HomeMy WebLinkAboutREG 2018-05-07 Item 2 - Presentation - 2018 Legislative Session Report0
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Agenda
Legislative Overview
2018 Budgets
Tukwila Priorities
Additional Issue Areas of Interest
Looking Ahead and Next Steps
Legislative Overview
6o -day supplemental legislative session
Washington State Supreme Court Order on Basic Education
Began the 2018 Legislative Session with continued disagreement on the
Hirst decision and no biennial capital budget
Public Records Lawsuit Against the Legislature
There were 2,064 House bills and 1,647 Senate bills introduced.
Ultimately, 310 bills passed into law.
2018 Budgets
General Fund Operating (Supplemental)
• Utilizes $935 million from the Budget Stabilization Account
• .3o cent/$1,000 property tax reduction in 2019
• Provides $1.2 billion to meet the Supreme Court Order on funding Basic Education
• For local governments, no changes to liquor revenue sharing distributions, restored marijuana revenue
sharing and provided additional basic law enforcement academy funding for one class.
Capital Budget (Biennial and Supplemental)
• Biennial budget appropriated $2.72 billion in state bond proceeds, including funding for 195 local
and community projects.
• Supplemental budget appropriated an additional $198 million in general obligation bonds with
fundingprovided for an additional local and communityprojects.
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Transportation (Supplemental)
• $36o,000 for the Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) to evaluate city transportation funding needs
with a report due to the Legislature on June 3o, 2019.
• Two JTC studies on transportation network companies with reports due January 14, 2019.
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Tukwila Legislative Priorities
Transportation and Infrastructure
Housing and Human Services
• $107 million investment in the Housing Trust Fund
• Passage of HB 1570 to increase the document recording fee and make it permanent
• Funding related to provisions of HB 2489 regarding opioid treatment
Shared Revenue
Streamlined Sales Tax Mitigation
• Funded $2o.6 million in the remainder of 2017-19 to continue to support streamlined sales tax
mitigation commitments.
Revenue Reform
Education
Law Enforcement
Preserve Lodging Tax Flexibility
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Additional Issue Areas of Interest
Whatcom v. Hirst (SB 6091)
Voting Rights Act (SB 6002)
Body Worn Cameras (SB 6408)
Carbon Tax (SB 6203)
State Infrastructure Bank (SB 6375)
Small Cell Facilities (SB 5935 and HB 2592)
Public Records Reform (SB 6617)
Wrongful Death (SB 6015)
Use of Force (Initiative 940 and HB 3003)
Looking Ahead and Next Steps
Changes in the 2019 Legislature
Multiple Retirement Announcements
All of the House and Half of the Senate up for Election
Legislative Delegation Meetings
Develop 2019 Legislative Agenda