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Added to Executive Session: SB 6296, SB 5799, SB 5427, SSB 5838, SB 6098, SB 5986, SB 5906, SSB 5943, SB 6286, SSB 6110, 3SSB 5438, SSB 5937, SB 6308, SSB 6228, SSB 5853, SSB 6251, SSB 6220, SSB 5953, SSB 6021, SB 5981, SSB 5893, SSB 6273, SSB 6187, SB 6242, SB 6301, SB 5811, SB 5802, SSB 6068, SSB 5774, SSB 5908, SSB 6109, SSB 6006, SSB 5780, SB 5889, SB 6247, SSB 5924, SSB 6194, SB 6125, SB 5373, SSB 5825, SB 6038, SB 6238, SB 5770, SSB 6158, SB 5911, SSB 5118, SB 6013, SB 6030, SSB 6175, SB 6215, SSB 5946, SSB 6121, SSB 6092, SSB 6163, SSB 6058, SB 5978, SB 5789, SSB 5444, SSB 5972, SSB 5784, SB 6036, SSB 6039, SSB 5600, SB 5902, SB 6100, SSB 5598, SB 6087, SB 5803, SB 5904, SSB 6221, SB 6031, SB 5873, SSB 5956, SSB 5809, SSB 5882, SSB 6264, SB 5850, SSB 5849, SB 5852, SSB 5955, and SB 6080.
Removed from Executive Session:  Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 2/5/2024 10:00 AM

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

REVISED ON 2/3/2024 AT 2:48 PM

Executive Session:
1.   SB 6296 - Establishing a retail industry work group.
2.   SB 5799 - Concerning the sale of halal foods.
3.   SB 5427 - Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents.
4.   SSB 5838 - Establishing an artificial intelligence task force.
5.   SB 6098 - Concerning accounts.
6.   SB 5986 - Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges.
7.   SB 5906 - Implementing a statewide drug overdose prevention and education campaign.
8.   SSB 5943 - Conducting a feasibility study regarding a resource data tool to connect Washington residents to services and resources.
9.   SB 6286 - Addressing the anesthesia workforce shortage by reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of certified registered nurse anesthetists in Washington.
10.   SSB 6110 - Modernizing the child fatality statute.
11.   3SSB 5438 - Facilitating supportive relationships with family and significant individuals within the behavioral health system.
12.   SSB 5937 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses.
13.   SB 6308 - Extending timelines for implementation of the 988 system.
14.   SSB 6228 - Concerning treatment of substance use disorders.
15.   SSB 5853 - Extending the crisis relief center model to provide behavioral health crisis services for minors.
16.   SSB 6251 - Coordinating regional behavioral crisis response services.
17.   SSB 6220 - Concerning high THC cannabis products.
18.   SSB 5953 - Concerning financial aid grants for incarcerated students.
19.   SSB 6021 - Reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined to correctional facilities.
20.   SB 5981 - Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board.
21.   SSB 5893 - Providing gate money to incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections.
22.   SSB 6273 - Conducting an audit of the juvenile rehabilitation system.
23.   SSB 6187 - Concerning the body scanner pilot program at the department of corrections.
24.   SB 6242 - Concerning law enforcement training.
25.   SB 6301 - Concerning basic law enforcement academy.
26.   SB 5811 - Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers.
27.   SB 5802 - Providing flexibility in calculation of nursing rates.
28.   SSB 6068 - Reporting on dependency outcomes.
29.   SSB 5774 - Increasing the capacity to conduct timely fingerprint-based background checks for prospective child care employees and other programs.
30.   SSB 5908 - Providing extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21.
31.   SSB 6109 - Supporting children and families.
32.   SSB 6006 - Supporting victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse.
33.   SSB 5780 - Encouraging participation in public defense and prosecution professions.
34.   SB 5889 - Establishing the customer voice council.
35.   SB 6247 - Concerning public employees' retirement system plan 2 service credit for officers of labor organizations.
36.   SSB 5924 - Concerning access to personnel records.
37.   SSB 6194 - Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.
38.   SB 6125 - Preserving records and artifacts regarding the historical treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Washington state.
39.   SB 5373 - Requiring equal reimbursement for advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.
40.   SSB 5825 - Concerning guardianship and conservatorship.
41.   SB 6038 - Reducing the costs associated with providing child care.
42.   SB 6238 - Updating thresholds for the property tax exemption for widows and widowers of honorably discharged veterans.
43.   SB 5770 - Providing state and local property tax reform.
44.   SSB 6158 - Concerning public facilities districts.
45.   SB 5911 - Enhancing cancer research funding by dedicating a portion of state sales tax collections in October to the Andy Hill cancer research endowment fund.
46.   SSB 5118 - Modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing.
47.   SB 6013 - Expanding the homeownership development property tax exemption to include real property sold to low-income households for building residences using mutual self-help housing construction.
48.   SB 6030 - Amending the county population threshold for counties that may exempt from taxation the value of accessory dwelling units to incentivize rental to low-income households.
49.   SSB 6175 - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures.
50.   SB 6215 - Improving tax and revenue laws.
51.   SSB 5946 - Establishing a fallen firefighter memorial.
52.   SSB 6121 - Concerning agricultural and forestry biomass.
53.   SSB 6092 - Concerning disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.
54.   SSB 6163 - Concerning biosolids.
55.   SSB 6058 - Facilitating linkage of Washington's carbon market with the California-Quebec carbon market.
56.   SB 5978 - Authorizing the office of the superintendent of public instruction to act as a guarantor for a county when the county provides a loan to a school district.
57.   SB 5789 - Concerning the sales and use tax for school construction assistance program capital projects.
58.   SSB 5444 - Concerning firearm sensitive places.
59.   SSB 5972 - Concerning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
60.   SSB 5784 - Concerning deer and elk damage to commercial crops.
61.   SB 6036 - Concerning agriculture pest and disease response.
62.   SSB 6039 - Promoting the development of geothermal energy resources.
63.   SSB 5600 - Extending the expiration date for the state universal communications services program.
64.   SB 5902 - Reinvesting account revenue for the purpose of supporting the state park system.
65.   SB 6100 - Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.
66.   SSB 5598 - Concerning funding of legalized horse racing and the recreational use of horses in Washington state.
67.   SB 6087 - Concerning the fire service training account.
68.   SB 5803 - Concerning the recruitment and retention of Washington national guard members.
69.   SB 5904 - Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs.
70.   SSB 6221 - Concerning the Washington national primate research center at the University of Washington.
71.   SB 6031 - Modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students.
72.   SB 5873 - Providing adequate and predictable student transportation.
73.   SSB 5956 - Concerning the maximum per-pupil limit for enrichment levies.
74.   SSB 5809 - Concerning enrichment funding for charter public schools.
75.   SSB 5882 - Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs.
76.   SSB 6264 - Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.
77.   SB 5850 - Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school.
78.   SSB 5849 - Concerning a computer science competency graduation requirement.
79.   SB 5852 - Concerning special education safety net awards.
80.   SSB 5955 - Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts.
81.   SB 6080 - Simplifying the funding provisions of the statewide tourism marketing account.


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