House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/20

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House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/20

Monday, January 20, 2025
Time Committee Location
10:30 AM HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM Community Safety (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Education (H) House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
Environment & Energy (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Housing (H) House Hearing Rm C 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 21, 2025
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 & 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
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM Consumer Protection & Business (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Early Learning & Human Services (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Health Care & Wellness (H) House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
State Government & Tribal Relations (H) House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
4:00 PM Community Safety (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Education (H) House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
Environment & Energy (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Housing (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Agriculture & 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
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
10:00 AM HOUSE CONVENES
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 Consumer Protection & Business (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Early Learning & Human Services (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Health Care & Wellness (H) House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H) House Hearing Rm C 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 23, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Community Safety (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Environment & Energy (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Housing (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
8:30 AM Education (H) House Hearing Rm A 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 24, 2025
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Consumer Protection & Business (H) House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
Early Learning & Human Services (H) House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
Health Care & Wellness (H) House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
State Government & Tribal Relations (H) House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
9:55 AM PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:30 AM Agriculture & 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
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (H) House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS

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Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Interim Reports to the Legislature.
  1. Updates from the Department of Natural Resources on reports related to ecosystem services and carbon sequestration on state lands.
  2. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Organizational Review by the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.
  3. Urban Agriculture Report by the Conservation Commission.



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
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Wildfire Preparedness, Response, and Mitigation.
2.   Update on Implementation of House Bill 1168 (2021).


Public Hearing: HB 1048 - Concerning a rangeland fire protection association pilot project. (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 & Natural Resources
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Introducing Water 101.
2.   Water Conditions and Climate Change.
3.   Setting Water Priorities.
  1. Tribal.
  2. Local government.
  3. Agricultural.
  4. Salmon.



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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Appropriations
1/20/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Staff Overview of Low Income Health Care.
2.   Staff Overview of Department of Commerce Housing.



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
1/22/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Staff Overview of K-12 Education.


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
1/23/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1156 - Concerning volunteer firefighter participation in the state deferred compensation program. (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


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Capital Budget
1/23/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of Affordable Housing Financing.


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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Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1163 - Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1132 - Enhancing public safety by limiting bulk purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1152 - Enhancing public safety by establishing secure storage requirements for firearms in vehicles and residences. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1118 - Concerning restoration of the right to possess a firearm. (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



Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1174 - Concerning court interpreters. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1207 - Concerning superior court clerk fees. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1281 - Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1297 - Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   HB 1144 - Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county.
2.   HB 1014 - Implementing recommendations of the 2023 child support schedule work group.
3.   HB 1112 - Removing the city residency requirement for judges pro tempore in municipalities with a population of more than 400,000 inhabitants.
4.   HB 1046 - Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.



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



Civil Rights & Judiciary
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1163 - Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms.
2.   HB 1132 - Enhancing public safety by limiting bulk purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition.
3.   HB 1152 - Enhancing public safety by establishing secure storage requirements for firearms in vehicles and residences.
4.   HB 1118 - Concerning restoration of the right to possess a firearm.
5.   HB 1007 - Concerning requisites of notice in small claims actions.
6.   HB 1065 - Concerning family burial grounds.



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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Community Safety
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1111 - Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1178 - Concerning sentencing enhancements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1317 - Concerning persons serving long sentences for offenses committed prior to reaching 21 years of age. (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



Community Safety
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Considering policy options for modifying the blood alcohol concentration threshold for impaired driving.

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1074 - 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 1101 - Concerning vehicular homicide offenses. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1110 - Vacating convictions for driving under the influence. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1315 - Concerning impaired driving. (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



Community Safety
1/23/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1091 - Concerning sexually violent predators' ineligibility to earn supervision compliance credit.
2.   HB 1119 - Concerning supervision compliance credit.
3.   HB 1131 - Concerning clemency and pardons.
4.   HB 1133 - Concerning sexually violent predators.
5.   HB 1137 - Establishing uniform policies and procedures within department of corrections facilities relating to disciplinary proceedings and administrative segregation.
6.   HB 1192 - Concerning disciplinary hearings held by the department of corrections.


Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1125 - Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1233 - Concerning work programs for incarcerated persons. (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


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Consumer Protection & Business
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1104 - Updating the professional engineers' registration act. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1242 - Expanding professional licensing reporting requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1269 - Concerning pawnbroker fees and interest rates. (Remote Testimony Available).


Possible Executive Session:
1.   HB 1005 - Concerning prearrangement funeral services.
2.   HB 1006 - Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.
3.   HB 1066 - Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances.



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



Consumer Protection & Business
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1063 - Establishing a new chapter for the licensing and regulation of businesses providing earned wage access services. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1268 - Concerning virtual currency transaction kiosks. (Remote Testimony Available).


Possible Executive Session:
1.   HB 1067 - Transferring certain cannabis licensing activities to the department of agriculture.
2.   HB 1209 - Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.



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



Consumer Protection & Business
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Introduction to the Consumer Protection Act.

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1199 - Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1230 - 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).



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


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Early Learning & Human Services
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1028 - Addressing child exposure to violence. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1243 - Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1272 - Extending the program to address complex cases of children in crisis. (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



Early Learning & Human Services
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1082 - Concerning qualifications for child care providers. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1248 - Improving the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs by providing ongoing evaluations and clarifying juvenile diversion practices. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1263 - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (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



Early Learning & Human Services
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1028 - Addressing child exposure to violence.
2.   HB 1243 - Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.
3.   HB 1272 - Extending the program to address complex cases of children in crisis.



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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Education
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: The FutureReady Initiative of the State Board of Education.


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
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of Legislative Efforts to Address Student Behavioral and Mental Health in Washington.


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
1/23/2025 8:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1285 - Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1289 - Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1296 - Promoting a safe and supportive public education system. (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


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Environment & Energy
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1237 - Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1188 - Requiring local government and tribal approval of wind and solar siting recommendations by the energy facility site evaluation council. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1018 - Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW. (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



Environment & Energy
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1293 - Concerning litter. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1290 - Improving climate resiliency through the development of a water quality trading program for recipients of national pollutant discharge elimination system general permits. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1150 - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (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



Environment & Energy
1/23/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1303 - Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1329 - Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation act. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)


Executive Session:
1.   HB 1024 - Concerning the leasing authority of the state parks and recreation commission at St. Edward State Park.
2.   HB 1018 - Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.
3.   HB 1154 - Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations.



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


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Finance
1/21/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1206 - Expanding eligibility to utilize the multifamily tax exemption program to all counties required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1126 - Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. (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



Finance
1/23/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1047 - Creating a sales tax exemption for equipment purchased by fire districts in rural counties. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1060 - Concerning newspapers and eligible digital content. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1094 - Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services. (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


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Health Care & Wellness
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1034 - Concerning nonopioid drugs for the treatment of pain. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1062 - Providing coverage for biomarker testing. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1129 - Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1251 - Improving the timeliness and accuracy of the issuance of a report of death. (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



Health Care & Wellness
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1190 - Allowing additional health professions to access the University of Washington health sciences library. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1234 - Concerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1238 - Creating an advisory council on rare diseases. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1215 - Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act. (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



Health Care & Wellness
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1077 - Raising awareness of pain control options for intrauterine device placement and removal. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1186 - Expanding the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   HB 1190 - Allowing additional health professions to access the University of Washington health sciences library.
2.   HB 1234 - Concerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee.
3.   HB 1238 - Creating an advisory council on rare diseases.



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


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Housing
1/20/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1075 - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments.
2.   HB 1217 - 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.



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
1/21/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1195 - Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1204 - Concerning senior shared housing in manufactured home communities. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1235 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (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



Housing
1/23/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1096 - Increasing housing options through lot splitting.
2.   HB 1108 - Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis.



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 & Workplace Standards
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1045 - Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, or county. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1182 - Granting interest arbitration to certain parks and recreation commission employees. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1213 - Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   HB 1264 - Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   HB 1275 - Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. (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



Labor & Workplace Standards
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1105 - Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining.
2.   HB 1128 - Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
3.   HB 1141 - Concerning collective bargaining for agricultural cannabis workers.
4.   HB 1162 - Concerning workplace violence in health care settings.
5.   HB 1173 - Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities.



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
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Introduction to State Employment Standards.


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Local Government
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1212 - Concerning the siting of child care centers. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1183 - Concerning building code and development regulation reform. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1175 - Allowing small business establishments in residential zones. (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



Local Government
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1044 - Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1254 - Implementing the International Wildland Urban Interface Code. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1145 - Concerning county public works reporting requirements. (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



Local Government
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:
1.   HB 1135 - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act.
2.   HB 1054 - Concerning county ferry maintenance and repair contracts.
3.   HB 1015 - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.
4.   HB 1212 - Concerning the siting of child care centers.
5.   HB 1183 - Concerning building code and development regulation reform.
6.   HB 1175 - Allowing small business establishments in residential zones.
7.   HB 1037 - Concerning public facilities district formation.



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Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1143 - Concerning Washington college grant award amounts. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1166 - Establishing the providing effective education for reentry success act. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   HB 1023 - Adopting the cosmetology licensure compact.
2.   HB 1035 - Creating policies and resources to address secondary traumatic stress in the higher education workforce.
3.   HB 1114 - Concerning the respiratory care interstate compact.
4.   HB 1136 - Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.
5.   HB 1161 - Establishing the veteran employability training and career advancement for reentry program.



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



Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1142 - Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners. (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



Postsecondary Education & Workforce
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Emerging Issues in Higher Education.


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State Government & Tribal Relations
1/21/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1222 - Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1223 - Limiting frivolous claims by modifying forms, processes, and methods of adjudication for voter registration challenges. (Remote Testimony Available).



See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules



State Government & Tribal Relations
1/22/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1219 - Concerning the interbranch advisory 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



State Government & Tribal Relations
1/24/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Introduction to the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public.
2.   The state of horse racing.



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Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
1/21/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1201 - Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1057 - Promoting economic development by increasing support for local communities to access federal funds.
2.   HB 1073 - Keeping our Washington national guard strong act.
3.   HB 1102 - Increasing support and services for veterans.



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



Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
1/22/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of Artificial Intelligence Task Force Inaugural Report, Existing Guidelines, and Executive Order.


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



Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
1/24/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1271 - Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:
1.   HB 1168 - Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence.
2.   HB 1170 - Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence.



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Transportation
1/20/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Activities related to the enforcement of traffic safety laws: Update from the State Patrol.
2.   Safety-related initiatives relating to the built environment: Update from the Department of Transportation.



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
1/22/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1098 - Concerning county local roads. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HB 1194 - Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   HB 1244 - Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions. (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



Transportation
1/23/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 1061 - Providing additional parking flexibility in residential neighborhoods. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   HJM 4000 - Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. (Remote Testimony Available).



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