Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/20

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/20

Monday, January 20, 2025
Time Committee Location
10:30 AM Higher Education & Workforce Development (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
Labor & Commerce (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Law & Justice (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Human Services (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
Local Government (S) Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
4:00 PM Transportation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Ways & Means (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Law & Justice (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM Health & Long-Term Care (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
Labor & Commerce (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM Environment, Energy & Technology (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Human Services (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
4:00 PM Transportation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Ways & Means (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Business, Financial Services & Trade (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
Environment, Energy & Technology (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Human Services (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:15 PM JOINT SESSION
State of the Judiciary (Senate Chambers)
1:00 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
(immediately following Joint Session)
1:30 PM Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Housing (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Business, Financial Services & Trade (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
Health & Long-Term Care (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Law & Justice (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Higher Education & Workforce Development (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
Local Government (S) Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
4:00 PM Transportation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Ways & Means (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Health & Long-Term Care (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
Labor & Commerce (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
10:30 AM Environment, Energy & Technology (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Housing (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS

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Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5074 - Concerning the payment of turfgrass seed contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5165 - Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5171 - Concerning livestock damage due to wolf predation. (Remote Testimony Available).


Work Session: Small Forest management, sustainability, and fire resiliency.


Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/23/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife organizational review.
  1. Public comment. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Business, Financial Services & Trade
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Overview of the Washington State Lottery.
2.   Overview of the Washington State Gambling Commission.
3.   Overview of the Washington State Horse Racing Commission.



Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Business, Financial Services & Trade
1/23/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5109 - Concerning the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5141 - Requiring that experience-rated group disability income insurers include all applicable rating factors and credibility formulas in rate manual filings with the insurance commissioner. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5207 - Requiring refunds to consumers for early cancellation of term-based subscriptions to electronic media services. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5280 - Protecting consumers of virtual currency kiosks. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/21/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5181 - Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5180 - Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5123 - Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5179 - Establishing a complaint process to address noncompliance with certain state education laws. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5187 - Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5263 - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5307 - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/23/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Issues related to rural school districts.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5008 - Supporting the use of assessment, diagnostic, and learning tools in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5009 - Modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5120 - Expanding the learning assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5177 - Considering the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying professional development resources on certain topics. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: SB 5181 - Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Environment, Energy & Technology
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission overview.
2.   Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council overview.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5241 - Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5246 - Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Environment, Energy & Technology
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Recycling Basics and Benefits.


Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Environment, Energy & Technology
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5036 - Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5236 - Concerning emissions of greenhouse gases used for anesthetic purposes. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Health & Long-Term Care
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Access to behavioral health care and dental care.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5075 - Concerning cost sharing for prenatal and postnatal care. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5051 - Consolidating regulatory authority for nursing assistants. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5239 - Concerning the retention of hospital medical records. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Health & Long-Term Care
1/23/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Health care affordability.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5064 - Creating an advisory council on rare diseases. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5019 - Concerning prepacked medication distribution. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5244 - Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Health & Long-Term Care
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Health care quality.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5228 - Updating the governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5121 - Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5258 - Implementing state auditor recommendations for reducing improper medicaid concurrent enrollment payments. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Higher Education & Workforce Development
1/20/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: College affordability.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5087 - Establishing legal education programs at community and technical colleges. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5027 - Establishing a loan repayment program for public defense attorneys and prosecutors. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5205 - Concerning Washington college grant award amounts. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Higher Education & Workforce Development
1/23/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Degree attainment.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Housing
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5298 - Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)
2.   SB 5222 - 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. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Housing
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5148 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5184 - Concerning minimum parking requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5249 - Concerning siting kit homes. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5129 - Concerning common interest communities.
2.   SB 5156 - Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.



Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Human Services
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5266 - Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5032 - Expanding the duties of the office of the family and children's ombuds to include juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of children, youth, and families. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5128 - Concerning the provision of medical assistance to individuals in juvenile detention facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Human Services
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5005 - Concerning transparency, public safety, and independent oversight of the city, county, and regional jail system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5031 - Concerning health care coordination regarding confined individuals. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5139 - Concerning reentry council. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5182 - Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5219 - Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Human Services
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5149 - Expanding the early childhood court program. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5199 - Providing compensation to members of the department of children, youth, and families oversight board with direct lived experience. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5232 - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5029 - Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections.
2.   SB 5032 - Expanding the duties of the office of the family and children's ombuds to include juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of children, youth, and families.
3.   SB 5052 - Modifying law enforcement ability to contact juvenile witnesses and victims not suspected of criminal involvement or activity.
4.   SB 5079 - Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.
5.   SB 5082 - Creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care.
6.   SB 5103 - Expediting review of sentences when there exists a pending deportation proceeding.
7.   SB 5128 - Concerning the provision of medical assistance to individuals in juvenile detention facilities.
8.   SB 5131 - Accommodating religious foods in state correctional facilities.
9.   SB 5214 - Concerning mobile market programs.
10.   SB 5266 - Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board.



Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Labor & Commerce
1/20/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5062 - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5104 - Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5023 - Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Labor & Commerce
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5041 - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5291 - Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5292 - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5101 - Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Labor & Commerce
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5039 - Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5040 - Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, or county. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5044 - Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5054 - Providing tax exemption for the first 20,000 gallons of wine sold by a winery in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5061 - Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: SB 5191 - Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Law & Justice
1/20/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5071 - Updating the endangerment with a controlled substance statute. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5122 - Enacting the uniform antitrust premerger notification act. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5093 - Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5202 - Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SJM 8006 - Concerning the limited license legal technician program. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5147 - Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Law & Justice
1/21/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5060 - Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5068 - Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5209 - Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5224 - Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5099 - Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Law & Justice
1/23/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5133 - Concerning departures from the guidelines for caregiver status.
2.   SB 5105 - Concerning offenses involving fabricated depictions of minors.
3.   SB 5094 - Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors.
4.   SB 5037 - Enacting the uniform custodial trust act.
5.   SB 5071 - Updating the endangerment with a controlled substance statute.
6.   SB 5122 - Enacting the uniform antitrust premerger notification act.
7.   SB 5093 - Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss.
8.   SB 5202 - Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.
9.   SJM 8006 - Concerning the limited license legal technician program.
10.   SB 5147 - Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial.
11.   SB 5060 - Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program.
12.   SB 5068 - Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
13.   SB 5209 - Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.
14.   SB 5224 - Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.
15.   SB 5099 - Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5169 - Concerning testimony of children. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5142 - Providing owners of real estate taken through eminent domain by school districts, or sold under threat of eminent domain, the opportunity to purchase the real estate back when it is not put to intended public use. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5198 - Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Local Government
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5107 - Concerning underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5138 - Concerning public facilities districts. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5173 - Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5197 - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: SB 5033 - Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Local Government
1/23/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5154 - Clarifying the duties of county auditors. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5221 - Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5143 - Concerning the ethics in public service act. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5034 - Eliminating the expiration of the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5014 - Concerning election security. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5077 - Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5225 - Concerning candidate filing requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5176 - Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board.
2.   SB 5011 - Labeling ballot drop boxes.
3.   SB 5143 - Concerning the ethics in public service act.
4.   SB 5034 - Eliminating the expiration of the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team.
5.   SB 5245 - Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature.
6.   SB 5077 - Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.
7.   SB 5225 - Concerning candidate filing requirements.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5152 - Concerning state employee access to peer-reviewed journals. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5049 - Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Transportation
1/20/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5059 - Concerning Washington state ferries captains. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5127 - Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5234 - Concerning snowmobile registration fees. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SJM 8000 - Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5081 - Revising the provisions around unattended motor vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5215 - Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: SB 5072 - Concerning abandoned vehicles sold at auctions conducted by registered tow truck operators.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Transportation
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Transportation agency introductions.
  1. Transportation Improvement Board.
  2. County Road Administration Board.
  3. Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board.
  4. Washington State Department of Transportation - local programs.
2.   Regional Infrastructure Accelerator program - Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER).



Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Transportation
1/23/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Local/regional government introductions.
  1. Cities.
  2. Counties.
  3. Ports.
  4. Transit agencies.
  5. Metropolitan Planning Organizations/Regional Transportation Planning Organizations.



Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules


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Ways & Means
1/20/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of Washington's tax structure.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Ways & Means
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Developments in childcare and other early learning programs.


Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Ways & Means
1/23/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of Washington's pension systems.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5085 - Concerning three of Washington state's closed retirement plans. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5113 - Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5114 - Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5168 - Concerning the appointment, removal, and salary of the state actuary. (Remote Testimony Available).



Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules



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