Makes 2013-15 state operating appropriations, as requested by Governor Gregoire. (See also HB 1057).   Official Text and Analysis.

Modifies the appropriations submitted originally by Governor Gregoire to reflect the Senate's budget proposal.

Provides $3.7 million in funding for the tobacco quit line. The appropriation assumes revenue resulting from passage of SB 5070 or HB 1750 (cigar lounges). If the bill is not enacted, the appropriation lapses.

Provides funding to increase Working Connections Child Care rates per Senate Bill 5899. Senate Bill 5899 increases base rates for WCCC by 5 percent and child care providers achieving a level 2 or above in Early Achievers will receive an additional 2.5 percent increase in rates for quality. Funding is also provided to Children's Administration for child care payments made for foster children, which utilize WCCC rates.

Provides $20 million for the Washington student achievement council to distribute among the two- and four-year institutions of higher education for enrollments in STEM and apprenticeship programs in order to maximize the number of STEM graduates produced within four years.

Provides funding for the Washington State Economic Development Commission out of the General Fund.

Directs the superintendent of public instruction to increase the emphasis on career and technical education, consistent with SB 5818.

Restores funding for the Community Mobilization Grant in the Department of Commerce.

Requires appropriation to be included solely for operation of council as required by statute and executive order. Requires that members cannot receive compensation, per diem, or reimbursement for activities other than for meetings of the council and where public comment is provided on all agenda items upon which the council proposes to take action. Requires council to comply with regulatory fairness act.

Restores maintenance level funding in the Department of Commerce for housing programs appropriated from the Home Security Fund and the Affordable Housing for All Account (Homeless Housing Program, Operations and Maintenance, and Emergency Shelter Homelessness). Transfers $2,500,000 of additional monies to the Transitional Housing Operating and Rent Account, $7,500,000 total transfer.

Provides funding to remove the cap on household size in the TANF grant program.

Reinstates funding for cash assistance to disabled clients and increases the aged cash grant from the $99 per month back to the current $197 per month. Reinstates funding for incapacity examinations related to determining if clients are disabled. Funding for state SSI facilitation is not provided. Facilitation will be conducted by local managed care providers.

Provides funding to reduce class sizes in kindergarten and grade one, in high-poverty schools, from 24.1 to 20.0 students per class.

Increases the net hospital share in the Hospital Safety Net Assessment program to be 110 percent of the state general fund share.

Removes proviso language prohibiting the authorization of application and processing fees and sets a sunset for the caps on fees that state parks may charge for use of state park facilities for utility crossings for January 1, 2014.

Increases the general fund state funding provided to the Department of Social and Health Services for a criminal street gang prevention and intervention grant program.

Restores the 5 percent reduction to the Office of Education Ombudsman in the Governor's Office that was enacted in 2012.

Makes technical correction to align budget bill with amendments adopted by Senate Ways & Means Committee.

Removes appropriations in the Department of Labor and Industries from the Medical Aid Account-State ($32,0000) and the Accident Account-State ($176,000) to implement SB 5123 (farm internships). A General Fund-State appropriation of $208,000 is provided to implement SB 5123.

Restores personal care hours provided to DSHS Long-term Care clients for housekeeping and shopping.

Requires the Department of Health to begin a Hepatitis C screening program for those individuals born between 1946 and 1956.

Provides an appropriation of $11,300,000 for the superior courts case management system from the Judicial Information System (JIS) Account.

Removes the transfer of $12.5 million from the UW Hospital Account to the General Fund.

Restores the full liquor excise tax distribution to cities and counties. The distribution was reduced by 50%.

Provides separately-provisoed funding for Nurse Corps.

Restores the maintenance level funding increase for the Mental Health division to conduct background checks for persons applying to purchase firearms.

Requires the Department of Ecology to maintain the current lease on the Bellingham Field Office.

Requires the liquor control board, the department of health, and the department of revenue to develop recommendations for the legislature for rules and regulations regarding the integration of medical marijuana provisions and the provisions of I-502.

Removes the $10,842,000 increased appropriation from the Enhanced 911 Account in the Military Department and the $10,842,000 GF-S decrease. Deletes the amendment of the Enhanced 911 Account in Part IX of the bill.

Enacts the Senate proposal for 2013-15 biennial appropriations for the various agencies and programs of the state, including appropriations for general government agencies, human services programs, natural resources agencies, and education institutions. For additional information, see the budget summary materials published by the Senate Ways & Means Committee which are available on the Internet at http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM.

Provides that near General Fund-State and Opportunity Pathways appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium are reduced in the 2013 Supplemental Operating Budget by $30.2 million; the total budget is reduced by $5.1 million. Near General Fund-State and Opportunity Pathways appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium total $34.5 billion..

Reduces insurance allocations for part-time K-12 employees by making part-time employees eligible for health benefits at the same level as required by the employer shared responsibility requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act.

Provides funding for the Department of Commerce to establish a grant program for agricultural labor skills and safety. One community-based organization will be selected as a recipient..

Revises the formula for the Department of Social and Health Services to distribute $15,800,000 in reductions to regional support networks related to expected savings in state general fund dollars associated with the implementation of the medicaid expansion of the affordable care act in fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015.

Directs the Department of Health to develop and administer the certified home care aide examination translated into at least seven additional languages.

Removes a section that amended RCW 15.76.115 to reduce the statutory transfer of $2 million General Fund-State per fiscal year to the nonappropriated Fair Fund to $1.5 million General Fund- State per fiscal year to the Fair Fund within the Department of Agriculture.

Directs the Student Achievement Council Office of Financial Aid to increase state need grant awards for students attending eligible private nonprofit baccalaureate institutions from their current maximum amount ($8,517) to an amount equal to what that student would receive if they were to attend a public research university ($10,868).

Decreases distributions by the Director of the Office of Financial Management to Grant County by $21,000 and increases distributions to Yakima County $183,000 for extraordinary criminal justice costs.

Increases the general fund-state appropriations for the implementation of the Washington Kindergarten Inventory and Developing Skills (WaKIDS) program.

Prohibits the Department of Fish and Wildlife from expending any resources to block or close access roads, with exceptions, in three Washington state counties.

Provides funds to the Department of Natural Resources for use in purchasing and exchanging lands for certain bedlands and shorelands of the Cowlitz River now owned by the city of Castle Rock as the result of flooding.

Increases the appropriation for K-12 eduction to add funding for the Mobius Science Center for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

Increases appropriation of the death investigation account--state for the Forensic Investigation Council to implement and maintain a statewide case management system.

Corrects the general fund-state proviso amounts for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 in the Department of Social and Health Services Economic Services Program for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1971 (communication services) to reflect the amounts assumed in the appropriated funding levels.

Replaces a proviso specifying General Fund-State funds for transferring trout from one hatchery to another and increasing fish production at one hatchery, into two separate provisos and increases total General Fund-State for these activities by $300,000. Replaces $100,000 in State Wildlife Account funding with $100,000 in General Fund-State for work related to increasing fish production on the Cowlitz River within the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Provides that specified state agencies must comply with requirements related to unmanned aircraft. The state agency must receive explicit legislative approval before procuring a drone.

Provides that no appropriation made to a state agency may be used for agency rulemaking during the 2013-15 biennium except for rules needed to implement a federal law and the rule is not more stringent than federal law.

Requires state and local governments to make decisions for application for certain permits, variances, etc., within 90 days and provides for an alternate appeals process.

Provides that near General Fund-State and Opportunity Pathways appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium are reduced in the 2013 Supplemental Operating Budget by $30.2 million; the total budget is reduced by $5.1 million. Near General Fund-State and Opportunity Pathways appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium total $34.5 billion. The total budget (all funds) is $67.5 billion..

Makes appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium.For additional information, see the budget summary materials published by the Senate Ways & Means Committee which are available on the Internet at http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/.

Modifies appropriations for the 2013-15 biennium..

Makes approppriations for the various agencies and programs of the statefor the 2013-15 biennium. The bill adds $1.5 billion more to K-12 education; includes $240 million for a learning assistance program for high poverty schools, and $41 million to phase in expansion of full day kindergarten. Cost-of-living raises for teachers are repealed and the assumed $320 million are redirected to basic education. The bill aalso moves forward with a federally funded Medicaid expansion that is assumed to save the state $320 million.

Strikes the original bill and replaces it with the version that passed..

Prohibits the state from implementing federal Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act · Removes federal funding to implement federal Medicaid Expansion · Removes general fund state savings offsets from Medicaid Expansion · Removes requirement to withdraw from Medicaid Expansion if the federal government does not continue to provide 100 percent matching funds in 2013-15 · Removes all provisos that reference policy change contingent on Medicaid Expansion found in DSHS Mental Health and Health Care Authority.

Appropriates the funds for state programs and agencies for the 2013-15 biennium, as well as making supplemental appropriations for 2011-13. The General Fund budget totals $ 33.6 billion and includes an additional $1 billion for public schools. It also freezes higher education tuition rates for one year. Overall, the budget is about $2.5 billion more than the 2011-13 budget ($31.1 billion.) The budget considerations contain about $300 million saved by suspending cost-of-living increases for education employees (See HB 2043) and about $ 85 million by ending the sales tax exemption on residential phone land lines (see HB 1971)..