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Added to Executive Session: 3SHB 1579, E2SHB 1618, ESHB 2114, HB 2210, ESHB 1493, E2SHB 2065, 2SHB 2084, E2SHB 2099, E2SHB 2311, ESHB 1932, HB 2246, 2ESHB 1282, SHB 1044, SHB 1870, ESHB 2131, HB 1982, SHB 1892, SHB 2195, E4SHB 1239, SHB 1012, SHB 2020, 2EHB 1757, SHB 1453, HB 1052, HB 1976, EHB 2199, SHB 2012, E2SHB 2354, HB 2375, ESHB 1510, ESHB 2003, ESHB 2482, SHB 1768, SHB 1818, SSB 6316, ESHB 2207, E2SHB 1899, 2SHB 1391, 2SHB 1551, E2SHB 2301, E2SHB 2401, SHB 1970, SHB 1916, ESHB 1652, SHB 2007, 2SHB 2124, SHB 1942, 2SHB 2014, E2SHB 1956, E2SHB 2247, 2SHB 1929, 2SHB 1877, 2SHB 1941, SHB 1717, E2SHB 2160, 2SHB 2270, ESHB 2236, E2SHB 1692, 2ESHB 1377, 3SHB 1228, ESHB 1248, E2SHB 1368, SHB 2180, ESHB 2494, HB 1946, HB 1943, ESHB 2019, 2SHB 2112, 2SHB 2214, and ESHB 2441.
Removed from Executive Session:  Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 2/26/2024 10:00 AM

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

REVISED ON 2/24/2024 AT 1:50 PM

Executive Session:
1.   3SHB 1579 - Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force.
2.   E2SHB 1618 - Concerning the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse.
3.   ESHB 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.
4.   HB 2210 - Establishing a wild horse holding and training program at a state corrections center.
5.   ESHB 1493 - Concerning impaired driving.
6.   E2SHB 2065 - Recalculating sentencing ranges for currently incarcerated individuals whose offender score was increased by juvenile convictions.
7.   2SHB 2084 - Establishing an oversight committee to improve construction-related training and pathways to state registered apprenticeships in state correctional facilities.
8.   E2SHB 2099 - Concerning state identification cards for persons in state custody or care.
9.   E2SHB 2311 - Supporting first responder wellness and peer support.
10.   ESHB 1932 - Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation.
11.   HB 2246 - Concerning vacation leave accrual for state employees.
12.   2ESHB 1282 - Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material.
13.   SHB 1044 - Providing capital financial assistance to small school districts with demonstrated funding challenges.
14.   SHB 1870 - Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding.
15.   ESHB 2131 - Promoting the establishment of thermal energy networks.
16.   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.
17.   SHB 1892 - Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program.
18.   SHB 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.
19.   E4SHB 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.
20.   SHB 1012 - Addressing the response to extreme weather events.
21.   SHB 2020 - Creating a state administered public infrastructure assistance program within the emergency management division.
22.   2EHB 1757 - Providing a sales and use tax remittance to qualified farmers.
23.   SHB 1453 - Providing a tax exemption for medical cannabis patients.
24.   HB 1052 - Providing a property tax exemption for qualified real and personal property owned or used by a nonprofit entity in providing qualified housing funded in whole or part through a local real estate excise tax.
25.   HB 1976 - Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 and tier 2 buildings.
26.   EHB 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.
27.   SHB 2012 - Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds.
28.   E2SHB 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 and clarifying that a tax increment area must be dissolved when all bond obligations are paid.
29.   HB 2375 - Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption.
30.   ESHB 1510 - Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060.
31.   ESHB 2003 - Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands.
32.   ESHB 2482 - Reinstating semiconductor tax incentives.
33.   SHB 1768 - Exempting certain sales of electricity to qualifying green businesses from the public utilities tax.
34.   SHB 1818 - Concerning the exclusion of compensating tax when land is sold to a governmental entity intending to manage the land similarly to designated forestland or timberland.
35.   SSB 6316 - Concerning the state route number 520 corridor.
36.   ESHB 2207 - Providing tools designed to reduce the impacts of unlawful solid waste dumping.
37.   E2SHB 1899 - Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires.
38.   2SHB 1391 - Concerning energy in buildings.
39.   2SHB 1551 - Reducing lead in cookware.
40.   E2SHB 2301 - Improving the outcomes associated with waste material management systems, including products affecting organic material management systems.
41.   E2SHB 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.
42.   SHB 1970 - Improving communication between the department of children, youth, and families and caregivers.
43.   SHB 1916 - Concerning funding for the early support for infants and toddlers program.
44.   ESHB 1652 - Concerning child support pass through.
45.   SHB 2007 - Expanding time limit exemptions applicable to cash assistance programs.
46.   2SHB 2124 - Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs.
47.   SHB 1942 - Clarifying employment standards for long-term care individual providers.
48.   2SHB 2014 - Concerning the definition of veteran and restoring honor to veterans.
49.   E2SHB 1956 - Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education.
50.   E2SHB 2247 - Addressing behavioral health provider shortages.
51.   2SHB 1929 - Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment.
52.   2SHB 1877 - Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system.
53.   2SHB 1941 - Providing for health home services for medicaid-eligible children with medically complex conditions.
54.   SHB 1717 - Supporting innovation at associate development organizations.
55.   E2SHB 2160 - Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development.
56.   2SHB 2270 - Creating a Washington state department of housing.
57.   ESHB 2236 - Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs.
58.   E2SHB 1692 - Creating student advisory groups.
59.   2ESHB 1377 - Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education.
60.   3SHB 1228 - Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education.
61.   ESHB 1248 - Concerning pupil transportation.
62.   E2SHB 1368 - Requiring and funding the purchase of zero emission school buses.
63.   SHB 2180 - Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap.
64.   ESHB 2494 - Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools.
65.   HB 1946 - Creating the Washington health corps behavioral health scholarship program.
66.   HB 1943 - Modifying the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program.
67.   ESHB 2019 - Establishing a Native American apprentice assistance program.
68.   2SHB 2112 - Concerning opioid and fentanyl prevention education and awareness at institutions of higher education.
69.   2SHB 2214 - Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant.
70.   ESHB 2441 - Establishing a pilot program eliminating college in the high school fees for private not-for-profit four-year institutions.


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