Puget Sound Partnership 2021 Legislative Calendar, Week 4

Legislative Calendar

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 4
67th Legislature 
February 1-5, 2021

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1

 House State Government & Tribal Relations 2/1/2021 1:30 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1328 - Exempting information gathered for controlling diseases from public inspecting requirements. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1372 - Replacing the Marcus Whitman statue in the national statuary hall collection with a statue of Billy Frank Jr. (Remote testimony.)

 

House Transportation 2/1/2021 3:30 PM

 

Work Session: Joint Transportation Committee study final report: Electrification of Public Vehicle Fleets.

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1204 - Concerning the electrification of transportation. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1322 - Addressing off-road vehicle and snowmobile registration enforcement. (Remote testimony.)

 

 


 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Senate Housing & Local Government 2/2/2021 8:00 AM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5338 - Concerning fire protection districts and education. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SB 5341 - Increasing permissible uses of existing local sales tax authority. (Remote testimony.)
  3. SB 5342 - Concerning irrigation district elections. (Remote testimony.)
  4. SB 5026 - Concerning moneys available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero and near zero emissions cargo handling equipment. (Remote testimony.)

House Environment & Energy 2/2/2021 8:00 AM

 

Executive Session: HB 1117 - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework.

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1193 - Affirming the process for disposing of dredged materials for federal navigation channel maintenance and improvement. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1240 - Adding seaplanes to the class of conveyances that may be moored pursuant to RCW 79.105.430. (Remote testimony.)

House Community & Economic Development 2/2/2021 10:00 AM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1147 - Creating the Washington state office of resiliency. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1340 - Concerning creation of the statewide pandemic preparation and response task force. (Remote testimony.)

 

 House Local Government 2/2/2021 10:00 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1329 - Concerning public meeting accessibility and participation.
  2. HB 1180 - Concerning public testimony at public meetings, including virtual meetings.

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1331 - Concerning early learning facility impact fees. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1326 - Concerning coroners and medical examiners. (Remote testimony.)
  3. HB 1271 - Ensuring continuity of operations in the offices of county elected officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future public health crises. (Remote testimony.)
  4. HB 1335 - Concerning review and property owner notification of recorded documents with unlawful racial restrictions. (Remote testimony.)

 

House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources 2/2/2021 10:00 AM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1355 - Concerning noxious weeds. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1382 - Streamlining the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. (Remote testimony.)

 

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology 2/2/2021 10:30 AM

 

Public Hearing: SB 5345 - Establishing a statewide industrial waste coordination program. (Remote testimony.)

 

House Finance 2/2/2021 1:30 PM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1297 - Concerning working families tax exemption. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1406 - Improving the equity of Washington state's tax code by creating the Washington state wealth tax and taxing extraordinary financial intangible assets. (Remote testimony.)

 

 Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 2/2/2021 1:30 PM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5224 - Modifying provisions related to land survey reference markers. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SB 5230 - Concerning agreements for allocation of groundwater resulting from bureau of reclamation project operations. (Remote testimony.)
  3. SB 5253 - Implementing the recommendations of the pollinator health task force. (Remote testimony.)
  4. SB 5081 - Concerning the burden of proof in disputes involving enforcement actions by certain regulatory agencies. (Remote testimony.)
  5. SB 5372 - Concerning a hemp processor registration process. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)

 


 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology 2/3/2021 8:30 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. SB 5022 - Concerning the management of certain materials to support recycling and waste and litter reduction.
  2. SJM 8001 - Requesting various entities assist state and local governments in Washington with monitoring and mitigating PFAS contamination of surface water and groundwater.
  3. SB 5174 - Providing for the recycling of wind turbine blades.

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined. 

House Local Government 2/3/2021 10:00 AM

 

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1241 - Planning under the growth management act. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1337 - Concerning accessory dwelling units. (Remote testimony.)
  3. HB 1298 - Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas. (Remote testimony.)
  4. HB 1304 - Concerning grade-separated transportation. (Remote testimony.)

 

House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources 2/3/2021 10:00 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1143 - Authorizing the placement of water rights banked pursuant to RCW 90.92.070 into the trust water rights program.
  2. 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.
  3. HB 1199 - Providing compensation to department of natural resources lessees whose leases are terminated for reasons other than default.
  4. HB 1216 - Concerning urban and community forestry.
  5. 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.

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

House State Government & Tribal Relations 2/4/2021 10:00 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1328 - Exempting information gathered for controlling diseases from public inspecting requirements.
  2. HB 1357 - Concerning voters' pamphlets for overseas and service voters.
  3. HB 1372 - Replacing the Marcus Whitman statue in the national statuary hall collection with a statue of Billy Frank Jr.

 

 Senate Environment, Energy & Technology 2/4/2021 10:30 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. SB 5141 - Implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force.
  2. SB 5125 - Affirming the process for disposing of dredged materials for federal navigation channel maintenance and improvement.
  3. SB 5345 - Establishing a statewide industrial waste coordination program.

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

 Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 2/4/2021 1:30 PM

 

Executive Session:

  1. SB 5207 - Concerning environmental permit streamlining.
  2. SB 5273 - Concerning the replacement of shoreline armoring.
  3. SB 5201 - Concerning department of natural resources' timber and land sales.
  4. SB 5176 - Modifying boater safety education requirements.
  5. SB 5317 - Concerning pesticide registration and pesticide licensing fees.
  6. SB 5318 - Concerning fertilizer fees.
  7. SB 5224 - Modifying provisions related to land survey reference markers.
  8. SB 5253 - Implementing the recommendations of the pollinator health task force.
  9. SB 5081 - Concerning the burden of proof in disputes involving enforcement actions by certain regulatory agencies.
  10. SB 5372 - Concerning a hemp processor registration process. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5306 - Concerning local salmon habitat recovery planning in critical areas. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SB 5330 - Regarding commercial whale watching licenses. (Remote testimony.)
   
 
 

House Environment & Energy 2/4/2021 1:30 PM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1046 - Concerning community solar programs.
  2. HB 1280 - Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public facilities.
  3. HB 1287 - Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future.

Public Hearing: HB 1327 - Concerning on-bill disclosures to retail electric customers. (Remote testimony.)

House Appropriations 2/4/2021 3:30 PM

 

Possible Executive Session: Various

Public Hearing: SHB 1091 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. (Remote testimony.)


 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

House Local Government 2/5/2021 8:00 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1157 - Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments.
  2. HB 1220 - Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations.
  3. HB 1258 - Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens.
  4. HB 1233 - Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development.
  5. HB 1326 - Concerning coroners and medical examiners.
  6. HB 1271 - Ensuring continuity of operations in the offices of county elected officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future public health crises.
  7. HB 1329 - Concerning public meeting accessibility and participation.
  8. HB 1180 - Concerning public testimony at public meetings, including virtual meetings.

 

House Environment & Energy 2/5/2021 10:00 AM

 

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1046 - Concerning community solar programs.
  2. HB 1280 - Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public facilities.
  3. HB 1287 - Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future.

Public Hearing: HB 1393 - Delaying certain implementation dates for the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program. (Remote testimony.)