OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats announce their “jobs” program this afternoon, which will lay out how they plan to help the state out of the recession.
Landscape professionals, who may have some concerns about bans on phosphorus in lawn fertilizer, are lobbying legislators; so are state troopers. An enviornmental group, People for Puget Sound, has a demonstration on the Capitol steps at noon, anld the Construction Industry Council is here in the evening.
It’s also Indian Welfare Awareness Day.
There’s a range of hearings all day, including one at 10 a.m. on a Senate proposal to ban assault weapons, a 3:30 p.m. hearing on plans to make state employees take unpaid days off or for a wage freeze for some workers.
For a complete list of hearings, click here to go inside the blog.
Agriculture
& Natural Resources*
1/26/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 9:34 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2881 - Concerning the sale of surplus salmon from state hatcheries.
- HB 2934 - Prohibiting the department of fish and wildlife from
paying more than the appraised value for any real estate purchase.
- HB 2940 - Authorizing the implementation of a deleterious
feral animal management plan.
- HB 3052 - Allocating an equal amount of time to gill net gear
and purse seine gear to harvest salmon in Puget Sound.
Possible
Executive Session:
- 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 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.
- HB 2509 - Authorizing the department of natural resources to
use certain funds to ensure that firefighting equipment does not spread noxious weeds.
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Commerce
& Labor*
1/26/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 2:17 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2743 - Addressing collective bargaining for certain
employees of institutions of higher education and related boards.
- HB 2584 - Regarding the scope of collective bargaining for
nontenured faculty at community and technical colleges.
- HB 3003 - Placing symphony musicians under the jurisdiction of
the public employment relations commission for purposes of collective bargaining.
- HB 3062 - Making the governor the public employer of language
access providers.
- HB 2805 - Regarding public works involving off-site prefabrication.
- HB 3024 - Providing uninterrupted meal and rest breaks for
hospital employees.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1634 - Regarding architects.
- HB 2642 - Establishing a pilot project to allow wine tasting
at farmers markets.
- HB 2688 - Creating a beer and wine tasting endorsement to the
grocery store liquor license.
- HB 2790 - Making technical and clarifying changes to the
liquor laws.
- Other bills previously heard in committee.
Early
Learning & Children’s Services*
1/26/10 1:30 pm
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Ecology
& Parks*
1/26/10 10:00 am
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Education*
1/26/10
10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 1:25 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2915 - Regarding mathematics and science high school
graduation requirements.
- HB 2852 - Concerning college-level online learning by high
school students.
- HB 2904 - Concerning the powers and duties of the office of
the education ombudsman.
- HB 2913 - Authorizing innovative interdistrict cooperative
high school programs.
- HB 3025 - Establishing an alternative route to a high school diploma.
- HB 2996 - Including approved private schools in the
superintendent of public instruction’s record check information rules.
Possible Executive Session:
- SHB 1418 - Establishing a statewide dropout reengagement system.
- HB 2621 - Designating resource programs for science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction in K-12 schools.
- HB 2801 - Regarding antiharassment strategies in public schools.
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Education
Appropriations
1/26/10 8:00 am
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Finance*
1/26/10
1:30 pm
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Financial
Institutions & Insurance*
1/26/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/22/2010 9:36 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 3010 - Conducting performance audits of state investment
board investment services contracts.
- HB 3032 - Defining normal wear and tear for a motor vehicle
for the purpose of a service contract.
- HB 3060 - Modifying surplus line coverage provisions.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2513 - Using credit history, education, and income for
insurance purposes.
- HB 2514 - Regulating crop adjusters.
- HB 2560 - Regulating joint underwriting associations.
- HB 2830 - Addressing credit union regulatory enforcement powers.
- HB 2831 - Regulating state-chartered commercial banks, trust
companies, savings banks, and their holding companies.
- HB 3032 - Defining normal wear and tear for a motor vehicle
for the purpose of a service contract.
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General
Government Appropriations
1/26/10 8:00 am
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Health
& Human Services Appropriations
1/26/10 8:00 am
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Health
Care & Wellness
1/26/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing:
- HB 2828 - Requiring hospitals to report certain health care data.
- HB 2829 - Authorizing a privately funded prescription
monitoring program.
- HB 2888 - Concerning continuing education for pharmacy technicians.
- HB 2961 - Establishing a statewide electronic tracking system
for the nonprescription sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.
- HB 2989 - Concerning respiratory care practitioners.
- HB 3006 - Clarifying the circumstances under which certain
counseling-related associates may practice.
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Higher
Education*
1/26/10 10:00 am
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Public
Safety & Emergency Preparedness*
1/26/10 10:00 am
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State
Government & Tribal Affairs*
1/26/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 1:09 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2016 - Concerning campaign contribution and disclosure laws.
- HB 2699 - Regarding an annual assessment and performance
grading program.
- HB 2736 - Establishing the office of open records.
- HB 2810 - Establishing a legislative rule-making
accountability committee.
- HB 2994 - Prohibiting public service announcements by elected
officials during reelection campaigns.
- HB 3031 - Regarding costs of public records requests.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2448 - Changing the definition of “immediate family” for
purpose of membership on the Washington citizens’ commission on salaries for
elected officials.
- HB 2582 - Allowing agencies to direct requesters to their web
site for public records.
- HB 2603 - Requiring agencies to give small businesses an
opportunity to comply with a state law or agency rule before imposing a penalty.
- HB 2617 - Eliminating certain boards and commissions.
- HB 2675 - Concerning an alternative process for selecting an
electrical contractor or a mechanical contractor, or both, for general
contractor/construction manager projects.
- HB 2704 - Transferring the Washington main street program to
the department of archaeology and historic preservation.
- Bills previously heard in committee.
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Transportation*
1/26/10
3:30 pm
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Ways
& Means*
1/26/10 3:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/22/2010 1:18 PM
Public Hearing:
- SSB 6382 - Reducing the cost of state government operations by
restricting compensation.
- SSB 6503 - Closing state agencies on specified dates.
Possible Executive Session:
- EHB 1547 - Increasing the duty-related death benefit for
public employees.
- EHB 1679 - Providing access to catastrophic disability medical
insurance under plan 2 of the law enforcement officers’ and firefighters’
retirement system.
- HB 2872 - Establishing a period of public and legislative
review of appropriations legislation.
- HB 2877 - Authorizing payment of regulated company stock in
lieu of a portion of salary for educational employees.
- HB 2998 - Suspending certain monetary awards and salary increases.
- HB 2731 - Creating an early learning program for educationally
at-risk children.
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Senate Committees
Agriculture
& Rural Economic Development
1/26/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing: SB 6543 - Modifying the powers of the Washington tree fruit
research commission.
Work Session: Status of tree fruit
industry.
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee.
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Environment,
Water & Energy*
1/26/10 10:00 am
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Financial
Institutions, Housing & Insurance*
1/26/10 10:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 3:45 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6240 - Regulating joint underwriting associations. (Hearing
is on the Proposed Substitute.)
- SB 6412 - Concerning medical malpractice closed claim reporting.
- SB 6568 - Establishing minimum notification requirements for
property and casualty insurance policy changes.
- SB 6544 - Extending the time limitations for approval of plats.
- SB 6327 - Exempting housing authorities from laws governing
the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of property by other public bodies.
- SB 6624 - Defining normal wear and tear for a motor vehicle
for the purpose of a service contract. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
- SB 6715 - Modifying surplus line coverage provisions.
Copies of the Proposed Substitute bills are
available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in
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Government
Operations & Elections*
1/26/10 1:30 pm
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Human
Services & Corrections
1/26/10 1:30 pm
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Judiciary*
1/26/10
10:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 3:58 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6396 - Banning the sale of assault weapons.
- SB 5838 - Concerning traffic infractions where the conduct is
a proximate cause of death, great bodily harm, or substantial bodily injury.
(Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
- SB 6590 - Requiring law enforcement officers to be honest and truthful.
Executive Session:
- SB 6340 - Changing the membership of the Washington state
forensic investigations council.
- SB 6293 - Changing provisions relating to rendering criminal
assistance in the first degree.
Copies of Proposed Substitute(s)
are available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in
committee. Other business. Back to Top
Labor,
Commerce & Consumer Protection*
1/26/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 5:17 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6391 - Concerning franchise agreements between new motor
vehicle dealers and manufacturers.
- SB 6701 - Addressing real property warranties.
- SB 6440 - Adding fire protection services to the seller
disclosure form.
- SB 6433 - Extending the time in which certain experienced home
inspectors can apply for licensure without meeting instruction and training requirements.
- SB 6434 - Requiring the home inspector advisory licensing
board to provide for classroom instruction in both eastern and western Washington.
Executive Session:
- SB 6526 - Allowing certain individuals to seek part-time
employment while maintaining eligibility for unemployment insurance in order to
qualify for the unemployment insurance modernization incentive provisions of the
American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.
- SB 6525 - 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.
- SB 6524 - Addressing unemployment insurance penalties and
contribution rates for employers who are not “qualified employers.”
- SB 6334 - Addressing unemployment benefits when a person
voluntarily terminates employment.
Possible executive session on
bills heard in committee. Other business. Back to Top
Transportation*
1/26/10
3:30 pm
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Ways
& Means*
1/26/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 12:15 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6194 - Simplifying medicaid payment for nursing facilities.
- SB 6571 - Concerning license fees for nursing homes, boarding
homes, and adult family homes.
- SSB 5208 - Ensuring punishment for domestic violence
offenders. (public hearing on proposed second substitute S-4196.1).
- SB 6572 - Eliminating certain accounts.
- SSB 6237 - Adopting policy recommendations developed by the
sustainable recreation work group.
- SB 6501 - Authorizing payment of regulated company stock in
lieu of a portion of salary for educational employees.
- SB 6546 - Allowing the state director of fire protection to
refuse membership in the public employees’ retirement system.
- ESHB 2921 - Making 2010 supplemental operating appropriations.
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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