South Sound Chamber of Commerce Legislative Coalition 2023 Weekly Legislative Report – January 20, 2023
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/23 @ 10:30am
• SB 5417 - Public Hearing - Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual - 1/23 @ 10:30am
• SB 5058 - Public Hearing - Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5160 - Public Hearing - Concerning organized retail theft. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5258 - Public Hearing - Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5361 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5292 - Public Hearing - Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5243 - Public Hearing - Concerning high school and beyond planning. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5305 - Public Hearing - Establishing the office of career connect Washington. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1239 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1316 - Public Hearing - Expanding access to dual credit programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1170 - Exec Session - Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. (Concerns/Medium)
• HB 1175 - Exec Session - Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks. (Support/Low)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1276 - Public Hearing - Concerning accessory dwelling units. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1337 - Public Hearing - Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1058 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 8:00am
• HB 1254 - Public Hearing - Clarifying ambiguities in statutory provisions administered by the department of revenue relating to periodic adjustments. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual - 1/24 @ 8:00am
• SB 5289 - Public Hearing - Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5290 - Public Hearing - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/24 @ 10:30am
• SB 5123 - Exec Session - Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis. (Monitoring)
• SB 5217 - Public Hearing - Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
• SB 5240 - Exec Session - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. (Monitoring)
• SB 5331 - Exec Session - Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits. (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual - 1/24 @ 10:30am
• SB 5241 - Public Hearing - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 10:30am
• HB 1304 - Public Hearing - Regulating electric security alarm systems. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/24 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5380 - Public Hearing - Concerning clean energy siting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1176 - Exec Session - Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1390 - Public Hearing - Concerning district energy systems. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1391 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy in buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
• HB 1433 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1388 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1389 - Public Hearing - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/24 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5317 - Public Hearing - Concerning the removal of vehicles by a regional transit authority when obstructing the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizing public safety. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual - 1/24 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5395 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5407 - Public Hearing - Concerning the administration of property taxes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SJR 8204 - Public Hearing - Concerning property tax relief. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SJR 8206 - Public Hearing - Concerning property tax rebates. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 8:00am
• HB 1067 - Public Hearing - Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 8:00am
• HB 1181 - Exec Session - Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. (Monitoring)
• HB 1296 - Public Hearing - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• HB 1351 - Public Hearing - Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1301 - Public Hearing - Creating license review and reporting requirements. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5225 - Public Hearing - Increasing access to the working connections child care program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5045 - Exec Session - Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. (Monitoring)
• SB 5190 - Public Hearing - Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5493 - Public Hearing - Eliminating a business and occupation tax deduction for financial institutions to fund affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1260 - Public Hearing - Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1289 - Public Hearing - Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1244 - Public Hearing - Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1219 - Public Hearing - Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 8:00am
• HB 1277 - Exec Session - Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators. (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 8:00am
• HB 1133 - Exec Session - Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. (Support/High)
• HB 1167 - Exec Session - Concerning residential housing regulations. (Monitoring)
• HB 1245 - Public Hearing - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1367 - Public Hearing - Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/26 @ 8:00am
• SB 5109 - Public Hearing - Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5212 - Public Hearing - Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5259 - Public Hearing - Ensuring commerce and workplaces are safe from product theft. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5310 - Public Hearing - Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5368 - Public Hearing - Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5429 - Public Hearing - Concerning a motor carrierâs ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual - 1/26 @ 8:00am
• SB 5005 - Exec Session - Concerning real property. (Monitoring)
• SB 5058 - Exec Session - Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. (Monitoring)
• SB 5160 - Exec Session - Concerning organized retail theft. (Monitoring)
• SB 5258 - Exec Session - Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. (Monitoring)
• SB 5361 - Exec Session - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Monitoring)
Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/26 @ 10:30am
• SB 5482 - Public Hearing - Concerning the margin tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual - 1/26 @ 10:30am
• SB 5235 - Public Hearing - Concerning accessory dwelling units. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5357 - Public Hearing - Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5364 - Public Hearing - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5292 - Exec Session - Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area. (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5248 - Public Hearing - Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5343 - Public Hearing - Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1163 - Exec Session - Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax. (Monitoring)
• HB 1191 - Exec Session - Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. (Monitoring)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1058 - Exec Session - 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. (Monitoring)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 8:00am
• HB 1301 - Exec Session - Creating license review and reporting requirements. (Monitoring)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/27 @ 8:00am
• SB 5057 - Public Hearing - Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5391 - Public Hearing - Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 10:30am
• HB 1136 - Exec Session - Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses. (Monitoring)
• HB 1197 - Exec Session - Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. (Monitoring)
• HB 1217 - Public Hearing - Concerning wage complaints. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 10:30am
• HB 296 - Exec Session - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. (Support/Medium)
• HB 1304 - Exec Session - Regulating electric security alarm systems. (Monitoring)
• HB 1351 - Exec Session - Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. (Monitoring)
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Working families' tax credit |
H Finance |
Stokesbary |
Medium |
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Providing sales tax relief by expanding the working families' tax credit. |
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HB 1018 (SB 5030) |
Hog fuel/tax exemption |
H Exec Action |
Tharinger |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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HB 1140 (SB 5187) |
Operating budget |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
Monitoring |
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Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
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HB 1141 (SB 5188) |
Operating budget, supp. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
Monitoring |
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Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
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HB 1147 (SB 5200) |
Capital budget |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the capital budget. |
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Leasehold tax/arenas |
H Finance |
Fey |
Monitoring |
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Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax. |
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HB 1191 (SB 5166) |
Cooperative finance org. B&O |
H Finance |
Springer |
Monitoring |
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Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. |
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HB 1254 (SB 5406) |
Periodic adjustments/DOR |
H Finance |
Street |
Monitoring |
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Clarifying ambiguities in statutory provisions administered by the department of revenue relating to periodic adjustments. |
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HB 1473 (SB 5486) |
Wealth/property tax |
H Finance |
Thai |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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Estate tax exclusion amount |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
Monitoring |
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Updating the estate tax exclusion amount. |
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Tax referendums |
H State Govt & T |
Volz |
Monitoring |
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for an automatic referendum on tax acts. |
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SB 5030 (HB 1018) |
Hog fuel/tax exemption |
S Ways & Means |
Van De Wege |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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Sales and use tax exemptions |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
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Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of clothing, products for children, and prepared food. |
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State & local taxation |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
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Concerning transparency in state and local taxation. |
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SB 5166 (HB 1191) |
Cooperative finance org. B&O |
S Environment, E |
Boehnke |
Monitoring |
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Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. |
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SB 5187 (HB 1140) |
Operating budget |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
Monitoring |
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Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
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SB 5200 (HB 1147) |
Capital budget |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the capital budget. |
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Main street trust fund |
S Rules 2 |
Cleveland |
Monitoring |
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Concerning population criteria for the main street trust fund tax credit. |
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SB 5407 (HB 1303) |
Property tax administration |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the administration of property taxes. |
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Margin tax |
S Business, Fin |
Frame |
High |
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Concerning the margin tax. |
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SB 5486 (HB 1473) |
Wealth/property tax |
S Ways & Means |
Frame |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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Property taxes/residence |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
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Concerning property tax relief. |
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Property tax rebates |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
Monitoring |
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Concerning property tax rebates. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Long-term care/repeal |
H HC/Wellness |
Abbarno |
Monitoring |
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Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program. |
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HB 1068 (SB 5212) |
Injured worker medical exams |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
Monitoring |
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Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. |
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HB 1095 (SB 5109) |
Wage replacement |
H Labor & Workpl |
Walen |
Monitoring |
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Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
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Unemployment/voluntary |
H Exec Action |
Fosse |
Monitoring |
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Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work. |
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Employee expenditures |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reeves |
Monitoring |
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Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses. |
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Return-to-work opportunities |
H Labor & Workpl |
Mosbrucker |
Monitoring |
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Creating equitable access to return-to-work opportunities in workers' compensation. |
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HB 1152 (SSB 5171) |
Consumer products/gender |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Mena |
Medium |
Concerns |
Addressing consumer gender discrimination. |
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HB 1197 (SB 5310) |
Workers' comp. providers |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
Monitoring |
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Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. |
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Wage complaints |
H Labor & Workpla |
Ortiz-Self |
Monitoring |
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Concerning wage complaints. |
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Employer health care funding |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reeves |
Monitoring |
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Assessing employers for their employees' health care costs paid by the state. |
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HB 1260 (SB 5480) |
Work-limiting disability |
H Human Svc, You |
Alvarado |
Monitoring |
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Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity. |
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License review and reporting |
H ConsPro&Bus |
McClintock |
Monitoring |
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Creating license review and reporting requirements. |
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HB 1320 (SB 5061) |
Personnel records |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reed |
Medium |
Concerns |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
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Economic development info. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Chapman |
Monitoring |
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Requiring state agencies to share information to encourage economic development. |
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Employee personal vehicles |
H Labor & Workpla |
Orcutt |
Monitoring |
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Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. |
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SB 5061 (HB 1320) |
Personnel records |
S Labor & Comm |
Kuderer |
Medium |
Concerns |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
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Gubernatorial emergencies |
S State Govt & E |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
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Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency. |
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SB 5109 (HB 1095) |
Wage replacement |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Monitoring |
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Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
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Labor practices/penalties |
S Rules 2 |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW. |
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Cannabis/employment |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis. |
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SSB 5171 (HB 1152) |
Consumer products/gender |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
Medium |
Concerns |
Addressing consumer gender discrimination. |
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SB 5212 (HB 1068) |
Injured worker medical exams |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
Monitoring |
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Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. |
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Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I |
S Labor & Comm |
Dhingra |
High |
Oppose |
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Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. |
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Working conn. child care |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
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Increasing access to the working connections child care program. |
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SB 5229 (HB 1231) |
Site readiness grants |
S Ways & Means |
Frame |
Monitoring |
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Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants. |
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Unemployment ins. appeals |
S Labor & Comm |
Braun |
Monitoring |
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Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. |
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Manufacturing |
S Business, Fin |
Shewmake |
Monitoring |
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Concerning Washington state manufacturing. |
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Paid leave premiums |
S Rules 2 |
Robinson |
Monitoring |
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Modifying the premium provisions of the paid family and medical leave program. |
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SB 5310 (HB 1197) |
Workers' comp. providers |
S Labor & Comm |
Lovelett |
Monitoring |
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Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. |
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Job search requirements/UI |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
Monitoring |
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Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits. |
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Procurement/automated system |
S Environment, E |
Hasegawa |
Monitoring |
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Establishing guidelines for government procurement and use of automated decision systems in order to protect consumers, improve transparency, and create more market predictability. |
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Stay-at-work program |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities. |
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Employer political speech |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters. |
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Definition of public work |
S State Govt & E |
Conway |
Monitoring |
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Expanding the definition of public work. |
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SB 5429 (HB 1457) |
Motor carriers/restrooms |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
Monitoring |
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Concerning a motor carrierâs ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW. |
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Hard-to-place job seekers |
S Labor & Comm |
Gildon |
Monitoring |
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Providing incentives to employers to hire certain hard-to-place job seekers. |
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Long-term care/referendum |
S Labor & Comm |
Schoesler |
High |
Support |
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Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Military/employer tax incen. |
H Finance |
Abbarno |
Monitoring |
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Concerning employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families. |
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Apprenticeship utilization |
H Cap Budget |
Riccelli |
Monitoring |
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Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements. |
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HB 1058 (SB 5251) |
Commercial driver's licenses |
H Transportation |
Paul |
Monitoring |
|
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. |
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High-hazard facility wages |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
Monitoring |
Oppose |
|
Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities. |
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HB 1176 (SB 5247) |
Climate-ready communities |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Slatter |
Monitoring |
|
Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. |
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HB 1211 (SB 5311) |
Special education funding |
H Approps |
Bergquist |
Monitoring |
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Concerning special education funding formula. |
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Educator ethics & complaints |
H Education |
Santos |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
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Enrichment levy authority |
H Approps |
Ramel |
Monitoring |
|
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Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority. |
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HB 1273 (SB 5243) |
High school and beyond plans |
H Education |
Berg |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning high school and beyond planning. |
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|
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Paraeducator course of study |
H Education |
Donaghy |
Monitoring |
|
|
Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators. |
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HB 1289 (SB 5221) |
Opportunity scholarship |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Reed |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. |
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Students with disabilities |
H Education |
Pollet |
Monitoring |
|
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Improving access to and provision of a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities. |
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Graduation pathway options |
H Education |
Stonier |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning high school graduation pathway options. |
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Dual credit program access |
H Education |
Paul |
Monitoring |
|
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Expanding access to dual credit programs. |
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HB 1374 (SB 5305) |
Office of career connect WA |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Slatter |
Monitoring |
|
Establishing the office of career connect Washington. |
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Cross-sector prof. dev. |
H Education |
Ortiz-Self |
Monitoring |
|
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Supporting student success through cross-sector professional development. |
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Educational employee strikes |
H Labor & Workpla |
Stokesbary |
Monitoring |
|
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Prohibiting strikes by employees covered by the educational employment relations act and authorizing interest arbitration. |
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Special education funding |
H Approps |
Pollet |
Monitoring |
|
|
Funding special education. |
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SB 5221 (HB 1289) |
Opportunity scholarship |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. |
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SB 5243 (HB 1273) |
High school and beyond plans |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning high school and beyond planning. |
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SB 5247 (HB 1176) |
Climate-ready communities |
S Higher Ed & Wor |
Nobles |
Monitoring |
|
Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. |
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|
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Tutoring & extended learning |
S EL/K-12 |
Braun |
Monitoring |
|
|
Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs. |
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|
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SB 5251 (HB 1058) |
Commercial driver's licenses |
S Transportation |
Valdez |
Monitoring |
|
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. |
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|
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SB 5305 (HB 1374) |
Office of career connect WA |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
Monitoring |
|
Establishing the office of career connect Washington. |
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|
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SB 5311 (HB 1211) |
Special education funding |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning special education funding formula. |
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|
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Special education/nonpublic |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. |
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|
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School construction costs |
S EL/K-12 |
Schoesler |
Monitoring |
|
|
Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction. |
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|
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Public school revolving fund |
S EL/K-12 |
Schoesler |
Monitoring |
|
|
Establishing a public school revolving fund. |
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|
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School buildings/energy |
S Environment, E |
Schoesler |
Monitoring |
|
|
Exempting certain public school buildings from the state energy performance standard. |
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|
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Ninth grade success grants |
S EL/K-12 |
Liias |
Monitoring |
|
|
Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. |
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|
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School district curricula |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
|
Promoting the adoption of school district curricula that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1131 (SB 5154) |
Solid waste management |
H Env & Energy |
Berry |
Medium |
Concerns |
Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. |
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|
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Appliance management |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
Monitoring |
|
|
Providing for the responsible management of appliances containing harmful gases and other materials. |
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|
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HB 1170 (SB 5093) |
Climate response strategy |
H Env & Energy |
Street |
Medium |
Concerns |
Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. |
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|
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HB 1175 (SB 5233) |
Petroleum storage tanks |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
Low |
Support |
Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks. |
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|
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HB 1181 (SB 5203) |
Climate change/planning |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
Monitoring |
|
Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. |
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|
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HB 1192 (SB 5165) |
Electric transm. planning |
H Env & Energy |
Duerr |
High |
Support |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
|||||
|
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Greenhouse gas/building code |
H Env & Energy |
Dye |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
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|
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HB 1216 (SB 5380) |
Clean energy siting |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning clean energy siting. |
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|
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Emissions limits/use |
H Env & Energy |
McEntire |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
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|
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Embodied carbon reductions |
H Cap Budget |
Steele |
Monitoring |
|
|
Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects. |
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|
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District energy systems |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning district energy systems. |
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|
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Energy in buildings |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
High |
Oppose |
|
Concerning energy in buildings. |
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|
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HB 1404 (SB 5117) |
State building code council |
H Local Govt |
Goehner |
Medium |
Support |
Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority. |
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|
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Consumer-owned utilities |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
Monitoring |
|
|
Applying the affected market customer provisions of the Washington clean energy transformation act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities. |
|||||
|
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Energy labeling/residential |
H Env & Energy |
Duerr |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. |
|||||
|
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All-hazard emergency manage. |
H Innov, Comm & E |
Donaghy |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning energy resilience, cybersecurity, and all-hazard emergency management. |
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|
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Natural gas/energy code |
S Environment, E |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
|
Ensuring that the Washington state energy code may not prohibit the use of natural gas in buildings. |
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|
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Energy standards/commercial |
S Environment, E |
Mullet |
Monitoring |
|
|
Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. |
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|
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Hydrogen fuel cells |
S Business, Fin |
King |
Monitoring |
|
|
Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel cells in Washington state. |
|||||
|
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SB 5093 (HB 1170) |
Climate response strategy |
S Environment, E |
Rolfes |
Monitoring |
|
Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5154 (HB 1131) |
Solid waste management |
S Environment, E |
Rolfes |
Medium |
Concerns |
Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. |
|||||
|
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SB 5165 (HB 1192) |
Electric transm. planning |
S Environment, E |
Nguyen |
High |
Concerns |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
|||||
|
|||||
Energy independence act |
S Environment, E |
Boehnke |
Monitoring |
|
|
Modernizing the energy independence act to avoid regulatory duplication and overlap with other laws. |
|||||
|
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SB 5203 (HB 1181) |
Climate change/planning |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
Monitoring |
|
Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. |
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|
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SB 5233 (HB 1175) |
Petroleum storage tanks |
S Environment, E |
Wellman |
Low |
Support |
Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks. |
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|
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Wind turbine blade recycling |
S Environment, E |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades. |
|||||
|
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Clean energy/residential |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
Monitoring |
|
|
Creating a residential property assessed clean energy and resiliency program. |
|||||
|
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SB 5366 (HB 1329) |
Utility shutoffs/heat |
S Environment, E |
Nguyen |
Monitoring |
|
Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat. |
|||||
|
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SB 5380 (HB 1216) |
Clean energy siting |
S Environment, En |
Nguyen |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning clean energy siting. |
|||||
|
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SB 5416 (HB 1409) |
Building code classif. |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
Medium |
Support |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
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|
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
|
|
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HB 1263 (SB 5241) |
Health care marketplace |
H Civil R & Judi |
Simmons |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. |
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|
|||||
Hospital staffing standards |
S Labor & Comm |
Robinson |
High |
Oppose |
|
Concerning hospital staffing standards. |
|||||
|
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SB 5241 (HB 1263) |
Health care marketplace |
S Law & Justice |
Randall |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. |
|||||
|
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Washington health trust |
S Health & Long |
Hasegawa |
Monitoring |
|
|
Developing the Washington health trust. |
|||||
|
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Essential health benefits |
S Health & Long |
Cleveland |
Monitoring |
|
|
Reviewing the state's essential health benefits. |
|||||
|
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
|
|
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Local gov. design review |
H HOUSDPS |
Walen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning local government design review. |
|||||
|
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Use of existing buildings |
H HOUSDPS |
Walen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes. |
|||||
|
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Housing dev. income limits |
H Rules R |
Walen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits. |
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|
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Nonprofit housing/tax ex. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
|||||
|
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Community org. contracts |
H Exec Action |
Shavers |
Monitoring |
|
|
Increasing local governments' ability to contract with community service organizations. |
|||||
|
|||||
Public works wages |
H Exec Action |
Berry |
Medium |
Oppose |
|
Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. |
|||||
|
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HB 1110 (SB 5190) |
Middle housing |
H Housing |
Bateman |
High |
Support |
Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1133 (SB 5357) |
Detached ADUs |
H Housing |
Chapman |
High |
Support |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1149 (SB 5202) |
Housing/capital expenditures |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
Monitoring |
|
Reducing homelessness in Washington state through capital expenditures for programs that address housing insecurity. |
|||||
|
|||||
Residential housing |
H Housing |
Duerr |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning residential housing regulations. |
|||||
|
|||||
Environmental permitting |
H Env & Energy |
McEntire |
Monitoring |
|
|
Expediting environmental permitting for job-creating investment in Washington. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1231 (SB 5229) |
Site readiness grants |
H Exec Action |
Berg |
Monitoring |
|
Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1245 (SB 5364) |
Lot splitting |
H Housing |
Barkis |
Monitoring |
|
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
|||||
|
|||||
Impact fee deferrals |
H Housing |
Bateman |
Medium |
Support |
|
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1276 (SB 5235) |
Accessory dwelling units |
H Housing |
Pollet |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
|||||
|
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HB 1282 (SB 5322) |
Public building materials |
H Cap Budget |
Duerr |
Medium |
Oppose |
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1296 (SB 5290) |
Local permit review |
H Local Govt |
Peterson |
Medium |
Support |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
|||||
|
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HB 1298 (SB 5258) |
Condos and townhouses |
H Civil R & Judi |
Hutchins |
Monitoring |
|
Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. |
|||||
|
|||||
Accessory dwelling units |
H Housing |
Gregerson |
Monitoring |
|
|
Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units. |
|||||
|
|||||
Multifamily unit conversion |
H Housing |
Walen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Expanding the multifamily tax exemption program to include converting existing multifamily units. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1351 (SB 5456) |
Minimum parking requirements |
H Local Govt |
Reed |
Monitoring |
|
Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
|||||
|
|||||
First-time home buyers |
H Cap Budget |
Donaghy |
Monitoring |
|
|
Changing the definition of first-time home buyer. |
|||||
|
|||||
Homeless funding |
H Housing |
Donaghy |
Monitoring |
|
|
Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements. |
|||||
|
|||||
Residential rent practices |
H Housing |
Macri |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
|||||
|
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HB 1389 (SB 5435) |
Residential rent increases |
H Housing |
Ramel |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. |
|||||
|
|||||
Housing permit process |
H Housing |
Jacobsen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Allowing cities and counties to create a simple, standardized housing permit process for affordable housing units in areas designated for housing. |
|||||
|
|||||
Urban growth boundaries |
H Local Govt |
Jacobsen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Adjusting urban growth boundaries to account for situations where property owners have not developed property as expected in comprehensive plans and development regulations. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1409 (SB 5416) |
Building code classif. |
H Local Govt |
Abbarno |
Medium |
Support |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
|||||
|
|||||
Project permits/reports |
H Local Govt |
Alvarado |
Monitoring |
|
|
Amending reporting requirements for the project permit application processing timeline. |
|||||
|
|||||
Property infill/GMA |
H Local Govt |
Barkis |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning infill for properties uniquely situated between boundaries and existing development. |
|||||
|
|||||
Impact fee deferrals |
H Local Govt |
Goehner |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
|||||
|
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HB 1474 (SB 5496) |
Covenant homeownership prg. |
H Housing |
Taylor |
Monitoring |
|
Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
|||||
|
|||||
HB 1476 (SB 5289) |
Impact fees/law enforcement |
H Local Govt |
Shavers |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement. |
|||||
|
|||||
Owner-occupied property/tax |
H Finance |
Walsh |
Monitoring |
|
|
Setting the taxable value of owner-occupied property. |
|||||
|
|||||
Real property |
S Law & Justice |
Pedersen |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning real property. |
|||||
|
|||||
Homelessness |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
|
|
Addressing homelessness through providing emergency shelter, incentivizing employment of workers experiencing homelessness, and building homes for a better future. |
|||||
|
|||||
American dream homes |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
|
|
Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes. |
|||||
|
|||||
ADU rental/property tax |
S Housing |
Kuderer |
Monitoring |
|
|
Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. |
|||||
|
|||||
Multiunit res. buildings |
S Law & Justice |
Padden |
Monitoring |
|
|
Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. |
|||||
|
|||||
Rental & vacant properties |
S Housing |
Kuderer |
Monitoring |
|
|
Requiring the registration of rental and vacant housing units. |
|||||
|
|||||
Sick leave/construction |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Medium |
Oppose |
|
Concerning payments for accrued and unused sick leave for certain construction workers. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5117 (HB 1404) |
State building code council |
S State Govt & E |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority. |
|||||
|
|||||
Multifamily property tax ex. |
S Housing |
Kuderer |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing. |
|||||
|
|||||
23-hr crisis relief centers |
S Health & Long |
Dhingra |
Monitoring |
|
|
Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5190 (HB 1110) |
Middle housing |
S Housing |
Trudeau |
Monitoring |
|
Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5202 (HB 1149) |
Housing/capital expenditures |
S Housing |
Trudeau |
High |
|
Reducing homelessness in Washington state through capital expenditures for programs that address housing insecurity. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5235 (HB 1276) |
Accessory dwelling units |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Shewmake |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5258 (HB 1298) |
Condos and townhouses |
S Law & Justice |
Shewmake |
Monitoring |
|
Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. |
|||||
|
|||||
Housing equity property |
S Housing |
Wilson |
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5289 (HB 1476) |
Impact fees/law enforcement |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Shewmake |
Monitoring |
|
Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5290 (HB 1296) |
Local permit review |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Mullet |
Medium |
Support |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
|||||
|
|||||
Public works assist. account |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
Monitoring |
|
|
Creating the public works assistance revolving account. |
|||||
|
|||||
RTA vehicle removal |
S Transportation |
Nobles |
Monitoring |
|
|
Concerning the removal of vehicles by a regional transit authority when obstructing the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizing public safety. |
|||||
|
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SB 5322 (HB 1282) |
Public building materials |
S State Govt & E |
Wellman |
Monitoring |
|
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
|||||
|
|||||
Homeless camps/schools, etc. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
King |
Monitoring |
|
|
Prohibiting locating homeless encampments near schools and early learning facilities. |
|||||
|
|||||
Affordable housing funding |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
Monitoring |
|
|
Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. |
|||||
|
|||||
Property sale and leaseback |
S Housing |
Cleveland |
High |
Support |
|
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. |
|||||
|
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SB 5357 (HB 1133) |
Detached ADUs |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Gildon |
Monitoring |
|
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
|||||
|
|||||
SB 5364 (HB 1245) |
Lot splitting |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Frame |
Monitoring |
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Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
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Embodied carbon reductions |
S Environment, En |
Van De Wege |
Monitoring |
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Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects. |
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Real estate technology fee |
S Ways & Means |
Lovick |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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SB 5416 (HB 1409) |
Building code classif. |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
Medium |
Support |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
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SB 5435 (HB 1389) |
Residential rent increases |
S Housing |
Trudeau |
Monitoring |
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Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. |
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SB 5456 (HB 1351) |
Minimum parking requirements |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Frame |
Monitoring |
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Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
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Small cities/GMA |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Short |
Monitoring |
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Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities. |
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Transit-oriented development |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Liias |
Monitoring |
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Promoting transit-oriented development. |
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Covenant homeownership prg. |
S Housing |
Lovick |
Monitoring |
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Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
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Project permit timelines |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Gildon |
Monitoring |
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Concerning project permit timelines. |
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Residential building exits |
S Loc Gov, Land U |
Salomon |
Monitoring |
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Allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions. |
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Financial instit./B&O tax |
S Housing |
Kuderer |
Monitoring |
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Eliminating a business and occupation tax deduction for financial institutions to fund affordable housing. |
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SB 5496 (HB 1474) |
Covenant homeownership prg. |
S Housing |
Lovick |
Monitoring |
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Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
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Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1215 (SB 5266) |
Riparian areas |
H Ag&Nr |
Chapman |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas. |
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SB 5266 (HB 1215) |
Riparian areas |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Shewmake |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas. |
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Port district public works |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Kauffman |
Monitoring |
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Concerning port districts public works contracting. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Electric security alarms |
H Local Govt |
Hackney |
Monitoring |
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Regulating electric security alarm systems. |
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HB 1363 (SB 5352) |
Vehicular pursuits |
H Community Safet |
Rule |
Monitoring |
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Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
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Law enf. officer funding |
H Community Safe |
Stokesbary |
Monitoring |
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Providing funding for the recruitment, retention, and support of law enforcement officers. |
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Law enf. applicant pool |
H Community Safe |
Ramos |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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HB 1446 (SB 5361) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
H Local Govt |
Stokesbary |
High |
Support |
Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
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Definition of theft |
H Community Safe |
Griffey |
High |
Support |
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Concerning the definition of theft. |
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Vehicular pursuits |
S Law & Justice |
Padden |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the authority for a peace officer to engage in a vehicular pursuit. |
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Online marketplaces |
S Environment, E |
Lovick |
Monitoring |
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Concerning online marketplace consumer protection caused by organized retail crime. |
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Vehicles as homestead |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
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Providing that vehicles illegally parked on public property or in a public right-of-way are not homesteads under chapter 6.13 RCW. |
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Organized retail theft |
S Law & Justice |
Torres |
Monitoring |
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Concerning organized retail theft. |
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Product theft |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Ensuring commerce and workplaces are safe from product theft. |
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SB 5352 (HB 1363) |
Vehicular pursuits |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
Monitoring |
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Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
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SB 5361 (HB 1446) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
S Law & Justice |
Holy |
Monitoring |
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Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
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Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1125 (SB 5162) |
Transportation budget |
H Transportation |
Fey |
Monitoring |
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Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
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HB 1126 (SB 5164) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
Monitoring |
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Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
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HB 1198 (SB 5402) |
PTBA/limited law enforcement |
H Community Safet |
Bronoske |
Monitoring |
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Authorizing public transportation benefit areas to become limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies. |
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PTBA governing bodies |
H Transportation |
Pollet |
Monitoring |
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Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. |
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Clean fuel/public transport. |
H Env & Energy |
Hackney |
Monitoring |
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Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation. |
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Motor vehicle sales tax |
H Approps |
Barkis |
Medium |
Support |
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Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
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Motor vehicles sales tax use |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
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Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses. |
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Sales tax/transp. projects |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
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Concerning sales tax revenues of transportation projects being used for transportation purposes. |
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Motor vehicle sales tax |
S Ways & Means |
MacEwen |
Monitoring |
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Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
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SB 5162 (HB 1125) |
Transportation budget |
S Transportation |
Liias |
Monitoring |
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Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
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SB 5164 (HB 1126) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
Monitoring |
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Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
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Insurance commissioner |
S State Govt & E |
Mullet |
Monitoring |
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Rendering the Washington state insurance commissioner an appointed position. |
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SB 5292 (HB 1334) |
PTBA aquatic lands access |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Randall |
Monitoring |
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Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area. |
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Vehicle combinations |
S Transportation |
MacEwen |
Monitoring |
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Concerning vehicle combinations that may be operated on public highways. |
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Clean fuels program report |
S Environment, E |
MacEwen |
Monitoring |
|
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Advancing the due date for the department of ecology's report on the effects of the clean fuels program. |
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Revenue for highway purposes |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
Monitoring |
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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. |
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