Puget Sound Partnership Legislative Calendar, Week 1

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 1
66th Legislature 
JANUARY 14 – 18, 2019

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 14, 2019

HOUSE AND SENATE CONVENE—Noon
Opening Day and Swearing-in Ceremonies

Appropriations—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building
Work Session:

• Introduction of committee members.
• Presentation of the Governor’s proposed 2019-21 biennial operating budget and 2019 supplemental operating budget by the Office of Financial Management.

Public Hearing:

• HB 1108 Making 2017-2019 biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. (If measure is referred to committee.)
• HB 1109 Making 2019-2021 biennium operating appropriations. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Environment & Energy—1:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work Session:

• Update on New Measures and Recommendations to Improve Oil Transportation Safety.
• Energy 101, featuring the Utilities and Transportation Commission and the Department of Commerce.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019

Capital Budget—8:00 AM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Capital Budget Overview Presentation.

Local Government—8:00 AM
Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building
Work session:

• Point Ruston update.
• Annexation panel.
• Permitting challenges and opportunities.

Energy, Climate & Technology—10:00 AM
Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building
Work session:

• Committee introductions and procedures.
• National Climate Assessment briefing.
• Overview of proposals for carbon emissions reductions.

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources—10:00 AM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:
The 20th anniversary of the passage of the Forests and Fish Law: Changes to forest practices regulations as a salmon recovery model.

• Historical background.
• Overview of the Forests and Fish Law.
• State perspectives.
• Timber, Fish, and Wildlife Policy Committee non-state agency perspectives.

Environment & Energy—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Public hearing:

• HB 1110  Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels.
• HB 1113  Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency with the most recent assessment of climate change science and with the United States' commitment under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Ways & Means—3:30 PM
Senate Hearing Rm 4, J.A. Cherberg Building
Public hearing:

• Governor's operating budget (includes Natural Resources)

Environment & Energy—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Public hearing:

• HB 1110 Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels. 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019

Local Government—8:00 AM
House Hearing Rm D, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Overview of the priorities and budgets of local governments.

Public hearing:

• HB 1008 Studying the constitutional and statutory obligations and tax revenue capacity of local government entities. 

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources—8:00 AM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Sanitary shellfish program.

Public hearing:

• HB 1013 Concerning the Walla Walla watershed management pilot program. 
• HB 1062 Expanding access to commercial fishing opportunities. 
• HJM 4000 Supporting the continued research, development, production, and application of biochar from our forests and agricultural lands.

State Government & Tribal Relations—1:30 PM
House Hearing Rm E, John L. O'Brien Building
Public hearing:

• HB 1061 Designating the Pacific razor clam as the state clam. 

Appropriations—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Overview of the operating budget and the four-year outlook

Transportation—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Briefing of Governor Inslee's proposed 2019-21 biennial and 2017-19 second supplemental transportation budgets.

Ways & Means—3:30 PM
Senate Hearing Rm 4, J.A. Cherberg Building
Public hearing:

• Governor's revenue package.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 

Environment & Energy—8:00 AM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Public hearing:

• HB 1088 Concerning repercussions for littering.

Local Government—8:00 AM
Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building
Public hearing:

• SB 5008 Concerning short subdivisions.
• SB 5026 Concerning the placement of planning boundaries in conjunction with parcel boundaries.

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks—1:30 PM
Senate Hearing Rm 3, J.A. Cherberg Building
Work session:

• Forest health assessment.
• Hatchery production and the Minter Creek generator failure.

Capital Budget—1:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Public hearing:

• HB 1101 Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
• HB 1102 Concerning the capital budget.

Transportation—3:30 PM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• State of the state of transportation.

Ways & Means—3:30 PM
Senate Hearing Rm 4, J.A. Cherberg Building
Public hearing:

• Governor's capital budget (including Natural Resources)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019

Local Government—10:00 AM
House Hearing Rm D, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Emerging issues in local government.

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources—10:00 AM
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O'Brien Building
Work session:

• Rangeland Forest Protection Associations.