Bills before the Washington Legislature Affecting Property Rights
All Daily Report January 26, 2023 |
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| * , New Bill , New Document Joint Resolutions , New Document Bill Reports , Note added or statment update |
| SJR 8202 |
Reproductive freedom |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Amends the State Constitution to provide that the state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom decisions including the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose to use contraception. |
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| Status Updated |
| HB 1281 |
Death with dignity act |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -7 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1091 |
Tax increases/voter approval |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 10 (Outstanding) | Impact is Critical |
| Requiring voter approval of tax increases. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1092 |
State property tax/valuation |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning the valuation of property for purposes of state property tax levies. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1093 |
K-12 scholarship program |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Providing parents and their children with more choices for a quality elementary and secondary education through the family empowerment scholarship program. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1154 |
Religious institutions |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 4 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning religious institutions and gubernatorial proclamations. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5063 |
Gubernatorial emergencies |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 4 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5073 |
Three branches/admin. rules |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 10 (Outstanding) | Impact is Critical |
| Concerning the responsibilities of the three branches of government for administrative rules and procedure. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5167 |
EFSEC/alt. energy processing |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 3 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Eliminating expedited processing of alternative energy resource facilities fueled by solar or wind energy on certain designated lands before the energy facility site evaluation council. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change , New Document Bill Reports , Hearing Schedualed |
| HB 1046 |
Housing dev. income limits |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Increases the area median income limits on a public housing authority-financed, low-income housing development to 80 percent. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1117 |
Power supply inadequacy |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 3 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Extends the requirement for the Department of Commerce and the Utilities and Transportation Commission to convene energy resource adequacy meetings through calendar year 2031.Requires the 2023 energy resource adequacy stakeholder meeting to address the risk of rolling blackouts and inadequacy events, discuss how proposed electrification laws and regulations may require new state policy for resource adequacy, and identify incentives to enhance and ensure resource adequacy. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1149 |
Housing/capital expenditures |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Authorizes the State Finance Committee to issue up to $4 billion in general obligation bonds to finance programs and projects that address housing insecurity.Requires the $4 billion bond authorization to be submitted to the voters at the next general election. Creates a Workforce Housing Accelerator Revolving Loan program to be administered by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1172 |
Working fam. fiscal impacts |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 3 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Incorporating working families fiscal impacts in fiscal notes. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1214 |
Gender transition/minors |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 10 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Enacting the protecting children's bodies act. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1220 |
Universal civic duty voting |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Establishing universal civic duty voting. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5014 |
Emergency rules/approval |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Prohibiting the adoption of rules for the enforcement of gubernatorial emergency orders without legislative approval. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5037 |
Natural gas/energy code |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Ensuring that the Washington state energy code may not prohibit the use of natural gas in buildings. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5040 |
Enhanced docs/citizenship |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 4 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Requiring notation on enhanced documents that the holder of the document has demonstrated the citizenship requirements sufficient to register to vote. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5138 |
Vehicles as homestead |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Providing that vehicles illegally parked on public property or in a public right-of-way are not homesteads under chapter 6.13 RCW. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5157 |
Water infra. projects |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 2 (Good) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning investments in critical water infrastructure projects. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change , New Document Bills , New Document Bill Reports |
| SHB 1048 |
Voting rights act |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -3 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Provides that persons or organizations who file a notice of intent to challenge an election system under the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA) may recover costs incurred in conducting the necessary research, if the notice causes the political subdivision to adopt a remedy that is approved by the court.Grants standing to organizations and tribes to challenge election systems under the WVRA on behalf of their members.Permits counties to increase the number of county commissioners to prevent a violation of the WVRA against members of an Indian tribe.Makes several language changes to other aspects of the WVRA. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change , Hearing Schedualed |
| SB 5245 |
Biosolids |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning biosolids. |
Scheduled Hearing
Friday 02/03/2023 8:00 am
Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology
public | Virtual
Agendas, and Documents |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1353 |
School district elections |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Modifying school district elections. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HJR 4203 |
School district bonds |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -10 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Amending the Constitution to allow a simple majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5136 |
Sales and use tax exemptions |
| Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of clothing, products for children, and prepared food. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5266 |
Riparian areas |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1045 |
Basic income pilot program |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Establishes the Evergreen Basic Income Pilot Program (pilot program), providing 24 monthly payments to up to 7,500 qualifying participants in an amount equal to 100 percent of the fair market rent for a two-bedroom dwelling unit in the county in which a participant resides.Creates a board of directors to administer, coordinate, and establish policies for the pilot program.Designates that persons receiving funds through the pilot program are eligible for certain assistance programs, and contains provisions to minimize the impact of receipt of basic income funds on income calculation for other assistance programs and determination of child support obligations. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change , New Document Bills , New Document Bill Reports |
| SHB 1122 |
WMS bargaining |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -4 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Grants Washington Management Service (WMS) employees the right to collective bargaining, except for WMS employees in positions with salary bands three, four, and medical, and other specified WMS managers.Provides that bargaining over wages is limited to salary band levels.Provides that collective bargaining agreements with WMS employees may not take effect before July 1, 2025. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1071 |
School resource officers |
| Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate additional state funding to school districts for one school resource officer (SRO) on each public school campus.Establishes an allocation amount for the SROs' annual salary, including inflation adjustment provisions.Specifies that the required allocations are necessary to support school districts in offering the state's minimum instructional program of basic education. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1138 |
Drought preparedness |
| Provides that projects funded by grants issued to address drought conditions no longer need to be completed while a drought emergency order is in effect.Changes the name of the Drought Preparedness and Response Account to the Drought Preparedness Account. Directs the State Treasurer to transfer $2.5 million to the Drought Preparedness Account at the beginning of each biennium. Creates the Emergency Drought Response Account in the State Treasury.Directs the State Treasurer, upon the issuance of a drought emergency order, to transfer to the Emergency Drought Response Account the amount needed to bring the balance of the account to up to $3 million.Modifies the circumstances in which the Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought is authorized to convene, to include when a drought advisory is in effect and when a drought emergency order is in effect. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1216 |
Clean energy siting |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -8 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Establishes an interagency clean energy siting coordinating council to be co-chaired by the Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the Department of Commerce (Commerce).Directs Commerce to establish a new program for the designation of Clean Energy Projects of Statewide Significance (CEPSS), and assign CEPSS a clean energy navigator.Makes certain CEPSS eligible for a coordinated permitting process to be overseen by Ecology, after Ecology completes an initial assessment of the projects' likely permit application and review process.Amends provisions of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for certain types of clean energy projects, including directing lead agencies to complete environmental impact statements (EISs) within 24 months and clarifying the content of SEPA review for clean energy projects. Directs Ecology to prepare nonproject EISs for solar projects in the Columbia Basin and for green electrolytic or renewable hydrogen projects, and directs the Washington State University energy program to conduct a least-conflict pumped storage siting process. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change , New Document Bill Reports |
| SB 5140 |
Election security testing |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Directs the Secretary of State to contract for a security test of the statewide voter registration system, including having agents of the contractor attempt to register to vote multiple times using separate voter registrations. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SSB 5205 |
Parenting plan limitations |
| Clarifies limitations on parenting plans to protect children when one or both parents are engaging in certain conduct. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1176 |
Climate-ready communities |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -8 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Enacts the Washington Climate Corps Network to support and grow climate-related service opportunities for young adults & veterans.Establishes the Clean Energy Technology Workforce Advisory Committee to advise policymakers on efforts to expand the clean energy technology workforce and strategies to mitigate adverse impacts of climate change policy transitions.Directs the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board to evaluate clean energy technology workforce needs and make recommendations to the governor and legislature. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5265 |
Firearms/assault weapons |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Critical |
| Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5332 |
Homeless camps/schools, etc. |
| CAPR Recommends DO PASS |
CAPR rating = 5 (Outstanding) | Impact is Serious |
| Prohibiting locating homeless encampments near schools and early learning facilities. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HJR 4205 |
Property tax rebates |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -10 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Concerning property tax rebates. |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1124 |
Residential rent and fees |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -4 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| 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. |
Scheduled Hearing
Thursday 01/26/2023 8:00 am
House Committee on Housing
executive | Virtual
Agendas, and Documents |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| HB 1167 |
Residential housing |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Requires the Department of Commerce to develop and administer a grant program to assist counties and cities adopt preapproved middle housing plans.Directs the State Building Code Council to convene a work group to recommend needed changes to apply the International Residential Code to multiplex housing.Prohibits a city or county from imposing any regulations, reviews, or standards on multiplex housing that is not applied to detached single-family residences, except when necessary for fire and life safety. |
Scheduled Hearing
Thursday 01/26/2023 8:00 am
House Committee on Housing
executive | Virtual
Agendas, and Documents |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5047 |
Voting rights act |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Allows recovery of costs incurred by claimants who file a notice of intent to challenge a political subdivision's election system under the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA) to conduct research supporting the notice if the political subdivision alters its behavior.Grants standing to organizations to challenge election systems under the WVRA on behalf of their members.Authorizes increasing the number of county commissioners to remedy a violation of the WVRA on the basis of Indian tribal status. |
Scheduled Hearing
Friday 01/27/2023 8:00 am
Senate Committee on State Government & Elections
executive | Virtual
Agendas, and Documents |
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| Schedualed meeting add/change |
| SB 5517 |
Water resource mitigation |
| CAPR Recommends DO NOT PASS |
CAPR rating = -5 (Poor) | Impact is Serious |
| Enacting recommendations from the joint legislative task force on water resource mitigation. |
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