South Sound Chamber of Commerce Legislative Coalition Legislative Report – February 23, 2024
We are past the fourth cut off point where bills have to be out of the opposite house policy committee and are now working towards the Monday, February 26 cut off for bills to be out of the opposite house fiscal committees. The next cut off is March 1st when bills need to be off the opposite house floor to be considered alive for the remaining 6 days of the legislative session (unless necessary to implement the budget). This is a time of late night meetings, weekend meetings, lots of time spent in caucus, gnashing of teeth, wringing of hands, and occasional voting time where the bills that are ready are voted on.
Budgets have been the theme of the week. Both houses have been working to get their budgets passed so they can move to conference committees for reconciliation as soon as possible. Time is needed for this work and to finish the session on Sine Die, they need to get the differences resolved!
On the transportation front, SSCCLC has been engaged in helping to stop a $166 million diversion of funds from the Puget Sound Gateway project. We have been working with our coalition and South Sound legislators on an amendment to move the money back and match the House funding. Without this change, WSDOT believes the Gateway project will be short $40 million. Our main task is to keep this project moving. Below is information on the budgets and major pieces of those budgets. Below that is the list of bills still in a fiscal committee that have been granted a hearing. Below that is our tracking list.
2024 Supplemental Budget Proposals
There are 3 budgets for Washington State: operating, capital and transportation. The budgets are approved every odd year, but supplemental budgets are approved every even year.
Operating budget is the “main” budget, as it funds K-12 education; higher education; health care; social services; public safety and prisons; natural resources and recreation programs; government operations; and debt services on bonds for capital projects.
Capital budget funds state-owned facilities and land; grants and loans; and K-12 school facilities partnership.
Transportation budget funds construct, preserve, operate, finance, and administer: roads and bridges; ferries and terminals; State Patrol; Amtrak Cascades and freight rail; motor vehicle registration and driver licensing; and public transportation and mobility grants.
The budget proposals will discuss the initial proposals, not the amended ones that will be done in committee. Some changes will occur during the committee action as well as on the floor. Both the Senate and the House will pass their own budgets. From there, they will negotiate a final budget. For the 2024 year, we are passing a supplemental operating, capital and transportation budget.
Operating
In April 2023, The Legislature adopted $133.6 billion budget for the 2023-25 biennium. The 2024 legislative session is spent on supplemental budgets, where more money is added to supplement the already adopted budget, increasing the budget for the 2023-25 biennium. Near general fund outlook revenue has increased from $65.8 billion to $67.0 billion due to the February 2024 revenue forecast, so there is an assumed “maintenance” of $1.1 billion are the ongoing expenses of what the government already has underway.
House
PSHB 2104 provides for the funds below:
· K-12 education total: 256,475,00 total
· Higher education: 141,792,00 total
· Behavioral Health: 471,283,000 total
· Homelessness: 250,007,000 total
· Health Care & Public Health: $783,781,000 total
· Long term care: 53,080,000 total
Specific things of note in the budget -
· Special education funding: related to increasing funds for providing extra K-12 dollars for students with special education needs, its budget contains $32.3 million to cover that cost, plus paying for teaming special education teachers with mentors to work on coursework.
· Education operating costs: The House proposes an additional $43.4 million for K-12 materials, supplies and operating costs, pointing to utilities, insurance and security.
· Mental Health: $140 million for the Olympic Heritage Behavioral Health Facility, which would include an increase of 72 civil conversion beds. It also includes 30 new beds at Western State Hospital and 8 new beds at Eastern.
· Homeless grant program: $70 million total, $30 million for grants to maintain affordable housing and $40 million for maintaining homeless services, such as shelters and temporary housing for local governments.
· Climate Commitment Act: This act has brought in significantly more money than anticipated, so there is more money to spend. Some of the costs include:
o $150 million to provide a one-time $200 credit on residential electricity bills for an estimated 750,000 low- and moderate-income Washington families.
o $30 million is provided for payments to support farm fuel users and transporters who purchased fuel for agricultural purposes exempt from requirements of the Climate Commitment Act.
· Apprenticeships: $9.6 million increase to expand access to apprenticeship opportunities in nursing, construction, manufacturing, the electrical trades, and other industries.
Senate
PSSB 5950 provides for the funds below:
· K-12 education total: 244,092,00 total
· Higher education: 34,987,549 total
· Behavioral Health: 261,262,000 total
· Homelessness: 192,950,000 total
· Health Care & Public Health: 871,058,000 total
· Long term care: 15,791,000 total
Specific things of note in the budget -
· Education: $45 million is provided Funding is provided to reimburse additional school districts required to participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
· Healthcare: $390.7 million is provided for Medicaid Transformation Project. Under this federal waiver project, the Health Care Authority, in collaboration with community and state agency partners, will create and continue to develop projects, activities and services aimed at improving Washington's health care system, such as supportive housing and employment, health-related social needs programs, and reentry services.
· Homelessness: $31.9 million provided to local governments for grants to support individuals or to prevent closures of affordable housing or homelessness programs.
· Apprenticeships: $7.2 million provided within the Department of Labor and Industries (LNI) are intended to expand the workforce of various trades.
· Climate Commitment Act: $279.6 million: Funding is provided for various grants and assistance for climate and clean energy-related services and projects from the Climate Commitment Act.
Capital
Proposed Substitute House Bill (PSHB) 2089 appropriates $1.3 billion in total funds, of which $101.5 million is from debt limit bonds and $1.2 billion is from other state and federal accounts. Proposed Substitute Senate Bill (PSSB) 5949 appropriates PSSB 5949 authorizes $1.3 billion in total budgeted funds, of which $117.7 million is debt limit bonds, and the rest from other state and federal accounts.
The proposed capital budget lists specific projects, grants, and loans that are funded, which can be found here in the budget summary. The proposed senate capital budget can be found here. These projects are very important to individual districts.
Transportation
PSHB 2134, the proposed house supplemental transportation budget spends $14.3 billion, an increase of $838 million from the enacted biennial budget. PSSB 5947, the proposed senate supplemental transportation budget provides $14.6 billion in appropriation authority, which is an increase of $1 billion over the 2023 enacted transportation budget.
Some key aspects of the proposed house budget:
· The House budget includes $50 million for $50 million in additional CERA funding for the programs at the WSDOT Public-Private Partnership program, which includes Zero-emission Vehicle Infrastructure Partnerships Grant Program alternative fuel charging infrastructure grants for the deployment of alternative fuel vehicle charging and refueling infrastructure on state highways and a medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle voucher program.
· The House budget includes $45 million for additional zero-emission transit grants. In addition, $900,000 is provided to implement certain recommendations from the 2023 frequent transit service study with a focus on accessibility for underserved communities.
· The House budget includes increased monies for highway improvements due to higher than anticipated bid proposals projects already underway such as SR 18, SR 520, I-405, SR 167, and USR 395.
· The House proposal also includes additional funding for cost increases on projects concerning fleet electrification in Washington State Ferries.
Some key aspects of the Senate budget:
· The Senate proposed budget emphasizes traffic safety investments and includes approximately $31 million for a variety of traffic safety activities
· The Senate proposed budget includes about $6.2 billion in expenditures in operating programs. This in a net increase of about $45 million over 2023 levels.
· The ferry operating funding is increased by $32.5 million.
· $15.7 million for grants to transition diesel school buses and other student transport vehicles to zero emissions vehicles, and funds necessary infrastructure work.
· The Senate budget includes increased monies for highway improvements due to higher than anticipated bid proposals projects already underway such as SR 18, SR 520, I-405, SR 167, and USR 395.
Upcoming Events
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/23 @ 1:30pm
• ESB 5241 - Public Hearing - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SSB 5588 - Public Hearing - Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• E2SSB 5838 - Public Hearing - Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• SSB 5986 - Public Hearing - Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• ESSB 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. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Improving private Washington workforce retirement security standards by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.) (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/23 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5947 - Exec Session - Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. (Monitoring) – Watching this to see if Sen. Nobles’ amendment to move the diverted money back into the Gateway projects passes.
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/23 @ 1:30pm
• HB 2044 - Exec Session - Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies. (Monitoring)
• ESHB 2306 - Exec Session - Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date. (Monitoring)
• 2ESHB 1508 - Exec Session - Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. (Concerns/Medium)
• SHB 1870 - Public Hearing - Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• 3SHB 1579 - Public Hearing - Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• ESHB 1932 - Public Hearing - Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• E2SHB 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 and clarifying that a tax increment area must be dissolved when all bond obligations are paid. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• ESHB 1510 - Public Hearing - Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• 2SHB 1929 - Public Hearing - Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• ESHB 1277 - Exec Session - Improving the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental course of study for paraeducators. (Low)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/24 @ 9:00am
• E2SHB 2160 - Public Hearing - Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• 2SHB 1391 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy in buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Low)
• ESHB 2236 - Public Hearing - Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Neutral/Medium)
• ESHB 2494 - Public Hearing - Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• SHB 2180 - Public Hearing - Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• E4SHB 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)
• 2SHB 2214 - Public Hearing - Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• ESHB 2441 - Public Hearing - Establishing a pilot program eliminating college in the high school fees for private not-for-profit four-year institutions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• 2SHB 2124 - Public Hearing - Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/26 @ 8:00am
• ESB 5344 - Exec Session - Establishing a public school revolving fund. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Establishing a school modernization loan program.) (Monitoring)
• E2SSB 5955 - Exec Session - Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts. (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/26 @ 8:00am
• SB 5897 - Exec Session - Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program. (Support/Medium)
• SB 6030 - Exec Session - 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. (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/26 @ 10:30am
• ESB 5241 - Exec Session - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Monitoring)
• SSB 5588 - Exec Session - Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. (Monitoring)
• E2SSB 5838 - Exec Session - Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. (High)
• SSB 5986 - Exec Session - Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges. (Support/Medium)
• ESSB 6069 - Exec Session - Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Improving private Washington workforce retirement security standards by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program, and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute.) (High)
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/26 @ 10:30am
• SSB 6277 - Exec Session - Creating a new statutory framework for the use of public-private partnerships for transportation projects. (High)
• SSB 6302 - Exec Session - Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program. (Medium)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual, JLOB - 2/27 @ 12:30pm
• SI 2111 - Public Hearing - Concerning taxes on personal income. (Monitoring)
• HI 2111 - Public Hearing - Concerning taxes on personal income. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - HHR A and Virtual, JLOB - 2/27 @ 12:30pm
• SI 2111 - Public Hearing - Concerning taxes on personal income. (Monitoring)
• HI 2111 - Public Hearing - Concerning taxes on personal income. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - SHR 4 and Virtual, JACB - 2/28 @ 9:00am
• SI 2113 - Public Hearing - Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HI 2113 - Public Hearing - Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual, JACB - 2/28 @ 9:00am
• SI 2113 - Public Hearing - Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HI 2113 - Public Hearing - Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. (Monitoring)
BUDGET & TAXES
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SI 2109 (HI 2109) |
Capital gains tax repeal |
Concerning taxes on long-term capital assets. |
S Ways & Means |
|
|
High |
|
HI 2109 (SI 2109) |
Capital gains tax repeal |
Concerning taxes on long-term capital assets. |
H Finance |
|
|
High |
|
E2SHB 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. |
S Ways & Means |
Street |
|
Monitoring |
|
Sales and use tax sharing |
Allowing cities to voluntarily share certain sales and use tax revenue. |
S Rules 2 |
Klicker |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
ESHB 2482 (SB 6137) |
Semiconductor tax incentives |
Reinstating semiconductor tax incentives. |
S Ways & Means |
Harris |
Support |
High |
|
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 |
High |
|
SB 6080 (HB 1896) |
Tourism marketing funding |
Simplifying the funding provisions of the statewide tourism marketing account. |
H Exec Action |
Boehnke |
Support |
High |
|
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 |
|
Monitoring |
BUSINESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
2E2SHB 1541 (SB 5616) |
Lived experience |
Establishing the nothing about us without us act. |
S Rules 2 |
Farivar |
|
Monitoring |
|
Local comm. federal funding |
Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding. |
S Ways & Means |
Barnard |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
2SHB 2320 (SSB 6220) |
High THC cannabis products |
Concerning high THC cannabis products. |
S WMDPA |
Davis |
|
Monitoring |
|
Rule making websites |
Concerning transparency in rule making. |
H Rules R |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
E2SSB 5838 (2SHB 1934) |
AI task force |
Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. |
H Approps |
Nguyen |
|
High |
|
SB 5897 (HB 1894) |
Business licensing service |
Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program. |
H Finance |
Mullet |
Support |
Medium |
|
E2SSB 5955 (HB 2103) |
Large port districts |
Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts. |
H Cap Budget |
Keiser |
|
Monitoring |
|
ESSB 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. |
H Approps |
Mullet |
|
High |
|
Supply chain competitiveness |
Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program. |
H Transportation |
Liias |
|
Medium |
CHILD CARE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 2111 (SB 5941) |
Subsidized child care |
Clarifying requirements for subsidized child care. |
S Passed 3rd |
Nance |
|
Monitoring |
|
Child care prg. eligibility |
Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs. |
S Ways & Means |
Eslick |
|
Monitoring |
EDUCATION/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Dual credit program notice |
Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance. |
S Rules 2 |
Paul |
|
Low |
|
|
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. |
S Ways & Means |
Santos |
|
Low |
|
|
Paraeducator course of study |
Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators. |
S Ways & Means |
Donaghy |
|
Low |
|
|
SHB 1915 (SB 5819) |
Financial education |
Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. |
S Rules 2 |
Rude |
Support |
Medium |
|
SHB 2180 (SB 6014) |
Special education cap |
Increasing the special education enrollment funding cap. |
S Ways & Means |
Callan |
|
Medium |
|
2SHB 2214 (SSB 6300) |
College grant/public assist. |
Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant. |
S Ways & Means |
Slatter |
Support |
Medium |
|
Tech. ed. core plus programs |
Expanding and strengthening career and technical education core plus programs. |
S Ways & Means |
Shavers |
Neutral |
Medium |
|
|
College in the HS fees |
Establishing a pilot program eliminating college in the high school fees for private not-for-profit four-year institutions. |
S Ways & Means |
Corry |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
School operating costs |
Increasing state funding for operating costs in schools. |
S Ways & Means |
Bergquist |
|
Medium |
|
|
Teacher mobility compact |
Adopting the interstate teacher mobility compact. |
H Rules R |
Hunt |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
School modernization loans |
Establishing a public school revolving fund. |
H Cap Budget |
Schoesler |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Running start/rising juniors |
Permitting 10th grade students to participate in running start in online settings. |
H Rules R |
Hawkins |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 6053 (HB 2443) |
Education data sharing |
Improving equitable access to postsecondary education. |
H Rules R |
Holy |
|
Medium |
ENERGY/CLIMATE CHANGE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Energy in buildings |
Concerning energy in buildings. |
S Ways & Means |
Ramel |
Concerns |
Low |
|
|
ESHB 1589 (SSB 5562) |
Clean energy |
Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. |
S Rules 2 |
Doglio |
|
High |
|
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. |
S Ways & Means |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
ESSB 6291 (SHB 2465) |
State building code council |
Streamlining the state building code council operating procedures by establishing criteria for statewide amendments to the state building code. |
H Rules R |
Wilson |
Support |
Medium |
HEALTH CARE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
2ESHB 1508 (SB 5519) |
Health care cost board |
Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. |
S Ways & Means |
Macri |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Physician assistant compact |
Adopting the physician assistant compact. |
S Rules 2 |
Leavitt |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Social work compact |
Adopting the social work licensure compact. |
S WMw/o Rec |
Orwall |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
ESHB 2361 (SB 6258) |
Standardized health plans |
Phasing in the requirement that only standardized health plans may be offered on the health benefit exchange. |
S Rules 2 |
Riccelli |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
LTSS trust access |
Increasing access to the long-term services and supports trust. |
S Rules 2 |
Macri |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
ESB 5241 (HB 1263) |
Health care marketplace |
Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. |
H Approps |
Randall |
|
Monitoring |
|
Physician assistant compact |
Adopting the physician assistant compact. |
H Rules R |
Muzzall |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SSB 5986 (HB 2285) |
Out-of-network health costs |
Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges. |
H Approps |
Cleveland |
Support |
Medium |
HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Nonprofit housing/tax ex. |
Providing a property tax exemption for qualified real and personal property owned or used by a nonprofit entity in providing qualified housing funded in whole or part through a local real estate excise tax. |
S Ways & Means |
Ramel |
|
Medium |
|
|
Occupancy limits |
Addressing the authority of owners' associations in common interest communities to regulate or limit occupancy by unrelated persons. |
S Passed 3rd |
Walen |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
2ESHB 1282 (SSB 5322) |
Public building materials |
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
S Ways & Means |
Duerr |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
Impact fee deferrals |
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
S Rules 2 |
Goehner |
Support |
High |
|
|
Community preservation auth. |
Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. |
S Ways & Means |
Santos |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1890 (SB 5807) |
Housing authorities |
Concerning housing authorities. |
S Rules 2 |
Alvarado |
|
Monitoring |
|
Workforce housing prg. |
Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program. |
S Ways & Means |
Leavitt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
2SHB 1929 (SB 6050) |
Postinpatient housing |
Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment. |
S Ways & Means |
Cortes |
Support |
Medium |
|
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. |
S Rules 2 |
Low |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Env. & land use appeals |
Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters. |
S Rules 2 |
Fitzgibbon |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Voter-approved property tax |
Standardizing limitations on voter-approved property tax levies. |
S Ways & Means |
Duerr |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Residential housing |
Concerning residential housing regulations. |
S Rules 2 |
Duerr |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HI 2113 (SI 2113) |
Police vehicular pursuits |
Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. |
H Community Safet |
|
|
High |
|
ESHB 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. |
S Ways & Means |
Alvarado |
Oppose |
High |
|
E2SHB 2160 (SB 6024) |
Housing development |
Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development. |
S Ways & Means |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
Department of housing |
Creating a Washington state department of housing. |
S Ways & Means |
Morgan |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 2296 (SSB 6150) |
Comprehensive plan revisions |
Extending the comprehensive plan revision schedule for select local governments. |
S Passed 3rd |
Griffey |
|
Monitoring |
|
Middle housing requirements |
Modifying middle housing requirements and the definitions of transit stop. |
S Rules 2 |
Bateman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Insurance market/housing |
Conducting a study of the insurance market for housing providers receiving housing trust fund resources. |
S Rules 2 |
Macri |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Senior property tax ex./ADUs |
Including an accessory dwelling unit under property that qualifies for the senior citizens property tax exemption. |
S Ways & Means |
Goehner |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Affordable housing funding |
Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. |
H Finance |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Multiunit res./definition |
Concerning the definition of multiunit residential buildings. |
H Rules R |
Padden |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Urban growth areas |
Concerning urban growth areas. |
H Rules R |
Short |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Residential parking |
Concerning residential parking configurations. |
H Rules R |
Shewmake |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
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. |
H Finance |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Housing development/SEPA |
Concerning exemptions for housing development under the state environmental policy act. |
H Rules R |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
E2SSB 6175 (2SHB 2308) |
Existing structures/tax |
Concerning housing affordability tax incentives for existing structures. |
H Finance |
Trudeau |
|
Monitoring |
|
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 |
|
Monitoring |
OTHER CHAMBER BILLS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
2ESHB 1371 (SSB 5494) |
Freight railroad infra. |
Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. |
S Ways & Means |
Barkis |
|
Medium |
|
HB 2137 (SB 6202) |
Tourism promotion exemptions |
Concerning technical changes to allowable exemptions for tourism promotion area assessments. |
S Rules 2 |
Berg |
|
Monitoring |
|
Main street tax credits |
Allowing main street programs to use remaining main street tax credits after a certain date. |
S Ways & Means |
Steele |
|
Monitoring |
PUBLIC SAFETY
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Law enf. employ. eligibility |
Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions. |
S Passed 3rd |
Cortes |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Independent prosecutions |
Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force. |
S Ways & Means |
Stonier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HI 2113 (SI 2113) |
Police vehicular pursuits |
Concerning vehicular pursuits by peace officers. |
H Community Safet |
|
|
High |
|
Catalytic converter theft |
Deterring the theft of catalytic converters. |
S Transportation |
Ryu |
|
High |
|
|
Mental health sentencing alt |
Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. |
H Approps |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
TRANSPORTATION
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SHB 2134 (SB 5947) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
H TRDPS |
Fey |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5947 (SHB 2134) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
Transportation partnerships |
Creating a new statutory framework for the use of public-private partnerships for transportation projects. |
H Transportation |
Liias |
|
High |
Uncategorized Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Continuing education/K-12 |
Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education. |
S Ways & Means |
Santos |
|
Medium |
|
|
ESHB 1893 (SB 5777) |
Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. |
S Rules 2 |
Doglio |
Oppose |
High |
|
Unempl. benefit charging |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging. |
S Rules 2 |
Schmidt |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Unempl. voluntary program |
Removing the sunset on changes to the unemployment insurance voluntary contribution program. |
S Rules 2 |
Springer |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1905 (SSB 5894) |
Equal pay/protected classes |
Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. |
S 2nd Reading |
Mena |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
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. |
S Rules 2 |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
Monitoring |
|
Even-numbered year elections |
Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation. |
S Ways & Means |
Gregerson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1975 (SB 6028) |
Unemployment overpayments |
Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments. |
S Passed 3rd |
Ortiz-Self |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Rental housing/nonprofits |
Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds. |
S Ways & Means |
Street |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 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. |
S Rules 2 |
Berry |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
ESSB 5778 (SHB 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. |
H Rules R |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
ESSB 5793 (SHB 1991) |
Paid sick leave |
Concerning paid sick leave. |
H Rules R |
Saldana |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
WISHA violation timeline |
Concerning the timeline for issuing a citation for a violation of the Washington industrial safety and health act. |
H Rules R |
Keiser |
Support |
Medium |
