Puget Sound Partnership Legislative Calendar, Week 3

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 3
66th Legislature 
JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 1, 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 28

Environment & Energy (H)—1:30 PM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1290 - Concerning reviews of voluntary cleanups.
• HB 1428 - Concerning the disclosure of attributes of electricity products.

Appropriations (H) 3:30 PM, House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building 

Public Hearing:

• HB 1293 - Concerning the distribution of monetary penalties to local courts and state agencies paid for failure to comply with discover pass requirements.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29

Local Government (H)—8:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm D

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1169 - Clarifying reimbursement for certain clean-up or removal actions by fire protection jurisdictions.

Local Government (S)—8:00 AM, Senate Hearing Rm 3, JA Cherberg Building

Public Hearing:

• SB 5249 - Eliminating certain requirements for the annexation of an unincorporated island of territory.

Environment, Energy & Technology (S)—10:00 AM, J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 1

Public Hearing:

• SB 5426 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute).
• SB 5579 - Concerning the volatility of crude oil received in the state by rail. (If measure is referred to committee.)
• SB 5578 - Reducing threats to southern resident killer whales by improving the safety of oil transportation. (If measure is referred to committee.)
• SB 5336 - Advancing electric transportation.

Executive Session:

• SB 5116 - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
• SB 5115 - Concerning appliance efficiency standards.

Civil Rights & Judiciary (H)—10:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room A

Public Hearing:

• HB 1288 - Concerning department of natural resources' land acquisitions.

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources (H)—10:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1579 - Implementing recommendations of the southern resident killer whale task force related to increasing chinook abundance. (If measure is referred to committee.)
• HB 1580 - Concerning the protection of southern resident orca whales from vessels. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1165 - Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool.

Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks—1:30 PM, Senate Hearing Rm 3, JA Cherberg Building

Work Session

• An option to move fish over dams.
• An update from the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER).

Environment & Energy (H)—3:30 PM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1257 - Concerning energy efficiency.
• HB 1444 - Concerning appliance efficiency standards.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30

Environment, Energy & Technology (S)—8:00 AM, JA Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 1

Public Hearing

• SB 5412 - Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels.

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources (H)—8:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1324 – Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1167 - Concerning the protection of composting from nuisance lawsuits
• HB 1273 - Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners.

Innovation, Technology & Economic Development (H)—8:30 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm C

Public Hearing:

• HB 1341 - Concerning the use of unmanned aerial systems near certain protected marine species.

Transportation (H)—3:30 PM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Work Session:

• Fish passage barrier removal.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31

Local Government (S)—8:00 AM, Senate Hearing Rm 3, JA Cherberg Building

Public Hearing:

• SB 5372 - Concerning local project review undertaken under chapter 36.70B RCW

Environment & Energy (H)—8:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1233 - Concerning the use of science pursuant to the growth management act.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1126 - Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future
• HB 1211 - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

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

Public Hearing:

• SB 5279 - Regulating outdoor burning for the protection of life or property and for public health, safety, and welfare
• SB 5330 - Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners.
• SB 5420 - Concerning the distribution of monetary penalties to local courts and state agencies paid for failure to comply with discover pass requirements.

Transportation (H)—3:30 PM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1160 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources (H)—10:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Room B

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1187 - Revising hydraulic project eligibility standards under RCW 77.55.181 for conservation district-sponsored fish habitat enhancement projects.

Local Government (H)—10:00 AM, John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm D

Work Session:

• Policies that restrict the needs of local governments.