House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/15

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House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/15

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, January 15, 2024
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Education (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Environment & Energy (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Housing (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Regulated Substances & Gaming (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
4:00 PM	Appropriations (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Transportation (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Finance (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:30 AM	Agriculture and Natural Resources (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Civil Rights & Judiciary (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Labor & Workplace Standards (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Local Government (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Consumer Protection & Business (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Health Care & Wellness (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	State Government & Tribal Relations (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
4:00 PM	Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Education (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Environment & Energy (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Housing (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Regulated Substances & Gaming (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Agriculture and Natural Resources (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Civil Rights & Judiciary (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Labor & Workplace Standards (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Local Government (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
	Consumer Protection & Business (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Health Care & Wellness (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	State Government & Tribal Relations (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
4:00 PM	Appropriations (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Transportation (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Education (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Environment & Energy (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Housing (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Regulated Substances & Gaming (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Capital Budget (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Finance (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
4:00 PM	Appropriations (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Transportation (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
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Friday, January 19, 2024
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Consumer Protection & Business (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Health Care & Wellness (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	State Government & Tribal Relations (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:30 AM	Agriculture and Natural Resources (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
	Civil Rights & Judiciary (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
	Labor & Workplace Standards (H)	House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
	Local Government (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
11:30 AM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
1/16/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2074 - Limiting the application of certain civil penalties to protect landowners from incurring penalties based on the actions of the landowner's lessee. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2105 - Ensuring the protection of instream resources in connection with the issuance of water right permits in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2187 - Promoting access to water for family farms. (Remote Testimony Available).

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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 and Natural Resources
1/17/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1919 - Modifying the process by which a private moorage facility may sell an abandoned vessel for failure to pay moorage fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2045 - Creating an adopt a fish barrier program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2085 - Modifying the department of fish and wildlife's habitat recovery pilot program. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2193 - Concerning the new environmental restoration accelerator for salmon recovery. (Remote Testimony Available).

Agriculture and Natural Resources
1/19/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2059 - Concerning the sale of halal foods. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2243 - Creating the children's social equity land trust. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1971 - Concerning a rangeland fire protection association pilot project.

2. HB 2147 - Concerning agriculture pest and disease response.

Appropriations
1/15/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1949 - Including in the public safety employees' retirement system specified competency restoration workers at department of social and health services institutional and residential sites that serve civilly committed residents or serve patients under not guilty by reason of insanity findings. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1985 - Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2013 - Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2188 - Changing the health insurance subsidy rate for retired state employees and retired or disabled school employees. (Remote Testimony Available).

Appropriations
1/17/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2053 - Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2180 - Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap. (Remote Testimony Available).

Appropriations
1/18/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1896 - Simplifying the funding provisions of the statewide tourism marketing account. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1983 - Concerning the criminal justice treatment account. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2170 - Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2200 - Concerning accounts. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session: HB 1368 - Requiring and funding the purchase of zero emission school buses.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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

Capital Budget
1/18/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2017 - Addressing school districts with aged facilities and a history of capital bond failure. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2092 - Concerning school construction assistance program funding for preschool and before-and-after school care program enrollments. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2195 - Strengthening the early learning facilities grant and loan program by revising criteria and providing resources to the Ruth LeCocq Kagi early learning facilities development account. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/16/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1902 - Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1903 - Reporting lost or stolen firearms. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2021 - Concerning the disposition of privately owned firearms in the custody of state or local government entities or law enforcement agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2054 - Concerning bulk purchases and transfers of firearms. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2118 - Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/17/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2088 - Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2119 - Protecting consumers from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2237 - Concerning limitations in parenting plans. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2254 - Implementing recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/19/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1911 - Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients.

2. HB 1958 - Concerning nonconsensual removal of or tampering with a sexually protective device.

3. HB 2072 - Concerning penalties relating to antitrust actions.

4. HB 1902 - Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

5. HB 1903 - Reporting lost or stolen firearms.

6. HB 2021 - Concerning the disposition of privately owned firearms in the custody of state or local government entities or law enforcement agencies.

7. HB 2054 - Concerning bulk purchases and transfers of firearms.

8. HB 2118 - Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers.

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

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry
1/15/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1396 - Concerning persons sentenced for aggravated first degree murder committed prior to reaching 21 years of age. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1325 - Allowing qualifying persons serving long sentences committed prior to reaching 25 years of age to seek review for possible release from incarceration. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1383 - Concerning people convicted of one or more crimes committed before the person's 18th birthday petitioning the indeterminate sentence review board for early release. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry
1/16/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2076 - Addressing crimes involving human trafficking or sexual exploitation. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1999 - Concerning fabricated intimate or sexually explicit images and depictions. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2177 - Concerning the membership and operation of the sex offender policy board. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2178 - Establishing a pathway off lifetime community custody for individuals with sex offense convictions. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry
1/18/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2210 - Establishing a wild horse holding and training program at a state corrections center. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1062 - Concerning deception by law enforcement officers during custodial interrogations.

2. HB 1798 - Concerning allowed earned release time for certain offenses and enhancements.

3. HB 1926 - Concerning supervision compliance credit.

4. HB 1961 - Concerning animal cruelty in the first degree.

5. HB 1994 - Concerning judicial dismissal of a misdemeanor following completion of court-ordered conditions.

6. HB 2009 - Facilitating the use of dental records in missing person investigations.

7. HB 2027 - Concerning certification, background checks, and training requirements for sheriffs, police chiefs, marshals, reserve officers, and volunteers.

8. HB 2048 - Concerning supervision of domestic violence in criminal sentencing.

9. HB 2086 - Updating processes of the office of independent investigations by changing authority to obtain and share investigative information and aligning with current operations and practices.

10. HB 2210 - Establishing a wild horse holding and training program at a state corrections center.

Consumer Protection & Business
1/16/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2109 - Regulating permanent cosmetics. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2011 - Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2153 - Deterring the theft of catalytic converters. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2156 - Providing solar consumer protections. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. 2SHB 1648 - Concerning ticket sales. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 2094 - Improving consumer protection on gift certificates. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1910 - Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates.

2. HB 1889 - Allowing persons to receive professional licenses and certifications regardless of immigration or citizenship status.

Consumer Protection & Business
1/17/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2139 - Concerning the rental of self-service storage facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2081 - Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1996 - Establishing the Washington recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer law. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2028 - Concerning manufacturer and new dealer franchise agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2274 - Establishing consumer protections for owners of solicited real estate. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1933 - Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.

2. HB 1886 - Concerning prearrangement funeral services.

3. HB 1928 - Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.

Consumer Protection & Business
1/19/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1934 - Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1951 - Promoting ethical artificial intelligence by protecting against algorithmic discrimination. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2149 - Protecting consumer personal information. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1874 - Protecting consumers from predatory loans.

2. HB 2083 - Making modifications to small loans under payday lending laws.

3. HB 2109 - Regulating permanent cosmetics.

4. HB 2011 - Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage.

5. HB 2153 - Deterring the theft of catalytic converters.

6. HB 2156 - Providing solar consumer protections.

Education
1/15/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1915 - Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1935 - Promoting resource conservation practices that include student education and leadership opportunities in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2282 - Identifying African American studies curricula for students in grades seven through 12. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1843 - Modifying school district elections. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HJR 4207 - Amending the Constitution to allow 55 percent of voters voting to authorize school district bonds. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
1/16/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1879 - Naming the curriculum used to inform students about tribal history, culture, and government after John McCoy (lulilaš). (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2005 - Including weighted grade point averages on high school transcripts. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2110 - Reorganizing statutory requirements governing high school graduation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2267 - Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2236 - Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
1/18/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1956 - Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1608 - Expanding access to anaphylaxis medications in schools.

2. HB 1914 - Improving the education of students with varying abilities by enhancing special education services.

3. HB 2038 - Collecting data on student transfers and withdrawals from public schools and school districts.

4. HB 2058 - Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools.

Environment & Energy
1/15/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1976 - Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 and tier 2 buildings.

2. HB 1948 - Ensuring that methods for calculating the electric load of utilities under the energy independence act do not have the effect of discouraging voluntary investments in renewable power.

3. HB 1924 - Promoting the integration of fusion technology within state clean energy policies.

4. HB 2039 - Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2117 - Authorizing authorities to address aerial firefighting aspects as part of permitting processes for communities at risk of wildfires. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2201 - Facilitating linkage of Washington's carbon market with the California-Quebec carbon market. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment & Energy
1/16/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2070 - Integrating environmental justice considerations into certain project decisions. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2131 - Promoting the establishment of thermal energy networks. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2253 - Concerning fair access to community solar. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2235 - Improving publicly available data on Washington state's water quality to improve salmon recovery and the prioritization of salmon recovery projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment & Energy
1/18/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SHB 1185 - Reducing environmental impacts associated with lighting products. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2234 - Concerning energy assistance for low-income households. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2207 - Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2049 - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

2. HB 1955 - Repealing the greenhouse gas content disclosure provision.

3. 2SHB 1433 - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

4. HB 2144 - Providing for a deposit return program for qualifying beverage containers to be implemented by a distributor responsibility organization.

Finance
1/16/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1894 - Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1913 - Expiring the international services tax preference. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2003 - Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2095 - Concerning gift certificates as unclaimed property. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1585 - Addressing local infrastructure project areas.

2. HB 1862 - Providing tax exemptions for the assistance of disabled veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States of America.

3. HB 1867 - Eliminating the estate tax filing requirement for certain estates involving a qualifying familial residence.

4. HB 1895 - Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.

Finance
1/18/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2012 - Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2026 - Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2044 - Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2276 - Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1894 - Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program.

2. HB 1913 - Expiring the international services tax preference.

3. HB 2003 - Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands.

4. HB 2095 - Concerning gift certificates as unclaimed property.

Health Care & Wellness
1/16/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Update on the Pacific Northwest University School of Dental Medicine.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1929 - Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2102 - Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2166 - Increasing access to portable orders for life-sustaining treatment. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2176 - Improving access to patient care by increasing preventive dental care. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2263 - Concerning assisted living facilities delivering permanent supportive housing services. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
1/17/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1941 - Providing for health home services for medicaid-eligible children with medically complex conditions. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2066 - Addressing affordability through health care provider contracting. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2122 - Concerning wellness programs for certain health care professionals. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2245 - Establishing co-response services and training as an essential component of the crisis care continuum. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
1/19/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1859 - Concerning the rights of residents in long-term care facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2145 - Concerning medically necessary treatment of a mental health or substance use disorder. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2197 - Concerning the availability of prevention services under medical assistance programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2271 - Promoting access to information regarding the long-term services and supports trust program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Housing
1/15/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2071 - Concerning residential housing regulations. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2113 - Concerning compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1892 - Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program.

2. HB 2160 - Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development.

Housing
1/16/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2126 - Authorizing accessory dwelling units in rural areas. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2141 - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of large counties. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2172 - Providing for the use of vacant state agency property by a local government during an emergency. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: HB 2114 - Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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
1/18/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2161 - Addressing enforcement of tenant protections. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 2071 - Concerning residential housing regulations.

2. HB 2113 - Concerning compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.

3. HB 2126 - Authorizing accessory dwelling units in rural areas.

4. HB 2141 - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of large counties.

5. HB 2172 - Providing for the use of vacant state agency property by a local government during an emergency.

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning
1/16/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1891 - Maintaining the safety of children when a parent has a substance use disorder. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2224 - Incorporating a risks, strengths, and needs assessment tool in the risk assessment process when investigating alleged child abuse and neglect referrals. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning
1/17/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2186 - Concerning deferred adjudications for juveniles. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1970 - Improving communication between the department of children, youth, and families and caregivers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2256 - Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2217 - Concerning authority over individuals found guilty of or accused of criminal offenses that occurred when the individual was under age 18. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning
1/19/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2185 - Concerning the oversight board for children, youth, and families. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2218 - Providing extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2251 - Concerning the disposition of unenforceable legal financial obligations other than restitution imposed by a court or an agent of the court against a juvenile prior to July 1, 2023. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: HB 2007 - Expanding time limit exemptions applicable to cash assistance programs.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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

Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans
1/16/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1912 - Requiring state agencies to share information to encourage economic development. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2273 - Conducting a study of functional recovery building code standards. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1869 - Enacting the keeping our Washington guard strong act.

2. HB 1870 - Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding.

3. HB 1925 - Expanding the veterans service officer program to increase veteran support statewide.

4. HB 1978 - Adding special purpose and junior taxing districts to the intrastate mutual aid system.

5. HB 1982 - Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband.

6. HB 2014 - Concerning the definition of veteran and restoring honor to veterans.

7. HB 2020 - Creating a state administered public infrastructure assistance program within the emergency management division.

Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans
1/17/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Update.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1997 - Concerning gubernatorial appointments for the state parks and recreation commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2203 - Creating a pilot project to assist incarcerated veterans. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2138 - Promoting outdoor learning in state parks. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1952 - Concerning long-term community recovery after disasters.

2. HB 2135 - Including federally recognized tribes as part of the Washington emergency management division emergency worker program.

Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans 1/19/2024 10:30 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Executive Session: HB 1912 - Requiring state agencies to share information to encourage economic development. 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 & Workplace Standards
1/16/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2087 - Concerning objections to apprenticeship programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2097 - Assisting workers in recovering wages owed. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2127 - Concerning workers' compensation incentives to return to work. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2136 - Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Workplace Standards
1/17/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1959 - Extending parts of the paid family and medical leave program to employers with fewer than 50 employees. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1986 - Adding purposes for the use of existing firefighter safety funding. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1991 - Concerning paid sick leave. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2100 - Reducing the impacts of mass layoffs. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2226 - Concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Workplace Standards
1/19/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2325 - Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Executive Session:

1. HB 1893 - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

2. HB 1905 - Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

3. HB 1927 - Reducing the number of days that a worker's temporary total disability must continue to receive industrial insurance compensation for the day of an injury and the three-day period following the injury.

4. HB 1940 - Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.

5. HB 1942 - Clarifying employment standards for long-term care individual providers.

6. HB 1975 - Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments.

7. HB 2022 - Concerning construction crane safety.

8. HB 2031 - Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel.

9. HB 2036 - Concerning workplace safety and operational standards for adult entertainment establishments.

Local Government
1/16/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2103 - Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2211 - Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2231 - Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2258 - Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
1/17/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2090 - Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2106 - Concerning library districts with an annexed city or town. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2132 - Reducing training costs for small county offices of coroners or medical examiners. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2191 - Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
1/19/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1890 - Concerning housing authorities.

2. HB 1987 - Concerning the use of moneys from the rural public facilities sales and use tax for affordable workforce housing infrastructure and facilities.

3. HB 2090 - Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership.

4. HB 2103 - Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts.

5. HB 2106 - Concerning library districts with an annexed city or town.

6. HB 2132 - Reducing training costs for small county offices of coroners or medical examiners.

7. HB 2137 - Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments.

8. HB 2191 - Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas.

9. HB 2211 - Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice.

10. HB 2231 - Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers.

11. HB 2258 - Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system.

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

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/16/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2019 - Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2112 - Concerning opioid and fentanyl prevention education and awareness at institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2125 - Concerning the eligibility of state-mandated benefits for contingent faculty at community and technical colleges. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2242 - Supporting sexual assault survivors at institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/17/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2025 - Modifying placement and salary matching requirements for the state work-study program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2082 - Assessing the needs of the electrical transmission industry. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2164 - Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2155 - Creating the Washington credential registry. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2214 - Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant. (Remote Testimony Available).

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/19/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 2019 - Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program.

2. HB 2112 - Concerning opioid and fentanyl prevention education and awareness at institutions of higher education.

3. HB 2125 - Concerning the eligibility of state-mandated benefits for contingent faculty at community and technical colleges.

4. HB 2242 - Supporting sexual assault survivors at institutions of higher education.

5. HB 2025 - Modifying placement and salary matching requirements for the state work-study program.

6. HB 2082 - Assessing the needs of the electrical transmission industry.

7. HB 2164 - Providing postsecondary education consumer protections.

8. HB 2155 - Creating the Washington credential registry.

9. HB 2214 - Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant.

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

Regulated Substances & Gaming
1/15/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2151 - Reassigning the accreditation of private cannabis testing laboratories from the department of ecology to the department of agriculture. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2163 - Concerning liquor licensee advertising. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1249 - Regarding limits on the sale and possession of retail cannabis products.

2. HB 1299 - Concerning workforce development in the beverage alcohol industry.

Regulated Substances & Gaming
1/16/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2182 - Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2194 - Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session: HB 1650 - Requiring voter approval for local government prohibitions on cannabis businesses.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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

Regulated Substances & Gaming
1/18/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2204 - Creating a special liquor permit. (Remote Testimony Available).

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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 & Tribal Relations
1/16/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1692 - Creating student advisory groups. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2209 - Celebrating lunar new year. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2099 - Concerning state identification cards for persons in state custody or care. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2030 - Revoking a person's voting rights only when convicted of a state crime punishable by death. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
1/17/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1876 - Concerning confidential fisheries information collected by other states and maintaining that confidentiality under the public records act. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2098 - Authorizing the women's commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2062 - Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2173 - Concerning executive sessions by publicly owned natural gas utilities under the open public meetings act in order to comply with the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2205 - Establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 2206 - Establishing secure online access to the voter registration database. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
1/19/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 2023 - Improving meaningful access to elections by increasing language assistance.

2. HB 1990 - Concerning the Washington state aerial imagery program.

3. HB 1692 - Creating student advisory groups.

4. HB 2209 - Celebrating lunar new year.

5. HB 2099 - Concerning state identification cards for persons in state custody or care.

6. HB 1885 - Strengthening campaign finance disclosure by prohibiting campaign contributions and expenditures by foreign-influenced corporations.

7. HJR 4208 - Removing gendered terms from the Constitution.

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
1/15/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1953 - Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1964 - Enhancing prorate and fuel tax collections by improving taxpayer compliance, providing additional enforcement mechanisms, and protecting confidential taxpayer information. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1989 - Creating a graffiti abatement and reduction program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation
1/17/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1489 - Creating Mount St. Helens special license plates. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SHB 1829 - Creating the LeMay-America's Car Museum special license plate. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2108 - Creating the state department of natural resources' Smokey Bear special license plates. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation 1/18/2024 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Traffic safety. 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

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