LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 3
JANUARY 22 – 26, 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 

• Monday, January 22
• Tuesday, January 23
• Wednesday, January 24
• Thursday, January 25
• Friday, January 26

Monday, January 22

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks—1:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6127. Improving the management of the state's halibut fishery.
• SB 6315. Concerning notification of wildlife transfer, relocation, or introduction into a new location.
• SB 6317. Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents.

Environment—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2652. Concerning the initial implementation of recommendations from the collaborative process carried out to implement the state parks operating budget proviso on recreational access fee systems.
• HB 2803. Expanding recreational access to department of fish and wildlife and department of natural resources lands.

Possible executive session:

• HB 2338. Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels.

Labor & Workplace Standards—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm E, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2742. Establishing maritime Puget Sound regional prevailing wages.

Appropriations—3:30 pm

House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• SHB 1144. Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency with the most recent assessment of climate change science.

Tuesday, January 23

Agriculture & Natural Resources—10:00 am

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Work session: 

• Issues facing the beef industry.

Public hearing:

• HB 2681. Implementing the federal produce safety rule.

Executive session:

• HB 2417. Concerning southern resident orca recovery.

Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs—10:00 am

House Hearing Rm E, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2503. Concerning zoning regulations relating to accessory dwelling units.

Executive session:

• HB 2538. Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.

Energy, Environment & Technology—10:00 am

Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6253. Establishing a clean, efficient, renewable energy standard.
• SB 6285. Creating the hazardous substance tax stabilization act.
• SB 6367. Concerning publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities.

Technology & Economic Development—10:00 am

House Hearing Rm C, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2402. Concerning the energy independence act.

Possible executive session:

• HB 1031. Concerning the use of unmanned aerial systems near certain protected marine species.
• HB 2283. Encouraging investment in and reducing the costs of transitioning to the clean energy future.
• HB 2319. Concerning energy conservation programs under the energy independence act.
• HB 2413. Concerning the voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources.
• HB 2594. Studying the feasibility of a statewide infrastructure authority.
• HB 2280. Concerning community solar gardens.
• HJM 4012. Requesting Congress to reform the harbor maintenance tax.

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks—1:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6128. Concerning the initial implementation of recommendations from the collaborative process carried out to implement the state parks operating budget proviso on recreational access fee systems.
• SB 6268. Creating the orca protection act.
• SB 6265. Creating a pinto abalone recovery initiative.

Environment—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2658. Concerning the use of perfluorinated chemicals in food packaging.
• HB 2632. Limiting public exposure to certain dangerous chemicals through restrictions on chemicals in certain consumer products and improved public disclosure.
• HB 2793. Reducing the use of certain toxic chemicals in firefighting activities.

Local Government—1:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 4, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6294. Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.
• SB 6312. Eliminating certain requirements for the annexation of an unincorporated island of territory.
• SB 6379. Requiring a public hearing before a local government may remove a recorded restrictive covenant from land owned by the local government.

Capital Budget—3:30 pm

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2726. Concerning public-private partnerships for alternative public works contracting.

Transportation—3:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building

Work session:

• Joint Transportation Committee pilotage study and updates.

Public hearing:

• SB 6354. Allowing counties to request ferry capital improvement funds without creating ferry districts.
• SB 6363. Concerning a rail line over the Milwaukee Road corridor.
• SB 6293. Addressing the creation of a deferred prosecution program for nonpayment of license fees and taxes for vehicle, vessel, and aircraft registrations.

Ways & Means—3:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 4, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SSB 6086. Protecting the state's marine waters from the release of nonnative finfish from marine finfish aquaculture sites.
• SSB 6036. Concerning the creation of a work group to study and make recommendations on natural disaster mitigation and resiliency activities.
  
  

Wednesday, January 24

Agriculture & Natural Resources—8:00 am

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2743. Concerning the integration of reclaimed water, water system planning, and groundwater source protection.

Possible executive session:

• HB 2307. Requiring confidentiality in the release of sensitive fish and wildlife data.
• HB 2485. Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool.
• HB 2505. Increasing participation in recreational fishing and hunting.
• HB 2626. Increasing commercial fishing license fees for nonresidents.
• HB 2649. Enhancing the fish, shellfish, and wildlife-related recreational opportunities for a person with a disability.

Energy, Environment & Technology—8:00 am

Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6424. Authorizing an alternative form of regulation of electrical and natural gas companies.
• SB 6083. Maintaining public health, safety, and environmental standards.
• SB 6104. Defending scientific information and research.

Technology & Economic Development—8:00 am

House Hearing Rm C, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2580. Promoting renewable natural gas.

Possible executive session:

• HB 1031. Concerning the use of unmanned aerial systems near certain protected marine species.
• HB 2283. Encouraging investment in and reducing the costs of transitioning to the clean energy future.
• HB 2319. Concerning energy conservation programs under the energy independence act.
• HB 2413. Concerning the voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources.
• HB 2594. Studying the feasibility of a statewide infrastructure authority.
• HB 2280. Concerning community solar gardens.
• HJM 4012. Requesting Congress to reform the harbor maintenance tax.

Appropriations—3:30 pm

House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building

Executive session:

• SHB 1144. Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency with the most recent assessment of climate change science.

Thursday, January 25

Environment—8:00 am

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2524. Concerning soil samples in classifying agricultural and forestland.
• HB 2518. Siting tenant-owned mobile home parks for senior citizens.
• HB 2599. Allowing local governments to collect reasonable fees to cover costs for long-range planning required by state environmental policy statutes.

Possible executive session:

• HB 2601. Reducing air emissions associated with certain port trucking operations.
• HB 2602. Updating certain standards applicable to toxic air pollutants.
• HB 2603. Distinguishing emissions sources that degrade air quality adjacent to certain port operations.
• HB 2607. Promoting redevelopment of certain areas to encourage transit supportive densities and efficient land use.
• HB 2420. Concerning state board of health rules regarding on-site sewage systems.

Economic Development & International Trade—8:00 am

Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6361. Authorizing certain cities to establish a limited exemption from local property taxes to encourage redevelopment of vacant lands in urban areas.
• SB 6236. Establishing the Washington state economic growth commission.

Energy, Environment & Technology—10:00 am

Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6267. Providing for an emergency response system that provides for an emergency response towing vessel.
• SB 6269. Strengthening oil transportation safety.
• SB 6276. Modernizing fuel content standards and references.

Agriculture & Natural Resources—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HJM 4014. Supporting the continued research, development, production, and application of biochar from our forests and agricultural lands.

Possible executive session:

• HB 2260. Prohibiting the spawning, incubation, and cultivation of Atlantic salmon in the marine waters regulated by the state.
• HB 2418. Reducing impacts of nonnative finfish aquaculture by delaying construction of new nonnative finfish aquaculture facilities until thorough study, including structural analysis of existing facilities, is complete.

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks—1:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6319 - Implementing the federal produce safety rule.

Executive session:

• SB 6099. Concerning orca captivity.
• SB 6103. Concerning conveyances of federal public lands in the state of Washington.

Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm E, John L. O'Brien Building

Executive session:

• HB 2503. Concerning zoning regulations relating to accessory dwelling units.

Local Government—1:30 pm

Senate Hearing Rm 2, J.A. Cherberg Building

Public hearing:

• SB 6328. Defining best available science for the purposes of designating fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas.
• SB 6417. Concerning the creation of housing opportunity zones by cities and counties.

Technology & Economic Development—1:30 pm

House Hearing Rm C, John L. O'Brien Building

Possible executive session:

• HB 1031. Concerning the use of unmanned aerial systems near certain protected marine species.
• HB 2283. Encouraging investment in and reducing the costs of transitioning to the clean energy future.
• HB 2319. Concerning energy conservation programs under the energy independence act.
• HB 2413. Concerning the voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources.
• HB 2594. Studying the feasibility of a statewide infrastructure authority.
• HB 2280. Concerning community solar gardens.
• HJM 4012. Requesting Congress to reform the harbor maintenance tax.

Transportation—3:30 pm

House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2756. Concerning a pilot program to provide wheeled all-terrain vehicle tourism routes.

Friday, January 26

State Govt, Elections & IT—8:00 am

House Hearing Rm E, John L. O'Brien Building

Public hearing:

• HB 2774. Exempting information relating to the regulation of explosives from public disclosure.