House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/3

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House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/3

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, February 3, 2025
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
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, February 4, 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, February 5, 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
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
12:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
	JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
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, February 6, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	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
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, February 7, 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
	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
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Finance (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
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Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/4/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of the Department and Fish and Wildlife’s Practices.

Public Hearing: HB 1325 - Expanding enforcement options for certain fish and wildlife violations. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1208 - Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.

2. HB 1153 - Concerning urban forest management ordinances.

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
2/5/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Introduction to Wolf Management.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1311 - Concerning the implementation of the recommendations of the department of fish and wildlife regarding the gray wolf. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1442 - Providing flexibility for the department of fish and wildlife to collaborate with local governments to manage gray wolves. (Remote Testimony Available).

Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/7/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Food Security.

Executive Session:

1. HB 1294 - Extending the pesticide application safety committee.

2. HB 1309 - Addressing the impacts of burrowing shrimp on bottom culture shellfish farming through integrated pest management research.

3. HB 1389 - Extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases.

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
2/3/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1404 - Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1338 - Concerning school operating costs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SHB 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. (Remote Testimony Available).

Appropriations
2/5/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1023 - Adopting the cosmetology licensure compact.

2. HB 1116 - Recognizing election day.

3. HB 1123 - Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.

4. HB 1477 - Concerning the Washington saves administrative trust account.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1114 - Concerning the respiratory care interstate compact. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1144 - Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SHB 1162 - Concerning workplace violence in health care settings. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1428 - Concerning the county criminal justice assistance account and municipal criminal justice assistance account. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1435 - Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 1552 - Extending the fee on real estate broker licenses to fund the Washington center for real estate research and adjusting the fee to account for inflation. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. HB 1606 - Concerning state employee access to peer-reviewed journals. (Remote Testimony Available).

Appropriations
2/6/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1260 - Concerning administrative costs associated with the document recording fee.

2. HB 1498 - Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1468 - Concerning accounts. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1473 - Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1474 - Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1489 - Adjusting implementation dates for programs related to early childhood education and child care. (Remote Testimony Available).

Capital Budget
2/6/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1538 - Providing capital financial assistance to small school districts with demonstrated funding challenges. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1633 - Concerning prime contractor bidding submission requirements on public works contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).

Work Session: Public Works Assistance Account Overview and Status Update.

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
2/4/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1440 - Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1507 - Limiting health care nondisclosure agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1632 - Protecting consumers by removing barriers created by medical debt. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1527 - Concerning settlement demands or offers made prior to mandatory mediation of health care claims. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
2/5/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1504 - Enhancing public safety by requiring financial responsibility to purchase or possess a firearm or operate a firearm range. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1592 - Concerning public defense services. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1359 - Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1518 - Establishing liability standards for certain vehicle collisions. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
2/7/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1620 - Concerning limitations in parenting plans.

2. HB 1403 - Simplifying condominium construction statutes.

3. HB 1621 - Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners.

4. 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

Community Safety
2/3/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1113 - Concerning accountability and access to services for individuals charged with a misdemeanor. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1180 - Implementing certain recommendations from the sex offender policy board concerning the criminal offense of failure to register. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1220 - Concerning appropriate response to assaults by individuals in behavioral health crisis. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1252 - Concerning pretrial release. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1484 - Concerning exceptional sentences for offenses which result in the pregnancy of a victim of rape. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. HB 1604 - Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety
2/4/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1205 - Prohibiting the knowing distribution of a forged digital likeness. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1232 - Concerning private detention facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1265 - Concerning commercial sexual exploitation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1396 - Increasing transparency and accountability of the office of corrections ombuds. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1457 - Requiring electronic monitoring of sexually violent predators granted conditional release. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety
2/6/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1085 - 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.

2. HB 1125 - Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice.

3. HB 1138 - Improving public safety by implementing evidence-based interview practices that increase the reliability of statements collected during criminal investigations.

4. HB 1178 - Concerning sentencing enhancements.

5. HB 1185 - Concerning membership on the correctional industries advisory committee.

6. HB 1274 - Concerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense.

7. HB 1315 - Concerning impaired driving.

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
2/4/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1346 - Removing cannabis industry barriers. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1348 - Concerning employee ownership of licensed cannabis businesses. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1410 - Concerning the suspension of inactive cannabis producer licenses. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1551 - Extending the cannabis social equity program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1063 - Establishing a new chapter for the licensing and regulation of businesses providing earned wage access services.

2. HB 1268 - Concerning virtual currency transaction kiosks.

Consumer Protection & Business
2/5/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1431 - Concerning rental car company agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1453 - Protecting consumers by increasing penalties for scrap metal businesses who purchase stolen copper from telecommunication cables. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1599 - Concerning consumer debt adjusters and debt resolution services providers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. 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.

2. HB 1341 - Concerning the medical cannabis authorization database.

3. HB 1078 - Concerning pet insurance.

Consumer Protection & Business
2/7/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1505 - Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1530 - Modernizing payment systems by expanding consumer-friendly transaction options for registered tow truck operators and regulated businesses. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1516 - Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units. (Remote Testimony Available).

Early Learning & Human Services
2/4/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1211 - Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1544 - Improving the risk assessment process used when investigating alleged child abuse and neglect referrals. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1582 - Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1648 - Modifying child care provider qualifications. (Remote Testimony Available).

Early Learning & Human Services
2/5/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1171 - Exempting attorney higher education employees from certain mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1322 - Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1385 - Concerning fingerprint background check on applicants. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1391 - Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1490 - Concerning fingerprint-based background checks. (Remote Testimony Available).

Early Learning & Human Services
2/7/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1130 - Concerning utilization of developmental disabilities waivers.

2. HB 1158 - Improving community inclusion services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

3. HB 1200 - Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities.

4. HB 1344 - Increasing access to respite care for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their caregivers.

5. HB 1390 - Repealing the community protection program.

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
2/3/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1051 - Permitting the recording of individualized education program team meetings. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1257 - Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1273 - Improving student access to dual credit programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1651 - Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1676 - Reassigning and authorizing surrendered, revoked, or nonrenewed charter school contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
2/4/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1032 - Concerning school district elections. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HJR 4201 - Amending the Constitution to allow a majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds. (Remote Testimony Available).

Education
2/6/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1079 - Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs.

2. HB 1189 - Addressing parental involvement through volunteering in schools after a criminal conviction.

3. HB 1450 - Concerning transition to kindergarten programs.

Public Hearing: HB 1140 - Establishing empowerED scholarships using educational savings accounts. (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
2/3/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1607 - Concerning recycling and waste reduction. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1673 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1690 - Assessing the state's existing water and sewer systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment & Energy
2/4/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1615 - Increasing consistency in the classifications of water systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1652 - Reducing environmental impacts associated with the operation of certain ocean-going vessels. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1670 - Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1689 - Adopting emission standards for ocean-going vessels at berth. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1293 - Concerning litter.

2. HB 1237 - Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council.

3. HB 1462 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons.

4. HB 1497 - Improving outcomes associated with waste material management systems.

Environment & Energy
2/6/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1630 - Concerning livestock methane emissions. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1656 - Authorizing electrical companies to securitize certain wildfire-related costs to lower costs to customers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1550 - Improving the end-of-life management of electric vehicle batteries. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1712 - Allowing the use of electricity generated by qualified biomass facilities in the Pacific Northwest to meet renewable resource requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1543 - Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.

2. HB 1522 - Concerning approval of electric utility wildfire mitigation plans.

3. HB 1514 - Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks.

Finance
2/4/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1016 - Providing employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1040 - Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1165 - Expanding access to the property tax exemption program for seniors, people retired due to disability, and veterans with disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1214 - Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1397 - Imposing local property tax levies wholly credited against the state property tax to provide support and services for veterans' assistance and for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: HB 1355 - 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.

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
2/6/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1019 - Concerning tax incentives for farmers. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1532 - Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1564 - Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation and public utility tax credit. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: HB 1261 - Providing tax relief for certain incidental uses on open space land.

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
2/7/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1436 - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1095 - Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1307 - Easing the financial burden on families by removing sales and use tax on diapers and essential child care products. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1318 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for children's diapers. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1340 - Exempting prepared food from sales tax. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
2/4/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1425 - Requiring coverage of pharmacogenomic testing for psychotropic medications. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1427 - Concerning certified peer support specialists. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1577 - Concerning the provision of palliative care services by volunteer organizations that provide hospice care without compensation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1583 - Concerning medicaid coverage for traditional health care practices. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1589 - Concerning the relationships between health carriers and contracting providers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
2/5/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1433 - Concerning access to psychedelic substances. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1546 - Concerning general supervision of diagnostic radiologic technologists, therapeutic radiologic technologists, and magnetic resonance imaging technologists by licensed physicians. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1566 - Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1567 - Concerning licensure of health care administrators. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1627 - Providing enrollees flexibility in obtaining services covered annually or on a multiyear basis. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health Care & Wellness
2/7/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1603 - Requiring guaranteed issue of medicare supplemental coverage to an individual who voluntarily disenrolls from a medicare advantage plan and enrolls in medicare parts A and B. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1639 - Requiring entities offering medicare advantage coverage in Washington to provide certain disclosures to consumers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Housing
2/3/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1500 - Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1501 - Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1542 - Concerning senior independent housing. (Remote Testimony Available).

Housing
2/4/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1099 - Creating a tenant assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1365 - Providing rental assistance to manufactured/mobile home park tenants. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1191 - Concerning removing vehicle titles from manufactured homes.

2. HB 1443 - Concerning mobile dwellings.

3. HB 1491 - Promoting transit-oriented housing development.

Housing 2/6/2025 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Executive Session: HB 1345 - Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas. 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
2/4/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1121 - Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1533 - Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1549 - Modifying the responsible bidder criteria for public works projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1623 - Prohibiting deductions for credit card transaction processing fees from employee tips. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1644 - Concerning the safety and health of working minors. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Workplace Standards
2/5/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1570 - Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1571 - Removing qualifiers related to the presumption of occupational disease for heart problems. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1619 - Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1622 - Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1626 - Expanding access to grants within the paid family and medical leave insurance program for small school districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Workplace Standards
2/7/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1128 - Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

2. HB 1313 - Addressing mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations.

3. HB 1332 - Concerning transportation network companies.

4. HB 1335 - Protecting military spouses from employment discrimination.

5. HB 1398 - Concerning factors which are considered in interest arbitration for adult family home providers.

6. HB 1402 - Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses.

7. HB 1511 - Concerning Washington state ferries captains.

8. HB 1524 - Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees.

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
2/4/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1299 - Concerning minimum parking requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1353 - Establishing a self-certification program for accessory dwelling unit project permit applications. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1562 - Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1529 - Increasing opportunities for cities to utilize county resources for road construction and maintenance. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1600 - Modifying the fee to support family services. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
2/5/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1458 - Reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1576 - Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
2/7/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1299 - Concerning minimum parking requirements.

2. HB 1353 - Establishing a self-certification program for accessory dwelling unit project permit applications.

3. HB 1562 - Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.

4. HB 1254 - Implementing the International Wildland Urban Interface Code.

5. HB 1529 - Increasing opportunities for cities to utilize county resources for road construction and maintenance.

6. HB 1438 - Ensuring efficient approval of certain housing permit applications.

7. HB 1600 - Modifying the fee to support family services.

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
2/4/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1554 - Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1556 - Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1166 - Establishing the providing effective education for reentry success act.

2. HB 1279 - Providing postsecondary education consumer protections.

3. HB 1343 - Limiting the scope of cause for loss of aid.

4. HB 1395 - Streamlining the home care worker background check process.

5. HB 1492 - Providing early registration for students with dependents.

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
2/5/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1557 - Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1565 - Continuing the Washington dual enrollment scholarship. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1568 - Modifying financial aid eligibility. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1587 - Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. HB 1657 - Establishing the Washington 13 free guarantee. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
2/4/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 1412 - Establishing the Washington state commission on Middle Eastern and North African Americans.

2. HB 1573 - Revising the period in which the oath of office must be taken for elective offices of counties, cities, towns, and special purpose districts.

3. HB 1448 - Increasing representation and voter participation in local elections.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1631 - Establishing the state marine forest. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1628 - Creating the fire service policy board. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1610 - Concerning the disclosure of critical energy infrastructure information. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government & Tribal Relations
2/5/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1196 - Revoking a person's voting rights only when convicted of a state crime punishable by death. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1710 - Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1750 - Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

State Government & Tribal Relations
2/7/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HCR 4403 - Renaming the Joel Pritchard State Library. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1381 - Improving meaningful access to elections by increasing language assistance.

2. HB 1146 - Improving access and removing barriers to voting in jails and state hospitals.

3. HB 1055 - Enhancing access to public records.

4. HB 1223 - Limiting frivolous claims by modifying forms, processes, and methods of adjudication for voter registration challenges.

5. HB 1631 - Establishing the state marine forest.

6. HB 1628 - Creating the fire service policy board.

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
2/4/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1595 - Creating a five-year statewide economic development plan. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1625 - Supporting back country search and rescue organizations and volunteers through the creation of the back country search and rescue grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1671 - Protecting personal data privacy. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. HB 1437 - Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion.

2. HB 1541 - Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee.

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
2/5/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Technology Updates from State Agencies.

Executive Session:

1. HB 1406 - Concerning associate development organizations.

2. HB 1408 - Establishing funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060.

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
2/3/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1605 - Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1616 - Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HB 1643 - Supporting transportation system improvements by addressing utility facility removal and relocation responsibilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1653 - Concerning payments to tow truck operators for the release of vehicles to indigent citizens. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation 2/5/2025 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Department of Licensing: an Overview. 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
2/6/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1605 - Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus.

2. HB 1616 - Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries.

3. HJM 4002 - Designating the bridge that carries Interstate 90 over the Columbia river near Vantage, Washington as the "Medal of Honor Bridge."

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