Feb 28, 2023  -  Uncategorized

 Upcoming Events

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/21 @ 1:30pm

SHB 1110 - Public Hearing - Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

HB 1167 - Exec Session - Concerning residential housing regulations. (Support/High)

HB 1176 - Exec Session - Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. (Support/Medium)

SHB 1216 - Public Hearing - Concerning clean energy siting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

SHB 1391 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy in buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)

HB 1433 - Exec Session - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. (Oppose/High)

 

Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/21 @ 1:30pm

 

Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 8:00am

HB 1670 - Exec Session - Raising the limit factor for property taxes. (High)

HB 1729 - Public Hearing - Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel products in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)

HB 1756 - Exec Session - Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities. (High)

HB 1761 - Exec Session - Increasing the personal property tax exemption. (Support/Medium)

HJR 4206 - Exec Session - Concerning the taxation of personal property. (Support/High)

 

Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 9:00am

SHB 1390 - Exec Session - Concerning district energy systems. (Oppose/High)

SHB 1633 - Public Hearing - Creating a homes for heroes program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

SHB 1746 - Public Hearing - Concerning a state broadband map. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)

SHB 1746 - Exec Session - Concerning a state broadband map. (Medium)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 1:30pm

SHB 1389 - Public Hearing - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Medium)

SHB 1474 - Public Hearing - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)

SHB 1492 - Public Hearing - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)

SHB 1586 - Public Hearing - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

 

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/22 @ 1:30pm

SSB 5315 - Exec Session - Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. (Oppose/High)

SSB 5651 - Public Hearing - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/23 @ 9:00am

SHB 1110 - Exec Session - Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Support/High)

HB 1131 - Exec Session - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (Concerns/High)

SHB 1216 - Exec Session - Concerning clean energy siting. (Support/High)

SHB 1316 - Exec Session - Expanding access to dual credit programs. (Support/Medium)

SHB 1320 - Public Hearing - Concerning access to personnel records. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)

SHB 1391 - Exec Session - Concerning energy in buildings. (Concerns/High)

SHB 1491 - Public Hearing - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)

HB 1508 - Public Hearing - Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)

SHB 1534 - Public Hearing - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

SHB 1559 - Public Hearing - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

 

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/23 @ 9:00am

SB 5465 - Exec Session - Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. (Support/High)

SB 5566 - Exec Session - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Support/Medium)

SB 5655 - Exec Session - Creating the Washington achievers grant program. (Medium)

SSB 5736 - Exec Session - Addressing high demand workforce shortages. (High)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/24 @ 9:00am

SHB 1320 - Exec Session - Concerning access to personnel records. (Oppose/High)

SHB 1389 - Exec Session - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Oppose/Medium)

SHB 1474 - Exec Session - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. (High)

SHB 1491 - Exec Session - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. (Medium)

SHB 1492 - Exec Session - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Concerns/High)

HB 1508 - Exec Session - Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. (Concerns/Medium)

SHB 1534 - Exec Session - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Support/Medium)

SHB 1559 - Exec Session - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Support/Medium)

SHB 1586 - Exec Session - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Support/High)

 

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/24 @ 9:00am

SSB 5165 - Exec Session - Concerning electric power system transmission planning. (Concerns/High)

SSB 5236 - Exec Session - Concerning hospital staffing standards. (Oppose/High)

SSB 5290 - Exec Session - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. (Support/High)

SSB 5447 - Exec Session - Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. (Support/High)

SSB 5502 - Exec Session - Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment. (Support/High)

SSB 5651 - Exec Session - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Oppose/High)

 


 

BUDGET & TAXES

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

HB 1000

Working families' tax credit

Providing sales tax relief by expanding the working families' tax credit.

H Finance

Stokesbary

 

Medium

HB 1473 (SB 5486)

Wealth/property tax

Investing in Washington families and creating a more fair tax system by enacting a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth derived from the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property.

H Finance

Thai

Oppose

High

HB 1527 (SB 5539)

Tax increment financing

Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program.

H Rules R

Wylie

Support

Medium

HB 1644 (SB 5482)

Margin tax

Concerning the margin tax.

H Finance

Walen

Oppose

High

HB 1670

Property tax limit factor

Raising the limit factor for property taxes.

H Finance

Ormsby

 

High

HB 1795

Estate tax

Making the estate tax more progressive.

H Finance

Street

Oppose

High

SSB 5158

State & local taxation

Concerning transparency in state and local taxation.

S Rules 2

Wilson

Support

Medium

ESB 5336

Main street trust fund

Concerning population criteria for the main street trust fund tax credit.

H Local Govt

Cleveland

 

Medium

SSB 5565

Tax and revenue laws

Modifying tax and revenue laws by making technical corrections, clarifying ambiguities, easing compliance burdens for taxpayers, and providing administrative efficiencies.

S Rules 2

Schoesler

Support

Medium

SB 5721

Advanced aerospace training

Authorizing a business and occupation tax credit to incentivize private sector investment in advanced aerospace manufacturing training and education.

S Ways & Means

Boehnke

Support

High

BUSINESS

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1068 (SB 5212)

Injured worker medical exams

Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.

S Labor & Comm

Bronoske

Oppose

High

SHB 1095 (SSB 5109)

Wage replacement

Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.

H Approps

Walen

Oppose

High

SHB 1106

Unemployment/voluntary

Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work.

H 2nd Reading

Fosse

Oppose

High

SHB 1136

Employee expenditures

Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses.

H 2nd Reading

Reeves

Neutral

Medium

HB 1197 (SB 5310)

Workers' comp. providers

Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims.

H Exec Action

Bronoske

Concerns

Medium

SHB 1217

Wage complaints

Concerning wage complaints.

H Rules R

Ortiz-Self

Oppose

Medium

HB 1301

License review and reporting

Creating license review and reporting requirements.

H 2nd ReadSCal

McClintock

 

Medium

SHB 1320 (SSB 5061)

Personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

H Approps

Reed

Oppose

High

SHB 1491

Employee personal vehicles

Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.

H Approps

Orcutt

 

Medium

SHB 1521 (SSB 5524)

Industrial insurance/duties

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

H Rules R

Bronoske

Oppose

High

HB 1656 (SB 5240)

Unemployment ins. appeals

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

H Rules R

Schmidt

Support

Medium

HB 1716

Child care B&O credit

Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses and requiring the department of revenue to provide a report to the legislature.

H Finance

Rule

 

Medium

SHB 1767

Federal funding opps.

Concerning the role of the department of commerce in monitoring and providing technical assistance related to federal funding opportunities.

H Approps

Barnard

Support

Medium

HJR 4206

Personal property taxation

Concerning the taxation of personal property.

H Finance

Leavitt

Support

High

SSB 5061 (SHB 1320)

Personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

S Ways & Means

Kuderer

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5110

Labor practices/penalties

Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW.

H Labor & Workpla

Keiser

Oppose

High

SSB 5123

Cannabis/employment

Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis.

S 2nd Reading

Keiser

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5171 (HB 1152)

Consumer products/gender

Addressing consumer gender discrimination.

S Ways & Means

Dhingra

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5217

Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I

Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.

S 2nd Reading

Dhingra

Oppose

High

SB 5240 (HB 1656)

Unemployment ins. appeals

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

S 2nd Reading

Braun

Support

Medium

SB 5310 (HB 1197)

Workers' comp. providers

Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims.

S Rules 2

Lovelett

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5368

Stay-at-work program

Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities.

S Rules 2

Keiser

Support

High

SSB 5417

Employer political speech

Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.

S 2nd Reading

Keiser

Oppose

High

SSB 5524 (SHB 1521)

Industrial insurance/duties

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

S Rules 2

Van De Wege

Oppose

High

SSB 5541

Supply chain transparency

Providing transparency in supply chains.

S Ways & Means

Dhingra

Oppose

High

SSB 5586

Paid leave data

Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data.

S Rules 2

King

Support

High

EDUCATION/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1003

Dual credit program access

Expanding access to dual credit programs.

H Approps

Stokesbary

 

Medium

HB 1050

Apprenticeship utilization

Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements.

H Exec Action

Riccelli

Oppose

High

SHB 1067

High-hazard facility wages

Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities.

H 2nd Reading

Bronoske

Oppose

High

SHB 1176 (SB 5247)

Climate-ready communities

Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities.

H Approps

Slatter

Support

Medium

HB 1211 (SSB 5311)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding formula.

H Approps

Bergquist

Support

High

HB 1244 (SB 5692)

Enrichment levy authority

Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority.

H Rules R

Ramel

Neutral

Medium

HB 1308

Graduation pathway options

Concerning high school graduation pathway options.

H Rules R

Stonier

 

High

SHB 1316

Dual credit program access

Expanding access to dual credit programs.

H Approps

Paul

Support

Medium

HB 1436

Special education funding

Funding special education.

H Exec Action

Pollet

Support

High

SHB 1559 (SB 5566)

Postsecondary student needs

Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.

H Approps

Entenman

Support

Medium

HB 1605 (SSB 5668)

Small districts/skill center

Concerning small districts with less than 2,750 students and significant participation in skill centers.

H Approps

Rule

Support

High

SHB 1658

Work experience/H.S. credit

Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience.

H Rules R

Shavers

Support

Medium

HB 1710 (SSB 5248)

Tutoring & extended learning

Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs.

H Approps

Rude

Support

Medium

SHB 1821

Postsecondary credentials

Creating a postsecondary credential transparency work group.

H Approps

Slatter

Support

High

SB 5251 (HB 1058)

Commercial driver's licenses

Streamlining the licensing process for a commercial driver's license by allowing the department to waive requirements for applicants that previously surrendered the license, allowing the license to be renewed online, and modifying the license test fees.

S Rules 2

Valdez

Support

Medium

SSB 5315

Special education/nonpublic

Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

Oppose

High

SB 5566 (SHB 1559)

Postsecondary student needs

Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.

S Ways & Means

Shewmake

Support

Medium

SB 5655

WA achievers grant program

Creating the Washington achievers grant program.

S Ways & Means

Torres

 

Medium

SSB 5736

Workforce shortages

Addressing high demand workforce shortages.

S Ways & Means

Nobles

 

High

ENERGY/CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1131 (SSB 5154)

Solid waste management

Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

H Approps

Berry

Concerns

High

2SHB 1170 (SSB 5093)

Climate response strategy

Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy.

H Rules R

Street

Neutral

Medium

2SHB 1181 (SSB 5203)

Climate change/planning

Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework.

H Rules R

Duerr

Oppose

High

SHB 1192 (SSB 5165)

Electric transm. planning

Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

H Rules R

Duerr

Support

High

SHB 1216 (SSB 5380)

Clean energy siting

Concerning clean energy siting.

H Approps

Fitzgibbon

Support

High

SHB 1390

District energy systems

Concerning district energy systems.

H Cap Budget

Ramel

Oppose

High

SHB 1391

Energy in buildings

Concerning energy in buildings.

H Approps

Ramel

Concerns

High

HB 1416

Consumer-owned utilities

Applying the affected market customer provisions of the Washington clean energy transformation act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities.

S Environment, En

Doglio

 

Medium

SHB 1433

Energy labeling/residential

Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

H Approps

Duerr

Oppose

High

SHB 1589 (SSB 5562)

Clean energy

Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

H Rules R

Doglio

Concerns

High

HB 1729

Hydrogen fuel products

Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel products in Washington state.

H Finance

Abbarno

 

High

HB 1756

Energy/tax

Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities.

H Finance

Ramel

 

High

SSB 5154 (SHB 1131)

Solid waste management

Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

S Ways & Means

Rolfes

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5165 (SHB 1192)

Electric transm. planning

Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

S Ways & Means

Nguyen

Concerns

High

HEALTH CARE

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

HB 1508 (SB 5519)

Health care cost board

Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.

H Approps

Macri

Concerns

Medium

SHB 1547

Out-of-state health prov.

Increasing the health care workforce by authorizing out-of-state providers to practice immediately.

H Rules R

Caldier

Support

Medium

SSB 5236

Hospital staffing standards

Concerning hospital staffing standards.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

Oppose

High

HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1026

Local gov. design review

Concerning local government design review.

H 2nd Reading

Walen

Support

High

HB 1052

Nonprofit housing/tax ex.

Providing a property tax exemption for qualified real and personal property owned or used by a nonprofit entity in providing qualified housing funded in whole or part through a local real estate excise tax.

H Rules R

Ramel

 

High

HB 1054

Occupancy limits

Addressing the authority of owners' associations in common interest communities to regulate or limit occupancy by unrelated persons.

S Law & Justice

Walen

Support

High

SHB 1074

Landlord damage claims

Addressing documentation and processes governing landlords' claims for damage to residential premises.

H Rules R

Thai

Concerns

High

EHB 1086

Community org. contracts

Increasing local governments' ability to contract with community service organizations.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Shavers

 

Medium

SHB 1110 (SSB 5190)

Middle housing

Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing.

H Approps

Bateman

Support

High

SHB 1133 (SB 5357)

Detached ADUs

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

H Rules R

Chapman

Support

High

HB 1135 (SB 5452)

Impact fee use

Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

H Rules R

Slatter

Oppose

Medium

SHB 1167

Residential housing

Concerning residential housing regulations.

H Approps

Duerr

Support

High

SHB 1245 (SSB 5364)

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

H 2nd Reading

Barkis

Support

High

HB 1252

Impact fee deferrals

Concerning impact fee deferrals.

H Rules R

Bateman

Support

Medium

SHB 1282 (SSB 5322)

Public building materials

Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material.

H Rules R

Duerr

Oppose

Medium

HB 1296 (SSB 5290)

Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

H Approps

Peterson

Support

High

HB 1337

Accessory dwelling units

Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units.

H 2nd Reading

Gregerson

Support

High

SHB 1351 (SB 5456)

Minimum parking requirements

Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances.

H Rules R

Reed

Neutral

Medium

SHB 1388

Residential rent practices

Protecting tenants by prohibiting predatory residential rent practices and by applying the consumer protection act to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.

H Approps

Macri

Oppose

High

SHB 1389 (SB 5435)

Residential rent increases

Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.

H Approps

Ramel

Oppose

Medium

HB 1401

Housing permit process

Allowing cities and counties to create a simple, standardized housing permit process for affordable housing units in areas designated for housing.

H Rules R

Jacobsen

Support

High

SHB 1449

Project permits/reports

Amending reporting requirements for the project permit application processing timeline.

H Rules R

Alvarado

Support

High

HB 1468

Impact fee deferrals

Concerning impact fee deferrals.

H Rules R

Goehner

Support

High

SHB 1474 (SSB 5496)

Covenant homeownership prg.

Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state.

H Approps

Taylor

 

High

HB 1519

Local project review

Concerning local project review.

H Rules R

Barkis

Support

High

SHB 1534

Construction consumers

Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry.

H Approps

Orwall

Support

Medium

HB 1544 (SB 5159)

Shoreline program review

Concerning shoreline master program review schedules.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Alvarado

 

Medium

SHB 1596

Affordable housing incentive

Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities.

H Finance

Kloba

 

High

HB 1611

Local government permitting

Concerning local government permitting.

H Finance

Reed

 

High

SHB 1628

Real estate excise tax

Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax.

H Finance

Chopp

 

High

SHB 1633

Homes for heroes program

Creating a homes for heroes program.

H Cap Budget

Connors

Support

High

SHB 1735

GMA/net ecological gain

Adding net ecological gain as a voluntary element of comprehensive plans under the growth management act.

H Approps

Lekanoff

Oppose

High

HB 1817 (SB 5741)

Housing gap voucher pilot

Establishing a housing gap voucher pilot program.

H Housing

Rule

Support

High

SB 5027

American dream homes

Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes.

S Ways & Means

Fortunato

 

Medium

2SSB 5045

ADU rental/property tax

Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households.

S Rules 2

Kuderer

 

Medium

SB 5058

Multiunit res. buildings

Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building.

H Housing

Padden

Support

High

SSB 5111

Sick leave/construction

Concerning payments for accrued and unused sick leave for certain construction workers.

S Rules 2

Keiser

Oppose

Medium

SB 5159 (HB 1544)

Shoreline program review

Concerning shoreline master program review schedules.

S Rules 2

Torres

Support

Medium

SSB 5202 (HB 1149)

Housing/capital expenditures

Reducing homelessness in Washington state through capital expenditures for programs that address housing insecurity.

S Ways & Means

Trudeau

 

High

SSB 5235 (HB 1276)

Accessory dwelling units

Concerning accessory dwelling units.

S 2nd Reading

Shewmake

Support

Medium

SSB 5290 (HB 1296)

Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

Support

High

SSB 5364 (SHB 1245)

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

S Rules 2

Frame

Support

Medium

SB 5452 (HB 1135)

Impact fee use

Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

S Rules 2

Shewmake

Concerns

Medium

SB 5457

Small cities/GMA

Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities.

S Rules 2

Short

Support

Medium

SB 5466 (HB 1517)

Transit-oriented development

Promoting transit-oriented development.

S Transportation

Liias

Support

High

SSB 5491

Residential building exits

Allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions.

S Rules 2

Salomon

Oppose

High

SSB 5528 (HB 1524)

Construction retainage

Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors.

S Rules 2

Stanford

Concerns

Medium

SSB 5651 (HB 1723)

GMA/equity and env. justice

Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.

S Ways & Means

Lovelett

Oppose

High

SB 5741 (HB 1817)

Housing gap voucher pilot

Establishing a housing gap voucher pilot program.

S Housing

Braun

 

High

OTHER CHAMBER BILLS

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1258 (SB 5465)

Tourism marketing

Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements.

H Rules R

Ryu

Support

High

SHB 1746 (SB 5718)

State broadband map

Concerning a state broadband map.

H Cap Budget

Ryu

 

Medium

SB 5465 (SHB 1258)

Tourism marketing

Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements.

S Ways & Means

Stanford

Support

High

PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1363 (SB 5352)

Vehicular pursuits

Concerning vehicular pursuits.

H Transportation

Rule

Support

High

HB 1380

Law enf. officer funding

Providing funding for the recruitment, retention, and support of law enforcement officers.

H Approps

Stokesbary

Support

High

SHB 1492

State v. Blake relief

Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake.

H Approps

Simmons

Concerns

High

HB 1530

Law enf. employ. eligibility

Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions.

H Rules R

Cortes

Support

Medium

SHB 1586

Vehicular pursuits work grp.

Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits.

H Approps

Goodman

Support

High

SB 5160

Organized retail theft

Concerning organized retail theft.

S 2nd Reading

Torres

Support

High

SSB 5502

Sub. use disorder treatment

Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.

S Ways & Means

Gildon

Support

High

SSB 5542

EV supply equipment

Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment.

S Rules 2

Wilson

 

Medium

TRANSPORTATION

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1084

Freight mobility priority

Concerning freight mobility prioritization.

H Rules R

Fey

Concerns

Medium

HB 1125 (SB 5162)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

H Transportation

Fey

Concerns

High

HB 1126 (SB 5164)

Transportation budget, supp.

Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

H Transportation

Fey

Concerns

High

SHB 1236

Clean fuel/public transport.

Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation.

S Environment, En

Hackney

 

Medium

HB 1472

Motor vehicle sales tax

Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation.

H Approps

Barkis

Support

Medium

HB 1719

I-405 express & HOV lanes

Modifying the hours of operation for the Interstate 405 express toll lanes and high occupancy vehicle lanes.

H Transportation

Walsh

Concerns

High

Uncategorized Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

Priority

SHB 1124

Residential rent and fees

Protecting tenants from excessive rent and related fees by providing at least six months' notice for rent increases over a certain amount, allowing tenants the right to terminate a tenancy without penalty, and limiting late fees.

H Rules R

Peterson

Concerns

High

HB 1556 (SB 5495)

Property tax rebates

Concerning property tax rebates for homeowners and renters.

H Finance

Berg

Oppose

High

HB 1761

Property tax exemption

Increasing the personal property tax exemption.

H Finance

Christian

Support

Medium

SSB 5447 (HB 1505)

Alternative jet fuel

Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington.

S Ways & Means

Billig

Support

High

SB 5495 (HB 1556)

Property tax rebates

Concerning property tax rebates for homeowners and renters.

S Ways & Means

Kuderer

Oppose

High

 

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