The second week of session was not as full of fun as the first week as the Legislature got down to business. A couple key things that happened worth mentioning were:
We are waiting to see if either of these bills will go to the Appropriations Committee before Rules and the floor. But it definitely shows a few areas where we are going to see policy battles.
UI for Striking Workers had a hearing in Senate Labor & Commerce this past week. The hearing went as well as could be expected. There is some discussion and controversy about whether or not the bill meets federal conformity. Also discussion about what happens if teachers or ferry workers strike. Even though it is technically “illegal” for state employees to strike, the reality is that they do and it might be difficult to refuse UI benefits in these situations.
We are hearing that budgets (operating, transporation and capital)nwill not be available to review until after the March revenue forecast. Session is scheduled to end on April 27 so there is a scramble to get the policy bills (with no money implications) through the process quickly since once the budgets come out, they will be the focus.
Finally, if you are sitting around this afternoon (Friday the 24th) looking for something to do, turn on TVW and see if the House floor debate on their procedural rules is interesting. We hear that arguments between the two political parties might get a little “spicy.” Or, it could be really boring.
SSCCLC WEIGHED IN THIS PAST WEEK ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS:
Signed in CON on SB 5222 – Rent Stabilization
Signed in CON on HB 1308 – which would shorten the time for employers to provide personnel records to current and past employees AND adds a private right of action for violations.
Signed in PRO on HB 1245 which establishes an Office of Entreprenuership in Washington State to increase support for small business
Signed in CON on HB 1044 which would allow counties to charge a fee for collection of the real estate excise tax – a fee for the privilege of paying the tax.
Signed in CON on SB 5292 - a bill that removes the cap on Paid Family Leave tax rates
Signed in CON and sent out a call to action on SB 5041– the bill giving unemployment insurance benefits paid by employers to employees who choose to go on strike.
Signed in CON on HB 1213 – the bill that would expand job protections for family leave to employers with fewer than 50 employees.
Signed in PRO on HB 1126 – providing better communication to businesses regarding local tax rates changes
Below are the upcoming hearings and suggested actions to take
Upcoming Events
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/27 @ 10:30am
• SB 5381 - Public Hearing - Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Medium) SIGN IN OPPOSED
Community Safety (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1399 - Public Hearing - Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1328 - Public Hearing - Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1345 - Public Hearing - Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)
• HB 1096 - Exec Session - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Support/High)
Local Government (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 1/27 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5285 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High) TESTIFY IN SUPPORT – DO CALL TO ACTION
• SB 5315 - Public Hearing - Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium) SIGN IN SUPPORT
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/27 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1418 - Public Hearing - Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/27 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5374 - Public Hearing - Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Agriculture & Natural Resources (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 10:30am
• HB 1208 - Public Hearing - Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/28 @ 10:30am
• SB 5336 - Public Hearing - Concerning protections for isolated employees. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5408 - Public Hearing - Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 10:30am
• HB 1402 - Public Hearing - Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 10:30am
• HB 1097 - Public Hearing - Extending governmental services beyond the urban growth area in specific circumstances. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1164 - Public Hearing - Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 10:30am
• HB 1437 - Public Hearing - Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) INDIVIDUAL CHAMBER TESTIMONY?
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1081 - Exec Session - Establishing consumer protections for owners of solicited real estate. (Monitoring)
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1388 - Public Hearing - Concerning mobile market programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1379 - Public Hearing - Concerning health carrier reporting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1409 - Public Hearing - Concerning the clean fuels program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)This bill accelerates the limits in the clean fuels standard. SIGN IN OPPOSED
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/28 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1491 - Public Hearing - Promoting transit-oriented housing development. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) SIGN IN SUPPORT
• HB 1235 - Exec Session - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Medium)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/28 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5314 - Public Hearing - Modifying the capital gains tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/29 @ 8:00am
• HB 1403 - Public Hearing - Simplifying condominium construction statutes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium) SIGN IN SUPPORT
Human Services (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/29 @ 8:00am
• SB 5232 - Exec Session - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/29 @ 8:00am
• HB 1332 - Public Hearing - Concerning transportation network companies. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• HB 1524 - Public Hearing - Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• HB 1002 - Exec Session - Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel. (Oppose/Medium)
• HB 1275 - Exec Session - Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. (Oppose/Medium)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/29 @ 8:00am
• HB 1438 - Public Hearing - Ensuring efficient approval of certain housing permit applications. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/29 @ 8:00am
• HB 1245 - Exec Session - Concerning business development. (Support/High)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/29 @ 10:30am
• SB 5130 - Exec Session - Eliminating child care licensing fees. (Medium)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/29 @ 10:30am
• SB 5148 - Exec Session - Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. (Medium)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/29 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1279 - Public Hearing - Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/30 @ 8:00am
• HB 1285 - Exec Session - Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. (Support/Medium)
• HB 1289 - Exec Session - Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/30 @ 8:00am
• HB 1420 - Public Hearing - Establishing producer responsibility for textiles. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/30 @ 10:30am
• SB 5358 - Public Hearing - Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium) SIGN IN SUPPORT
• SB 5253 - Public Hearing - Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• SB 5263 - Exec Session - Concerning special education funding. (Support/High)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/30 @ 10:30am
• SB 5142 - Exec Session - Providing owners of real estate taken through eminent domain by school districts, or sold under threat of eminent domain, the opportunity to purchase the real estate back when it is not put to intended public use. (Medium)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/30 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1210 - Public Hearing - Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/30 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5402 - Public Hearing - Modifying financial aid eligibility. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/30 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1357 - Public Hearing - Providing special education funding and support for inclusionary practices. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High) SIGN IN SUPPORT
• HB 1310 - Public Hearing - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High) SIGN IN SUPPORT
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 8:00am
• HB 1082 - Exec Session - Concerning qualifications for child care providers. (Medium)
• HB 1263 - Exec Session - Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. (Monitoring)
Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 8:00am
• HB 1076 - Exec Session - Concerning the health technology assessment program. (Monitoring)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/31 @ 8:00am
• SB 5043 - Public Hearing - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Medium)
• SB 5217 - Exec Session - Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Medium)
• SB 5104 - Exec Session - Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5291 - Exec Session - Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. (Medium)
• SB 5101 - Exec Session - Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. (Concerns/Medium)
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 10:30am
• HB 1297 - Exec Session - Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support. (Oppose/Medium)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/31 @ 10:30am
• SB 5359 - Public Hearing - Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5466 - Public Hearing - Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 10:30am
• HB 1070 - Exec Session - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. (Oppose/Medium)
• HB 1128 - Exec Session - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Oppose/High)
• HB 1155 - Exec Session - Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. (Concerns/Medium)
• HB 1213 - Exec Session - Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. (Oppose/High)
• HB 1264 - Exec Session - Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. (Monitoring)
• HB 1308 - Exec Session - Concerning access to personnel records. (Oppose/High)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 10:30am
• HB 1135 - Exec Session - Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. (Monitoring)
• HB 1044 - Exec Session - Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax. (Oppose/Medium)
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/31 @ 10:30am
• HB 1483 - Public Hearing - Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
High Priority Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
|
Property tax exemption |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
H Exec Action |
Leavitt |
Support |
|
|
HB 1059 (SB 5463) |
Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
|
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 |
Support |
|
|
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 |
Support |
|
|
Lot splitting |
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
H Housing |
Barkis |
Support |
|
|
Tenant assistance program |
Creating a tenant assistance program. |
H Housing |
Low |
|
|
|
Housing cost task force |
Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. |
H Exec Action |
Klicker |
Support |
|
|
HB 1128 (SB 5062) |
Child care workforce board |
Establishing a child care workforce standards board. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Fosse |
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 |
|
|
Multifamily tax exemption |
Expanding eligibility to utilize the multifamily tax exemption program to all counties required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040. |
H Finance |
Low |
Support |
|
|
Paid family & medical leave |
Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Oppose |
|
|
SHB 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 Approps |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
|
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 |
|
|
Business development |
Concerning business development. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Couture |
Support |
|
|
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 |
Support |
|
Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
H Community Safe |
Leavitt |
Support |
|
|
HB 1280 (SB 5358) |
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 |
|
|
|
HB 1308 (SB 5345) |
Access to personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
H Labor & Workpla |
Reed |
Oppose |
|
HB 1310 (SB 5307) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
Support |
|
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 |
|
|
Special education funding |
Providing special education funding and support for inclusionary practices. |
H Approps |
Stonier |
Support |
|
|
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 |
Support |
|
|
Complete streets obligations |
Reducing the requirements of complete streets obligations for transportation projects. |
H Transportation |
Walsh |
|
|
|
CTE careers work group |
Improving access to career opportunities for students. |
H Education |
Connors |
|
|
|
HB 1435 (SSB 5060) |
Law enf. hiring grants |
Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. |
H Approps |
Abell |
Support |
|
HB 1436 (SB 5285) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
H Finance |
Abell |
Support |
|
Vehicle & retail theft |
Addressing motor vehicle and retail theft offenses. |
H Community Safe |
Griffey |
Support |
|
|
Law enforcement personnel |
Changing conditions, policies, and programs to support specified law enforcement personnel and help in recruiting and retaining law enforcement officers. |
H Community Safe |
Griffey |
|
|
|
Transit-oriented housing dev |
Promoting transit-oriented housing development. |
H Housing |
Reed |
|
|
|
Sales tax sourcing impact |
Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries. |
H Finance |
Stearns |
Support |
|
|
Roadway safety account use |
Expanding access to funding from the multiuse roadway safety account for eligible cities and for the Washington state departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife for maintenance and guidance of motorized recreation on green dot roads. |
H Transportation |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Child care assist./B&O tax |
Supporting employers providing child careassistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation and public utility tax credit. |
H Finance |
Penner |
|
|
|
Personal property taxation |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
H Exec Action |
Schmidt |
Support |
|
|
Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Riccelli |
Oppose |
|
|
SSB 5060 (HB 1435) |
Law enforcement personnel |
Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program. |
S RecComm |
Holy |
Support |
|
SB 5062 (HB 1128) |
Child care workforce board |
Establishing a child care workforce standards board. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
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 BFTDP |
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 (SHB 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 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 |
Support |
|
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
S EL/K-12 |
Pedersen |
Support |
|
|
SB 5285 (HB 1436) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
S Loc Gov |
Holy |
Support |
|
SB 5307 (HB 1310) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
Support |
|
Capital gains tax |
Modifying the capital gains tax. |
S Ways & Means |
Stanford |
|
|
|
SB 5345 (HB 1308) |
Access to personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Oppose |
|
Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
S Law & Justice |
Fortunato |
Support |
|
|
Organized retail theft |
Creating a sentencing enhancement for organized retail theft. |
S Law & Justice |
Fortunato |
Support |
|
|
Law enf. community grants |
Concerning grant programs fostering community engagement through law enforcement-community partnerships and immersion. |
S Law & Justice |
Orwall |
|
|
|
Detached ADUs |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
S Housing |
Lovelett |
Concerns |
|
|
Detached ADUs |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
S Housing |
Goehner |
|
|
|
Middle housing |
Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities. |
S Housing |
Goehner |
|
Medium Priority Bills
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Child care local licensing |
Authorizing local licensing and regulation of child care providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Couture |
|
|
|
County REET admin. fees |
Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax. |
H Local Govt |
Wylie |
Oppose |
|
|
HB 1070 (SB 5043) |
PTSD/correctional workers |
Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Davis |
Oppose |
|
HB 1082 (SB 5279) |
Child care provider qualif. |
Concerning qualifications for child careproviders. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Senn |
|
|
Local sales and use tax |
Creating a local sales and use tax. |
H Finance |
Jacobsen |
|
|
|
Work restrictions/age 16, 17 |
Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. |
H Labor & Workpl |
McClintock |
Support |
|
|
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 Exec Action |
Walen |
Support |
|
HB 1155 (SB 5437) |
Noncompetition agreements |
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Concerns |
|
HB 1235 (SB 5148) |
GMA housing element |
Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. |
H Housing |
Peterson |
|
|
Dual credit program access |
Improving student access to dual credit programs. |
H Education |
Paul |
Support |
|
|
HB 1275 (SB 5381) |
Self-insurer withdrawal |
Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Scott |
Oppose |
|
Financial education |
Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. |
H Education |
Rude |
Support |
|
|
Child support/self-employed |
Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Walen |
Oppose |
|
|
HB 1303 (SB 5380) |
Environmental justice |
Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. |
H Env & Energy |
Mena |
Oppose |
|
HB 1328 (SB 5359) |
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 |
Support |
|
|
Child care reimburse. rates |
Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program. |
H Approps |
Alvarado |
|
|
|
Child care licensing |
Modifying licensing requirements for child care and early learning providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Caldier |
|
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Sales and use tax rate |
Reducing the state sales and use tax rate. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
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|
HB 1399 (SB 5364) |
Sheriffs, chiefs, etc. |
Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons. |
H Community Safe |
Goodman |
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Condominium construction |
Simplifying condominium construction statutes. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Taylor |
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|
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Graffiti & property damage |
Concerning offenses involving graffiti or other damage to property. |
H Community Safe |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Clean fuels program |
Concerning the clean fuels program. |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
|
|
|
HB 1415 (SB 5291) |
Long-term services trust |
Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Macri |
|
|
Multiple-unit dwellings/tax |
Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
|
|
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Isolated employees |
Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Obras |
Concerns |
|
|
Cities/county road resources |
Increasing opportunities for cities to utilize county resources for road construction and maintenance. |
H Local Govt |
Griffey |
|
|
|
SB 5023 (HB 1561) |
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 |
|
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Immigration status coercion |
Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. |
S Labor & Comm |
Hasegawa |
Concerns |
|
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Child care licensing fees |
Eliminating child care licensing fees. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
|
|
|
Eminent domain purchase back |
Providing owners of real estate taken through eminent domain by school districts, or sold under threat of eminent domain, the opportunity to purchase the real estate back when it is not put to intended public use. |
S Law & Justice |
Hasegawa |
|
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|
SB 5148 (HB 1235) |
GMA housing element |
Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. |
S Housing |
Bateman |
|
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Clean energy fund program |
Establishing a new clean energy fund program. |
S Environment, E |
MacEwen |
|
|
|
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 LAWDP |
Lovick |
Neutral |
|
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Pregnancy accommodations |
Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations for all employers. Only impact for construction would be the provisions requiring payment for break or leave time if accommodations not made that can adapt in a way that works during work time. Changes this piece to a wage and hour issue. |
S Labor & Comm |
Nobles |
|
|
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Lodging tax revenues |
Concerning lodging tax revenues. |
S Business, Fin |
Christian |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
SB 5291 (HB 1415) |
Long-term services trust |
Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
|
|
Family & medical leave rates |
Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
Oppose |
|
|
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 |
Support |
|
Isolated employees |
Concerning protections for isolated employees. |
S Labor & Comm |
Orwall |
Concerns |
|
|
Sales tax exemptions |
Exempting permanently from sales and use tax bottled water, prepared food, and clothing. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
SB 5352 (HB 1404) |
Free school meals |
Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. |
S EL/K-12 |
Riccelli |
|
|
SB 5358 (HB 1280) |
Career & tech. ed./6th grade |
Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade. |
S EL/K-12 |
Braun |
Support |
|
Environmental crimes |
Concerning environmental crimes. |
S Environment, E |
Trudeau |
|
|
|
SB 5380 (HB 1303) |
Environmental justice |
Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. |
S Environment, E |
Lovelett |
Oppose |
|
SB 5381 (HB 1275) |
Self-insurer withdrawal |
Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
Oppose |
|
Wage and salary disclosures |
Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures. |
S Labor & Comm |
King |
Support |
|
|
SB 5437 (HB 1155) |
Noncompetition agreements |
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
Oppose |
Low Priority Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
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Local gov. vehicle insurance |
Concerning underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees. |
S Loc Gov |
Boehnke |
Oppose |
Monitoring Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
|
HB 1006 (SB 5108) |
Service contracts |
Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees. |
H Rules R |
Ryu |
Concerns |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Affordable housing financing |
Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. |
H Rules R |
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 |
|
|
|
Aircraft fuel tax distrib. |
Concerning the distribution of aircraft fuel tax revenue. |
H Approps |
Dent |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
Urban area tax preferences |
Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences. |
H Finance |
Barnard |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Postsecondary ed protections |
Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Public school survey info. |
Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. |
H Education |
McClintock |
|
|
|
ADU self-certification |
Establishing a self-certification program for accessory dwelling unit project permit applications. |
H Local Govt |
Ramel |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Estate tax exclusion |
Adjusting the estate tax exclusion amount for inflation. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
|
|
HB 1378 (SB 5333) |
Eluding & resisting arrest |
Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. |
H Community Safe |
Shavers |
|
|
HB 1379 (SB 5084) |
Health carrier reporting |
Concerning health carrier reporting. |
H HC/Wellness |
Lekanoff |
|
|
HB 1387 (SB 5293) |
Prevailing wage/public works |
Concerning the prevailing wages on public works. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Schmidt |
|
|
HB 1388 (SSB 5214) |
Mobile market programs |
Concerning mobile market programs. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Bernbaum |
|
|
HB 1392 (SB 5372) |
Medicaid access program |
Creating the medicaid access program. |
H Approps |
Macri |
|
|
Commencement/cultural exp. |
Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies. |
H Education |
McEntire |
|
|
|
Job posting/driver's license |
Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Scott |
|
|
|
HB 1404 (SB 5352) |
Free school meals |
Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. |
H Approps |
Berg |
|
|
Assumed revenues |
Limiting assumed revenues to projected revenues by the economic and revenue forecast council. |
H Approps |
Couture |
|
|
|
PTBA governing body members |
Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas. |
H Transportation |
Timmons |
|
|
|
Textile producers |
Establishing producer responsibility for textiles. |
H Env & Energy |
Reeves |
|
|
|
HB 1437 (SB 5492) |
Tourism promotion |
Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Walen |
|
|
Housing permit approval |
Ensuring efficient approval of certain housing permit applications. |
H Local Govt |
Connors |
|
|
|
HB 1445 (SB 5233) |
Washington health trust |
Developing the Washington health trust. |
H HC/Wellness |
Parshley |
|
|
HB 1471 (SB 5392) |
BSA transfers |
Concerning budget stabilization account transfers. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
|
HB 1483 (SB 5423) |
Digital electronics/repair |
Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Gregerson |
|
|
Capital assistance/schools |
Providing capital financial assistance to small school districts with demonstrated funding challenges. |
H Cap Budget |
McEntire |
|
|
|
College bound scholarship |
Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Timmons |
|
|
|
HS completers/CTC tuition |
Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Entenman |
|
|
|
HB 1557 (SB 5308) |
Guaranteed admissions prg. |
Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Reed |
|
|
Hospital exec. excise tax |
Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees. |
H Finance |
Reed |
|
|
|
Dual enrollment scholarship |
Continuing the Washington dual enrollment scholarship. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Paul |
|
|
|
Health care administrators |
Concerning licensure of health care administrators. |
H HC/Wellness |
Stonier |
|
|
|
HB 1568 (SB 5402) |
Financial aid eligibility |
Modifying financial aid eligibility. |
H Postsec Ed & Wk |
Paul |
|
|
Tax exemptions |
Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Higher ed. accreditation |
Modifying higher education accreditation standards. |
H Postsec Ed & Wk |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Residential property |
Concerning the defense of property rights. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Dufault |
|
|
|
Historic landmarks/cities |
Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities. |
H Local Govt |
Walen |
|
|
|
Long-term care prg. repeal |
Repealing the long-term care services and supports trust program. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Dufault |
|
|
|
CTE/alt. learning exp. prgs. |
Concerning career and technical education in alternative learning experience programs. |
H Approps |
Nance |
|
|
|
Child care centers/buildings |
Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Caldier |
|
|
|
Partner promise scholarships |
Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Bergquist |
|
|
|
Health carriers & providers |
Concerning the relationships between health carriers and contracting providers. |
H HC/Wellness |
Bronoske |
|
|
|
Self-resiliency skills |
Supporting student success through instruction in self-resiliency skills. |
H Education |
Timmons |
|
|
|
Economic development plan |
Creating a five-year statewide economic development plan. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Ryu |
|
|
|
Community solar |
Concerning fair access to community solar. |
H Env & Energy |
Bernbaum |
|
|
|
SB 5084 (HB 1379) |
Health carrier reporting |
Concerning health carrier reporting. |
S Rules 2 |
Robinson |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
SSB 5214 (HB 1388) |
Mobile market programs |
Concerning mobile market programs. |
S Rules 2 |
Shewmake |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
SB 5232 (HB 1263) |
Essential needs program uses |
Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. |
S Human Services |
Wilson |
|
|
SB 5233 (HB 1445) |
Washington health trust |
Developing the Washington health trust. |
S Health & Long- |
Hasegawa |
|
|
SB 5293 (HB 1387) |
Prevailing wage/public works |
Concerning the prevailing wages on public works. |
S Labor & Comm |
King |
|
|
SB 5308 (HB 1557) |
Guaranteed admissions prg. |
Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Hansen |
|
|
SB 5333 (HB 1378) |
Eluding & resisting arrest |
Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
|
|
Minimum wage increases |
Linking increases in the minimum wage to the federal minimum wage. |
S Labor & Comm |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
Children's product sales tax |
Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of products for young children. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
|
|
|
Criminal justice trainings |
Concerning training provided by the criminal justice training commission. |
S Law & Justice |
Orwall |
|
|
|
SB 5359 (HB 1328) |
Clean energy development |
Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
|
|
Transportation/tribal rep. |
Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. |
S Transportation |
Kauffman |
|
|
|
SB 5392 (HB 1471) |
BSA transfers |
Concerning budget stabilization account transfers. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
|
|
SB 5402 (HB 1568) |
Financial aid eligibility |
Modifying financial aid eligibility. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Hansen |
|
|
Intensive rural dev. areas |
Concerning residential development in limited areas of more intensive rural development. |
S Loc Gov |
Lovelett |
|
|
|
Wildfire costs/securitizing |
Authorizing electrical companies to securitize certain wildfire-related costs to lower costs to customers. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
|
|
|
Electric transmission system |
Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
|
|
|
Rental housing market |
Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
|
|
|
SB 5492 (HB 1437) |
Tourism promotion |
Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion. |
S Business, Fin S |
Riccelli |
|
|
Hospital price transparency |
Concerning hospital price transparency. |
S Health & Long-T |
Riccelli |
|
Other Bills
No bills.
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