Agenda Update; Senate Ways & Means

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Added to Public Hearing: SSB 5597, SSB 5636, SSB 5574, SB 5964, SSB 5619, SSB 5697, SSB 5803, SSB 5910, SB 5699, SSB 5814, SSB 5912, SSB 5702, SSB 5532, SB 5794, SSB 5894, SSB 5796, SSB 5911, SSB 5655, SB 5713, SB 5832, SSB 5867, SSB 5662, SSB 5885, SSB 5643, and SSB 5961.
Removed from Public Hearing:  Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 2/5/2022 9:00 AM

Senate Full Committee
Virtual

REVISED ON 2/3/2022 AT 5:57 PM

Public Hearing:
1.   SSB 5597 - Concerning the Washington voting rights act. (Remote testimony.)
2.   SSB 5636 - Concerning secure automatic voter registration. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
3.   SSB 5574 - Concerning the consolidation of counties. (Remote testimony.)
4.   SB 5964 - Concerning consolidated local permit review processes. (Remote testimony.)
5.   SSB 5619 - Conserving and restoring kelp forests and eelgrass meadows in Washington state. (Remote testimony.)
6.   SSB 5697 - Renewing Washington's recycling system and reducing waste. (Remote testimony.)
7.   SSB 5803 - Mitigating the risk of wildfires caused by an electric utility's equipment. (Remote testimony.)
8.   SSB 5910 - Accelerating the availability and use of renewable hydrogen in Washington state. (Remote testimony.)
9.   SB 5699 - Concerning quality standards for laboratories conducting cannabis analysis. (Remote testimony.)
10.   SSB 5814 - Providing funding for medical evaluations of suspected victims of child abuse. (Remote testimony.)
11.   SSB 5912 - Improving health outcomes for children on medicaid by ensuring early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment. (Remote testimony.)
12.   SSB 5702 - Requiring coverage for donor human milk. (Remote testimony.)
13.   SSB 5532 - Establishing a prescription drug affordability board. (Remote testimony.)
14.   SB 5794 - Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions. (Remote testimony.)
15.   SSB 5894 - Integrating means for payment of community health workers into primary care. (Remote testimony.)
16.   SSB 5796 - Restructuring cannabis revenue appropriations. (Remote testimony.)
17.   SSB 5911 - Providing hazard pay retention bonuses to certain health care employees. (Remote testimony.)
18.   SSB 5655 - Concerning individuals who experience refusals of service for involuntary behavioral health treatment. (Remote testimony.)
19.   SB 5713 - Providing a property tax exemption for limited equity cooperative housing. (Remote testimony.)
20.   SB 5832 - Expanding the multifamily tax exemption program to include converting existing multifamily units. (Remote testimony.)
21.   SSB 5867 - Concerning compassionate and effective strategies to address the homelessness crisis. (Remote testimony.)
22.   SSB 5662 - Concerning intergovernmental coordination to address transitioning persons encamped on state public rights-of-way to permanent housing solutions. (Remote testimony.)
23.   SSB 5885 - Concerning marine shoreline habitat. (Remote testimony.)
24.   SSB 5643 - Supporting youth development. (Remote testimony.)
25.   SSB 5961 - Incentivizing the use of biochar. (Remote testimony.)


Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. Meeting is scheduled to end at 3:00 p.m.

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