In the Appropriations Committee meeting today we’re getting briefed on the Governor’s proposed budget. Unfortunately, the Governor wasn’t present to answer questions. It’s actually common practice to send staff to explain a bill or budget request, in order to limit the scope and tone of questions … what better way to avoid confrontation than to simply not show up and own your proposal.
We’re also hearing two bills today. Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5244 prohibits student suspensions or expulsions of indefinite length; requires that student suspensions or expulsions not exceed one academic term unless given specific authorization by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI); requires school districts to create a reentry and reengagement plan for longterm suspended or expelled students; directs the OSPI to convene a discipline task force to develop standard definitions for causes of student discipline and data collection standards for disciplinary actions that exclude a student from school and revise the statewide student data system to incorporate the recommendations; and prohibits disciplinary actions resulting in the suspension of educational services.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5656 requires cities to issue and provide for the renewal of their general business licenses through the web-based Business Licensing Service or "System" of the Department of Revenue (DOR) or a city-developed portal by July 1, 2019; authorizes delays or phasing-in of the city requirements beyond the July 1,
2019, date if funding or other resources are insufficient for the DOR or cities to meet the deadline; requires the DOR to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on actions and costs associated with the license issuance requirements; and expires all provisions on July 1, 2018, and provides intent provisions for the expiration.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
April 1st - 2013 Regular Legislative SessioN Day 78
It’s Monday in Olympia and in today’s Appropriations Committee Meeting we’re hearing eight bills. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5176 requires that evaluations for involuntary treatment of individuals who have had felony charges dismissed due to incompetency occur at state hospitals; modifies procedures and standards for involuntary treatment of persons who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial for violent felonies; and provides additional notification and review requirements for release of certain involuntarily detained people.
Substitute Senate Bill 5195 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5243 encourages school districts to adopt a policy to automatically enroll a student who meets the standard on the high school state assessments or the Preliminary SAT in the next most rigorous advanced course in that subject, with the objective that students eventually enroll in dual credit courses; provides an incentive award to high schools based on student performance in specified dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated; creates a program to allocate one-time grants to high schools on a competitive basis to expand availability of dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated.
Senate Bill 5337 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5480 accelerates implementation of provisions of 2010 legislation that expanded the factors that may be considered for detaining and committing persons under the Involuntary Treatment Act, from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2014.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732 directs the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to develop a strategy for the improvement of the adult behavioral health system; requires the DSHS to issue a request for proposals for enhanced services facilities; and requires Regional Support Networks to develop an individualized discharge plan for certain patients and arrange for his or her transition to the community within 21 days of the determination that he or she no longer needs inpatient, active psychiatric treatment.
Substitute Senate Bill 5754 creates the Alliance for Student Success in Education and Training (ASSET) Program to increase access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and requires the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to administer the ASSET Program.
Substitute Senate Bill 5834 allows businesses owned jointly by a veteran and his or her spouse or domestic partner to be certified as a veteran-owned business; requires that all veteran-owned businesses are located in the state, owned by a resident of the state, or that all corporate officers are residents of the state; and encourages state agencies to award 5 percent of all procurement contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
Substitute Senate Bill 5195 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5243 encourages school districts to adopt a policy to automatically enroll a student who meets the standard on the high school state assessments or the Preliminary SAT in the next most rigorous advanced course in that subject, with the objective that students eventually enroll in dual credit courses; provides an incentive award to high schools based on student performance in specified dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated; creates a program to allocate one-time grants to high schools on a competitive basis to expand availability of dual credit courses, if funding is appropriated.
Senate Bill 5337 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5480 accelerates implementation of provisions of 2010 legislation that expanded the factors that may be considered for detaining and committing persons under the Involuntary Treatment Act, from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2014.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5732 directs the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to develop a strategy for the improvement of the adult behavioral health system; requires the DSHS to issue a request for proposals for enhanced services facilities; and requires Regional Support Networks to develop an individualized discharge plan for certain patients and arrange for his or her transition to the community within 21 days of the determination that he or she no longer needs inpatient, active psychiatric treatment.
Substitute Senate Bill 5754 creates the Alliance for Student Success in Education and Training (ASSET) Program to increase access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and requires the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to administer the ASSET Program.
Substitute Senate Bill 5834 allows businesses owned jointly by a veteran and his or her spouse or domestic partner to be certified as a veteran-owned business; requires that all veteran-owned businesses are located in the state, owned by a resident of the state, or that all corporate officers are residents of the state; and encourages state agencies to award 5 percent of all procurement contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
Monday, February 25, 2013
February 25th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 43
Here are the final seven bills we’ll be hearing in the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Committee meeting today. Substitute House Bill 1875 designates the State Parks and Recreation Commission (Commission) as a general authority Washington law enforcement agency; exempts park rangers of the Commission from membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System; requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) to provide programs and training standards for state park rangers; allows the admission of park rangers into the Washington State Patrol's academy; and requires 30 percent of all park rangers to be certified by June 30, 2014, and the remaining 70 percent of park rangers to be certified by June 30, 2016.
Substitute House Bill 1876 Designates the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) as a general authority Washington law enforcement agency; exempts liquor control officers of the WSLCB from membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System; requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) to provide programs and training standards for liquor control officers; allows the admission of liquor control officers into the Washington State Patrol's academy; and requires 30 percent of all liquor control officers to be certified by June 30, 2014, and the remaining 70 percent of liquor control officers to be certified by June 30, 2016.
Substitute House Bill 1651 provides that juvenile offender records are confidential unless the juvenile has been adjudicated for a sex offense or a serious violent offense; the court may release juvenile records for inspection upon good cause shown; provides that juvenile offender records may not be published, distributed, or sold; and provides that the provisions of the act are prospective and retrospective; and the act takes effect July 1, 2014.
Substitute House Bill 1819 requires agencies to create digital layered maps displaying energy, broadband, water, sewer, and transportation infrastructure and directs the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Washington State Department of Transportation to use the maps to identify infrastructure gaps and priority areas for future investment.
House Bill 1661 removes restrictions on vacating convictions of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
House Bill 1818 authorizes the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Office of Regulatory Assistance and the Office of Accountability and Performance, to conduct annual multi-jurisdictional regulatory streamlining projects impacting specific industry sectors within specific geographical locations through 2019.
House Bill 1192 allows veterans with disabilities who are residents of other states to purchase hunting and fishing licenses at the reduced rates offered to veterans with disabilities who live in Washington and provides discretionary authority to the existing advisory committee for the interests of hunters and fishers with disabilities to reach out to other states in an effort to promote the discounted opportunities for veterans with disabilities in Washington and collaborate with other states in an effort to encourage similar opportunities for Washington's veterans with disabilities when they hunt or fish in other states.
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Substitute House Bill 1876 Designates the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) as a general authority Washington law enforcement agency; exempts liquor control officers of the WSLCB from membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System; requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) to provide programs and training standards for liquor control officers; allows the admission of liquor control officers into the Washington State Patrol's academy; and requires 30 percent of all liquor control officers to be certified by June 30, 2014, and the remaining 70 percent of liquor control officers to be certified by June 30, 2016.
Substitute House Bill 1651 provides that juvenile offender records are confidential unless the juvenile has been adjudicated for a sex offense or a serious violent offense; the court may release juvenile records for inspection upon good cause shown; provides that juvenile offender records may not be published, distributed, or sold; and provides that the provisions of the act are prospective and retrospective; and the act takes effect July 1, 2014.
Substitute House Bill 1819 requires agencies to create digital layered maps displaying energy, broadband, water, sewer, and transportation infrastructure and directs the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Washington State Department of Transportation to use the maps to identify infrastructure gaps and priority areas for future investment.
House Bill 1661 removes restrictions on vacating convictions of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
House Bill 1818 authorizes the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Office of Regulatory Assistance and the Office of Accountability and Performance, to conduct annual multi-jurisdictional regulatory streamlining projects impacting specific industry sectors within specific geographical locations through 2019.
House Bill 1192 allows veterans with disabilities who are residents of other states to purchase hunting and fishing licenses at the reduced rates offered to veterans with disabilities who live in Washington and provides discretionary authority to the existing advisory committee for the interests of hunters and fishers with disabilities to reach out to other states in an effort to promote the discounted opportunities for veterans with disabilities in Washington and collaborate with other states in an effort to encourage similar opportunities for Washington's veterans with disabilities when they hunt or fish in other states.
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February 25th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 43
In the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Committee meeting today we’re hearing 13 bills and may take Executive Action on 18 bills. Here are the first six …
Substitute House Bill 1552 creates a licensing scheme for scrap metal businesses; expands criminal penalties for metal theft and malicious mischief; allows for civil forfeiture for any property used in the commission of a crime involving the Theft, Trafficking, or Unlawful Possession of Commercial Metal Property; creates a database by which scrap metal businesses may determine if a potential client has a criminal conviction which makes him or her ineligible to sell property to a licensed business; and creates the Washington Metal Theft Prevention Authority.
Substitute House Bill 1822 requires persons or entities engaged in the business of purchasing delinquent debt for collection purposes to be licensed as collection agencies under the Collection Agency Act (CAA) and to comply with all other requirements of the CAA and amends the list of prohibited practices in the CAA to prohibit the "unauthorized" practice of law, rather than the practice of law in general.
Substitute House Bill 1828 creates a local government fiscal health commission (commission) to identify and respond to financial problems encountered by local government and establishes the commission's authority, powers, responsibilities, and liability with respect to identifying and responding to financial stress in local governments.
House Bill 1924 allows additional, match-free, local watershed planning grants of up to
$50,000 for lead entities or plan implementation groups that commit to conducting a review every five years to ensure that the highest priority issues are being addressed and gives priority to funding watershed planning grant applications that would result in the dissolution of a planning unit if not for receiving the grant.
Substitute House Bill 1375 allows a Group A or Group B water system that could provide adequate potable water for new development if not for the water system's lack of sufficient water rights to consolidate the water system's existing withdrawals with the necessary allowed permit exempt well withdrawals.
Substitute House Bill 1438 creates a new, temporary process for certain water users located in the Nooksack watershed who have transitioned to a more efficient irrigation technology to change their place of water use with the Department of Ecology.
#Appropriations #Subcommittee #General #Government #House #Substitute #Bill #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Substitute House Bill 1552 creates a licensing scheme for scrap metal businesses; expands criminal penalties for metal theft and malicious mischief; allows for civil forfeiture for any property used in the commission of a crime involving the Theft, Trafficking, or Unlawful Possession of Commercial Metal Property; creates a database by which scrap metal businesses may determine if a potential client has a criminal conviction which makes him or her ineligible to sell property to a licensed business; and creates the Washington Metal Theft Prevention Authority.
Substitute House Bill 1822 requires persons or entities engaged in the business of purchasing delinquent debt for collection purposes to be licensed as collection agencies under the Collection Agency Act (CAA) and to comply with all other requirements of the CAA and amends the list of prohibited practices in the CAA to prohibit the "unauthorized" practice of law, rather than the practice of law in general.
Substitute House Bill 1828 creates a local government fiscal health commission (commission) to identify and respond to financial problems encountered by local government and establishes the commission's authority, powers, responsibilities, and liability with respect to identifying and responding to financial stress in local governments.
House Bill 1924 allows additional, match-free, local watershed planning grants of up to
$50,000 for lead entities or plan implementation groups that commit to conducting a review every five years to ensure that the highest priority issues are being addressed and gives priority to funding watershed planning grant applications that would result in the dissolution of a planning unit if not for receiving the grant.
Substitute House Bill 1375 allows a Group A or Group B water system that could provide adequate potable water for new development if not for the water system's lack of sufficient water rights to consolidate the water system's existing withdrawals with the necessary allowed permit exempt well withdrawals.
Substitute House Bill 1438 creates a new, temporary process for certain water users located in the Nooksack watershed who have transitioned to a more efficient irrigation technology to change their place of water use with the Department of Ecology.
#Appropriations #Subcommittee #General #Government #House #Substitute #Bill #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
February 21st - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 39
We’re hearing six bills in the Appropriations Committee today. Substitute House Bill 1096 increases the penalties for juveniles found to be in Unlawful Possession of a Firearm; restricts existing disposition alternatives for juvenile firearm offenses; creates a disposition alternative specific to firearm offenders; and requires a report to the legislature that includes a cost-benefit analysis of evidence- and research-based interventions.
Substitute House Bill 1134 authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into state-tribal education compacts for the operation of public schools and creates a work group through the Department of Early Learning to develop and pilot early learning programs for schools operating under a state-tribal education compact.
House Bill 1243 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
House Bill 1322 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Substitute House Bill 1574 requires a certification fee for providers who contract with the Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide services through the Residential Services and Supports Program.
House Bill 1899 permits the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) to enter into agreements to invest the pension funds of the First Class Cities Retirement System (FCCRS); provides that upon entering an agreement to have the WSIB invest pension funds for a FCCRS, the powers and duties of the city retirement board and investment advisory committee related to the investment of the pension funds irrevocably pass to the WSIB; requires the WSIB to annually report to the FCCRS and city governments on the WSIB's investment activities for FCCRS funds; and provides an additional non-voting seat on the WSIB for a member of a FCCRS when three or more first class cities have reached an investment management agreement with the WSIB.
There are also three bills scheduled for possible Executive Action.
#Appropriations #Committee #House #Bill #Substitute #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Substitute House Bill 1134 authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into state-tribal education compacts for the operation of public schools and creates a work group through the Department of Early Learning to develop and pilot early learning programs for schools operating under a state-tribal education compact.
House Bill 1243 stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of timber that can be sold by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through their contract harvesting program; stays for five years the set decrease in the maximum amount of money that can be held in the Contract Harvest Revolving Account; allows, for five more years, the DNR to set the final appraised value for the purposes of an auction based on the current market prices for the valuable material in question; and provides five more years of authority to the DNR to give consideration to requests from timber purchasers when the purchasers request timber sale extensions or other flexible options in the execution of a timber sale contract designed to avoid a contract default.
House Bill 1322 allows a nonprofit institution recognized by Washington to be eligible to participate in the State Need Grant program, effective August 1, 2013.
Substitute House Bill 1574 requires a certification fee for providers who contract with the Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide services through the Residential Services and Supports Program.
House Bill 1899 permits the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) to enter into agreements to invest the pension funds of the First Class Cities Retirement System (FCCRS); provides that upon entering an agreement to have the WSIB invest pension funds for a FCCRS, the powers and duties of the city retirement board and investment advisory committee related to the investment of the pension funds irrevocably pass to the WSIB; requires the WSIB to annually report to the FCCRS and city governments on the WSIB's investment activities for FCCRS funds; and provides an additional non-voting seat on the WSIB for a member of a FCCRS when three or more first class cities have reached an investment management agreement with the WSIB.
There are also three bills scheduled for possible Executive Action.
#Appropriations #Committee #House #Bill #Substitute #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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