It is Hispanic/Latino Legislative Day.
It’s also the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion, so abortion rights advocates will be demonstrating on the Capitol steps. Expectation is this demonstation will be smaller than the anti-abortion rally earlier this week, which drew more than 4,000.
The House of Representatives will debate a bill to start cutting some money from the state budget, which is generally known as the “Early Savings Bill.” They’ll also debate a proposal involving military leave for public employees, renaming a state highway the “Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Highway.
And, as usual, a full lineup of committee hearings.
To see the hearings schedule, go inside the blog.
Agriculture
& Natural Resources*
1/22/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/19/2010 4:28 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2559 - Establishing the watershed improvement through water
quality trading and banking act.
- HB 2604 - Exempting certain diversions of surface waters for
agricultural purposes from the permit process.
Possible
Executive Session:
- HB 2508 - Regarding water right processing improvements.
- HB 2542 - Contracting for a comparative review of local
governments’ land use plans and the water availability found in those planning areas.
- HB 2468 - Concerning the metering of permit exempt wells.
- HB 2532 - Regarding a pilot program for the withdrawal of
water in a cluster development.
- HB 2548 - Regarding withdrawing various waters of the state
from additional appropriations.
- HB 2591 - Recovering the actual cost of processing
applications for water right permits.
- HB 1534 - Concerning local utility district response to well notification.
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Commerce
& Labor*
1/22/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/21/2010 10:21 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2790 - Making technical and clarifying changes to the
liquor laws.
- HB 2546 - Concerning classroom training for electrical trainees.
- HB 2555 - Authorizing the department of labor and industries
to issue subpoenas to enforce production of information related to electricians
and electrical installations.
- HB 1992 - Concerning the application of chapter 39.12 RCW to
construction projects that involve tax incentives, loans, or public land or
property that is sold or leased.
- HB 2826 - Concerning the recommendations of the joint
legislative task force on the underground economy.
- HB 2789 - Authorizing issuance of subpoenas for purposes of
agency investigations of underground economy activity.
Possible
Executive Session:
- HJM 4017 - Requesting that the United States Congress enact
the AgJOBS legislation.
- HB 2678 - Modifying distributions of funds by the horse racing
commission to nonprofit race meets.
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Early
Learning & Children’s Services*
1/22/10 1:30 pm
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Ecology
& Parks*
1/22/10 8:00 am
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Education*
1/22/10
8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/14/2010 12:44 PM
Work Session: Gangs in
Schools.
Public Hearing:
- HB 2834 - Regarding gang and hate group activity at schools
and school activities.
- HB 2835 - Increasing school safety.
- HB 2801 - Regarding antiharassment strategies in public schools.
Finance
1/22/10
1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
Jt. w/ House Health Care & Wellness
House Hearing Rm
A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: HB 2388 - Concerning public health financing.
Finance*
1/22/10
2:15 pm
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Health
Care & Wellness
1/22/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
Jt. w/ House Finance
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien
Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: HB 2388 - Concerning public health financing.
Health
Care & Wellness*
1/22/10 2:15 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/20/2010 2:04 PM
Possible Executive Session:
- SHB 1357 - Regarding the designation of “social worker.”
- HB 2396 - Concerning emergency cardiac and stroke care.
- HB 2430 - Concerning cardiovascular invasive specialists.
- HB 2521 - Addressing conversion rights upon termination of
eligibility for health plan coverage.
- HB 2551 - Establishing the Washington vaccine association.
- HB 2876 - Concerning pain management.
- Other bills previously heard in committee.
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Higher
Education*
1/22/10 8:00 am
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Public
Safety & Emergency Preparedness*
1/22/10 9:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/21/2010 8:31 AM
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1203 - Modifying the definition of relative for purposes of
the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
- HB 2115 - Allowing booking photographs and electronic images
at jails to be open to the public.
- HB 2389 - Concerning forensic investigations.
- HB 2422 - Changing escape or disappearance notification requirements.
- HB 2424 - Protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse.
- HB 2426 - Expanding provisions relating to vulnerable adults.
- HB 2487 - Increasing costs for administering a deferred prosecution.
- HB 2497 - Concerning the victimization of homeless persons.
- HB 2571 - Changing the definition of predatory.
- HB 2595 - Imposing a sentence outside the standard sentence
range for defendants who intercept police communication as a means to facilitate
the crime.
- HB 2625 - Addressing bail for felony offenses.
- HB 2626 - Modifying violation provisions for offenders.
- HB 2640 - Addressing benefits for mental health services under
the crime victims’ compensation program.
- 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*
1/22/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/20/2010 1:15 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2603 - Requiring agencies to give small businesses an
opportunity to comply with a state law or agency rule before imposing a penalty.
- HB 2675 - Concerning an alternative process for selecting an
electrical contractor or a mechanical contractor, or both, for general
contractor/construction manager projects.
- HB 2701 - Clarifying the time of commencement of regular
legislative sessions.
- HB 2704 - Transferring the Washington main street program to
the department of archaeology and historic preservation.
- HB 2720 - Concerning the Washington soldiers’ home.
- HB 2582 - Allowing agencies to direct requesters to their web
site for public records.
Possible Executive Session:
- Bills previously heard in committee.
- HB 2603 - Requiring agencies to give small businesses an
opportunity to comply with a state law or agency rule before imposing a penalty.
- HB 2720 - Concerning the Washington soldiers’ home.
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Senate Committees
Environment,
Water & Energy*
1/22/10 8:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/20/2010 2:37 PM
Public Hearing:
- SGA 9190 - Diana Gale, Member, Puget Sound Partnership.
- SB 6557 - Limiting the use of copper and other substances in
vehicle brake pads.
- SB 6658 - Modifying community solar project provisions for
investment cost recovery incentives.
- SB 6378 - Exempting certain diversions of surface waters for
agricultural purposes from the permit process.
Work Session:
Nuclear energy: new generation technology and waste disposal.
Possible
executive session on bills heard in committee. Other
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Higher
Education & Workforce Development*
1/22/10 1:30 pm
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Human
Services & Corrections*
1/22/10 8:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/19/2010 5:01 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6192 - Providing for modification of the disposition
concerning restitution in juvenile cases.
- SB 6202 - Expanding provisions relating to vulnerable adults.
- SB 6476 - Revising provisions relating to sex crimes involving minors.
- SB 6640 - Updating provisions concerning the modification,
review, and adjustment of child support orders to improve access to justice and
to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
- SB 6399 - Concerning the calculation of child support.
- SB 6323 - Providing protection for vulnerable adults when
domestic violence temporary ex parte protection orders are requested and issued.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee.
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Judiciary*
1/22/10
1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/20/2010 5:34 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6340 - Changing the membership of the Washington state
forensic investigations council. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
- SB 6389 - Revising membership and rules of procedure for the
criminal justice training commission and related boards.
- SB 6397 - Addressing the viewing of sexually explicit
depictions of minors on the internet. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
- SB 5476 - Abolishing the death penalty. (Hearing is on the
Proposed Substitute.)
Executive Session:
- SB 6398 - Adding the definition of threat to malicious
harassment provisions.
- SB 6450 - Requiring the department of licensing to establish
continuing education requirements for court reporters.
Copies of
proposed substitute bills are available from committee staff. Possible executive
session on bills heard in committee. Other business.
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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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