Agenda Update; House Appropriations

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Added Possible Executive Session on HB 2041, HB 2047, HB 2048, HB 2050, HB 2051, SSB 5033, SSB 5104, SSB 5191, ESSB 5232, SB 5343, SSB 5351, SB 5463, SB 5485, ESSB 5509, ESB 5559, SSB 5583, ESSB 5677, and SB 5761.
Added to Public Hearing:  ESSB 5009, SB 5077, ESSB 5466, SSB 5545, ESSB 5576, E2SSB 5613, ESSB 5627, SB 5653, and E2SSB 5686.

Appropriations - 4/5/2025 9:00 AM

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 4/1/2025 AT 7:24 PM

Public Hearing:

1. ESSB 5009 - Accommodating multiple vehicle types for transporting students. (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. SB 5077 - Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. E2SSB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

6. ESSB 5466 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

8. ESSB 5576 - Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. E2SSB 5613 - Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development. (Remote Testimony Available).

10. ESSB 5627 - Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

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

12. E2SSB 5686 - Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 2041 - Concerning postpartum coverage.

2. HB 2047 - Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program.

3. HB 2048 - Eliminating the Washington state leadership board.

4. HB 2050 - Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies.

5. HB 2051 - Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.

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

7. SSB 5104 - Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.

8. SSB 5191 - Concerning paid family and medical leave premium collection for dockworkers.

9. ESSB 5232 - Supporting economic security by updating provisions related to the home security fund and the essential needs and housing support program.

10. SB 5343 - Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management account.

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

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

13. SB 5485 - Concerning livestock identification.

14. ESSB 5509 - Concerning the siting of child care centers.

15. ESB 5559 - Streamlining the subdivision process inside urban growth areas.

16. SSB 5583 - Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.

17. ESSB 5677 - Concerning associate development organizations.

18. SB 5761 - Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings.

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