Puget Sound Partnership Legislative Calendar, Week 5

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 5
66th Legislature 
February 11 – 15, 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, FEBRUARY 11

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1923 - Increasing urban residential building capacity.
• HB 1506 - Concerning urban growth areas.
• HB 1353 - Concerning zoning regulations relating to accessory dwelling units.
• HB 1312 - Amending the schedule for updates to the comprehensive plan of Kitsap county that are required under the growth management act to match the update schedules of other central Puget Sound counties.
• HB 1600 - Siting tenant-owned mobile home parks for senior citizens.

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

Public Hearing:

• SHB 1112 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons.
• SHB 1290 - Concerning reviews of voluntary cleanups.

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

Public Hearing:

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

Ways & Means (S) - 3:30 PM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 4

Public Hearing:

• SB 5748 - Creating an account to support necessary infrastructure nearby military installations.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Capital Budget (H) - 8:00 AM John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm B

Public Hearing:

• HB 1441 - Concerning the financing of local infrastructure.
• HB 1680 - Concerning local government infrastructure funding.
• HB 1691 - Concerning funding and administering local government infrastructure by the public works board.

Finance (H) - 8:00 AM John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm A

Public Hearing:

• HB 1211 - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. (If measure is referred to committee.)
• HB 1070 - Concerning the tax treatment of renewable natural gas.
• HB 1226 - Encouraging investment in and reducing the costs of transitioning to the clean energy future. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Local Government (S) - 8:00 AM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 3

Public Hearing:

• SB 5613 - Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to public safety.
• SB 5630 - Concerning the composition of the growth management hearings board.
• SB 5639 - Concerning the growth management hearings board.

Innovation, Technology & Economic Development (H) - 10:00 AM John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm C

Public Hearing:

• HB 1766 - Concerning unmanned aircraft.

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1690 - Concerning short subdivisions.
• HB 1747 - Concerning risk-based water quality standards for on-site nonpotable water systems.
• HB 1796 - Concerning commercial property assessed clean energy and resilience.
• HB 1847 - Addressing aircraft noise abatement.

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

Public Hearing:

• SB 5135 - Preventing toxic pollution that affects public health or the environment.
• SB 5336 - Advancing electric transportation.
• SB 5811 - Reducing emissions by making changes to the clean car standards and clean car program.
• SB 5280 - Concerning community solar gardens.
  
  

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1731 - Continuing the work of the Washington food policy forum.
• HB 1733 - Retaining productive farmland.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1580 - Concerning the protection of southern resident orca whales from vessels.

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

Public Hearing:

• SJM 8005 - Supporting the continued research, development, production, and application of biochar from our forests and agricultural lands.
• SB 5617 - Banning the use of nontribal gill nets.
• SB 5577 - Concerning the protection of southern resident orca whales from vessels.

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1597 - Incorporating comprehensive measurements of greenhouse gas emissions from certain fossil fuels into state environmental laws.
• HB 1567 - Concerning the sale and installation of solid fuel burning devices.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1194 - Preventing toxic pollution that affects public health or the environment.
• HB 1471 - Concerning state board of health rules regarding on-site sewage systems.
• HB 1512 - Concerning the electrification of transportation.
• HB 1569 - Concerning marketing the degradability of products.
• HB 1652 - Concerning paint stewardship.

Ways & Means (S) - 3:30 PM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 4

Public Hearing:

• SSB 5116 - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
• SSB 5115 - Concerning appliance efficiency standards.
• SSB 5323 - Reducing pollution from plastic bags by establishing minimum state standards for the use of bags at retail establishments.
• SSB 5259 - Encouraging the success of agriculture on agricultural land.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

Environment, Energy & Technology (S) - 8:00 AM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 1

Public Hearing:

• SB 5489 - Establishing a healthy environment for all by creating a definition of environmental justice, directing agencies to address environmental health disparities, and creating a task force.
• SB 5503 - Concerning state board of health rules regarding on-site sewage systems.
• SB 5657 - Requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that directly discharge to Puget Sound to control pollution from opioids.
• SB 5697 - Concerning the sale and installation of solid fuel burning devices.

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1711 - Concerning new counties.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1699 - Concerning the deannexation of a portion of land from a park and recreation district

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1784 - Concerning wildfire prevention.
• HB 1946 - Concerning community forests. 

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

Possible Executive Session:

• SHB 1112 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons
• SHB 1290 - Concerning reviews of voluntary cleanups.

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

Possible Executive Session:

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1480 - Streamlining the permitting process for disposing of dredged materials.
• HB 1824 - Addressing the impacts of pinnipeds on populations of threatened southern resident orca prey.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1194 - Preventing toxic pollution that affects public health or the environment.
• HB 1261 - Ensuring compliance with the federal clean water act by prohibiting certain discharges into waters of the state.
• HB 1543 - Concerning sustainable recycling.
• HB 1544 - Addressing the effective date of certain actions taken under the growth management act.
• HB 1569 - Concerning marketing the degradability of products.

Finance (H) - 1:30 PM John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm A

Public Hearing:

• HB 1790 - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas of rural counties within urban growth areas.

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

Executive Session:

• SJM 8005 - Supporting the continued research, development, production, and application of biochar from our forests and agricultural lands.
• SGA 9093 - Jeffrey Breckel, Member, Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

Public Hearing:

• SB 5552 - Concerning the protection of native pollinators, including bees. (Hearing on the proposed substitute).
• SB 5790 - Ensuring that commercial fishing revenue benefits communities most dependent on the industry.
• SB 5675 - Concerning drought preparedness and response.

Transportation (S) - 3:30 PM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 1

Work Session:

• Stormwater, culverts, and related permits.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

Innovation, Technology & Economic Development (H) - 10:00 AM John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm C

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1665 - Encouraging economic development by identifying ways to grow Washington's manufacturing sector through evaluating the opportunities and barriers of repurposing domestic waste stream materials
• HB 1766 - Concerning unmanned aircraft.

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

Public Hearing:

• HB 1781 - Amending the land use petition act.

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1699 - Concerning the deannexation of a portion of land from a park and recreation district

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

Possible Executive Session:

• HB 1546 - Concerning the proposed department of natural resources' marbled murrelet long-term conservation strategy.
• HB 1610 - Concerning compensation for lost or damaged commercial and treaty fishing gear.
• HB 1622 - Concerning drought preparedness and response.

State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections (S) - 1:30 PM J.A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Rm 2

Public Hearing:

• SB 5540 - Concerning the designation and support of projects of statewide significance