Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/17

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/17

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, February 17, 2025
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	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 18, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Health & Long-Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Wednesday, February 19, 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	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 20, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Business, Financial Services & Trade (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Health & Long-Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Agriculture & Natural Resources (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	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 21, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Health & Long-Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
9:00 AM	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/17/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5354 - Providing flexibility for the department of fish and wildlife to collaborate with local governments to manage gray wolves. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5482 - Concerning the use of dogs to hunt black bear, cougar, or bobcat. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5590 - Protecting livestock from wolf predation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5669 - Concerning irrigation district elections. (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
2/20/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

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

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

3. SB 5454 - Extending the dairy inspection program until June 30, 2031.

4. SB 5491 - Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program.

5. SB 5583 - Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.

6. SB 5385 - Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real property excise tax for a governmental entity.

7. SB 5599 - Concerning commercial fishery licenses.

8. SB 5605 - Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens.

9. SB 5669 - Concerning irrigation district elections.

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
2/19/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5622 - Establishing age restrictions on diet pills and dietary supplements. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5721 - Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: SB 5331 - Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code.

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
2/20/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9043 - Kimberly H Pearson, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

2. SGA 9044 - Christine E Skoorsmith, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

3. SGA 9100 - Joseph Timmons, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9043 - Kimberly H Pearson, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

2. SGA 9044 - Christine E Skoorsmith, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

3. SGA 9100 - Joseph Timmons, Member, Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors.

4. SB 5589 - Conducting a study of credit history, credit-based insurance scores, and other rate factors in making rates for personal insurance.

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
2/18/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9058 - Juan E Mata, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

2. SGA 9059 - Nicole A Talbert, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

3. SGA 9096 - Michaela L Jackson, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

4. SGA 9097 - Kevin C Roxas, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

5. SGA 9098 - Denise A Marestein Renteria, Member, Professional Educator Standards Board.

6. SB 5730 - Concerning record checks for certain volunteers and contractors who will have access to children or persons with developmental disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5596 - Repealing the interstate teacher mobility compact.

2. SB 5637 - Promoting student access to information about media literacy and civic education.

3. SB 5567 - Expanding secondary training for careers in natural resources and conservation.

4. SB 5641 - Encouraging public school instruction in awareness of blood donation.

5. SB 5545 - Exempting family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service from child care licensing.

6. SB 5655 - Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.

Early Learning & K-12 Education 2/19/2025 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. 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

Early Learning & K-12 Education 2/20/2025 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
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

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/18/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5466 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.

2. SB 5514 - Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.

3. SB 5450 - Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills.

4. SB 5494 - Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint.

5. SB 5628 - Concerning lead in cookware.

6. SB 5359 - Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission.

7. SB 5033 - Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5652 - Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5712 - Establishing a presumption of compliance for entities covered under the state’s industrial stormwater general permit under certain circumstances. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/19/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9214 - Kurt Beckett, Chair, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.

2. SGA 9224 - Casey Sixkiller, Director, Department of Ecology - Agency Head.

3. SGA 9219 - William S Kehoe, Director, Washington Technology Solutions - Agency Head.

4. SB 5283 - Prohibiting the energy facility site evaluation council from preempting local laws that forbid the siting of certain storage facilities in critical areas. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5630 - Continuing to provide payments to support farm fuel users and transporters for exempt fuel under the Washington climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/21/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9214 - Kurt Beckett, Chair, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.

2. SGA 9224 - Casey Sixkiller, Director, Department of Ecology - Agency Head.

3. SGA 9219 - William S Kehoe, Director, Washington Technology Solutions - Agency Head.

4. SB 5423 - Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.

5. SB 5680 - Establishing a right to repair for mobility equipment for persons with physical disabilities.

6. SB 5634 - Improving accessibility of community solar projects in Washington state.

Public Hearing: SB 5380 - Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. (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

Health & Long-Term Care
2/18/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5498 - Concerning contraceptive coverage. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5642 - Improving performance on maternal health and preventative cancer screening metrics for medicaid clients. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5672 - Delaying the home care aide certification requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long-Term Care
2/20/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5273 - Concerning the availability of community violence prevention and intervention services. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5372 - Creating the medicaid access program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5683 - Concerning health carrier transparency of payment timeliness of claims submitted by health care providers and health care facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Health & Long-Term Care 2/21/2025 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. 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
2/17/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5355 - Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.

2. SB 5523 - Concerning the role of students on the governing boards of institutions of higher education.

3. SGA 9173 - Wallace Webster II, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

4. SGA 9174 - Rosendo Alvarado, Member, Big Bend Community College Board of Trustees.

5. SGA 9176 - Shahryar Qadri, Member, Cascadia College Board of Trustees.

6. SGA 9177 - Yongmi E Yim, Member, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

7. SGA 9180 - Adria Buchanan, Member, Clover Park Technical College Board of Trustees.

8. SGA 9182 - Gladys T Gillis, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

9. SGA 9183 - Zabrina M Jenkins, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

10. SGA 9187 - Evangelina G Shreeve, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

11. SGA 9189 - Joe M Davis II, Member, Everett Community College Board of Trustees.

12. SGA 9191 - Wilma Cartagena, Member, Wenatchee Valley College Board of Trustees.

13. SGA 9193 - Carrie Heaton, Member, Peninsula College Board of Trustees.

14. SGA 9198 - Heather M Kurtenbach, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

15. SGA 9201 - HS Wright III, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.

16. SGA 9204 - Michelle R Smith, Member, Columbia Basin College Board of Trustees.

Housing
2/19/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5222 - Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

2. SB 5686 - Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5612 - Creating a categorical exemption for multiunit housing development within the incorporated areas in an urban growth area under the state environmental policy act. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5725 - Expanding affordable housing opportunities on community and technical college lands. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5729 - Encouraging construction of affordable housing by streamlining the permitting process. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5732 - Creating greater accountability for increasing the supply of housing consistent with growth management. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5740 - Concerning eviction reform and tenant safety. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

6. SB 5741 - Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Housing
2/21/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session: SB 5725 - Expanding affordable housing opportunities on community and technical college lands.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5731 - Creating a tenant assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5733 - Concerning updating comprehensive plans. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5748 - Incentivizing the substantial reduction or elimination of impact fees. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

4. SB 5749 - Concerning housing development opportunity zones. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Human Services
2/17/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

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

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 5617 - Providing for a child in need of services petition process for juveniles in and exiting detention.

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

6. SGA 9108 - Jeffrey A Patnode, Member, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.

7. SGA 9125 - Corey M McNally, Member, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.

8. SGA 9196 - Meghan B Kelly-Stallings, Member, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.

Human Services 2/18/2025 1:30 PM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. 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

Human Services 2/19/2025 8:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
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

Labor & Commerce
2/17/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5572 - Promoting the efficient administration of school construction assistance program projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5694 - Establishing a statewide boiler operator certification. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5722 - Creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

5. SB 5653 - Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5456 - Removing cannabis industry barriers. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce
2/18/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5437 - Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5539 - Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5345 - Concerning access to personnel records. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5201 - Concerning access to psychedelic substances. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Labor & Commerce
2/21/2025 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SGA 9188 - James R Vollendroff, Member, Liquor and Cannabis Board.

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9188 - James R Vollendroff, Member, Liquor and Cannabis Board.

2. SB 5345 - Concerning access to personnel records.

3. SB 5422 - Allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence.

4. SB 5600 - Concerning regulation of transportation network companies during large-scale events.

5. SB 5626 - Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.

6. SB 5377 - Concerning auto sales.

7. SB 5548 - Concerning workers' compensation benefits.

8. SB 5592 - Concerning manufacturers and vehicle dealers.

9. SB 5292 - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.

10. SB 5722 - Creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency.

11. SB 5694 - Establishing a statewide boiler operator certification.

12. SB 5206 - Concerning cannabis retailer advertising.

13. SB 5700 - Concerning the medical cannabis authorization database.

Law & Justice
2/17/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9106 - Jeremiah J Bourgeois, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

2. SGA 9109 - Carmen Rivera, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

3. SGA 9159 - Amy L Howell-Anselmi, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

4. SGA 9168 - Sharonda Amamilo, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

5. SB 5116 - Concerning the immediate use of marriage licenses for medical necessity. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5569 - Recognizing a court's authority to authorize a defendant's direct transfer from jail to inpatient or residential substance use disorder treatment. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SB 5745 - Concerning appointed counsel for individuals detained under the involuntary treatment act. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

8. SB 5333 - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. SB 5714 - Declaring civil immigration enforcement as unprofessional conduct of bail bond recovery agents. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/20/2025 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

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.

4. SGA 9106 - Jeremiah J Bourgeois, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

5. SGA 9109 - Carmen Rivera, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

6. SGA 9159 - Amy L Howell-Anselmi, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

7. SGA 9168 - Sharonda Amamilo, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

8. SB 5290 - Allowing persons who complete substance abuse programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related charges.

9. SB 5720 - Enacting the uniform consumer debt default judgments act.

10. SB 5116 - Concerning the immediate use of marriage licenses for medical necessity.

11. SB 5569 - Recognizing a court's authority to authorize a defendant's direct transfer from jail to inpatient or residential substance use disorder treatment.

12. SB 5745 - Concerning appointed counsel for individuals detained under the involuntary treatment act. (If measure is referred to committee.)

13. SB 5333 - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest.

14. SB 5714 - Declaring civil immigration enforcement as unprofessional conduct of bail bond recovery agents.

15. SGA 9160 - Brian S Smith, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

16. SGA 9118 - Esther Matthews, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

17. SGA 9063 - Karen Donohue, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

18. SGA 9165 - Josephine Wiggs, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9160 - Brian S Smith, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

2. SGA 9118 - Esther Matthews, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

3. SGA 9063 - Karen Donohue, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

4. SGA 9165 - Josephine Wiggs, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Local Government
2/17/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Puget Sound Shoreline mapping update.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5662 - Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5703 - Concerning fair treatment of municipal solid waste systems. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5723 - Concerning covenants, conditions, and restrictions of an airpark. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5611 - Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5719 - Concerning local government hearing examiners. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5699 - Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
2/20/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Shoreline armoring update.

Public Hearing: SB 5633 - Concerning the subdivision of land. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5055 - Promoting agritourism in Washington.

2. SB 5635 - Concerning approval of certain alternative on-site sewage systems.

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

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

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

6. SB 5552 - Concerning the creation of building codes for kit homes.

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
2/18/2025 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5382 - Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers.

2. SB 5434 - Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9206 - Allyson L Brooks, Director, Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation - Agency Head.

2. SGA 9212 - David Puente Jr., Director, Department of Veterans Affairs - Agency Head.

3. SB 5560 - Designating the Pacific razor clam as the state clam. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5625 - Designating the Pacific geoduck as the state clam. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5489 - Establishing a state sandstone. (Remote Testimony Available).

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections 2/21/2025 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Olympia, WA
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

Transportation 2/17/2025 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
2/18/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Road usage charge.

Public Hearing: SB 5726 - Establishing new sources of transportation revenue based on motor vehicle use of public roadways. (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
2/20/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Transit safety.

2. Traffic safety on state routes through cities/towns.

3. Young drivers.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9209 - Marcus J Glasper, Director, Department of Licensing - Agency Head.

2. SB 5689 - Adding blood type information to drivers' licenses and identicards. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5690 - Concerning utility relocation. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5695 - Improving young driver safety. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5716 - Expanding the locations where a person can be guilty of unlawful transit conduct to include the Washington state ferries. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 5702 - Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

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
2/17/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5095 - Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5189 - Supporting the implementation of competency-based education. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5179 - Establishing a complaint process to address noncompliance with certain state education laws. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5164 - Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5543 - Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SSB 5030 - Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SSB 5342 - Providing access for legislators to facilities owned and operated by the state. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SB 5388 - Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. SSB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute. (Remote Testimony Available).

10. SSB 5124 - Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals. (Remote Testimony Available).

11. SB 5125 - Calculating the provider rate for certain community residential services. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/18/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5682 - Concerning the Washington customized employment training program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5697 - Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5411 - Concerning the tax treatment of pilates studios and gymnastics facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5696 - Concerning the sales and use tax supporting chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5518 - Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SSB 5203 - Ensuring connectivity for Washington wildlife through safe passages. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SB 5036 - Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SSB 5175 - Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. SSB 5433 - Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining. (Remote Testimony Available).

10. SSB 5356 - Concerning training provided by the criminal justice training commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

11. SSB 5298 - Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. (Remote Testimony Available).

12. SSB 5148 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

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

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

3. SB 5314 - Modifying the capital gains tax.

4. SB 5361 - Delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions.

5. 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.

6. SB 5109 - Concerning the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account.

7. SB 5234 - Concerning snowmobile registration fees.

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

Ways & Means
2/20/2025 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9215 - Katherine D. Chapman-See, Director, Office of Financial Management - Agency Head.

2. SSB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5050 - Concerning the privacy of party selections during presidential primaries. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/22/2025 9:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: To be determined.

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