Puget Sound Partnership Legislative Calendar, January 8-12, 2018
Puget Sound Partnership Washington sent this bulletin at 01/05/2018 07:50 AM PST
LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR, WEEK 1 JANUARY 8 – 12, 2018
Listed below are the legislative committee activities the Partnership will be following during the week. If you plan to attend a committee meeting, be sure to check the latest committee schedule before you leave home. Committee schedules change frequently and are updated at http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Calendar.aspx
Protecting
the state's marine waters from the release of non-native finfish from marine
finfish aquaculture sites [S-3167.2].
Environment―1:30 pm
House Hearing Rm B, John L.
O'Brien Building
Public Hearing:
HB 2294. Aligning Washington's greenhouse gas
emissions limits with those established by the United States' commitment
under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
HB 2338. Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions
associated with transportation fuels.
Farmer's
markets, farm direct marketing, and farm viability.
Public hearing:
HB 2285. Establishing
a reporting process for the Department of Natural Resources regarding certain
marbled murrelet habitat information.
Technology & Economic
Development―8:00 am
House Hearing Rm C, John L.
O'Brien Building
Work session:
Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Committee report on the 2017 tax preference
performance review of energy-related tax preferences.
Public hearing:
HB 2133. Encouraging the economic vitality of rural
food and forest product businesses.
Energy, Environment &
Technology―8:00 am
Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A.
Cherberg Building
Public Hearing:
SB
5232. Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of
efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy
output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an
eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.