OLYMPIA -- About 130 goverment, business and education representatives from the Spokane area are expected in the Capitol today and tomorrow to push for a list of local priorities.

It's part of the annual lobbying excursion by Greater Spokane Inc., which seems to grow every year. They'll get briefings from legislative leaders on the budget, public schools, higher education and transportation this afternoon and tomorrow, and have a reception at the governor's mansion Thursday evening.

Also on the menu today:

Attorney General Bob Ferguson will call for the state to raise the smoking age (for cigarettes, that is) to 21. Developing story here.

Bills to allow WSU to operate a Medical School were introduced. Developing story here.

And the committees have a fairly full schedule, as listed below. 

Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Accountability and Reform (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2
	Trade & Economic Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3
	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
10:00 AM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
	HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Commerce & Labor (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1
	Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Financial Institutions & Insurance (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2
	Natural Resources & Parks (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3
	Business & Financial Services (H)	House Hearing Rm B
	Early Learning & Human Services (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Health Care & Wellness (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Higher Education (H)	House Hearing Rm C
	Public Safety (H)	House Hearing Rm D
3:30 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4
	Appropriations (H)	House Hearing Rm A
	Transportation (H)	House Hearing Rm B
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House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

Work Session:

1. The state of the Department of Natural Resources with Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark.
2. The State of the Department of Fish and Wildlife with Agency Director Phil Anderson.

 

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Appropriations*
1/21/15 3:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/19/2015 5:55 PM

Work Session: Briefing on state K-12 programs and funding.

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Business & Financial Services*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/15/2015 5:43 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1077 - Regulating credit for reinsurance.
2. HB 1172 - Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act.
3. HB 1283 - Concerning nonprofit organizations engaged in debt adjusting.

Possible Executive Session:

1. HB 1171 - Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
2. HB 1196 - Concerning requirements for real estate appraisers.
3. HB 1304 - Allowing a public depository to arrange for reciprocal deposits of public funds.

 

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Early Learning & Human Services
1/21/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
Jt. w/ House Health Care & Wellness
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Infant mental health.
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
3. Nurse-Family Partnership program.

 

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Health Care & Wellness
1/21/15 1:30 pm

House Full Committee
Jt. w/ House Early Learning & Human Svs
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Infant mental health.
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
3. Nurse-Family Partnership program.

 

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Higher Education*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/16/2015 9:22 AM

Work Session: College Affordability.

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1030 - Creating the Washington advance higher education loan program.
2. HB 1236 - Eliminating the parent or guardian approval requirement for the college bound scholarship pledge.

 

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Judiciary*
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 1/16/2015 3:09 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1129 - Granting the office of civil legal aid access to juvenile case records.
2. HB 1191 - Concerning concealed pistol license renewal notices.
3. HB 1248 - Concerning court proceedings.
4. HB 1260 - Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
5. HB 1390 - Concerning legal financial obligations.

 

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Local Government*
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 1/15/2015 10:10 AM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1145 - Allowing joint meetings of county legislative authorities under certain circumstances.
2. HB 1170 - Granting port districts certain administrative powers.
3. HB 1234 - Modifying certain building permit fees.

 

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Public Safety*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/16/2015 4:32 PM

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1022 - Prohibiting general power of attorney provisions in bail bond agreements.
2. HB 1141 - Requiring certain operational standards for regional jails.
3. HB 1148 - Determining sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
4. HB 1389 - Addressing the scope of state fire service mobilization and ensuring compliance with existing state and federal disaster response policies.

 

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State Government
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

Public Hearing: HB 1079 - Allowing public agencies to enter into contracts providing for the joint utilization of architectural or engineering services.

Work Session: Providing Postage for Returning Ballots.

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Technology & Economic Development
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

Public Hearing:

1. HB 1094 - Concerning biometric identifiers.
2. HB 1078 - Enhancing the protection of consumer financial information.
3. HB 1093 - Concerning unmanned aircraft.
4. HB 1091 - Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.

Work Session:

1. Department of Commerce Budget Proviso Report on data-based evaluation of international trade resources.
2. Other Department of Commerce Reports required by Statute or Budget Proviso.

 

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Transportation
1/21/15 3:30 pm

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

Work Session:

1. Freight Movement in Washington.
2. Weight Limits.

 

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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

Accountability and Reform*
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 1/16/2015 4:40 PM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5197 - Establishing consistent standards for agency decision making.
2. SB 5206 - Addressing state audit findings of noncompliance with state law.
3. SB 5278 - Concerning legislative oversight of state agency performance.
4. SB 5279 - Concerning lean management and performance management strategies for economic and revenue forecasts.

Work Session: Department of Enterprise Services Lean management program.

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

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Commerce & Labor*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/16/2015 5:00 PM

Work Session: Gambling Commission: Agency overview and update.

Public Hearing:

1. Amendments to state-tribal gaming compacts.
2. SB 5045 - Concerning the deauthorization of union security provisions by public employees.
3. SB 5226 - Protecting public sector workers' rights through public disclosure of public sector unions' finances.
4. SB 5155 - Modifying special occasion licenses provisions.
5. SB 5213 - Allowing sales of growlers of wine.
6. SB 5009 - Concerning self-service storage facilities.
7. SB 5156 - Concerning the disclosure of information regarding elevators and other conveyances in certain real estate transactions.

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

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Energy, Environment & Telecommunications
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

Work Session: Introduction to renewable natural gas and update on the use of liquefied natural gas by Washington State Ferries.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business

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Financial Institutions & Insurance*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/20/2015 9:00 AM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5119 - Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks.
2. SB 5123 - Concerning tenant screening.
3. SB 5299 - Updating, clarifying, and strengthening department of financial institutions' enforcement, licensing, and examination statutes relating to residential mortgage lending, and enhancing the crime of mortgage fraud in the residential mortgage lending process.
4. SB 5300 - Updating the department of financial institutions' regulatory enforcement powers regarding credit unions and organizations providing services to credit unions.
5. SB 5302 - Addressing the prudent investor rule for Washington state trusts, delegation of trustee duties by trustees of a Washington state trust, and standards for authorization and treatment of statutory trust advisors and directed trustees incident to the establishment of Washington state directed trusts.
6. SB 5180 - Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.

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

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Natural Resources & Parks*
1/21/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 1/19/2015 9:51 AM

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5137 - Providing a complimentary discover pass to veterans with a one hundred percent service-connected disability.
2. SB 5205 - Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass.
3. SB 5166 - Concerning the management of forage fish resources.

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

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Trade & Economic Development*
1/21/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 1/15/2015 10:47 AM

Work Session:

1. Economic Climate Study.
2. Projects of statewide significance overview.

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5230 - Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington State job creation and economic development.
2. SB 5112 - Creating a pilot program that provides incentives for investments in Washington State job creation and economic development.
3. SB 5111 - Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.

Possible executive session: bills previously heard in committee. Other business.

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Transportation
1/21/15 3:30 pm

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

Work Session:

1. Office of Financial Management introductions:
   1. Governor's new-law transportation revenue proposal.
   2. Governor's proposed 2015-2017 transportation budget.
   3. 2014 Transportation Attainment Report.
2. Highway maintenance & preservation cost estimates - Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee report.
3. The 2014 Corridor Capacity Report - Washington State Department of Transportation.
4. Investments in Washington State Transportation: Driving Economic Growth - Washington Roundtable.

Other business.

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Ways & Means
1/21/15 3:30 pm

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

Work Session: Higher education budget issues.

Other business.

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