BUSINESSES
   (See also ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT; CORPORATIONS; DISCRIMINATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS; INDIANS; LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES; MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, OFFICE; PARTNERSHIPS; TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS, CREDITS, DEDUCTIONS, DEFERRALS, ETC.; TOWING AND TOW TRUCKS; WAGES AND HOURS) |
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Adult entertainment establishments, sexually oriented live, admission fee:
HB 2530, SHB 2530, SB 6484 |
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Amusement services, simplifying taxation:
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HB 1550, CH 169 (2015) |
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Asphalt production facilities, notice of construction order of approval, updated:
HB 2385 |
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Assistance programs and services, consolidating through creation of office for regulatory innovation and assistance:
SB 6669, SSB 6669 |
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Auto malls, directional signs on state highways, authorizing DOT installation, when:
HB 2555, SB 6468 |
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Automotive dealers and repair facilities, records in electronic form, retaining:
HB 2512, SB 6326,
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SSB 6326, CH 16 (2016) V |
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Beekeepers, tax preferences:
SB 5017,
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ESSB 6057, CH 6 (2015) |
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Biometric identifiers, attaining and using for commercial purposes and disclosing, requirements, prohibitions, and actions:
HB 1094, 2ESHB 1094 |
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Canine kenneling and boarding facilities, on land zoned for agriculture:
HB 2735 |
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Car rental and sharing companies, discover pass bulk sales to and agency partnerships with:
SB 6140 |
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Car rental businesses, vehicle license cost recovery fee charged by:
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HB 2322, CH 18 (2016) |
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Car rental businesses, violations applicable to rental cars, renter responsibility, when:
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SB 5100, CH 189 (2015) |
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Charter party and excursion service carriers, regulation of, various provisions:
HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5362,
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SSB 5362, CH 233 (2015) |
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Cigar lounge or retail tobacconist shop, retail license endorsement for, requirements:
HB 1296, SHB 1296, SB 5917 |
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Collection agencies, account level documentation, agency personal review of, requirements:
SB 6649 |
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Collection agencies, credit card payment transaction fees:
SHB 1054, SSB 5222 |
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Collection agencies, debt collection legal actions, service of summons and complaint, when:
SB 6628 |
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Collection agencies, electronic payment transaction fees:
HB 1054, SB 5222 |
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Collection agencies, medical liens, authority for use and requirements:
HB 1503,
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SHB 1503, CH 201 (2015) |
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Collection agencies, recouping local homeless housing and assistance document-recording surcharge, when:
HB 1649, SB 5536 |
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Commercial transportation services providers, regulating of:
ESHB 2131,
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HB 2516, CH 21 (2016), HB 2733,
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ESSB 5550, CH 236 (2015), SB 6444 |
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Computer data centers, eligible server equipment installed in, sales and use tax exemptions:
HB 2011, SB 5827, SSB 5827,
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ESSB 6057, CH 6 (2015) |
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Consumer reporting agencies, consumer credit report security freeze, requesting:
HB 2859,
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SHB 2859, CH 135 (2016) |
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Consumer reporting agencies, prohibiting eviction records in reports, when:
HB 1460, SB 5376, SSB 5376 |
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Contracts, entered into and canceled over internet:
HB 1099 |
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Cottage food operations, adding certain candies to list of foods:
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HB 1622, CH 203 (2015) |
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Cottage food operations, maximum sales limit for permit:
HB 1742,
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SB 5603, CH 196 (2015) |
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Cottage food operations, tetrahydrocannabinol concentration in product ingredients:
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HB 1622, CH 203 (2015) |
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Credit reports, consumer security freeze, requesting:
HB 2859,
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SHB 2859, CH 135 (2016) |
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Credit reports, prohibiting eviction records in, when:
HB 1460, SB 5376, SSB 5376 |
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Crowdfunding donations, via online fundraising portal, tax exemptions for rewards received for:
HB 2655, SHB 2655 |
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Data, sale of smart metering system data, tax on persons receiving income from:
HB 2119 |
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Debt adjusting services, various provisions:
HB 1283,
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SHB 1283, CH 167 (2015), HB 1488, HB 1489, HB 1490, SB 5485, SSB 5485 |
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Debt management services, regulating:
HB 1489 |
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Debt settlement services, licensure of providers:
ESSB 5321 |
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Debt settlement services, registration of providers:
HB 1398, SB 5321 |
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Disadvantaged business enterprise advisory committee, creating within transportation commission:
SB 6180 |
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Economic gardening pilot project, creating within department of commerce:
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ESB 6100, CH 212 (2016) |
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Electronic signatures and records, broader use of, authorizing:
HB 1920, SHB 1920, SB 5810,
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ESSB 5810, CH 72 (2015) |
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Employment agencies or directories, repealing most provisions and prohibiting prospective employee fee:
SB 6522 |
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Employment agencies, repealing employment agency act:
SB 5007 |
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Equine boarding facilities, on land zoned for agriculture:
HB 2735 |
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Exchange facilitators and facilitator companies, regulation of:
HB 2916 |
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Excursion service and charter party carriers, regulation of, various provisions:
HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5362,
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SSB 5362, CH 233 (2015) |
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Farmers markets, sales by wineries, microbreweries, or craft distilleries:
SB 5353, SSB 5353 |
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Farmers markets, serving spirits samples, endorsement for:
HB 1976 |
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Farmers markets, spirits sales by distilleries and craft distilleries:
HB 1976, SHB 1976, SB 5353, SSB 5353,
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E2SSB 5353, CH 194 (2015) |
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Farmers markets, wine and beer samples at, wineries and microbreweries offering:
HB 2641, SB 6390 |
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Fast-food establishments, noncompetition agreements, voiding:
HB 2406 |
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Financial information of consumers, data breach notification by businesses:
HB 1078,
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ESHB 1078, CH 64 (2015), SB 5047 |
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Fire suppression resource contractors, use by DNR:
HB 1509 |
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Firearms, transportation or storage in private vehicle, lawful, business policy prohibiting, to be unlawful:
HB 2951 |
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Fishing guides, commercial license for, when employer-purchased:
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HB 1232, CH 103 (2015) |
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Fishing guides, food and game fish guide and salmon and nonsalmon charter boat operator combination license, creating:
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SSB 5824, CH 97 (2015) PV |
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Fishing guides, food or game fish or chartering, licensing requirements and violations:
SB 5824,
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SSB 5824, CH 97 (2015) PV |
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Floral or ornamental products businesses, misrepresenting geographic location:
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EHB 1422, CH 168 (2015) |
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Floral products businesses, misrepresenting geographic location on web site:
SB 5224 |
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Food establishments, college on-campus, student use of electronic benefit transfer cards at:
HB 1820, SB 5794 |
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Food processing, B&O tax preferences, extending expiration dates:
HB 1823, SB 5698,
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ESSB 6057, CH 6 (2015) |
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Food service, time-temperature standards, Asian rice-based noodles and Korean rice cakes:
HB 2744,
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SB 6398, CH 20 (2016) V |
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Food trucks, beer and/or wine license for:
HB 1108 |
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For hire vehicles, persons owning or leasing, industrial insurance provisions:
HB 1821, SB 5710 |
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For hire vehicles, surety bonds and liability insurance, state regulatory preemption:
HB 2733 |
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Government, business interactions with, one-stop integrated system for:
SB 6222 |
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Grocery stores, on-tap cider and beer sales, endorsement for certain licensees, conditions:
HB 1198, SHB 1198, SB 5280,
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SSB 5280, CH 192 (2015) |
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Income share agreements, with higher education students, origination regulation and originator licensing:
HB 1923, SHB 1923 |
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Internet companies, including security and cloud, sales to gaming companies outside the state:
HB 2723 |
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Investment income B&O tax deduction for certain businesses, eliminating:
HB 1483 |
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Investment management services, international, preferential B&O tax rate for, eliminating:
HB 2996 |
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Legal service contractors and plans, regulation of:
HB 1177, SB 5412 |
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Licensing, business licensing service, disclosure of information for commercial purposes, prohibiting:
SB 6438, SSB 6438 |
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Licensing, local business tax and licensing simplification task force, establishing:
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EHB 2959, CH 55 (2016) |
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Life alert services, contact information for subscribers, providing to first responders:
SB 5346 |
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Limousine operators owning or leasing vehicle, industrial insurance provisions:
HB 1821, SB 5710 |
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Locksmith services, regulation of:
HB 1064, SHB 1064, SB 5296,
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SSB 5296, CH 28 (2015) |
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Log transportation businesses, public utility tax credit, when:
SB 6121 |
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Marijuana, businesses, product traceability and operations information disclosure exemption, when:
HB 2584,
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SHB 2584, CH 178 (2016), ESB 6207 |
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Marijuana, common carrier transportation of, rules for licensing:
HB 1776, SHB 2136,
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), HB 2162, SB 5051, SSB 5051, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, comprehensive marijuana market reform, regulation and taxation:
SHB 2136,
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, delivery, retailer license endorsement pilot program:
HB 2368, SHB 2368 |
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Marijuana, legal market for, facilitating through youth protection, crime reduction, and collateral education funding act:
HB 2998 |
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Marijuana, licensing of businesses, entities holding certificate of authority:
HB 2364, SHB 2364, 2SHB 2364 |
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Marijuana, marijuana clubs, legalizing, when:
SB 6375 |
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Marijuana, marijuana clubs, prohibition:
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, marijuana lounges, retailer's license endorsement for:
HB 2693 |
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Marijuana, plants, sale by licensed producers to cooperatives:
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HB 2520, CH 170 (2016), SB 6304 |
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Marijuana, producers and processors, personal services and promotional items for retailers:
HB 2802, SHB 2802, SB 6341,
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SSB 6341, CH 17 (2016) V |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, creating Washington publicly owned trust as sole depository for:
SB 5971 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, excise tax and revenues, provisions:
HB 1412, HB 1414, HB 2008, SHB 2136,
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), HB 2162, SB 5417, SSB 5417, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, marijuana tax reform:
HB 2008 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, minors entering or being served by retailers, crimes related to:
HB 2522, SB 6302 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, miscellaneous provisions:
HB 2008, SHB 2136,
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), HB 2162, SB 5417, SSB 5417, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, prohibiting, process and conditions:
HB 1412, HB 1438, SHB 1438, HB 2162 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, retail outlet unsellable marijuana disposal:
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HB 2521, CH 171 (2016), SB 6303 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, retailer authority to sell marijuana merchandise:
HB 2365 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, siting of:
HB 1335, HB 1411, HB 1413, HB 1907, SHB 2136,
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), HB 2162, SB 5417, SSB 5417, SB 5450, SB 5572, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, recreational businesses, vending machines or drive through, prohibition:
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), SB 5903, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, regulation of, state preemption of production, processing, and retail sale regulation:
HB 2998 |
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Marijuana, research facilities, siting of:
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2E2SHB 2136, CH 4 (2015), SB 5572, SB 6136 |
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Marijuana, retail sale, excise taxation, decreasing rate of:
HB 2998 |
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Marijuana, retailers with medical endorsement, plant and seed sales to:
HB 2696 |
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Marijuana, state cannabis industry and economic development committee, establishing:
SB 5858 |
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Meat facilities, custom, annual custom meat license for:
HB 1522 |
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Medical businesses, medical liens, authority for use and requirements:
HB 1503,
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SHB 1503, CH 201 (2015) |
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Monitoring agencies, for electronic home detention monitoring, requirements:
SB 5766, SSB 5766 |
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Monitoring agencies, for electronic monitoring of criminal offenders, requirements:
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EHB 1943, CH 287 (2015) |
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Movers, local rural license, creating:
SB 5669 |
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Music licensing agencies, regulating:
HB 1763, SHB 1763,
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E2SHB 1763, CH 38 (2016) |
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Music, performing rights societies, regulating:
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E2SHB 1763, CH 38 (2016) |
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Networking services, excluding providers from gambling information transmissions prohibitions, when:
SB 6566 |
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New businesses, B&O tax credit:
SB 5339 |
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New businesses, B&O tax deferral:
SSB 5339 |
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Noncompetition agreements, voiding, when:
HB 1577, HB 1926, HB 2406, HB 2931, SB 6625 |
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Opportunity, certificates of restoration of, comprehensive provisions:
HB 1553,
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2ESHB 1553, CH 81 (2016) |
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Organizations, uniform business organizations code--general provisions, creating:
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SB 5387, CH 176 (2015) |
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Mike Kluse, recognizing and honoring:
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SR 8615 (2015) |
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Parking businesses, commercial, parking charges imposed by, conditions:
EHB 1443 |
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Parking businesses, commercial, passenger-only ferry district parking tax on:
HB 1221, SHB 1221, HB 1300, SB 5242, SB 5358, SB 5987,
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2ESSB 5987, CH 44 (2015) |
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Parking, nonresidential facilities, local legislative authority imposition of tax on provision of:
HB 2186 |
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Patents, bad faith assertions of infringement, prohibitions and actions:
HB 1092, SHB 1092, SB 5059,
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SSB 5059, CH 108 (2015) |
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Pawnbrokers, fees and interest rates:
HB 1176,
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ESB 5616, CH 294 (2015) |
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Personal emergency response services, contact information for subscribers, providing to first responders:
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ESSB 5346, CH 30 (2015) |
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Physical fitness services, simplifying taxation:
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HB 1550, CH 169 (2015) |
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Professional service corporations, outstanding shares holders' eligibility to be director, officer, or shareholder:
SB 6411, SSB 6411 |
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Protection product guarantee providers, registration and regulation provisions:
HB 2355, ESHB 2355, SB 6309,
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ESSB 6309, CH 224 (2016) |
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Radio and television broadcasting, B&O tax provisions, modifying:
HB 1689, SHB 1689, HB 1796, SB 5641 |
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Recreation services, simplifying taxation:
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HB 1550, CH 169 (2015) |
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Regulatory and business requirements, developing business assistance materials concerning:
SB 6221, SB 6669, SSB 6669 |
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Regulatory innovation and assistance, office, creating:
SB 6223, SSB 6223, SB 6669, SSB 6669 |
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Remote sellers, nexus within state, when deemed to have for certain sales and B&O tax purposes:
HB 1678, SHB 1678, SHB 2269, SB 5541, SSB 5541,
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ESSB 6138, CH 5 (2015) |
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Resorts, master planned, forest practices applications for timber harvesting within:
HB 2308 |
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Restaurants, Mexico Lindo Restaurant, recognizing Roberto Gonzalez in connection with:
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SR 8660 (2015) |
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Restaurants, pilot program for youth interns:
HB 1446 |
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Restaurants, preferential spirits and wine pricing for, authorizing, conditions:
HB 2577, SB 6324 |
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Retail and service businesses, employees working on Thanksgiving day, employer and wage requirements:
HB 1694 |
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Retail stores, customer identification information, prohibiting copying during transaction, when:
HB 1212, SHB 1212 |
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Sawmills and planing mills, B&O tax credit, when:
SB 6121 |
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School service providers, via online service or site or mobile application, requirements:
HB 1495, ESHB 1495,
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ESB 5419, CH 277 (2015) |
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Service contract providers, registration and regulation provisions:
HB 2355, ESHB 2355, SB 6309,
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ESSB 6309, CH 224 (2016) |
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Signature gatherers, entities that compensate, disclosure requirements:
HB 1463, SB 5375 |
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Small businesses, B&O tax deferral program for:
HB 1861 |
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Small businesses, former association health plan and certain current coverage, B&O tax credit for cost difference:
HB 2118 |
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Small businesses, microbusiness, minibusiness, and small business enhancement program, establishing:
SHB 2050 |
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Small businesses, modifying excise tax filing threshold:
SB 5043, SSB 5043 |
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Small businesses, small business enhancement program, creating:
HB 2050 |
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Small businesses, task force on state and local regulations that affect small businesses with fifty or fewer employees, establishing:
SB 6033, SSB 6033 |
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Small businesses, Washington small business retirement marketplace, creating:
HB 2109, SHB 2109, SB 5826,
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ESSB 5826, CH 296 (2015) |
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Small, small business tax credit, increasing:
SB 6216 |
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Sole proprietor businesses, health care issuer acceptance of payment from, second-party payment process, conditions:
SHB 2904 |
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Storage facilities, self-service, personal property lien notices:
HB 1043,
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SHB 1043, CH 13 (2015), HB 2305, SB 5009, SSB 5009,
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SB 6148, CH 6 (2016) V |
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Subscriptions, product, means of cancellation of product subscriptions, requiring parity:
SB 5530 |
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Tax relief and exemption for certain businesses, providing living wage through new rates and:
SB 6029 |
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Taxicab companies, surety bonds and liability insurance, state regulatory preemption:
HB 2733 |
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Taxicab operators owning or leasing vehicle, industrial insurance provisions:
HB 1821, SB 5710 |
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Television and radio broadcasting, B&O tax provisions, modifying:
HB 1689, SHB 1689, HB 1796, SB 5641 |
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Ticket brokers and resellers, online, disclosure requirements:
HB 1494, SB 5580 |
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Ticket sellers, internet web sites of, selling software to interfere with:
HB 2699 |
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Ticket sellers, internet web sites of, using or selling software to interfere with:
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EHB 1091, CH 129 (2015) |
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Ticket sellers, internet web sites of, using software to interfere with:
SB 5456 |
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Transportation network companies, regulating of:
SB 5550 |
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Transportation services providers, commercial, regulating of:
ESHB 2131, HB 2733,
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ESSB 5550, CH 236 (2015), SB 6444 |
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Travel agents, preferential B&O tax rate, eliminating:
HB 2224, HB 2996 |
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Veteran-owned businesses, maximum participation in state procurement contracts, provisions:
SB 6034 |
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Veterans, businesses hiring, tax credits for:
HB 1241, SB 5042, SSB 5042,
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ESSB 6057, CH 6 (2015) |
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Veterans, businesses prioritizing employment of, commending:
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SR 8680 (2015) |
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Veterans, hiring, campaign to increase, including database of participants:
HB 2040, SHB 2040,
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2SHB 2040, CH 57 (2015) |
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Violations by business, agency to allow time for correcting violations:
HB 1371 |
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