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WaLeg Day 60: Back to committee hearings

OLYMPIA -- Spring hits the Capitol Campus, March 12, 2015. (Jim Camden)

OLYMPIA — Having run through as many bills as time allowed Wednesday afternoon, legislators are back in committee-hearing mode today, starting to sort through all the stuff the other chamber passed and sent their way.

And, as the photo shows, the early cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Perhaps the hottest topic on today’s list is a hearing on the governor’s carbon tax and trade legislation, which is in the House Appropriations Committee this afternoon.

Here’s the full schedule:

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Time

Committee

Location

7:50 AM

PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION

8:00 AM

Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development (S)

Senate Hearing Rm 3

Law & Justice (S)

Senate Hearing Rm 4

Education (H)

House Hearing Rm A

9:00 AM

Environment (H)

House Hearing Rm B

Labor (H)

House Hearing Rm D

10:00 AM

HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS

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

1:30 PM

Natural Resources & Parks (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

3:30 PM

Appropriations (H)

House Hearing Rm A

Transportation (H)

House Hearing Rm B


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House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 3/6/2015 3:56 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5015 - Extending the dairy inspection program assessment expiration date.
  2. SB 5204 - Providing an exemption from hydraulic project permit fees for certain emergency permits.
  3. SB 5464 - Concerning unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity.
  4. SB 5603 - Changing cottage food operation provisions.
  5. SSB 5166 - Concerning the management of forage fish resources.
  6. SB 5881 - Providing a group fishing permit for certain programs for at-risk youth.

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Appropriations*
3/12/15 3:30 pm

Watch on TVW House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 3/10/2015 7:00 PM

Work Session: Governor’s office presentation on the carbon pollution market program proposal.

Public Hearing: SHB 1314 - Implementing a carbon pollution market program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Education*
3/12/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 3/5/2015 10:03 AM

Public Hearing:

  1. ESSB 5083 - Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act.
  2. SSB 5163 - Providing for educational data on students from military families.
  3. SSB 5202 - Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.
  4. SSB 5294 - Concerning school library and technology programs.
  5. HB 1983 - Creating the TEACH pilot project of financial assistance for teachers taking basic skills and content tests for teacher certification programs.
  6. HB 1996 - Requiring music education in elementary schools.
  7. HB 2117 - Reevaluating the duties of the state board of education.

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Environment*
3/12/15 9:00 am

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

REVISED 3/11/2015 11:05 AM

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5330 - Concerning stage II gasoline vapor control programs.
  2. SB 5314 - Modifying the use of local storm water charges paid by the department of transportation.

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Judiciary
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

Work Session: Overview of a Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration report to the Legislature regarding criminal and treatment history of persons found to have committed a juvenile offense of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Public Hearing:

  1. SSB 5030 - Addressing the limited liability company act.
  2. SB 5387 - Creating uniformity in common provisions governing business organizations and other entities.
  3. SB 5031 - Permitting advance action regarding business opportunities under the business corporation act.
  4. SB 5032 - Specifying when a transaction in the form of a lease does not create a security interest for purposes of the uniform commercial code.
  5. SB 5101 - Modifying mental status evaluation provisions.
  6. SB 5107 - Encouraging the establishment of therapeutic courts.
  7. SB 5174 - Increasing the number of district court judges in Skagit county.

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Labor*
3/12/15 9:00 am

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

REVISED 3/9/2015 9:42 AM

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5207 - Concerning office hours for registered tow truck operators.
  2. SSB 5234 - Regarding miniature hobby boilers.
  3. SSB 5763 - Establishing a coalition of commissioned officers of the department of fish and wildlife for the purposes of collective bargaining.

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Local Government
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

Public Hearing:

  1. SB 5182 - Granting fire protection districts and regional fire protection service authorities biennial budget authority.
  2. SSB 5322 - Concerning conservation districts’ rates and charges.
  3. SSB 5455 - Addressing the delivery of basic firefighter training and testing.
  4. ESSB 5470 - Concerning municipal procurement of water services.


Possible Executive Session:

  1. SB 5172 - Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
  2. SB 5271 - Concerning standards adopted by the national fire protection association and the state building code council.
  3. SB 5337 - Modifying per diem rates for port district officers and employees.
  4. SSB 5350 - Concerning water-sewer districts.
  5. SB 5556 - Concerning irrigation district administration.

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State Government*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 3/6/2015 12:05 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. SSB 5348 - Allowing public agencies to enter into contracts providing for the joint utilization of architectural or engineering services.
  2. SB 5396 - Exempting information of guardians or family members of children enrolled in child care, early learning, parks and recreation, after-school, and youth development programs.
  3. SB 5532 - Modifying certain Washington gift of life award provisions.
  4. SB 5978 - Modifying presidential primary provisions.

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Technology & Economic Development*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 3/6/2015 2:24 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. ESB 5111 - Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.
  2. ESB 5424 - Allowing public utility districts to produce and distribute renewable natural gas.
  3. SB 5760 - Concerning contracts for materials or work required by joint operating agencies.


Executive Session: SB 5249 - Creating a bond issuance exemption for qualifying local revitalization financing projects.

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Transportation*
3/12/15 3:30 pm

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

REVISED 3/9/2015 3:59 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. SSB 5025 - Modifying the apportionment of quick title service fees collected by appointed subagents.
  2. SB 5046 - Correcting a codification error concerning the governor’s designee to the traffic safety commission.
  3. SB 5085 - Authorizing siblings of United States armed forces members who died while in service or as a result of service to apply for gold star license plates.
  4. SB 5272 - Concerning heavy haul industrial corridors.
  5. SB 5297 - Updating and clarifying statutory provisions within the commercial vehicle registration and fuel tax administrative systems.

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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*
3/12/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 3/11/2015 2:11 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1268 - Regarding hemp as a component of commercial animal feed. (Remote testimony opportunity from Pasco, WA.)
  2. SHB 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. (Hearing is on striking amendment). (Remote testimony opportunity from Pasco, WA.)
  3. HB 1622 - Expanding the products considered to be potentially nonhazardous as they apply to cottage food operations. (Remote testimony opportunity from Pasco, WA.)
  4. EHB 1989 - Concerning water storage asset management services. (Hearing is on striking amendment). (Remote testimony opportunity from Pasco, WA.)
  5. Bills as referred to committee.


See the following website, http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/Pages/RemoteTestimony.aspx , for opportunities to register for remote testimony. Registration forms must be submitted 24 hours prior to the committee hearing start time. If 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.Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Early Learning & K-12 Education*
3/12/15 8:00 am

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

MEETING CANCELLED.

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Financial Institutions & Insurance*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

MEETING CANCELLED.

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Government Operations & Security*
3/12/15 10:00 am

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

REVISED 3/10/2015 7:24 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. SHB 1470 - Establishing a blue-ribbon panel on cybersecurity.
  2. HB 1011 - Assigning counties to two climate zones for purposes of the state building code.
  3. SHB 1088 - Modifying per diem compensation for flood control zone district supervisors.
  4. ESHB 1410 - Modifying provisions governing the competitive bidding process of water-sewer districts.
  5. HB 1752 - Addressing the qualifications for chief examiners.
  6. SHB 1806 - Correcting references to elections statutes.
  7. HB 1547 - Authorizing funding and expenditures for the hosting of the annual conference of the national association of state treasurers.


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

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Health Care *
3/12/15 10:00 am

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

REVISED 3/10/2015 9:36 AM

Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1042 - Clarifying that the physical therapist scope of practice does not include dry needling.
  2. SHB 1184 - Increasing the health professions participating in online access to the University of Washington health sciences library.
  3. HB 1259 - Allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to sign and attest to certain documentation.
  4. SHB 1721 - Concerning the transport of patients by ambulance to facilities other than hospitals.
  5. SHB 1285 - Requiring critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns.
  6. HB 1626 - Addressing health benefit plan grace periods.


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

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Higher Education*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

MEETING CANCELLED.

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Human Services, Mental Health & Housing*
3/12/15 10:00 am

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

REVISED 3/10/2015 8:02 AM

Work Session: Less restrictive alternatives and promoting engagement in outpatient treatment.

Public Hearing:

  1. EHB 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.
  2. HB 1672 - Modifying provisions governing the maintenance and disclosure of information related to reports of child abuse and neglect.


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

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Law & Justice*
3/12/15 8:00 am

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

REVISED 3/6/2015 2:45 PM

Public Hearing:

  1. ESHB 1440 - Prohibiting the use of a cell site simulator device without a warrant.
  2. SHB 1610 - Changing jury service provisions.
  3. HB 1111 - Concerning court transcripts.
  4. HB 1601 - Concerning venue of actions by or against counties.
  5. 2SHB 1281 - Concerning the sexual exploitation of minors.


Executive Session:

  1. SGA 9044 - Patrick Escamilla, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
  2. SGA 9117 - Maryann Moreno, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
  3. SGA 9159 - Catherine Shaffer, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
  4. SGA 9173 - Charlene D Strong, Member, Human Rights Commission.


Other business.

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Natural Resources & Parks*
3/12/15 1:30 pm

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

REVISED 3/6/2015 10:41 AM

Work Session:

  1. Introduction to Jim Unsworth, Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  2. Briefing on the proposed engineering geology program at Western Washington University.


Public Hearing:

  1. HB 1032 - Amending the fee structure provided in RCW 77.55.321 to encourage habitat projects that provide a public benefit.
  2. HB 1641 - Adding shellfish to the list of species types listed in RCW 77.15.260(1)(a).
  3. 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.


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

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Ways & Means*
3/12/15 3:30 pm

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

MEETING CANCELLED.

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