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Washington State House Democrats

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House Hot Sheet: Week 3

Appropriations – 1/29/2020  3:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2421– Concerning state reimbursement of election costs.
  2. HB 2679– Concerning funding for individuals who are not eligible for federal insurance subsidies and for foundational public health services.

Appropriations – 1/30/2020  3:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 1650– Promoting access to earned benefits and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans.
  2. HB 2811– Establishing a statewide environmental sustainability education program.

Civil Rights & Judiciary – 1/31/2020  10:00 AM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session

  1. HB 2240 - Concerning high capacity magazines.
  2. HB 1315 - Concerning concealed pistol license training requirements.
  3. HB 2555 - Concerning background check requirements for firearms classified as other under federal firearms laws.
  4. HB 2453 - Providing protections to residential tenants.

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2610 - Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit.
  2. HB 2657 - Extending the closure notice period for manufactured/mobile home communities.
  3. HB 2512 - Concerning interest and penalty relief for qualified mobile home and manufactured home owners.

Consumer Protection & Business – 1/28/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2516 - Creating the secure choice retirement savings program

Executive Session

  1. HB 2320 – Requiring training on human trafficking.

Consumer Protection & Business – 1/31/2020  8:00 AM

House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2344 - Concerning consumer protection with respect to the sale and adoption of dogs and cats.

Education – 1/27/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2288 - Creating statutory authorization for school-based health centers.
  2. HB 2708 - Establishing a work group on school-based health centers.

Education – 1/28/2020  3:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2660 - Increasing the availability of school meals provided to public school students at no student cost.

Environment & Energy – 1/27/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2656 - Reducing waste associated with single-use food service products.

Finance – 1/30/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2480 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for diapers and diaper services.
  2. HB 2803 - Authorizing the governor to enter into compacts with Indian tribes addressing certain state retail sales tax, certain state use tax, and certain state business and occupation tax revenues, as specified in a memorandum of understanding entered into by the state, Tulalip tribes, and Snohomish county, in January 2020, and including other terms necessary for the department of revenue to administer any such compact.

Health Care & Wellness – 1/28/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2662 - Reducing the total cost of insulin.

Health Care & Wellness – 1/29/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2554 - Mitigating inequity in the health insurance market caused by health plans that exclude certain mandated benefits.
  2. HB 2642 - Removing health coverage barriers to accessing substance use disorder treatment services.

Health Care & Wellness – 1/31/2020  8:00 AM

House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Possible Executive Session

  1. HB 2662 - Reducing the total cost of insulin.

Housing, Community Development & Veterans – 1/28/2020  10:00 AM

House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2649 - Concerning homeless shelter capacity.

See http://leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/Pages/RemoteTestimony.aspx for how to register for remote testimony from Bellingham, Ellensburg, Spokane, or the Tri-Cities. Registration at least 24 hours before the meeting is strongly encouraged. A site will not open if no one has registered in advance.


Human Services & Early Learning – 1/28/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2619 - Increasing early learning access through licensing, eligibility, and rate improvements.

Innovation, Technology & Economic Development – 1/28/2020  10:00 AM

House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session

  1. HB 2399 - Concerning connected devices with a voice recognition feature.
  2. HB 2485 - Concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data by direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies.

Labor & Workplace Standards – 1/27/2020  1:30 PM

House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2511 - Providing labor protections for domestic workers.

Local Government – 1/28/2020  10:00 AM

House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2694 - Concerning underground utilities and safety committee.

Local Government – 1/29/2020  8:00 AM

House Hearing Rm D
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2383 - Requiring default beverages for children’s meals.

Transportation – 1/27/2020  3:30 PM

House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing

  1. HB 2439 - Making rail investigation and inspection information available to certain state and local governmental entities.