House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 3/24

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House Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 3/24

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, March 24, 2025
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
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
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Tuesday, March 25, 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	Appropriations (H)	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
	Transportation (H)	House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
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Wednesday, March 26, 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
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
12:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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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Thursday, March 27, 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
10:30 AM	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	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, March 28, 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
8:30 AM	State Government & Tribal Relations (H)	House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:00 AM	PRO FORMA SENATE 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
	Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (H)	House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
12:30 PM	SENATE CAUCUS
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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Time	Committee	Location
9:00 AM	HOUSE POSSIBLE SESSION/CAUCUS
10:00 AM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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Agriculture & Natural Resources
3/25/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5074 - Concerning payment of seed contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5391 - Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5076 - Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.

2. SSB 5165 - Concerning compensation in frontier one counties for deer and elk damage.

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
3/26/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. 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).

2. SB 5656 - Modifying the definition of inflation rate for aquatic leases. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5319 - Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5157 - Concerning the direct sale of valuable materials for habitat restoration projects.

2. SSB 5170 - Concerning boundary line surveys on public lands owned or managed by the department of natural resources.

3. SB 5485 - Concerning livestock identification.

Agriculture & Natural Resources
3/28/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5076 - Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.

2. SSB 5165 - Concerning compensation in frontier one counties for deer and elk damage.

3. SSB 5212 - Concerning filing of adjudication claims for precode uses of groundwater and surface water in the water resource inventory area 1 water rights adjudication.

4. ESSB 5303 - Extending the water supply milestone for the Yakima river basin integrated plan to 2035.

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
3/24/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 2012 - Funding the transition to kindergarten program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5083 - Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.

2. SB 5478 - Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board.

3. SB 5616 - Concerning the Washington saves administrative trust account.

4. SB 5764 - Repealing the expiration date for the ambulance transport fund.

5. SJR 8201 - Amending the Constitution to allow the state to invest moneys from long-term services and supports accounts.

Appropriations
3/25/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1198 - Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

PSHB 1198 -Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. (Remote Testimony Available).

The public hearing will be on Proposed Substitute House Bill 1198 by Representative Ormsby. The proposed substitute bill and the summary documents will be available at 12:30 PM on Monday, March 24, at https://fiscal.wa.gov/statebudgets/2025proposals/ho2527bien . 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

Appropriations 3/27/2025 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Possible Executive Session: HB 1198 - Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. 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
3/25/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5021 - Concerning retention of court exhibits. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. ESSB 5486 - Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. E2SSB 5745 - Concerning legal representation under the involuntary treatment act. (Remote Testimony Available).

Civil Rights & Judiciary
3/26/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5098 - Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities.

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

3. E2SSB 5651 - Concerning exemptions from garnishment.

4. SSB 5169 - Concerning testimony of children.

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
3/28/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5486 - Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.

2. E2SSB 5745 - Concerning legal representation under the involuntary treatment act.

3. SB 5021 - Concerning retention of court exhibits.

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
3/24/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5238 - Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.

2. SSB 5282 - Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force.

3. SB 5286 - Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals.

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5182 - Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. ESSB 5268 - Imposing community custody after a conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm. (Remote Testimony Available).

Community Safety
3/26/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5139 - Concerning reentry council.

2. ESSB 5219 - Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment.

3. SB 5223 - Concerning criminal offense fingerprinting.

4. SSB 5323 - Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders.

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5436 - Interfering with access to a place of religious worship. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 5490 - 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
3/27/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESB 5065 - Prohibiting the use of certain animals in traveling animal acts.

2. ESSB 5105 - Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors.

3. 2SSB 5356 - Concerning training provided by the criminal justice training commission.

4. SSB 5388 - Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification.

Public Hearing: SB 5103 - Expediting review of sentences when there exists a pending deportation proceeding. (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

Consumer Protection & Business
3/25/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5328 - Concerning the regulation of earned wage access services. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 5280 - Protecting consumers of virtual currency kiosks. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5262 - Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5480 - Protecting consumers by removing barriers created by medical debt.

2. SSB 5714 - Declaring civil immigration enforcement as unprofessional conduct of bail bond recovery agents.

Consumer Protection & Business
3/26/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

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

2. ESSB 5403 - Supporting a sustainable cannabis industry. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Limiting financial interest agreements for licensed cannabis retailers.) (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5419 - Modifying reports of fire losses. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. SSB 5331 - Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code.

2. SJM 8005 - Requesting that Congress enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall act.

3. SSB 5758 - Supporting social equity in the cannabis industry by establishing distance requirements for certain licensees.

Consumer Protection & Business 3/28/2025 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Emerging Issues in Consumer Protection. 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 & Human Services
3/25/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

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

2. 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. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

4. SB 5506 - Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. ESSB 5752 - Modifying child care and early childhood development programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

Early Learning & Human Services
3/26/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5199 - Providing compensation to members of the department of children, youth, and families oversight board with direct lived experience.

2. SSB 5214 - Concerning mobile market programs.

3. SSB 5655 - Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5149 - Expanding the early childhood court program. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. ESSB 5291 - Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5545 - Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service. (Remote Testimony Available).

Early Learning & Human Services
3/28/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5030 - Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.

2. 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.

3. SSB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute.

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

5. ESSB 5752 - Modifying child care and early childhood development programs.

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
3/24/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. 2SSB 5179 - Establishing a complaint process to address willful noncompliance with certain state education laws. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. ESSB 5181 - Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5412 - Providing temporary interfund loans for school districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5418 - Concerning charter school contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

Education 3/26/2025 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm A and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Digitizing High School Transcripts for Improved Access. 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
3/27/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5123 - Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools.

2. SB 5177 - Considering the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying professional development resources on certain topics.

3. ESB 5235 - Repealing and reorganizing outdated statutes concerning public schools.

4. SSB 5240 - Concerning anaphylaxis medications in schools.

5. SSB 5327 - Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements.

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

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
3/24/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5317 - Exempting local governments providing certain services for projects under the jurisdiction of the energy facility siting evaluation council from certain appeals.

2. SSB 5033 - Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.

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
3/26/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5627 - Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities.

2. ESSB 5628 - Concerning lead in cookware.

3. E2SSB 5175 - Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback 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

Environment & Energy
3/27/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5445 - Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Encouraging the development of distributed energy resources.)

2. SB 5036 - Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data.

3. ESSB 5466 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.

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
3/25/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2037 - Modernizing adult use cannabis laws. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 2024 - Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the primary residence property tax exemption. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. HJR 4204 - Amending the Constitution to allow for a property tax exemption for a principal place of residence. (Remote Testimony Available).

Finance
3/27/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. HB 2020 - Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities.

2. SB 5138 - Concerning public facilities districts.

3. SSB 5431 - Modifying tax and revenue laws in a manner that is not estimated to affect state or local tax collections.

4. SSB 5221 - Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint.

5. ESSB 5576 - Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.

6. SB 5696 - Concerning the sales and use tax supporting chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs.

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 Care & Wellness
3/25/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5239 - Concerning the retention of hospital medical records. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

3. SSB 5493 - Concerning hospital price transparency. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SSB 5124 - Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.

2. ESSB 5200 - Concerning veterans' medical foster homes.

3. SSB 5351 - Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.

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

5. SB 5498 - Concerning contraceptive coverage.

Health Care & Wellness
3/26/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. E2SSB 5337 - Creating a certification for memory care services. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 5579 - Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. ESSB 5594 - Concerning biosimilar medicines. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning biosimilar medicines and interchangeable biological products.) (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5557 - Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.

2. SB 5672 - Delaying the home care aide certification requirements.

3. SSB 5691 - Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities.

4. SJM 8002 - Concerning Medicare.

5. SJM 8004 - Concerning Universal Health Care.

Housing
3/24/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESB 5313 - Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements.

2. ESB 5471 - Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.

3. E2SSB 5686 - Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation 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

Housing
3/26/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5148 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.

2. SSB 5469 - Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market.

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

4. E2SSB 5613 - Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development.

5. ESB 5662 - Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties.

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
3/25/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. E2SSB 5061 - Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 5408 - Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. ESSB 5525 - Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

Labor & Workplace Standards
3/26/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5023 - Providing labor market protections for domestic workers.

2. SSB 5101 - Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.

3. E2SSB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.

4. SSB 5292 - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.

5. SSB 5528 - Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure.

6. ESSB 5694 - Establishing a statewide boiler operator certification.

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
3/28/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5061 - Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.

2. SSB 5265 - Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.

3. ESSB 5459 - Concerning call center retention.

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

5. SSB 5503 - Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes.

6. ESSB 5525 - Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.

7. SB 5653 - Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers.

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
3/25/2025 10:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5288 - Concerning vacancies on boards of county commissioners. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 5370 - Lengthening port commissioner terms. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5467 - Concerning the sale of surplus property by water-sewer districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5365 - Concerning alternate funding for libraries. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5669 - Concerning irrigation district elections. (Remote Testimony Available).

Local Government
3/26/2025 8:00 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

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

2. SSB 5374 - Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5245 - Authorizing county commissioners to administer oaths of office to state legislators. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 5055 - Promoting agritourism in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SSB 5552 - Concerning the creation of building codes for kit homes. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. ESSB 5719 - Concerning local government hearing examiners.

2. ESSB 5184 - Concerning minimum parking requirements.

Postsecondary Education & Workforce 3/25/2025 1:30 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Basic Education for Adults and I-BEST 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

Postsecondary Education & Workforce
3/26/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Title IV and potential impacts to financial aid access.

2. Impacts caused by federal grant freezes and executive orders involving Title IX and Title IV.

Possible Executive Session:

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

2. SB 5158 - Concerning student athlete insurance.

3. E2SSB 5355 - Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.

4. SB 5542 - Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.

5. SB 5543 - Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.

6. ESSB 5663 - Concerning entirely online course offerings at community and technical colleges.

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

State Government & Tribal Relations
3/25/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: ESSB 5014 - Concerning election security. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5325 - Designating the state cactus.

2. SJM 8008 - Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

3. SB 5102 - Establishing a public records exemption for the proprietary information of public risk pools.

4. SSB 5049 - Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee.

5. SB 5414 - Requiring social equity impact analysis in performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon.

6. ESSB 5143 - Concerning the ethics in public service act.

State Government & Tribal Relations
3/26/2025 1:30 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5325 - Designating the state cactus.

2. SJM 8008 - Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

3. SB 5102 - Establishing a public records exemption for the proprietary information of public risk pools.

4. SSB 5049 - Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee.

5. SB 5414 - Requiring social equity impact analysis in performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon.

6. ESSB 5143 - Concerning the ethics in public service act.

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

State Government & Tribal Relations
3/28/2025 8:30 AM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5000 - Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.

2. SB 5077 - Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.

3. SSB 5106 - Celebrating Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

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

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans 3/25/2025 10:30 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: Emerging Issues in Technology. 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

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans 3/28/2025 10:30 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm C and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Work Session: 1. Life Sciences. 2. Interim Planning. 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
3/25/2025 4:00 PM
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: HB 1227 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

PSHB 1227 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. (Remote Testimony Available).

The public hearing will be on Proposed Substitute House Bill 1227 by Representatives Fey and Barkis. The proposed substitute bill and related materials will be available at noon on Monday, March 24, 2025 at https://fiscal.wa.gov/statebudgets/2025proposals/ht2527bien 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

Transportation 3/27/2025 4:00 PM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B and Virtual John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA
Possible Executive Session: HB 1227 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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