Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2000 — Renewing Washington's International Leadership (2024)
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Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2000 of the State of Washington, by House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Mena, Berry, Ramel and others), relating to renewing Washington's international leadership. The office of international relations and protocol is to develop a strategic international engagement plan to guide Washington's international economic development and engagement. The office and the legislative committee on economic development and international relations are to jointly identify up to 15 foreign jurisdictions of strategic importance to international trade relations. The office is also to advise and assist the governor and legislature on international developments.
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ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2000
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives
Mena, Berry, Ramel, Low, Walen, Ryu, Timmons, Reed, Cheney, Nance,
Cortes, Santos, and Hackney)
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to renewing Washington's international
2 leadership; amending RCW 43.290.005, 43.290.020, 43.330.065, and
3 43.15.090; adding new sections to chapter 43.290 RCW; adding a new
4 section to chapter 44.04 RCW; and recodifying RCW 43.330.065.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.290
7 RCW to read as follows:
8 (1) The office of international relations and protocol shall
9 develop a strategic international engagement plan to guide
10 Washington's international economic development and engagement
11 consistent with RCW 43.290.005. The plan must create a common
12 framework for the state's engagement in international activities, to
13 include: Trade missions, economic development, and interpersonal
14 knowledge exchanges.
15 (2) The office may consult with entities relevant to Washington's
16 international presence when developing the strategic plan, including:
17 Associate development organizations, business and civic
18 organizations, consular officials, executive and small cabinet
19 agencies, institutions of higher education, immigration and labor
20 organizations, public ports, state offices, and private and nonprofit
21 organizations.
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1 (3) The office may utilize the resources of Results Washington
2 for technical and operational assistance in developing the strategic
3 plan.
4 (4) The office must complete an initial strategic plan by July 1,
5 2025. This strategic plan shall undergo periodic review to measure
6 progress and outcomes at least every two and a half years thereafter,
7 and it shall be fully updated at least every five years thereafter.
8 Sec. 2. RCW 43.290.005 and 1991 c 24 s 1 are each amended to
9 read as follows:
10 The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to create
11 an office of international relations and protocol in order to: Make
12 international relations and protocol ((a broad-based,)) focused((,))
13 and functional ((part of)) across state government; provide
14 leadership in state government with respect to international
15 relations and assist the legislature and state elected officials with
16 international issues affecting the state; establish coordinated
17 methods for responding to foreign governments and institutions
18 seeking cooperative activities with and within Washington; coordinate
19 and improve communication and resource sharing among various state
20 offices, agencies, and educational institutions with international
21 programs; develop and promote state policies that increase
22 international ((literacy)) engagement and cross-cultural
23 understanding among Washington state's citizens; expand Washington
24 state's international cooperation role in ((such)) vital areas ((as
25 the environment, education, science, culture, and sports)) of public
26 policy, including but not limited to economic development, trade and
27 industry, and tourism and sports, as well as education, culture,
28 science, and resilience; ((establish coordinated methods for
29 responding to the increasing number of inquiries by foreign
30 governments and institutions seeking cooperative activities within
31 Washington state; provide leadership in state government on
32 international relations and assistance to the legislature and state
33 elected officials on international issues affecting the state;)) and
34 assist with multistate international efforts((; and coordinate and
35 improve communication and resource sharing among various state
36 offices, agencies, and educational institutions with international
37 programs)).
38 It is the purpose of this chapter to bring these functions
39 together in a new office under the office of the governor in order to
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1 establish a visible, coordinated, and comprehensive approach to
2 international relations and protocol.
3 Sec. 3. RCW 43.290.020 and 1991 c 24 s 4 are each amended to
4 read as follows:
5 The office of international relations and protocol may:
6 (1) Create ((temporary)) advisory committees as necessary to
7 ((deal with specific international issues)) execute its
8 responsibilities. The duration and composition of such advisory
9 committees may be determined by the office. Advisory committee
10 representation may include statewide elected officials from the
11 executive branch, or their designees, as well as representatives of
12 the legislative branch and the judiciary. Representation may also
13 include external organizations such as ((the Seattle consular
14 corps,)) world affairs councils, public ports, world trade
15 organizations, ((private nonprofit organizations dealing with
16 international education or international environmental issues,
17 organizations concerned with international understanding, businesses
18 with experience in international relations, or other organizations
19 deemed appropriate by the director)) associate development
20 organizations, business and civic organizations, consular officials,
21 executive and small cabinet agencies, institutions of higher
22 education, immigration and labor organizations, public ports, state
23 offices, and private and nonprofit organizations. The governor, or
24 the governor's designee, shall chair such advisory committees;
25 (2) In conjunction with the legislative committee on economic
26 development and international relations, designate foreign
27 jurisdictions, such as national governments, subnational governments,
28 and international organizations, as jurisdictions of strategic
29 importance to Washington;
30 (3) Establish procedures and requirements for operations and
31 expenditures to support and enhance state government partnership and
32 relationships with foreign jurisdictions, particularly those
33 identified as of strategic importance. Such operations and
34 expenditures are intended to strengthen state agency economic
35 development and policy cooperation, enable the implementation of the
36 strategic international engagement plan, as determined by the
37 director, and provide resources for government-to-government
38 engagement, as well as support of inbound and outbound delegations to
39 and from Washington state;
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1 (4) Accept or request grants or gifts from citizens and other
2 private sources to be used to defray the costs of appropriate hosting
3 of foreign dignitaries, including appropriate gift-giving and
4 reciprocal gift-giving, or other activities of the office. The office
5 shall open and maintain a bank account into which it shall deposit
6 all money received under this subsection. Such money and the interest
7 accruing thereon shall not constitute public funds, shall be kept
8 segregated and apart from funds of the state, and shall not be
9 subject to appropriation or allotment by the state or subject to
10 chapter 43.88 RCW.
11 Sec. 4. RCW 43.330.065 and 2023 c 470 s 2081 are each amended to
12 read as follows:
13 ((The department of commerce, in consultation with the office of
14 protocol, the office of the secretary of state, the department of
15 agriculture, and the employment security department[,])) (1) The
16 office of international relations and protocol and the legislative
17 committee on economic development and international relations, in
18 consultation with the department of commerce, the department of
19 agriculture, and other state agencies and offices as appropriate,
20 shall jointly identify up to ((fifteen countries)) 15 foreign
21 jurisdictions that are of strategic importance to the development and
22 diversification of Washington's international trade relations.
23 (2) When designating such jurisdictions of strategic importance,
24 the office and committee shall consider factors including:
25 (a) Existing or potential partnerships in key industrial sectors;
26 (b) The presence of cultural and people-to-people ties;
27 (c) The state's economic development priorities and shared
28 interests, consistent with the state strategic international
29 engagement plan;
30 (d) The presence of international trade offices or other program-
31 based engagement conducted by state agencies; and
32 (e) Historic or existing bilateral agreements established on a
33 government-to-government basis.
34 (3) A foreign jurisdiction may not be designated as a
35 jurisdiction of strategic importance under this section if it is
36 subject to United States government sanctions for, or has been
37 identified by the United States department of state as being engaged
38 in, state-sponsored terrorism.
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1 NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 43.290
2 RCW to read as follows:
3 The office of international relations and protocol shall:
4 (1) Advise and assist the governor, the legislature, and other
5 independently elected officials on international developments that
6 may affect the state;
7 (2) Establish and build government-to-government relationships
8 between the state, foreign governments, and international
9 organizations;
10 (3) Coordinate protocol for foreign dignitaries visiting the
11 governor, the legislature, the judiciary, and other state agencies
12 and offices, including the appropriate criteria and procedures for
13 the signing of bilateral agreements by the governor on behalf of the
14 state of Washington;
15 (4) Advise, coordinate, and support engagement between the state,
16 foreign governments, and international partners;
17 (5) Establish, in coordination with the office of the premier of
18 British Columbia, an intergovernmental exchange between the state and
19 British Columbia, cochaired by the governor and the premier of
20 British Columbia or their designees, concerning issues of mutual
21 interests;
22 (6) Designate an international engagement advisory committee to
23 leverage the expertise of the state's international engagement
24 community;
25 (7) Assist institutions of higher education in implementing
26 programs for international cooperation and student exchange; and
27 (8) Improve coordination between state government and the
28 Washington tourism marketing authority.
29 NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 44.04
30 RCW to read as follows:
31 A Washington state—British Columbia interparliamentary exchange
32 group is created. The purpose of the group is to facilitate
33 legislator-to-legislator communication between the two governments,
34 in coordination with the province of British Columbia. The state's
35 representative for the group is the chair of the legislative
36 committee on economic development and international relations.
37 Sec. 7. RCW 43.15.090 and 1985 c 467 s 23 are each amended to
38 read as follows:
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1 The legislative committee on economic development and
2 international relations shall cooperate, act, and function with
3 legislative committees, executive agencies, and with the councils or
4 committees of other states and of provinces and territories of Canada
5 similar to this committee, and with other interstate research
6 organizations.
7 NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. RCW 43.330.065 is recodified as a section
8 in chapter 43.290 RCW.
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