Official Text and Analysis.

Expands the background investigation requirements for persons applying for peace officer, reserve officer, and corrections officer positions. • Expands the conduct for which the certification of a peace officer or a corrections officer may be revoked.

Modifies the priorities and composition of the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC). • Expands the background investigation requirements for persons applying for peace officer, reserve officer, and corrections officer positions. • Expands the conduct for which the certification of a peace officer or a corrections officer may be revoked. • Requires employing agencies to report all separation and disciplinary matters regarding a certified officer to the CJTC. • Removes confidentiality of complaints, investigations, and disciplinary actions for certified officers and requires information be maintained on a publicly searchable database.

(1) Removes certain responsibilities from the CJTC. (2) Changes commission membership. (3) Removes ability to suspend certification. (4) Changes the background check process. (5) Clarifies circumstances requiring decertification. (6) Restores current law regarding public disclosure of investigative files. (7) Clarifies duty to report decertification actions to the national index.

Adds a referendum clause to submit the bill to a vote of the people.

Requires the commission to await notification of a finding from the employing agency before proceeding with disciplinary proceedings.

Clarifies that suspension of an officer's certification cannot be the sole basis for not continuing to maintain the officer's retirement or health care benefits.

Requires clear, cogent, and convincing evidence in an administrative hearing to determine whether an officer's certification should be denied or revoked.

Removes superfluous language regarding compliance with laws during delivery of law enforcement and correctional services..

Clarifies that all Washington law enforcement may require applicants to take a psychological examination.

Removes suspension as a power or duty of the criminal justice training commission.

Changes the definition of "reserve officer" to exclude limited authority peace officers, persons employed as security by public institutions, and persons employed for the purpose of providing security to a public school.

Removes security guards at public institutions and K-12 public schools from the definition of "reserve officer.

Removes language stating that when this act conflicts with collective bargaining agreements, this act will control.

Removes language stating that a civil penalty may be levied in addition to disciplinary action.

Restores use of term "prisoners" in the definition of "corrections officer.".

Restores one police chief and one sheriff to the Washington state criminal justice training commission.

Restores current law and adds two additional members of the public (one additional east of the cascades and one additional west of the cascades) to the Criminal Justice Training Commission.

Nonaction by the employing agency precludes action by the CJTC to suspend or revoke an officer's certification.

Removes the prohibition against the tribal member having previously been employed in the last 10 years as a peace officer.

Removes language related to a duty to intervene and report conduct that is not currently in RCW from the mandatory decertification subsection.

Adds a hold harmless provision for agency and prior employers for potential liability arising from the release of information.

Removes language regarding social media access by the Criminal Justice Training Commission.

Adds another member of law enforcement with at least 10 years of experience to the Washington state criminal justice training commission.

Declares the entire act invalid if any provision of the act is held to be invalid.

Aligns the hearings panel for hearing a certification action of a tribal police officer with the composition of a hearings panel for a peace officer or corrections officer by removing the member who is a certified Washington peace officer and adding a member of the public who is not a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, or law enforcement officer.

Changes the annual summary reporting requirement to a biennial requirement.

Removes the additional requirement that one commission member of the certification hearing panel for a correctional or tribal officer must be a civilian and allows them to be either a civilian with oversight or auditing experience over law enforcement, or one of five private persons, or a tribal member under RCW 43.101.030(1) (f) through (h).

Adds a section that clarifies which provisions control when this act conflicts with other regulations, ordinances, MOUs, policies, practices, or CBAs.

Restores the current law definition of convicted regarding nolo contendere pleas.

Removes duplicative language regarding the priorities of the Criminal Justice Training Commission.

Removes provisions that change duties of the CJTC. Removes changes to CJTC certification authority. Retains changes to Commission composition and meeting schedule. Retains reporting requirements.

Restores current RCW 43.101.180.

Restores current law regarding public disclosure of contents of personnel action reports.

Removes elected peace officers from definition of "law enforcement personnel.".

Clarifies who may submit a written complaint to the commission.

Removes language authorizing the commission's ability to proceed with discipline regardless of whether an arbitrator or other appellate decision maker overturns the discipline imposed by the officer's employing agency or whether the agency settles an appeal of that action that precludes action by the Criminal Justice Training Commission.