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Added to Executive Session: SSB 5263, SB 5192, SSB 5253, SSB 5009, SB 5007, SSB 5123, SB 5189, SSB 5327, SB 5570, SB 5455, SSB 5509, SSB 5298, SSB 5694, SSB 5522, SSB 5033, SB 5188, SSB 5491, SSB 5030, SSB 5163, SB 5388, SSB 5278, SB 5032, SSB 5266, SSB 5296, SSB 5060, SSB 5062, SSB 5292, SSB 5426, SSB 5508, SB 5752, SB 5761, SB 5371, SSB 5745, SB 5206, SSB 5083, SB 5357, SSB 5422, SSB 5433, SB 5653, SB 5738, SB 5036, SSB 5203, SSB 5284, SSB 5502, SB 5390, SB 5583, SGA 9215, SJR 8201, SSB 5217, SB 5541, SB 5576, SB 5748, SJR 8203, SB 5770, SB 5771, SB 5768, SB 5682, SB 5697, SSB 5368, SB 5775, SB 5696, SB 5647, and SSB 5601.
Removed from Executive Session:  Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 2/27/2025 1:30 PM

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 2/24/2025 AT 8:51 AM

Executive Session:
1.   SSB 5263 - Concerning special education funding.
2.   SB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.
3.   SSB 5253 - Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.
4.   SSB 5009 - Accommodating multiple vehicle types for transporting students.
5.   SB 5007 - Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school.
6.   SSB 5123 - Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools.
7.   SB 5189 - Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.
8.   SSB 5327 - Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements.
9.   SB 5570 - Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes.
10.   SB 5455 - Concerning the administration of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment.
11.   SSB 5509 - Concerning the siting of child care centers.
12.   SSB 5298 - Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities.
13.   SSB 5694 - Establishing a statewide boiler operator certification.
14.   SSB 5522 - Concerning the state capitol campus.
15.   SSB 5033 - Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.
16.   SB 5188 - Concerning broadband infrastructure repair loans.
17.   SSB 5491 - Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program.
18.   SSB 5030 - Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.
19.   SSB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute.
20.   SB 5388 - Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification.
21.   SSB 5278 - Concerning the management of individuals who are placed in juvenile rehabilitation institutions.
22.   SB 5032 - Expanding the duties of the office of the family and children's ombuds to include juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of children, youth, and families.
23.   SSB 5266 - Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board.
24.   SSB 5296 - Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements.
25.   SSB 5060 - Increasing the number of law enforcement agency personnel.
26.   SSB 5062 - Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
27.   SSB 5292 - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.
28.   SSB 5426 - Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.
29.   SSB 5508 - Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program.
30.   SB 5752 - Modifying child care and early childhood development programs.
31.   SB 5761 - Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings.
32.   SB 5371 - Eliminating the per transaction limit for wine and spirit sales.
33.   SSB 5745 - Concerning legal representation under the involuntary treatment act.
34.   SB 5206 - Concerning cannabis retailer advertising.
35.   SSB 5083 - Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.
36.   SB 5357 - Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems.
37.   SSB 5422 - Allowing bargaining over matters related to certain uses of artificial intelligence.
38.   SSB 5433 - Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining.
39.   SB 5653 - Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers.
40.   SB 5738 - Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits.
41.   SB 5036 - Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data.
42.   SSB 5203 - Ensuring connectivity for Washington wildlife through safe passages.
43.   SSB 5284 - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.
44.   SSB 5502 - Concerning recycling and waste reduction.
45.   SB 5390 - Updating the cost of the discover pass and day-use permits.
46.   SB 5583 - Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.
47.   SGA 9215 - Katherine D. Chapman-See, Director, Office of Financial Management - Agency Head.
48.   SJR 8201 - Amending the Constitution to allow the state to invest moneys from long-term services and supports accounts.
49.   SSB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
50.   SB 5541 - Concerning the Washington future fund pilot project.
51.   SB 5576 - Providing state funding for essential affordable housing programs.
52.   SB 5748 - Incentivizing the substantial reduction or elimination of impact fees.
53.   SJR 8203 - Amending the Constitution to allow for a property tax exemption for a principal place of residence.
54.   SB 5770 - Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the primary residence property tax exemption.
55.   SB 5771 - Increasing the working families' tax credit to reflect the economic impact of property taxes incorporated into rental amounts charged to residential tenants.
56.   SB 5768 - Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older.
57.   SB 5682 - Concerning the Washington customized employment training program.
58.   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.
59.   SSB 5368 - Studying taxes and fees related to alcohol.
60.   SB 5775 - Expanding local taxing authority to fund public safety and community protection focused programs and services.
61.   SB 5696 - Concerning the sales and use tax supporting chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs.
62.   SB 5647 - Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing.
63.   SSB 5601 - Advancing the production and use of alternative jet fuels in Washington.


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