OLYMPIA — It is League of Women Voters Lobby Day and March for Life Day.
Members of the league will be meeting in a room in the Capitol starting at 8:30 a.m., and abortion opponents will hold a rally on the north steps of the building starting at noon.
The Cattle Producers of Washington have a legislative reception at 5:30 p.m. No word on the menu, but it’s a good bet beef will be served.
The House and Senate have “pro forma” sessions, which is Latin for “boring and nothing of any consequence is expected to happen.” But there’s a long list of committee hearings.
For a complete list of today’s hearings, go inside the blog.
Agriculture
& Natural Resources
1/19/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing:
- HB 2569 - Regarding access to information for outdoor
recreation and wildlife viewing opportunities.
- HB 2593 - Concerning the department of fish and wildlife’s
ability to manage shellfish resources.
- HB 2696 - Regarding a proposal for a new permit-only salmonid
fishery for the Columbia river.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2472 - Regarding the sea urchin and sea cucumber license
limitation programs.
- HB 2446 - Regarding long-term noxious weed management on land
newly acquired by the fish and wildlife commission.
- HB 2476 - Concerning mute swans.
- HB 2485 - Regarding the purchase of land by the department of
fish and wildlife.
- HB 2491 - Requiring certain state agencies that manage natural
resources to coordinate their land management with local governments.
- HB 2501 - Regarding payments in lieu of taxes for lands
managed by the department of fish and wildlife.
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Capital
Budget
1/19/10 3:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing:
- E2SHB 1618 - Concerning community and surplus schools.
- HB 2451 - Authorizing use of voter approved local excess tax
levies to pay financing contracts under the local option capital asset lending
program and clarifying which “other agencies” may participate in the program.
- HB 2452 - Concerning determination of the terms and conditions
of bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the state of Washington.
- HB 2753 - Creating a workforce housing program.
Work Session: Economics of construction projects:
costs of construction, job creation, revenue generated.
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Commerce
& Labor*
1/19/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/15/2010 2:59 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2444 - Providing leave from employment for participating in
a child’s educational activities.
- HB 2646 - Improving administration of wage complaints.
- HB 2764 - Protecting employees from adverse employment actions
because of influenza.
Possible Executive Session:
- HJM 4017 - Requesting that the United States Congress enact
the AgJOBS legislation.
- HB 2648 - Addressing unemployment insurance penalties and
contribution rates for employers who are not “qualified employers.”
- HB 2649 - Correcting references in RCW 50.29.021(2)(c)(i),
(c)(ii), and (3)(e), RCW 50.29.062(2)(b)(i)(B) and (2)(b)(iii), and RCW
50.29.063(1)(b) and (2)(a)(ii) to unemployment insurance statutes concerning
employer experience rating accounts and contribution rates.
- HB 2589 - Concerning on-site wastewater treatment systems
designer licensing.
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Early
Learning & Children’s Services*
1/19/10 1:30 pm
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Ecology
& Parks*
1/19/10 10:00 am
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Education*
1/19/10
10:00 am
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Education
Appropriations
1/19/10 8:00 am
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Finance*
1/19/10
1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/14/2010 3:16 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2650 - Providing local flexibility with existing revenues
during severe economic downturns.
- HB 2749 - Concerning local government taxation.
- HB 2773 - Concerning local excise tax authorities for counties
and cities.
Financial
Institutions & Insurance*
1/19/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/14/2010 7:00 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2419 - Modifying the exemption to the three-year active
transacting requirement for foreign or alien insurer applicants.
- HB 2585 - Concerning insurance.
- HB 2622 - Protecting consumers from unfair practices by
establishing criteria for the dissemination of credit and court record
information contained in a consumer’s tenant screening report.
- HJM 4021 - Requesting the restriction of executive
compensation at financial institutions that received federal bailout funds.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1149 - Protecting consumers from breaches of security.
- HB 2404 - Concerning group life insurance.
- HB 2510 - Authorizing public hospital districts to execute
security instruments.
- HB 2514 - Regulating crop adjusters.
- HB 2560 - Regulating joint underwriting associations.
- HB 2564 - Regarding escrow agents.
- HB 2585 - Concerning insurance.
- HB 2608 - Concerning regulation and licensing of residential
mortgage loan servicers and services.
- HB 2636 - Concerning money transmitters.
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General
Government Appropriations*
1/19/10 8:00 am
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Health
& Human Services Appropriations
1/19/10 8:00 am
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Health
Care & Wellness*
1/19/10 1:30 pm
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Higher
Education*
1/19/10 10:00 am
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Public
Safety & Emergency Preparedness*
1/19/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/15/2010 11:19 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1203 - Modifying the definition of relative for purposes of
the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
- HB 2625 - Addressing bail for felony offenses.
- HB 2626 - Modifying violation provisions for offenders.
- HB 2781 - Imposing a sanction for offenders who violate
sentence conditions by committing an assault against a law enforcement officer,
employee of a law enforcement agency, or department of corrections employee.
- HJR 4220 - Amending the state Constitution so that the
provision relating to bailable crimes by sufficient sureties is modified.
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State
Government & Tribal Affairs*
1/19/10 1:30 pm
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Transportation
1/19/10
3:30 pm
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Ways
& Means*
1/19/10 3:30 pm
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Senate Committees
Agriculture
& Rural Economic Development
1/19/10 1:30 pm
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Economic
Development, Trade & Innovation
1/19/10 8:00 am
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Environment,
Water & Energy*
1/19/10 10:00 am
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Financial
Institutions, Housing & Insurance*
1/19/10 10:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/14/2010 4:01 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6198 - Modifying the exemption to the three-year active
transacting requirement for foreign or alien insurer applicants.
- SB 6251 - Concerning nonresident surplus line brokers and
insurance producers.
- SB 6253 - Concerning insurance.
- SB 6190 - Requiring full payment of all moneys due under the
certificate of delinquency prior to any change of ownership of real property
after a certificate of delinquency is issued.
- SB 6195 - Mailing applications for distributions of excess
proceeds from county tax lien foreclosures to the record owner.
- SB 6261 - Addressing utility services collections against
rental property.
- SB 6306 - Regulating crop adjusters.
- SB 6459 - Concerning the inspection of rental properties.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
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Government
Operations & Elections*
1/19/10 1:30 pm
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Higher
Education & Workforce Development
1/19/10 10:00 am
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Human
Services & Corrections
1/19/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing:
- SB 6414 - Modifying sex offender registration provisions.
- SB 6360 - Establishing a program to verify the address of
registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
- SB 6361 - Exempting a person’s identifying information from
public disclosure when submitted in the course of using the sex offender
notification and registration program for the purpose of receiving notification
regarding registered sex offenders.
- SB 6039 - Creating a sentence for treatment program for
juvenile offenders.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
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Judiciary*
1/19/10
10:00 am
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Labor,
Commerce & Consumer Protection*
1/19/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/15/2010 4:39 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6348 - Prohibiting certain communications of collection
agencies and their employees.
- SB 6330 - Permitting the placement of human trafficking
informational posters in rest areas.
- SB 6332 - Concerning human trafficking.
- SB 6456 - Improving administration of wage complaints.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
committee. Other business. Back to Top
Transportation*
1/19/10
3:30 pm
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Ways
& Means*
1/19/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/15/2010 11:18 AM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6221 - Concerning clarification and expansion of
eligibility to use the state’s local government investment pool.
- SB 6220 - Concerning determination of the terms and conditions
of bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the state of Washington.
- SB 6218 - Authorizing use of voter approved local excess tax
levies to pay financing contracts under the local option capital asset lending
program and clarifying which “other agencies” may participate in the program.
- SB 6382 - Reducing the cost of state government operations by
restricting compensation.
- SB 6503 - Closing state agencies on specified dates.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee.
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Joint, Select & Other Committees
Children’s
Legislative Oversight Committee
1/19/10 6:00 pm
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Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt covers Spokane City Hall for The Spokesman-Review.
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