Puget Sound Partnership 2021 Legislative Calendar, Week 3

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 3 67th Legislature  January 25-29, 2021

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 log-on. Committee schedules change frequently and are updated at http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Calendar.aspx  Click here to download a fact sheet about accessing the legislature remotely.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 25

House Finance - 10:00 AM          

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1070 - Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities. (Remote testimony.)
2. SHB 1069 - Concerning local government fiscal flexibility. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
3. HB 1112 - Expanding a use tax exemption for new Washington residents and nonresident members of the armed forces. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House State Government & Tribal Relations - 1:30 PM  

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1264 - Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1274 - Concerning cloud computing solutions. (Remote testimony.)

 

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 26

House Environment & Energy - 8:00 AM              

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1050 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fluorinated gases.
2. HB 1075 - Reducing emissions from vehicles associated with on-demand transportation services.
3. HB 1125 - Incentivizing investment in energy conservation and efficiency measures and expanding opportunities for energy rate discounts to, among other objectives, reduce the energy burden of low-income customers and vulnerable populations.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1114 - Encouraging utility mitigation of urban heat island effects. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1145 - Allowing the use of nonwood renewable fiber in recycled content paper carryout bags. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1211 - Concerning salmon-safe communities. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Local Government - 10:00 AM     

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1180 - Concerning public testimony at public meetings, including virtual meetings. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1184 - Concerning risk-based water quality standards for on-site nonpotable water systems. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1329 - Concerning public meeting accessibility and participation. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources - 10:00 AM               

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1199 - Providing compensation to department of natural resources lessees whose leases are terminated for reasons other than default. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1216 - Concerning urban and community forestry. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology - 10:30 AM 

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5022 - Concerning the management of certain materials to support recycling and waste and litter reduction. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5125 - Affirming the process for disposing of dredged materials for federal navigation channel maintenance and improvement. (Remote testimony.)
3. SJM 8001 - Requesting various entities assist state and local governments in Washington with monitoring and mitigating PFAS contamination of surface water and groundwater. (Remote testimony.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Capital Budget - 1:30 PM               

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1101 - Creating a grant program for converting unused public buildings to housing for homeless persons. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1103 - Improving environmental and social outcomes with the production of building materials. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1154 - Concerning the building communities fund program. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Finance - 1:30 PM             

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1155 - Concerning sales and use tax for emergency communication systems and facilities. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1189 - Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1332 - Concerning property tax deferral during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks - 1:30 PM             

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5207 - Concerning environmental permit streamlining. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5145 - Concerning the prevention of seabed mining of hard minerals. (Remote testimony.)
3. SB 5220 - Concerning the taxation of salmon recovery grants by updating the state business and occupation tax deduction for these grants, creating a sales and use tax exemption for grant proceeds received by recipients of these grants, and clarifying the sales and use tax obligations for goods and services purchased by recipients of these grants. (Remote testimony.)
4. SB 5273 - Concerning the replacement of shoreline armoring. (Remote testimony.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Transportation - 4:00 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5192 - Supporting access to electric vehicle supply equipment. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5000 - Creating a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle pilot sales and use tax exemption program. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
3. SB 5232 - Limiting bonding toll revenues on certain state highway facilities. (Remote testimony.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Ways & Means - 4:00 PM             

Work Session: Update on federal stimulus funds for coronavirus relief.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5162 - Concerning unanticipated revenue. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5316 - Concerning oversight of state financial management. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology - 8:00 AM    

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5168 - Concerning renewable and nonemitting resources analysis and advisory opinions. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5174 - Providing for the recycling of wind turbine blades. (Remote testimony.)
3. SB 5206 - Eliminating expedited processing of an alternative energy resource facility fueled by solar energy on certain designated lands before the energy facility site evaluation council. (Remote testimony.)
4. SB 5295 - Transforming the regulation of gas and electrical companies toward multiyear rate plans and performance-based rate making. (Remote testimony.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate State Government & Elections - 8:00 AM              

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5170 - Concerning employment after public service in state government. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5196 - Describing how the legislature may convene a special session. (Remote testimony.)

Executive Session: SB 5105 - Implementing the recommendations of the office of equity task force.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Local Government - 10:00 AM     

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1144 - Concerning standing before the growth management hearings board. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1157 - Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1220 - Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources - 10:00 AM               

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1172 - Recognizing judicially affirmed and treaty-reserved fishing rights and promoting state-tribal cooperative agreements in the management of salmon, trout, and steelhead resources. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1261 - Concerning wildlife harvest reports required by the department of fish and wildlife. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1268 - Clarifying the authority of local governments to administer national flood insurance program regulation requirements in the context of fish habitat enhancement projects authorized pursuant to RCW 77.55.181. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Housing & Local Government - 10:30 AM             

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5269 - Including the value of increased residential building capacity in the property tax levy limit calculation. (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5275 - Enhancing opportunity in limited areas of more intense rural development. (Remote testimony.)
3. SB 5312 - Facilitating transit-oriented development and increasing housing inventory. (Remote testimony.)

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28

House State Government & Tribal Relations - 10:00 AM

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1067 - Designating the Suciasaurus rex as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington.
2. HB 1250 - Designating Washington a purple heart state.
3. HB 1264 - Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals.
4. HB 1274 - Concerning cloud computing solutions.

To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology - 10:30 AM 

Possible Executive Session: Bills to be determined.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Environment & Energy - 1:30 PM               

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1050 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fluorinated gases.
2. HB 1075 - Reducing emissions from vehicles associated with on-demand transportation services.
3. HB 1125 - Incentivizing investment in energy conservation and efficiency measures and expanding opportunities for energy rate discounts to, among other objectives, reduce the energy burden of low-income customers and vulnerable populations.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1114 - Encouraging utility mitigation of urban heat island effects. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1145 - Allowing the use of nonwood renewable fiber in recycled content paper carryout bags. (Remote testimony.)
3. HB 1211 - Concerning salmon-safe communities. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks - 1:30 PM             

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5201 - Concerning department of natural resources' timber and land sales. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.)
2. SB 5176 - Modifying boater safety education requirements. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.)
3. SB 5300 - Prohibiting the feeding of garbage to swine. (Remote testimony.)
4. SB 5317 - Concerning pesticide registration and pesticide licensing fees. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
5. SB 5318 - Concerning fertilizer fees. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)

Executive Session:

1. SB 5058 - Making technical changes to certain natural resources-related accounts.
2. SB 5158 - Concerning the utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee.
3. SB 5159 - Concerning payments in lieu of real property taxes by the department of the fish and wildlife.
4. SB 5220 - Concerning the taxation of salmon recovery grants by updating the state business and occupation tax deduction for these grants, creating a sales and use tax exemption for grant proceeds received by recipients of these grants, and clarifying the sales and use tax obligations for goods and services purchased by recipients of these grants.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 29

House Local Government - 8:00 AM       

Possible Executive Session: HB 1184 - Concerning risk-based water quality standards for on-site nonpotable water systems.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1233 - Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1258 - Concerning he operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources - 8:00 AM 

Executive Session: HB 1168 - Concerning long-term forest health and the reduction of wildfire dangers.

To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

 

House Environment & Energy - 10:00 AM            

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1099 - Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework.
2. HB 1117 - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1240 - Adding seaplanes to the class of conveyances that may be moored pursuant to RCW 79.105.430. (Remote testimony.)
2. HB 1280 - Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public facilities. (Remote testimony.)

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csiremote/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules