OLYMPIA — There’s not much action expected on the floor of the House, and the Senate has no floor action at all, so almost everything interesting will happen elsewhere today.
The governor has a 10:30 a.m. press conference to talk about federal transportation projects. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray announced this morning the state is getting $590 million in federal money for high speed rail upgrades in what’s know as the Pacific Northwest Cascades corridor, (aka Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland).
It is Lakes Day, when the state’s Lakes Protection Association comes to town to lobby legislators, and Physical Therapy Day, when Physical Therapists do the same. The latter have a big tent set up near the fountain east of the capitol and plan a noon demonstration on the North steps.
Committee hearings cover a wide range of topics, including money for public schools, higher fees for field burning, restrictions on outings for dangerous patients at mental institutions and changes to initiative rules.
For a complete list of the hearings, Click here to go inside the blog.
Agriculture
& Natural Resources*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/26/2010 3:41 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2966 - Establishing a state meat inspection program.
- HB 2866 - Concerning natural resource infractions.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2556 - Regarding financial security requirements under
chapter 22.09 RCW.
- HB 2541 - Maintaining a base of forest lands that may be used
for commercial forestry.
- HB 2598 - Concerning the disposal of dredged riverbed
materials from the Mount St. Helen’s eruption.
- 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 3052 - Allocating an equal amount of time to gill net gear
and purse seine gear to harvest salmon in Puget Sound.
- HB 2485 - Regarding the purchase of land by the department of
fish and wildlife.
- 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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Community
& Economic Development & Trade*
1/28/10 10:00 am
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Early
Learning & Children’s Services*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/22/2010 3:53 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2741 - Transferring the administration of the infant and
toddler early intervention program from the department of social and health
services to the department of early learning.
- HB 2959 - Concerning child fatality reviews in child welfare cases.
- HB 3042 - Regarding the renewal and regulation of licenses
issued by the department of early learning.
- HB 3121 - Concerning child welfare services.
- HB 3124 - Requiring a report to child protective services when
a child is present in the vehicle of a person arrested for driving or being in
control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Possible Executive Session: Bills previously heard in
committee.
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Education
Appropriations*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
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Finance*
1/28/10
8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 3:00 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2912 - Modifying local excise taxes in counties that have
pledged lodging tax revenues for the payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
- HB 2970 - Addressing tax avoidance.
- HB 2971 - Limiting tax preferences that have been the subject
of administrative or judicial appeals.
- HB 2972 - Increasing revenues by eliminating and narrowing
preferential tax treatment.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1950 - Requiring assessors to give notice of the true and
fair value of real property regardless of whether there was a change in value.
- HB 2620 - Concerning excise taxation of certain products and
services provided or furnished electronically.
- HB 2758 - Documenting wholesale sales for excise tax purposes.
- SHB 1597 - Concerning the administration of state and local
tax programs.
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Financial
Institutions & Insurance*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
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General
Government Appropriations*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/26/2010 12:25 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2486 - Concerning costs for the collection of DNA samples.
- HB 2935 - Regarding environmental and land use hearings boards
and making more uniform the timelines for filing appeals with those boards.
- HB 2957 - Transferring the indeterminate sentence review board
to the department of corrections.
- HB 2969 - Promoting efficiencies in the services provided by
the office of the public printer.
- HB 2980 - Changing the fees for certain types of agricultural burning.
- HB 2991 - Merging the functions of the public printer into the
department of general administration.
Possible Executive
Session: Bills previously heard in committee.
Health
& Human Services Appropriations
1/28/10 1:30 pm
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Health
Care & Wellness
1/28/10 8:00 am
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Human
Services*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 3:37 PM
Public Hearing: HB 2999 - Concerning traumatic brain
injury.
Executive Session:
- HB 2624 - Suspending the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.
- HB 2747 - Limiting the use of restraints on pregnant women or youth.
- HB 2533 - Adopting the interstate compact on mental health.
- HB 2865 - Concerning offenders with developmental disabilities
or traumatic brain injuries.
- HB 2717 - Restricting outings from state facilities.
- HB 2882 - Detaining persons with mental disorders.
- HB 2932 - Concerning the assessment and treatment of certain
persons with mental illnesses.
- HB 3076 - Concerning the involuntary treatment act.
- HB 2945 - Concerning petitions for relief from the duty to
register for sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
- HB 3045 - Creating alternatives to total confinement for
nonviolent offenders with minor children.
- HB 2782 - Reorganizing delivery of services to recipients of
public assistance.
- HB 2999 - Concerning traumatic brain injury.
- Other bills previously heard in committee.
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Judiciary*
1/28/10
10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 10:45 AM
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2565 - Mandating a twelve-hour impound hold on motor
vehicles used by persons arrested for driving under the influence.
- HB 2735 - Encouraging the need for representation of children
in dependency matters.
- HB 2742 - Addressing accountability for persons driving under
the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Public
Hearing:
- HB 2861 - Adding state certified court reporters to the list
of persons authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.
- HB 2681 - Allowing compensation for part-time judges’ judicial services.
- HB 1913 - Changing provisions relating to process servers.
- HB 3016 - Updating provisions concerning the modification,
review, and adjustment of child support orders to improve access to justice and
to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
- HB 3028 - Addressing disclosure of adoption information.
- HB 3046 - Addressing the dissolution of the assets and affairs
of a nonprofit corporation.
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Local
Government & Housing*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/26/2010 3:06 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2909 - Allowing certain cities to impose sales and use
taxes to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
- HB 2916 - Adjusting timelines for the review of comprehensive
plans and shoreline master programs.
- HB 2992 - Extending the deadlines for the review and
evaluation of comprehensive land use plan and development regulations for three years.
- HB 2925 - Concerning impact payments of a municipally owned
hydroelectric facility.
- HB 2948 - Evaluating regional and interlocal water and sewer systems.
- HB 2949 - Streamlining the process for the vacation of roads
by counties.
- HB 2990 - Addressing alternative city assumption and tax
authority provisions pertaining to water-sewer districts.
- HB 3030 - Regarding the administration of irrigation districts.
- HB 2082 - Creating the state capitol campus special height district.
- HB 3067 - Establishing a process for the payment of impact
fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2843 - Regarding cities and towns annexed to fire
protection districts.
- HB 2903 - Concerning benefit charges for regional fire
protection service authorities.
- HB 2886 - Concerning the adoption of rules by the building
code council regarding carbon monoxide alarm installation.
- HB 2856 - Requiring the annual revision of performance
measures of certain homeless housing programs.
- HB 2900 - Addressing supportive housing.
- HB 2905 - Planning for the discontinuation of discharge of
vulnerable populations from state institutions into homelessness.
- HB 2906 - Authorizing bonds for the housing trust fund program.
- HB 2922 - Providing housing assistance for certain veterans
through the housing trust fund.
- Bills previously heard in committee.
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State
Government & Tribal Affairs*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 1:21 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2397 - Imposing a distance requirement for gathering
signatures on an initiative measure or referendum.
- HB 2570 - Protecting the integrity of the initiative and
referendum process.
- HB 2579 - Addressing the revocation of signatures on ballot measures.
- HB 2613 - Concerning signature gathering for initiatives,
referenda, and recall petitions.
- HB 2614 - Concerning signature gathering.
- HB 2615 - Modifying the filing fee provision for initiatives
and referenda.
Possible Executive Session:
- Bills previously heard in committee.
- HB 1317 - Regarding the disclosure of public records
containing information used to locate or identify employees of criminal justice agencies.
- HB 2447 - Prohibiting the public disclosure of public employee photographs.
- HB 2579 - Addressing the revocation of signatures on ballot measures.
- HB 2615 - Modifying the filing fee provision for initiatives
and referenda.
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Technology,
Energy & Communications*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 2:06 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 2601 - Studying telecommunication regulatory reform.
- HB 2432 - Recognizing hydroelectric generation as a renewable
energy resource.
- HJR 4215 - Amending the state Constitution to require that
hydroelectric generation be recognized as a renewable resource.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 2661 - Regarding the Washington State University extension
energy program’s plant operations support program.
- HB 2504 - Concerning minimum renewable fuel content requirements.
- HB 2471 - Concerning net metering of electricity.
- HB 2600 - Concerning the provision of telecommunications
services to public utility districts and rural port districts.
- HB 2417 - Creating a public utility tax for the sale of
certain renewable energy credits.
- HB 1855 - Modifying the disclosure of tax information on
customer billings.
- HB 2516 - Regarding the siting of small alternative energy facilities.
- HB 2527 - Regarding the energy facility site evaluation council.
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Transportation*
1/28/10
3:30 pm
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Ways
& Means*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
House Full
Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/26/2010 6:35 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1340 - Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize
providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and
technical colleges.
- HB 2626 - Modifying violation provisions for offenders.
- SHB 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.
- HB 3056 - Concerning pretrial release or detention. (If
measure is referred to committee.)
Work Session: HB 1360 -
Concerning funding for infrastructure that supports dense, affordable
development in transit-oriented areas.
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Senate Committees
Agriculture
& Rural Economic Development
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
Public Hearing:
- SB 6372 - Creating a task force to review conservation
district functions and operations.
- SB 6634 - Establishing civil penalties for failure to comply
with dairy nutrient management recordkeeping requirements.
Executive Session:
- SB 6543 - Modifying the powers of the Washington tree fruit
research commission.
- SB 6634 - Establishing civil penalties for failure to comply
with dairy nutrient management recordkeeping requirements.
- SB 6341 - Transferring emergency food assistance programs to
the department of agriculture.
Possible executive session on
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Early
Learning & K-12 Education*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 12:48 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6760 - Regarding the basic education instructional
allocation distribution formula.
- SB 6761 - Regarding the recommendations of the quality
education council.
- SB 6629 - Convening a working group to make recommendations
defining a basic education program for highly capable students.
- SB 6604 - Providing flexibility in the education system.
- SB 6620 - Recognizing successful schools and school districts
by providing flexibility for schools.
Executive Session: SB 6630 - Updating references to the Washington assessment of
student learning.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
committee. Other business. Back to Top
Economic
Development, Trade & Innovation*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 3:32 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6661 - Modifying local excise taxes in counties that have
pledged lodging tax revenues for the payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
- SB 6595 - Regarding applications and requirements for
community empowerment zones.
- SB 6578 - Creating an optional multiagency permitting team.
- SB 6706 - Concerning the commercialization of research at
state universities.
- SB 6757 - Concerning the designation and support of projects
of statewide significance.
- SB 6679 - Concerning the small business export finance
assistance center.
- SB 6678 - Concerning the creation of entities to address the
long-range impact of opportunities and changes in the aerospace industry.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
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Government
Operations & Elections*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/25/2010 8:13 AM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6451 - Concerning the installation of residential fire
sprinkler systems.
- SB 6401 - Concerning an alternative process for selecting an
electrical contractor or a mechanical contractor, or both, for general
contractor/construction manager projects.
- SB 6422 - Regarding environmental and land use hearings boards
and making more uniform the timelines for filing appeals with those boards.
- SB 6461 - Providing limited immunity for firefighters
providing emergency services.
- SB 6683 - Concerning the transmittal of renewal notices for
licenses, registrations, and permits via electronic means.
- SB 6462 - Addressing the duties of a firefighter at the scene
of a wildfire beyond the boundaries of the firefighter’s district.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
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Health
& Long-Term Care*
1/28/10 10:00 am
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Human
Services & Corrections
1/28/10 3:30 pm
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Labor,
Commerce & Consumer Protection*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 2:28 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6485 - Modifying craft distillery provisions.
- SB 6719 - Concerning special occasion licenses.
- SSB 5786 - Authorizing the creation of cultural access authorities.
- SB 6663 - Regulating tanning facilities.
- SB 6349 - Establishing a farm internship program.
- SB 6252 - Using credit history, education, and income for
insurance purposes.
- SB 6648 - Protecting and assisting consumers and homeowners
from unfair lending practices and during foreclosure proceedings.
- SB 6647 - Addressing the employment status of members of the
civil air patrol while acting in an emergency service operation.
Executive Session:
- SB 6574 - Authorizing issuance of subpoenas for purposes of
agency investigations of underground economy activity.
- SB 6575 - Concerning the recommendations of the joint
legislative task force on the underground economy.
- SB 6701 - Addressing real property warranties.
- SB 6492 - Authorizing the department of labor and industries
to issue subpoenas to enforce production of information related to electricians
and electrical installations.
- SB 6728 - Concerning classroom training for electrical trainees.
- SB 6545 - Adopting the international wildland urban interface code.
- SB 6586 - Regarding membership on the state building code council.
- SB 6435 - Requiring the building code council to adopt rules
for installing outlets to charge vehicles.
- SB 6334 - Addressing unemployment benefits when a person
voluntarily terminates employment.
- 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 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.
Possible executive session on bills heard in
committee. Other business. Labor,
Commerce & Consumer Protection
1/28/10 5:30 pm
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Natural
Resources, Ocean & Recreation*
1/28/10 10:00 am
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Transportation*
1/28/10
1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 3:14 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6603 - Concerning land uses adjacent to general aviation airports.
- SB 6570 - Accommodating certain private transportation
providers at designated transit only lanes on public highways.
- SB 6621 - Transferring service credit and contributions into
the Washington state patrol retirement system by members who served as
commercial vehicle enforcement officers and who became commissioned officers in
the Washington state patrol prior to July 1, 2000.
- SB 6654 - Removing and streamlining certain transportation and
motor vehicle reports. (Hearing will be on the proposed substitute.)
Copies of the proposed substitute are available
from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee.
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Ways
& Means*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full
Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia,
WA
REVISED 1/27/2010 4:48 PM
Public Hearing:
- SB 6493 - Requiring a study of disability benefit options for
plan 2 and plan 3 members of the public employees’ retirement system, the
teachers’ retirement system, and the school employees’ retirement system.
- SB 6516 - Modifying plan membership default provisions in the
public employees’ retirement system, the teachers’ retirement system, and the
school employees’ retirement system.
- SB 6541 - Creating the Washington voluntary retirement
accounts program.
- SB 5307 - Addressing plan membership default provisions in the
public employees’ retirement system.
- SHB 2998 - Suspending certain monetary awards and salary
increases. (If measure is referred to committee.)
Executive
Session:
- SJR 8225 - Resolving to define “interest” in the state Constitution.
- SSB 5208 - Ensuring punishment for domestic violence offenders.
- SB 6194 - Simplifying medicaid payment for nursing facilities.
- 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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