House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/22

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House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/22

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, January 22, 2024
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/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 23, 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 24, 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
	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 National Guard Day
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 25, 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 26, 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
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/POSSIBLE CAUCUS
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
1/23/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2302 - Extending the pesticide application safety committee. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2286 - Creating a capital grant program to support recovery of salmon and steelhead stocks. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2312 - Concerning the authority of the commissioner of public lands to enter into tribal interlocal agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2293 - Studying the effects of avian predation of salmon. (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
1/24/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

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

2. HB 2045 - Creating an adopt a fish barrier program.

3. HB 2059 - Concerning the sale of halal foods.

4. HB 2336 - Assessing the suitability of lands in Washington for agricultural and renewable energy purposes.

5. HB 2341 - Directing the University of Washington to conduct a study on the cumulative effects of offshore wind development on the oceanographic processes of the Pacific Ocean.

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
1/26/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1574 - Supporting Washington agriculture by capturing methane and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1752 - Modifying the application of the annual consumptive quantity calculation to change applications related to certain water rights held by the United States bureau of reclamation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session: HB 2243 - Creating the children's social equity land trust.

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

Appropriations
1/22/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1980 - Concerning ground emergency medical transportation services. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2316 - Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for certain part-time bus drivers employed full-time by the federal government. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session: 2SHB 1579 - Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force.

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

Appropriations 1/24/2024 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills referred to committee. (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

Appropriations 1/25/2024 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills referred to committee. (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

Capital Budget
1/25/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2299 - Concerning the authority of the department of natural resources to lease trust assets for the benefit of trust beneficiaries and the state. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2310 - Creating the Julia Butler Hansen state park heritage center. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2372 - Transferring public property to Washington state federally recognized tribes for facilities to provide alcohol and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and aftercare programs and services, and for behavioral health and related programs and services. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2411 - Adjusting school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/23/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2152 - Updating terminology related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1877 - Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

4. HB 2140 - Modifying laws related to adverse possession to protect legal owners of property. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2383 - Reporting on dependency outcomes. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/24/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2016 - Allowing certain minors to contract for housing and utilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2055 - Creating a gambling treatment diversion court pilot program to be conducted by the administrative office of the courts. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2213 - Concerning defects and omissions in the laws that have been identified by the justices of the supreme court or judges of the superior courts pursuant to Article IV, section 25 of the state Constitution. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1974 - Disposing of human remains. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2265 - Establishing climbing facility regulations and requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/26/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2152 - Updating terminology related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial.

2. HB 1877 - Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system.

3. HB 2088 - Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams.

4. HB 2254 - Implementing recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group.

5. HB 2237 - Concerning limitations in parenting plans.

6. HB 2119 - Protecting consumers from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt.

7. HB 2383 - Reporting on dependency outcomes.

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
1/22/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2084 - Establishing an oversight committee to improve construction-related training and pathways to state registered apprenticeships in state correctional facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2169 - Concerning a pilot program creating a healthier environment for correctional officers, department of corrections staff, and individuals within a correctional facility. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2287 - Creating an advisory board to the office of the corrections ombuds. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2065 - Recalculating sentencing ranges for currently incarcerated individuals whose offender score was increased by juvenile convictions. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry
1/23/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2311 - Supporting first responder wellness and peer support. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2001 - Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interests of justice. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2390 - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2395 - Improving public safety by deterring assaults involving strangulation or suffocation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry
1/25/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1967 - Excluding any person who is convicted of a hit and run resulting in death from being eligible for a first-time offender waiver. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2079 - Improving school safety by extending and increasing penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and athletic activities. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2133 - Designating trespassing on a public school bus as a felony offense. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1800 - Concerning criminal penalties and restitution for graffiti. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2196 - Concerning alcohol concentration. (Remote Testimony Available).

Consumer Protection & Business
1/23/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Pew Charitable Trusts’ Report on Recommendations to Increase Retirement Savings in Washington.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2244 - Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1860 - Establishing stay-to-play requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1996 - Establishing the Washington recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer law.

2. HB 2139 - Concerning the rental of self-service storage facilities.

Consumer Protection & Business
1/24/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2329 - Conducting a study of the insurance market for housing providers receiving housing trust fund resources. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2330 - Addressing wildfire protection and mitigation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2109 - Regulating permanent cosmetics.

2. HB 2081 - Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act.

3. HB 1648 - Concerning ticket sales.

Consumer Protection & Business 1/26/2024 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Possible Executive Session: HB 2277 - Licensing of business entities engaged in the act of brokering data. 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

Education
1/22/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1228 - Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1239 - Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. E2SHB 1565 - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2335 - Concerning state-tribal education compacts. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2381 - Increasing eligibility for economy and efficiency flexible school calendar waivers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
1/23/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2331 - Modifying requirements for public school instructional and supplemental instructional materials. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2398 - Requiring parent representation on instructional materials committees. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2037 - Concerning Holocaust and genocide education in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2018 - Improving student outcomes by restricting mobile device use by public school students. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1922 - Establishing a grant program for the purchase and installation of vape detectors in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
1/25/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2130 - Extending special education services. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2239 - Supporting student well-being through instruction in social-emotional skills. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1915 - Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education.

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

3. HB 2005 - Including weighted grade point averages on high school transcripts.

4. HB 2110 - Reorganizing statutory requirements governing high school graduation.

5. HB 2267 - Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies.

6. HB 2236 - Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs.

7. HB 1956 - Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education.

Environment & Energy
1/22/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2290 - Providing funding for salmon recovery through a fee assessed on municipal discharges of untreated sewage into Puget Sound. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2376 - Concerning the regulatory obligations of certain public entities, including municipal gas utilities, under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2333 - Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of state-owned lands for the purpose of generating offset credits under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2401 - Providing for the responsible management of refrigerant gases with a higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide that are used in appliances or other infrastructure. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment & Energy
1/23/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

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

2. HB 2051 - Reducing emissions from small off-road engines.

3. HB 2073 - Concerning emissions of greenhouse gases from sources other than methane and carbon dioxide.

4. HB 2131 - Promoting the establishment of thermal energy networks.

5. HB 2201 - Facilitating linkage of Washington's carbon market with the California-Quebec carbon market.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2301 - Improving the outcomes associated with waste material management systems, including products affecting organic material management systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2069 - Concerning the sale of biogenic carbon dioxide and other coproducts of biogas processing. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment & Energy
1/25/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2207 - Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping.

2. HB 2234 - Concerning energy assistance for low-income households.

3. HB 1185 - Reducing environmental impacts associated with lighting products.

Public Hearing:

1. HJM 4003 - Requesting that the United States join in developing a Fossil Fuel Nonproliferation Treaty. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2249 - Ensuring transparency regarding the impacts of allowing general market participants, including financial speculators, to participate in climate commitment act markets. (Remote Testimony Available).

Finance
1/23/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1716 - Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses and requiring the department of revenue to provide a report to the legislature. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1936 - Concerning tax incentives for farmers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2199 - Creating business and occupation and public utility tax exemptions for certain amounts received as the result of receipt, generation, purchase, sale, transfer, or retirement of allowances, offset credits, or price ceiling units under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2289 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for inputs required for salmon recovery projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2322 - Creating a tax preference child care requirement. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

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

2. HB 2026 - Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs.

3. HB 2044 - Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies.

Finance
1/25/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1981 - Incentivizing clean nuclear energy manufacturing through preferential business and occupation tax rates. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2063 - Providing an exemption from the real estate excise tax for transfers of property to qualifying low-income first-time homebuyers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2120 - Concerning tax preferences for clean energy manufacturers. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2219 - Providing tax relief for nonprofit development of affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2375 - Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
1/23/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2247 - Addressing behavioral health provider shortages. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2319 - Concerning substance use disorder treatment. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2347 - Concerning adult family home information. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2355 - Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2397 - Concerning assisted living facilities that are owned or operated by affordable housing providers. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 2408 - Concerning methods of communication used by the technology platform designed for the behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention system. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
1/24/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2116 - Expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2295 - Concerning hospital at-home services. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2416 - Changing the legal title for advanced practice nurses. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Executive Session:

1. HB 2122 - Concerning wellness programs for certain health care professionals.

2. HB 2245 - Establishing co-response services and training as an essential component of the crisis care continuum.

3. HB 2102 - Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits.

Health Care & Wellness
1/26/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 2271 - Promoting access to information regarding the long-term services and supports trust program.

2. HB 2355 - Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists.

3. HB 2361 - Phasing in the requirement that only standardized health plans may be offered on the health benefit exchange.

4. HB 2408 - Concerning methods of communication used by the technology platform designed for the behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention 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

Housing
1/22/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2308 - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2321 - Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2353 - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of counties. (Remote Testimony Available).

Housing
1/23/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2270 - Creating a Washington state department of housing. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2275 - Concerning senior independent living facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Housing
1/25/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2158 - Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2323 - Requiring landlords to report on-time rent payments to consumer reporting agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 2308 - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures.

2. HB 2321 - Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop.

3. HB 2353 - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of counties.

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning
1/23/2024 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).

3. HB 2407 - Increasing protections for child welfare workers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning
1/24/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2230 - Promoting economic inclusion by creating the economic security for all grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2279 - Concerning utilization of developmental disabilities waivers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2342 - Providing dependent youth with financial education and support. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2365 - Increasing access to respite care for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their caregivers. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2368 - Assisting refugees and immigrants. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning 1/26/2024 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm D and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Executive Session: HB 2218 - Providing extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21. 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
1/23/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1835 - Defining frontier counties. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2313 - Furthering digital equity and opportunity in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2400 - Establishing an adopt-a-waterway program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1997 - Concerning gubernatorial appointments for the state parks and recreation commission.

2. HB 2203 - Creating a pilot project to assist incarcerated veterans.

3. HB 2138 - Promoting outdoor learning in state parks.

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

Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans 1/26/2024 10:30 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Executive Session: 1. HB 1835 - Defining frontier counties. 2. HB 2257 - Supporting back country search and rescue organizations and volunteers through the creation of the back country search and rescue grant program. 3. HB 2313 - Furthering digital equity and opportunity in Washington. 4. HB 2400 - Establishing an adopt-a-waterway program.

Labor & Workplace Standards
1/23/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2035 - Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2061 - Defining an employee of a health care facility for purposes of mandatory overtime provisions. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2246 - Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2382 - Concerning death benefits applicable to drivers of transportation network companies. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Workplace Standards
1/24/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

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

2. HB 1959 - Extending parts of the paid family and medical leave program to employers with fewer than 50 employees.

3. HB 1986 - Adding purposes for the use of existing firefighter safety funding.

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

5. HB 2097 - Assisting workers in recovering wages owed.

6. HB 2127 - Concerning workers' compensation incentives to return to work.

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
1/26/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2266 - Concerning sanitary conditions for construction workers who menstruate or express milk. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1991 - Concerning paid sick leave.

2. HB 2100 - Reducing the impacts of mass layoffs.

3. HB 2136 - Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment.

4. HB 2226 - Concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters.

5. HB 2325 - Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.

Local Government
1/23/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1899 - Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2052 - Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2252 - Allowing small business establishments in residential zones. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2296 - Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2394 - Streamlining certain decisions pertaining to the development or extension of a trail or path from the state environmental policy act. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 2403 - Protecting cats and dogs by requiring kennels to meet certain fire safety standards. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
1/24/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2343 - Concerning reimbursement by property owners for street, road, and water or sewer projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2344 - Concerning the effective date of the filing of a notice of intention with a boundary review board. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2348 - Concerning county hospital funding. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2354 - Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 2391 - Concerning county ferries. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
1/26/2024 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1899 - Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires.

2. HB 2052 - Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.

3. HB 2252 - Allowing small business establishments in residential zones.

4. HB 2296 - Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments.

5. HB 2343 - Concerning reimbursement by property owners for street, road, and water or sewer projects.

6. HB 2344 - Concerning the effective date of the filing of a notice of intention with a boundary review board.

7. HB 2348 - Concerning county hospital funding.

8. HB 2354 - Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction.

9. HB 2394 - Streamlining certain decisions pertaining to the development or extension of a trail or path from the state environmental policy act.

10. HB 2403 - Protecting cats and dogs by requiring kennels to meet certain fire safety standards.

11. HB 2391 - Concerning county ferries.

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
1/23/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2309 - Establishing the Washington 13 free guarantee. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2374 - Establishing the Washington promise program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/24/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2339 - Adjusting certification renewal for home care aides and nursing assistants. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2077 - Concerning participation in the Washington guaranteed admissions program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/26/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 2309 - Establishing the Washington 13 free guarantee.

2. HB 2374 - Establishing the Washington promise program.

3. HB 2339 - Adjusting certification renewal for home care aides and nursing assistants.

4. HB 2077 - Concerning participation in the Washington guaranteed admissions program.

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
1/22/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2363 - Authorizing off-site and pop-up retail sales, service, and consumption of alcohol. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1341 - Concerning cannabis license ownership.

2. HB 2151 - Reassigning the accreditation of private cannabis testing laboratories from the department of ecology to the department of agriculture.

3. HB 2194 - Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis.

Regulated Substances & Gaming
1/23/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2163 - Concerning liquor licensee advertising.

2. HB 2182 - Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances.

3. HB 2204 - Creating a special liquor permit.

4. HB 2255 - Concerning inversion and diversion of cannabis.

5. HB 2260 - Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors.

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
1/25/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2317 - Increasing the gross revenue threshold for unlicensed bingo, raffles, and amusement games conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations.

2. HB 2320 - Concerning high THC cannabis products.

3. HB 2334 - Transferring certain cannabis licensing activities to the department of agriculture.

4. HB 2369 - Creating a private club liquor permit.

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
1/23/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2283 - Allowing state employees living in an emergency or disaster area to receive shared leave. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2346 - Updating the governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2362 - Modifying provisions on joint legislative audit and review committee studies. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2371 - Clarifying the rules surrounding the removal of political advertising. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
1/24/2024 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2216 - Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating two-year and four-year degree requirements that are unnecessary. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2250 - Increasing representation and voter participation in local elections. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2307 - Limiting vexatious claims by modifying administrative and judicial review processes for public records requests and responses. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
1/26/2024 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

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

2. HB 2062 - Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service.

3. 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.

4. HB 2205 - Establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process.

5. HB 2206 - Establishing secure online access to the voter registration database.

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
1/22/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

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

2. HB 2318 - Concerning state route number 501. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2357 - Establishing a state patrol longevity bonus. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation
1/24/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2262 - Reducing the rolling resistance of motor vehicle replacement tires. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2373 - Modifying the adopt-a-highway program to further the purpose of civic engagement and collaboration. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 2385 - Concerning fuel purchasing for the state ferry system. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 2386 - Addressing off-duty traffic control provided by Washington state patrol officers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation
1/25/2024 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2393 - Establishing tax exemptions for unleaded aircraft fuel. (Remote Testimony Available).

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