Jennifer Wallace, WACO Executive Director Mike Shaw, WACO Contract Lobbyist Diana Bradrick, WSACA Legislative Committee Chair

Jennifer Wallace, WACO Executive Director
         Mike Shaw, WACO Contract Lobbyist
Diana Bradrick, WSACA Legislative Committee
                                       Chair

Jennifer and Mike:
}   Bills passed in 2020 Session
}   Bills that died in 2020 Session
}   2020 Special Session?
}   Q&A / Comments / Discussion on 2020
Diana:
}   Legislative priorities for 2021 Session
}   Q&B / Comments / Discussion on 2021

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Jerry Pettit              Brenda Chilton
President                 Trustee at Large
Kittitas County Auditor   Benton County Auditor

Thad Duvall               Mary Hall
Trustee at Large          Auditor Trustee
Douglas County Auditor    Thurston County Auditor

Jennifer Wallace, Executive Director

Tim Grisham, Deputy Director

Mike Shaw, Contract Lobbyist

David Foster, Contract Lobbyist

Our partners on WSACA Legislative Committee –
lead by Diana Bradrick

}   Legislature set record for most bills dropped
    in short session
}   5 successful WACO priority bills
}   Dozens of bill on which we supported /
    assisted affiliates with data, advocacy,
    stakeholder engagement

ESHB 2421 (Tarleton) – Even Year Funding
} State reimburse counties for prorated state and federal share
  of primary and general elections in even-numbered years.
} Counties will be required to produce of a local voter's
  pamphlet before each primary, general, or special election.
} Budget included $4.8 million to counties for pre-paid postage

ESB 6313 (Liias) – Youth Voting
} Allows 17 year olds to vote if 18 by the general election.

} Requires that DOL provide an automated process for 16 and
  17 year olds to sign up to register to vote.
} Requires certainty public universities, and any public
  university if requested by the student government, open
  student engagement hubs to provide ballots.
} Provides that OSPI and other entities make civics resources
  and materials available for high school civics courses.

ESHB 2588 (Pollet)– Special Purpose Districts Accountability
} Requires state auditor to report unauditable special purpose
  districts to the county/counties within which the special
  purpose district is located.
} Requires counties to withhold funding from these districts,
  with exceptions to ensure continuity of district services.
} Allows a county legislative authority to dissolve an unauditable
  district after a public hearing and the passage of ordinance.
} Allows counties to assume responsibilities of the district and
  impose an additional levy.

HB 1520 (Morgan)– Election Date on Ballot Envelopes
} County auditors must “prominently display” the date of the
  election on the envelope in which a voter receives a ballot and
  other election materials.

HB 2405 (Duerr) – Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy
and Resiliency financing program
} Establishes a tax increment financing program financed by
  capital providers and administered by counties or the
  Department of Commerce, for energy and resiliency efficiency
  retrofits and new energy efficient construction.
} Establishes that a C-PACER lien, with the consent of other lien
  holders, superior to any other non-tax lien.
} Governor veto – removed Commerce

ESSB 6028 (Pedersen) - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
(UETA)
} Adopts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA).
} Requires electronic records and signatures be given the same
  legal effect as ink signatures and paper records.
} Updates provisions throughout the code to be consistent with
  UETA.

HB 2261 / SB 6184 ( Leavitt)/Randall)- Concerning marriage
licensing and solemnization by County Auditors
} Eliminates 3-day waiting period and allows Auditors to
   solemnize.

EHB 2008 (Hudgins) – Alternate Methods of Ballot Security
} Pilot a one-piece ballot security sleeve and return envelope.

HB 2664 (Lovick) – Sheriff’s Office Qualifications
} Requires candidates for sheriff to show evidence of
  completion of training when filing. Would have required a
  filing fee and created some questions about intention as
  screening.

SSB 6183 (Hunt) – Allowing Service and Overseas Voters to Use
the Common Access Card as a Digital Signature on Election
Material
} SOS would develop rules

ESHB 6238 (Hunt) – Requiring Local Ballot Measure Statement
Members be Registered Voters in the Jurisdiction
} Would require that the committees that develop the
  statements for and against ballot measures that are included
  in local voters’ pamphlets must be composed of registered
  voters in that jurisdiction.

ESSB 6156 (Takko/DOL) – Modifying the Requirements for
Collector Vehicle Registrations
} Increased the fee and establishes 5 year renewal.

WHEN?
}   Likely August

FOCUS?
}   Budget and Revenue

How should we prepare?
}   Generic pleases for avoiding cuts ineffective
}   Have specific examples of what state expectations
    won’t / can’t happen if funds not available

Questions or comments on 2020
before going on to Diana Bradrick
presenting re: 2021 WSACA
Priorities?

Overall – COVID will dominate; funding will need defending

Committee Recommendations:
Recording Committee
} Authoritative Agency – Top priority
} Eliminate 3-day Waiting Period – would like to run it again in
  the future but need to work on stakeholder development first
} Validity of Marriage – Does this need legislation or process
  from DOH? What happens if officiant hasn’t filed the
  certificate, and a presentation copy isn’t available. How to
  prove marriage?
} Elimination of Torrens

Election Committee
} Nothing Proposed

Licensing Committee
} Nothing Proposed

Finance Committee
} Nothing Proposed

Other Suggestions
} Pierce County’s security envelope bill (HB 2008) – Julie
  Anderson
} Support the election security bill that died last year (2293 &
  6293) – Mary Hall
} “Fix” Ferry Replacement funding – Julie Anderson

Questions or discussion on 2021?