Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/26

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 1/26

Monday, January 26, 2026
Time Committee Location
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 PRO FORMA 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, January 27, 2026
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
Law & Justice (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4 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, January 28, 2026
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Business, Trade & Economic Development (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, January 29, 2026
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Business, Trade & Economic Development (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
Higher Education & Workforce Development (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2 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, January 30, 2026
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 SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS

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Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/26/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5930 - Concerning irrigation district director beneficial interests in contracts. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6075 - Requiring fairness in mitigation requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6216 - Updating timber sale process efficiencies and adopting consistent language for the department's land sales. (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
1/29/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Methow beaver update.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6104 - Protecting agriculture. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6241 - Enhancing steelhead populations with wild broodstock conservation programs. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SJM 8015 - Requesting Congress to ensure that federal wildfire response entities have the capacity to protect communities and infrastructure, limit impacts to natural resources and watersheds, and protect wildland firefighter health and safety. (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


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Business, Trade & Economic Development
1/28/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6149 - Concerning the definition of "rural county" for purposes of public facilities funding. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6175 - Concerning ticket sales. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6230 - Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6248 - Addressing travel insurance. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 6061 - Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion.
2.   SB 5844 - Concerning the delivery, execution, acceptance, and provisions of individual storage space rental agreements and modifying the use of individual storage spaces after notice of termination or nonrenewal of rental agreements.
3.   SB 6079 - Creating a wildfire mitigation grant program.
4.   SB 6137 - Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry.



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, Trade & Economic Development
1/29/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5976 - Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6111 - Protecting children online. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6250 - Concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6257 - Regarding trainee real estate appraisers. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6289 - Creating a statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)
6.   SGA 9060 - Alicia R Levy, Member, Gambling Commission.
7.   SGA 9169 - Michael Charles, Member, Gambling Commission.
8.   SGA 9265 - Brian C Bennett, Director, Washington State Lottery - Agency Head.
9.   SGA 9266 - Noah E Skartvedt, Member, Gambling Commission.


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5871 - Regulating motor vehicle glass repair claims.
2.   SB 6149 - Concerning the definition of "rural county" for purposes of public facilities funding.
3.   SB 6175 - Concerning ticket sales.
4.   SB 6248 - Addressing travel 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


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Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/27/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6130 - Celebrating national voter registration day. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6247 - Concerning school district financial management. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6260 - Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6268 - Maintaining an online record of special education complaint decisions. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6278 - Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)



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

Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/28/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6222 - Supporting public school students by improving their access to surplus technology hardware. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6263 - Updating school district public bid limits. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6118 - Requiring cardiac emergency response plans in schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6261 - Requiring signed declarations of intent of school enrollment or home-based instruction. (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

Early Learning & K-12 Education
1/29/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6192 - Concerning instruction and intervention in reading and mathematics. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6206 - Establishing a pilot program that incentivizes child care providers to care for children of first responders. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6125 - Providing enrollment stabilization funding. (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


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Environment, Energy & Technology
1/27/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5609 - Regarding cultural resource protection for certain land use activities that are categorically exempt from the state environmental policy act. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (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

Environment, Energy & Technology
1/28/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6172 - Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6246 - Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5932 - Providing certainty for the development of low-to-zero carbon alternative jet fuel production in Washington state. (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

Environment, Energy & Technology
1/30/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session: 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


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Health & Long-Term Care
1/27/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5921 - Concerning psilocybin. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5185 - Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6182 - Establishing an abortion savings program. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6115 - Concerning comprehensive cancer education programs. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6258 - Creating a nondisciplinary pathway for relinquishing licenses issued by the Washington medical commission. (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

Health & Long-Term Care
1/29/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5947 - Establishing the Washington health care board. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SJR 8206 - Amending the Constitution to establish a right to affordable health care. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5823 - Concerning patient advocates. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6292 - Establishing a joint legislative executive committee on health care financing. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)



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

Health & Long-Term Care
1/30/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6226 - Protecting the clinical autonomy of audiologists. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6107 - Concerning nursing delegation. (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


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Higher Education & Workforce Development
1/26/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Dual credit.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6209 - Concerning financial aid awards for students attending private four-year institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6217 - Expanding access to the Washington college grant to students enrolled in eligible postsecondary nondegree credential programs. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6227 - Formalizing data collection protocols to support parenting students. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6235 - Prohibiting certain private equity and sovereign wealth fund agreements in intercollegiate athletics. (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

Higher Education & Workforce Development
1/29/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Workforce Education Investment Act Oversight Board - Washington Student Achievement Council.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6251 - Using only letter grades in schools of medicine. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6259 - Establishing that students are no longer eligible for and must repay state aid immediately upon determination of significant monetary damage to a public institution of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: SB 5978 - Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.


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


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Housing
1/28/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6069 - Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6167 - Prohibiting homebuyers from receiving multiple state-funded down payment assistance loans or grants. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6201 - Establishing tax exemptions for property used as affordable housing owned or operated by a social housing agency. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6205 - Increasing accountability for the distribution of grants for economically disadvantaged people. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: 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

Housing
1/30/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6139 - Concerning partial rental payments and rental payment methods of an unlawful detainer action or issuance of a writ of restitution. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6214 - Establishing land banking authorities. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6237 - Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session: 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


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Human Services
1/26/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Nationwide & statewide perspectives on juvenile rehabilitation.

Public Hearing: SB 6062 - Modifying provisions related to individuals found to have committed criminal offenses when under the age of 18. (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

Human Services
1/27/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5977 - Requiring publication of child near fatality reviews. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6184 - Updating the office of homeless youth program provisions. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5681 - Concerning the age at which clients of the developmental disabilities administration may receive employment and community inclusion services.
2.   SB 5917 - Improving access to abortion medications.
3.   SB 5942 - Concerning the department of children, youth, and families accountability board.
4.   SB 6024 - Streamlining monitoring and oversight activities related to community residential service business providers.
5.   SB 6036 - Exempting certain former foster care providers from adult family home licensure.
6.   SB 6063 - Correcting terminology to align the revised code of Washington with recent reorganization at the department of social and health services.
7.   SB 6080 - Concerning contracts between the United States and county and municipal jails for committing or confining individuals in federal custody.
8.   SB 6085 - Concerning the transparency in expenditures from the institutional welfare account.



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

Human Services
1/28/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Child welfare.

Public Hearing: SB 6185 - Addressing the rise in maltreatment-related child fatalities or near fatalities by supporting families that have received a child welfare response. (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


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Labor & Commerce
1/26/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6196 - Taxing kratom. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6204 - Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis by persons who are 21 years of age and older. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6195 - Preventing an oversupply of cannabis. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5882 - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting local correctional facility workers. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6134 - Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages. (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

Labor & Commerce
1/27/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5379 - Granting interest arbitration to certain parks and recreation commission employees. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6106 - Modifying the securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6147 - Concerning notice requirements for grocery establishment closures. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6180 - Removing qualifiers related to the presumption of occupational disease for heart problems. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5927 - Capping the rate of increase for future workers' compensation cost-of-living adjustments. (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

Labor & Commerce
1/30/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6197 - Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6158 - Adopting national standards for factory built housing and commercial structures. (Remote Testimony Available).


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


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Law & Justice
1/26/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5934 - Reducing litigation costs by removing barriers to postconviction DNA testing. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5520 - Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6017 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6087 - Concerning liability protections for donations of baby items that are less than five years old. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5890 - Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed. (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

Law & Justice
1/27/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6239 - Requiring arbitration for tort claims against the state of Washington and its subdivisions. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6074 - Reinstituting parole. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6055 - Concerning firearms background check. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 5886 - Concerning forged digital likenesses. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6041 - Updating personality rights protections. (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

Law & Justice
1/29/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:
1.   SJM 8014 - Requesting an investigation into the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.
2.   SB 6086 - Strengthening security for Washington state judicial officers and court personnel.
3.   SB 5934 - Reducing litigation costs by removing barriers to postconviction DNA testing.
4.   SB 5520 - Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act.
5.   SB 6017 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses.
6.   SB 6087 - Concerning liability protections for donations of baby items that are less than five years old.
7.   SB 5890 - Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
8.   SB 6239 - Requiring arbitration for tort claims against the state of Washington and its subdivisions.
9.   SB 6074 - Reinstituting parole.
10.   SB 6055 - Concerning firearms background check.
11.   SB 5886 - Concerning forged digital likenesses.
12.   SB 6041 - Updating personality rights protections.


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


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Local Government
1/26/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6211 - Creating uniformity for the process by which cities planning under the growth management act implement real estate excise taxes. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6234 - Regulating sewage grinder pumps for new residential buildings. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6242 - Granting counties authority to enter into a shared stewardship agreement. (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

Local Government
1/29/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5633 - Concerning the subdivision of land. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (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


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State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
1/27/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6084 - Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6044 - Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5950 - Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6046 - Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 5763 - Concerning the law enforcement aviation support grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 5784 - Encouraging agency demographic data collection. (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

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
1/30/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6049 - Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6000 - Concerning gatherings of a majority of members of a governing body and action taken by a governing body during a state or federally declared emergency in response to a natural disaster. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6160 - Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6215 - Concerning fraud prevention. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6164 - Concerning individual privacy by Washington technology solutions through an exemption from public inspection and copying. (Remote Testimony Available).


Executive Session:
1.   SB 5888 - Removing the requirement that women's commission members be subject to senate confirmation.
2.   SB 6123 - Concerning the protection of voluntary supplied personal information of local government employees.
3.   SB 5853 - Protecting elected officials from political violence by creating the statewide emergency public official notification system.



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


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Transportation
1/26/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Impaired driving.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5234 - Concerning snowmobile registration fees. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6110 - Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6176 - Concerning the enforcement of failure to renew an expired vehicle registration. (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
1/27/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Fairfax/Carbon River SR 165 Bridge update.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5987 - Addressing the emergency replacement of failed infrastructure on state route number 165. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6170 - Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement. (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
1/29/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:
1.   Project updates - US 12/Walla Walla and US 395 North Spokane Corridor.
2.   Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Council updates.


Public Hearing:
1.   SB 6131 - Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6155 - Concerning special parking privileges for persons with disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6243 - Concerning the operation of autonomous motor vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6238 - Concerning requirements of oil tankers operating in restricted waters. (Remote Testimony Available).


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


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Ways & Means
1/26/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Overview of aircraft fuel taxes.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5989 - Concerning the distribution of aircraft fuel tax revenue. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 5898 - Directing the deposit of the proceeds from taxes on aircraft fuel to the aeronautics account. (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 6240 - Allocating a portion of hazardous substance tax revenues derived from aviation fuel to aircraft noise and air quality mitigation. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6244 - Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   SB 6231 - Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers. (Remote Testimony Available).
6.   SB 6228 - Removing a tax exemption for the warehousing and reselling of prescription drugs. (Remote Testimony Available).
7.   SB 6220 - Ensuring nonprofit housing providers qualify for a property tax exemption when the property is temporarily used for certain community purposes other than affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available).
8.   SSB 5880 - Concerning toxicology testing by certified or accredited laboratories. (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

Ways & Means
1/27/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
1.   SGA 9306 - Kristen L Fraser, Member, Board of Tax Appeals.
2.   SSB 5395 - Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available).
3.   SB 5893 - Addressing appropriations for long-term forest health and wildfire reduction. (Remote Testimony Available).
4.   SB 6229 - Concerning taxation of a long-term capital gain of a section 1202 small business stock. (Remote Testimony Available).
5.   HB 1376 - Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date. (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

Ways & Means
1/29/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Washington State Investment Board - Investment and engagement strategies.

Public Hearing:
1.   SB 5439 - Concerning divestment of funds under management by the state investment board from thermal coal. (Remote Testimony Available).
2.   SB 6109 - Prohibiting investment of funds under management by the state investment board in private detention facilities. (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



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