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South Sound Chamber of Commerce Leg Coalition Bill Status & Upcoming Events Report – January 19, 2024

Upcoming Events

 

Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/22 @ 10:30am

• SB 5793 - Exec Session - Concerning paid sick leave. (Oppose/Medium)

• SB 6028 - Exec Session - Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments. (Concerns/Medium)

• SB 6220 - Public Hearing - Concerning high THC cannabis products. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm

• HB 1239 - Public Hearing - Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools. (Remote Testimony Available). (Low)

• E2SHB 1565 - Public Hearing - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Remote Testimony Available). (Low)

 

Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2376 - Public Hearing - Concerning the regulatory obligations of certain public entities, including municipal gas utilities, under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2308 - Public Hearing - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2321 - Public Hearing - Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2353 - Public Hearing - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of counties. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/22 @ 4:00pm

• 2SHB 1579 - Exec Session - Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force. (Monitoring)

 

Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/23 @ 8:00am

• SB 5494 - Exec Session - Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. (Medium)

• SB 5968 - Exec Session - Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act. (Monitoring)

 

Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 8:00am

• HB 2199 - Public Hearing - Creating business and occupation and public utility tax exemptions for certain amounts received as the result of receipt, generation, purchase, sale, transfer, or retirement of allowances, offset credits, or price ceiling units under the climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2322 - Public Hearing - Creating a tax preference child care requirement. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2012 - Exec Session - Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds. (Monitoring)

• HB 2026 - Exec Session - Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs. (Monitoring)

• HB 2044 - Exec Session - Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies. (Monitoring)

 

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 1/23 @ 8:00am

• SB 6150 - Public Hearing - Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6152 - Public Hearing - Requiring certain counties to measure the gap between estimated existing housing units and existing housing needs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6230 - Public Hearing - Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 10:30am

• HB 2140 - Public Hearing - Modifying laws related to adverse possession to protect legal owners of property. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Human Services (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/23 @ 10:30am

 

Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 10:30am

• HB 2035 - Public Hearing - Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

 

Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/23 @ 10:30am

• SB 6200 - Public Hearing - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 5792 - Public Hearing - Concerning the definition of multiunit residential buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 10:30am

• HB 2296 - Public Hearing - Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2244 - Public Hearing - Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)

 

Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2360 - Exec Session - Creating the Washington digital empowerment and workforce inclusion act. (Support/High)

 

Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 4:00pm

• HB 2390 - Public Hearing - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 4:00pm

• HB 2039 - Exec Session - Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters. (Monitoring)

• HB 2051 - Exec Session - Reducing emissions from small off-road engines. (Concerns/Medium)

 

Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/23 @ 4:00pm

• HB 2270 - Public Hearing - Creating a Washington state department of housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/23 @ 4:00pm

• SB 6069 - Public Hearing - Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)

 

Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/24 @ 8:00am

• SB 5826 - Public Hearing - Requiring customer charges to be listed on utility billing statements if the charges are a result of implementing the Washington climate commitment act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 8:00am

• HB 1940 - Exec Session - Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters. (Oppose/High)

• HB 1959 - Exec Session - Extending parts of the paid family and medical leave program to employers with fewer than 50 employees. (Oppose/High)

 

Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 8:00am

• HB 2354 - Public Hearing - Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/24 @ 10:30am

• SB 6082 - Public Hearing - Increasing compensation for Washington paraeducators. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/24 @ 10:30am

• SB 6175 - Public Hearing - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6199 - Public Hearing - Requiring housing authorities to use notification methods designed to provide evidence of delivery. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6212 - Public Hearing - Requiring landlords to report on-time rent payments to consumer reporting agencies. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 5118 - Exec Session - Concerning modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing. (Monitoring)

• SB 5961 - Exec Session - 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. (Monitoring)

• SB 5975 - Exec Session - Authorizing use of the housing trust fund and other legislative appropriations to finance social housing. (Monitoring)

• SB 6136 - Exec Session - Reestablishing a business and occupation tax on the privilege of providing property for rent and supporting access to affordable rental property by exempting from tax landlords participating in a rent stabilization program. (Oppose/High)

 

Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2329 - Public Hearing - Conducting a study of the insurance market for housing providers receiving housing trust fund resources. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2081 - Exec Session - Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act. (Monitoring)

 

Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/24 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2102 - Exec Session - Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits. (Concerns/Medium)

 

Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• HB 1915 - Exec Session - Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. (Support/High)

• HB 2236 - Exec Session - Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs. (Support/High)

 

Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• HB 2158 - Public Hearing - Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2323 - Public Hearing - Requiring landlords to report on-time rent payments to consumer reporting agencies. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2308 - Exec Session - Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures. (Monitoring)

• HB 2321 - Exec Session - Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. (Monitoring)

• HB 2353 - Exec Session - Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of counties. (Monitoring)

 

Human Services (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• SB 6050 - Exec Session - Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment. (Support/Medium)

 

Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• SB 5980 - Public Hearing - Concerning the timeline for issuing a citation for a violation of the Washington industrial safety and health act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)

 

Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• SB 6200 - Exec Session - Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest. (Monitoring)

• SB 5792 - Exec Session - Concerning the definition of multiunit residential buildings. (Monitoring)

 

Regulated Substances & Gaming (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 8:00am

• HB 2320 - Exec Session - Concerning high THC cannabis products. (Monitoring)

 

Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 1/25 @ 10:30am

• SB 6243 - Public Hearing - Providing a state business and occupation tax exemption to encourage clean technology manufacturing in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 1/25 @ 10:30am

• SB 5834 - Exec Session - Concerning urban growth areas. (Monitoring)

• SB 6015 - Exec Session - Concerning residential parking configurations. (Support/Medium)

 

Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/25 @ 1:30pm

• HB 2063 - Public Hearing - Providing an exemption from the real estate excise tax for transfers of property to qualifying low-income first-time homebuyers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2219 - Public Hearing - Providing tax relief for nonprofit development of affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• HB 2375 - Public Hearing - Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/25 @ 4:00pm

• SB 6249 - Public Hearing - Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the homeowner relief property tax exemption. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6191 - Public Hearing - Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

• SB 6030 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 8:00am

• HB 2271 - Exec Session - Promoting access to information regarding the long-term services and supports trust program. (Neutral/Medium)

• HB 2361 - Exec Session - Phasing in the requirement that only standardized health plans may be offered on the health benefit exchange. (Concerns/Medium)

 

Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 1/26 @ 10:30am

• SB 6211 - Public Hearing - Creating clarity and consistency in rental agreements under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)

 

Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 10:30am

• HB 1991 - Exec Session - Concerning paid sick leave. (Oppose/Medium)

 

Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 1/26 @ 10:30am

• HB 2296 - Exec Session - Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments. (Monitoring)

• HB 2354 - Exec Session - Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction. (Monitoring)

 

 

 

High Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

SHB 1026

Local gov. design review

Concerning local government design review.

H Housing

Walen

Support

2SHB 1131(SSB 5154)

Solid waste management

Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.

H Rules X

Berry

Concerns

SHB 1133 (SB 5357)

Detached ADUs

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

H Housing

Chapman

Support

E2SHB 1167

Residential housing

Concerning residential housing regulations.

H Housing

Duerr

Support

SHB 1192(SSB 5165)

Electric transm. planning

Concerning electric power system transmission planning.

H Rules X

Duerr

Support

ESHB 1245(SSB 5364)

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Barkis

Support

SHB 1363(ESB 5352)

Vehicular pursuits

Concerning vehicular pursuits.

H Rules X

Rule

Support

HB 1401

Housing permit process

Allowing cities and counties to create a simple, standardized housing permit process for affordable housing units in areas designated for housing.

H Housing

Jacobsen

Support

2SHB 1492

State v. Blake relief

Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake.

H Rules X

Simmons

Concerns

HB 1519

Local project review

Concerning local project review.

H Rules X

Barkis

Support

2SHB 1586

Vehicular pursuits work grp.

Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits.

H Rules X

Goodman

Support

ESHB 1589(SSB 5562)

Clean energy

Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

H 3rd Reading

Doglio

 

SHB 1596

Affordable housing incentive

Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities.

H Finance

Kloba

 

2SHB 1628

Real estate excise tax

Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax.

H Rules X

Chopp

Oppose

SHB 1709(ESSB 5301)

Commerce housing programs

Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce.

H Rules X

Tharinger

 

HB 1893 (SB 5777)

Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

H Labor & Workpl

Doglio

Oppose

HB 1915 (SB 5819)

Financial education

Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education.

H Education

Rude

Support

HB 1917

Physician assistant compact

Adopting the physician assistant compact.

H Rules R

Leavitt

 

HB 1940 (SSB 5778)

Employer political speech

Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.

H Labor & Workpl

Fosse

Oppose

HB 1959

PFML/small employers

Extending parts of the paid family and medical leave program to employers with fewer than 50 employees.

H Labor & Workpl

Walen

Oppose

HB 2087

Apprenticeship objections

Concerning objections to apprenticeship programs.

H Labor & Workpl

Schmidt

Support

HI 2113 (SI 2113)

Police vehicular pursuits

Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers.

H Community Safet

 

 

HB 2114 (SB 5961)

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 2153

Catalytic converter theft

Deterring the theft of catalytic converters.

H ConsPro&Bus

Ryu

 

HB 2236

Tech. ed. core plus programs

Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs.

H Education

Shavers

Support

HB 2244 (SB 6069)

Retirement savings

Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.

H ConsPro&Bus

Reeves

 

HB 2360

Digital workforce

Creating the Washington digital empowerment and workforce inclusion act.

H Postsec Ed & W

Slatter

Support

HB 2418 (SB 6250)

Working families/prop. tax

Increasing the working families' tax credit to reflect the economic burden of property taxes incorporated into rental amounts charged to residential tenants.

H Finance

Berg

 

HB 2420

Law enforcement training

Concerning law enforcement training.

H Community Safe

Donaghy

 

HJR 4209 (SJR 8209)

Residential ex./property tax

Concerning a constitutional amendment providing for a residential real property exemption from property taxes levied for state purposes.

H Finance

Berg

Oppose

SSB 5110

Labor practices/penalties

Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW.

S Rules X

Keiser

Oppose

SB 5160

Organized retail theft

Concerning organized retail theft.

S 2nd Reading

Torres

Support

SSB 5162(EHB 1125)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

S Rules X

Liias

Concerns

SSB 5368

Stay-at-work program

Expanding access to the workers' compensation stay-at-work program through off-site light duty return to work opportunities.

S Rules 2

Keiser

Support

ESSB 5466(HB 1517)

Transit-oriented development

Promoting transit-oriented development.

S Rules X

Liias

 

2SSB 5736

Workforce shortages

Addressing high demand workforce shortages.

S Rules 2

Nobles

 

SB 5763

Connecting WA bonds

Increasing existing bond authority for 2015 connecting Washington projects and improvements.

S Transportation

Liias

Neutral

SB 5770

Property tax

Providing state and local property tax reform.

S Ways & Means

Pedersen

Oppose

SB 5777 (HB 1893)

Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

S Rules 2

Keiser

Oppose

SSB 5778 (HB 1940)

Employer political speech

Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.

S Rules 2

Keiser

Oppose

SB 5819 (HB 1915)

Financial education

Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education.

S EL/K-12

Valdez

Support

SB 5958

Career skills grant program

Establishing the Washington career skills grant program.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Boehnke

Support

SB 6069 (HB 2244)

Retirement savings

Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

 

SB 6136

Rental property B&O tax

Reestablishing a business and occupation tax on the privilege of providing property for rent and supporting access to affordable rental property by exempting from tax landlords participating in a rent stabilization program.

S Housing

Kuderer

Oppose

SB 6217

Retail robberies

Deterring robberies from retail establishments.

S Law & Justice

McCune

Support

SB 6233

Energy code amendments

Concerning substantive amendments to the state energy code for nonresidential buildings.

S Environment, E

Wilson

Support

SB 6235

Criminal justice assistance

Concerning the city and county criminal justice assistance accounts.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

Support

SB 6241 (HB 2349)

Job posting wage disclosures

Strengthening pay transparency requirements.

S Labor & Comm

Randall

Support

Medium Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1135 (SB 5452)

Impact fee use

Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

H Rules X

Slatter

Oppose

HB 1252

Impact fee deferrals

Concerning impact fee deferrals.

H Housing

Bateman

Support

SHB 1351 (SB 5456)

Minimum parking requirements

Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances.

H Local Govt

Reed

Neutral

ESHB 1371(SB 5494)

Freight railroad infra.

Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. 

H Rules 3C

Barkis

 

2SHB 1389(SB 5435)

Residential rent increases

Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.

H Rules X

Ramel

Oppose

E2SHB 1479(SB 5559)

Student restraint, isolation

Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs.

H Education

Callan

 

ESHB 1547

Out-of-state health prov.

Increasing the health care workforce by authorizing out-of-state providers to practice immediately.

H HC/Wellness

Caldier

Support

2SHB 1746(SB 5718)

State broadband map

Concerning a state broadband map.

H Rules X

Ryu

 

HB 1894 (SB 5897)

Business licensing service

Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program.

H Exec Action

Walen

Support

HB 1898

Unempl. benefit charging

Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging.

H Rules R

Schmidt

Support

HB 1901

Unempl. voluntary program

Removing the sunset on changes to the unemployment insurance voluntary contribution program.

H Rules R

Springer

Support

HB 1905 (SB 5894)

Equal pay/protected classes

Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

H Exec Action

Mena

Concerns

HB 1929 (SB 6050)

Postinpatient housing

Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment.

H HC/Wellness

Cortes

Support

HB 1944

Running start for the trades

Establishing a running start for the trades grant program.

H Education

Orwall

Support

HB 1975 (SB 6028)

Unemployment overpayments

Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments.

H Exec Action

Ortiz-Self

Concerns

HB 1991 (SB 5793)

Paid sick leave

Concerning paid sick leave.

H Labor & Workpl

Fosse

Oppose

HB 2031

PTSD/coroners & examiners

Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel.

H Exec Action

Abbarno

Oppose

HB 2035

Work restrictions/age 16, 17

Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds.

H Labor & Workpl

McClintock

Support

HB 2051

Small off-road engines

Reducing emissions from small off-road engines.

H Env & Energy

Walen

Concerns

HB 2102 (SB 6177)

PFML benefits/health info.

Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits.

H HC/Wellness

Berry

Concerns

HB 2168 (SB 5991)

Industrial insurance/duties

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

H Labor & Workpl

Alvarado

Concerns

HB 2271

LTSS program statements

Promoting access to information regarding the long-term services and supports trust program.

H HC/Wellness

Chambers

Neutral

HB 2272

LTSS commission recs.

Addressing recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission by increasing access to benefits, establishing a voluntary private market supplemental long-term care insurance option, creating a pilot project to assess the long-term services and supports trust program, and making operational changes to streamline and enhance fairness in the administration of the long-term services and supports trust program.

H HC/Wellness

Macri

Neutral

HB 2285 (SB 5986)

Out-of-network health costs

Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges.

H HC/Wellness

Riccelli

Support

HB 2349 (SB 6241)

Job posting wage disclosures

Strengthening pay transparency requirements.

H Labor & Workpl

Stonier

Support

HB 2361 (SB 6258)

Standardized health plans

Phasing in the requirement that only standardized health plans may be offered on the health benefit exchange.

H HC/Wellness

Riccelli

Concerns

HB 2378

Health care facility fees

Concerning facility fees charged by certain affiliated health care providers.

H HC/Wellness

Tharinger

 

HB 2406

16&17 y/o employ. work group

Establishing a work group to assess the restrictions on the employment of 16 and 17 year olds.

H Labor & Workpl

Connors

Support

SSB 5235 (HB 1276)

Accessory dwelling units

Concerning accessory dwelling units.

S Rules X

Shewmake

Support

SB 5494(ESHB 1371)

Freight railroad infra.

Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. 

S Business, Fin

Wilson

 

SB 5793 (HB 1991)

Paid sick leave

Concerning paid sick leave.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Oppose

SB 5839 (HB 1895)

Working families' tax credit

Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.

S Ways & Means

Nguyen

 

SB 5894 (HB 1905)

Equal pay/protected classes

Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

S Labor & Comm

Nobles

Concerns

SB 5897 (HB 1894)

Business licensing service

Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program.

S Ways & Means

Mullet

Support

SB 5932 (HB 1927)

Temporary total disability

Reducing the number of days that a worker's temporary total disability must continue to receive industrial insurance compensation for the day of an injury and the three-day period following the injury.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

Oppose

SB 5980

WISHA violation timeline

Concerning the timeline for issuing a citation for a violation of the Washington industrial safety and health act.

S Labor & Comm

Keiser

Support

SB 5986 (HB 2285)

Out-of-network health costs

Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges.

S Ways & Means

Cleveland

Support

SB 5991 (HB 2168)

Industrial insurance/duties

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

S Labor & Comm

Lovelett

Concerns

SB 6015

Residential parking

Concerning residential parking configurations.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Shewmake

Support

SB 6028 (HB 1975)

Unemployment overpayments

Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments.

S Labor & Comm

Braun

Concerns

SB 6050 (HB 1929)

Postinpatient housing

Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment.

S Human Services

Dhingra

Support

SB 6177 (HB 2102)

PFML benefits/health info.

Establishing requirements for the disclosure of health care information for qualifying persons to receive paid family and medical leave benefits.

S Health & Long

Stanford

Support

Low Priority Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1146

Dual credit program notice

Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance.

S EL/K-12

Paul

 

2SHB 1239

Educator ethics & complaints

Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary schools.

H Education

Santos

 

ESHB 1277

Paraeducator course of study

Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators.

S EL/K-12

Donaghy

 

2SHB 1433

Energy labeling/residential

Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

H Exec Action

Duerr

Oppose

E2SHB 1565

Prof. education workforce

Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. 

H Education

Ortiz-Self

 

Monitoring Bills

 

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

2SHB 1025

Police/private actions

Creating a private right of action for harm from violations of the state Constitution or state law by peace officers.

H Civil R & Judi

Thai

 

SHB 1140(ESSB 5187)

Operating budget

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

H Rules X

Ormsby

 

SHB 1147(ESSB 5200)

Capital budget

Concerning the capital budget.

H Rules X

Tharinger

 

HB 1191 (SB 5166)

Cooperative finance org. B&O

Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations.

H Rules X

Springer

 

SHB 1231(SSB 5229)

Site readiness grants

Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants.

H Rules X

Berg

 

HB 1367

Homeless funding

Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements.

H Rules X

Donaghy

 

ESHB 1387

Law enf. applicant pool

Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a program to recruit and train a pool of applicants who may be employed by certain law enforcement agencies in the state.

H Community Safet

Ramos

 

2SHB 1579

Independent prosecutions

Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force.

H Approps

Stonier

 

HB 1585

Local infra. project areas

Addressing local infrastructure project areas.

H Finance

Cortes

 

HB 1870

Local comm. federal funding

Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding.

H Approps

Barnard

 

HB 1871

Ferry empl./COVID-19 vaccine

Concerning the Washington state ferries' treatment of employees and applicants without consideration of COVID-19 vaccines.

H Transportation

Walsh

 

HB 1872

Homeless housing grants

Establishing accountability requirements for homeless housing grant programs.

H Approps

Graham

 

HB 1882 (SSB 5723)

Even-numbered year elections

Giving cities and towns the freedom to switch their general elections to even-numbered years.

H State Govt & T

Farivar

 

HB 1890 (SB 5807)

Housing authorities

Concerning housing authorities.

H Exec Action

Alvarado

 

SHB 1892

Workforce housing prg.

Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program.

H Cap Budget

Leavitt

 

HB 1895 (SB 5839)

Working families' tax credit

Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.

H Exec Action

Thai

 

HB 1896 (SB 6080)

Tourism marketing funding

Simplifying the funding provisions of the statewide tourism marketing account.

H Approps

Ryu

 

HB 1904

Hybrid electric ferries

Using climate commitment act revenues to pay for hybrid electric ferries.

H Approps

Walsh

 

HB 1927 (SB 5932)

Temporary total disability

Reducing the number of days that a worker's temporary total disability must continue to receive industrial insurance compensation for the day of an injury and the three-day period following the injury.

H Exec Action

Bronoske

Oppose

SHB 1932

Even-numbered year elections

Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation.

H Rules R

Gregerson

 

HB 1987

Public facilities tax use

Concerning the use of moneys from the rural public facilities sales and use tax for affordable workforce housing infrastructure and facilities.

H Exec Action

Low

 

SHB 2008

Housing cost task force

Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis.

H Approps

Klicker

 

HB 2012

Rental housing/nonprofits

Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds.

H Finance

Street

 

HB 2026

Rental income/property tax

Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs.

H Finance

Doglio

 

HB 2039

Env. & land use appeals

Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.

H Env & Energy

Fitzgibbon

 

HB 2044

Voter-approved property tax

Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies.

H Finance

Duerr

 

HB 2063

Homebuyers/REET exemption

Providing an exemption from the real estate excise tax for transfers of property to qualifying low-income first-time homebuyers.

H Finance

Wylie

 

HB 2064

Homebuyers/REET exemption

Providing for an exemption from the real estate excise tax for transfers of property to qualifying low-income first-time homebuyers.

H Finance

Wylie

 

HB 2066 (SB 5948)

Health provider contracting

Addressing affordability through health care provider contracting.

H HC/Wellness

Riccelli

 

HB 2070 (SB 5990)

Env. justice/SEPA projects

Integrating environmental justice considerations into certain project decisions.

H Env & Energy

Mena

 

SHB 2071

Residential housing

Concerning residential housing regulations.

H HOUSDPS

Duerr

 

HB 2074 (SB 6260)

Landowner's lessee/penalties

Limiting the application of certain civil penalties to protect landowners from incurring penalties based on the actions of the landowner's lessee.

H Ag&Nr

Dye

 

HB 2081 (SB 5968)

Home equity sharing

Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act.

H ConsPro&Bus

Hackney

 

HB 2101

Child care licensing fees

Eliminating child care licensing fees.

H Approps

Rule

 

HB 2103 (SB 5955)

Large port districts

Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts.

H Local Govt

Orwall

 

HB 2111 (SB 5941)

Subsidized child care

Clarifying requirements for subsidized child care.

H Rules R

Nance

 

HB 2113

GMA housing element

Concerning compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.

H Housing

Bateman

 

SHB 2124

Child care prg. eligibility

Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs.

H Approps

Eslick

 

HB 2134 (SB 5947)

Transportation budget, supp.

Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

H Transportation

Fey

 

HB 2137 (SB 6202)

Tourism promotion exemptions

Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments.

H Exec Action

Berg

 

HB 2140

Adverse possession

Modifying laws related to adverse possession to protect legal owners of property.

H Civil R & Judi

Griffey

 

HB 2141

Housing in unincorp. areas

Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of large counties.

H Finance

Donaghy

 

HB 2149

Consumer personal info.

Protecting consumer personal information.

H ConsPro&Bus

Reeves

 

HB 2158

Urban growth area boundaries

Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development.

H Housing

Connors

 

SHB 2160 (SB 6024)

Housing development

Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development. 

H Cap Budget

Reed

 

HB 2199

CCA tax exemptions

Creating business and occupation and public utility tax exemptions for certain amounts received as the result of receipt, generation, purchase, sale, transfer, or retirement of allowances, offset credits, or price ceiling units under the climate commitment act.

H Finance

Orcutt

 

HB 2211 (SB 6076)

Criminal justice local tax

Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice.

H Local Govt

Stearns

 

HB 2219

Affordable housing/tax ex.

Providing tax relief for nonprofit development of affordable housing.

H Finance

Hackney

 

HB 2228

Middle housing density

Decreasing the minimum density requirements for middle housing.

H Housing

Christian

 

HB 2231

Law enforcement funding

Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers.

H Local Govt

Walen

 

HB 2270

Department of housing

Creating a Washington state department of housing.

H Housing

Morgan

 

HB 2276 (SB 6191)

Housing/taxes

Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing.

H Finance

Berg

 

HB 2278 (SB 6248)

Capital gains tax

Modifying the capital gains tax under chapter 82.87 RCW and related statutes by closing loopholes, repealing and replacing the business and occupation tax credit with a capital gains tax credit, clarifying ambiguities and making technical corrections in a manner that is not estimated to affect state or local tax collections, treating spouses and domestic partners more consistently, modifying and adding definitions, creating a good faith penalty waiver, and modifying the publication schedule for inflation adjustments.

H Finance

Thai

 

HB 2296 (SB 6150)

Comprehensive plan revisions

Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments.

H Local Govt

Griffey

 

HB 2306

Main street tax credits

Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date.

H Finance

Steele

 

HB 2308 (SB 6175)

Existing structures/housing

Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures.

H Housing

Walen

 

HB 2320 (SB 6220)

High THC cannabis products

Concerning high THC cannabis products.

H Reg Subst & Ga

Davis

 

HB 2321

Middle housing requirements

Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop.

H Housing

Bateman

 

HB 2322

Child care/tax preferences

Creating a tax preference child care requirement.

H Finance

Senn

 

HB 2323 (SB 6212)

Rent payments/credit reports

Requiring landlords to report on-time rent payments to consumer reporting agencies.

H Housing

Peterson

 

HB 2329

Insurance market/housing

Conducting a study of the insurance market for housing providers receiving housing trust fund resources.

H ConsPro&Bus

Macri

 

HB 2345

Landlord-tenant task force

Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act.

H Housing

Barkis

 

HB 2353

Residential targeted areas

Promoting affordable housing in unincorporated areas within urban growth areas of counties.

H Housing

Nance

 

HB 2354 (SB 6230)

Tax increment areas

Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction.

H Local Govt

Street

 

HB 2375

Senior property tax ex./ADUs

Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption.

H Finance

Goehner

 

HB 2376

CCA public entity oblig.

Concerning the regulatory obligations of certain public entities, including municipal gas utilities, under the climate commitment act.

H Env & Energy

Robertson

 

HB 2380 (SB 6082)

Paraeducator compensation

Increasing compensation for Washington paraeducators.

H Approps

Shavers

 

HB 2390 (SB 6200)

Eluding & resisting arrest

Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest.

H Community Safe

Shavers

 

HB 2419

Homeowner property tax ex.

Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the homeowner relief property tax exemption.

H Finance

Berg

 

HB 2425

Rental support program

Enacting the home affordability sustainment act, a rental support program.

H Housing

Rule

 

HB 2428

Sales and use tax sharing

Allowing cities to voluntarily share certain sales and use tax revenue.

H Local Govt

Klicker

 

HB 2430

Business licensing fees

Waiving business licensing handling and delinquency fees for eligible businesses.

H ConsPro&Bus

Springer

 

2SSB 5091

Hydrogen fuel products

Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel cells in Washington state.

S Business, Fin S

King

 

SB 5118

Multifamily property tax ex.

Concerning modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing.

S Housing

Kuderer

 

SB 5241 (HB 1263)

Health care marketplace

Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

S Rules 2

Randall

 

SB 5292 (HB 1334)

PTBA aquatic lands access

Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area.

S Rules X

Randall

 

E2SSB 5311(HB 1211)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding formula.

S Rules X

Wellman

 

SB 5344

Public school revolving fund

Establishing a public school revolving fund.

S Rules 2

Schoesler

 

SB 5570

Energy efficiency loans

Authorizing electric utilities to establish energy efficiency revolving loan programs.

S Environment, E

Lovelett

 

SSB 5588

Mental health sentencing alt

Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.

S 2nd Reading

Nobles

 

SSB 5657

Kit home permitting

Concerning city and town permitting of kit homes.

S Rules 2

Wilson

 

2SSB 5670

Running start/10th grade

Permitting 10th grade students to participate in running start in online settings.

S Rules 2

Hawkins

 

SSB 5723 (HB 1882)

Even-numbered year elections

Giving cities and towns the freedom to switch their general elections to even-numbered years.

S Rules 2

Valdez

 

SSB 5743

Transportation resources

Making certain nonsubstantive, corrective changes resulting from enactment of chapter 182, Laws of 2022 (transportation resources).

S Rules X

Liias

 

SB 5792

Multiunit res./definition

Concerning the definition of multiunit residential buildings.

S Law & Justice

Padden

 

SB 5807 (HB 1890)

Housing authorities

Concerning housing authorities.

S Rules 2

Frame

 

SB 5826

Utility bills/CCA charges

Requiring customer charges to be listed on utility billing statements if the charges are a result of implementing the Washington climate commitment act.

S Environment, E

MacEwen

 

SB 5834

Urban growth areas

Concerning urban growth areas.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Short

 

SSB 5835

Rule making websites

Concerning transparency in rule making.

S 2nd Reading

Wilson

 

SB 5875

Energy code/residential

Balancing energy efficiency with consideration of other factors such as housing affordability, development costs, and feasibility in the state energy code for residential structures.

S Environment, En

Fortunato

 

SB 5941 (HB 2111)

Subsidized child care

Clarifying requirements for subsidized child care.

S EL/K-12

Wilson

 

SB 5947 (HB 2134)

Transportation budget, supp.

Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

S Transportation

Liias

 

SB 5948 (HB 2066)

Health provider contracting

Addressing affordability through health care provider contracting.

S Health & Long T

Robinson

 

SB 5955 (HB 2103)

Large port districts

Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts.

S Loc Gov, Land

Keiser

 

SB 5961 (HB 2114)

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

 

SB 5968 (HB 2081)

Home equity sharing

Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act.

S Business, Fin S

Stanford

 

SB 5975

Social housing

Authorizing use of the housing trust fund and other legislative appropriations to finance social housing.

S Housing

Hasegawa

 

SB 5990 (HB 2070)

Env. justice/SEPA projects

Integrating environmental justice considerations into certain project decisions.

S Environment, En

Lovelett

 

SB 6029

Detached ADUs

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Braun

 

SB 6030

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

Braun

 

SB 6054

Definition of theft

Concerning the definition of theft.

S Law & Justice

Torres

Support

SB 6061

Housing development/SEPA

Concerning exemptions for housing development under the state environmental policy act.

S Loc Gov, Land U

Lovelett

 

SB 6065

Housing/property tax ex.

Concerning the property tax exemption for cities or counties providing affordable housing to qualifying households.

S Housing

Saldana

 

SB 6076 (HB 2211)

Criminal justice local tax

Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice.

S Ways & Means

Keiser

 

SB 6082 (HB 2380)

Paraeducator compensation

Increasing compensation for Washington paraeducators.

S EL/K-12

Nobles

 

SB 6150 (HB 2296)

Comprehensive plan revisions

Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments.

S Loc Gov, Land

Cleveland

 

SB 6152

Housing needs gap

Requiring certain counties to measure the gap between estimated existing housing units and existing housing needs.

S Loc Gov, Land

Cleveland

 

SB 6175 (HB 2308)

Existing structures/housing

Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures.

S Housing

Trudeau

 

SB 6191 (HB 2276)

Housing/taxes

Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing.

S Ways & Means

Frame

 

SB 6199

Housing authority notices

Requiring housing authorities to use notification methods designed to provide evidence of delivery.

S Housing

Dozier

 

SB 6200 (HB 2390)

Eluding & resisting arrest

Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest.

S Law & Justice

Lovick

 

SB 6211

Mobile home rent increases

Creating clarity and consistency in rental agreements under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.

S Housing

McCune

 

SB 6212 (HB 2323)

Rent payments/credit reports

Requiring landlords to report on-time rent payments to consumer reporting agencies.

S Housing

Shewmake

 

SB 6220 (HB 2320)

High THC cannabis products

Concerning high THC cannabis products.

S Labor & Comm

Salomon

 

SB 6230 (HB 2354)

Tax increment areas

Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction.

S Loc Gov, Land

Rivers

 

SB 6243

Technology manuf./B&O tax

Providing a state business and occupation tax exemption to encourage clean technology manufacturing in Washington.

S Business, Fin

Mullet

 

SB 6248 (HB 2278)

Capital gains tax

Modifying the capital gains tax under chapter 82.87 RCW and related statutes by closing loopholes, repealing and replacing the business and occupation tax credit with a capital gains tax credit, clarifying ambiguities and making technical corrections in a manner that is not estimated to affect state or local tax collections, treating spouses and domestic partners more consistently, modifying and adding definitions, creating a good faith penalty waiver, and modifying the publication schedule for inflation adjustments.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

 

SB 6249

Homeowner property tax ex.

Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the homeowner relief property tax exemption.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

 

SB 6250 (HB 2418)

Working families/prop. tax

Increasing the working families' tax credit to reflect the economic burden of property taxes incorporated into rental amounts charged to residential tenants.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

 

SB 6253

Learning assistance program

Increasing funding for the learning assistance program.

S EL/K-12

Nobles

 

SB 6254

Student navigational support

Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Nobles

 

SB 6260 (HB 2074)

Landowner's lessee/penalties

Limiting the application of certain civil penalties to protect landowners from incurring penalties based on the actions of the landowner's lessee.

S Ag/Water/Natura

Warnick

 

SJR 8209 (HJR 4209)

Residential ex./property tax

Concerning a constitutional amendment providing for a residential real property exemption from property taxes levied for state purposes.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

 

Other Bills

No bills.

Bill Status & Upcoming Events Report
January 19, 2024

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