OLYMPIA -- The House version of the WSU medical school bill is scheduled for a vote in that chamber's Higher Education Committee this morning. The parallel version of the bill is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Higher Ed Committee in the afternoon.

Executive action schedules are tentative -- the House committee had it on last Friday's schedule and didn't get to it, and has it scheduled later in the week, just in case they run out of time. We'll update as news warrants.

Also on tap in this full day of hearings is a bill i the House State Government Committee that would allow law enforcement officers to be charged with trespass if they are on private property except on specified official duties. A slew of alcohol related changes could get votes in House Commerce and Gaming. Gov. Jay Inslee's carbon reduction proposal could get a vote in House Environment.

Here's the full list of hearings:

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Business & Financial Services (H)	House Hearing Rm B
	Early Learning & Human Services (H)	House Hearing Rm E
	Health Care & Wellness (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Higher Education (H)	House Hearing Rm C
	Public Safety (H)	House Hearing Rm D
9:55 AM	PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:00 AM	Government Operations & Security (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2
	Health Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1
	Agriculture & Natural Resources (H)	House Hearing Rm B
	Judiciary (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Local Government (H)	House Hearing Rm D
	State Government (H)	House Hearing Rm E
	Technology & Economic Development (H)	House Hearing Rm C
12:00 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
12:15 PM	Legislative Ethics Board (J)	Senate Hearing Rm 2
1:30 PM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1
	Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Higher Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3
	Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (H)	House Hearing Rm E
	Commerce & Gaming (H)	House Hearing Rm C
	Education (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Environment (H)	House Hearing Rm B
	Labor (H)	House Hearing Rm D
3:30 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Capital Budget (H)	House Hearing Rm B
	Finance (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	General Government & Information Technology (H)	House Hearing Rm C
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House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources*
2/10/15 10:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/5/2015 5:03 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1838 - Concerning the baiting of black bears.
2. HB 1453 - Eliminating the backlog of land use applications in the Columbia River Gorge commission for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the natural scenery and regional economic development of the Columbia River Gorge national scenic area.
3. HB 1954 - Creating a task force on the Columbia river gorge commission.
4. HB 1627 - Expanding the existing prohibition on unlawfully entering the land of another to hunt or to retrieve hunted wildlife under Title 77 RCW to include entering the land of another to collect wildlife parts.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1000 - Concerning water rights appurtenant to land managed by the department of fish and wildlife.
2. HB 1118 - Creating cost savings by providing administrative flexibility to the department of fish and wildlife in its implementation of Title 77 RCW while not directing any changes to resource management outcomes.
3. HB 1119 - Making changes to Title 77 RCW that gives tools to the department of fish and wildlife to ensure hunter safety by focusing on the actual person hunting and not the sporting equipment used by the hunter including, but not limited to, establishing the age of fourteen as the minimum age to participate in unaccompanied hunting.
4. HB 1269 - Extending the dairy inspection program assessment expiration date.
5. HB 1527 - Requiring the Washington state department of agriculture to approve the comparable recertification standards of private entities for the purposes of waiving the recertification requirements under the Washington pesticide control act.

 

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Business & Financial Services*
2/10/15 8:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 2:18 PM

Public Hearing: HB 1922 - Addressing small loans and small consumer installment loans.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1398 - Concerning registration of persons providing debt settlement services.
2. HB 1579 - Addressing motor vehicle underinsured coverage.
3. HB 1659 - Addressing the benefits of group life and disability insurance policies.
4. HB 1212 - Prohibiting retail businesses from recording consumer identification information during transactions.
5. HB 1329 - Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products.
6. HB 1415 - Concerning the linked deposit program.
7. HB 1475 - Addressing premiums on policies issued through the Washington longshore and harbor workers' compensation act insurance assigned risk plan.

 

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Capital Budget*
2/10/15 3:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 4:31 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1859 - Concerning the amendment, recodification, decodification, or repeal of statutes relating to state capital construction funds and accounts and bond authorizations that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.
2. HB 1959 - Concerning public works.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1164 - Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.
2. HB 1192 - Concerning the transfer of federal land to the state.
3. HB 1262 - Creating a task force to examine land ownership by the federal government in Washington.
4. HB 1399 - Annually adjusting the limit on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state and local toxics control accounts to correct for inflation.
5. HB 1575 - Regulating retainage bonds on public contracts.
6. HB 1633 - Giving preferences to housing trust fund projects that involve collaboration between local school districts and housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers to help children of low-income families succeed in school.
7. HB 1634 - Modifying certain job order contracting requirements.
8. HB 1711 - Concerning criteria for bidders on public works contracts.
9. HB 1392 - Concerning the administrative rate the recreation and conservation funding board may retain to administer the grant programs established in chapter 79A.15 RCW.
10. HB 1532 - Concerning budget submissions for capital design and construction at institutions of higher education.

 

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Commerce & Gaming*
2/10/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/9/2015 3:27 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 2000 - Authorizing the governor to enter into agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington concerning marijuana.
2. HB 2001 - Concerning amusement games.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1004 - Clarifying provisions that allow for the tasting of alcohol by students under twenty-one years of age.
2. HB 1108 - Creating a food truck beer and/or wine license.
3. HB 1124 - Permitting the sampling of beer and wine at locations licensed to serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption.
4. HB 1198 - Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees.
5. HB 1290 - Increasing the number of tasting rooms allowed under a domestic winery license.
6. HB 1342 - Permitting the sale of cider in microbrewery tasting rooms.
7. HB 1362 - Allowing sales of growlers of wine.
8. HB 1380 - Creating a special permit by a manufacturer of wine to hold a private event for the purpose of tasting and selling wine of its own production.
9. HB 1429 - Expanding authorized personal services by liquor industry members to retailers.
10. HB 1457 - Authorizing sixteen and seventeen year old store employees to handle liquor.
11. HB 1478 - Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances.
12. HB 1552 - Concerning industrial hemp.

 

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Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs
2/10/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session: Collaborative projects between school districts and housing authorities.

Executive Session:

1. HB 1513 - Concerning local infrastructure project areas.
2. HB 1648 - Concerning infrastructure financing for local governments.
3. HB 1720 - Concerning healthy housing.

 

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Early Learning & Human Services*
2/10/15 8:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 4:38 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1800 - Concerning filing a petition seeking termination of parental rights.
2. HB 1909 - Concerning service options for individuals with developmental disabilities.
3. HB 1928 - Requiring an analysis of the homeless youth population.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1436 - Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection.
2. HB 1481 - Concerning the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases.
3. HB 1501 - Concerning public-private financing of prevention-based social service programs.
4. HB 1505 - Allowing prosecutors to refer juveniles to restorative justice programs.
5. HB 1642 - Creating the youth substance abuse prevention and education program.
6. HB 1672 - Modifying provisions governing the maintenance and disclosure of information related to reports of child abuse and neglect.
7. HB 1673 - Concerning substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funded by the marijuana excise tax.
8. HB 1728 - Creating the parents for parents program.
9. HB 1735 - Concerning extended foster care services.

 

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Education*
2/10/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 3:49 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1541 - Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee.
2. HB 1568 - Concerning dropout prevention through engaging youth in farming.
3. HB 1790 - Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.
4. HB 1813 - Expanding computer science education.
5. HB 1855 - Waiving local graduation requirements for certain students.
6. HB 1865 - Concerning visual screening in schools.
7. HB 2048 - Concerning the division of large first-class school districts.

 

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Environment
2/10/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1741 - Allowing disabled persons to access public recreational sites or lands without a discover pass, vehicle access pass, or day-use permit.
2. HB 1826 - Creating flexibility in the state's recreational fee-for-access programs to better accommodate families that recreate with multiple vehicles.
3. HB 1833 - Concerning timing free access days at state parks with local community events.

Possible Executive Session: HB 1314 - Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Finance*
2/10/15 3:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 12:28 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SHB 1180 - Concerning dedicated funding sources for high capacity transportation service.
2. HB 1221 - Creating passenger-only ferry service districts.
3. HB 1368 - Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts and by clarifying the formation process.
4. HB 1940 - Exempting levies imposed by qualifying flood control zone districts from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies.
5. HB 1966 - Exempting transit agencies that manufacture liquid natural gas or compressed natural gas for the purposes of providing public transportation from the definition of manufacturing in respect to business and occupation tax.
6. HB 1990 - Concerning use tax on vehicles transferred between immediate family members for no consideration other than to relieve the transferor of the underlying debt on the vehicle.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1549 - Providing reasonable tools for the effective administration of the public utility district privilege tax.
2. HB 1550 - Simplifying the taxation of amusement, recreation, and physical fitness services.
3. HB 1551 - Improving the administration of unclaimed property laws.

 

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General Government & Information Technology*
2/10/15 3:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 11:47 AM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1090 - Concerning the financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program.
2. HB 1249 - Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.
3. SHB 1320 - Creating an identicard program for certain incarcerated offenders.
4. SHB 1131 - Concerning ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking.
5. SHB 1160 - Stamping out litter in Washington state by increasing penalties for littering while providing additional funding to state parks.

Possible Executive Session:

1. SHB 1076 - Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.
2. HB 1171 - Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
3. HB 1391 - Aligning functions of the consolidated technology services agency, office of the chief information officer, and department of enterprise services.
4. HB 1467 - Requiring adoption of data encryption standards for state agencies.
5. HB 1469 - Addressing removal of payment credentials and other sensitive data from state data networks.
6. HB 1008 - Authorizing the state auditor to conduct audits of state government and local agencies' data storage and management practices thereby protecting privacy and securing personal information from computer hacking or misuse of data.
7. HB 1090 - Concerning the financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program.
8. HB 1249 - Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.

 

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Health Care & Wellness
2/10/15 8:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1135 - Concerning remediation plans for licensed health and health-related professions to resolve eligible complaints of unprofessional conduct.
2. HB 1353 - Requiring free infectious disease testing for good samaritans.
3. HB 1545 - Encouraging the safe practice of public health nurses dispensing certain medications.
4. HB 1625 - Concerning provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services.
5. HB 1647 - Concerning health plan coverage of reproductive health care.
6. HB 1671 - Increasing access to opioid antagonists to prevent opioid-related overdose deaths.

 

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Higher Education*
2/10/15 8:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 12:13 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1705 - Concerning basic education for adults at community and technical colleges.
2. HB 1743 - Concerning the acceptance of additional high school equivalency tests.
3. HB 1812 - Creating an informational program to increase applications from high-achieving low-income high school students to selective institutions of higher education.
4. HB 1893 - Increasing transparency in community and technical colleges by requiring certain budget detail to be available online.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1030 - Creating the Washington advance higher education loan program.
2. HB 1052 - Requiring institutions of higher education to make an early registration process available to spouses and domestic partners of active members of the military.
3. HB 1559 - Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
4. HB 1238 - Concerning affordable tuition planning.
5. HB 1344 - Creating the nurse educator pay it forward program.
6. HB 1147 - Requiring a study of the transition to a three-track or four-track admission system for public institutions of higher education.
7. HB 1482 - Requiring an analysis of regional higher education capacity to meet educational attainment goals.
8. HB 1439 - Establishing an online alternative credit model at Central Washington University.
9. HB 1500 - Concerning a study of higher education cost drivers.
10. HB 1693 - Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts.
11. HB 1592 - Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees.
12. HB 1644 - Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.

 

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Judiciary
2/10/15 10:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1610 - Changing jury service provisions.
2. HB 1503 - Concerning medical liens.
3. HB 1731 - Creating a protocol for the return of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies.
4. HB 1734 - Creating the one family one team public-private innovation demonstration.
5. HB 1829 - Establishing an honest belief requirement for adverse possession claims.
6. HB 1374 - Requiring disclosure of specified contract information by state and local agencies.

 

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Labor*
2/10/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 2:32 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1821 - Addressing industrial insurance requirements and options for owners and lessees of for hire vehicles, limousines, and taxicabs.
2. HB 1863 - Modifying collective bargaining law related to providing additional compensation for academic employees at community and technical colleges.
3. HB 1930 - Addressing the nonemployee status of athletes in amateur sports.

 

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Local Government*
2/10/15 10:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/9/2015 10:11 AM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1709 - Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
2. HB 1789 - Granting counties and cities greater flexibility with real estate excise tax proceeds.
3. HB 1798 - Eliminating the collection of anticipated taxes and assessments.
4. HB 1799 - Concerning county electronic public auctions.
5. HB 1815 - Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1656 - Concerning Washington's property assessment appeal procedures.
2. HB 1657 - Concerning Washington's property assessment appeal procedures.
3. HB 1707 - Concerning irrigation district administration.
4. HB 1798 - Eliminating the collection of anticipated taxes and assessments.
5. HB 1799 - Concerning county electronic public auctions.

 

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Public Safety*
2/10/15 8:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/5/2015 10:04 AM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1723 - Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public.
2. HB 1729 - Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services.
3. HB 1744 - Modifying provisions governing inmate funds subject to deductions.
4. HB 1756 - Concerning community policing at and around western state hospital.
5. HB 1951 - Clarifying the authority of local law enforcement agencies to use unmarked vehicles.

 

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State Government
2/10/15 10:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1204 - Limiting the enforcement of policies of the department of ecology.
2. HB 1209 - Concerning proceedings of the joint administrative rules review committee.
3. HB 1235 - Making nonsubstantive changes to procurement law.
4. HB 1371 - Regarding administrative procedures that promote accountability, transparency, and economic relief.
5. HB 1375 - Concerning criminal trespass on private property.
6. HB 1636 - Requiring disability employment reporting by state agencies.
7. HB 1858 - Prohibiting the names of county auditors and the secretary of state from being included on ballot envelopes and in voters' pamphlets when running for reelection.
8. HB 1913 - Concerning rule making, including requiring new information uncovered during the rule-making process to be provided to the appropriate legislative policy committees and a review of certain rules.

 

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Technology & Economic Development*
2/10/15 10:00 am

House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 12:49 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1853 - Encouraging utility leadership in electric vehicle charging infrastructure build-out.
2. HB 1843 - Creating a residential energy efficiency incentive pilot program.
3. HB 1758 - Extending the expiration date of tax preferences for biofuel, biomass, and energy conservation.
4. HB 1897 - Creating the joint center for deployment and research in earth-abundant materials.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1078 - Enhancing the protection of consumer financial information.
2. HB 1095 - Promoting thermal energy efficiency.
3. HB 1255 - Concerning the office of minority and women's business enterprises account.
4. HB 1381 - Concerning encouraging job retention and creation in rural economies through the transparent and accountable extension of aluminum smelter tax preferences.
5. HB 1265 - Creating a bond issuance exemption for qualifying local revitalization financing projects.

 

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Senate Committees

The schedule is subject to the addition of more committee agendas. Please check our website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/calendar.aspx

Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development*
2/10/15 8:00 am

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/9/2015 1:54 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5014 - Concerning best practices for water banks.
2. SB 5016 - Retaining water resources to assure the vitality of local economies.
3. SB 5584 - Concerning water quality determinations made by the department of ecology.(Hearing is on proposed substitute.)
4. SB 5801 - Creating a water commission.

Executive Session:

1. SB 5313 - Increasing the total amount of tax credits allowed under the Washington main street program.
2. SB 5442 - Concerning eligibility criteria for the community economic revitalization board programs.
3. SB 5554 - Clarifying that irrigation district facilities are not within the definition of shorelands.
4. Possible other bills previously heard.

If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/AWRD/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Other business.

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Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/10/15 1:30 pm

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5748 - Clarifying the teacher and principal evaluation process with the intent of strengthening the process. (Hearing is on the proposed substitute.)
2. SB 5749 - Specifying that student growth data elements used in teacher and principal evaluations include state-based tools and delaying the use of the evaluation results in making human resources and personnel decisions until the 2016-17 school year.
3. SB 5805 - Concerning conflict resolution programs in schools.

The proposed substitute can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/EDU/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Energy, Environment & Telecommunications*
2/10/15 1:30 pm

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 8:54 AM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5044 - Concerning mitigation measures for shoreline development. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
2. SB 5618 - Requiring the department of ecology to notify residents of a highly impacted community when initiating review of certain environmental permit applications.
3. SB 5670 - Clarifying expenditures under the state universal communications services program.
4. SB 5622 - Requiring that the departments of fish and wildlife and ecology use empirical science to support agency actions affecting land use.

Work Session: Why are Washington communication taxes among the highest in the nation?

If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/EET/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Government Operations & Security*
2/10/15 10:00 am

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/6/2015 5:44 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5678 - Concerning requesting public records for the purpose of obtaining exempted information relating to employment and licensing. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
2. SB 5767 - Revising local government treasury practices and procedures.
3. SB 5768 - Concerning county electronic public auctions.
4. SB 5752 - Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.
5. SB 5738 - Creating equality in contribution limits for state-level, county-level, and district-level party political committees.
6. SB 5668 - Enacting the Washington voting rights act.

If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/GOS/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Health Care
2/10/15 10:00 am

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5728 - Allowing patients to opt out of HIV testing.
2. SB 5291 - Allowing authorized health care providers to prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors.
3. SB 5674 - Concerning enforcement standards for residential services and support providers.
4. SB 5287 - Reauthorizing the medicaid fraud false claims act.
5. SB 5084 - Clarifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing certain definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibility of the office and lead organization, and parameters for release of information. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

If proposed substitutes they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HLTH/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Higher Education*
2/10/15 1:30 pm

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/9/2015 8:29 AM

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9019 - Margaret Brown, Member, Board of Regents, University of Washington.
2. SGA 9026 - Michael J Ciraulo, Member, Board of Trustees, Clark Community College District No. 14.
3. SGA 9178 - Elizabeth J Thew, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 17 (Spokane and Spokane Falls Community Colleges).
4. SGA 9191 - Janice H Wigen, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 17 (Spokane and Spokane Falls Community Colleges).
5. SB 5487 - Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
6. SB 5518 - Creating procedures to address campus sexual violence.
7. SB 5719 - Creating a task force on campus sexual violence prevention.
8. SB 5484 - Modifying provisions related to tuition setting authority at public institutions of higher education.
9. SB 5559 - Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees.
10. SB 5355 - Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.
11. SB 5561 - Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
12. SB 5620 - Authorizing waivers of building fees and services and activities fees for certain military service members.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9052 - Chase Franklin, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.
2. SGA 9146 - Juanita Richards, Member, Board of Trustees, Big Bend Community College District No. 18.
3. SGA 9100 - Kevin Massimino, Member, Board of Regents, Washington State University.
4. SGA 9007 - Don Barbieri, Member, Board of Regents, Washington State University.
5. SB 5286 - Making ample provisions to support higher education. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
6. SB 5318 - Creating the wildlife college student loan program.
7. SB 5335 - Creating the nurse educator pay it forward program.
8. SB 5534 - Creating the certified public accounting scholarship program. (Hearing will be on the Proposed Substitute.)
9. SB 5642 - Requiring the student achievement council to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.

If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HIE/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Human Services, Mental Health & Housing*
2/10/15 10:00 am

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/9/2015 8:21 AM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5852 - Concerning reimbursement rates for behavioral rehabilitation services.
2. SB 5781 - Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
3. SB 5792 - Establishing a centralized office of forensic mental health services.
4. SB 5839 - Making technical corrections to processes for persons sentenced for offenses committed prior to reaching eighteen years of age.
5. SB 5889 - Concerning timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

Executive Session: To be announced.

If draft bills, proposed substitutes, or striking amendments are to be heard, they can be obtained from committee staff or on the committee's website, http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HSMH/Pages/default.aspx, as soon as they are available. Other business.

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Law & Justice*
2/10/15 8:00 am

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/5/2015 4:47 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5809 - Requiring the provision of comprehensive information in writing to real property owners during negotiations for the acquisition of the property by government agencies.
2. SB 5653 - Collecting DNA at jail and corrections facilities as part of the intake process.
3. SB 5793 - Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
4. SB 5849 - Authorizing establishment of ethics defense trust funds.
5. SB 5499 - Allowing the filing of a special allegation of a nefarious drone enterprise.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Transportation
2/10/15 3:30 pm

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5426 - Requiring the use of liquefied natural gas as fuel in the ferry system.
2. SB 5634 - Exempting a widow or widower with gold star license plates from vehicle licensing fees for one motor vehicle.
3. SB 5640 - Concerning deficiency claims after auction of a private property vehicle impound.
4. SB 5669 - Creating a local rural mover license.
5. SB 5724 - Concerning funding for the safe routes to school program.
6. SB 5764 - Requiring the removal of graffiti from state-owned transportation facilities by the department of transportation within twenty-four hours of notice.
7. SB 5780 - Authorizing the addition of new counties to a regional transit authority.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Ways & Means
2/10/15 3:30 pm

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Public Assistance Programs.
2. Early Learning.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Joint, Select & Other Committees

Legislative Ethics Board
2/10/15 12:15 pm

Full Committee
(360) 786-7540
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Agenda:

1. Request for Advisory Opinion - May legislators receive a complementary one day pass to the United States Open golf tournament under the facts presented?
2. Further discussion on complimentary meals - does the limitation on the number of free meals apply, or should it, to:
   1. Certain potlucks.
   2. Events to which the entire Legislature is invited.
   3. Meals provided by units of local government?
3. Recess public meeting and convene in a non-public executive session for the purpose of preliminary discussion of a pending complaint and prior to a determination of reasonable cause. Estimated time - 1:20 to 2:00 p.m.
4. Reconvene the public meeting - any new or unfinished business - adjourn.

 

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