South Sound Chamber of Commerce Legislative Coalition Bill Status & Upcoming Events Report - 2/9/2022
The biggest issue this week is the release of the $16 billion over 16 years transportation package. This package was negotiated by the majority party chairs of the Transportation committees and did not include their Republican counterparts – as is usually the case with transportation packages.
The package is encompassed in SB 5974 and 5975.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Transportation (Senate) - Virtual - 2/10 @ 8:00am
SB 5974 - Public Hearing - Addressing transportation resources. (Remote testimony.) (High)
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
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Equitable access to credit |
S Business, Finan |
Maycumber |
Support |
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Creating the Washington equitable access to credit act. |
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Growth management act plans |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Concerns |
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Planning under the growth management act. |
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Long-term care/repeal |
H Approps |
Abbarno |
Support |
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Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program. |
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Water & sewage system access |
H Rules R |
Goehner |
Support |
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Making it possible for more properties to have access to water, storm drains, and sanitary sewage systems. |
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SHB 1643 (SSB 5642) |
Affordable housing/REET |
H Rules R |
Hackney |
Support |
Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax. |
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Peace officers/use of force |
S Law & Justice |
Johnson |
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Modifying the standard for use of force by peace officers. |
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SHB 1763 (SB 5627) |
Workers' comp. exam rights |
H Rules R |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
Concerning injured workers' rights during independent medical examinations. |
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HB 1767 (SB 5666) |
Targeted electrification |
H Rules R |
Ramel |
Oppose |
Concerning the authority of publicly owned electric utilities to engage in targeted electrification through the adoption of plans that establish a finding that utility outreach and investment in the conversion of its customers' end use equipment from fossil fuels to electricity will provide net benefits to the utility. |
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SHB 1770 (SB 5669) |
Energy codes |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Oppose |
Strengthening energy codes. |
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SHB 1782 (SSB 5670) |
Middle housing near transit |
H Rules R |
Bateman |
Support |
Creating additional middle housing near transit and in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
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HB 1786 (SB 5689) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
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Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
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Law enf. officer funding |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
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Providing funding for the recruitment, retention, and support of law enforcement officers. |
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Vehicular pursuits |
H Rules R |
Robertson |
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Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
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Hydrogen |
H Finance |
Ramel |
Support |
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Expanding the production, distribution, and use of hydrogen not produced from a fossil fuel feedstock. |
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HB 1819 (SB 5960) |
Property tax exemption |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
Support |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
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2SHB 1827 (SSB 5706) |
Community reinvestment |
H Rules R |
Morgan |
Support |
Creating the community reinvestment account and community reinvestment program. |
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Musculoskeletal injuries |
H Rules R |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
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Restoring the state's ability to regulate work-related (ergonomics) musculoskeletal injuries. |
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Body worn camera grants |
H 2nd Reading |
Mosbrucker |
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Establishing a body worn camera grant program. |
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Data centers tax preference |
H Finance |
Berg |
Concerns |
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Providing a tax preference for rural and nonrural data centers. |
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SHB 1880 (SB 5861) |
Housing benefit districts |
H Finance |
Ryu |
Concerns |
Concerning housing benefit districts. |
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HB 1912 (SB 5696) |
Capital gains tax/repeal |
H Finance |
Dufault |
Support |
Repealing the capital gains income tax. |
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Local government planning |
H 2nd Reading |
Pollet |
Oppose |
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Concerning local government planning. |
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HB 1988 (SSB 5744) |
Clean tech. tax deferrals |
H Finance |
Shewmake |
Support |
Concerning tax deferrals for investment projects in clean technology manufacturing, clean alternative fuels production, and renewable energy storage. |
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HB 1990 (SB 5705) |
SR 167 & I-405 tax deferral |
H Finance |
Duerr |
Support |
Concerning a sales and use tax deferral for projects to improve the state route number 167 and Interstate 405 corridor. |
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Sales and use tax holiday |
H Finance |
Paul |
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Creating a three-day shop local and save sales and use tax holiday to benefit all Washington families for certain items $1,000 or less during the month of September. |
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Careers in retail |
S Higher Ed & Wor |
Boehnke |
Support |
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Increasing educational and training opportunities for careers in retail. |
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HB 2024 (SB 5899) |
SR 520 sales tax deferral |
H Finance |
Fey |
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Concerning a sales and use tax deferral for projects to improve the state route number 520 corridor. |
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Vehicle per mile charge |
H Transportation |
Wicks |
Concerns |
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Implementing a per mile charge on vehicles. |
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Peace officers/use of force |
H Rules R |
Goodman |
Support |
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Modifying the standard for use of force by peace officers. |
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Public improvements/housing |
H 2nd Reading |
Ormsby |
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Adding permanently affordable housing to the definition of public improvements. |
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Transp. network companies |
H Rules R |
Berry |
Oppose |
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Concerning rights and obligations of transportation network company drivers and transportation network companies. |
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I-405 & SR 167 bond auth. |
H Transportation |
Slatter |
Support |
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Modifying the bond authorization for the Interstate 405 and state route number 167 corridor and the Puget Sound Gateway facility. |
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SHB 2099 (SB 5924) |
Tax penalties |
H Rules R |
Berg |
Concerns |
Improving tax administration by waiving penalties and imposing interest in certain situations involving delayed tax payments, and by extending a statute of limitations period for certain egregious tax crimes. |
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Consumer data excise tax |
H Finance |
Kloba |
Concerns |
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Creating an excise tax on the collection of consumer data by commercial data collectors. |
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HJR 4208 (SJR 8213) |
Personal property taxation |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
Support |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
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Personnel files & discipline |
S 2nd Reading |
Kuderer |
Oppose |
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Concerning employee's rights concerning personnel files and disciplinary actions. |
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Business practices/emergency |
S Rules X |
Darneille |
Concerns |
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Regulating unfair business practices and prohibiting predatory price increases during states of emergency. |
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Transit-oriented development |
H Env & Energy |
Mullet |
Support |
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Facilitating transit-oriented development and increasing housing inventory. |
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Apprenticeship programs |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Concerns |
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Concerning the sustainability and expansion of state registered apprenticeship programs. |
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SB 5627 (SHB 1763) |
Workers' comp. exam rights |
S Labor, Comm & |
Stanford |
Oppose |
Concerning injured workers' rights during independent medical examinations. |
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SSB 5642 (SHB 1643) |
Affordable housing/REET |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
Support |
Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, public corporation, county, or municipal corporation from the real estate excise tax. |
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Family and medical leave |
S Rules 2 |
Robinson |
Concerns |
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Modifying the Washington state paid family and medical leave act. |
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State v. Blake procedures |
S Rules 2 |
Dhingra |
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Establishing streamlined procedures for compliance with the State v. Blake decision in order to improve criminal justice system coordination, create efficiencies, and reduce costs. |
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SSB 5670 (SHB 1782) |
Middle housing near transit |
S Ways & Means |
Das |
Support |
Creating additional middle housing near transit and in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
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SB 5705 (HB 1990) |
SR 167 & I-405 tax deferral |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
Support |
Concerning a sales and use tax deferral for projects to improve the state route number 167 and Interstate 405 corridor. |
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SSB 5722 (HB 1774) |
Greenhouse gases/buildings |
S Rules 2 |
Nguyen |
Neutral |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings. |
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Condominium conversions |
S 2nd Reading |
Gildon |
Support |
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Concerning condominium conversions. |
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Wage and salary information |
S 2nd Reading |
Randall |
Oppose |
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Concerning employer requirements for providing wage and salary information to applicants for employment. |
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Organized retail theft |
S 2nd Reading |
Padden |
Support |
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Concerning organized retail theft. |
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Industrial insurance appeals |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Oppose |
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Concerning attorney and witness fees in industrial insurance court appeals. |
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SSB 5873 (HB 2031) |
Unemployment insurance |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Support |
Concerning unemployment insurance, family leave, and medical leave premiums. |
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Warehouse dist. centers |
S 2nd Reading |
Conway |
Oppose |
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Concerning warehouse distribution centers. |
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Vehicle fees/state bonds |
S Passed 3rd |
Liias |
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Concerning the use of vehicle-related fees to fulfill certain state general obligation bonds. |
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SB 5899 (HB 2024) |
SR 520 sales tax deferral |
S Transportation |
Liias |
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Concerning a sales and use tax deferral for projects to improve the state route number 520 corridor. |
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Economic dev. tax incentives |
S Ways & Means |
Randall |
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Concerning economic development tax incentives for targeted counties. |
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Hydrogen |
S Rules 2 |
Carlyle |
Support |
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Accelerating the availability and use of renewable hydrogen in Washington state. |
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SB 5960 (HB 1819) |
Property tax exemption |
S Ways & Means |
Hunt |
Support |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
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Transportation resources |
S Transportation |
Liias |
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Addressing transportation resources. |
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Additive transp. funding |
S Transportation |
Liias |
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Concerning additive transportation funding and appropriations. |
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SJR 8213 (HJR 4208) |
Personal property taxation |
S Ways & Means |
Hunt |
Support |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
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Sponsor |
Position |
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Rent relief & housing |
H Finance |
Kloba |
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Providing local governments with options to grant rent relief and preserve affordable housing in their communities. |
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SHB 1103 (SB 5366) |
Building materials |
H Approps |
Duerr |
Concerns |
Improving environmental and social outcomes with the production of building materials. |
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Landlord damage claims |
H Rules R |
Thai |
Oppose |
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Addressing documentation and processes governing landlords' claims for damage to residential premises. |
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State upland leases |
S Ag/Water/Natura |
Kloba |
Support |
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Concerning the duration of state upland leases for lands managed by the department of natural resources. |
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Employer reports/private |
H 2nd Reading |
Sells |
Neutral |
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Concerning shared reporting responsibilities for both the paid family and medical leave and the long-term services and supports trust programs to clarify that information collected from employer reports shall remain private. |
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SHB 1614 (SB 5533) |
Online marketplaces |
H Rules R |
Kirby |
Concerns |
Concerning online marketplace consumer product theft and safety protection. |
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SHB 1660 (SB 5648) |
Accessory dwelling units |
H Rules R |
Shewmake |
Support |
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
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SHB 1673 (SSB 5580) |
Public works board/broadband |
H 2nd Reading |
Ryu |
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Concerning broadband infrastructure loans and grants made by the public works board. |
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Accessory dwelling units |
H Rules R |
Pollet |
Concerns |
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Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
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Impact fee deferrals |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Concerns |
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Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
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GMA planning/tribes |
H 2nd Reading |
Pollet |
Oppose |
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Concerning tribal participation in planning under the growth management act. |
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Dishonored paycheck fees |
H Passed 3rd |
Hoff |
Neutral |
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Requiring an employer to reimburse employee fees when a paycheck is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment. |
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Nondisclosure/illegal acts |
H Passed 3rd |
Berry |
Concerns |
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Prohibiting nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions from employers regarding illegal acts of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and sexual assault. |
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Energy facility site council |
H Rules R |
Fitzgibbon |
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Modernizing the energy facility site evaluation council to meet the state's clean energy goals. |
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Data privacy |
H Approps |
Slatter |
Concerns |
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Protecting and enforcing the foundational data privacy rights of Washingtonians. |
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Working families' tax credit |
H Finance |
Stokesbary |
Support |
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Providing sales tax relief by expanding the working families' tax credit. |
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Economic inclusion |
H Hous, Human Svc |
Dhingra |
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Promoting economic inclusion. |
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Dev. disability services |
H Hous, Human Svc |
Keiser |
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Transforming services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by increasing the capabilities of community residential settings and redesigning the long-term nature of intermediate care facilities. |
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Transp. benefit district tax |
S Passed 3rd |
King |
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Concerning renewal of the sales and use tax for transportation benefit districts. |
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Harassment & discrim. NDAs |
S Rules 2 |
Keiser |
Concerns |
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Disclosing harassment and discrimination. |
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SSB 5528 (HB 2062) |
RTA supplemental revenue |
S 2nd Reading |
Pedersen |
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Concerning the imposition of additive revenue sources within a regional transit authority area. |
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SB 5533 (SHB 1614) |
Online marketplaces |
S Environment, E |
Keiser |
Oppose |
Concerning online marketplace consumer product theft and safety protection. |
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Employee assistance programs |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Concerns |
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Protecting the confidentiality of employees using employee assistance programs. |
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Eviction |
S 2nd Reading |
Kuderer |
Concerns |
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Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice and summons forms and modifying certain eviction processes and programs. |
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SSB 5580 (SHB 1673) |
Public works board/broadband |
S 2nd Reading |
Wellman |
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Concerning broadband infrastructure loans and grants made by the public works board. |
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Water system plans/climate |
S Rules 2 |
Rolfes |
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Adding a climate resilience element to water system plans. |
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Energy project orders |
S Rules 2 |
Short |
Support |
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Concerning energy transformation, nonemitting electric generation, and renewable resource project analysis and declaratory orders. |
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Local infra. project areas |
S Rules 2 |
Das |
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Addressing local infrastructure project areas. |
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Climate change |
S 2nd Reading |
Carlyle |
Concerns |
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Concerning state laws that address climate change. |
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Commercial energy program |
S Passed 3rd |
Lovelett |
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Concerning technical changes to the commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency program. |
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Investment services/tax |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
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Concerning capital gains taxation of certain investment management services provided to a partnership or similar entity. |
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Local permit review process |
S Rules 2 |
Mullet |
Neutral |
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Concerning consolidated local permit review processes. |
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Financial instit./climate |
S Ways & Means |
Carlyle |
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Imposing a state climate resiliency and mitigation surcharge on large financial institutions financing the global fossil fuel industry while recognizing the financial institution industry's efforts to address climate change. |
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