QUICK REPORT
Last week we saw the unveiling of Senator Hobb’s transportation package. He held a “work session” on this the day after it was announced. SSCCLC will have an opportunity to weigh in during the hearing on the bill.
So far, besides the Governor’s proposal, we have three legislative proposals (Fey, Hobbs and Saldana). We are expecting a fourth this week from Senator King and the Senate Republicans. Attached is a comparison document put together by transportation expert Jennifer Ziegler of the proposals we have to date. Key differences of the two major proposals include:
- Generates $26.7 billion in revenue.
- The two major revenue sources are an 18-cent gas tax that is indexed based on the consumer price index and a $15 per ton carbon fee on the transportation sector that increases to $25 per ton by the third biennium.
- The proposal includes a range of smaller fee increases.
- $4.6 billion for maintenance and preservation.
- $3.5 billion for fish passage barrier removal in response to a federal court order.
- $6.7 billion for projects. There is no project list, but replacement of the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River is identified.
- $828 million for preservation for the Transportation Improvement Board and $582 million for preservation for the County Road Administration Board. There is no funding assumed for the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board and no direct distribution for local governments.
- $2.5 billion in carbon reduction investments.
- About $3 billion for various transit programs.
- About $1.5 billion for ferry investments, including ferry electrification.
- The proposal does not assume any bonding.
Senator Hobbs’s “Forward Washington” Proposal
- Generates between $15.7 and $15.9 billion in revenue.
- The two major revenue sources are a six-cent gas tax with no indexing and an assumption of carbon pricing. The Hobbs proposal provides two carbon options—either the adoption of a cap and invest program or the adoption of a carbon fee on the transportation sector of $20 per ton of emissions.
- The proposal also includes an assessed value fee on new construction and an air quality surcharge fee on new vehicles. The proposal assumes that the funding for fish passage barrier removal will come from separate legislation that is not related to transportation revenue.
- $2.6 billion for maintenance and preservation.
- $3.5 billion for fish passage barrier removal (assumed from separate revenue source).
- $5.3 billion for projects and a project list.
- $100 million for the Transportation Improvement Board, $80 million for the County Road Administration Board, $50 million for the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board and $375 million in direct distribution to local governments.
- $900 million in carbon reduction investments.
- About $1 billion for various transit programs.
- About $1.4 billion for ferry investments, including ferry electrification.
- The proposal does assume that bonding is necessary
In addition to the release of these proposals, the SSCCLC received good news in the form of a letter from DOT Secretary Roger Millar announcing that the parts of the Gateway project that were going to be paused are no longer going to be paused. This was great news and a reflection of the testimony of SSCCLC Chamber members before the House and Senate committees among other things.
Another key happening of this week was the passage of ESSB 5061, the unemployment insurance bill. Despite controversy over the increase in minimum benefit amounts and extension of benefits to some who voluntary quit their job due to COVID, the bill receive favorable, bi-partisan support because it reduces the impact of the unemployment insurance tax increases employers are facing this year. More work will need to be done on this issue between now and next session but for now 5061 has passed both the House and the Senate and heads to the Governor’s desk. Early and fast passage of this bill was necessary so the Employment Insurance Department can reissue UI tax statements before the first due date.
Below are key hearings this coming week. We also expect to see several bills move out of committee, including HB 1084 which is the highly controversial building decarbonization bill. SB 5114, the bill moving the entire state into Phase 2 of the re-opening metricks has not been scheduled for a vote out of committee.
UPCOMING EVENTS - WEEK OF 2/1
Finance (House) - Virtual, - 2/1 @ 10:00am
HB 1246 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote testimony.) (Medium)
HB 1369 - Public Hearing - Establishing wage liens. (Remote testimony.) (Oppose/High)
HB 1272 - Public Hearing - Concerning health system transparency. (Remote testimony.) (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - Virtual, - 2/4 @ 3:30pm
CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON TAX
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1084 (SB 5093) |
Building decarbonization |
Reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by achieving greater decarbonization of residential and commercial buildings. |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
Oppose |
High |
|
SHB 1091 (SB 5231) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
H Approps |
Fitzgibbon |
Oppose |
High |
|
SB 5093 (HB 1084) |
Building decarbonization |
Reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions by achieving greater decarbonization of residential and commercial buildings. |
S Environment, E |
Liias |
Oppose |
High |
|
Climate commitment act |
Concerning the Washington climate commitment act. |
S Environment, E |
Carlyle |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Env. justice task force recs |
Implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force. |
S Environment, E |
Saldaña |
|
Medium |
|
|
SB 5231 (SHB 1091) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
S Environment, E |
Stanford |
|
High |
|
Carbon pollution |
Concerning carbon pollution. |
S Environment, E |
Lovelett |
|
High |
CTE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Employment training program |
Concerning the Washington customized employment training program. |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
Support |
High |
|
|
Student fines and fees |
Concerning access to higher education. |
H Education |
Paul |
Neutral |
Low |
|
|
HB 1318 (SB 5194) |
Comm. & technical colleges |
Providing for equity and access in the community and technical colleges. |
H Coll & Wkf Dev |
Pollet |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5194 (HB 1318) |
Comm. & technical colleges |
Providing for equity and access in the community and technical colleges. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Scholarships/tax credit |
Establishing a tax credit for contributions to student scholarship organizations. |
S EL/K-12 |
Schoesler |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
College grant award maximum |
Increasing the maximum Washington college grant award at independent institutions of higher education. |
S Ways & Means |
Conway |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Opportunity scholarship prog |
Increasing access to the Washington opportunity scholarship program. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
GENERAL BUSINESS PRIORITIES
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
COVID-19 grants/B&O tax |
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for qualifying grants related to COVID-19 relief. |
H Finance |
Walen |
|
|
|
|
B&O tax credit/COVID-19 |
Providing a business and occupation tax credit to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in the state. |
H Finance |
MacEwen |
|
|
|
|
Equitable access to credit |
Creating the Washington equitable access to credit act. |
H Finance |
Maycumber |
Support |
High |
|
|
Unemployment benefit charges |
Concerning relief of benefit charges when discharge is a result of a gubernatorial declaration of emergency or related executive order. |
H Labor & Workpla |
MacEwen |
Support |
High |
|
|
Paid leave coverage |
Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Workplace violations/qui tam |
Allowing whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Hansen |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
HB 1080 (SB 5083) |
Capital budget 2021-2023 |
Concerning the capital budget. -- Sec 3095 -- $4 million for Wood Stove Changeouts |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
High |
|
Family/med leave continuity |
Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights. |
H Rules R |
Berry |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Emergency assistance/tax |
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. |
S Ways & Means |
Walen |
Support |
High |
|
|
HB 1097 (SB 5090) |
Worker protections |
Increasing worker protections. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Sells |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1098 (ESSB 5061) |
Unemployment insurance |
Concerning unemployment insurance. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Sells |
Support |
High |
|
Investments/B&O tax |
Concerning investment income tax deductions. |
H Finance |
Cody |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
State spending prgs. review |
Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs. |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Zero-based budget reviews |
Improving state budgeting through zero-based budget reviews. |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
B&O tax payment deferral |
Providing a business and occupation tax payment deferral to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in the state. |
H Finance |
MacEwen |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Health coverage |
Ensuring equity in health coverage. |
H HC/Wellness |
Thai |
|
High |
|
|
HB 1201 (SB 5149) |
Found. public health funding |
Funding foundational public health services. |
H Finance |
Riccelli |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1206 (SB 5218) |
Temporary workers |
Protecting temporary workers. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1213 (SB 5237) |
Child care & early dev. exp. |
Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. |
H Children, Yout |
Senn |
|
High |
|
HB 1217 (SB 5172) |
Overtime claim retroactivity |
Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Hoff |
Support |
Medium |
|
Emergency proc. penalties |
Prohibiting civil penalties for first-time violations of standards regulated under emergency proclamations. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Mosbrucker |
Support |
High |
|
|
State estate tax, repealing |
Repealing the state estate tax. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
Support |
High |
|
|
Employee personal vehicles |
Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Orcutt |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1264 (SB 5274) |
Equity impact statement |
Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. |
H State Govt & T |
Thai |
|
High |
|
Health system transparency |
Concerning health system transparency. |
H HC/Wellness |
Macri |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1297 (SB 5387) |
Working families tax exempt. |
Concerning working families tax exemption. |
H Finance |
Thai |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hospitality industry/B&O tax |
Providing business and occupation tax relief to the hospitality industry. |
H Finance |
Vick |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Personal information sale |
Concerning the regulation and taxation of the sale of Washingtonian's personal information and related data. |
H Finance |
Kloba |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1321 (SB 5114) |
Reopening/public health |
Concerning safely reopening Washington. |
H HC/Wellness |
MacEwen |
|
Monitoring |
|
Appropriations/COVID-19 |
Making appropriations to revive our economy and accelerate a lasting recovery for Washington. |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Unemployment ins./employers |
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. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Hoff |
Support |
High |
|
|
Main street program/access |
Improving the equitable access to the main street program. |
H Comm & Econ Dev |
Maycumber |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1368 (SB 5344) |
Federal funding/COVID-19 |
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through state actions supported by federal funding. |
H 2nd Reading |
Ormsby |
|
High |
|
HB 1369 (SB 5355) |
Wage liens |
Establishing wage liens. |
H Labor & Workpla |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
Wealth tax |
Improving the equity of Washington state's tax code by creating the Washington state wealth tax and taxing extraordinary financial intangible assets. |
H Finance |
Frame |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Regulations/health crises |
Encouraging economic recovery by reducing regulatory burdens during declared public health crises. |
|
Walsh |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Child care/unemployment |
Concerning working connections child care eligibility and unemployment benefits. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Medium |
|
|
Consumer protection act |
Concerning the consumer protection improvement act. |
S Rules 2 |
Rolfes |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Worker comp claim agreements |
Concerning workers' compensation claim resolution settlement agreements. |
S 2nd RdConsCal |
Conway |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
ESSB 5061 (HB 1098) |
Unemployment insurance |
Concerning unemployment insurance. |
H Passed 3rd |
Keiser |
Support |
High |
|
Data |
Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. |
S Ways & Means |
Carlyle |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Unemployment/voluntary |
Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work. |
S Labor, Comm & |
Saldaña |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5090 (HB 1097) |
Worker protections |
Increasing worker protections. |
S Labor, Comm & |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
Capital gains tax |
Concerning an excise tax on gains from the sale or exchange of certain capital assets. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Paid leave coverage |
Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program. |
S Labor, Comm & |
Robinson |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5114 (HB 1321) |
Reopening/public health |
Concerning safely reopening Washington. |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
Support |
High |
|
Workers' comp COL adjustment |
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. |
S Labor, Comm & |
King |
Support |
High |
|
|
SB 5149 (HB 1201) |
Found. public health funding |
Funding foundational public health services. |
S Health & Long |
Robinson |
Oppose |
High |
|
Budget stabilization approps |
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. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Unanticipated revenue |
Concerning unanticipated revenue. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
Medium |
|
|
SB 5172 (HB 1217) |
Overtime claim retroactivity |
Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. |
S Labor, Comm & |
King |
|
Low |
|
Business practices/emergency |
Regulating unfair business practices and prohibiting predatory price increases during states of emergency. |
S Law & Justice |
Darneille |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Unemp. contributions/wages |
Concerning wages for unemployment insurance contributions. |
S Labor, Comm & |
Schoesler |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Whole WA health trust |
Creating the whole Washington health trust. |
S Health & Long |
Hasegawa |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
SB 5218 (HB 1206) |
Temporary workers |
Protecting temporary workers. |
S Labor, Comm & |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
Long-term care trust repeal |
Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program and the premium assessment on wages. |
S Health & Long T |
Padden |
|
|
|
|
SB 5237 (HB 1213) |
Child care & early dev. exp. |
Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
|
High |
|
Economic inclusion |
Promoting economic inclusion. |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Dhingra |
|
High |
|
|
Tax and revenue laws |
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. |
S Ways & Means |
Schoesler |
|
|
|
|
SB 5344 (SHB 1368) |
Federal funding/COVID-19 |
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through state actions supported by federal funding. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
High |
|
SB 5355 (HB 1369) |
Wage liens |
Establishing wage liens. |
S Labor, Comm & T |
Conway |
Oppose |
High |
|
Hard-to-place job seekers |
Providing incentives to employers to hire certain hard-to-place job seekers. |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Gildon |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Sweetened beverage tax |
Funding public health services and health equity initiatives through a statewide sweetened beverage tax. |
S Health & Long |
Robinson |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
Standardized health plans |
Increasing affordability of standardized plans on the individual market. |
S Health & Long |
Frockt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5387 (HB 1297) |
Working families tax exempt. |
Concerning working families tax exemption. |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Nguyen |
|
Monitoring |
|
Small businesses/excise tax |
Providing small business excise tax relief to address the financial hardship caused by COVID-19. |
|
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Universal health care comm'n |
Concerning the creation of a universal health care commission. |
|
Randall |
|
Monitoring |
HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Rent relief & housing |
Providing local governments with options to grant rent relief and preserve affordable housing in their communities. |
H Finance |
Kloba |
|
|
|
|
Housing/local tax revenue |
Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities. |
H FINDPS |
Ryu |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive planning |
Improving the state's climate response through updates to the state's comprehensive planning framework. |
H Exec Action |
Duerr |
Concerns |
|
|
|
Unused public buildings |
Creating a grant program for converting unused public buildings to housing for homeless persons. |
H Cap Budget |
Walsh |
|
|
|
|
Comp. planning/salmon |
Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state's comprehensive planning framework. |
H Env & Energy |
Lekanoff |
|
|
|
|
Housing benefit districts |
Concerning housing benefit districts. |
H Exec Action |
Ryu |
Support |
High |
|
|
Growth mngmt board standing |
Concerning standing before the growth management hearings board. |
H Local Govt |
Hoff |
|
|
|
|
Building communities fund |
Concerning the building communities fund program. |
H Cap Budget |
Ortiz-Self |
|
|
|
|
HB 1157 (SB 5390) |
Housing supply |
Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. |
H Local Govt |
Bateman |
|
|
|
Emergency shelters & housing |
Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and development regulations. |
H Local Govt |
Peterson |
|
|
|
|
Homelessness definitions |
Standardizing homelessness definitions. |
H Rules R |
Rule |
|
|
|
|
Landlord-tenant/COVID-19 |
Addressing residential landlord-tenant requirements in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. |
H Hous, Human Sv |
Barkis |
|
|
|
|
GMA/affordable housing plans |
Planning for affordable housing under the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Barkis |
|
|
|
|
Residential tenants |
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. |
H Hous, Human Sv |
Macri |
|
|
|
|
Growth management act plans |
Planning under the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
|
|
|
|
HB 1298 (SB 5221) |
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas. |
H Local Govt |
Vick |
|
Monitoring |
|
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
H Local Govt |
Gregerson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Housing/COVID-19 |
Preserving affordable housing and assisting tenants and rental housing providers in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. |
H Hous, Human Sv |
Dufault |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Affordable housing funding |
Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. |
S Housing & Loca |
Lovelett |
|
|
|
|
Condominium construction |
Reducing barriers to condominium construction. |
S Passed 3rd |
Padden |
|
|
|
|
Accessory dwelling units/tax |
Limiting the property tax exemption for improvements to single-family dwellings to the construction of accessory dwelling units. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
|
|
|
|
Development paperwork |
Reducing unnecessary paperwork to promote development. |
S Environment, E |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
|
GMA actions effective date |
Concerning the effective date of certain actions taken under the growth management act. |
S Rules 2 |
Salomon |
|
|
|
|
Homelessness/shelter |
Addressing homelessness. |
S Housing & Local |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
|
Rent increases, limiting |
Limiting rent increases after expiration of the governor's eviction moratorium. |
S Housing & Loca |
Das |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Landlord-tenant relations |
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. |
S Housing & Loca |
Kuderer |
|
|
|
|
American dream homes |
Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes. |
S Housing & Loca |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
|
Environmental permits |
Concerning environmental permit streamlining. |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Wilson |
|
|
|
|
SB 5221 (HB 1298) |
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning regulation of accessory dwelling units located outside of urban growth areas. |
S Housing & Loca |
Gildon |
|
|
|
Housing options & limits |
Increasing housing unit inventory by removing arbitrary limits on housing options. |
S Housing & Loca |
Liias |
|
|
|
|
Engineered plan approval |
Creating efficiency in housing by streamlining approval of engineered plans. |
S Housing & Loca |
Gildon |
|
|
|
|
Eviction res. pilot/reports |
Requiring annual reporting from the eviction resolution pilot program. |
S Housing & Loca |
Kuderer |
|
|
|
|
Property tax levy limit calc |
Including the value of increased residential building capacity in the property tax levy limit calculation. |
S Housing & Loca |
Das |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Afford. housing incentives |
Concerning affordable housing incentives. |
S Housing & Loca |
Das |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Transit-oriented development |
Facilitating transit-oriented development and increasing housing inventory. |
S Housing & Loca |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
GMA/standing & science |
Concerning standing and science under the growth management act. |
S Housing & Local |
Short |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Building permit approval |
Concerning the approval of building permits. |
S Housing & Local |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5390 (HB 1157) |
Housing supply |
Increasing housing supply through the growth management act and housing density tax incentives for local governments. |
S Housing & Loca |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
OTHER CHAMBER BILLS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1189 (SSB 5211) |
Tax increment financing |
Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. |
H Finance |
Duerr |
Support |
High |
|
Local infra. project areas |
Addressing local infrastructure project areas. |
H Finance |
Wicks |
|
Medium |
|
|
Rural internet infra./taxes |
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. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
Medium |
|
|
SSB 5211 (HB 1189) |
Tax increment financing |
Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. |
S Ways & Means |
Frockt |
Support |
High |
|
Economic assistance programs |
Concerning economic assistance programs. |
S Human Svcs, Re |
Nguyen |
|
Medium |
|
|
Tax preferences |
Concerning additional transparency and accountability for tax preferences. |
S Ways & Means |
Carlyle |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Data center tax incentive |
Broadening the eligibility requirements and extending the expiration date for the data center tax incentive. |
S Business, Fina |
Liias |
Support |
High |
|
|
Dev. disability services |
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. |
S Health & Long |
Keiser |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5274 (HB 1264) |
Equity impact statement |
Establishing an equity impact statement for legislative proposals. |
S State Govt & E |
Hasegawa |
|
Monitoring |
STREAMLINED SALES TAX
No bills.
TRADE, AEROSPACE & MFG
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Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Manufacturing |
Building economic strength through manufacturing. |
H Comm & Econ De |
Boehnke |
|
Medium |
|
|
New space economy |
Fostering economic growth in Washington by supporting emerging businesses in the new space economy. |
H Comm & Econ De |
Boehnke |
|
Medium |
TRANSPORTATION
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Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Motor vehicle sales tax |
Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
H Approps |
MacEwen |
Support |
High |
|
|
Transportation fuel/carbon |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
|
|
|
|
SHB 1091 (SB 5231) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
H Approps |
Fitzgibbon |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1135 (SB 5165) |
Transp. budget 2021-2023 |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
High |
|
HB 1136 (SB 5166) |
Supp. transportation budget |
Making 2019-2021 supplemental transportation appropriations. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
High |
|
Road maintenance/planning |
Elevating road maintenance and preservation in transportation planning. |
H Transportation |
McCaslin |
|
High |
|
|
HB 1204 (SB 5256) |
Transp. electrification |
Concerning the electrification of transportation. |
H Transportation |
Macri |
|
Medium |
|
Transp. project tax revenues |
Concerning sales tax revenues of transportation projects being used for transportation purposes with at least 70 percent being deposited into the motor vehicle fund. |
H Approps |
Orcutt |
|
High |
|
|
Zero emissions transp. |
Concerning preparedness for a zero emissions transportation future. |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing |
Concerning transportation. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Corry |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Tracking for taxes, fees |
Amending the state Constitution so that tracking individuals for the purposes of determining taxes or fees is prohibited. |
H Transportation |
Young |
|
Medium |
|
|
Road usage charge limits |
Amending the state Constitution so that road usage charges are limited in relation to how they may be implemented. |
H Transportation |
Young |
|
Medium |
|
|
Vehicle taxes & fees |
Limiting state and local taxes, fees, and other charges relating to vehicles. |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
|
Medium |
|
|
SB 5165 (HB 1135) |
Transp. budget 2021-2023 |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Hobbs |
|
High |
|
SB 5166 (HB 1136) |
Supp. transportation budget |
Making 2019-2021 supplemental transportation appropriations. |
S Transportation |
Hobbs |
|
High |
|
SB 5231 (SHB 1091) |
Transportation fuel/carbon |
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. |
S Environment, E |
Stanford |
|
High |
|
Toll revenue bonding |
Limiting bonding toll revenues on certain state highway facilities. |
S Transportation |
King |
|
High |
|
|
SB 5256 (HB 1204) |
Transp. electrification |
Concerning the electrification of transportation. |
S Environment, E |
Liias |
|
Medium |
|
Motor vehicle sales tax |
Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles to transportation improvements. |
S Ways & Means |
Braun |
Support |
High |
Uncategorized Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1093 (SB 5091) |
Operating budget, 2nd supp. |
Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
|
|
HB 1094 (SB 5092) |
Operating budget 2021-2023 |
Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
|
|
SB 5091 (HB 1093) |
Operating budget, 2nd supp. |
Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
|
|
SB 5092 (HB 1094) |
Operating budget 2021-2023 |
Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
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