All bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1268 2017–18 |
Pedestrian infrastructureExempts the construction of sidewalks, sidewalk extensions, paths, and pedestrian walks from State Environmental Policy Act review processes so long as the project does not include certain features. | Mark Harmsworth (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1269 2017–18 |
I-405 toll lanes/patientsRequires the department of transportation to offer an exemption from toll payments to a person with a chronic medical condition that uses the express toll lanes on interstate 405 while traveling to and from numerous weekly... | Mark Harmsworth (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1270 2017–18 |
Firearm safety productsExpands the current sales and use tax exemption for gun safes to include firearm safety products. | Mark Harmsworth (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1271 2017–18 |
Discover pass penaltyReduces the penalty for failing to display a Discover Pass, vehicle access pass, or day use permit from $99 to equal the $30 sales price of the Discover Pass. | Mark Harmsworth (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1272 2017–18 |
Motor vehicle regis. hiatusCreates a motor vehicle registration hiatus process. | Mark Harmsworth (R-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1276 2017–18 |
Health care 3-part aim sol.Requires the Health Care Authority to conduct a pilot project involving a three-part aim solution that improves health and health care in a manner that lowers overall health care costs. | Jay Rodne (R-5) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1277 2017–18 |
Emerg. response volunteersProhibits an act or omission, by a covered volunteer emergency worker while engaged in a covered activity, from imposing any liability for civil damages resulting from the act or omission upon a professional or trade association. | Matt Shea (R-4) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1282 2017–18 |
Career & technical educationRevises the funding formula for state allocations for materials, supplies and operating costs (MSOC) for vocational students, requiring vocational MSOC funding levels to be allocated in a specific ratio to general education MSOC. | Gael Tarleton (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1284 2017–18 |
School emerg. panic buttonRequires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, by December 2017, to develop a statewide panic button program that will be available to all school districts. | John Lovick (D-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1286 2017–18 |
Vehicle service feesIncreases, from $12 to $18, the service fee collected for changes in a certificate of title or for verification of record and preparation of an affidavit of lost title. | Jake Fey (D-27) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1287 2017–18 |
Collective bargainingRequires certain collective bargaining sessions involving contract negotiations to be open to the public. | Bruce Chandler (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1288 2017–18 |
St retirement syst employersRequires the Pension Funding Council to adopt employer-specific additional contribution rates where contributions are made other than immediately after service is rendered, or when the amounts are so insufficient as to... | Bruce Chandler (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1289 2017–18 |
State-funded projects/plaqueDirects the Department of Commerce and the Washington State Historical Society to require the inclusion of a plaque on certain projects funded through the capital budget. | Marcus Riccelli (D-3) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1290 2017–18 |
Mistreatmnt/faith-based exemRemoves a sentence from the criminal mistreatment laws regarding legislative intent to exempt persons who receive Christian Science treatment from being considered deprived of medically necessary health care or abandoned. | Chris Kilduff (D-28) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1292 2017–18 |
Theft of rental propertyProvides that a person who, having control of personal property under a written rental agreement, intentionally holds the property beyond the expiration of the rental period without the effective consent of the owner,... | Drew Stokesbary (R-31) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1294 2017–18 |
Model ethnic studies curric.Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to develop a model ethnic studies curriculum for use in grades 7 through 12. | Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1295 2017–18 |
Language access/pub. schoolsRequires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Convene a language access advisory committee to develop tools and recommendations to improve language access for public school students and families with... | Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1297 2017–18 |
Distillery promotional itemsAuthorizes a distillery to sell spirits of the distillery's own production for consumption on the licensed premises. | Gael Tarleton (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1299 2017–18 |
Cattle feedlots/odor & dustIncludes cattle feedlots implementing specified best management practices pursuant to the feedlot's fugitive dust control plan within the agricultural activities that are exempt under the Washington Clean Air Act from certain... | Brian Blake (D-19) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1300 2017–18 |
Employee status enforcementCreates the Employee Fair Classification Act, which prohibits misclassification of employees as independent contractors and creates remedies, including civil penalties and damages. | Marcus Riccelli (D-3) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1301 2017–18 |
Employee antiretaliationCreates parallel retaliation provisions in several wage and related laws. | Cindy Ryu (D-32) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1302 2017–18 |
Wage violations, damages forProvides that an employer who unlawfully collects a rebate from an employee's wages or willfully and intentionally deprives an employee of wages, is liable in a civil action for triple, rather than double, the amount of wages owed. | Noel Frame (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1303 2017–18 |
Educational interpretersAllows educational interpreters who have not successfully achieved the applicable performance standard required by the Professional Educator Standards Board to provide or continue providing interpreter services to students for... | Melanie Stambaugh (R-25) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1304 2017–18 |
Employ. & comm. access serv.Establishes a two-year pilot program in which the Developmental Disability Administration selects two counties that would allow high acuity clients to access both employment and community access services and new clients who... | Chris Kilduff (D-28) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |
| HB 1305 2017–18 |
Unlawful entryEstablishes a process for an owner of property, by means of a declaration signed under penalty of perjury, to request law enforcement to remove unauthorized persons from premises. | Andrew Barkis (R-2) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 8, 2018 |