1428 4th Avenue E
Olympia, WA 98506
Washington Apartment Association
Olympia Day
“Hot Sheet”
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Legislative Issues We Support:
HB 2640 - Rent Vouchers:
The Department is required to evaluate the total project cost and per-unit cost when reviewing Housing Trust Fund applications. The Department must give preference to projects that demonstrate cost-effectiveness compared to similar housing projects constructed or renovated within the same geographic area. (Rep. Norma Smith)
HB 2640 STATUS:House Community & Economic Development & Housing
HB 1077 – Repeal of On-Site Property Managers Tax:
We have introduced legislation that will repeal the on-site property tax as it applies to wages and other benefits applied to on-site property managers. The repeal will be implemented when the 1.8% B&O Tax is reduced to 1.5% on services industries. This tax was made permanent in the 2010 legislative session. (Rep. Troy Kelley)
STATUS: House Ways & Means
WAA Opposes:
SB 6315/HB 2642 – Tenant Screening:
The bill would require landlords to accept portable screening reports that tenants have purchased (within 30 days) and would allow tenants to take their report around to prospective landlords; thereby saving the multiple screening fees paid. Also, landlords are required to notify prospective tenants of the name and criteria of the screening service they use. (Sen. Dave Frockt & Rep. Derek Stanford)
SB 6315 STATUS:Senate Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance
HB 2642 STATUS:House Judiciary
SB 6291/HB 2541 - Sealing/Vacating of Court Records:
This bill would automatically seal criminal conviction data for juveniles 30 days after their 18th B-day. (Sen. Nick Harper & Rep. Jeannie Darneille)
SB 6291 STATUS:SenateHuman Services & Corrections
HB 2541 STATUS:HouseEarly Learning & Human Services
SB 6292 - Sealing/Vacating of Court Records:
The bill would make criminal activity committed by a juvenile confidential unless it involved a violent offense, multiple charges, or public policy. (Sen. Nick Harper)
STATUS:Senate Human Services & Corrections
SB 6321/HB 2564 - Sealing/Vacating of Court Records:
The bill would seal court records on unlawful detainers that were not prosecuted to conclusion as well as DV protection orders, and civil judgments. (Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles & Rep. Timm Ormsby)
SB 6321 STATUS:Senate Judiciary
HB 2564 STATUS:House Judiciary
SB 5019 – Precludes Access to Non-Conviction Records:
The bill would seal nonconviction data from dissemination, including: vacated convictions, S&C, lack of probable cause, etc. (anything but a conviction). (Sen. Debbie Regala)
STATUS:SenateHuman Services & Corrections
SB 6351/HB 2677 – Sealing/Vacating of Court Records:
The bill would prevent us from getting public records if the agency said that it would be a hardship to produce. They can file an injunction and refuse to produce them.
Currently only criminals face this issue in getting records. (Sen. Margarita Prentice & Rep. Deb Eddy)
SB 6351 STATUS:Senate Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections
HB 2677 STATUS:House State Government & Tribal Affairs
SB 5050 - Taking Interests from Tenant Security Deposits for Other Uses:
The purpose of the bills is to take the interest from tenant deposits to build low-income housing. (Sen. Adam Kline)
STATUS:SenateFinancial Institutions, Housing & Insurance
HB 1126 – Criminal Street Gangs:
This legislation would declare a property a nuisance without the notification of the property owner after 3 or more unrelated criminal gang offenses occur. This legislation undermines the crime-free legislation passed last year (SB 5742) where landlords are notified via notice from the police regarding the criminal activity an allow the property owner in a good faith effort to deter the activity. (Rep. Charles Ross)
STATUS:HousePublic Safety & Emergency Preparedness Committee
SB 6341 – Carpet Stewardship (Recycling):
The bill will increase the cost of carpet because no carpet producer may sell carpet in the state unless they are participating in an approved carpet recycling program. The program must have systems for financing, collecting, transporting, processing, and recycling discarded carpet. (Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles)
STATUS:Senate Environment
HB 1929 - Street Utility Tax/Street Maintenance Tax:
This bill would allow cities, with voter approval, to establish local "street maintenance utilities" (SMU's). City councils would then have the authority to impose charges on residential and commercial users of up to 50 percent of the actual costs for maintenance, operation, and preservation of city streets. Rates would be uniform for the same class of service, and all business and residential properties would be subject to the utility charge. Charges imposed on businesses would be measured by the number of employees and would be prohibited from exceeding the equivalent of $2 per month per full-time employee. Charges imposed against residential owners or occupants could not exceed $2 per month per housing unit (Rep. Marko Liias)
STATUS:House Transportation Committee
Monitor Bills
SB 6324/HB 2554 - Carbon Monoxide Requirements:
The bill modifies the RLTA and requires that the landlord include with rental agreement packet education info dangers of CO and that CO detectors must be maintained by the tenant. (Sen. Joe Fain & Rep. Jay Rodne)
SB 6324 STATUS:Senate Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance
HB 2554 STATUS:House Judiciary
SB 6145/HB 2540 – Paint Stewardship (Recycling):
This bill provides for take-back of architectural paint (oil, latex, and acrylic) promoted by the paint manufacturers. Retailer participation is voluntary. While the price of small quantities of architectural paint (5 gallons or less) will likely increase with the application of this bill, that cost is likely much lower than the cost and regulatory requirement if local government were to administer their own programs. All monies collected will go towards the cost of the program and any surplus monies will go towards reducing the future cost of the program. (Sen. Maralyn Chase & Rep. Roger Goodman)
SB 6145 STATUS:Senate Environment
HB 2540 STATUS:House Environment
Rob Trickler
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425.609.1876
Mark Gjurasic
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360.481.6000
Terry Kohl
Email:
206.850.6030
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