Legislative Action

Sun., March 23, 1997

Legislative action scheduled for this week in Olympia includes:

Monday

3:30 p.m., Senate Hearing Room 4, John A. Cherberg Bldg., Senate Ways and Means Committee public hearing on SB6063, adopting the capital budget. Also being heard is SB6065, adopting a supplemental capital budget.

Tuesday

10 a.m., House Hearing Room E, John L. O’Brien Bldg., House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee public hearing on SB5072, increasing the penalty for providing liquor to persons under age 21.

Wednesday

1:30 p.m., Senate Hearing Room 1, John A. Cherberg Bldg., Senate Law and Justice Committee public hearing on HB1522, providing for enhanced sentencing for criminal street gang activity.

1:30 p.m., House Hearing Room A, John L. O’Brien Bldg., House Law and Justice Committee public hearing on SB5288, creating additional judicial positions in Spokane Superior Court.

1:30 p.m., House Hearing Room E, John L. O’Brien Bldg., House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee public hearing on SB5190, limiting health care for inmates sentenced to death.

Thursday

8:30 a.m., House Hearing Room C, John L. O’Brien Bldg., House Higher Education Committee public hearing on SB5106, creating the Washington advanced college tuition payment program.

10 a.m., Senate Hearing Room 4, John A. Cherberg Bldg., Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee public hearing on HB1714, establishing basic health plan eligibility for certain persons eligible for Medicare.

Friday

8 a.m., Senate Hearing Room 1, John A. Cherberg Bldg., Senate Education Committee public hearing on HB1085, requiring notification before a school conducts certain tests, questionnaires, surveys, analyses, or evaluations. Also being heard is HB1086, establishing criteria that limit school employees’ ability to remove students from school.

8 a.m., House Hearing Room E, John L. O’Brien Bldg., House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee public hearing on SB5203, making a defendant’s knowledge that a murder victim was pregnant aggravated first-degree murder.

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