Puget Sound Partnership Legislative Calendar, Upcoming Committee Work Sessions

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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

Committee Work Sessions
November / December 2020

Listed below are the legislative committee activities the Partnership will be following in the coming months in the lead up to the 2021 Legislative session. 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

November 2020

Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Resource Mitigation 11/10/2020 9:00 AM

Work Session:

1. Review of water mitigation options in other states.

2. Yakima Basin water marketing.

3. Presentation on how the Foster decision affects Department of Ecology’s work.

4. Update on the Yelm pilot project.

5. Task Force discussion.

Meeting is scheduled to end at 12:00 p.m. This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111012

House Environment & Energy 11/30/2020 1:30 PM

Work Session:

1. Impacts to air quality related to COVID-19 and wildfires.

2. Growth Management Act update.

This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111015

Senate Transportation 11/30/2020 2:30 PM

Work Session:

1. 2021 transportation budget overview.

2. Update to Committee Chair’s 2020 new law transportation funding proposal (Forward Washington).

3. Transportation-related COVID-19 impacts.

a. Department of Licensing.

b. State toll facilities.

c. Washington State Ferries.

Possible other business. This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111009 Committee meeting documents can be accessed through the committee's website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/TRAN/Pages/default.aspx

Senate Ways & Means 11/30/2020 2:30 PM

Work Session: To be announced. Possible other business. This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111010 Committee meeting documents can be accessed through the committee's website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/Pages/default.aspx

House Appropriations 11/30/2020 3:30 PM

Work Session:

1. Impacts of COVID-19 on the operating budget.

2. Update on housing and homelessness appropriations in the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget.

3. Update on wildfire related activities and costs.

4. 2021 session preview.

This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111018

House Transportation 11/30/2020 3:30 PM

Work Session:

1. Local and state ferry systems: An update.

2. Fish passage barrier correction: An update.

3. Passenger train equipment procurement: An update.

This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020111019

DECEMBER 2020

Senate Local Government 12/1/2020 8:00 AM

Work Session:

1. Growth Management Act – Updating Washington’s growth policy framework.

2. COVID-19 Challenges – local perspectives.

Possible other business. This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020121001 Committee meeting documents can be accessed through the committee's website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/LGOV/Pages/default.aspx

House Local Government 12/1/2020 10:00 AM

Work Session:

1. Special Purpose Districts Reporting Update.

2. OPMA and Emergencies.

3. Local Government Procurement Panel.

a. JLARC Sunset Review of Alternative Public Works Contracting Procedures.

b. Local Government Public Works Report and Review of Related Items Impacting Local Government Follow-up to the Report.

4. JLARC Report on Public Records Training Programs.

This meeting is being conducted virtually and can be viewed on TVW: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2020121016

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