Feb 07, 2023  -  Uncategorized

Upcoming Events

 

Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/6 @ 10:30am

SB 5541 - Public Hearing - Providing transparency in supply chains. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)SIGN IN OPPOSED

·       Requires every seller and manufacturer doing business in Washington and having annual worldwide gross receipts of $75,000,000 or more to disclose its efforts to eradicate human trafficking and forced labor from its direct supply chain for tangible goods offered for sale.

·       Requires the Department of Revenue to submit a list of noncompliant sellers and manufacturers to the Attorney General and Legislature.

SB 5563 - Public Hearing - Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

 

Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/6 @ 10:30am

SB 5467 - Public Hearing - Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) DO WE WANT TO CHANGE POSITION? 

·       Requires the court to vacate the conviction of individuals convicted of possession of a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or legend drug if the individual successfully completes substance use disorder treatment as a condition of probation.

·       Requires the court to sentence individuals convicted of possession of a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, or a schedule II legend drug who do not agree to comply with substance use disorder treatment as a condition of probation to no less than 45 days in jail.

·       Provides for dismissal of a charge of possession of prohibited substance if the individual completes substance use disorder treatment prior to conviction on the charge.

·       Requires the toxicology laboratory to complete the necessary analysis of suspected drug evidence within 30 days of receipt of the request for analysis.

SB 5536 - Public Hearing - Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) DO WE WANT TO CHANGE POSITION?

·       Requires the court to vacate the conviction of individuals convicted of possession of a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or legend drug if the individual successfully completes substance use disorder treatment as a condition of probation.

·       Requires the court to sentence individuals convicted of possession of a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, or a schedule II legend drug who do not agree to comply with substance use disorder treatment as a condition of probation to no less than 45 days in jail.

·       Provides for dismissal of a charge of possession of prohibited substance if the individual completes substance use disorder treatment prior to conviction on the charge.

·       Requires the toxicology laboratory to complete the necessary analysis of suspected drug evidence within 30 days of receipt of the request for analysis.

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/6 @ 1:30pm

HB 1530 - Public Hearing - Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

·       Allows law enforcement agencies to consider applications of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents for offices, places, positions, or employment.

·       Specifies that deputy prosecutors do not have to be qualified electors in the county in which they serve, but must be United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/6 @ 1:30pm

HB 1308 - Public Hearing - Concerning high school graduation pathway options. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)MOVE TO SUPPORT/MEDIUM AND SIGN IN?

·       Establishes a graduation pathway option that enables students to meet pathway requirements by completing a performance-based learning experience.

·       Establishes requirements for the performance-based learning experience pathway and prescribes duties that the State Board of Education (SBE) and school districts must meet before the pathway can be offered to students.

·       Directs the SBE to review and monitor the implementation of graduation pathway options to ensure school district compliance with requirements.

HB 1565 - Public Hearing - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1658 - Public Hearing - Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) MOVE TO SUPPORT HIGH AND SIGN IN OR HAVE CHAMBER EXEC(S) TESTIFY?

 

Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/6 @ 1:30pm

HB 1589 - Public Hearing - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High) NEED TO CHANGE POSITION – THIS IS A PSE SUPPORTED BILL.  DOES PSE WANT US TO SIGN IN TO SUPPORT?

HB 1619 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing development and acquisition of renewable energy resources. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) CHANGE TO SUPPORT/MEDIUM AND SIGN IN TO SUPPORT

 

Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/6 @ 1:30pm

HB 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). (Monitoring)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/6 @ 4:00pm

SHB 1170 - Public Hearing - Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)

SHB 1181 - Public Hearing - Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)CHANGE TO OPPOSE – SIGN IN AGAINST?

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/6 @ 4:00pm

SSB 5045 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5166 - Public Hearing - Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5465 - Public Hearing - Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

 

Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 8:00am

HB 1527 - Public Hearing - Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1561 - Public Hearing - Increasing the public utility tax exemption threshold and annually adjusting the threshold for inflation. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1756 - Public Hearing - Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 2/7 @ 8:00am

SB 5457 - Exec Session - Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities. (Monitoring)

SB 5466 - Exec Session - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Monitoring)

SB 5553 - Public Hearing - Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5604 - Public Hearing - Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

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

 

Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 10:30am

HB 1572 - Exec Session - Concerning venue for actions for the recovery of taxes. (Monitoring)

 

Human Services (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/7 @ 10:30am

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

SB 5644 - Public Hearing - Concerning juvenile records. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)

 

Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/7 @ 10:30am

SB 5061 - Exec Session - Concerning access to personnel records. (Concerns/Medium)

SB 5109 - Exec Session - Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. (Monitoring)

SB 5217 - Exec Session - Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. (Oppose/High)

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

SB 5368 - Exec Session - Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities. (Monitoring)

SB 5417 - Exec Session - Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters. (Monitoring)

SB 5524 - Public Hearing - Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)CHANGE TO OPPOSE AND SIGN IN AGAINST?

SB 5586 - Exec Session - Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data. (Monitoring)

 

Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 10:30am

HB 1524 - Public Hearing - Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1534 - Public Hearing - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/7 @ 10:30am

SB 5542 - Public Hearing - Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 10:30am

HB 1510 - Public Hearing - Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1519 - Public Hearing - Concerning local project review. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)

HB 1575 - Public Hearing - Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1585 - Public Hearing - Addressing local infrastructure project areas. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

HB 1628 - Public Hearing - Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

State Government & Elections (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/7 @ 1:30pm

SB 5418 - Public Hearing - Expanding the definition of public work. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 4:00pm

HB 1505 - Public Hearing - Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)Change to support and sign in?

 

Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 4:00pm

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

HB 1252 - Exec Session - Concerning impact fee deferrals. (Support/Medium)

HB 1517 - Public Hearing - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)Change to support and sign in?

HB 1611 - Exec Session - Concerning local government permitting. (Monitoring)

 

Regulated Substances & Gaming (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 4:00pm

HB 1612 - Public Hearing - Concerning the regulation of products containing THC. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)Regulates so that fewer stores will sell, does not expand.

 

Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/7 @ 4:00pm

SB 5575 - Public Hearing - Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (Monitoring)

 

Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/8 @ 8:00am

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

 

Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/8 @ 8:00am

SB 5570 - Public Hearing - Authorizing electric utilities to establish energy efficiency revolving loan programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)Move to SUPPORT and sign in?

SB 5577 - Public Hearing - Establishing and making appropriations for the capital broadband investment acceleration program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)Move to SUPPORT and sign in?

 

Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/8 @ 8:00am

SB 5522 - Public Hearing - Adding a stipend to the Washington college grant program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5566 - Public Hearing - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/8 @ 8:00am

HB 1746 - Public Hearing - Concerning a state broadband map. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/8 @ 8:00am

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

HB 1656 - Public Hearing - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

 

Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/8 @ 8:00am

HB 1351 - Exec Session - Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. (Monitoring) THIS ONE WAS SUPPORTED BY BIAW

·       Removes existing minimum residential parking requirements for cities and counties planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA).

·       Prohibits cities and counties planning under the GMA from imposing minimum parking requirements within certain distances of transit stops receiving various levels of transit services, with exceptions.

HB 1596 - Public Hearing - Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/8 @ 1:30pm

SB 5617 - Public Hearing - Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/8 @ 1:30pm

SB 5496 - 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). (Monitoring)

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/9 @ 8:00am

HB 1363 - Exec Session - Concerning vehicular pursuits. (Monitoring)

HB 1579 - Exec Session - Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force. (Monitoring)

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

 

Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/9 @ 8:00am

SB 5528 - Public Hearing - Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

 

Health & Long Term Care (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/9 @ 10:30am

SB 5526 - Public Hearing - Concerning nursing facility rates. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5532 - Public Hearing - Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/9 @ 1:30pm

HB 1231 - Public Hearing - Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/9 @ 1:30pm

HB 1557 - Public Hearing - Concerning the classification of digital processing services. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/9 @ 4:00pm

HB 1436 - Public Hearing - Funding special education. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) MOVE TO SUPPORT AND SIGN IN?

 

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

SSB 5243 - Public Hearing - Concerning high school and beyond planning. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SB 5301 - Public Hearing - Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (Monitoring)

SSB 5311 - Public Hearing - Concerning special education funding formula. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SSB 5315 - Public Hearing - Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)

SB 5316 - Public Hearing - Concerning background check and licensing fees for programs administered by the department of children, youth, and families. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

SSB 5423 - Public Hearing - Providing eligibility for working connections child care benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

Health & Long Term Care (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/10 @ 8:00am

SB 5537 - Public Hearing - Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 


 

High Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1110 (SB 5190)

Middle housing

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

H Housing

Bateman

Support

SHB 1133 (SB 5357)

Detached ADUs

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

H Rules R

Chapman

Support

HB 1192 (SB 5165)

Electric transm. planning

Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

H Env & Energy

Duerr

Support

HB 1244 (SB 5692)

Enrichment levy authority

Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority.

H Exec Action

Ramel

Support

HB 1258 (SB 5465)

Tourism marketing

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

H Approps

Ryu

Support

HB 1296 (SB 5290)

Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

H Approps

Peterson

Support

HB 1347

Comm.-based health assess.

Integrating community-based health assessments into foundational environmental policies to improve environmental justice.

H Env & Energy

Pollet

Oppose

HB 1380

Law enf. officer funding

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

H Approps

Stokesbary

Support

HB 1391

Energy in buildings

Concerning energy in buildings.

H Env & Energy

Ramel

Oppose

HB 1446 (SSB 5361)

Law enf. officers/increase

Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers.

H Local Govt

Stokesbary

Support

HB 1449

Project permits/reports

Amending reporting requirements for the project permit application processing timeline.

H Local Govt

Alvarado

Support

HB 1456

Definition of theft

Concerning the definition of theft.

H Community Safe

Griffey

Support

HB 1492

State v. Blake relief

Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake.

H Civil R & Judi

Simmons

Concerns

HB 1519

Local project review

Concerning local project review.

H Local Govt

Barkis

Support

HB 1589 (SB 5562)

Clean energy

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

H Env & Energy

Doglio

Oppose

HB 1625 (SB 5615)

Rent controls/local gov.

Enabling local governments to plan and adopt programs to stabilize and control rents.

H Housing

Pollet

Oppose

HB 1649

Prejudgment interest

Concerning prejudgment interest.

H Civil R & Judi

Hackney

Oppose

HB 1659

Carbon market prices

Preventing carbon market price manipulation.

H Env & Energy

Dye

 

HB 1691

Eluding a police vehicle

Expanding penalties for the crime of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle.

H Community Safe

Connors

Support

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

SB 5165 (HB 1192)

Electric transm. planning

Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

S Environment, E

Nguyen

Concerns

SSB 5202 (HB 1149)

Housing/capital expenditures

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

S RecComm

Trudeau

 

SB 5217

Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I

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

S Labor & Comm

Dhingra

Oppose

SB 5236

Hospital staffing standards

Concerning hospital staffing standards.

S Labor & Comm

Robinson

Oppose

SB 5290 (HB 1296)

Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

S Loc Gov, Land

Mullet

Support

SSB 5315

Special education/nonpublic

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

S Ways & Means

Wilson

Oppose

SB 5327

Intern wages

Concerning paying interns.

S Labor & Comm

Keiser

Concerns

SB 5337

Property sale and leaseback

Exempting the sale and leaseback of property by a seller from the residential landlord-tenant act when the seller agrees to a written lease at closing.

S Housing

Cleveland

Support

SB 5447 (HB 1505)

Alternative jet fuel

Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington.

S Environment, E

Billig

Support

SB 5465 (HB 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

SB 5473

Project permit timelines

Concerning project permit timelines.

S Loc Gov, Land

Gildon

Support

SB 5479

Long-term care/referendum

Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program.

S Labor & Comm

Schoesler

Support

SB 5482 (HB 1644)

Margin tax

Concerning the margin tax.

S Business, Fin

Frame

 

SB 5502

Sub. use disorder treatment

Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.

S Human Services

Gildon

Support

SB 5541

Supply chain transparency

Providing transparency in supply chains.

S Labor & Comm

Dhingra

Oppose

SB 5562 (HB 1589)

Clean energy

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

S Environment, E

Nguyen

Oppose

SB 5615 (HB 1625)

Rent controls/local gov.

Enabling local governments to plan and adopt programs to stabilize and control rents.

S Loc Gov, Land

Valdez

Concerns

SB 5618

Local property tax limit

Increasing the local property tax revenue growth limit.

S Loc Gov, Land

Kuderer

Oppose

SB 5651 (HB 1723)

GMA/equity and env. justice

Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

Concerns

Medium Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1000

Working families' tax credit

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

H Finance

Stokesbary

 

HB 1084

Freight mobility priority

Concerning freight mobility prioritization.

H Transportation

Fey

Concerns

HB 1099

Public works wages

Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.

H Cap Budget

Berry

Oppose

HB 1131 (SB 5154)

Solid waste management

Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

H Exec Action

Berry

Concerns

HB 1135 (SB 5452)

Impact fee use

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

H Rules R

Slatter

Concerns

HB 1152 (SSB 5171)

Consumer products/gender

Addressing consumer gender discrimination.

H ConsPro&Bus

Mena

Concerns

SHB 1170 (SSB 5093)

Climate response strategy

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

H Approps

Street

Concerns

HB 1252

Impact fee deferrals

Concerning impact fee deferrals.

H Housing

Bateman

Support

HB 1282 (SB 5322)

Public building materials

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

H Cap Budget

Duerr

Oppose

HB 1320 (SB 5061)

Personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

H Labor & Workpl

Reed

Concerns

HB 1404 (SB 5117)

State building code council

Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority.

H Local Govt

Goehner

Support

HB 1409 (SB 5416)

Building code classif.

Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications.

H Local Govt

Abbarno

Support

HB 1472

Motor vehicle sales tax

Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation.

H Approps

Barkis

Support

HB 1479 (SB 5559)

Student restraint, isolation

Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs.

H Education

Callan

Support

HB 1502

PFML job protection study

Concerning studying the impacts of job protection on the utilization of paid family medical leave benefits.

H Labor & Workpl

Berry

Oppose

HB 1509

Community solar

Concerning fair access to community solar.

H Env & Energy

Hackney

Oppose

HB 1521 (SB 5524)

Industrial insurance/duties

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

H Labor & Workpl

Bronoske

Oppose

HB 1574

Methane/agriculture

Supporting Washington agriculture by capturing methane and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

H Ag&Nr

Rule

Support

HB 1656 (SB 5240)

Unemployment ins. appeals

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

H Labor & Workpl

Schmidt

Support

SB 5061 (HB 1320)

Personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

S Labor & Comm

Kuderer

Concerns

SB 5111

Sick leave/construction

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

S Labor & Comm

Keiser

Oppose

SB 5154 (HB 1131)

Solid waste management

Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

S Environment, E

Rolfes

Concerns

SSB 5171 (HB 1152)

Consumer products/gender

Addressing consumer gender discrimination.

S Ways & Means

Dhingra

Concerns

SB 5416 (HB 1409)

Building code classif.

Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications.

S State Govt & E

Braun

Support

SB 5452 (HB 1135)

Impact fee use

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

S LGLTDP

Shewmake

Concerns

SB 5563 (HB 1667)

Prevailing wage

Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined.

S Labor & Comm

King

Support

SB 5644

Juvenile records

Concerning juvenile records.

S Human Services

Frame

Concerns

SB 5655

WA achievers grant program

Creating the Washington achievers grant program.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Torres

 

Low Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1175 (SB 5233)

Petroleum storage tanks

Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks.

H Approps

Doglio

Support

SB 5233 (HB 1175)

Petroleum storage tanks

Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks.

S Environment, E

Wellman

Support

Monitoring Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1003

Dual credit program access

Expanding access to dual credit programs.

H Education

Stokesbary

 

HB 1005

Military/employer tax incen.

Concerning employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families.

H Finance

Abbarno

 

HB 1011

Long-term care/repeal

Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program.

H HC/Wellness

Abbarno

 

HB 1018 (SB 5030)

Hog fuel/tax exemption

Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.

H Rules R

Tharinger

 

HB 1025

Police/private actions

Creating a private right of action for harm from violations of the state Constitution or state law by peace officers.

H Civil R & Judi

Thai

 

SHB 1026

Local gov. design review

Concerning local government design review.

H 2nd Reading

Walen

 

SHB 1042

Use of existing buildings

Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes.

H 2nd Reading

Walen

 

HB 1046

Housing dev. income limits

Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits.

S Housing

Walen

 

HB 1050

Apprenticeship utilization

Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements.

H Cap Budget

Riccelli

 

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 Finance

Ramel

 

HB 1058 (SB 5251)

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.

H Rules R

Paul

 

HB 1067

High-hazard facility wages

Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities.

H Labor & Workpl

Bronoske

Oppose

SHB 1068 (SB 5212)

Injured worker medical exams

Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.

H 2nd Reading

Bronoske

 

HB 1086

Community org. contracts

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

H 2nd Reading

Shavers

 

HB 1095 (SB 5109)

Wage replacement

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

H Labor & Workpl

Walen

 

SHB 1106

Unemployment/voluntary

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

H Rules R

Fosse

 

HB 1125 (SB 5162)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

H Transportation

Fey

 

HB 1126 (SB 5164)

Transportation budget, supp.

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

H Transportation

Fey

 

HB 1136

Employee expenditures

Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses.

H Labor & Workpl

Reeves

 

HB 1137

Return-to-work opportunities

Creating equitable access to return-to-work opportunities in workers' compensation.

H Labor & Workpl

Mosbrucker

 

HB 1140 (SB 5187)

Operating budget

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

H Approps

Ormsby

 

HB 1141 (SB 5188)

Operating budget, supp.

Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations.

H Approps

Ormsby

 

HB 1146

Dual credit program notice

Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance.

H EDDP

Paul

 

HB 1147 (SB 5200)

Capital budget

Concerning the capital budget.

H Cap Budget

Tharinger

 

HB 1149 (SSB 5202)

Housing/capital expenditures

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

H Cap Budget

Tharinger

 

SHB 1163

Leasehold tax/arenas

Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax.

H Rules R

Fey

 

HB 1164

Appliance management

Providing for the responsible management of appliances containing harmful gases and other materials.

H Env & Energy

Doglio

 

HB 1167

Residential housing

Concerning residential housing regulations.

H Exec Action

Duerr

 

SHB 1176 (SB 5247)

Climate-ready communities

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

H Approps

Slatter

 

SHB 1181 (SB 5203)

Climate change/planning

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

H Approps

Duerr

 

HB 1191 (SB 5166)

Cooperative finance org. B&O

Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations.

H Rules R

Springer

 

HB 1193

Greenhouse gas/building code

Affirming that the legislature has not provided authority for the state building code council to use greenhouse gas emissions as a consideration in residential building codes or energy codes.

H Env & Energy

Dye

 

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 Approps

Bronoske

 

HB 1198 (SB 5402)

PTBA/limited law enforcement

Authorizing public transportation benefit areas to become limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies.

H Community Safet

Bronoske

 

HB 1211 (SSB 5311)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding formula.

H Approps

Bergquist

 

HB 1215 (SB 5266)

Riparian areas

Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas.

H Ag&Nr

Chapman

 

HB 1216 (SB 5380)

Clean energy siting

Concerning clean energy siting.

H Env & Energy

Fitzgibbon

 

HB 1217

Wage complaints

Concerning wage complaints.

H Labor & Workpl

Ortiz-Self

 

HB 1219 (SB 5575)

PTBA governing bodies

Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies.

H Transportation

Pollet

 

HB 1223

Emissions limits/use

Clarifying that the statutory statewide emissions limits are not to be used for evaluation and government decision making with respect to individual projects or government decisions except where such use is explicitly statutorily authorized.

H Env & Energy

McEntire

 

HB 1224

Environmental permitting

Expediting environmental permitting for job-creating investment in Washington.

H Env & Energy

McEntire

 

HB 1227

Employer health care funding

Assessing employers for their employees' health care costs paid by the state.

H Labor & Workpl

Reeves

 

HB 1231 (SB 5229)

Site readiness grants

Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants.

H Cap Budget

Berg

 

SHB 1236

Clean fuel/public transport.

Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation.

H ENVIDPS

Hackney

 

HB 1239

Educator ethics & complaints

Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.

H Education

Santos

 

HB 1245 (SSB 5364)

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

H Exec Action

Barkis

 

HB 1254 (SB 5406)

Periodic adjustments/DOR

Clarifying ambiguities in statutory provisions administered by the department of revenue relating to periodic adjustments.

H Finance

Street

 

HB 1260 (SSB 5480)

Work-limiting disability

Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity.

H Exec Action

Alvarado

 

HB 1263 (SB 5241)

Health care marketplace

Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

H Civil R & Judi

Simmons

 

HB 1273 (SSB 5243)

High school and beyond plans

Concerning high school and beyond planning.

H Education

Berg

 

HB 1276 (SB 5235)

Accessory dwelling units

Concerning accessory dwelling units.

H Housing

Pollet

 

SHB 1277

Paraeducator course of study

Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators.

H 2nd Reading

Donaghy

 

SHB 1289 (SSB 5221)

Opportunity scholarship

Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program.

H Rules R

Reed

 

HB 1298 (SB 5258)

Condos and townhouses

Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership.

H Civil R & Judi

Hutchins

 

HB 1301

License review and reporting

Creating license review and reporting requirements.

H CPBDP

McClintock

 

HB 1304

Electric security alarms

Regulating electric security alarm systems.

H Local Govt

Hackney

 

HB 1305

Students with disabilities

Improving access to and provision of a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities.

H Education

Pollet

 

HB 1308

Graduation pathway options

Concerning high school graduation pathway options.

H Education

Stonier

 

HB 1316

Dual credit program access

Expanding access to dual credit programs.

H Education

Paul

 

HB 1337

Accessory dwelling units

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

H Exec Action

Gregerson

 

HB 1342

Embodied carbon reductions

Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects.

H Cap Budget

Steele

 

HB 1350

Multifamily unit conversion

Expanding the multifamily tax exemption program to include converting existing multifamily units.

H Housing

Walen

 

HB 1351 (SB 5456)

Minimum parking requirements

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

H Local Govt

Reed

 

HB 1363 (SB 5352)

Vehicular pursuits

Concerning vehicular pursuits.

H Community Safe

Rule

 

HB 1366

First-time home buyers

Changing the definition of first-time home buyer.

H Cap Budget

Donaghy

 

HB 1367

Homeless funding

Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements.

H HOUSDP

Donaghy

 

HB 1374 (SSB 5305)

Office of career connect WA

Establishing the office of career connect Washington.

H Postsec Ed & W

Slatter

 

HB 1387

Law enf. applicant pool

Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a program to recruit and train a pool of applicants who may be employed by certain law enforcement agencies in the state.

H Community Safe

Ramos

 

HB 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 Housing

Macri

 

HB 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 Housing

Ramel

 

HB 1390

District energy systems

Concerning district energy systems.

H Env & Energy

Ramel

 

HB 1398

Economic development info.

Requiring state agencies to share information to encourage economic development.

H Labor & Workpl

Chapman

 

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 Exec Action

Jacobsen

 

HB 1402

Urban growth boundaries

Adjusting urban growth boundaries to account for situations where property owners have not developed property as expected in comprehensive plans and development regulations.

H Local Govt

Jacobsen

 

HB 1411

Cross-sector prof. dev.

Supporting student success through cross-sector professional development.

H Education

Ortiz-Self

 

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.

H ENVIDP

Doglio

 

HB 1429

Educational employee strikes

Prohibiting strikes by employees covered by the educational employment relations act and authorizing interest arbitration.

H Labor & Workpla

Stokesbary

 

SHB 1433

Energy labeling/residential

Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

H ENVIDPS

Duerr

 

HB 1436

Special education funding

Funding special education.

H Approps

Pollet

 

HB 1467

Property infill/GMA

Concerning infill for properties uniquely situated between boundaries and existing development.

H Local Govt

Barkis

 

HB 1468

Impact fee deferrals

Concerning impact fee deferrals.

H Local Govt

Goehner

 

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

 

HB 1474 (SB 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 Housing

Taylor

 

HB 1476 (SB 5289)

Impact fees/law enforcement

Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement.

H Local Govt

Shavers

 

HB 1480

All-hazard emergency manage.

Concerning energy resilience, cybersecurity, and all-hazard emergency management.

H Innov, Comm &

Donaghy

 

HB 1484

Estate tax exclusion amount

Updating the estate tax exclusion amount.

H Finance

Orcutt

 

HB 1491

Employee personal vehicles

Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.

H Labor & Workpl

Orcutt

 

HB 1495 (SB 5373)

ARNP, PA, & MD reimbursement

Requiring equal reimbursement for advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.

H HC/Wellness

Simmons

 

HB 1505 (SB 5447)

Alternative jet fuel

Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington.

H Env & Energy

Slatter

 

HB 1508 (SB 5519)

Health care cost board

Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.

H HC/Wellness

Macri

 

HB 1510

Community preservation auth.

Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060.

H Local Govt

Santos

 

HB 1517 (SB 5466)

Transit-oriented development

Promoting transit-oriented development.

H Housing

Reed

 

HB 1524 (SB 5528)

Prime contractor retainage

Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors.

H Labor & Workpl

Bronoske

 

HB 1527 (SB 5539)

Tax increment financing

Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program.

H Finance

Wylie

 

HB 1530

Law enf. employ. eligibility

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

H Community Safe

Cortes

 

HB 1534

Construction consumers

Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry.

H Labor & Workpl

Orwall

 

HB 1535

Gubernatorial proclamations

Increasing legislative involvement in gubernatorial proclamations relating to a state of emergency.

H State Govt & T

Corry

 

HB 1537

Child care licensing

Concerning licensing requirements for child care centers and indoor early learning programs.

H Human Svc, You

Couture

 

HB 1541 (SB 5616)

Lived experience

Establishing the nothing about us without us act.

H State Govt & T

Farivar

 

HB 1542

AEDs/high voltage work

Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment.

H Labor & Workpl

Bronoske

 

HB 1544 (SB 5159)

Shoreline program review

Concerning shoreline master program review schedules.

H ENVIDP

Alvarado

 

HB 1545

Vaccination/online students

Prohibiting institutions of higher education from imposing vaccine or immunization mandates on online-only students.

H Postsec Ed & W

Caldier

 

HB 1547

Out-of-state health prov.

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

H HC/Wellness

Caldier

 

HB 1549

AP course options

Increasing AP course options.

H Education

Stonier

 

HB 1550

Transition to kindergarten

Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program.

H Education

Santos

 

HB 1554

Lead impacts

Reducing public health and environmental impacts from lead.

H Env & Energy

Doglio

 

HB 1557 (SB 5483)

Digital processing services

Concerning the classification of digital processing services.

H Finance

Santos

 

HB 1559 (SB 5566)

Postsecondary student needs

Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.

H Postsec Ed & W

Entenman

 

HB 1561

Public utility tax exemption

Increasing the public utility tax exemption threshold and annually adjusting the threshold for inflation.

H Finance

Jacobsen

 

HB 1565

Prof. education workforce

Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce.

H Education

Ortiz-Self

 

HB 1570

TNC insurance programs

Concerning social insurance programs applicable to transportation network companies and drivers.

H Labor & Workpl

Berry

 

HB 1571 (SB 5526)

Nursing facility rates

Concerning nursing facility rates.

H Approps

Tharinger

 

HB 1572

Recovery of taxes/venue

Concerning venue for actions for the recovery of taxes.

H Civil R & Judi

Springer

 

HB 1575 (SB 5612)

Cultural access programs/tax

Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action.

H Local Govt

Reed

 

HB 1579

Independent prosecutions

Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force.

H Community Safe

Stonier

 

HB 1585

Local infra. project areas

Addressing local infrastructure project areas.

H Local Govt

Cortes

 

HB 1586

Vehicular pursuits work grp.

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

H Community Safe

Goodman

 

HB 1596

Affordable housing incentive

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

H Local Govt

Kloba

 

HB 1605 (SB 5668)

Small districts/skill center

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

H Education

Rule

 

HB 1606

Electronic commerce

Increasing accountability for products sold on electronic commerce platforms.

H ConsPro&Bus

Ryu

 

HB 1611

Local government permitting

Concerning local government permitting.

H Housing

Reed

 

HB 1612 (SB 5367)

Products containing THC

Concerning the regulation of products containing THC.

H Reg Subst & Ga

Kloba

 

HB 1613 (SB 5467)

Controlled sub. possession

Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances.

H Community Safe

Rule

 

HB 1616 (SB 5643)

Personal data rights charter

Creating a charter of people's personal data rights.

H Civil R & Judi

Kloba

 

HB 1619

Renewable energy resources

Incentivizing development and acquisition of renewable energy resources.

H Env & Energy

Fey

 

HB 1621

Local government procurement

Concerning standardizing local government procurement rules among special purpose districts, first-class and second-class cities, and public utility districts.

H Local Govt

Ryu

 

HB 1622

Students/homelessness

Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness.

H Education

Fey

 

HB 1623

Regional economic dev.

Concerning regional economic development visions and action plans.

H Innov, Comm &

Volz

 

HB 1628

Real estate excise tax

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

H Local Govt

Chopp

 

HB 1644 (SB 5482)

Margin tax

Concerning the margin tax.

H Finance

Walen

 

HB 1658

Work experience/H.S. credit

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

H Education

Shavers

 

HB 1667 (SB 5563)

Prevailing wage

Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined.

H Labor & Workpl

Schmidt

 

HB 1670

Property tax limit factor

Raising the limit factor for property taxes.

H Finance

Ormsby

 

HB 1679

Student homelessness group

Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both.

H Human Svc, You

Rule

 

HB 1687 (SB 5548)

Vehicle service fees

Addressing vehicle service fees.

H Transportation

Eslick

 

HB 1695 (SB 5674)

Surplus property/housing

Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit.

H Housing

Alvarado

 

HB 1702 (SB 5686)

Senior citizens local tax

Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens.

H Local Govt

Orcutt

 

HB 1703

Local property tax levies

Imposing local property tax levies wholly credited against the state property tax to provide support and services for veterans' assistance and for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs.

H Local Govt

Orcutt

 

HB 1704

Sales and use tax rate

Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.

H Finance

Orcutt

 

HB 1709 (SSB 5301)

Commerce housing programs

Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce.

H Cap Budget

Tharinger

 

HB 1710 (SB 5248)

Tutoring & extended learning

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

H Approps

Rude

 

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

 

HB 1721

Skill center class size

Concerning skill center class size.

H Approps

Paul

 

HB 1723 (SB 5651)

GMA/equity and env. justice

Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.

H Local Govt

Duerr

 

HB 1727

Transaction fees

Ensuring fairness and consistency for Washington state businesses by leveling the playing field on transaction fees.

H ConsPro&Bus

Chapman

 

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

 

HB 1733

Nursing degrees

Accessing degrees in nursing.

H Postsec Ed & W

Paul

 

HB 1735

GMA/net ecological gain

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

H Env & Energy

Lekanoff

 

HB 1741

Prototypical school formulas

Increasing prototypical school formulas to support student health, well-being, and educational outcomes.

H Approps

Rule

 

HB 1743

Employee ownership

Concerning employee ownership.

H Innov, Comm & E

Doglio

 

HB 1746

State broadband map

Concerning a state broadband map.

H Innov, Comm & E

Ryu

 

HB 1748 (SB 5532)

Small rural hospital payment

Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.

H HC/Wellness

Mosbrucker

 

HB 1756

 

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

H Finance

Ramel

 

HJR 4200

Owner-occupied property/tax

Setting the taxable value of owner-occupied property.

H Finance

Walsh

 

HJR 4202

Tax referendums

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for an automatic referendum on tax acts.

H State Govt & T

Volz

 

SSB 5005

Real property

Concerning real property.

S 2nd RdConsCal

Pedersen

 

SB 5016

Homelessness

Addressing homelessness through providing emergency shelter, incentivizing employment of workers experiencing homelessness, and building homes for a better future.

S Housing

Fortunato

 

SB 5017

Motor vehicles sales tax use

Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses.

S Ways & Means

Fortunato

 

SB 5018

Sales tax/transp. projects

Concerning sales tax revenues of transportation projects being used for transportation purposes.

S Transportation

Fortunato

 

SB 5027

American dream homes

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

S Housing

Fortunato

 

SB 5030 (HB 1018)

Hog fuel/tax exemption

Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.

S Ways & Means

Van De Wege

 

SB 5034

Vehicular pursuits

Concerning the authority for a peace officer to engage in a vehicular pursuit.

S Law & Justice

Padden

 

SB 5037

Natural gas/energy code

Ensuring that the Washington state energy code may not prohibit the use of natural gas in buildings.

S Environment, E

Wilson

 

SSB 5045

ADU rental/property tax

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

S Ways & Means

Kuderer

 

SSB 5048

College in high school fees

Eliminating college in the high school fees.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

 

SB 5057

Energy standards/commercial

Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings.

S Environment, E

Mullet

 

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.

S 2nd Reading

Padden

 

SB 5060

Rental & vacant properties

Requiring the registration of rental and vacant housing units.

S Housing

Kuderer

 

SB 5062

Online marketplaces

Concerning online marketplace consumer protection caused by organized retail crime.

S Environment, E

Lovick

 

SB 5063

Gubernatorial emergencies

Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency.

S State Govt & E

Wilson

 

SB 5068

Motor vehicle sales tax

Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation.

S Ways & Means

MacEwen

 

SB 5090

Torts

Concerning tort actions.

S Law & Justice

Padden

 

SB 5091

Hydrogen fuel cells

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

S Business, Fin

King

 

SSB 5093 (SHB 1170)

Climate response strategy

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

S Ways & Means

Rolfes

 

SB 5109 (HB 1095)

Wage replacement

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

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

 

SSB 5110

Labor practices/penalties

Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW.

S 2nd Reading

Keiser

 

SB 5117 (HB 1404)

State building code council

Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority.

S State Govt & E

Wilson

 

SB 5118

Multifamily property tax ex.

Concerning modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing.

S Housing

Kuderer

 

SSB 5120

23-hr crisis relief centers

Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state.

S Ways & Means

Dhingra

 

SSB 5123

Cannabis/employment

Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis.

S Rules 2

Keiser

 

SB 5136

Sales and use tax exemptions

Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of clothing, products for children, and prepared food.

S Ways & Means

Fortunato

 

SB 5138

Vehicles as homestead

Providing that vehicles illegally parked on public property or in a public right-of-way are not homesteads under chapter 6.13 RCW.

S Housing

Fortunato

 

SB 5158

State & local taxation

Concerning transparency in state and local taxation.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

 

SB 5159 (HB 1544)

Shoreline program review

Concerning shoreline master program review schedules.

S Rules 2

Torres

 

SB 5160

Organized retail theft

Concerning organized retail theft.

S 2nd Reading

Torres

 

SB 5162 (HB 1125)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

S Transportation

Liias

 

SB 5164 (HB 1126)

Transportation budget, supp.

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

S Transportation

Liias

 

SB 5166 (HB 1191)

Cooperative finance org. B&O

Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations.

S Ways & Means

Boehnke

 

SB 5168

Energy independence act

Modernizing the energy independence act to avoid regulatory duplication and overlap with other laws.

S Environment, E

Boehnke

 

SB 5187 (HB 1140)

Operating budget

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

S Ways & Means

Rolfes

 

SB 5190 (HB 1110)

Middle housing

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

S Housing

Trudeau

 

SB 5194

Insurance commissioner

Rendering the Washington state insurance commissioner an appointed position.

S State Govt & E

Mullet

 

SB 5200 (HB 1147)

Capital budget

Concerning the capital budget.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

 

SB 5203 (SHB 1181)

Climate change/planning

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

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

 

SB 5212 (SHB 1068)

Injured worker medical exams

Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

 

SSB 5221 (SHB 1289)

Opportunity scholarship

Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program.

S Ways & Means

Liias

 

SSB 5225

Working conn. child care

Increasing access to the working connections child care program.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

 

SB 5229 (HB 1231)

Site readiness grants

Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants.

S Ways & Means

Frame

 

SB 5235 (HB 1276)

Accessory dwelling units

Concerning accessory dwelling units.

S Loc Gov, Land

Shewmake

 

SB 5240 (HB 1656)

Unemployment ins. appeals

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

S Rules 2

Braun

 

SB 5241 (HB 1263)

Health care marketplace

Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

S Law & Justice

Randall

 

SSB 5243 (HB 1273)

High school and beyond plans

Concerning high school and beyond planning.

S Ways & Means

Wellman

 

SB 5247 (SHB 1176)

Climate-ready communities

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

S Ways & Means

Nobles

 

SB 5248 (HB 1710)

Tutoring & extended learning

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

S EL/K-12

Braun

 

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

 

SB 5258 (HB 1298)

Condos and townhouses

Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership.

S Law & Justice

Shewmake

 

SB 5259

Product theft

Ensuring commerce and workplaces are safe from product theft.

S Labor & Comm

Keiser

 

SB 5266 (HB 1215)

Riparian areas

Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas.

S Ag/Water/Natur

Shewmake

 

SSB 5269

Manufacturing

Concerning Washington state manufacturing.

S RecComm

Shewmake

 

SB 5279

Housing equity property

Expanding a sales and use tax deferral program for affordable housing to include structures initially used as temporary employee housing for employees constructing warehouses, distribution centers, and other large facilities.

S RecComm

Wilson

 

SSB 5286

Paid leave premiums

Modifying the premium provisions of the paid family and medical leave program.

H Labor & Workpla

Robinson

 

SB 5287

Wind turbine blade recycling

Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades.

S 2nd Reading

Wilson

 

SB 5289 (HB 1476)

Impact fees/law enforcement

Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement.

S Loc Gov, Land

Shewmake

 

SB 5292 (HB 1334)

PTBA aquatic lands access

Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area.

S Rules 2

Randall

 

SSB 5301 (HB 1709)

Commerce housing programs

Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce.

S RecComm

Mullet

 

SB 5303

Public works assist. account

Creating the public works assistance revolving account.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

 

SSB 5305 (HB 1374)

Office of career connect WA

Establishing the office of career connect Washington.

S Ways & Means

Wellman

 

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

 

SSB 5311 (HB 1211)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding formula.

S Ways & Means

Wellman

 

SB 5312

Clean energy/residential

Creating a residential property assessed clean energy and resiliency program.

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

 

SB 5316

DCYF background check fees

Concerning background check and licensing fees for programs administered by the department of children, youth, and families.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

 

SSB 5317

RTA vehicle removal

Concerning the removal of vehicles by a regional transit authority when obstructing the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizing public safety.

S Rules 2

Nobles

 

SB 5322 (HB 1282)

Public building materials

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

S Environment, En

Wellman

 

SB 5331

Job search requirements/UI

Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits.

S Rules 2

Conway

 

SB 5332

Homeless camps/schools, etc.

Prohibiting locating homeless encampments near schools and early learning facilities.

S Loc Gov, Land

King

 

SB 5334

Affordable housing funding

Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

 

SB 5335

Washington health trust

Developing the Washington health trust.

S Health & Long

Hasegawa

 

ESB 5336

Main street trust fund

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

H Local Govt

Cleveland

 

SSB 5338

Essential health benefits

Reviewing the state's essential health benefits.

S 2nd Reading

Cleveland

 

SB 5343

School construction costs

Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction.

S EL/K-12

Schoesler

 

SB 5344

Public school revolving fund

Establishing a public school revolving fund.

S RecComm

Schoesler

 

SB 5345

School buildings/energy

Exempting certain public school buildings from the state energy performance standard.

S Environment, E

Schoesler

 

SB 5352 (HB 1363)

Vehicular pursuits

Concerning vehicular pursuits.

S Law & Justice

Lovick

 

SB 5356

Procurement/automated system

Establishing guidelines for government procurement and use of automated decision systems in order to protect consumers, improve transparency, and create more market predictability.

S Environment, E

Hasegawa

 

SB 5357 (SHB 1133)

Detached ADUs

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

S Loc Gov, Land

Gildon

 

SB 5360

Vehicle combinations

Concerning vehicle combinations that may be operated on public highways.

S Transportation

MacEwen

 

SSB 5361 (HB 1446)

Law enf. officers/increase

Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers.

S Ways & Means

Holy

 

SB 5362

Clean fuels program report

Advancing the due date for the department of ecology's report on the effects of the clean fuels program.

S Environment, E

MacEwen

 

SSB 5364 (HB 1245)

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

S LGLTDPS

Frame

 

SB 5366 (HB 1329)

Utility shutoffs/heat

Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.

S Environment, E

Nguyen

 

SB 5367 (HB 1612)

Products containing THC

Concerning the regulation of products containing THC.

S Labor & Comm

Robinson

 

SB 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 Labor & Comm

Keiser

 

SB 5373 (HB 1495)

ARNP, PA, & MD reimbursement

Requiring equal reimbursement for advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.

S Health & Long

Randall

 

SB 5380 (HB 1216)

Clean energy siting

Concerning clean energy siting.

S Environment, E

Nguyen

 

SB 5391

Embodied carbon reductions

Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects.

S Environment, En

Van De Wege

 

SB 5395

Real estate technology fee

Increasing the real estate technology fee dedicated to the maintenance and operation of property tax and real estate excise tax electronic processing, reporting, and revaluation systems.

S Ways & Means

Lovick

 

SB 5407 (HB 1303)

Property tax administration

Concerning the administration of property taxes.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

 

SB 5408

Ninth grade success grants

Establishing the ninth grade success grant program.

S EL/K-12

Liias

 

SB 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 Labor & Comm

Keiser

 

SB 5418

Definition of public work

Expanding the definition of public work.

S State Govt & E

Conway

 

SSB 5423

Working conn. child care

Providing eligibility for working connections child care benefits.

S Ways & Means

Nobles

 

SSB 5429 (HB 1457)

Motor carriers/restrooms

Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW.

S Ways & Means

Stanford

 

SB 5435 (HB 1389)

Residential rent increases

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

S Housing

Trudeau

 

SB 5441

School district curricula

Promoting the adoption of school district curricula that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

S EL/K-12

Wilson

 

SB 5456 (HB 1351)

Minimum parking requirements

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

S Loc Gov, Land

Frame

 

SB 5457

Small cities/GMA

Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities.

S Loc Gov, Land

Short

 

SB 5458

Port district public works

Concerning port districts public works contracting.

S Loc Gov, Land

Kauffman

 

SB 5466 (HB 1517)

Transit-oriented development

Promoting transit-oriented development.

S Loc Gov, Land

Liias

 

SB 5467 (HB 1613)

Controlled sub. possession

Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances.

S Law & Justice

Salomon

 

SB 5469

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.

S Housing

Lovick

 

SB 5472

Hard-to-place job seekers

Providing incentives to employers to hire certain hard-to-place job seekers.

S Labor & Comm

Gildon

 

SB 5483 (HB 1557)

Digital processing services

Concerning the classification of digital processing services.

S Business, Fin

Stanford

 

SB 5486 (HB 1473)

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.

S Ways & Means

Frame

 

SB 5491

Residential building exits

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

S Loc Gov, Land

Salomon

 

SB 5493

Financial instit./B&O tax

Eliminating a business and occupation tax deduction for financial institutions to fund affordable housing.

S Housing

Kuderer

 

SB 5496 (HB 1474)

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.

S Housing

Lovick

 

SB 5519 (HB 1508)

Health care cost board

Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.

S Health & Long

Robinson

 

SB 5522

College grant prg. stipend

Adding a stipend to the Washington college grant program.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Liias

 

SB 5524 (HB 1521)

Industrial insurance/duties

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

S Labor & Comm

Van De Wege

 

SB 5526 (HB 1571)

Nursing facility rates

Concerning nursing facility rates.

S Health & Long

Van De Wege

 

SB 5528 (HB 1524)

Prime contractor retainage

Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

 

SB 5530

Digital experience

Creating a work group to develop a "Whole WA" digital experience that will connect Washington residents to services.

S Environment, E

Gildon

 

SB 5532 (HB 1748)

Small rural hospital payment

Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.

S Health & Long

King

 

SB 5535

Air pollution/human health

Protecting human health from excessive air pollution.

S Environment, E

Stanford

 

SB 5536

Controlled substances

Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment.

S Law & Justice

Robinson

 

SB 5537

Hospital staffing collab.

Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative.

S Health & Long

Cleveland

 

SB 5539 (HB 1527)

Tax increment financing

Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program.

S BFGTDP

Cleveland

 

SB 5542

Vehicle charging equipment

Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment.

S Law & Justice

Wilson

 

SB 5548 (HB 1687)

Vehicle service fees

Addressing vehicle service fees.

S Transportation

Wilson

 

SB 5549

Electric security alarms

Concerning electric security alarm systems.

S Loc Gov, Land

Rivers

 

SB 5551

Methane capture

Supporting Washington's crop and livestock farms, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and generating renewable energy by capturing methane.

S Ag/Water/Natur

Shewmake

 

SB 5553

Temporary emergency shelters

Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption.

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

 

SB 5559 (HB 1479)

Student restraint, isolation

Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs.

S EL/K-12

Wilson

 

SB 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 Ways & Means

Schoesler

Support

SB 5566 (HB 1559)

Postsecondary student needs

Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Shewmake

 

SB 5570

Energy efficiency loans

Authorizing electric utilities to establish energy efficiency revolving loan programs.

S Environment, E

Lovelett

 

SB 5574

Pay per mile fee system

Establishing a pay per mile fee system.

S Transportation

Fortunato

 

SB 5575 (HB 1219)

PTBA governing bodies

Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies.

S RecComm

Liias

 

SB 5577

Capital broadband program

Establishing and making appropriations for the capital broadband investment acceleration program.

S Environment, E

Torres

 

SB 5579

Hydrofluorocarbons/supply

Expanding the department of ecology's authority to refrain from enforcing chapter 70A.60 RCW to mitigate the effects of supply chain problems or other similar disruptions.

S Environment, E

Braun

 

SB 5582

Nurse supply

Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Holy

 

SB 5584

SR 520 tolls

Addressing toll relief on the state route number 520 corridor during planned closures of Interstate 90 between Seattle and Bellevue.

S Transportation

Mullet

 

SB 5586

Paid leave data

Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data.

S Labor & Comm

King

 

SB 5588

Mental health sentencing alt

Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.

S Law & Justice

Nobles

 

SB 5604

Mental health & housing/tax

Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing.

S Loc Gov, Land

Robinson

 

SB 5609

Housing approval

Establishing housing approval requirements that will eliminate Washington's housing shortage.

S Housing

Braun

 

SB 5612 (HB 1575)

Cultural access programs/tax

Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action.

S Loc Gov, Land

Lovelett

 

SB 5617

Skill centers course equiv.

Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts.

S EL/K-12

Wellman

 

SB 5637

Graduated rental rates

Providing for graduated rental rate agreements under the transitional housing operating and rent program.

S Housing

Fortunato

 

SB 5639

LTSS trust exemptions/recert

Prohibiting the recertification of existing long-term services and supports trust program exemptions.

S Labor & Comm

Muzzall

 

SB 5643 (HB 1616)

Personal data rights charter

Creating a charter of people's personal data rights.

S Environment, E

Hasegawa

 

SB 5657

Kit home permitting

Concerning city and town permitting of kit homes.

S State Govt & E

Wilson

 

SB 5659

Gas companies/renewable res.

Incentivizing gas companies to develop and acquire renewable energy resources.

S Environment, E

Boehnke

 

SB 5661

Skill center class sizes

Reinstating skill center class size.

S EL/K-12

Boehnke

 

SB 5665

Hospitals/guardianship

Allowing courts to order appropriate hospital discharge and transition to long-term care services or residence for an individual in a hospital during the pendency of a guardianship process.

S Law & Justice

Wagoner

 

SB 5668 (HB 1605)

Small districts/skill center

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

S EL/K-12

Shewmake

 

SB 5670

Running start/10th grade

Permitting 10th grade students to participate in running start in online settings.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Hawkins

 

SB 5674 (HB 1695)

Surplus property/housing

Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit.

S Housing

Frame

 

SB 5682

State hospitals/police costs

Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals.

S Law & Justice

Holy

 

SB 5686 (HB 1702)

Senior citizens local tax

Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Braun

 

SB 5692 (HB 1244)

Enrichment levy authority

Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority.

S EL/K-12

Lovelett

 

SJR 8200

Revenue for highway purposes

Amending the state Constitution so that state revenue collected from a road usage charge, vehicle miles traveled fee, or other similar type of comparable charge, must be used exclusively for highway purposes.

S Transportation

Fortunato

 

SJR 8204

Property taxes/residence

Concerning property tax relief.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

 

SJR 8206 (HJR 4205)

Property tax rebates

Concerning property tax rebates.

S Ways & Means

Kuderer

 

Other Bills

No bills.

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