Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/27

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/27

Monday, January 27, 2025
Time Committee Location
10:30 AM HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
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

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Tuesday, January 28, 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
9:55 AM PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
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 29, 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
10:30 AM HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
National Guard Day
Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Housing (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS

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Thursday, January 30, 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 HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
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 31, 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
9:55 AM PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:30 AM Environment, Energy & Technology (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Housing (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS

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Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/27/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5322 - Addressing the impacts of burrowing shrimp on bottom culture shellfish farming through integrated pest management research. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5334 - Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5319 - Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5343 - Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management account. (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

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

Public Hearing:
1.   SGA 9064 - Steven Malloch, Member, Chehalis Board.
2.   SGA 9065 - Jerry J Meninick, Member, Columbia River Gorge Commission.
3.   SGA 9126 - Pah-tu Pitt, Member, Columbia River Gorge Commission.


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5074 - Concerning the payment of turfgrass seed contracts.
2.   SB 5076 - Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.
3.   SB 5165 - Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage.
4.   SB 5170 - Concerning boundary line adjustments on public lands owned or managed by the department of natural resources.
5.   SB 5212 - Concerning filing of adjudication claims for precode uses of groundwater and surface water in the water resource inventory area 1 water rights adjudication.



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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Business, Financial Services & Trade
1/29/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: University of Washington Foster School of Business report on interest rate and collateral differences.

Executive Session: Bills to be determined.


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
1/30/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5178 - Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5262 - Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5328 - Establishing a new chapter for the licensing and regulation of businesses providing earned wage access services. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5331 - Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code. (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
1/28/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: State Board of Education's plan for graduation requirements.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5080 - Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5327 - Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5007 - Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5025 - Concerning educational interpreters. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5235 - Repealing and reorganizing outdated statutes concerning public schools. (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
1/29/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5369 - Enhancing youth mental health and well-being through advanced training and expansion of the workforce in schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5126 - Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5270 - Providing mentors to novice nurses in the beginning educator support team program. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5271 - Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5240 - Concerning anaphylaxis medications in schools. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5130 - Eliminating child care licensing fees.
2.   SB 5030 - Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.



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

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5358 - Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5272 - Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5253 - Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5187 - Providing adequate and predictable student transportation.
2.   SB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.
3.   SB 5263 - Concerning special education funding.



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
1/28/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5438 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5284 - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (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
1/29/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5058 - Implementing strategies to achieve higher recycling rates within Washington's existing solid waste management system. (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
1/31/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Transmission planning overview.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5466 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)
2.   SB 5359 - Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5208 - Establishing a new clean energy fund program. (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
1/28/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5124 - Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5200 - Concerning veterans' medical foster homes. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5242 - Establishing an interactive screening program to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care providers. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5337 - Creating a certification for memory care services. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5344 - Establishing the essential worker health care program. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5361 - Delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions. (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
1/30/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5351 - Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SJM 8004 - Concerning Universal Health Care. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5335 - Establishing the rural nursing education program. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5326 - Accessing an emergency supply of insulin. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5299 - Concerning general supervision of diagnostic radiologic technologists, therapeutic radiologic technologists, and magnetic resonance imaging technologists by licensed physicians. (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
1/31/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5118 - Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5185 - Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5226 - Establishing funding for physician residency positions dedicated to international medical graduates. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5083 - Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. (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
1/27/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Washington Student Achievement Council - FAFSA.
2.   HB 1835 Financial Aid Outreach and Completion Pilot Report from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5321 - Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5355 - Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault. (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
1/30/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: To be announced.

Public Hearing:
1.   SGA 9192 - Samuel W Hunt, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.
2.   SB 5402 - Modifying financial aid eligibility. (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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Housing
1/29/2025 10:30 AM
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).
2.   SB 5313 - Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5332 - Concerning mobile dwellings. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5148 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.
2.   SB 5184 - Concerning minimum parking requirements.
3.   SB 5249 - Concerning siting kit homes.



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
1/31/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5329 - Concerning enforcement of laws regulating the installation of smoke detection devices. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5313 - Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements.
2.   SB 5332 - Concerning mobile dwellings.



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
1/27/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5211 - Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5231 - Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state facilities. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5318 - Concerning fingerprint-based background checks. (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
1/28/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Youth Empowerment Zones.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5342 - Providing access for legislators to facilities owned and operated by the state. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5375 - Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect. (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
1/29/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5005 - Concerning transparency, public safety, and independent oversight of the city, county, and regional jail system in Washington state.
2.   SB 5031 - Concerning health care coordination regarding confined individuals.
3.   SB 5139 - Concerning reentry council.
4.   SB 5149 - Expanding the early childhood court program.
5.   SB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute.
6.   SB 5182 - Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections.
7.   SB 5211 - Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities.
8.   SB 5219 - Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment.
9.   SB 5231 - Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state facilities.
10.   SB 5232 - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.
11.   SB 5318 - Concerning fingerprint-based background checks.



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
1/27/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5119 - Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5435 - Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5330 - Protecting consumers from spiked drinks. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5403 - Allowing direct to consumer sales of certain cannabis products. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5381 - 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).



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
1/28/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5396 - Supporting the continued employment of pilots applying for federal aviation administration medical certificates. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5400 - Supporting local news journalism. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5336 - Concerning protections for isolated employees. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5433 - Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining. (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
1/31/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5043 - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5330 - Protecting consumers from spiked drinks.
2.   SB 5435 - Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes.
3.   SB 5039 - Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.
4.   SB 5044 - Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
5.   SB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
6.   SB 5104 - Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.
7.   SB 5054 - Providing tax exemption for the first 20,000 gallons of wine sold by a winery in Washington.



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
1/27/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5282 - Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5312 - Concerning net nanny operations involving fictitious minors. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5227 - Concerning offenses involving child sex dolls. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5238 - Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5229 - Facilitating civil commitment for treatment for a person requiring revival by opioid overdose reversal medication. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (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
1/28/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5323 - Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5286 - Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5290 - Allowing persons who complete substance abuse programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related charges. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5268 - Classifying unlawful possession of a firearm as a violent offense. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5223 - Concerning criminal offense fingerprinting. (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
1/30/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5169 - Concerning testimony of children.
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.
3.   SB 5198 - Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.
4.   SB 5282 - Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force.
5.   SB 5312 - Concerning net nanny operations involving fictitious minors.
6.   SB 5227 - Concerning offenses involving child sex dolls.
7.   SB 5238 - Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
8.   SB 5229 - Facilitating civil commitment for treatment for a person requiring revival by opioid overdose reversal medication.
9.   SB 5323 - Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders.
10.   SB 5286 - Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals.
11.   SB 5290 - Allowing persons who complete substance abuse programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related charges.
12.   SB 5268 - Classifying unlawful possession of a firearm as a violent offense.
13.   SB 5223 - Concerning criminal offense fingerprinting.


Public Hearing: SB 5066 - Concerning law enforcement and local corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal actions. (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
1/27/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5172 - Concerning fire protection district civil service systems. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5285 - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5288 - Concerning vacancies on boards of county commissioners. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5315 - Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. (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

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

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.


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
1/28/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5338 - Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5106 - Establishing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5245 - Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5050 - Concerning the privacy of party selections during presidential primaries. (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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Transportation
1/27/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Active transportation updates – Washington State Department of Transportation.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5203 - Ensuring connectivity for Washington wildlife through safe passages. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5309 - Concerning motor vehicle weight fees applicable to motorcycles. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5281 - Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5374 - Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5081 - Revising the provisions around unattended motor vehicles. (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

Transportation
1/28/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: To be determined.


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

Transportation
1/30/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: To be determined.

Public Hearing: To be determined.

Executive Session:
1.   SB 5059 - Concerning Washington state ferries captains.
2.   SB 5127 - Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety.
3.   SB 5234 - Concerning snowmobile registration fees.
4.   SJM 8000 - Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way.
5.   SGA 9127 - James A Restucci, Member, Transportation Commission.
6.   SGA 9194 - Michael Anthony, Member, Board of Pilotage Commissioners.



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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Ways & Means
1/28/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Overview of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP).
2.   Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) tax preference reviews.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5063 - Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5259 - Creating a sales and use tax exemption for bait purchased for commercial fishing. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5252 - Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5316 - Modifying provisions of the revised uniform unclaimed property act. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5111 - Concerning the excise tax treatment of amounts received by title and escrow businesses from clients for remittance to a county filing office for the purpose of recording documents. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5314 - Modifying the capital gains tax. (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

Ways & Means
1/30/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Information Technology (IT) overview.
2.   Office of the Insurance Commissioner report on health care affordability.
3.   Overview of Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB).


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5086 - Consolidating the public employees' benefits board and the school employees' benefits board. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5264 - Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment. (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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