QUICK REPORT
We are now in the second week of the legislative session and things seem to be moving fast and furious. Hearings are being held on as many bills as possible as the session moves towards the first cut off date of February 15.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Business, Financial Services & Trade (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 8:00am
. SB 5211 - Public Hearing - Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. (Remote testimony.) (Support/High)
Housing & Local Government (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 8:00am
SB 5260 - Public Hearing - Requiring annual reporting from the eviction resolution pilot program. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5046 - Public Hearing - Concerning workers' compensation claim resolution settlement agreements. (Remote testimony.) (Support/Medium)
SB 5137 - Public Hearing - Suspending workers' compensation cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal year 2022, changing the basis of certain future adjustments to the consumer price index, and capping the rate of increase for future adjustments. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.) (Support/High)
HB 1213 - Public Hearing - Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. (Remote testimony.) (High)
College & Workforce Development (House) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 10:00am
HB 1033 - Exec Session - Concerning the Washington customized employment training program. (Support/High)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 10:00am
HB 1015 - Exec Session - Creating the Washington equitable access to credit act. (Support/High)
SB 5062 - Exec Session - Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. (Concerns/High)
Law & Justice (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 10:30am
SB 5025 - Exec Session - Concerning the consumer protection improvement act. (Oppose/High)
Environment & Energy (House) - Virtual, - 1/21 @ 1:30pm
HB 1091 - Exec Session - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. (Oppose/High)
HB 1117 - Public Hearing - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5194 - Public Hearing - Providing for equity and access in the community and technical colleges. (Remote testimony.) (Concerns/Medium)
SB 5215 - Public Hearing - Increasing the maximum Washington college grant award at independent institutions of higher education. (Remote testimony.) (Support/Medium)
HB 1135 - Public Hearing - Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. (Remote testimony.) (High)
HB 1136 - Public Hearing - Making 2019-2021 supplemental transportation appropriations. (Remote testimony.) (High)
SB 5237 - Public Hearing - Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. (Remote testimony.) (High)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - Virtual, - 1/22 @ 8:00am
HB 1076 - Public Hearing - Allowing whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections. (Remote testimony.) (Oppose/High)
Environment & Energy (House) - Virtual, - 1/22 @ 10:00am
HB 1084 - Public Hearing - Reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by achieving greater decarbonization of residential and commercial buildings. (Remote testimony.) (Oppose/High)
HB 1070 - Public Hearing - Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1221 - Public Hearing - Standardizing homelessness definitions. (Remote testimony.)
State Government & Tribal Relations (House) - Virtual, - 1/25 @ 1:30pm
HB 1264 - Public Hearing - Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. (Remote testimony.) (High)
Transportation (House) - Virtual, - 1/25 @ 3:30pm
HB 1137 - Public Hearing - Elevating road maintenance and preservation in transportation planning. (Remote testimony.) (High)
Ways & Means (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/25 @ 4:00pm
SB 5251 - Public Hearing - Modifying tax and revenue laws in a manner that is not estimated to affect state or local tax collections, by easing compliance burdens for taxpayers, clarifying ambiguities, making technical corrections, and providing administrative efficiencies. (Remote testimony.)
Education (House) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 8:00am
HB 1176 - Public Hearing - Concerning access to higher education. (Remote testimony.) (Neutral/Low)
SB 5235 - Public Hearing - Increasing housing unit inventory by removing arbitrary limits on housing options. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5243 - Public Hearing - Creating efficiency in housing by streamlining approval of engineered plans. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5287 - Public Hearing - Concerning affordable housing incentives. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
HB 1236 - Public Hearing - Protecting residential tenants from the beginning to end of their tenancies by penalizing the inclusion of unlawful lease provisions and limiting the reasons for eviction, refusal to continue, and termination. (Remote testimony.)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 10:00am
HB 1206 - Public Hearing - Protecting temporary workers. (Remote testimony.) (Oppose/High)
Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
SB 5207 - Public Hearing - Concerning environmental permit streamlining. (Remote testimony.)
Capital Budget (House) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
HB 1101 - Public Hearing - Creating a grant program for converting unused public buildings to housing for homeless persons. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1154 - Public Hearing - Concerning the building communities fund program. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1189 - Public Hearing - Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. (Remote testimony.) (Support/High)
Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 1:30pm
SB 5214 - Public Hearing - Concerning economic assistance programs. (Remote testimony.) (Medium)
SB 5241 - Public Hearing - Promoting economic inclusion. (Remote testimony.) (High)
SB 5232 - Public Hearing - Limiting bonding toll revenues on certain state highway facilities. (Remote testimony.) (High)
Ways & Means (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/26 @ 4:00pm
SB 5162 - Public Hearing - Concerning unanticipated revenue. (Remote testimony.) (Medium)
Children, Youth & Families (House) - Virtual, - 1/27 @ 8:00am
HB 1213 - Exec Session - Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. (High)
HB 1221 - Exec Session - Standardizing homelessness definitions.
SB 5149 - Public Hearing - Funding foundational public health services. (Remote testimony.) (Oppose/High)
HB 1073 - Exec Session - Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program. (Oppose/High)
HB 1076 - Exec Session - Allowing whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections. (Oppose/High)
HB 1087 - Exec Session - Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights. (Oppose/High)
HB 1097 - Exec Session - Increasing worker protections. (Oppose/High)
HB 1144 - Public Hearing - Concerning standing before the growth management hearings board. (Remote testimony.
HB 1157 - Public Hearing - Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1220 - Public Hearing - Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5269 - Public Hearing - Including the value of increased residential building capacity in the property tax levy limit calculation. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
SB 5312 - Public Hearing - Facilitating transit-oriented development and increasing housing inventory. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
SB 5046 - Exec Session - Concerning workers' compensation claim resolution settlement agreements. (Support/Medium)
Business, Financial Services & Trade (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/28 @ 8:00am
SB 5262 - Public Hearing - Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. (Remote testimony.) (Support/High)
HB 1070 - Exec Session - Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities.
Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/28 @ 8:00am
SB 5172 - Public Hearing - Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. (Remote testimony.) (Low)
HB 1221 - Exec Session - Standardizing homelessness definitions.
HB 1264 - Exec Session - Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. (High)
Environment & Energy (House) - Virtual, - 1/28 @ 1:30pm
HB 1099 - Exec Session - Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. (Concerns)
HB 1117 - Exec Session - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework.
HB 1287 - Public Hearing - Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
SB 5288 - Public Hearing - Increasing access to the Washington opportunity scholarship program. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
Housing, Human Services & Veterans (House) - Virtual, - 1/28 @ 1:30pm
HB 1228 - Public Hearing - Addressing residential landlord-tenant requirements in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. (Remote testimony.)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - Virtual, - 1/29 @ 8:00am
SB 5200 - Public Hearing - Establishing a tax credit for contributions to student scholarship organizations. (Remote testimony.) (Support/Medium)
Community & Economic Development (House) - Virtual, - 1/29 @ 8:30am
HB 1170 - Public Hearing - Building economic strength through manufacturing. (Remote testimony.) (Medium)
HB 1099 - Exec Session - Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. (Concerns)
HB 1117 - Exec Session - Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework.
LEGISLATION
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1084 (SB 5093) |
Building decarbonization |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
High |
Oppose |
Reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by achieving greater decarbonization of residential and commercial buildings. |
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HB 1091 (SB 5231) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
High |
Oppose |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
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SB 5093 (HB 1084) |
Building decarbonization |
S Environment, E |
Liias |
High |
Oppose |
Reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by achieving greater decarbonization of residential and commercial buildings. |
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Climate commitment act |
S Environment, E |
Carlyle |
High |
Concerns |
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Concerning the Washington climate commitment act. |
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Env. justice task force recs |
S Environment, E |
Saldaña |
Medium |
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Implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force. |
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SB 5231 (HB 1091) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
S Environment, E |
Stanford |
High |
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Employment training program |
H Coll & Wkf Dev |
Leavitt |
High |
Support |
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Concerning the Washington customized employment training program. |
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Student fines and fees |
H Education |
Paul |
Low |
Neutral |
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Concerning access to higher education. |
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HB 1318 (SB 5194) |
Comm. & technical colleges |
H Coll & Wkf Dev |
Pollet |
Monitoring |
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Providing for equity and access in the community and technical colleges. |
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SB 5194 (HB 1318) |
Comm. & technical colleges |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
Medium |
Concerns |
Providing for equity and access in the community and technical colleges. |
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Scholarships/tax credit |
S EL/K-12 |
Schoesler |
Medium |
Support |
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Establishing a tax credit for contributions to student scholarship organizations. |
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College grant award maximum |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Conway |
Medium |
Support |
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Increasing the maximum Washington college grant award at independent institutions of higher education. |
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Opportunity scholarship prog |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
Monitoring |
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Increasing access to the Washington opportunity scholarship program. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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COVID-19 grants/B&O tax |
H Finance |
Walen |
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Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for qualifying grants related to COVID-19 relief. |
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B&O tax credit/COVID-19 |
H Finance |
MacEwen |
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Providing a business and occupation tax credit to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in the state. |
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Equitable access to credit |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Maycumber |
High |
Support |
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Creating the Washington equitable access to credit act. |
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Unemployment benefit charges |
H Labor & Workpla |
MacEwen |
High |
Support |
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Concerning relief of benefit charges when discharge is a result of a gubernatorial declaration of emergency or related executive order. |
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Paid leave coverage |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
High |
Oppose |
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Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program. |
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Workplace violations/qui tam |
H Labor & Workpl |
Hansen |
High |
Oppose |
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Allowing whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections. |
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HB 1080 (SB 5083) |
Capital budget 2021-2023 |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
High |
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Concerning the capital budget. -- Sec 3095 -- $4 million for Wood Stove Changeouts |
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Family/med leave continuity |
H Labor & Workpla |
Berry |
High |
Oppose |
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Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights. |
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Emergency assistance/tax |
H FINDPS |
Walen |
High |
Support |
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Concerning the taxation of governmental financial assistance programs addressing the impacts of conditions giving rise to a gubernatorial or presidential emergency proclamation by creating state business and occupation tax and state public utility tax exemptions, a sales and use tax exemption for the receipt of such financial assistance, and clarifying the sales and use tax obligations for goods and services purchased by recipients of such financial assistance. |
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HB 1097 (SB 5090) |
Worker protections |
H Labor & Workpl |
Sells |
High |
Oppose |
Increasing worker protections. |
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HB 1098 (SSB 5061) |
Unemployment insurance |
H Labor & Workpl |
Sells |
High |
Support |
Concerning unemployment insurance. |
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Investments/B&O tax |
H Finance |
Cody |
Medium |
Concerns |
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Concerning investment income tax deductions. |
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State spending prgs. review |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Medium |
Support |
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Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs. |
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Zero-based budget reviews |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Medium |
Support |
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Improving state budgeting through zero-based budget reviews. |
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B&O tax payment deferral |
H Finance |
MacEwen |
Medium |
Support |
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Providing a business and occupation tax payment deferral to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in the state. |
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Health coverage |
H HC/Wellness |
Thai |
High |
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Ensuring equity in health coverage. |
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HB 1201 (SB 5149) |
Found. public health funding |
H Finance |
Riccelli |
High |
Oppose |
Funding foundational public health services. |
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HB 1206 (SB 5218) |
Temporary workers |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
High |
Oppose |
Protecting temporary workers. |
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HB 1213 (SB 5237) |
Child care & early dev. exp. |
H Children, Yout |
Senn |
High |
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Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. |
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HB 1217 (SB 5172) |
Overtime claim retroactivity |
H Labor & Workpl |
Hoff |
Medium |
Support |
Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. |
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Emergency proc. penalties |
H Labor & Workpl |
Mosbrucker |
High |
Support |
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Prohibiting civil penalties for first-time violations of standards regulated under emergency proclamations. |
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State estate tax, repealing |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
High |
Support |
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Repealing the state estate tax. |
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Employee personal vehicles |
H Labor & Workpl |
Orcutt |
Medium |
Concerns |
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Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. |
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HB 1264 (SB 5274) |
Equity impact statement |
H State Govt & T |
Thai |
High |
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Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. |
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Health system transparency |
H HC/Wellness |
Macri |
Monitoring |
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Concerning health system transparency. |
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Hospitality industry/B&O tax |
H Finance |
Vick |
Monitoring |
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Providing business and occupation tax relief to the hospitality industry. |
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Personal information sale |
H Finance |
Kloba |
Monitoring |
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Concerning the regulation and taxation of the sale of Washingtonian's personal information and related data. |
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HB 1321 (SB 5114) |
Reopening/public health |
H HC/Wellness |
MacEwen |
Monitoring |
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Concerning safely reopening Washington. |
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Appropriations/COVID-19 |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Monitoring |
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Making appropriations to revive our economy and accelerate a lasting recovery for Washington. |
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Unemployment ins./employers |
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Hoff |
High |
Support |
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Providing employer relief in unemployment insurance by relieving COVID-19-related benefit charges, providing contribution relief, making appropriations to rebuild the unemployment trust fund and making clarifying changes. |
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Child care/unemployment |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
Medium |
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Concerning working connections child care eligibility and unemployment benefits. |
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Consumer protection act |
S Law & Justice |
Rolfes |
High |
Oppose |
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Concerning the consumer protection improvement act. |
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Worker comp claim agreements |
S Labor, Comm & |
Conway |
Medium |
Support |
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Concerning workers' compensation claim resolution settlement agreements. |
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SSB 5061 (HB 1098) |
Unemployment insurance |
S Rules 2 |
Keiser |
High |
Support |
Concerning unemployment insurance. |
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Data |
S Environment, E |
Carlyle |
High |
Concerns |
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Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. |
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Unemployment/voluntary |
S Labor, Comm & |
Saldaña |
High |
Oppose |
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Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work. |
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SB 5090 (HB 1097) |
Worker protections |
S Labor, Comm & |
Keiser |
High |
Oppose |
Increasing worker protections. |
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Capital gains tax |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
High |
Oppose |
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Concerning an excise tax on gains from the sale or exchange of certain capital assets. |
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Paid leave coverage |
S Labor, Comm & |
Robinson |
High |
Oppose |
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Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program. |
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SB 5114 (HB 1321) |
Reopening/public health |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
High |
Support |
Concerning safely reopening Washington. |
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Workers' comp COL adjustment |
S Labor, Comm & |
King |
High |
Support |
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Suspending workers' compensation cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal year 2022, changing the basis of certain future adjustments to the consumer price index, and capping the rate of increase for future adjustments. |
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SB 5149 (HB 1201) |
Found. public health funding |
S Health & Long |
Robinson |
High |
Oppose |
Funding foundational public health services. |
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Budget stabilization approps |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
High |
Concerns |
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Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account to address issues of homelessness, home security, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses. |
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Unanticipated revenue |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
Medium |
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Concerning unanticipated revenue. |
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SB 5172 (HB 1217) |
Overtime claim retroactivity |
S Labor, Comm & |
King |
Low |
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Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. |
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Business practices/emergency |
S Law & Justice |
Darneille |
High |
Concerns |
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Regulating unfair business practices and prohibiting predatory price increases during states of emergency. |
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Unemp. contributions/wages |
S Labor, Comm & |
Schoesler |
Medium |
Support |
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Concerning wages for unemployment insurance contributions. |
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Whole WA health trust |
S Health & Long |
Hasegawa |
Medium |
Concerns |
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Creating the whole Washington health trust. |
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SB 5218 (HB 1206) |
Temporary workers |
S Labor, Comm & |
Keiser |
High |
Oppose |
Protecting temporary workers. |
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Long-term care trust repeal |
S Health & Long T |
Padden |
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Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program and the premium assessment on wages. |
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SB 5237 (HB 1213) |
Child care & early dev. exp. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
High |
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Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. |
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Economic inclusion |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Dhingra |
High |
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Promoting economic inclusion. |
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Tax and revenue laws |
S Ways & Means |
Schoesler |
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Modifying tax and revenue laws in a manner that is not estimated to affect state or local tax collections, by easing compliance burdens for taxpayers, clarifying ambiguities, making technical corrections, and providing administrative efficiencies. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Rent relief & housing |
H Finance |
Kloba |
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Providing local governments with options to grant rent relief and preserve affordable housing in their communities. |
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Housing/local tax revenue |
H Finance |
Ryu |
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Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities. |
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Comprehensive planning |
H Env & Energy |
Duerr |
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Concerns |
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Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. |
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Unused public buildings |
H Cap Budget |
Walsh |
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Creating a grant program for converting unused public buildings to housing for homeless persons. |
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Comp. planning/salmon |
H Env & Energy |
Lekanoff |
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Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework. |
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Housing benefit districts |
H Local Govt |
Ryu |
High |
Support |
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Concerning housing benefit districts. |
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Growth mngmt board standing |
H Local Govt |
Hoff |
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Concerning standing before the growth management hearings board. |
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Building communities fund |
H Cap Budget |
Ortiz-Self |
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Concerning the building communities fund program. |
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Housing supply |
H Local Govt |
Bateman |
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Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. |
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Emergency shelters & housing |
H Local Govt |
Peterson |
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Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations. |
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Homelessness definitions |
H Children, Yout |
Rule |
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Standardizing homelessness definitions. |
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Landlord-tenant/COVID-19 |
H Hous, Human Sv |
Barkis |
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Addressing residential landlord-tenant requirements in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. |
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GMA/affordable housing plans |
H Local Govt |
Barkis |
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Planning for affordable housing under the growth management act. |
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Residential tenants |
H Hous, Human Sv |
Macri |
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Protecting residential tenants from the beginning to end of their tenancies by penalizing the inclusion of unlawful lease provisions and limiting the reasons for eviction, refusal to continue, and termination. |
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Growth management act plans |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
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Planning under the growth management act. |
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HB 1298 (SB 5221) |
Accessory dwelling units |
H Local Govt |
Vick |
Monitoring |
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Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas. |
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Accessory dwelling units |
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Gregerson |
Monitoring |
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Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
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Affordable housing funding |
S Housing & Loca |
Lovelett |
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Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. |
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Condominium construction |
S Rules 2 |
Padden |
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Reducing barriers to condominium construction. |
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Accessory dwelling units/tax |
S Housing & Loca |
Kuderer |
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Limiting the property tax exemption for improvements to single-family dwellings to the construction of accessory dwelling units. |
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Development paperwork |
S Environment, E |
Fortunato |
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Reducing unnecessary paperwork to promote development. |
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GMA actions effective date |
S Housing & Loca |
Salomon |
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Concerning the effective date of certain actions taken under the growth management act. |
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Homelessness/shelter |
S Housing & Local |
Fortunato |
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Addressing homelessness. |
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Landlord-tenant relations |
S Housing & Loca |
Kuderer |
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Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing certain tenant protections during and after public health emergencies, providing for legal representation in eviction cases, and authorizing landlord access to state rental assistance programs. |
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American dream homes |
S Housing & Loca |
Fortunato |
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Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes. |
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Environmental permits |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Wilson |
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Concerning environmental permit streamlining. |
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SB 5221 (HB 1298) |
Accessory dwelling units |
S Housing & Loca |
Gildon |
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Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas. |
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Housing options & limits |
S Housing & Loca |
Liias |
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Increasing housing unit inventory by removing arbitrary limits on housing options. |
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Engineered plan approval |
S Housing & Loca |
Gildon |
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Creating efficiency in housing by streamlining approval of engineered plans. |
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Eviction res. pilot/reports |
S Housing & Loca |
Kuderer |
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Requiring annual reporting from the eviction resolution pilot program. |
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Property tax levy limit calc |
S Housing & Loca |
Das |
Monitoring |
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Including the value of increased residential building capacity in the property tax levy limit calculation. |
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Afford. housing incentives |
S Housing & Loca |
Das |
Monitoring |
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Concerning affordable housing incentives. |
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Transit-oriented development |
S Housing & Loca |
Mullet |
Monitoring |
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Facilitating transit-oriented development and increasing housing inventory. |
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GMA/standing & science |
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Short |
Monitoring |
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Concerning standing and science under the growth management act. |
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Bill Details |
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Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1189 (SB 5211) |
Tax increment financing |
H Finance |
Duerr |
High |
Support |
Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. |
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Local infra. project areas |
H Finance |
Wicks |
Medium |
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Addressing local infrastructure project areas. |
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Rural internet infra./taxes |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
Medium |
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Allowing a local sales and use tax as a credit against the state sales tax for rural high-speed internet infrastructure without increasing the total sales and use tax rate. |
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SB 5211 (HB 1189) |
Tax increment financing |
S Business, Fina |
Frockt |
High |
Support |
Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. |
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Economic assistance programs |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Nguyen |
Medium |
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Concerning economic assistance programs. |
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Tax preferences |
S Ways & Means |
Carlyle |
High |
Concerns |
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Concerning additional transparency and accountability for tax preferences. |
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Data center tax incentive |
S Business, Fina |
Liias |
High |
Support |
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Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. |
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Dev. disability services |
S Health & Long |
Keiser |
Monitoring |
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Transforming services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by increasing the capabilities of community residential settings and redesigning the long-term nature of intermediate care facilities. |
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SB 5274 (HB 1264) |
Equity impact statement |
S State Govt & E |
Hasegawa |
Monitoring |
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Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. |
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No bills.
Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Manufacturing |
H Comm & Econ Dev |
Boehnke |
Medium |
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Building economic strength through manufacturing. |
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New space economy |
H Comm & Econ De |
Boehnke |
Medium |
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Fostering economic growth in Washington by supporting emerging businesses in the new space economy. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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Motor vehicle sales tax |
H Approps |
MacEwen |
High |
Support |
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Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
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Transportation fuel/carbon |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
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HB 1091 (SB 5231) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
High |
Oppose |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
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HB 1135 (SB 5165) |
Transp. budget 2021-2023 |
H Transportation |
Fey |
High |
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Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
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HB 1136 (SB 5166) |
Supp. transportation budget |
H Transportation |
Fey |
High |
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Making 2019-2021 supplemental transportation appropriations. |
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Road maintenance/planning |
H Transportation |
McCaslin |
High |
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Elevating road maintenance and preservation in transportation planning. |
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HB 1204 (SB 5256) |
Transp. electrification |
H Transportation |
Macri |
Medium |
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Concerning the electrification of transportation. |
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Transp. project tax revenues |
H Approps |
Orcutt |
High |
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Concerning sales tax revenues of transportation projects being used for transportation purposes with at least 70 percent being deposited into the motor vehicle fund. |
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Zero emissions transp. |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
Monitoring |
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Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future. |
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Tracking for taxes, fees |
H Transportation |
Young |
Medium |
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Amending the state Constitution so that tracking individuals for the purposes of determining taxes or fees is prohibited. |
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Road usage charge limits |
H Transportation |
Young |
Medium |
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Amending the state Constitution so that road usage charges are limited in relation to how they may be implemented. |
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Vehicle taxes & fees |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
Medium |
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Limiting state and local taxes, fees, and other charges relating to vehicles. |
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SB 5165 (HB 1135) |
Transp. budget 2021-2023 |
S Transportation |
Hobbs |
High |
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Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
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SB 5166 (HB 1136) |
Supp. transportation budget |
S Transportation |
Hobbs |
High |
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Making 2019-2021 supplemental transportation appropriations. |
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SB 5231 (HB 1091) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
S Environment, E |
Stanford |
High |
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
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Toll revenue bonding |
S Transportation |
King |
High |
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Limiting bonding toll revenues on certain state highway facilities. |
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SB 5256 (HB 1204) |
Transp. electrification |
S Environment, E |
Liias |
Medium |
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Concerning the electrification of transportation. |
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Bill Details |
Status |
Sponsor |
Priority |
Position |
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HB 1093 (SB 5091) |
Operating budget, 2nd supp. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
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Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
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HB 1094 (SB 5092) |
Operating budget 2021-2023 |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
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Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
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SB 5091 (HB 1093) |
Operating budget, 2nd supp. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
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Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
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SB 5092 (HB 1094) |
Operating budget 2021-2023 |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
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Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
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