Puget Sound Partnership 2021 Legislative Calendar, Week 6

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Legislative Calendar

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 6
67th Legislature 
February 15-19, 2021

 

Note: February 15 is the first cutoff of the session, by which time bills must be passed out of committee in their house of origin. After that cutoff, many bills will be referred to the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee for public hearings on the fiscal impact of bills. The bills to be scheduled for hearings on February 16-19 are not yet determined and therefore the hearings not included in the below schedule. Please check the committee schedules next week for bills that may get scheduled for hearings.

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

House Environment & Energy - 1:30 PM               

Possible Executive Session: HB 1446 - Prohibiting a utility from being assessed a penalty for not meeting its biennial acquisition target for cost-effective conservation in special circumstances outside the utility's control.

Public Hearing: HJR 4205 - Adding a new section to the Washington state Constitution regarding the conservation and protection of the state's natural resources. (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 - 3:30 PM       

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1180 - Concerning public testimony at public meetings, including virtual meetings.
  2. HB 1329 - Concerning public meeting accessibility and participation.
  3. HB 1298 - Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas.
  4. HB 1435 - Authorizing local authorities to implement bicycle tour permits.
  5. HB 1157 - Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments.
  6. HB 1233 - Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development.
  7. HB 1232 - Planning for affordable housing under the growth management act.

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 - 3:30 PM 

Possible Executive Session: HB 1382 - Streamlining the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.

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             

Public Hearing:

  1. SSB 5119 - Concerning individuals in custody. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SSB 5052 - Concerning the creation of health equity zones. (Remote testimony.)
  3. SB 5068 - Improving maternal health outcomes by extending coverage during the postpartum period. (Remote testimony.)

Executive Session:

  1. SB 5326 - Concerning health and pension benefits for school bus drivers employed by private nongovernmental entities.
  2. SSB 5051 - Concerning state oversight and accountability of peace officers and corrections officers.
  3. SSB 5118 - Supporting successful reentry.
  4. SSB 5062 - Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data.
  5. SB 5082 - Reestablishing the productivity board.
  6. SB 5019 - Concerning the recording standards commission.
  7. SB 5352 - Allowing new government employees the option of opting out of retirement system membership if the employee is age sixty or older when first hired, or when the employee's employer opts into retirement plan participation.
  8. SB 5367 - Directing the department of retirement systems to create rules regarding automatic refunds of retirement contributions in the retirement systems listed in RCW 41.50.030.
  9. SSB 5045 - Expanding opportunities for meat and poultry processing and inspection.
  10. SB 5158 - Concerning the utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee.
  11. SB 5063 - Concerning the expiration date of the invasive species council.
  12. SB 5054 - Concerning impaired driving.
  13. SSB 5315 - Concerning captive insurance.
  14. SSB 5294 - Concerning the creation of statewide epidemic preparedness and response guidelines for long-term care facilities.

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

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

House Appropriations - 1:30 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. SHB 1086 - Creating the state office of behavioral health consumer advocacy. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SHB 1099 - Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. (Remote testimony.)
  3. SHB 1117 - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework. (Remote testimony.)
  4. SHB 1160 - Concerning health provider contracts. (Remote testimony.)
  5. HB 1167 - Concerning Thurston county superior court judges. (Remote testimony.)
  6. HB 1168 - Concerning long-term forest health and the reduction of wildfire dangers. (Remote testimony.)
  7. SHB 1169 - Concerning sentencing enhancements. (Remote testimony.)
  8. SHB 1170 - Concerning building economic strength through manufacturing. (Remote testimony.)
  9. SHB 1213 - Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. (Remote testimony.)
  10. SHB 1216 - Concerning urban and community forestry. (Remote testimony.)
  11. SHB 1225 - Concerning school-based health centers. (Remote testimony.)
  12. HB 1259 - Expanding public contracting opportunities for women and minority business enterprises by increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises. (Remote testimony.)
  13. SHB 1325 - Implementing policies related to children and youth behavioral health. (Remote testimony.)
  14. SHB 1372 - Replacing the Marcus Whitman statue in the national statuary hall collection with a statue of Billy Frank Jr. (Remote testimony.)

Possible Executive Session:

  1. HB 1044 - Creating prison to postsecondary education pathways.
  2. HB 1061 - Concerning youth eligible for developmental disability services who are expected to exit the child welfare system.
  3. HB 1075 - Reducing emissions from vehicles associated with on-demand transportation services.
  4. HB 1227 - Protecting the rights of families responding to allegations of abuse or neglect of a child. 

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 Transportation - 1:30 PM              

Public Hearing:

  1. 2SHB 1091 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
  2. HB 1379 - Establishing an unpiloted aircraft system state coordinator and program funding source. (Remote testimony.)
  3. HB 1457 - Facilitating the installation of broadband facilities on limited access highways. (Remote testimony.)
  4. HB 1502 - Concerning the procurement and design of electric ferries by counties. (Remote testimony.)
  5. HB 1505 - Clarifying that providing ambulance services in chapter 36.57 RCW includes the ability for the transportation authority to pay for training for the people that will provide the ambulance services. (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

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

House Capital Budget - 8:00 AM              

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1030 - Concerning a community aviation revitalization loan program. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SHB 1263 - Concerning rural infrastructure. (Remote testimony.)
  3. HB 1280 - Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public facilities. (Remote testimony.)
  4. SB 5032 - Concerning the reauthorization and improvements to alternative public works contracting procedures. (Remote testimony.)

Executive Session:

  1. HB 1023 - Concerning predesign requirements and thresholds.
  2. HB 1103 - Improving environmental and social outcomes with the production of building materials.
  3. SHB 1173 - Concerning state lands development authorities.
  4. HB 1370 - Concerning grants for early learning facilities.
  5. HB 1391 - Concerning prime contractor bidding submission requirements on public works contracts.

Work Session: Washington’s Infrastructure System Improvement Team.

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 Transportation - 1:30 PM              

Public Hearing:

  1. SHB 1287 - Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future. (Remote testimony.)
  2. HB 1509 - Concerning certain wheeled all-terrain vehicles. (Remote testimony.)
  3. HB 1510 - Establishing an exemption from certain highway use requirements by nonemergency medical transportation vehicles. (Remote testimony.)
  4. HB 1514 - Addressing transportation demand management. (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

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

House Transportation - 1:30 PM              

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5444 - Implementing a per mile charge on electric and hybrid vehicles. (Remote testimony.)
  2. SB 5085 - Modifying certain alternative fuel vehicles fees. (Remote testimony.)
  3. SB 5308 - Reducing certain transportation electrification fees on hybrid vehicles. (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

 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

No relevant committee meetings identified