Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/10

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/10

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, February 10, 2025
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:30 AM	Higher Education & Workforce Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Agriculture & Natural Resources (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Local Government (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 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, February 12, 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
	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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Thursday, February 13, 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, February 14, 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
	State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
12:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/10/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Food insecurity.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5454 - Extending the dairy inspection program until June 30, 2031. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5491 - Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5599 - Concerning commercial fishery licenses. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5605 - Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5656 - Modifying the definition of inflation rate for aquatic leases. (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

Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/13/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5074 - Concerning the payment of turfgrass seed contracts.

2. SB 5117 - Protecting agriculture.

3. SB 5157 - Concerning the direct sale of valuable materials for habitat restoration projects.

4. SB 5171 - Concerning livestock damage due to wolf predation.

5. SB 5305 - Concerning the new environmental accelerator for salmon recovery and ecological resiliency projects.

6. SB 5319 - Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees.

7. SB 5322 - Addressing the impacts of burrowing shrimp on bottom culture shellfish farming through integrated pest management research.

8. SB 5391 - Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program.

9. SB 5474 - Expanding opportunities for organic, regenerative, climate-smart, and sustainable producers.

10. SB 5479 - Providing tax relief for certain incidental uses on open space land.

11. SB 5485 - Concerning livestock identification.

Business, Financial Services & Trade 2/12/2025 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 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

Business, Financial Services & Trade 2/13/2025 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 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

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/11/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5637 - Promoting student access to information about media literacy and civic education. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5551 - Concerning school library information and technology programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5641 - Encouraging public school instruction in awareness of blood donation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5596 - Repealing the interstate teacher mobility compact. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5253 - Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.

2. SB 5240 - Concerning anaphylaxis medications in schools.

3. SB 5327 - Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements.

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/12/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5545 - Exempting family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service from child care licensing. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5655 - Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5567 - Expanding secondary training for careers in natural resources and conservation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: SB 5358 - Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade.

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
2/13/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5654 - Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: 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

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/11/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5494 - Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5609 - Regarding cultural resource protection for certain land use activities that are categorically exempt from the state environmental policy act. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5586 - Improving the end-of-life management of electric vehicle batteries. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5628 - Concerning lead in cookware. (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
2/12/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Clean buildings overview.

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5190 - Allowing schools and school districts to request extensions to state energy performance standard deadlines for K-12 school buildings. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5514 - Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5634 - Improving accessibility of community solar projects in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/14/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5208 - Establishing a new clean energy fund program. (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

Health & Long-Term Care
2/11/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5577 - Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5504 - Supporting caregivers who provide complex care services to children with heightened medical needs. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SJM 8002 - Concerning Medicare. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5594 - Concerning biosimilar medicines. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5629 - Concerning coverage requirements for prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long-Term Care
2/13/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5112 - Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5452 - Allowing board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to be licensed as agency-affiliated counselors. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long-Term Care
2/14/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5606 - Providing sufficient funding for the Washington state long-term care ombuds program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5455 - Concerning the administration of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5507 - Providing coverage for massage therapy under medical assistance plans. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5183 - Prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5691 - Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

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

Work Session: Independent Colleges of Washington and Heritage University.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9101 - Tathagata Pal, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

2. SGA 9123 - Eliasib Alvarado, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

3. SGA 9129 - Tina Ekhteraee-Sanaee, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

4. SGA 9130 - Keondra M Rustan, Member, University of Washington Board of Regents.

5. SGA 9131 - Tasnim S Tayiba, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

6. SGA 9141 - Kassandra L Vogel, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.

7. SGA 9149 - Collin L Bannister, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

8. SGA 9162 - Joshua Coetzee, Member, The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees.

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9068 - Glenn F Ellis, Member, Peninsula College Board of Trustees.

2. SGA 9070 - Robert H Malte, Member, Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees.

3. SGA 9071 - Jessica J Norouzi, Member, Renton Technical College Board of Trustees.

4. SGA 9072 - Patricia Shuman, Member, Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees.

5. SGA 9073 - Adrianne N Wagner, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

6. SGA 9074 - Astrid E Aveledo, Member, Grays Harbor College Board of Trustees.

7. SGA 9075 - Robert DeCoteau, Member, Bellingham Technical College Board of Trustees.

8. SGA 9076 - Candelario Gonzalez, Member, Olympic College Board of Trustees.

9. SGA 9077 - Brian Surratt, Member, Seattle College District Board of Trustees.

10. SGA 9078 - Elaine Chu, Member, Green River College Board of Trustees.

11. SGA 9080 - Alice E Dietz, Member, Lower Columbia College Board of Trustees.

12. SGA 9081 - Anna M Franklin, Member, Community Colleges of Spokane Board of Trustees.

13. SGA 9082 - Jesse E Johnson, Member, Highline College Board of Trustees.

14. SGA 9083 - Christopher T Thomas, Member, Centralia College Board of Trustees.

15. SGA 9084 - Steven A Zimmerman, Member, Wenatchee Valley College Board of Trustees.

16. SGA 9085 - James D Stark, Member, Shoreline Community College Board of Trustees.

17. SGA 9086 - Annalee K Tobey, Member, Centralia College Board of Trustees.

18. SGA 9088 - Steven J Drew, Member, South Puget Sound Community College Board of Trustees.

19. SGA 9090 - Suzanne Donaldson, Member, Clark College Board of Trustees.

20. SGA 9092 - Amy E Parris, Member, Big Bend Community College Board of Trustees.

21. SGA 9101 - Tathagata Pal, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

22. SGA 9102 - Eli Taylor, Member, Clover Park Technical College Board of Trustees.

23. SGA 9103 - Carl Bruner, Member, Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees.

24. SGA 9114 - Flora E Lucatero, Member, Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees.

25. SGA 9115 - Bernal C Baca, Member, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

26. SGA 9116 - Laura Flores, Member, Yakima Valley Community College Board of Trustees.

27. SGA 9123 - Eliasib Alvarado, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

28. SGA 9129 - Tina Ekhteraee-Sanaee, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

29. SGA 9130 - Keondra M Rustan, Member, University of Washington Board of Regents.

30. SGA 9131 - Tasnim S Tayiba, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

31. SGA 9141 - Kassandra L Vogel, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.

32. SGA 9149 - Collin L Bannister, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

33. SGA 9162 - Joshua Coetzee, Member, The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees.

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

Higher Education & Workforce Development
2/13/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: To be determined.

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9117 - David Morales, Member, Yakima Valley Community College Board of Trustees.

2. SGA 9119 - Cherika Carter, Member, Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

3. SGA 9121 - Sergio L Garcia-Cisneros, Member, Higher Education Facilities Authority.

4. SGA 9122 - Laurence A Belton, Member, Higher Education Facilities Authority.

5. SGA 9124 - Jeffrey A Charbonneau, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

6. SGA 9128 - Lauren N Adler, Member, Pierce College Board of Trustees.

7. SGA 9133 - Carol A Evans, Member, Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees.

8. SGA 9135 - Charles G Knutson, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

9. SGA 9136 - Steven F Ashby, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

10. SGA 9139 - Alexis Alexander, Member, Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees.

11. SGA 9142 - Mariá Sigüenza, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

12. SGA 9146 - Desire A Sotelo, Member, Bellevue College Board of Trustees.

13. SGA 9148 - Ashraf Y Awad, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

14. SGA 9150 - Barbara B Hulit, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

15. SGA 9151 - Mollie M Kuwahara, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

16. SGA 9152 - William Lyne, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

17. SGA 9153 - Theresa A Standish-Kuon, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

18. SGA 9156 - Faith L Pettis, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

19. SGA 9157 - Drew L Shirk, Member, Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees.

20. SGA 9158 - Sharmila Swenson, Member, Highline College Board of Trustees.

21. SGA 9164 - Dona Ponepinto, Member, Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees.

22. SGA 9166 - Edward E Zuckerman, Member, The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees.

23. SGA 9170 - Margaret K Walker, Member, University of Washington Board of Regents.

24. SGA 9171 - Elisa K Graceffo, Member, Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees.

25. SGA 9172 - Denise E Gideon, Member, Clark College Board of Trustees.

Housing
2/12/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1075 - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5604 - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5614 - Concerning impact fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5615 - Concerning project permit applications for residential housing units. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5496 - Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.

2. SB 5497 - Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters.

3. SGA 9181 - Michone R Preston, Member, Housing Finance Commission.

Housing
2/14/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5469 - Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market.

2. SB 5580 - Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units.

3. SB 5587 - Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs.

4. SB 5591 - Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing.

5. SB 5613 - Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development.

Human Services
2/10/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5617 - Providing for a child in need of services petition process for juveniles in and exiting detention. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5620 - Codifying the rights of children and youth in foster care. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5643 - Expanding the purview of child fatality and near fatality reviews. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services
2/11/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9216 - Timothy Lang, Secretary, Department of Corrections - Agency Head.

2. SGA 9222 - Tana Senn, Secretary, Department of Children, Youth, and Families - Agency Head.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. 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

Human Services
2/12/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: To be determined.

Executive Session:

1. SB 5052 - Modifying law enforcement ability to contact juvenile witnesses and victims not suspected of criminal involvement or activity.

2. SB 5260 - Concerning emergency measures for managing juvenile populations at state juvenile correctional institutions.

3. SB 5278 - Concerning emergency measures for managing juvenile populations at state juvenile correctional institutions.

4. SB 5296 - Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements.

5. SB 5409 - Concerning a pilot program creating a healthier environment for correctional officers, department of corrections staff, and individuals within a correctional facility.

6. SB 5427 - Extending the program to address complex cases of children in crisis.

7. SB 5490 - Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.

8. SB 5499 - Codifying the body scanner program at the department of corrections.

9. SB 5506 - Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools.

10. SB 5508 - Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program.

11. SB 5620 - Codifying the rights of children and youth in foster care.

12. SB 5643 - Expanding the purview of child fatality and near fatality reviews.

13. SGA 9216 - Timothy Lang, Secretary, Department of Corrections - Agency Head.

14. SGA 9222 - Tana Senn, Secretary, Department of Children, Youth, and Families - Agency Head.

Labor & Commerce
2/10/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Overview of cannabis retail ownership.

2. Overview of social equity licenses and zoning.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5206 - Concerning cannabis retailer advertising. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5368 - Studying taxes and fees related to alcohol. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5371 - Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5399 - Concerning liquor licenses. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5511 - Regarding low-proof alcoholic beverages. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce
2/11/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5473 - Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5503 - Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5379 - Granting interest arbitration to certain parks and recreation commission employees. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5540 - Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5422 - Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5578 - Concerning labor standards. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce
2/14/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5040 - Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, or county.

2. SB 5043 - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers.

3. SB 5473 - Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures.

4. SB 5396 - Supporting the continued employment of pilots applying for federal aviation administration medical certificates.

5. SB 5501 - Concerning employer requirements for driving.

6. SB 5540 - Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

7. SB 5368 - Studying taxes and fees related to alcohol.

8. SB 5399 - Concerning liquor licenses.

9. SB 5371 - Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales.

10. SB 5403 - Allowing direct to consumer sales of certain cannabis products.

11. SB 5070 - Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers.

12. SB 5459 - Concerning call center retention.

13. SB 5525 - Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.

14. SB 5463 - Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

Law & Justice
2/10/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5632 - Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5644 - Deterring criminal conduct involving gift cards. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5534 - Concerning spring blade knives. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5536 - Concerning the just and equitable distribution of real property and liabilities in the dissolution of marriage or domestic partnerships. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/13/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5632 - Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws.

2. SB 5644 - Deterring criminal conduct involving gift cards.

3. SB 5534 - Concerning spring blade knives.

4. SB 5536 - Concerning the just and equitable distribution of real property and liabilities in the dissolution of marriage or domestic partnerships.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9105 - RaShelle Davis, Director, Office of Administrative Hearings.

2. SGA 9154 - Roshelle Cleland, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

3. SGA 9167 - Samuel T Menser, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Local Government
2/10/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5475 - Concerning maintenance for salmon recovery projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5573 - Concerning electric security alarm systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5635 - Concerning approval of certain alternative on-site sewage systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5660 - Making it possible for more properties to have access to water, storm drains, and sanitary sewage systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5571 - Regulating exterior cladding materials. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
2/13/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9113 - Katharine E Bizyayeva, Member, Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

2. SGA 9147 - Gabriel E Verdugo, Member, Pollution Control/Shorelines Hearings Board.

3. SGA 9202 - Lourdes E Alvarado Ramos, Member, Parks and Recreation Commission.

Executive Session:

1. SB 5461 - Concerning residential development in limited areas of more intensive rural development.

2. SB 5558 - Concerning growth management comprehensive plans.

3. SB 5559 - Streamlining the subdivision process inside urban growth areas.

4. SB 5053 - Concerning public facilities district formation.

5. SB 5154 - Clarifying the duties of county auditors.

6. SB 5390 - Updating the cost of the discover pass and day-use permits.

7. SB 5197 - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act.

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
2/11/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9143 - Allison F Holub, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

2. SGA 9144 - Yolanda R King-Lowe, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

3. SGA 9145 - Malia Mullen, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

4. SGA 9163 - Christina Kobdish, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

5. SGA 9095 - Douglass A North, Member, Public Disclosure Commission.

6. SGA 9107 - James D Oswald, Member, Public Disclosure Commission.

7. SB 5420 - Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SB 5684 - Concerning prohibitions on electioneering near county auditor election offices. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
2/14/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9095 - Douglass A North, Member, Public Disclosure Commission.

2. SGA 9107 - James D Oswald, Member, Public Disclosure Commission.

3. SGA 9143 - Allison F Holub, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

4. SGA 9144 - Yolanda R King-Lowe, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

5. SGA 9145 - Malia Mullen, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

6. SGA 9163 - Christina Kobdish, Member, Washington State Women’s Commission.

7. SB 5420 - Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses.

Public Hearing: SB 5434 - Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency. (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

Transportation
2/10/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5432 - Addressing license plate production issues. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5440 - Allowing single license plates for certain vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5444 - Creating several new special license plates. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5524 - Creating the donate life special license plate. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5692 - Creating the Seattle Reign FC special license plate. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

6. SB 5581 - Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SB 5595 - Establishing shared streets. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation 2/11/2025 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
2/13/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. High speed rail update – Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).

2. “Revive I-5” update – WSDOT.

Public Hearing: To be determined.

Executive Session: 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

Ways & Means
2/10/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9104 - Tracy Stanley, Member, State Investment Board.

2. SB 5130 - Eliminating child care licensing fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5062 - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5211 - Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5648 - Encouraging achieving a better life experience accounts. (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).

7. SSB 5064 - Creating an advisory council on rare diseases. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SB 5304 - Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. 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).

10. SB 5234 - Concerning snowmobile registration fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

11. SB 5109 - Concerning the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/11/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9220 - Drew Shirk, Director, Department of Revenue.

2. SB 5054 - Providing tax exemption for the first 20,000 gallons of wine sold by a winery in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5263 - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5187 - Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/13/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9210 - Kathryn Leathers, Director, Department of Retirement Systems - Agency Head.

2. SB 5044 - Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5616 - Concerning the Washington saves administrative trust account. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5101 - Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5085 - Concerning three of Washington state's closed retirement plans.

2. SB 5079 - Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.

3. SB 5110 - Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.

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