Good morning – Another busy week of committee hearings as we get closer to the first cutoff of the session.
EDUCATION: The House has scheduled floor action on Monday to consider a group of education bills. That list of bills will be released once it is finalized.
Scheduled media events:
- Monday (immediately following floor action) – Media availability on education bills (House D caucus room)
- Monday 2 p.m. – HDC/SDC weekly leadership availability with Speaker Chopp, Rep. Sullivan & Sen. Nelson (House D caucus room)
- Wednesday 12:30 p.m. – Seattle Legislators: Education press conference (Location TBD)
As always, items listed are subject to change.
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Monday, January 25, 2016
1:30 p.m.
Commerce & Gaming (HHR C)
Public Hearing
HB 2347 – Reducing the tax on useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products.
Education (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2573 – Concerning the shortage of public school teachers and substitute teachers.
Labor & Workplace Standards (HHR D)
Public Hearing
HB 2399 – Prohibiting the consideration of the number of citations for traffic infractions issued by a law enforcement officer in the performance review of the officer.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
8 a.m.
Higher Education (HHR C)
Public Hearing
HB 2593 – Making community and technical colleges more affordable by eliminating the application fee for low-income students and reviewing placement testing fees.
HB 1949 – Regulating the institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions and private vocational schools, to protect students from unfair business practices.
8:30 a.m.
Public Safety (HHR D)
HB 2668 – Vacating convictions arising from offenses committed as a result of being a victim of trafficking, promoting prostitution, or promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
HB 2791 – Creating the Washington statewide reentry council.
HB 2812 – Providing for aggravated sentencing for certain theft or burglary offenses. (If measure is referred to committee.)
10 a.m.
Agriculture & Natural Resources (HHR B)
Public Hearing
HB 2596 – Reducing the occurrences of small wildland fires escalating into catastrophic fires through the creation of a mechanism to better equip local wildland fire suppression entities in their immediate, local suppression activities.
HB 2579 – Concerning prefire mitigation.
Health Care & Wellness (HHR A)
HB 2465 – Requiring private health insurers and the medicaid program to reimburse for a twelve-month supply of contraceptive drugs.
Judiciary (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2793 – Providing for suicide awareness and prevention education for safer homes.
HB 2603 – Concerning firearms access by a person detained for involuntary mental health treatment.
State Government (HHR E)
Public Hearing
HB 2076 – Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.
HB 1144 – Extending the time period for voter registration.
HB 2682 – Providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies.
1:30 p.m.
Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (HHR E)
HB 2718 – Providing consumer protections for military members on active duty.
3:30 p.m.
Capital Budget (HHR B)
Public Hearing
HB 2509 – Implementing the recommendations of the 2015 review of the Washington wildlife and recreation program.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
8 a.m.
Agriculture & Natural Resources (HHR B)
Public Hearing
HB 2446 – Concerning the distinction among the roles of governmental employee participants and nongovernmental employee participants on work groups established by the director of the department of fish and wildlife.
Judiciary (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2396 – Concerning access to nonemergency, outpatient, primary health care services for unaccompanied homeless youth under the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act.
HB 2496 – Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families.
State Government (HHR E)
Public Hearing
HB 2707 – Concerning voter preregistration of persons seventeen years of age including designating voter registration locations and voter preregistration locations.
Executive Session
HB 2076 – Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.
HB 1144 – Extending the time period for voter registration.
HB 2682 – Providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies.
Technology & Economic Development (HHR C)
Public Hearing
HB 2699 – Concerning the sale of software used in the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.
1:30 p.m.
Early Learning & Human Services (HHR B)
Public Hearing
HB 2518 – Promoting the reduction of intergenerational poverty.
Health Care & Wellness (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2545 – Reducing public health threats that particularly impact highly exposed populations, including children and firefighters, by establishing a process for the department of health to restrict the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in certain types of consumer products.
HB 2681 – Authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives.
Higher Education (HHR C)
HB 2801 – Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students. (Dreamers)
Public Safety (HHR D)
HB 2533 – Protecting minors from sexual exploitation.
3:30 pm.
Transportation (HHR B)
Public Hearing
HB 2574 – Enhancing public safety by reducing distracted driving incidents caused by the use of personal wireless communications devices.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
1:30 p.m.
Judiciary (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2654 – Concerning the reliability of incentivized evidence and testimony.
Executive Session
ESHB 1448 – Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide.
ESHB 1713 – Integrating the treatment systems for mental health and chemical dependency.
Local Government (HHR D)
HB 2576 – Concerning public records act requests to local agencies.
State Government (HHR E)
Executive Session
HB 2707 – Concerning voter preregistration of persons seventeen years of age including designating voter registration locations and voter preregistration locations.
HB 2076 – Regarding information concerning racial disproportionality.
HB 1144 – Extending the time period for voter registration.
HB 2682 – Providing automatic voter registration at qualified voter registration agencies.
3:30 p.m.
Transportation (HHR B)
HB 2626 – Extending the term of validity for a driver’s instruction permit.
HB 2628 – Modifying the operating restrictions for intermediate license holders.
Friday, January 29, 2016
8 .m.
Finance – 8:00 am (HHR A)
Public Hearing
HB 2655 – Concerning the excise taxation of crowdfunding donations.
10 a.m.
Higher Education (HHR C)
HB 2662 – Creating the Washington next generation educational savings account program.
Public Safety (HHR D)
Public Hearing
HB 2558 – Establishing the joint legislative task force on jail standards.
HB 2700 – Concerning impaired driving.
HB 2706 – Making a fourth driving under the influence offense a felony.
Executive Session
HB 2375 – Concerning cybercrime.
HB 2812 – Providing for aggravated sentencing for certain theft or burglary offenses