Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/6

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/6

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, February 6, 2023
10:30 AM	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Health & Long Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	State Government & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Higher Education & Workforce Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
10:30 AM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Health & Long Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Health & Long Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	State Government & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Higher Education & Workforce Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/POSSIBLE CAUCUS
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Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks
2/6/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5517 - Enacting recommendations from the joint legislative task force on water resource mitigation. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5622 - Concerning the transfer of alternate water rights and water rights for municipal water supply purposes. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5597 - Modifying boater safety and education requirements. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5484 - Supporting Washington's food production system by providing technical assistance in support of improved voluntary environmental stewardship. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5551 - Supporting Washington's crop and livestock farms, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and generating renewable energy by capturing methane. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks
2/9/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5611 - Improving community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience to wildland fire health and safety impacts in areas of increasing population density, including in the wildland urban interface. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5667 - Concerning eligibility, enrollment, and compensation of small forestland owners volunteering for participation in the forestry riparian easement program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5254 - Concerning the leasing of state lands.

2. SB 5371 - Protecting southern resident orcas from vessels.

3. SB 5372 - Authorizing the department of natural resources to create and manage a trust land transfer program.

4. SB 5439 - Concerning livestock identification.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade
2/7/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5598 - Providing supplementary funding to legalized horse racing and the recreational use of horses in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5634 - Concerning problem gambling. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: SB 5509 - Creating the Washington state public infrastructure bank.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade
2/9/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9101 - Judith Giniger, Member, Lottery Commission.

2. SGA 9221 - Rodolfo (Rudy) N Mendoza, Member, Lottery Commission.

3. SGA 9280 - Eileen Sullivan, Member, Lottery Commission.

4. SGA 9300 - Schuyler F Hoss, Member, Lottery Commission.

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9101 - Judith Giniger, Member, Lottery Commission.

2. SGA 9221 - Rodolfo (Rudy) N Mendoza, Member, Lottery Commission.

3. SGA 9280 - Eileen Sullivan, Member, Lottery Commission.

4. SGA 9300 - Schuyler F Hoss, Member, Lottery Commission.

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/6/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5527 - Adding additional courses to the list of courses approved as a graduation pathway option. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5559 - Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5593 - Improving equity in the transfer of student data between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5626 - Expanding and enhancing media literacy and digital citizenship in K-12 education. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5102 - Concerning school library information and technology programs.

2. SB 5248 - Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs.

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/8/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Learning outside the box.

Math Nation: An online resource that helps students master middle and high school math.
Technology Access Foundation (TAF) Academy: opportunities and access to explore STEM careers.
E-sports in high school.

Public Hearing: SB 5617 - Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: Bills to be determined.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/9/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9135 - Krestin G Bahr, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

2. SGA 9289 - Amy G Campbell, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

3. SGA 9290 - Alejandro B Castro-Wilson, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

4. SGA 9200 - Brooke A Brown, Member, State Board of Education.

5. SGA 9209 - Dana M Riley Black, Member, State Board of Education.

6. SGA 9233 - Dennis L Matthews, Member, Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth.

7. SGA 9302 - Hannah Johnson, Member, Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth.

8. SB 5442 - Providing enrichment funding for charter public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. SB 5648 - Including state-tribal education compact schools and charter schools as entities able to receive waivers from the state board of education. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/7/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5039 - Mitigating the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and identification of best management practices appropriate to each electric utility's circumstances.

2. SB 5369 - Reassessing standards for polychlorinated biphenyls in consumer products.

3. SB 5447 - Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington.

4. SB 5165 - Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

5. SB 5366 - Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

6. SB 5144 - Providing for responsible environmental management of batteries.

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/8/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5607 - Requiring fashion retail sellers and manufacturers to disclose environmental due diligence policies. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5619 - Establishing a cybersecurity governance framework within state government. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5570 - Authorizing electric utilities to establish energy efficiency revolving loan programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5600 - Removing the expiration date for the state universal communications services program. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5577 - Establishing and making appropriations for the capital broadband investment acceleration program. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5222 - Concerning the "pick it up, Washington" litter control program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/10/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5380 - Concerning clean energy siting.

2. SB 5562 - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

3. SB 5322 - Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material.

4. SB 5464 - Promoting the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic equipment.

5. SB 5245 - Concerning biosolids.

Health & Long Term Care
2/7/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Update on maternal health work.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5470 - Creating a new health profession for lactation consultants. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5501 - Establishing a public education program to reduce the incidence of stillbirth using a platform for recording and tracking fetal movements. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5580 - Improving maternal health outcomes. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5581 - Developing strategies to reduce or eliminate deductibles for maternal support services and postpartum care. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5629 - Concerning hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening and health care services. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long Term Care
2/9/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5526 - Concerning nursing facility rates. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5532 - Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5569 - Creating temporary exemptions from certificate of need requirements for kidney disease centers. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5592 - Requiring semiautomatic external defibrillator at fitness centers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long Term Care
2/10/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5499 - Concerning the multistate nurse licensure compact. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5503 - Establishing requirements for uniform clinical placement hours for nursing education programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5537 - Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5547 - Concerning nursing pool transparency. (Remote Testimony Available).

Higher Education & Workforce Development
2/8/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5522 - Adding a stipend to the Washington college grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5534 - Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board staffing changes. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5554 - Concerning Washington college grant award amounts. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5566 - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: Bills to be determined.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Higher Education & Workforce Development 2/10/2023 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. Executive Session: Bills to be determined. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Housing
2/8/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5496 - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Housing 2/10/2023 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Human Services
2/6/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5438 - Facilitating supportive relationships with family and significant individuals within the behavioral health system. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5591 - Providing dependent youth with financial education and support. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5599 - Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5601 - Creating a youth development office and grant program within the department of commerce. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services
2/7/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5543 - Creating a developmentally appropriate response to youth who commit sexual offenses. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5644 - Concerning juvenile records. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5226 - Concerning the department of corrections' highest duty to ensure public safety through the prioritization of open active warrants of persons who have violated the terms of their supervision.

2. SB 5252 - Making modifications necessary to comply with federal regulations regarding dissemination of federal bureau of investigation criminal history record information.

3. SB 5302 - Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit.

4. SB 5419 - Removing a Washington state institute of public policy outcome evaluation requirement.

5. SB 5426 - Implementing the family connections program.

6. SB 5434 - Concerning the jurisdiction of juvenile court.

7. SB 5474 - Concerning juvenile justice.

8. SB 5502 - Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.

9. SB 5506 - Establishing an enhanced behavior support homes model.

10. SB 5515 - Protecting children from child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
2/9/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5398 - Concerning domestic violence funding allocation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Labor & Commerce
2/6/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5541 - Providing transparency in supply chains. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5614 - Concerning adult entertainment establishments. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5632 - Protecting the health care of workers participating in a labor dispute. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

4. SB 5365 - Preventing use of vapor and tobacco products by minors. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5662 - Creating the cannabis employee job retention act. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5563 - Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce
2/7/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5425 - Concerning fire protection sprinkler system contractors. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5524 - Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce
2/9/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5546 - Establishing a Washington state cannabis commission. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute). (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5377 - Concerning cannabis license ownership. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5621 - Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5528 - Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5476 - Authorizing agricultural employers to select 12 weeks a year to employ workers for up to 50 hours a week before overtime applies. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/6/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5022 - Exempting fentanyl testing equipment from the definition of drug paraphernalia. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5536 - Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5467 - Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5035 - Concerning possession of controlled substances. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5624 - Implementing the recommendations of the substance use recovery services advisory committee. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/7/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5542 - Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5561 - Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5642 - Concerning extradition of persons to and from Indian jurisdiction. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5578 - Addressing service requirements for appeals of decisions by the board of tax appeals. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5477 - Implementing the recommendations of the Washington state missing and murdered indigenous women and people task force. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5056 - Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/9/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5382 - Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers.

2. SB 5440 - Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders.

3. SB 5232 - Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

4. SB 5022 - Exempting fentanyl testing equipment from the definition of drug paraphernalia.

5. SB 5536 - Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment.

6. SB 5467 - Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances.

7. SB 5035 - Concerning possession of controlled substances.

8. SB 5576 - Concerning sexual assault procedures.

9. SB 5542 - Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment.

10. SB 5561 - Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project.

11. SB 5642 - Concerning extradition of persons to and from Indian jurisdiction.

12. SB 5578 - Addressing service requirements for appeals of decisions by the board of tax appeals.

13. SB 5477 - Implementing the recommendations of the Washington state missing and murdered indigenous women and people task force.

14. SB 5056 - Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders.

15. SGA 9271 - Norrie Gregoire, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs
2/7/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5604 - Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5553 - Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5602 - Concerning the use of hearing examiners by a county board of equalization. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5613 - Concerning rural public facilities sales and use tax. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5651 - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5412 - Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads.

2. SB 5466 - Promoting transit-oriented development.

3. SB 5457 - Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities.

4. SB 5437 - Concerning vacancies of the governing body of special purpose districts.

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs
2/9/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5627 - Concerning salaries for county commissioners and councilmembers. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5636 - Concerning forest practices in cities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5203 - Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework.

2. SB 5290 - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

3. SB 5312 - Creating a residential property assessed clean energy and resiliency program.

4. SB 5334 - Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.

5. SB 5456 - Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances.

State Government & Elections
2/7/2023 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5418 - Expanding the definition of public work. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5428 - Modifying state procurement procedures for competitive, sole source, convenience, and emergency goods and services contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5595 - Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Elections
2/10/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SJM 8000 - Concerning contributions to election campaigns. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SJM 8002 - Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5409 - Requiring voter identifier numbers to match driver's license or identicard numbers. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5414 - Providing voters with information regarding elections law violations within the voters' pamphlet. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. Giving cities and towns the freedom to switch their general elections to even-numbered years. [S-1119] (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5520 - Establishing the fire service policy board and improving fire service training and mobilization.

2. SB 5418 - Expanding the definition of public work.

3. SB 5428 - Modifying state procurement procedures for competitive, sole source, convenience, and emergency goods and services contracts.

4. SB 5595 - Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.

Transportation
2/6/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Transportation financing 101.

2. Vehicle licensing payment options – Office of the State Treasurer.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5573 - Expanding vehicle licensing options to include quarterly or semiannual registrations. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5548 - Addressing vehicle service fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5196 - Creating the OL Reign special license plate. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5333 - Creating the state sport special license plate. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5590 - Creating Mount St. Helens special license plates. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation
2/7/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5550 - Addressing workforce development issues, including cultural issues, at the Washington state ferries. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5575 - Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

3. SB 5594 - Concerning the operation of fully autonomous vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5603 - Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5620 - Concerning line extension tariffs for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation 2/9/2023 4:00 PM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Executive Session: Bills to be determined. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Ways & Means
2/6/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5096 - Concerning employee ownership. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5465 - Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5341 - Creating a location-based branding and promotion program for Washington food and agricultural products. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5277 - Extending tax preferences for dairy, fruit and vegetable, and seafood processors. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SSB 5199 - Providing tax relief for newspaper publishers. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5166 - Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SSB 5045 - Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SB 5104 - Surveying Puget Sound marine shoreline habitat. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/7/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5059 - Concerning prejudgment interest. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5070 - Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5131 - Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5497 - Concerning medicaid expenditures. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5218 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for complex rehabilitation technology products. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5490 - Concerning health care coverage for retired or disabled employees denied coverage for failure to timely notify the authority of their intent to defer coverage. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SB 5625 - Concerning public employee retirees. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5275 - Expanding access to benefits provided by the school employees' benefits board.

2. SB 5296 - Concerning interruptive military service credit for members of the state retirement systems.

3. SB 5328 - Concerning public safety employees' retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators.

4. SB 5349 - Repealing some postretirement employment restrictions.

5. SB 5538 - Concerning postretirement employment in nursing positions for a state agency.

6. SSB 5071 - Creating the purple star designation.

7. SB 5084 - Creating a separate fund for the purposes of self-insured pensions and assessments.

8. SB 5142 - Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.

9. SB 5158 - Concerning transparency in state and local taxation.

Ways & Means
2/9/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5268 - Addressing equity and efficiencies in public works procurement including modifying small works roster requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 5243 - Concerning high school and beyond planning. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5311 - Concerning special education funding formula. (Remote Testimony Available).

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