Agenda Update; Senate Ways & Means

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Added Executive Session on SSB 5523, SB 5534, SSB 5703, SSB 5305, SB 5513, SB 5554, SSB 5582, SSB 5498, SB 5566, SB 5687, SSB 5702, SSB 5048, SB 5711, SSB 5736, SB 5655, SB 5059, SSB 5386, SSB 5480, SSB 5593, SSB 5635, SSB 5269, SB 5180, SB 5465, SSB 5609, SSB 5561, SSB 5533, SSB 5477, SB 5427, SB 5241, SSB 5291, SSB 5634, SSB 5546, SSB 5377, SSB 5367, SSB 5536, SSB 5555, SSB 5120, SSB 5189, SB 5732, SSB 5334, SSB 5515, SB 5683, SSB 5398, SSB 5393, SSB 5580, SB 5632, SSB 5213, SSB 5532, SSB 5103, SSB 5263, SSB 5440, SSB 5438, SSB 5304, SSB 5271, SSB 5388, and SB 5537.
Removed Public Hearing on Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 2/23/2023 9:00 AM

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 2/20/2023 AT 1:48 PM

Executive Session:
1.   SSB 5523 - Addressing the forensic pathologist shortage.
2.   SB 5534 - Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board staffing changes.
3.   SSB 5703 - Modifying the Washington college grant and establishing bridge grants.
4.   SSB 5305 - Establishing the office of career connect Washington.
5.   SB 5513 - Concerning mental health counseling at community and technical colleges.
6.   SB 5554 - Concerning Washington college grant award amounts.
7.   SSB 5582 - Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington.
8.   SSB 5498 - Creating the nurse student loan repayment assistance program under the Washington health corps.
9.   SB 5566 - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.
10.   SB 5687 - Creating postsecondary wrestling grant programs.
11.   SSB 5702 - Expanding the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth pilot program.
12.   SSB 5048 - Eliminating college in the high school fees.
13.   SB 5711 - Extending the terms of eligibility for the Washington college grant program.
14.   SSB 5736 - Addressing high demand workforce shortages.
15.   SB 5655 - Creating the Washington achievers grant program.
16.   SB 5059 - Concerning prejudgment interest.
17.   SSB 5386 - Reducing administrative complexity by increasing transparency of revenue flows for activities funded by document recording fees.
18.   SSB 5480 - Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity.
19.   SSB 5593 - Improving equity in the transfer of student data between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.
20.   SSB 5635 - Concerning victims' rights.
21.   SSB 5269 - Concerning Washington state manufacturing.
22.   SB 5180 - Adopting the interstate teacher mobility compact.
23.   SB 5465 - Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements.
24.   SSB 5609 - Establishing housing approval requirements that will eliminate Washington's housing shortage.
25.   SSB 5561 - Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project.
26.   SSB 5533 - Concerning the creation of a model vehicle pursuit policy.
27.   SSB 5477 - Implementing the recommendations of the Washington state missing and murdered indigenous women and people task force.
28.   SB 5427 - Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents.
29.   SB 5241 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.
30.   SSB 5291 - Concerning liquor licenses.
31.   SSB 5634 - Concerning problem gambling.
32.   SSB 5546 - Establishing a Washington state cannabis commission.
33.   SSB 5377 - Concerning cannabis license ownership.
34.   SSB 5367 - Concerning the regulation of products containing THC.
35.   SSB 5536 - Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment.
36.   SSB 5555 - Creating the profession of certified peer specialists.
37.   SSB 5120 - Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state.
38.   SSB 5189 - Establishing behavioral health support specialists.
39.   SB 5732 - Protecting senior citizens' and disabled veterans' property tax exemption eligibility.
40.   SSB 5334 - Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.
41.   SSB 5515 - Protecting children from child abuse and neglect.
42.   SB 5683 - Concerning child-specific foster care licenses for placement of Indian children.
43.   SSB 5398 - Concerning domestic violence funding allocation.
44.   SSB 5393 - Addressing affordability through health care provider contracting.
45.   SSB 5580 - Improving maternal health outcomes.
46.   SB 5632 - Protecting the health care of workers participating in a labor dispute.
47.   SSB 5213 - Concerning pharmacy benefit managers' utilizations of nonresident pharmacies.
48.   SSB 5532 - Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.
49.   SSB 5103 - Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.
50.   SSB 5263 - Concerning access to psilocybin services by individuals 21 years of age and older.
51.   SSB 5440 - Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders.
52.   SSB 5438 - Facilitating supportive relationships with family and significant individuals within the behavioral health system.
53.   SSB 5304 - Testing individuals who provide language access to state services.
54.   SSB 5271 - Protecting patients in facilities regulated by the department of health by establishing uniform enforcement tools.
55.   SSB 5388 - Concerning improving diversity in clinical trials.
56.   SB 5537 - Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative.


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