SSCCLC WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE BILL AND HEARING REPORT – February 7, 2025
Wrapping up week four of the 2025 session and inching closer to the first cut off date of February 21st. Key things to note this week include a drop in the number of newly introduced bills and the passage of bills of the floor of each of the houses. This includes a big, controversial parental rights bill - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-dems-gop-clash-over-proposed-rewrite-of-parents-bill-of-rights/
In particular, this week we saw several concerning bills introduced and scheduled for hearing that impact business. The first is SB 5548 which would require health care costs paid by the employer to be calculated into workers’ compensation timeloss costs. This bill would significantly increase timeloss costs but is also concerning because it would increase the payments but would not have any assurance that the worker has health care insurance. In addition, it sets up a tiered system of payment based on the number of family members a workers has.
Another is HB 1747 which would expand the existing Fair Chance Act/Ban the Box to make it more difficult for employers to get information regarding prior convictions before hiring and employee. The bill also sets up an aggressive penalty structure and steps that would need to be taken before an “adverse employment action” could be taken. While many employers and industries are actually participating in programs to help hire people with past arrests and convictions, this bill takes away the ability for the business to truly have the discussions about what happened in the employee’s past and how it would impact the work or business before the worker is hired.
We also are seeing quite a few bills to increase unemployment insurance payments – one to part time workers and another to students. Both of these are concerning to the business community because of the impact on the fund, potential issues with federal conformity, and misuse of the unemployment insurance benefit system. The biggest of these, SB 5041 which provides unemployment insurance benefits to striking workers. It was expected to move out of the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee on Friday, February 7th but was not voted on. The business community continues to oppose this bill regardless of amendments.
Upcoming Events
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Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/7 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1340 - Public Hearing - Exempting prepared food from sales tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• HB 1751 - Public Hearing - Establishing a sales and use tax exemption for required course materials at public institutions of higher education. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• SB 5658 - Public Hearing - Concerning the workforce education investment account. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Community Safety (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1276 - Public Hearing - Concerning organized retail theft. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)SIGN IN SUPPORT
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1598 - Public Hearing - Concerning fair access to community solar. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1696 - Public Hearing - Modifying the covenant homeownership program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1732 - Public Hearing - Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
Local Government (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 2/10 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5635 - Public Hearing - Concerning approval of certain alternative on-site sewage systems. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1823 - Public Hearing - Modifying transportation improvement board provisions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1837 - Public Hearing - Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/10 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5581 - Public Hearing - Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/10 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5130 - Public Hearing - Eliminating child care licensing fees. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• SSB 5062 - Public Hearing - Establishing a child care workforce standards board. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)SIGN IN OPPOSED
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 8:00am
• HB 1334 - Public Hearing - Modifying the annual regular property tax revenue growth limit. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1043 - Public Hearing - Extending the commute trip reduction tax credit. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/11 @ 10:30am
• SB 5540 - Public Hearing - Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Low)
• SB 5578 - Public Hearing - Concerning labor standards. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)SIGNIN OPPOSED -- MINIMUM WAGE AND LEAVE INCREASES – INDIVIDUAL CHAMBER SIGN INS AND TESTIMONY
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 10:30am
• HB 1672 - Public Hearing - Addressing technology used by employers in the workplace. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1682 - Public Hearing - Concerning part-time workers in the unemployment insurance system. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)SIGN IN OPPOSED
• HB 1747 - Public Hearing - Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium) SIGN IN OPPOSED
• HB 1843 - Public Hearing - Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring) SIGN IN OPPOSED
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 10:30am
• HB 1700 - Public Hearing - Concerning the timing of updates for comprehensive plans and development regulations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1777 - Public Hearing - Concerning the requirements and process for approving and registering apprenticeship programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1167 - Public Hearing - Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1414 - Public Hearing - Improving access to career opportunities for students. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)SIGN IN SUPPORT
• HB 1832 - Public Hearing - Improving student performance and success. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/11 @ 4:00pm
• SSB 5263 - Public Hearing - Concerning special education funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)SIGN IN SUPPORT
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/12 @ 8:00am
• SB 5514 - Public Hearing - Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5634 - Public Hearing - Improving accessibility of community solar projects in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 8:00am
• HB 1722 - Public Hearing - Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1788 - Public Hearing - Concerning workers' compensation benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 8:00am
• HB 1695 - Public Hearing - Concerning unincorporated villages in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/12 @ 10:30am
• HB 1075 - Public Hearing - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5604 - Public Hearing - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• SB 5614 - Public Hearing - Concerning impact fees. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5615 - Public Hearing - Concerning project permit applications for residential housing units. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1033 - Public Hearing - Authorizing local licensing and regulation of child care providers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• HB 1363 - Public Hearing - Modifying licensing requirements for child care and early learning providers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1572 - Public Hearing - Modifying higher education accreditation standards. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
State Government & Tribal Relations (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1782 - Public Hearing - Amending the timeline for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 4:00pm
• SHB 1096 - Public Hearing - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)SIGN IN OR TESTIFY SUPPORT
• SHB 1195 - Public Hearing - Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• HB 1275 - 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
Health & Long-Term Care (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/13 @ 8:00am
• SB 5493 - Public Hearing - Concerning hospital price transparency. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 8:00am
• HB 1859 - Public Hearing - Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1796 - Public Hearing - Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1650 - Public Hearing - Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1791 - Public Hearing - Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• HB 1694 - Public Hearing - Concerning revenues from the excise tax on real estate transactions imposed by cities and counties under RCW 82.46.035. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1867 - Public Hearing - Allowing counties or cities to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5663 - Public Hearing - Establishing a virtual campus for all Washingtonians. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1392 - Public Hearing - Creating the medicaid access program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm
• SSB 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)
• SB 5647 - Public Hearing - Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 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 - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• SB 5208 - Public Hearing - Establishing a new clean energy fund program. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• HB 1671 - Exec Session - Protecting personal data privacy. (Monitoring)
• HB 1860 - Public Hearing - Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
High Priority Bills
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Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
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Property tax exemption |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
H Rules R |
Leavitt |
Support |
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|
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 |
|
HB 1088 (SB 5678) |
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 Approps |
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 Approps |
Klicker |
Support |
|
|
HB 1128 (SSB 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 |
|
|
HB 1206 (SB 5679) |
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 |
|
HB 1213 (SB 5539) |
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 |
|
|
|
SHB 1308 (SB 5345) |
Access to personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
H Rules R |
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 |
|
|
HB 1324 (SB 5550) |
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 HOUSDP |
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 Exec Action |
Barkis |
|
|
|
Child care assist./B&O tax |
Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation and public utility tax credit. |
H Finance |
Penner |
|
|
|
HB 1592 (SB 5404) |
Public defense services |
Concerning public defense services. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Peterson |
|
|
HB 1732 (SB 5496) |
Home buying by entities |
Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. |
H Housing |
Thomas |
|
|
Apprenticeship approval |
Concerning the requirements and process for approving and registering apprenticeship programs. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Schmidt |
Support |
|
|
HB 1788 (SB 5548) |
Workers' compensation |
Concerning workers' compensation benefits. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Richards |
Oppose |
|
Local real estate excise tax |
Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax. |
H Finance |
Paul |
|
|
|
HB 1831 (SB 5408) |
Wage and salary disclosures |
Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Springer |
Support |
|
HB 1840 (SB 5471) |
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. |
H Housing |
Peterson |
|
|
Working conn. child care |
Expanding access for small business employees and adjusting implementation dates for working connections child care. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Bergquist |
|
|
|
Affordable housing REET |
Allowing counties or cities to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
|
|
|
Personal property taxation |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
H Rules R |
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 Ways & Means |
Holy |
Support |
|
SSB 5062 (HB 1128) |
Child care workforce board |
Establishing a child care workforce standards board. |
S Ways & Means |
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. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
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 Ways & Means |
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 |
|
SB 5314 (HB 1614) |
Capital gains tax |
Modifying the capital gains tax. |
S Ways & Means |
Stanford |
|
|
SB 5345 (SHB 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 RecComm |
Orwall |
|
|
|
SB 5404 (HB 1592) |
Public defense services |
Concerning public defense services. |
S Law & Justice |
Trudeau |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
SB 5471 (HB 1840) |
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 |
|
|
Sales tax sourcing impact |
Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries. |
S Ways & Means |
Kauffman |
Support |
|
|
ADU tax exemptions |
Amending the county population threshold for counties that may exempt from taxation the value of accessory dwelling units to incentivize rental to low-income households. |
S Ways & Means |
Gildon |
Support |
|
|
SB 5539 (HB 1213) |
Paid family & medical leave |
Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. |
S Labor & Comm |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
|
SB 5548 (HB 1788) |
Workers' compensation |
Concerning workers' compensation benefits. |
S Labor & Comm |
Shewmake |
Concerns |
|
SB 5578 (HB 1764) |
Labor standards |
Concerning labor standards. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Oppose |
|
Transit-oriented development |
Promoting transit-oriented development. |
S Housing |
Liias |
|
|
|
Subdivision of land |
Concerning the subdivision of land. |
S Loc Gov |
Lovelett |
Concerns |
|
|
Environment/port districts |
Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts. |
S Environment, E |
Orwall |
|
|
|
Landlord-tenant/preemption |
Creating consistency in housing. |
S Housing |
Goehner |
|
|
|
SB 5678 (HB 1088) |
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. |
S Housing |
Dozier |
|
|
Theft in the 3rd degree |
Concerning theft in the third degree. |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
|
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 Rules R |
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 Rules R |
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 Finance |
Wylie |
Oppose |
|
|
SHB 1070 (SB 5043) |
PTSD/correctional workers |
Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. |
H Approps |
Davis |
Oppose |
|
HB 1082 (SB 5279) |
Child care provider qualif. |
Concerning qualifications for child care providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Senn |
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Local sales and use tax |
Creating a local sales and use tax. |
H Finance |
Jacobsen |
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Work restrictions/age 16, 17 |
Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. |
H Labor & Workpl |
McClintock |
Support |
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|
HB 1126 (SB 5315) |
Local tax rate changes |
Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department. |
S Loc Gov |
Walen |
Support |
|
HB 1155 (SB 5437) |
Noncompetition agreements |
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Concerns |
|
SHB 1195 (SB 5497) |
Housing & shelters |
Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. |
H Approps |
Peterson |
|
|
SHB 1212 (SB 5509) |
Child care center siting |
Concerning the siting of child care centers. |
H Approps |
Alvarado |
|
|
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 Approps |
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 |
|
|
|
Military spouse employment |
Protecting military spouses from employment discrimination. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Richards |
Concerns |
|
|
School operating costs |
Concerning school operating costs. |
H Approps |
Berg |
Support |
|
|
HB 1350 (SB 5500) |
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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|
SHB 1399 (SB 5364) |
Sheriffs, chiefs, etc. |
Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons. |
H CSDPS |
Goodman |
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Condominium construction |
Simplifying condominium construction statutes. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Taylor |
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|
Graffiti & property damage |
Concerning offenses involving graffiti or other damage to property. |
H Community Safe |
Barkis |
|
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|
Clean fuels program |
Concerning the clean fuels program. |
H Env & Energy |
Fitzgibbon |
|
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|
HB 1415 (SSB 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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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|
Public utility tax, counties |
Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax. |
H Finance |
Wylie |
Oppose |
|
|
HB 1744 (SB 5644) |
Gift card criminal conduct |
Deterring criminal conduct involving gift cards. |
H Community Safe |
Obras |
|
|
HB 1747 (SB 5549) |
Job applicants and employees |
Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Ortiz-Self |
|
|
SEPA considerations |
Ensuring consideration of climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty-protected and cultural resources in the state environmental policy act. |
H Env & Energy |
Pollet |
|
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|
Housing dev./religious orgs. |
Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations. |
H Housing |
Salahuddin |
|
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|
State tax on lodging |
Imposing an additional temporary state tax on lodging. |
H Finance |
Cortes |
Concerns |
|
|
Educational assist./B&O tax |
Establishing a business and occupation tax credit for small business employers providing educational assistance to employees. |
H Finance |
Richards |
Support |
|
|
Transp. project permitting |
Convening a work group regarding the streamlining of permitting for transportation projects. |
H Transportation |
Richards |
Support |
|
|
SB 5023 (HB 1561) |
Domestic workers |
Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Concerns |
|
SB 5043 (SHB 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 Ways & Means |
Valdez |
Concerns |
|
|
Immigration status coercion |
Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. |
S 2nd Reading |
Hasegawa |
Concerns |
|
|
Child care licensing fees |
Eliminating child care licensing fees. |
S Ways & Means |
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 Rules 2 |
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 |
|
|
Clean energy fund program |
Establishing a new clean energy fund program. |
S Environment, E |
MacEwen |
|
|
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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 2nd Reading |
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 Ways & Means |
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 |
|
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|
SSB 5291 (HB 1415) |
Long-term services trust |
Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. |
S Rules 2 |
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 2nd RdConsCal |
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 |
|
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|
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 |
|
SB 5408 (HB 1831) |
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 |
|
SB 5496 (HB 1732) |
Home buying by entities |
Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. |
S Housing |
Alvarado |
|
|
SB 5497 (SHB 1195) |
Housing & shelters |
Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. |
S Housing |
Alvarado |
|
|
SB 5509 (SHB 1212) |
Child care center siting |
Concerning the siting of child care centers. |
S Loc Gov |
Alvarado |
|
|
Layoffs |
Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs. |
S Labor & Comm |
Cleveland |
|
|
|
SB 5549 (HB 1747) |
Job applicants and employees |
Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Concerns |
|
SB 5550 (HB 1324) |
Transportation funding/CCA |
Funding the state transportation system using climate commitment act revenues. |
S Transportation |
MacEwen |
Support |
|
Corp. homeowner registration |
Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units. |
S Housing |
Orwall |
|
|
|
Affordable housing dev. |
Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs. |
S Housing |
Cleveland |
|
|
|
SB 5591 (HB 1717) |
Affordable housing/sales tax |
Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing. |
S Housing |
Bateman |
|
|
SB 5626 (HB 1773) |
Wage replacement |
Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
Oppose |
|
SB 5679 (HB 1206) |
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. |
S Housing |
Dozier |
|
|
Toll rate setting process |
Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission. |
S Transportation |
Ramos |
|
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 |
|
|
Employee driving requirement |
Concerning employer requirements for driving. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
|
|
|
SB 5540 (HB 1843) |
Students/unemployment ins. |
Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits. |
S Labor & Comm |
Hasegawa |
|
Monitoring Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
|
HB 1006 (SB 5108) |
Service contracts |
Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees. |
S Business, Fin S |
Ryu |
Concerns |
|
LTSS trust exemptions |
Reopening the exemption from the long-term services and supports trust program for employees who have purchased long-term care insurance. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Abbarno |
|
|
|
LTSS trust spousal benefits |
Protecting spouses by allowing the sharing of benefits under the long-term services and supports trust program. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Abbarno |
|
|
|
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. |
S Housing |
Walen |
|
|
|
Health technology assessment |
Concerning the health technology assessment program. |
H Rules R |
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 |
|
|
|
HB 1098 (SB 5544) |
County local roads |
Concerning county local roads. |
H Exec Action |
Low |
|
|
SHB 1123 (SB 5083) |
Health carrier reimbursement |
Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. |
H APPDPS |
Macri |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Artificial intelligence info |
Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence. |
H Approps |
Shavers |
|
|
|
AI content notices |
Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence. |
H Rules R |
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 1199 (SB 5331) |
Insurance code violations |
Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Taylor |
|
|
HB 1202 (SB 5194) |
State gen. obligation bonds |
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
|
HB 1208 (SSB 5155) |
Salmon recovery projects |
Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. |
H Approps |
Tharinger |
|
|
Urban area tax preferences |
Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences. |
H Exec Action |
Barnard |
|
|
|
SHB 1263(SSB 5232) |
Essential needs program uses |
Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. |
H Approps |
Cortes |
|
|
Ferry system salaries |
Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
|
|
Postsecondary ed protections |
Providing postsecondary education consumer protections. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Public school survey info. |
Gathering survey information to improve the public school system. |
H Education |
McClintock |
|
|
|
Mass layoffs |
Addressing mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Scott |
Concerns |
|
|
Property tax revenue growth |
Modifying the annual regular property tax revenue growth limit. |
H Finance |
Pollet |
|
|
|
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 Rules R |
Lekanoff |
|
|
HB 1387 (SB 5293) |
Prevailing wage/public works |
Concerning the prevailing wages on public works. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Schmidt |
|
|
SHB 1388(SSB 5214) |
Mobile market programs |
Concerning mobile market programs. |
H Rules R |
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 Exec Action |
Timmons |
|
|
|
Textile producers |
Establishing producer responsibility for textiles. |
H Env & Energy |
Reeves |
|
|
|
SHB 1437(SSB 5492) |
Tourism promotion |
Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion. |
H Approps |
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 |
|
|
|
SHB 1543 (SB 5514) |
Clean buildings standard |
Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. |
H ENVIDPS |
Doglio |
|
|
HB 1554 (SB 5543) |
College bound scholarship |
Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Timmons |
|
|
HB 1556 (SB 5542) |
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 |
|
|
HB 1560 (SB 5638) |
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 (SSB 5402) |
Financial aid eligibility |
Modifying financial aid eligibility. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Paul |
|
|
Tax exemptions |
Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
|
|
|
Higher ed. accreditation |
Modifying higher education accreditation standards. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
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 |
|
|
|
HB 1582 (SB 5655) |
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 |
|
|
|
HB 1589 (SB 5588) |
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 |
|
|
|
HB 1598 (SB 5515) |
Community solar |
Concerning fair access to community solar. |
H Env & Energy |
Bernbaum |
|
|
HB 1610 (SB 5582) |
Critical energy infra./PRA |
Concerning the disclosure of critical energy infrastructure information. |
H State Govt & T |
Hunt |
|
|
HB 1614 (SB 5314) |
Capital gains tax |
Modifying the capital gains tax. |
H Finance |
Thai |
|
|
Working minors |
Concerning the safety and health of working minors. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Fosse |
|
|
|
Child care qualifications |
Modifying child care provider qualifications. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Dent |
|
|
|
Child care/community pathway |
Redesigning the community-based training pathway for licensed child care providers. |
H EL & Human Svc |
Dent |
|
|
|
Airport projects/local REET |
Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues. |
H Finance |
Dent |
|
|
|
HB 1664 (SB 5606) |
Long-term care ombud funding |
Providing sufficient funding for the Washington state long-term care ombuds program. |
H Approps |
Zahn |
|
|
Capital gains tax repeal |
Repealing the capital gains income tax. |
H Finance |
Dufault |
|
|
|
Estate tax repeal |
Repealing the estate tax. |
H Finance |
Dufault |
|
|
|
Personal data privacy |
Protecting personal data privacy. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Kloba |
|
|
|
Employer technology use |
Addressing technology used by employers in the workplace. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Kloba |
|
|
|
HB 1673 (SB 5466) |
Electric transmission system |
Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. |
H Env & Energy |
Ramel |
|
|
HB 1675 (SB 5387) |
Corp. practice of medicine |
Concerning the corporate practice of medicine. |
H HC/Wellness |
Thai |
|
|
Unemployment ins./part-time |
Concerning part-time workers in the unemployment insurance system. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Ortiz-Self |
|
|
|
City & county REET revenues |
Concerning revenues from the excise tax on real estate transactions imposed by cities and counties under RCW 82.46.035. |
H Finance |
Thai |
|
|
|
Unincorporated villages/GMA |
Concerning unincorporated villages in the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Engell |
|
|
|
Covenant homeownership prg. |
Modifying the covenant homeownership program. |
H Housing |
Taylor |
|
|
|
Comprehensive plan updates |
Concerning the timing of updates for comprehensive plans and development regulations. |
H Local Govt |
Volz |
|
|
|
HB 1703 (SB 5610) |
Equine industry |
Establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal regulatory compliance. |
H Finance |
Stearns |
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Homelessness info. dashboard |
Helping local governments provide information about the impacts of homelessness. |
H Housing |
Stuebe |
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Energy standard/comply cost |
Regarding the costs of compliance with the state energy performance standard. |
H Env & Energy |
Dye |
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HB 1717 (SB 5591) |
Affordable housing/sales tax |
Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing. |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
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Secondary career education |
Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Connors |
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State school levies |
Providing property tax relief by reducing both parts of the state school levies. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
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Course materials sales tax |
Establishing a sales and use tax exemption for required course materials at public institutions of higher education. |
H Finance |
Timmons |
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State sales tax revenues |
Sharing state sales tax revenues with local governments and not increasing the state or local sales tax rate. |
H Approps |
Dufault |
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Doctor title/health provider |
Promoting accurate communications between patients and health care providers. |
H HC/Wellness |
Marshall |
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PDC enforcement actions |
Concerning enforcement actions by the public disclosure commission. |
H State Govt & T |
Marshall |
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Campaign reporting timeline |
Amending the timeline for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. |
H State Govt & T |
Marshall |
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Excessive executive comp. |
Imposing a surcharge on publicly traded companies providing excessive executive compensation. |
H Finance |
Doglio |
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Public safety facilities |
Adding public safety facilities to the allowable uses of revenues for local infrastructure financing projects. |
H Finance |
Volz |
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HB 1796 (SSB 5095) |
School construction debt |
Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. |
H Cap Budget |
Callan |
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Homeless housing grants |
Establishing accountability requirements for homeless housing grant programs. |
H Housing |
Graham |
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Children services/local tax |
Creating a local sales and use tax to fund services for children and families that enhance well-being, promote mental health, and provide early interventions. |
H Finance |
Tharinger |
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Transp. improvement board |
Modifying transportation improvement board provisions. |
H Transportation |
Low |
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Student performance |
Improving student performance and success. |
H Education |
Keaton |
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AI grant program |
Creating an artificial intelligence grant program. |
H Approps |
Keaton |
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HB 1837 (SB 5667) |
Intercity passenger rail |
Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. |
H Transportation |
Reed |
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Advanced computing surcharge |
Increasing the investments in our workforce by amending the advanced computing surcharge. |
H Finance |
Reed |
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HB 1843 (SB 5540) |
Students/unemployment ins. |
Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Entenman |
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HB 1844 (SB 5601) |
Alternative jet fuels |
Advancing the production and use of alternative jet fuels in Washington. |
H Env & Energy |
Gregerson |
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Deed of trust assignment/fee |
Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment. |
H Approps |
Scott |
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HB 1860 (SB 5649) |
Supply chain competitiveness |
Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program. |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
Reed |
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Transit costs/adjacent state |
Prohibiting the expenditure of Washington state funds for any capital costs of a transit agency created pursuant to the laws of an adjacent state. |
H Transportation |
Ley |
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Sick leave/immigration |
Allowing the use of paid sick leave to prepare for or participate in certain immigration proceedings. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Salahuddin |
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School district bonds |
Amending the Constitution to allow a majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds. |
H Education |
Stonier |
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Public works wages |
Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. |
S Labor & Comm |
Conway |
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Interchange fees on tips |
Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Saldana |
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SB 5083 (SHB 1123) |
Health carrier reimbursement |
Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. |
S Health & Long- |
Robinson |
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SB 5084 (HB 1379) |
Health carrier reporting |
Concerning health carrier reporting. |
S 2nd RdConsCal |
Robinson |
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SSB 5095 (HB 1796) |
School construction debt |
Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
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State spending prgs. review |
Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs. |
S Ways & Means |
Gildon |
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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 |
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SSB 5155 (HB 1208) |
Salmon recovery projects |
Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. |
S Ways & Means |
Salomon |
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SB 5166 (HB 1197) |
Operating budget, supp. |
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
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SB 5167 (HB 1198) |
Operating budget |
Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
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County comprehensive plans |
Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations. |
S Loc Gov |
Short |
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Schools/gender inclusive |
Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
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SB 5194 (HB 1202) |
State gen. obligation bonds |
Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. |
S Ways & Means |
Trudeau |
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Local government planning |
Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. |
S Loc Gov |
Salomon |
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SSB 5214(SHB 1388) |
Mobile market programs |
Concerning mobile market programs. |
S 2nd Reading |
Shewmake |
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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 |
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City small works rosters |
Modifying small works roster requirements for cities. |
S Loc Gov |
Shewmake |
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SSB 5232(SHB 1263) |
Essential needs program uses |
Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program. |
S Rules 2 |
Wilson |
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SB 5233 (HB 1445) |
Washington health trust |
Developing the Washington health trust. |
S Health & Long- |
Hasegawa |
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SB 5293 (HB 1387) |
Prevailing wage/public works |
Concerning the prevailing wages on public works. |
S Labor & Comm |
King |
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SB 5308 (HB 1557) |
Guaranteed admissions prg. |
Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Hansen |
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Child care subsidy rates |
Concerning child care subsidy rates. |
S Ways & Means |
Braun |
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SB 5331 (HB 1199) |
Insurance code violations |
Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code. |
S Business, Fin |
Cortes |
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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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Minimum wage increases |
Linking increases in the minimum wage to the federal minimum wage. |
S Labor & Comm |
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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Criminal justice trainings |
Concerning training provided by the criminal justice training commission. |
S RecComm |
Orwall |
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SB 5359 (HB 1328) |
Clean energy development |
Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
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Transportation/tribal rep. |
Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. |
S Transportation |
Kauffman |
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SB 5387 (HB 1675) |
Corp. practice of medicine |
Concerning the corporate practice of medicine. |
S Health & Long- |
Robinson |
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SB 5392 (HB 1471) |
BSA transfers |
Concerning budget stabilization account transfers. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
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SSB 5402 (HB 1568) |
Financial aid eligibility |
Modifying financial aid eligibility. |
S RecComm |
Hansen |
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Intensive rural dev. areas |
Concerning residential development in limited areas of more intensive rural development. |
S Loc Gov |
Lovelett |
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SB 5465 (HB 1656) |
Wildfire costs/securitizing |
Authorizing electrical companies to securitize certain wildfire-related costs to lower costs to customers. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
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SB 5466 (HB 1673) |
Electric transmission system |
Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
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Rental housing market |
Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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SSB 5492(SHB 1437) |
Tourism promotion |
Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion. |
S Rules 2 |
Riccelli |
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Hospital price transparency |
Concerning hospital price transparency. |
S Health & Long-T |
Riccelli |
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SB 5514 (SHB 1543) |
Clean buildings standard |
Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
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SB 5515 (HB 1598) |
Community solar |
Concerning fair access to community solar. |
S Environment, E |
Shewmake |
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Transp. electrification |
Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure. |
S Labor & Comm |
Liias |
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Penalties/certain offenses |
Concerning penalty increases for certain offenses. |
S Law & Justice |
Fortunato |
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SB 5542 (HB 1556) |
HS completers/CTC tuition |
Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Boehnke |
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SB 5544 (HB 1098) |
County local roads |
Concerning county local roads. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
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Kit homes/building codes |
Concerning the creation of building codes for kit homes. |
S Loc Gov |
Wilson |
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Multifamily housing/tax |
Providing a sales and use tax incentive for multifamily affordable housing. |
S Ways & Means |
Salomon |
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Zoning regulations |
Concerning zoning regulations in commercial, retail, and mixed-use areas in cities and code cities. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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Growth management comp plans |
Concerning growth management comprehensive plans. |
S Loc Gov |
Goehner |
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UGA subdivision process |
Streamlining the subdivision process inside urban growth areas. |
S Loc Gov |
Lovelett |
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SB 5576 (HB 1763) |
Affordable housing funding |
Providing state funding for essential affordable housing programs. |
S Ways & Means |
Lovelett |
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Safe system approach strat. |
Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure. |
S Transportation |
Shewmake |
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SB 5582 (HB 1610) |
Critical energy infra./PRA |
Concerning the disclosure of critical energy infrastructure information. |
S State Gov/Trib |
Boehnke |
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School levies & local effort |
Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
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TNCs/large-scale events |
Concerning regulation of transportation network companies during large-scale events. |
S Labor & Comm |
Alvarado |
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SB 5601 (HB 1844) |
Alternative jet fuels |
Advancing the production and use of alternative jet fuels in Washington. |
S Environment, E |
Liias |
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SB 5610 (HB 1703) |
Equine industry |
Establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal regulatory compliance. |
S Business, Fin |
Kauffman |
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Land use permitting workload |
Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads. |
S Loc Gov |
Salomon |
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Multiunit housing/SEPA |
Creating a categorical exemption for multiunit housing development within the incorporated areas in an urban growth area under the state environmental policy act. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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Residential development |
Concerning the development of clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures for residential development. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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Impact fees |
Concerning impact fees. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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Residential housing permits |
Concerning project permit applications for residential housing units. |
S Housing |
Salomon |
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SB 5634 (HB 1804) |
Community solar projects |
Improving accessibility of community solar projects in Washington state. |
S Environment, E |
Lovelett |
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Alt. on-site sewage systems |
Concerning approval of certain alternative on-site sewage systems. |
S Loc Gov |
Christian |
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SB 5638 (HB 1560) |
Hospital exec. excise tax |
Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees. |
S Ways & Means |
Saldana |
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Energy facilities/water |
Requiring proof of adequate water supply before permitting new energy facilities. |
S Environment, E |
Boehnke |
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Estate tax/extraordinary rev |
Transferring extraordinary revenue collections from the estate tax to the developmental disabilities community services account. |
S Ways & Means |
Braun |
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Affordable housing/REET |
Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. |
S Ways & Means |
Alvarado |
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SB 5649 (HB 1860) |
Supply chain competitiveness |
Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
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Workforce education account |
Concerning the workforce education investment account. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Hansen |
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Housing shortage/local share |
Eliminating each local government's proportional share of Washington's housing shortage. |
S Housing |
Goehner |
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Virtual campus/colleges |
Establishing a virtual campus for all Washingtonians. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Slatter |
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SB 5667 (HB 1837) |
Intercity passenger rail |
Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. |
S Transportation |
Valdez |
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Manufacturing/sales tax |
Providing a sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing facilities and green manufacturing facilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Boehnke |
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Manufacturing facilities/tax |
Concerning manufacturing facilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Boehnke |
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Manufacturing/B&O tax |
Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for manufacturing facilities and green manufacturing facilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Boehnke |
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SB 5682 (HB 1883) |
Employment training program |
Concerning the Washington customized employment training program. |
S Ways & Means |
Warnick |
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Universal health care |
Concerning Universal Health Care. |
S 2nd Reading |
Hasegawa |
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Other Bills
No bills.
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