WAFOP Detail Report
High Priority Bills
Bill Details / Status / Sponsor / PositionHB 1512 (SB 5589) / Peace officer disciplining / H Rules 3C / Sells / Support
Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.
Prohibits a law enforcement agency from taking punitive action against a peace officer solely because the officer's name was placed on a potential impeachment list.
HB 1910 (SB 5732) / Law enforcement oversight / H Judiciary / Ryu / Oppose
Encouraging effective oversight of law enforcement conduct.
Addresses the use of law enforcement oversight recorders.
HB 1917 / Recordings/law enf., etc. / H Judiciary / Hansen / Neutral
Concerning video and/or sound recordings made by law enforcement or corrections officers.
Allows individuals who interact with law enforcement or corrections officers to access the video and/or sound recordings of these interactions under certain circumstances.
HB 2362 / Recordings/law enf., etc. / H Rules R / Hansen / Concerns
Concerning video and/or sound recordings made by law enforcement or corrections officers.
Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Body worn camera recordings to the extent nondisclosure is essential for the protection of a person's right to privacy. Requires law enforcement agencies and corrections agencies that deploy body worn cameras to establish policies regarding the use of the cameras. Requires the legislature to convene a task force to examine the use of body worn cameras by law enforcement and corrections agencies. Provides a June 1, 2018, expiration date for the task force.
HB 2487 (SB 6264) / LEOFF 2 retirees/annuities / H Approps / Van De Wege / Support
Allowing certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees to purchase annuities.
Authorizes the purchase of annuities by certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees.
HB 2549 / Permitting of conveyances / H Labor & Workpl / Condotta / Support
Concerning permitting of conveyances.
Addresses administrative rules of the department of labor and industries regarding the permitting of conveyances.
HB 2592 (SB 6263) / Emergency mgmt. benefits / H Approps / Holy / Support
Providing benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.
Provides benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.
HB 2704 / Supervision of offenders / H Public Safety / Klippert / Support
Authorizing general authority Washington peace officers to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
Allows a peace officer to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
SB 5589 (HB 1512) / Peace officer disciplining / S Law & Justice / O'Ban / Support
Encouraging fairness in disciplinary actions of peace officers.
Prohibits a law enforcement agency from taking punitive action against a peace officer solely because the officer's name was placed on a potential impeachment list.
SB 5982 / Retirement age/state systems / S Ways & Means / Braun / Oppose
Addressing retirement age provisions for new members of the state retirement systems administered by the department of retirement systems.
Modifies retirement age provisions with regard to new members of the state retirement systems.
SB 6263 (HB 2592) / Emergency mgmt. benefits / S Ways & Means / Warnick / Support
Providing benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.
Provides benefits for certain retirement system members who die or become disabled in the course of providing emergency management services.
SB 6264 (HB 2487) / LEOFF 2 retirees/annuities / S Ways & Means / Dammeier / Support
Allowing certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees to purchase annuities.
Authorizes the purchase of annuities by certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 retirees.
SB 6459 / Peace officers/assisting DOC / S Law & Justice / Rivers / Support
Authorizing peace officers to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
Allows a peace officer to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
SB 6542 / Personal info. disclosure / S Commerce and L / Benton / Support
Concerning public disclosure of personal information.
Requires a requester, before obtaining records containing the names or nonexempt contact information of employees or volunteers from an agency, to swear under oath that he or she will not use the information to obtain information exempt under the public records act for a commercial purpose or to harass, stalk, threaten, or intimidate a person. Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Information held by a public agency in personnel records, public employment related records, or volunteer rosters, or included in a mailing list of employees or volunteers of a public agency: (1) Family day care providers exempt from licensing requirements as provided in chapter 43.215 RCW (department of early learning); and (2) Language access providers as provided in chapter 41.56 RCW (public employees' collective bargaining).
Medium Priority Bills
Bill Details / Status / Sponsor / PositionHB 1535 (SB 5476) / Firearm dealer deliveries / H Judiciary / Klippert / Support
Concerning dealer deliveries to active law enforcement officers.
Authorizes a firearms dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser if the purchaser produces a valid commission card issued by a state law enforcement agency that shows the purchaser is a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer of the agency.
HB 1537 (SB 5399) / Liquor control brd officers / H Approps / Moscoso / Oppose
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce certain penal provisions while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
HB 1580 / State patrol officers / H Trans / Fey / Support
Concerning the monthly salary and benefits paid to state patrol officers.
Requires Washington state patrol officers' monthly salaries and benefits to be competitive with law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of the state.
EHB 1632 / Domestic violence / H Public Safety / Goodman / Support
Concerning domestic violence.
HB 1632 - DIGEST Modifies domestic violence provisions relating to: (1) Offender scores for assault of a child and criminal mistreatment; and (2) Revising the crime of fourth degree assault. Authorizes a sheriff to waive fees associated with service of a writ of habeas corpus that was issued for the return of a child when the person who was granted the writ is, by reason of poverty, unable to pay the cost of service.
HB 2098 (SSB 5933) / Human trafficking laws progr / H Public Safety / Orwall / Support
Establishing a statewide training program on human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel.
Requires the office of crime victims advocacy to establish a statewide training program on Washington's human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel.
HB 2276 / Govt liability/law enf, DOC / H Judiciary / Klippert / Support
Limiting liability for law enforcement agencies and the department of corrections.
Addresses the department of corrections' liability and law enforcement agencies' liability for injuries to persons or property resulting from an act or omission of the agency, officer, agent, or employee, while acting in the course and scope of official duties.
HB 2277 / Peace officer liability / H Judiciary / Klippert / Support
Concerning peace officer liability.
Addresses civil and criminal liability of peace officers. Provides a definition for "less lethal weapon."
HB 2279 / Impaired driving prob. cause / H Public Safety / Klippert / Support
Addressing probable cause for persons in violation of an impaired driving offense.
Allows a police officer to arrest and take into custody, a person without a warrant when the officer has probable cause to believe that the person is in violation of an impaired driving offense. Requires that the person be arrested, be booked into jail, and remain in custody for not less than six hours.
HB 2280 / Felony DUI as class B felony / H Gen Govt & Info / Klippert / Support
Making felony driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, marijuana, or any drug a class B felony.
Changes the crime of felony driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, marijuana, or any drug from a class C felony to a class B felony.
HB 2281 / Vehicular homicide / H Gen Govt & Info / Klippert / Support
Increasing the punishment for vehicular homicide.
Provides that for a conviction of vehicular homicide, when the driver was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, an additional ten years shall be added to the sentence for each prior vehicular homicide conviction.
HB 2369 (SB 6305) / Liquor enforcement officers / H Public Safety / Hurst / Oppose
Modifying the authority of liquor enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce the penal provisions of Title 9 RCW (crime and punishments), Title 9A RCW (the Washington criminal code), Title 46 RCW (motor vehicle laws), and chapter 69.50 RCW (the uniform controlled substances act) while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
HB 2411 / Rape of a child/marriage / H Public Safety / Hayes / Support
Removing the marriage element from the crime of rape of a child in the first degree.
Removes the marriage element from the crime of rape of a child in the first degree.
HB 2438 (SB 6425) / Excess liquor revenue dist. / H Commerce & Gam / Nealey / Support
Concerning gradually increasing the local government share of excess liquor revenues until the percentage-based method for distributions is restored.
Declares an intent to: (1) Remove the statutory cap on excess liquor revenues and gradually return the distributions to cities and counties to the percentage amounts before Initiative Measure No. 1183; and (2) Restore the previous funding percentages based on a phased-in approach, over several years.
HB 2490 / Public employee bargaining / H Labor & Workpl / Manweller / Oppose
Addressing accountability and fairness in public employee collective bargaining.
Modifies public employee collective bargaining provisions.
HB 2492 / Aggravated theft or robbery / H Public Safety / Goodman / Support
Establishing an aggravated sentence for certain theft or robbery offenses.
Establishes an aggravated sentence for an offense that involved a theft or robbery offense and the crime occurred during a state of emergency declared by the governor within the area described in the proclamation.
HB 2530 (SB 6484) / Victims of sex crimes / H Public Safety / Orwall / Support
Protecting victims of sex crimes.
Requires the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, when funded, to create and operate a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. Requires local law enforcement agencies, a sheriff and his or her deputies, the Washington state patrol, and certain hospitals to participate in the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. Requires the bureau of forensic laboratory services, in consultation with the state forensic investigations council, to develop budget submissions to the office of financial management sufficient to increase capacity to test all evidence submitted from crimes against persons by 2020 and all evidence submitted from property crimes by 2025. Creates the Washington sexual assault kit program within the department of commerce for the purpose of accepting private funds for testing sexual assault kits and conducting related investigations. Imposes a four-dollar fee on the admission to a sexually oriented live adult entertainment establishment. Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Records and information contained within the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. Creates the Washington sexually oriented business fee account.
HB 2533 / Child sex exploit./fees / H Public Safety / Kilduff / Support
Protecting minors from sexual exploitation.
Changes the penalties for certain sexual exploitation crimes.
HB 2569 / Police & fire in HOV lanes / H Trans / Sells / Support
Authorizing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by law enforcement and fire department vehicles.
Prohibits the following vehicles from being restricted from a highway in the state designated as a high occupancy vehicle lane: (1) An officially marked law enforcement or fire department vehicle equipped with emergency lights and siren operated by on-duty state patrol or local law enforcement personnel or on-duty local or special district fire department personnel; and (2) An unmarked law enforcement vehicle operated by on-duty state patrol or local law enforcement personnel in the process of being used to conduct an active investigation.
HB 2700 / Impaired driving / H Public Safety / Goodman / Support
Concerning impaired driving.
Modifies impaired driving provisions.
HB 2705 / 1st degree rape seriousness / H Public Safety / Klippert / Support
Increasing the seriousness level of first degree rape and first degree rape of a child.
Increases the seriousness level of first degree rape and first degree rape of a child.
HB 2706 / DUI 4th offense/felony / H Public Safety / Klippert / Support
Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.
Makes a fourth DUI offense a felony.
HB 2812 / Aggravated theft or robbery / H Public Safety / Goodman / Support
Providing for aggravated sentencing for certain theft or burglary offenses.
Establishes an aggravated sentence for an offense that involved a theft offense or a burglary offense and the crime occurred during a state of emergency declared by the governor within the area described in the proclamation and where a person with a right to the control or use of the real or personal property had evacuated the area where the crime occurred because the person had been ordered or requested to evacuate the area.
HB 2829 / Collective bargaining / H Labor & Workpla / Chandler / Oppose
Addressing collective bargaining.
Requires certain collective bargaining sessions involving contract negotiations to be open to the public.
HB 2838 / DOC limits on contact / H Public Safety / Klippert / Support
Clarifying the department of corrections' authority to impose conditions prohibiting contact with other persons, even if the offender is not a sex offender.
Clarifies the authority of the department of corrections to impose conditions prohibiting contact with other persons, even if the offender is not a sex offender.
HB 2873 / Sex offenses/statute of lim. / H Public Safety / Griffey / Support
Making felony sex offenses a crime that may be prosecuted at any time after its commission.
Allows the following offenses to be prosecuted at any time after their commission: (1) Rape in the first, second, or third degree; (2) Rape of a child in the first, second, or third degree; (3) Child molestation in the first, second, or third degree; (4) Sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree; (5) Indecent liberties; (6) Sexually violating human remains; (7) Voyeurism; (8) Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree; (9) Incest in the first or second degree; (10) Sexual exploitation of a minor; (11) Communication with minor for immoral purposes; (12) Commercial sexual abuse of a minor; (13) Promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor; and (14) Promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
SB 5304 / WA state patrol officers / S Transportation / Rivers / Support
Concerning competitive salaries and benefits for Washington state patrol officers.
Requires monthly salaries and benefits paid to Washington state patrol officers to be competitive with comparable law enforcement agencies within the state. Requires all proceeds from vehicle license fees and renewal vehicle license fees to be deposited by the state treasurer into the state patrol highway account.
SB 5399 (HB 1537) / Liquor control brd officers / S Commerce and L / Conway / Concerns
Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
Authorizes liquor enforcement officers to enforce certain penal provisions while conducting their enforcement duties related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, or working in partnership with state, county, and municipal peace officers.
SB 5435 / State deferred comp program / S Rules 2 / Bailey / Support
Expanding participation in the Washington state deferred compensation program.
Requires counties, municipalities, and other subdivisions of the state that participate in one or more of the state retirement systems, to offer the state deferred compensation program as an option to employees eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan.
SB 5476 (HB 1535) / Firearm dealer deliveries / S Law & Justice / Dammeier / Support
Concerning dealer deliveries to active law enforcement officers.
Authorizes a firearms dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser if the purchaser produces a valid commission card issued by a state law enforcement agency that shows the purchaser is a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer of the agency.
SB 5576 (HB 1253) / Workplace injury reporting / S Rules 2 / Baumgartner / Support
Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance.
Modifies reporting requirements for workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance.
SB 5615 / Firearms transfers / S Rules 2G / Benton / Support
Exempting certain firearms transfers involving military members, law enforcement officers, and corrections officers from background check requirements.
Exempts from background check requirements, the transfer of a firearm between: (1) Members of the armed forces, members of the national guard, or a member of the armed forces and a member of the national guard; (2) A member of the armed forces or the national guard and a family member; (3) A member of the armed forces or the national guard and a close personal acquaintance for the purpose of maintaining the firearm while the member is under orders of deployment; and (4) Law enforcement officers, corrections officers, or a law enforcement officer and a corrections officer.
SB 5783 / Peace officers/assisting DOC / S Rules 3 / Rivers / Support
Authorizing peace officers to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
Allows a peace officer to assist the department of corrections with the supervision of offenders.
ESB 5873 / LEOFF plan 1 retirees / S Rules 3 / Conway / Support
Permitting persons retired from the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 1 to select a survivor benefit option.
SB 5873 - DIGEST Authorizes a member of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 1 to select a survivor benefit option.
SB 6219 / Vehicular homicide sentences / S Ways & Means / Brown / Support
Concerning vehicular homicide sentencing.
Addresses vehicular homicide sentencing.
SB 6230 / Warrantless school searches / S Rules 2 / O'Ban / Support
Including searches by school resource officers and local police school liaison officers within the warrantless school search exception.
Authorizes school resource officers and local police school liaison officers to search a student, the student's possessions, and the student's locker, if he or she has reasonable grounds to suspect that the search will yield evidence of the student's violation of the law or school rules. Prohibits subjecting a student to a strip search or body cavity search.