Puget Sound Partnership 2020 Legislative Calendar, Week 5

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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 5
66th Legislature 
February 10 – 14, 2020

Finance 2/10/2020 8:00 AM

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

 

Public Hearing:

1.   HB 2734 - Creating pathways to recovery from addiction by eliminating a tax preference for the warehousing of opioids and other drugs.

2.   HB 2894 - Concerning the taxation of concrete pumping services.

Possible Executive Session:

1.   HB 2384 - Concerning the property tax exemption for nonprofit organizations providing rental housing or mobile home park spaces to qualifying households.

2.   HB 2480 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for diapers and diaper services.

3.   HB 2634 - Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, or public corporation from the real estate excise tax.

4.   HB 2825 - Promoting oil-free hydroelectric turbine technology.

5.   HB 2821 - Establishing and funding the health insurance affordability account.

6.   HB 1659 - Modifying dates related to the application due date for health sciences and services authorities and their sales and use tax authority.

7.   HB 1679 - Authorizing cities planning under the growth management act to impose certain real estate excise taxes by councilmanic action.

8.   HB 2032 - Providing a tax deferral for the expansion of certain existing public facilities district convention centers.

9.   HB 2880 - Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for aircraft fuel used for research and development purposes.

10.   HB 2497 - Adding development of permanently affordable housing to the allowable uses of community revitalization financing, the local infrastructure financing tool, and local revitalization financing.

11.   HB 2797 - Concerning the sales and use tax for affordable and supportive housing.

12.   HB 2746 - Concerning affordable housing incentives.

13.   HB 2620 - Expanding the property tax exemption for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban growth areas.

14.   HB 2868 - Allowing for extensions of the special valuation of historic property for certain properties.

 


 

Capital Budget 2/10/2020 9:00 AM

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

 

Public Hearing:

1.   HB 2382 - Concerning housing for community and technical college faculty and employees.

2.   HB 2601 - Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases.

Executive Session:

1.   HB 1154 - Concerning the financing of Chehalis basin flood damage reduction and habitat restoration projects.

2.   HB 2282 - Creating a grant program for converting unused public buildings to housing for homeless persons.

3.   HB 2352 - Concerning the building for the arts program.

4.   SHB 2424 - Concerning the heating oil insurance program.

5.   HB 2744 - Improving environmental and social outcomes associated with the production of building materials.

6.   HB 2849 - Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce.

7.   HB 2382 - Concerning housing for community and technical college faculty and employees.

8.   HB 2601 - Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases.

 


 

Ways & Means 2/10/2020 10:00 AM

Senate Hearing Rm 4 J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA

 

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.


Appropriations 2/10/2020 1:30 PM

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

 

Public Hearing:

1.   SHB 2171 - Concerning vested vacation or paid time off upon an employee's termination.

2.   SHB 2239 - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.

3.   SHB 2518 - Concerning the safe and efficient transmission and distribution of natural gas.

4.   HB 2646 - Reducing work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the health care sector.


 

Transportation 2/10/2020 1:30 PM

Senate Hearing Rm 1 J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA

 

Public Hearing:

1.   SGA 9304 - Shiv Batra, Member, Transportation Commission.

2.   SGA 9306 - Roy D Jennings, Member, Transportation Commission.

3.   SB 6667 - Permitting a private auto ferry to operate between the Anacortes area and British Columbia. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

4.   SB 6318 - Extending the electric marine battery incentive.

5.   SB 6399 - Reducing emissions from vehicles associated with on-demand transportation services.

6.   SB 6652 - Addressing local transportation revenue options.

 

 


Transportation 2/10/2020 1:30 PM  

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

 

Work Session: REAL ID update. Public Hearing:

1.   HB 2470 - Addressing the automated operation of vehicles.

2.   HB 2515 - Concerning the electrification of transportation.

3.   SHB 2607 - Assisting homeless individuals in obtaining Washington state identicards.

4.   HB 2676 - Establishing minimum requirements for the testing of autonomous vehicles.

5.   HB 2836 - Establishing an unpiloted aircraft system state coordinator.

6.   HB 2923 - Concerning railroad grade crossings. 

 

Tuesday February 11

Appropriations 2/11/2020 9:00 AM  

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

 

Possible Executive Session: Bills referred to committee.


 

Ways & Means 2/11/2020 10:00 AM  

Senate Hearing Rm 4 J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA

 

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

 

Wednesday February 12

 No relevant hearings identified.

 

Thursday February 13

Environment & Energy 2/13/2020 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA

 

Work Session: Introduction to the Clean Energy Institute.

Public Hearing: SB 5811 - Reducing emissions by making changes to the clean car standards and clean car program.


 

Friday February 14

Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources 2/14/2020 8:00 AM House Full Committee House Hearing Rm B John L. O'Brien Building Olympia, WA

 

Work Session: Rural Development in Washington: Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources.