Agenda Update; House Appropriations

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Added to Public Hearing:  SHB 1865.
Added to Possible Executive Session:  HB 1760.
Removed from Public Hearing:  HB 1682 - Concerning a compliance pathway specific to emissions-intensive, trade-exposed businesses for achieving their proportionate share of the state's emissions reduction limits through 2050. (Remote testimony.)
Removed from Possible Executive Session:  HB 1668 - Expanding regulatory authority over cannabinoids that may be impairing and providing for enhanced product safety and consumer information disclosure about marijuana products and HB 1806 - Extending collective bargaining rights to employees of the legislative branch of state government.

Appropriations - 2/5/2022 9:00 AM

House Full Committee
Virtual

REVISED ON 2/4/2022 AT 8:44 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SHB 2078 - Establishing the outdoor learning grant program. (Remote testimony.)

2. HB 1967 - Concerning property tax exemptions for nonprofits. (Remote testimony.)

3. HB 1896 - Providing for responsible environmental management of batteries. (Remote testimony.)

4. HB 1684 - Concerning public health and fluoridation of drinking water. (Remote testimony.)

5. HB 2022 - Concerning social equity in the cannabis industry. (Remote testimony.)

6. HB 2075 - Establishing service requirements for the department of social and health services. (Remote testimony.)

7. HB 1860 - Preventing homelessness among persons discharging from inpatient behavioral health settings. (Remote testimony.)

8. HB 2038 - Supporting children involved with child welfare services. (Remote testimony.)

9. HB 1992 - Concerning vacation leave accrual for public employees. (Remote testimony.)

10. HB 1782 - Creating additional middle housing near transit and in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Remote testimony.)

11. HB 1850 - Protecting and enforcing the foundational data privacy rights of Washingtonians. (Remote testimony.)

12. HB 1866 - Assisting persons receiving community support services through medical assistance programs to receive supportive housing. (Remote testimony.)

13. HB 1868 - Improving worker safety and patient care in health care facilities by addressing staffing needs, overtime, meal and rest breaks, and enforcement. (Remote testimony.)

14. HB 1590 - Concerning enrollment stabilization funding to address enrollment declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Remote testimony.)

15. HB 1803 - Updating school district director compensation through the revision and preservation of a uniform compensation structure and an examination of future needs. (Remote testimony.)

16. HB 1773 - Concerning assisted outpatient treatment for persons with behavioral health disorders. (Remote testimony.)

17. SHB 1865 - Addressing the behavioral health workforce shortage and expanding access to peer services by creating the profession of certified peer specialists. (Remote testimony.)

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1643 - Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax.

2. HB 1663 - Reducing methane emissions from landfills.

3. HB 1694 - Concerning logistical processes for the regulation of priority chemicals in consumer products.

4. HB 1724 - Ensuring oversight and coordination of permanent supportive housing resources to maximize the creation of high quality housing opportunities for people living with disabling conditions in communities across Washington.

5. HB 1753 - Concerning tribal consultation regarding the use of certain funding authorized by the climate commitment act.

6. HB 1760 - Expanding access to dual credit programs.

7. HB 1818 - Promoting successful reentry and rehabilitation of persons convicted of criminal offenses.

8. HB 1878 - Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture.

9. HB 1889 - Concerning network access.

10. HB 1905 - Reducing homelessness for youth and young adults discharging from a publicly funded system of care.

11. HB 1980 - Removing the prohibition on providing employment services and community access services concurrently.

12. HB 2008 - Eliminating the use of intelligence quotient scores in determining eligibility for programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

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