-party administrators by the Department of Labor and Industries.
96	Personnel	SHB 2544	6/11/2020	All	Expands the definition of "period of war" for veterans' benefits in state pension systems, legal assistance, scoring criteria on civil service exams, and other programs, to include any armed conflicts where a campaign medal was awarded, rather than listing specific conflicts. Requires the Select Committee on Pension Policy and the Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board to study the provision of free military service credit to members awarded an expeditionary medal, but not a campaign medal.
97	Personnel	SB 6034	6/11/2020	All	Extends the time within which a complaint alleging employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy must be filed with the Washington State Human Rights Commission from six months to one year.
98	Personnel	SB 6123	6/11/2020	All	Permits executive agency employees to take paid leave of up to 30 days in a two-year period to participate in certain life-giving procedures, with written proof from a medical institution or professional.
99	Personnel	SB 6417	6/11/2020	All	Allows retirees of Plans 2 and 3 of the Washington State Retirement Systems up to 90 calendar days after the receipt of their first retirement allowance to change their survivor election. Delays the affect of the 90-day window until the state receives approval from the federal Internal Revenue Service.
100	Personnel	ESSB 6440	6/11/2020	All	Limits the circumstances under which an injured worker must submit to a medical exam requested by the Department of Labor and Industries or a self-insurer. Makes other changes to provisions governing independent medical exams. Establishes a work group to develop strategies and consider issues regarding independent medical exams.