Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for 11/1 to 12/31

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for 11/1 to 12/31

Time	Committee	Location
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
10:00 AM	Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (S) Jt. w/ House Regulated Substances & Gaming	Virtual
	Regulated Substances & Gaming (H) Jt. w/ Senate Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade	Virtual
	Joint Select Committee on Governance and Funding for Institutional Education (J)	Virtual
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Friday, November 3, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
9:00 AM	Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee (J)	Virtual
10:00 AM	Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought (J)	Virtual
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
4:00 PM	Higher Education & Workforce Development (S)	Room 135, SIERR Building and Virtual
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Monday, November 13, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
1:00 PM	Joint Committee on Employment Relations (J)	Virtual
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	Select Committee on Pension Policy (J)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
12:00 PM	Select Committee on Pension Policy (J)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
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Thursday, November 16, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
9:30 AM	Joint Transportation Committee (J)	The Davenport Grand
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Monday, November 27, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
12:00 PM	Statute Law Committee	House Conf Rm B15/18 and Virtual
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Joint Higher Education Committee (J)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
10:00 AM	JLARC - Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (J)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
1:00 PM	JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
	State Government & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 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
3:30 PM	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
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Friday, December 1, 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	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
1:30 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues (J)	Virtual
10:30 AM	Joint Select Committee on Governance and Funding for Institutional Education (J)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
1:00 PM	Joint Select Committee on Health Care and Behavioral Health Oversight (J)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	Select Committee on Pension Policy (J)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	Joint Committee on Veterans' & Military Affairs (J)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks
11/30/2023 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Update on issues impacting the agricultural industry in Washington.

Overtime pay for agricultural workers.
Climate Commitment Act fuel surcharges on agricultural operations.

Possible other business. 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 Jt. w/ Regulated Substances & Gaming*
11/1/2023 10:00 AM
Full Committee
Virtual

REVISED 10/25/2023 AT 1:05 PM

Public Hearing:

1. Washington State Gambling Commission: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Gaming Compact Amendment. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. Washington State Gambling Commission: Kalispel Tribe of Indians Gaming Compact Amendment. (Remote Testimony Available).

The meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. 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 11/30/2023 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Work Session: To be announced. Possible other business. 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
12/1/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. School building funding options/programs.

2. Update on the Ninth Grade Success Initiative.

3. Artificial Intelligence for education.

4. Media literacy, misinformation, and disinformation.

Environment, Energy & Technology 12/1/2023 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. Artificial intelligence. 2. State information technology update. Possible other business. 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

Health & Long Term Care
11/30/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Update from the Universal Health Care Commission.

2. Update on the ground ambulance balance billing study.

3. COVID-19 and respiratory illness vaccine update.

Higher Education & Workforce Development
11/9/2023 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Room 135, SIERR Building and Virtual
850 East Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA

Work Session:

1. Overview of student health fees and services on higher education campuses.

2. Update on implementation of mental health counseling and services pilot program.

Possible other business. The meeting is scheduled to end at 5:00 p.m. 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 12/1/2023 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Work Session: Student support services and Free Application for Federal Student Aid completion. Possible other business. 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
12/1/2023 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Pathways to Housing Security in Washington.

2. Rent Stabilization Interim Report.

3. Update from Department of Commerce.

4. Covenant Homeownership Program update.

Human Services
11/30/2023 3:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Discussion on the role and intersection between state agencies in supporting individuals in the state correctional system during incarceration, reentry, and while in the community.

2. Overview of Washington's Section 1115 Medicaid waiver and recommendations from the Reentry Advisory Workgroup.

3. Update from the Department of Corrections on outcomes from recent reentry budget investments from the Legislature.

Labor & Commerce
11/30/2023 3:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Retail theft updates.

2. Department of Labor and Industries' report on workers' compensation claims regarding posttraumatic stress disorder of certain firefighters and law enforcement officers.

3. Apprenticeship updates:

Department of Labor and Industries' report on registered apprenticeship: options for incentivizing apprentice utilization and policy option recommendations (2022 E2SSB 5600).
Student Achievement Council report on progress, findings and recommendations regarding apprenticeships (2022 E2SSB 5764).

Law & Justice
11/30/2023 3:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Washington State Patrol: firearms background check implementation update.

2. Shared Hope International's Washington Report Card on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking.

3. Prosecution and public defense: funding and current legal issues.

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs 12/1/2023 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. The work of Native non-profit organizations. 2. Limited Areas of More Intense Rural Development (LAMIRDs). Possible other business. 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

State Government & Elections 11/30/2023 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. Voting process and voting system accuracy: from registration to final ballot tabulation. 2. Alternative voting verification methods and ballot curing. Possible other business. 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

Transportation 12/1/2023 1:30 PM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. Traffic safety updates. 2. Project cost updates. Possible other business. 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 12/1/2023 1:30 PM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. Economic and revenue forecast update. 2. Caseload forecast update. 3. Reversions update. 4. K-12 construction finance. Possible other business. 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

Joint, Select & Other Committees

JLARC - Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee* 11/29/2023 10:00 AM Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
REVISED 7/21/2023 AT 3:29 PM Planned report presentations (subject to change): 1. Appropriations and Expenditures of the Dedicated Cannabis Account (Preliminary). 2. 2023 Tax Preference Reviews (Proposed Final). Full agenda will be available seven days prior to the meeting.

Joint Committee on Employment Relations
11/13/2023 1:00 PM
Full Committee
Virtual

Work Session:

1. Update by the Office of State Legislative Labor Relations on legislative employee collective bargaining.

2. Update by the Office of Financial Management on the 2023-25 tentative master agreements and awards.

Executive Session: Committee action to update the 2023 meeting schedule.

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

Joint Committee on Veterans' & Military Affairs
12/14/2023 10:00 AM
Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Military service branch updates.

2. Updates from stakeholders.

3. Military economic impact analysis.

4. Washington Department of Veterans Affairs updates.

5. Support for service members on deployment.

6. Possible legislative proposals for the 2024 session.

Meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. 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

Joint Higher Education Committee
11/29/2023 8:00 AM
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Washington Student Achievement Council update.

Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) Program.
Dream Ahead.
College Bound.
Washington College Grant (WA Grant).
Impacts of free community college programs.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Washington Application for Student Financial Aid (WAFSA) update.
Apprenticeships.
Legislative funding.

2. Seattle Promise and Renton Promise Scholarships.

3. Promise Scholarship.

The meeting is scheduled to end at 10:00 AM. 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.

Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought 11/3/2023 10:00 AM Full Committee Virtual
Work Session: 1. Election of chair and vice-chair. 2. Update from Department of Ecology on drought. 3. Cloud seeding. 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

Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues
12/6/2023 10:00 AM
Full Committee
Virtual

Work Session:

1. Day and community-based services for adults with developmental disabilities.

2. Update on palliative care efforts in Washington.

3. Integrating supportive services in senior housing.

4. Developmental Disabilities Administration and Aging and Long-Term Support Administration 2024 supplemental operating budget decision package overview and policy proposals.

5. Public comment. (Remote Testimony Available).

The meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. 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 See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Joint for how to register for remote public testimony. Registration will open 10 calendar days before the meeting start time, and close 1 hour before the start of the meeting.

Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee
11/3/2023 9:00 AM
Full Committee
Virtual

Work Session:

1. Program Updates.

2. Addressing questions from previous meeting.

3. Design Process Update.

4. Next Steps.

Public Hearing: Public Comment.

This meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. 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 Testifiers must preregister electronically by going to: https://survey.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5nAJbifJVSmr9b0 Testifiers may also call in to preregister at: 833-588-4500. Registration is open and will close 1 hour before the start of the meeting. Testifiers will have two minutes. Testimony will be taken for a maximum of 30 minutes. Testimony on topics not related to the agenda, or those signed in but unable to testify because of time limitations, may be submitted in writing to ji5b.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov

Joint Select Committee on Governance and Funding for Institutional Education 11/1/2023 10:00 AM Full Committee Virtual
Work Session: Review of institutional education requirements and practices, recently enacted legislation, and previously submitted agency recommendations. Meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. 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

Joint Select Committee on Governance and Funding for Institutional Education
12/6/2023 10:30 AM
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Updates regarding the delivery of basic education services to students in institutional education settings as required by SHB 1701 (2023) and possible legislative requests.

2. 2024 Joint Select Committee planning.

Meeting is scheduled to end at 12:30 p.m. 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

Joint Select Committee on Health Care and Behavioral Health Oversight
12/6/2023 1:00 PM
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Update of behavioral health workforce.

2. Update on Apple Health and homes.

3. Update on the Medicaid 1115 waiver.

4. Update on the public health system.

The meeting is scheduled to end at 3:00 p.m. 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

Joint Transportation Committee
11/16/2023 9:30 AM
Full Committee
The Davenport Grand
TBA
333 West Spokane Falls Boulevard
Spokane, WA

Agenda:

1. Introductions.

2. County Transportation Issues.

3. Better Roads through Better Technology - County Road Administration Board.

4. Statewide Household Travel Survey Utility Analysis - Project overview and update.

5. Work Group on Local Government and WSDOT Partnership to Deliver State Projects - Project overview and update.

6. Meeting adjourn.

7. Lunch with County officials.

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 See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Joint for how to register for remote public testimony. Registration will open 10 calendar days before the meeting start time, and close 1 hour before the start of the meeting.

Select Committee on Pension Policy 11/14/2023 10:00 AM Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
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 See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Joint for how to register for remote public testimony. Registration will open 10 calendar days before the meeting start time, and close 1 hour before the start of the meeting.

Select Committee on Pension Policy 11/14/2023 12:00 PM Executive Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
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 See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Joint for how to register for remote public testimony. Registration will open 10 calendar days before the meeting start time, and close 1 hour before the start of the meeting.

Select Committee on Pension Policy 12/12/2023 10:00 AM Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
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 See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Joint for how to register for remote public testimony. Registration will open 10 calendar days before the meeting start time, and close 1 hour before the start of the meeting.

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