The House Hot Sheet for Week 6 of the 2025 Legislative Session
Monday
With policy cutoff right around the corner, committees are meeting to move bills before Friday’s deadline. But first, the House will meet for Children’s Day in the morning.
Monday’s committees start with the Community Safety Committee meeting to vote on HB 1736, prime sponsored from Rep. Debra Lekanoff (D-Anacortes), concerning procedures and requirements for reporting and investigating missing persons. In the Education Committee, executive session is scheduled on HB 1273 to improve student access to dual credit programs, sponsored by Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) and HB 1651 concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs, from Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-Mukilteo).
Later in the afternoon, the Transportation Committee is holding a public hearing on Rep. Jake Fey’s (D-Tacoma) HB 1264, concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units.
Tuesday
Tuesday kicks off at 8:00 a.m. in the Finance Committee, which is holding a hearing on HB 1506, new legislation introduced by Rep. Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) to impose a business and occupation tax on state-chartered credit unions that merge with a commercial bank. Representatives will also hear testimony on HB 1763, from Rep. Lisa Parshley (D-Olympia), providing state funding for essential affordable housing programs.
Later in the morning, the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee has both a public hearing and executive session scheduled. In the hearing, the public can testify on HB 1941 which authorizes agricultural cooperatives for cannabis producers, sponsored by Rep. Melanie Morgan (D-Parkland). Testimony will also be heard on HB 1976 from Rep. Brandy Donaghy (D-Everett), increasing awareness of the potential harm caused by releasing pets or aquatic plants into the natural environment. Then, an executive session is scheduled on several bills, including HB 1563 from Rep. Adam Bernbaum (D-Port Angeles), which establishes a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program. Also up for possible executive session from Rep. Strom Peterson (D-Edmonds) is HB 1608, concerning the selling, possessing, transporting, and distributing of farmed octopus and HB 1735, from Rep. Parshley, prohibiting the force-feeding of birds.
Also in the morning, the Labor & Workplace Standards Committee is holding possible executive session on HB 1622, from Rep. Parshley, allowing bargaining over matters related to the use of artificial intelligence.
Later in the afternoon, the Consumer Protection & Business Committee has executive session scheduled on two bills addressing tobacco and nicotine products, HB 1203 from Rep. Kristine Reeves (D-Federal Way) prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products and HB 1534, prime sponsored by Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (D-Seattle) enhancing the regulation of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products.
The Health Care & Wellness Committee has public hearing scheduled on HB 1971 to increase access to prescription hormone therapy by requiring a 12-month refill, prime sponsored by Rep. Nicole Macri (D-Seattle). In the Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee, a possible executive session is scheduled on Rep. Julia Reed’s (D-Seattle) HB 1557 to establish the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. The committee will also hold a public hearing on Rep. Morgan’s HB 1874, requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair. Finally, the State Government & Tribal Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on HB 1938 to create the Washington state flag redesign committee, from Rep. Peterson.
Later in the afternoon, the Education Committee is considering HB 1817 from Rep. Shaun Scott (D-Seattle) to support survivors of sexual assault in public elementary and secondary schools.
Wednesday
The midpoint of the week included a host of executive sessions. In the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Walen’s HB 1775 to prohibit fur farming is up for a vote. The Health Care & Wellness Committee is voting on Rep. Dan Bronoske’s (D-Lakewood) HB 1686 which creates a health care entity registry and HB 1811 from Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond), which seeks to enhance crisis response services through co-response integration and support. And the State Government & Tribal Relations committee is scheduled to vote on HB 1938 from Rep. Peterson to create the Washington state flag redesign committee.
The Appropriations Committee will meet in the afternoon to hear from the public on several bills, including SHB 1232, from Rep. Ortiz-Self, a new effort to hold private detention facilities to humane standards. Lawmakers will also hear testimony on SHB 1462 from Rep. Davina Duerr (D-Bothell), reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons and SHB 1565 from Rep. Paul to continue the Washington dual enrollment scholarship. The Transportation Committee also meets in the afternoon for a public hearing on Rep. Greg Nance’s (D-Bainbridge Island) bill to establish the Mosquito Fleet Act (HB 1923).
Thursday
Thursday morning the Housing Committee is meeting for executive action on bills, including Rep. Lekanoff’s bill to restrict corporate entities from buying manufactured home communities and forcing out owners (HB 1768) and Rep. Natasha Hill’s (D-Spokane) HB 1927, which creates a pilot program to facilitate positive rent payment information to consumer reporting agencies at tenant request.
In the afternoon, the Transportation Committee meets for license plate day, including HB 1952 from Rep. Donaghy concerning special license plates, HB 1846 from Rep. Adison Richards (D-Gig Harbor) modifying the fee disposition for the Seattle Sounders FC special license plate, and HB 1931 from Rep. Bernbaum modifying the conditions for use of funds for special license plates.
Friday
Friday is Policy Committee Cutoff Day and starts with the Health Care & Wellness Committee meeting at 8:00 a.m. for executive session on HB 1669 from Rep. Monica Stonier (D-Vancouver) concerning coverage requirements for prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces and HB 1971 from Rep. Macri to increase access to prescription hormone therapy. The Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee will meet for a public hearing on HB 1987 prime sponsored by Rep. Reeves to develop a statewide food security strategy.
In the afternoon, the Finance Committee meets for a public hearing on Rep. Mari Leavitt’s (D-University Place) HB 1717, which creates a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing. The committee will also hear Rep. Walen’s HB 1525 to provide a sales and use tax exemption for a motor vehicle sold to a tribe or tribal member.
Saturday
With the policy committee deadline come and gone, the Appropriations Committee has scheduled a 9:00 a.m. hearing on Saturday to include bills referred to the committee, including SHB 1150 prime sponsored by Rep. Liz Berry (D-Seattle) to improving Washington’s solid waste management outcomes, also known as the Recycling Reform Act.
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