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Added to Executive Session: HB 2675, 2SHB 2105, E3SHB 1710, E2SHB 1170, 2SHB 1833, 2SHB 2333, HB 2249, HB 2120, E2SHB 2034, HB 1069, EHB 2179, ESHB 2442, SHB 2089, HB 1983, ESHB 1717, SSB 5932, E3SHB 1960, HB 2431, SB 6006, E2SHB 2451, SB 6297, SB 6351, 2SHB 2429, SB 6353, SHB 2475, 2SHB 2479, HB 2521, HB 2091, ESHB 2508, E2SHB 1903, E2SHB 2215, ESHB 2238, HB 2104, E2SHB 2416, E2SHB 2515, SB 6355, 2SHB 1906, ESHB 2168, HB 2254, HB 2385, SB 5808, HB 1796, E2SHB 1974, SHB 2140, SHB 2714, SHB 2650, 2ESHB 1210, 2SHB 2590, ESHB 1408, HB 1376, SHB 2594, SB 6260, SHB 1570, SHB 2152, E2SHB 2325, E2SHB 2523, E2SHB 2636, and HB 2353.
Removed from Executive Session:  Bills to be determined.
Ways & Means - 3/2/2026 10:30 AM

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

REVISED ON 2/28/2026 AT 10:07 AM

Executive Session:
1.   HB 2675 - Concerning accounts.
2.   2SHB 2105 - Concerning immigrant worker protections.
3.   E3SHB 1710 - Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018.
4.   E2SHB 1170 - Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence.
5.   2SHB 1833 - Creating an artificial intelligence grant program.
6.   2SHB 2333 - Protecting elected officials and candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants against threats and incidents of political violence.
7.   HB 2249 - Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees.
8.   HB 2120 - Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources.
9.   E2SHB 2034 - Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system.
10.   HB 1069 - Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
11.   EHB 2179 - Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)
12.   ESHB 2442 - Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility.
13.   SHB 2089 - Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest.
14.   HB 1983 - Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity.
15.   ESHB 1717 - Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing.
16.   SSB 5932 - Providing certainty for the development of low-to-zero carbon alternative jet fuel production in Washington state.
17.   E3SHB 1960 - Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities.
18.   HB 2431 - Increasing the maximum annual limit for regularly scheduled fundraising activities for the nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places property tax exemption.
19.   SB 6006 - Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.
20.   E2SHB 2451 - Concerning local tax increment financing.
21.   SB 6297 - Making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax.
22.   SB 6351 - Increasing fiscal resources for students and children by providing targeted sales tax exemptions for schools and certain before-and-after school care programs and arts and cultural classes.
23.   2SHB 2429 - Supporting children and youth behavioral health.
24.   SB 6353 - Modifying the working connections child care program.
25.   SHB 2475 - Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies.
26.   2SHB 2479 - Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.
27.   HB 2521 - Concerning firearms background check.
28.   HB 2091 - Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives.
29.   ESHB 2508 - Clarifying the scope of authority of the office of independent investigations to align with current operations and practices and to include public disclosure requirements and protect privacy.
30.   E2SHB 1903 - Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.
31.   E2SHB 2215 - Concerning climate commitment act compliance obligations for fuels supplied or otherwise sold into Washington.
32.   ESHB 2238 - Concerning statewide food security.
33.   HB 2104 - Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires.
34.   E2SHB 2416 - Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act.
35.   E2SHB 2515 - Addressing emerging large energy use facilities.
36.   SB 6355 - Concerning the electric transmission system.
37.   2SHB 1906 - Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates.
38.   ESHB 2168 - Facilitating the rapid sharing of overdose mapping information for overdose prevention.
39.   HB 2254 - Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs.
40.   HB 2385 - Concerning the medicaid access program.
41.   SB 5808 - Funding health insurance premium assistance.
42.   HB 1796 - Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.
43.   E2SHB 1974 - Establishing land banking authorities.
44.   SHB 2140 - Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.
45.   SHB 2714 - Concerning caseload forecasting for food assistance programs.
46.   SHB 2650 - Concerning notifications and effective dates for department of revenue administration of certain excise taxes.
47.   2ESHB 1210 - Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.
48.   2SHB 2590 - Exempting limited equity cooperatives from the Washington uniform common interest ownership act.
49.   ESHB 1408 - Establishing funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060.
50.   HB 1376 - Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date.
51.   SHB 2594 - Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education.
52.   SB 6260 - Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.
53.   SHB 1570 - Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.
54.   SHB 2152 - Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities.
55.   E2SHB 2325 - Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion.
56.   E2SHB 2523 - Concerning the community reinvestment program.
57.   E2SHB 2636 - Requiring reviews of the performance, operations, and funding of the state’s public education system.
58.   HB 2353 - Concerning predesign thresholds.


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