Official Text and Analysis.

Provides direction to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to convene a stakeholder group regarding fisheries and report findings.

Freezes resident undergraduate tuition operating fees in the 2017-19 biennium.

Provides $75,000 for the State Treasurer to establish a task force on public infrastructure and a publicly owned depository.

Restores funding for the training partnership. Provides funding for a collective bargaining agreement with the Coalition of Unions.

Restores $21,000,000 in General Fund-State funding that was removed to be offset by funds from the national Volkswagen consumer protection settlement.

Restores funding for the homeless student stability program which links homeless students and their families with stable housing.

Restores funding for the Young Adult Shelter Beds program; Young Adult Housing program; the Homeless Student Stability program; and the Housing and Essential Needs program. Restores funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Diversion Cash Assistance programs; and restores funding for participation in the Aged, Blind, or Disabled program for individuals who are pending approval for federal Supplemental Security Income benefits.

Requires Commerce, Corrections, Early learning, 33 Enterprise Services (DES), Social and Health Services and Health Care Authority to include a provision in contract or other agreement that requires equality among its workers by ensuring similarly employed individuals are compensated as equals.

Requires the Office of the Insurance Commissioner to maintain current requirements for preventative services required for health plans that were in effect as of December 31, 2016 as well as guidance and rules for exceptions.

Restores and provides federal funding and provides local funding for the Medicaid transformation demonstration waiver for both Health Care Authority and Department of Social and Health Services - Mental Health Program.

Provides $192,000 per biennium to establish a toll-free telephone hotline and a web site with the capacity to refer callers and users to sources of information and assistance for victims of hate crimes or harassment due to their actual or perceived immigration, national origin or citizenship related status.

Increases the minimum per pupil guarantee from $12,500 to $14,865 for the 2018-19 school year.

Modifies the supplemental per pupil calculation for the learning assistance program by replacing the use of the poverty census data for estimating the number of students who qualify with an estimate of the number of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

Freezes resident undergraduate tuition operating fees in the 2017-19 biennium, backfills the loss of tuition revenue, and provides funding to expand the State Need Grant program.

Funding is provided to create the Intergenerational Poverty Advisory Committee to 1) Reduce the overall percentage of people living below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level by fifty percent by the year 2025; and 2) Prevent and address adverse childhood experiences and the trauma of children who are living in poverty through the provision of effective services..

Increasing appropriations for statewide supervision activities for career and technical education student leadership organizations.

Provides funding to cities and counties for 24/7 sobriety programs through the agreements with the Washington 18 association of sheriffs and police chiefs. The funding and grants are contingent on the passage of Senate Bill No. 5161.

Reduces the OSPI Washington state assessment system appropriation to reflect the elimination of the high school graduation requirement of meeting the state standard on state assessments. Redirects the $21 million in savings into increasing MSOC for students in CTE and skill center programs in SY 2017-18.

Provides additional funding for Western Washington University's resident undergraduate science, technology,mathematics, and science (STEM) enrollments.

Provides funding for the University of Washington to establish a pre-law program in Tacoma in preparation for a law school.

Incorporates amendments pertaining to the nonviolence and leadership training program program provided by the institute for community leadership and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program that were adopted in the Senate Ways and Means Committee but were inadvertently omitted during engrossing of the bill.

Biennial appropriations for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium for the various agencies and programs of the state are enacted, including appropriations for general government agencies, human services programs, natural resources agencies, and education institutions. Budget summary materials are available online at www.fiscal.wa.gov under the Bills & Documents header.

Provides an additional $5 million to fund Naselle Youth Camp at the Juvenile Rehabilitation program within the Department of Social and Health Services.

Requires the Department of Ecology to make a particular water right available for purchase to the City of Pasco. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to manage a particular piece of land as commercial land use by January 1, 2018, or begin the process of selling the land.

Requires the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to report on the status of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and general permit on the use of Imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp. If the SEIS or general permit have not been completed by a certain time, Ecology must report on their status and steps to be taken to complete them by the 2018 oyster growing season.

Increases the General Fund-State appropriations for the Department of Commerce to create El Nuevo Camino Pilot Project for the purpose of addressing serious youth gang problems in midsize counties in eastern Washington.

Appropriations and provisos are added related to the 2016 ruling of the state Supreme Court in Volk v. DeMeerleer. Volk held that mental health professionals who have a special relationship with a patient in an outpatient setting have a duty to act consistently with the standards of the mental health profession to protect the foreseeable victims of the patient.

Increases the General Fund-State appropriations for the Department of Commerce to provide a grant for dispute resolution centers.

Reduces the Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) General Fund-State funding for the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem 18 Restoration Project by a total of $200,000 and limits the remaining funding to projects not in Whatcom County. Provides a total of $200,000 General Fund-State to WDFW to provide to the South Lynden Watershed Improvement District to assist the Portage Bay Partnership for activities related to water quality improvements and fecal coliform DNA speciation in Whatcom County.

Requires the Liquor and Cannabis Board to establish a method to allow the inspection of a marijuana processor's facilities and equipment to be carried out by a person or entity other than a local fire code official, if the local fire code official does not perform such inspections.

Removes $2.29 million GF-S from the Department of Commerce for identifying and investing in strategic growth areas, for supporting key sectors, and for aligning existing economic development programs and priorities. Appropriates $2.29 million GF-S for expenditure into the Statewide Tourism Marketing Account created under HB 1123 (concerning tourism marketing). The funding lapses if the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2017.

Directs the Military Department to provide financial assistance to Island County, Skagit County, and Cowlitz County to replace analog 911 telephone equipment and upgrade local E911 centers..

Directs the Department of Commerce to prioritize funding for sober-living housing before low and no-barrier housing.

Appropriates $4,000,000 from the Education Legacy Trust Account to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement accounting and information technology changes that enable districts to report programs and activities that are funded by maintenance and operation levies.

Provides a decrease in general fund-state appropriations for the Department of Licensing for the firearms backlog.

Prohibits the Medical Assistance program in the Health Care Authority and the Reproductive Health and Wellness program in the Department of Health (DOH) from paying for abortions that are not deemed medically necessary by the patient's primary care physician.

Expresses the legislature's intent to study the feasibility of acquiring certain federal lands for possible inclusion in various trust lands managed by the department of natural resources.

Provides funding for 60 Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program slots for six hour classes in the summer of 2018 for a school district east of the Cascade mountains with a population of more than 17,000 but less than 19,000 students and with a high percentage of poverty and english language learner students.

Within appropriated amounts, requires that three foster parent liaisons be provided in each of the three DSHS regions statewide to enhance the working relationship between agency case workers and foster parents.

Reduces the General Fund-State appropriation for the Department of Commerce by $200,000. Removes funding for an analysis of and report on the electricity system in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.

Provides $700,000 within the Department of Commerce to provide a grant for a jail diversion program at the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.

Requires the Department of Corrections to pay workers' compensation premiums for inmates participating in class IV or V correctional industries programs. Provisos a total of $403,000 general-fund state dollars for these purposes.

Increases the payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) the Department of Fish and Wildlife makes to counties by removing language that set the payment amounts in the operating budget and increasing the amount of funding provided for this purpose.

Directs the Military Department to reimburse Island, Skagit, and Cowlitz counties first if funding is available forgrants to replace analog 911 telephone equipment and upgrade local E911 centers.

Decreases the General-Fund State appropriations by amounts provided to implement provisions to raise revenue. Prohibits the Department of Revenue from using appropriations to collect or enforce any tax levied on any portion of an individual’s gross income that is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Decreases the General-Fund State appropriation by $10,991,000. Prohibits the Department of Revenue from using appropriations to collect or enforce a tax on out of state retailers with no physical presence under the Quill Corp. v. North Dakota standard.

Decreases the General-Fund State appropriation for the Department of Revenue by $2,266,000. Prohibits the Department of Revenue from using appropriations to collect or enforce a business and occupation tax rates in excess of the rates existing on January 1, 2017 for multiple specified business activities.

Decreases the General-Fund State appropriation by $11,000. Prohibits the Department of Revenue from using appropriations to collect or enforce a graduated real estate excise tax.

Requires the Health Care Authority to include additional cost and dental utilization related questions as part of their request for information for the administration of the Medicaid dental program.

Provides funding for the implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1802, which creates the Veterans' In-State Service Shared Leave Pool (VISSLP) and permits certain state employees who are veterans or spouses caring for them to access shared leave from the VISSLP.

Striker amendment, replacing the original bill with the contents of HB 1076.

Provides an increase in general fund-state appropriations in the 2017-2019 biennium for the Washington State Historical Society for the Washington Women's History Consortium to prepare for a 2020 statewide commemoration of women's suffrage.

Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to consult with affected tribes and landowners in Skagit County to develop and implement a plan to address elk-related agricultural damage and vehicular collisions.

Exempts salary increments provided with local resources during the 2017-19 biennium from the requirement that compensation and salary increases not exceed the amount or percentage established in the Omnibus Operating Budget, as allocated to each community or technical college's board of trustees by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Legislative intent is declared to ensure continued operation of public schools and compensation of public school staff. If a judicial ruling orders public school closures or invalidates state appropriations for public schools, the Governor is authorized to direct the Treasurer to permit expenditures from the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA) for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate to school districts under basic education funding formulae.

Prevents state agency travel expenditures or reimbursements for travel to Seattle until either the West Point wastewater treatment plant returns to full operation or the 2017-19 biennium ends. Makes the prohibition subject to the approval of agency leadership, and creates exceptions, such as emergencies and court orders.

Omnibus operating budget bills introduced or publicly proposed by legislators or legislative caucuses during the 2017-19 fiscal biennium must be based on existing revenue laws. Legislators or legislative caucuses may introduce or propose budget bills that rely on changes to revenue laws only as appendices to budgets that are based on existing revenue laws.

Requires the Treasurer to transfer $12 million from the 28 State Treasurer's Service Account to the State General Fund during 29 the 2017-19 biennium. Requires the Treasurer to transfer $5 million from the Financial Services Regulation Account to the State General Fund during the 2017-19 biennium. Includes or modifies language related to legislative intent for the policy of transfers from the two accounts and the Criminal Justice Treatment Account in subsequent biennia.

Establishes a moratorium for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium on executive branch agency development and adoption of non-critical rules..

Removes a statutory change to the Fair Fund that prevents the State Treasurer from transferring $2 million per fiscal year from General Fund-State to the Fair Fund.

Provides funding to the Office of the Superintendent 34 of Public Instruction to convene the Erin's Law task force to create a curriculum and model policy for the prevention of sexual abuse of children.

Requires the Department of Health (DOH), with a nongovernmental entity, to develop minimum standards for a child safety policy for organizations that provide recreational programming for youth.

(1) Requires the Washington State Institution for Public Policy (WSSIP), using funding from the Liquor Revolving Account, to prepare a report to the Legislature by December 30, 2017 regarding: (1) a comparison of the different obligations of counties and cities under statute and under the Washington State Constitution; (2) a comparison of the regional effects of court decisions and state policies on local governments; (3) an assessment of whether state services provided by local governments on behalf of the state are provided equitably across different regions, and (4) recommendations for appropriately distributing obligations and revenues between local governments.