Agenda Update; House Appropriations

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Agenda order for public hearing has been changed.
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 4/4/2025 AT 4:02 PM

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.   SB 5110 - Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.
9.   E2SSB 5175 - Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program.
10.   SSB 5191 - Concerning paid family and medical leave premium collection for dockworkers.
11.   ESSB 5192 - Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.
12.   ESSB 5232 - Supporting economic security by updating provisions related to the home security fund and the essential needs and housing support program.
13.   E2SSB 5263 - Concerning special education funding.
14.   SB 5343 - Concerning the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management account.
15.   SSB 5351 - Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.
16.   SB 5420 - Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses.
17.   SB 5463 - Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.
18.   SB 5485 - Concerning livestock identification.
19.   ESSB 5509 - Concerning the siting of child care centers.
20.   SB 5543 - Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.
21.   ESB 5559 - Streamlining the subdivision process inside urban growth areas.
22.   SSB 5583 - Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses.
23.   ESSB 5677 - Concerning associate development organizations.
24.   SSB 5738 - Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public safety employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits.
25.   SB 5761 - Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings.
26.   ESB 5769 - Addressing transition to kindergarten programs.

Public Hearing:
1.   HB 2020 - Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities. (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.   ESSB 5291 - Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   ESSB 5576 - Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   E2SSB 5686 - Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5077 - Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).
7.   HB 2044 - Addressing unexcused student absences. (Remote Testimony Available).
8.   SSB 5545 - Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service. (Remote Testimony Available).
9.   ESSB 5752 - Modifying child care and early childhood development programs. (Remote Testimony Available).
10.   ESSB 5009 - Accommodating multiple vehicle types for transporting students. (Remote Testimony Available).
11.   E2SSB 5745 - Concerning legal representation under the involuntary treatment act. (Remote Testimony Available).
12.   SSB 5163 - Modernizing the child fatality statute. (Remote Testimony Available).
13.   SB 5036 - Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data. (Remote Testimony Available).
14.   SSB 5165 - Concerning compensation in frontier one counties for deer and elk damage. (Remote Testimony Available).
15.   E2SSB 5284 - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (Remote Testimony Available).
16.   SB 5319 - Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees. (Remote Testimony Available).
17.   ESSB 5360 - Concerning environmental crimes. (Remote Testimony Available).
18.   E2SSB 5278 - Concerning the management of individuals who are placed in juvenile rehabilitation institutions. (Remote Testimony Available).
19.   E2SSB 5296 - Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
20.   E2SSB 5148 - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available).
21.   ESSB 5445 - Encouraging utility investment in local energy resilience. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Encouraging the development of distributed energy resources.) (Remote Testimony Available).
22.   ESSB 5466 - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).
23.   E2SSB 5613 - Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development. (Remote Testimony Available).
24.   ESSB 5023 - Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. (Remote Testimony Available).
25.   E2SSB 5217 - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available).
26.   ESSB 5627 - Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities. (Remote Testimony Available).
27.   ESSB 5694 - Establishing a statewide boiler operator certification. (Remote Testimony Available).
28.   SHB 1472 - Closing the Yakima Valley school and Rainier school. (Remote Testimony Available).
29.   E2SSB 5337 - Creating a certification for memory care services. (Remote Testimony Available).
30.   SSB 5262 - Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. (Remote Testimony Available).
31.   SB 5653 - Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers. (Remote Testimony Available).


The Appropriations Committee will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the Possible Executive Session on the bills as listed in the agenda. The committee will begin hearing bills listed for Public Hearing no sooner than 1:00 pm.


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