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February 16, 2015
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Bill Tracker – Workplan/Status Report

updated 1/26/15

Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci13b3JrLWd	Bill/Issue	+/-	Last Action	Current Committee	Status	Next Step for Quaker Voice	Brief Description
Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1DSi5qcGc	HB1390/eliminate interest on LFOs owed to gov to support efforts to redeem, rehabilitate, and reintegrate	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	1/21/15 Heard in Hse Judiciary	Hse Judiciary	Needs Executive Action	Lobby Committee Mbrs and encourage Chair to sched for Exec	Eliminates interest accrual on the non-restitution portions of legal financial obligations (LFOs) imposed in a criminal judgment and modifies standards for a court to reduce or waive interest that has accrued on LFOs. Provides that a court may not impose costs on a defendant who is indigent at the time of sentencing. Establishes provisions governing payment plans and priority of payment of LFOs. Addresses actions a court may take in sanction proceedings for failure to pay LFOs where the offender’s failure to pay is not willful. Provides that the DNA Database fee is not mandatory if the state has already collected the offender’s DNA as a result of a prior conviction.
	HB1016/prohibits jailing of homeless or mentally ill who cannot pay LFOs	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	First Reading referred to committee	Hse Public Safety	Not scheduled for a hearing	Get hearing	Rep. Appleton’s 2014 bill Prevents failure to pay a monthly sum towards a legal financial obligation from being considered “willful noncompliance” if the offender is mentally ill or homeless, and, accordingly, prohibits penalties for noncompliance in that circumstance.
	NO BILL	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	Senators discussing proposal to eliminate juvenile LFOs			Determine whether there will be a bill this session	Bill may be dropped to eliminate LFOs for juveniles
	NO BILL / Sentencing Reform	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	Justice Reinvestment Task Force recommended major reforms		NO BILL	Determine who will sponsor bill and encourage action..	Follow lead of states with lower property crime rates by increasing the use of community supervision integrated with behavioral health treatment (mental health and chemical dependency tx) to mandate treatment of health problems contributing to criminal behavior. Follow the example of states with lower property crime rates and reduce the sentence lengths of repeat offenders, capture savings created by reduced sentences to fund community supervision and treatment Require community supervision conditioned on complying with behavioral health treatment recommendations
	HB1505/ Restorative Justice	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	First Reading and referred to policy committee	Early Learning & Human Services	Get Hearing	Prepare testimony	Allows prosecutor, court probation counselor, or diversion unit to refer juveniles to Restorative Justice programs except when allegations indicate a sex offense or serious violent offense Maintains that victim participation is voluntary
	SB5354/ Higher ed in corrections	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	First reading; referred to policy committee	Senate Law and Justice	Need hearing	Lobby Law & Justice Chair to schedule hearing	Removes the prohibition that blocks Dept of Corrections’ use of state resources to fund Higher Ed for prisoners Saves the state $19.62 for every $1.00 spent Reduces recidivism by increasing the probability those educated in prison will find employment after they’ve served their time
	HB1739/ Repeal Death Penalty	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J		NO BILL		Participate in Safe & Just Alternatives Lobby Day Tues 2/10/15	End Death Penalty because: Does not provide sure and certain relief Is costly Does not deter crime Replace Death Penalty with Life Without Parole
	SB5505/ Department of Corrections Ombuds	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	Bill Dropped	(Law and Justice most likely referral)	No Committee Assignment	Needs First Reading and Referral	Establishes independent Ombuds office for the Department of Corrections Offender Betterment Fund used to support the Ombuds Department
	SB5107/Encourage establishment of Therapeutic Courts Companion: HB1305	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	1/21 S Law & Justice passed to S Rules for 2^nd Reading	Senate Rules	Needs to be pulled from Rules to Senate Floor	Lobby Rules members for pull	Supports therapeutic courts utilizing programming structured to reduce recidivism or other adverse outcomes, and increase rehabilitation through the use of continuous and intense judicially supervised treatment and the appropriate use of services, sanctions, and incentives Allows use of state money to fund Individuals charged with a violent crime or sex crime not eligible for case resolution through therapeutic court Authorizes and encourages trial courts to establish multi-jurisdictional partnerships, inter-local agreements, or both, to enhance or expand the coverage area of a therapeutic court

Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1FSi5qcGc	HB1106 Governor’s Budget/ Increase Revenue, Redress regressive tax system, Increase support for behavioral health care Increase support to house the homeless	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	1/14/15 Hearing Held	House Appropriations	Most likely House or Senate budget will supplant	Advocate to keep the capital gains tax in any final budget proposal  Advocate to retain proposed funding needed for behavioral health care  Advocate for proposed funding needed for housing	7% capital gains tax on capital gains in excess of $25,000/individual, and $50,000 for couples Impacts 1% of state residents with highest incomes Generates $800 million in revenue for the state Includes $6.4 billion for the Department of Social and Health Services: $667 million for children and family services programs, $1.1 billion for mental health programs, $1.2 billion for programs for developmentally disabled persons, $2.0 billion for long-term care programs, $853 million for economic services programs, $189 million for juvenile rehabilitation programs, and $165 million for substance abuse programs. Includes $6.5 billion for other human services programs: $4.4 billion for low-income health and other services in the Health Care Authority an $1.9 billion for the Department of Corrections. Includes $18.2 billion for K-12 education and $3.4 billion for Higher Ed
	SB5077/ Governor’s Budget (see above)	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	1/14/15 Heard in Senate Ways and Means	S Ways and Means	Most likely House or Senate budget will supplant	See above	See above
	SB5178/ Support specific additional treatment approaches shown to benefit juveniles	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	1/22/15 S Human Services, Mental Health and Housing executive action	S Ways and Means	Needs to be heard	Advocate for passage	Permitted uses of Criminal Justice Treatment Account funds are expanded beginning April 1, 2016, to include peer support, supported housing, supported employment, crisis diversion, recovery support services, vocational training, mental health counseling, and to provide state matching funds for federal Medicaid payments
	HB 1314/ Support Social Safety Net with value captured when polluters cover current external costs of emmissions Companion:SB5283	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	Referred to House policy committee	House Environment	Hearing scheduled for 1:30 pm 1/27/15	Testify in support; lobby committee mbrs	Click Global Warming for how 1314 addresses global warming Provides money through carbon pollution market program to mitigate poverty exacerbated by pollution (subject to appropriation) Provides funding for mass transit ($400 million for transportation) Addresses regressive taxation to benefit neighbors who are poor by partially funding state earned income tax credit (EITC) of up to $1,500/year/family ($50 or 10% of the federal EITC, whichever is >) for 400,000 low-income families

Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1MUkdDb25	HB 1314 / Reverse global warming by charging polluters for external costs (see Social Safety Net to learn how this bill support the needs of the poor) Companion: SB5283	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	First Reading and referred to policy committee	House Environment	Hearing scheduled for 1:30 pm, Tuesday, 1/27/15	Testify in support	Establishes a market-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions program to be implemented by the Department of Ecology. The Green House Gas (GHG) emissions program must limit statewide emissions to levels established for 2020, 2035, and 2050 by requiring facilities, fuel suppliers, and electricity importers whose annual GHG emissions exceed 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent to obtain emissions allowances, beginning July 1, 2016. Businesses, government bodies, and other entities emitting > 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent are required to participate by obtaining (1) auctioned emission allowances or (2) offset credits equal to their expected GHG emissions. Establishes a market-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions program to be implemented by the Department of Ecology. (1)GHG allowances are auctioned by the state (2) Offset projects identified to support trading real, quantifiable, permanent, verifiable, and enforceable GHG emission reductions Biofuel and biomass combustion emissions, landfill and manure emissions, and others are exempted (see bill analysis)
	HB 1449 /Oil Transportation and Safety Act COMPANION: SB5087	Pin it Email https://www.quakervoicewa.org/bt/#dHJrci1zdXBwb3J	First Reading and Referred to policy committee	House Environment	Needs Hearing Scheduled (Tentatively: 1:30 pm, Tuesday, 2/3/15)	Lobby Committee members to support bill; prepare testimony	Prior to 2012 “no significant volume of oil was shipped through Washington by rail” (Audubon). Today’s proposals would move more oil by rail through Washington than would be moved by the Keystone Pipeline were it built. What the Oil Transportation and Safety Act Does (WEC) Gives the public information on how oil is moving through our communities Authorizes common sense oil spill prevention measures Ensures companies carrying oil, not taxpayers, pay for cleaning up all oil spills Provides funding to modernize our system that safeguards communities and waterways

2015 Session Cutoff Calendar

January 12, 2015	First Day of Session
February 20, 2015	Last day to read in committee reports in house of origin, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
February 27, 2015	Last day to read in committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees in house of origin.
March 11, 2015	Last day to consider bills in house of origin (5 p.m.).
April 1, 2015	Last day to read in committee reports from opposite house, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
April 7, 2015	Last day to read in opposite house committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.
April 15, 2015*	Last day to consider opposite house bills (5 p.m.) (except initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, differences between the houses, and matters incident to the interim and closing of the session).
April 26, 2015	Last day allowed for regular session under state constitution.
* After the 94th day, only initiatives, alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, messages pertaining to amendments, differences between the houses, and matters incident to the interim and closing of the session may be considered.