Puget Sound Partnership 2021 Legislative Calendar, Week 11

LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR WEEK 11 67th Legislature  March 22-26, 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.

 

Session context: March 9 was the cutoff by which time bills must pass out of their house of origin. Committees are now considering bills that have already passed in the opposite house, with the exception of a small number of bills that are considered "necessary to implement the budget" and have yet to pass either house. The next cutoff is March 26, by which time policy committees must pass bills that have already passed in the opposite house.

 

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MONDAY, MARCH 22

House State Government & Tribal Relations - 1:30 PM  

Possible Executive Session:

3. E2SSB 5395 - Concerning use of state resources during periods where state employees are required to work from home.
4. ESSB 5405 - Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses.

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, MARCH 23

House Environment & Energy - 8:00 AM              

Possible Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5022 - Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and requiring recycled content in plastic beverage containers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and addressing plastic packaging.).
2. E2SSB 5141 - Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of all Washington state residents by implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force.
3. SSB 5381 - Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining.

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     

Possible Executive Session: 3.   ESSB 5275 - Enhancing opportunity in limited areas of more intense rural development.

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:

1. E2SHB 1050 - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fluorinated gases.
2. SHB 1193 - Affirming the process for disposing of dredged materials for federal navigation channel maintenance and improvement.
3. E2SHB 1287 - Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future.
4. HB 1280 - Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public 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

 

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

Public Hearing: 1.   2SHB 1168 - Concerning long-term forest health and the reduction of wildfire dangers. (Hearing is on the Proposed Striking Amendment.)

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 Transportation - 3:30 PM              

Public Hearing: HB 1135 - *Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

*The hearing will be on the proposed substitute bill by Representative Fey, which will be available online after 10 a.m. on March 22, 2021 at: http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/budget/detail/2021/ht2123Bien.asp 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 Transportation - 4:00 PM             

Public Hearing: 2.   SB 5165 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

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, MARCH 24

House State Government & Tribal Relations - 8:00 AM  

Possible Executive Session:

3. E2SSB 5395 - Concerning use of state resources during periods where state employees are required to work from home.
4. ESSB 5405 - Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses.

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              

Executive Session: 5.   ESHB 1329 - Concerning public meeting accessibility and participation.

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

Possible Executive Session:

1. SB 5063 - Concerning the expiration date of the invasive species council.
2. SB 5145 - Concerning the prevention of seabed mining of hard minerals.
3. SB 5159 - Concerning payments in lieu of real property taxes by the department of the fish and wildlife.

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, MARCH 25

House State Government & Tribal Relations - 10:00 AM

Possible Executive Session:

3. E2SSB 5395 - Concerning use of state resources during periods where state employees are required to work from home.
4. ESSB 5405 - Instructing the joint legislative audit and review committee to perform racial equity analyses.

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. E2SSB 5022 - Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and requiring recycled content in plastic beverage containers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and addressing plastic packaging.).
2. SSB 5381 - Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining.

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             

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. 2SHB 1168 - Concerning long-term forest health and the reduction of wildfire dangers.

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 Transportation - 3:30 PM              

Possible Executive Session: HB 1135 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

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

Executive Session: SB 5165 - Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

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, MARCH 26

House Environment & Energy - 10:00 AM            

Possible Executive Session:

1. E2SSB 5022 - Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and requiring recycled content in plastic beverage containers. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Managing solid waste through prohibitions on expanded polystyrene, providing for food serviceware upon customer request, and addressing plastic packaging.).
2. SSB 5381 - Addressing fish passage project permit streamlining.

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 - 1:00 PM             

Public Hearing: SB 5092 - Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. (on Proposed Substitute.)

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