The first week of the Legislative session had some committee meetings and bill introductions scattered among the pomp and circumstance of swearing in new legislators and elected officials. The highlight was, of course, the bi-partisan messaging in newly elected Governor Bob Ferguson’s Inaugural address. Here is a LINK to that speech.
The big hearings this week included a hearing on prevailing wage in high hazard facilities, rent control, and a hearing on a Housing Cost Driver task force. The House also heard a bill creating a statewide labor standards committee for childcare. We expect to see housing, public safety, and child care remain major issues as we move this the session. The fiscal committees also received updates on Governor Inslee’s Operating, Transportation and Capital budgets. These budgets will be used as the draft or base for additional budgets. Budget discussions have begun already and we expect it to get heated as legislators grapple with the four-year, nearly $12 billion budget problem. As you can see from Ferguson’s inaugural address, this budget problem is a priority for him. Ferguson has proposed budget priorities which include cuts across agencies. However, his plan is to not make these flat cuts across the board but instead he will be strategic in his proposals. He has said he will not accept cuts in education, childcare, housing, public safety, and ferries.
The transportation budget is concerning – with a $1 billion overall deficit and the continuing challenge of increasing project costs with declining revenue. SSCCLC will have to be vigilant since there is about a $2.5 million cut in Governor Inslee’s budget proposal for the 405/167 connections. Maintaining funding and on-time completion for the Gateway projects will be paramount.
Next week, there are a number of hearings where SSCCLC might want to weigh in. The biggest is the bill to allow striking workers to collect unemployment insurance. We expect this, plus rent control bills, to be some of the biggest fights this year. Please see below for hearings. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SIGN IN ON BILLS
Upcoming Events
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/20 @ 10:30am
• SB 5062 - Public Hearing - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5104 - Public Hearing - Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5023 - Public Hearing - Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5217 - Public Hearing - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/20 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1075 - Exec Session - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. (Monitoring)
• HB 1217 - Exec Session - Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. (Oppose/High)
Local Government (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 1/20 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5173 - Public Hearing - Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5197 - Public Hearing - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/21 @ 8:00am
• SB 5180 - Public Hearing - Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/21 @ 8:00am
• HB 1126 - Public Hearing - Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/21 @ 8:00am
• SB 5060 - Public Hearing - Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5209 - Public Hearing - Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority. (Remote Testimony Available). (Neutral/Medium)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/21 @ 10:30am
• SB 5041 - Public Hearing - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
• SB 5291 - Public Hearing - Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5292 - Public Hearing - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5101 - Public Hearing - Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/21 @ 10:30am
• HB 1264 - Public Hearing - Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/21 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1006 - Exec Session - Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees. (Concerns/Medium)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/21 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1035 - Exec Session - Creating policies and resources to address secondary traumatic stress in the higher education workforce. (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/21 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1235 - Public Hearing - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 8:00am
• HB 1297 - Public Hearing - Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Medium)
Human Services (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/22 @ 8:00am
• SB 5232 - Public Hearing - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 8:00am
• HB 1128 - Exec Session - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 8:00am
• HB 1044 - Public Hearing - Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1082 - Public Hearing - Concerning qualifications for child care providers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1263 - Public Hearing - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/22 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5263 - Public Hearing - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5307 - Public Hearing - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1076 - Public Hearing - Concerning the health technology assessment program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5222 - Public Hearing - Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1098 - Public Hearing - Concerning county local roads. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 8:00am
• HB 1303 - Public Hearing - Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 8:00am
• HB 1096 - Exec Session - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Monitoring)
• HB 1108 - Exec Session - Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 8:30am
• HB 1285 - Public Hearing - Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1289 - Public Hearing - Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/23 @ 10:30am
• SB 5060 - Exec Session - Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. (Monitoring)
• SB 5209 - Exec Session - Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority. (Neutral/Medium)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/23 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5275 - Public Hearing - Modifying funding and award levels for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/24 @ 10:30am
• SB 5148 - Public Hearing - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 10:30am
• HB 1135 - Exec Session - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. (Monitoring)
• HB 1015 - Exec Session - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. (Oppose/Medium)
High Priority Bills
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Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
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Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
|
|
Labor standards |
Concerning labor standards and the Washington minimum wage act. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Mena |
Oppose |
|
|
Overtime exemption |
Creating a narrow exemption from overtime provisions for certain nonprofits and small businesses. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Schmidt |
Support |
|
|
HB 1217 (SB 5222) |
Residential tenants |
Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. |
H Housing |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
|
Wealth tax |
Enacting a wealth tax on the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property. |
H Finance |
Street |
Oppose |
|
|
Business & occupation tax |
Modifying business and occupation tax rates to fund programs and services to benefit Washingtonians. |
H Finance |
Street |
Oppose |
|
|
Transportation funding/CCA |
Funding the state transportation system using climate commitment act revenues. |
H Transportation |
Barkis |
Support |
|
|
Prepared food sales tax |
Exempting prepared food from sales tax. |
H Finance |
Manjarrez |
Support |
|
|
Detached ADU limits |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas. |
H Housing |
Low |
Concerns |
|
|
Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Riccelli |
Oppose |
|
|
Motor vehicles sales tax use |
Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
Support |
|
|
Public utility tax, counties |
Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax. |
S Loc Gov |
Chapman |
Concerns |
|
|
SB 5108 (HB 1006) |
Service contracts |
Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees. |
S Business, Fin |
Kauffman |
Concerns |
|
SB 5160 (HB 1226) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
|
SB 5161 (HB 1227) |
Transportation budget |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
|
SB 5222 (HB 1217) |
Residential tenants |
Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. |
S Housing |
Trudeau |
Oppose |
|
SB 5345 (HB 1308) |
Access to personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Oppose |
Medium Priority Bills
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Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
|
PTSD/coroners & examiners |
Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Abbarno |
Oppose |
|
|
Property tax exemption |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
Support |
|
|
HB 1006 (SB 5108) |
Service contracts |
Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Ryu |
Concerns |
|
County local roads |
Concerning county local roads. |
H Local Govt |
Low |
|
|
|
Rural area ADUs |
Authorizing accessory dwelling units in rural areas. |
H Housing |
Low |
|
|
|
Energy labeling/residential |
Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
Oppose |
|
|
Veterans/employer incentives |
Providing employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families. |
H Finance |
Abbarno |
|
|
|
HB 1070 (SB 5043) |
PTSD/correctional workers |
Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Davis |
Oppose |
|
Noncompetition agreements |
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Concerns |
|
|
Child support/self-employed |
Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Walen |
Oppose |
|
|
Personal property taxation |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
H Finance |
Schmidt |
Support |
|
|
Domestic workers |
Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Concerns |
|
|
SB 5043 (HB 1070) |
PTSD/correctional workers |
Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Dhingra |
Oppose |
|
Worker leave/hate crimes |
Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. |
S Labor & Comm |
Valdez |
Concerns |
|
|
Immigration status coercion |
Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. |
S Labor & Comm |
Hasegawa |
Concerns |
|
|
L&I law enforcement |
Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority. |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
Neutral |
Low Priority Bills
No bills.
Monitoring Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
|
Child care local licensing |
Authorizing local licensing and regulation of child care providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Couture |
|
|
|
Higher ed. traumatic stress |
Creating policies and resources to address secondary traumatic stress in the higher education workforce. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Ortiz-Self |
|
|
|
Rental income/property tax |
Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs. |
H Finance |
Doglio |
|
|
|
Commute trip reduction |
Extending the commute trip reduction tax credit. |
H Finance |
Wylie |
|
|
|
County REET admin. fees |
Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax. |
H Local Govt |
Wylie |
|
|
|
Affordable housing financing |
Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. |
H Housing |
Walen |
|
|
|
Health technology assessment |
Concerning the health technology assessment program. |
H HC/Wellness |
Walen |
|
|
|
Solicited real estate |
Establishing consumer protections for owners of solicited real estate. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Donaghy |
|
|
|
HB 1082 (SB 5279) |
Child care provider qualif. |
Concerning qualifications for child care providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Senn |
|
|
Aircraft fuel tax distrib. |
Concerning the distribution of aircraft fuel tax revenue. |
H Approps |
Dent |
|
|
|
Residential landlord-tenant |
Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations. |
H Housing |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Eviction reform |
Concerning eviction reform and tenant safety. |
H Housing |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Law enforcement funding |
Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers. |
H Finance |
Walen |
|
|
|
Lot splitting |
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
H Housing |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Gov. services beyond UGA |
Extending governmental services beyond the urban growth area in specific circumstances. |
H Local Govt |
Low |
|
|
|
County local roads |
Concerning county local roads. |
H Transportation |
Low |
|
|
|
Tenant assistance program |
Creating a tenant assistance program. |
H Housing |
Low |
|
|
|
Local sales and use tax |
Creating a local sales and use tax. |
H Finance |
Jacobsen |
|
|
|
Housing cost task force |
Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. |
H Housing |
Klicker |
|
|
|
Work restrictions/age 16, 17 |
Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. |
H Labor & Workpl |
McClintock |
|
|
|
HB 1126 (SB 5315) |
Local tax rate changes |
Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. |
H Finance |
Walen |
|
|
HB 1128 (SB 5062) |
Child care workforce board |
Establishing a child care workforce standards board. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Fosse |
|
|
Local government planning |
Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
|
|
|
Urban growth area boundaries |
Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development. |
H Local Govt |
Connors |
|
|
|
Maritime careers task force |
Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions. |
H Education |
Shavers |
|
|
|
HB 1197 (SB 5166) |
Operating budget, supp. |
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
|
HB 1198 (SB 5167) |
Operating budget |
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
|
HB 1202 (SB 5194) |
State gen. obligation bonds |
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
|
HB 1208 (SB 5155) |
Salmon recovery projects |
Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. |
H Ag&Nr |
Tharinger |
|
|
HB 1226 (SB 5160) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
|
HB 1227 (SB 5161) |
Transportation budget |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
|
HB 1235 (SB 5148) |
GMA housing element |
Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. |
H Housing |
Peterson |
|
|
HB 1257 (SB 5253) |
Special education services |
Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. |
H Education |
Pollet |
|
|
HB 1263 (SB 5232) |
Essential needs program uses |
Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Cortes |
|
|
Ferry system salaries |
Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Fey |
|
|
|
Dual credit program access |
Improving student access to dual credit programs. |
H Education |
Paul |
|
|
|
Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
H Community Safe |
Leavitt |
|
|
|
Postsecondary ed protections |
Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Career & tech. ed./6th grade |
Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade. |
H Approps |
Shavers |
|
|
|
Investmnt income B&O deduct. |
Eliminating the investment income business and occupation tax deduction for corporations and other business entities. |
H Finance |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Financial education |
Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. |
H Education |
Rude |
|
|
|
Public school survey info. |
Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. |
H Education |
McClintock |
|
|
|
Environmental justice |
Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. |
H Env & Energy |
Mena |
|
|
|
HB 1308 (SB 5345) |
Access to personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reed |
|
|
HB 1310 (SB 5307) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
|
|
Clean energy development |
Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
|
|
|
Transp. network companies |
Concerning transportation network companies. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Obras |
|
|
|
School operating costs |
Concerning school operating costs. |
H Approps |
Berg |
|
|
|
Child care reimburse. rates |
Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program. |
H Approps |
Alvarado |
|
|
|
ADU self-certification |
Establishing a self-certification program for accessory dwelling unit project permit applications. |
H Local Govt |
Ramel |
|
|
|
Special education funding |
Providing special education funding and support for inclusionary practices. |
H Approps |
Stonier |
|
|
|
Child care licensing |
Modifying licensing requirements for child care and early learning providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Caldier |
|
|
|
Senior citizens local tax |
Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
|
|
Sales and use tax rate |
Reducing the state sales and use tax rate. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
|
|
Estate tax exclusion |
Adjusting the estate tax exclusion amount for inflation. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
|
|
Capital gains tax prepayment |
Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
|
|
Ferry system emergency decl. |
Declaring the ferry system to be in a state of emergency to authorize expedient actions. |
H Transportation |
Caldier |
|
|
|
HB 1378 (SB 5333) |
Eluding & resisting arrest |
Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. |
H Community Safet |
Shavers |
|
|
HB 1379 (SB 5084) |
Health carrier reporting |
Concerning health carrier reporting. |
H HC/Wellness |
Lekanoff |
|
|
Law enf. hiring grants |
Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. |
S Law & Justice |
Holy |
|
|
|
SB 5062 (HB 1128) |
Child care workforce board |
Establishing a child care workforce standards board. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
|
|
SB 5084 (HB 1379) |
Health carrier reporting |
Concerning health carrier reporting. |
S Health & Long- |
Robinson |
|
|
Child care licensing fees |
Eliminating child care licensing fees. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
|
|
|
SB 5148 (HB 1235) |
GMA housing element |
Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. |
S Housing |
Bateman |
|
|
Annual state spending growth |
Limiting annual state spending growth to median worker wage growth, with excess revenues dedicated to property tax relief. |
S Ways & Means |
Gildon |
|
|
|
SB 5155 (HB 1208) |
Salmon recovery projects |
Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. |
S Loc Gov |
Salomon |
|
|
SB 5166 (HB 1197) |
Operating budget, supp. |
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
|
|
SB 5167 (HB 1198) |
Operating budget |
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
|
|
County comprehensive plans |
Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations. |
S Loc Gov |
Short |
|
|
|
Schools/gender inclusive |
Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
|
|
|
SB 5194 (HB 1202) |
State gen. obligation bonds |
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. |
S Ways & Means |
Trudeau |
|
|
Local government planning |
Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. |
S Loc Gov |
Salomon |
|
|
|
Clean energy fund program |
Establishing a new clean energy fund program. |
S Environment, E |
MacEwen |
|
|
|
Green energy/community |
Concerning green energy community funds to support school districts and nonprofit organizations that service the communities where renewable energy projects are located. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
|
|
|
Pregnancy accommodations |
Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. |
S Labor & Comm |
Nobles |
|
|
|
SB 5232 (HB 1263) |
Essential needs program uses |
Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. |
S Human Services |
Wilson |
|
|
Washington health trust |
Developing the Washington health trust. |
S Health & Long- |
Hasegawa |
|
|
|
Lodging tax revenues |
Concerning lodging tax revenues. |
S Business, Fin |
Christian |
|
|
|
SB 5253 (HB 1257) |
Special education services |
Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. |
S EL/K-12 |
Cortes |
|
|
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
S EL/K-12 |
Pedersen |
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Passport to careers program |
Modifying funding and award levels for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Nobles |
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Long-term services trust |
Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
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Family & medical leave rates |
Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
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SB 5307 (HB 1310) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
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Capital gains tax |
Modifying the capital gains tax. |
S Ways & Means |
Stanford |
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SB 5315 (HB 1126) |
Local tax rate changes |
Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. |
S Loc Gov |
Gildon |
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SB 5333 (HB 1378) |
Eluding & resisting arrest |
Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
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Isolated employees |
Concerning protections for isolated employees. |
S Labor & Comm |
Orwall |
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Minimum wage increases |
Linking increases in the minimum wage to the federal minimum wage. |
S Labor & Comm |
Fortunato |
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Sales tax exemptions |
Exempting permanently from sales and use tax bottled water, prepared food, and clothing. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
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Children's product sales tax |
Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of products for young children. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
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Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
S Law & Justice |
Fortunato |
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Organized retail theft |
Creating a sentencing enhancement for organized retail theft. |
S Law & Justice |
Fortunato |
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Free school meals |
Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. |
S EL/K-12 |
Riccelli |
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Other Bills
No bills.
Bill Status & Upcoming Events Report
January 17, 2025
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